6-K 1 d6k.htm FORM 6-K PRESS RELEASE DATED JUNE 12, 2003 Form 6-K Press Release dated June 12, 2003

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of June, 2003

 

Commission File Number: 001-14944

 

 

 

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.

(Registrant’s name)

 

141 Adelaide Street West, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form

20-F  x  Form 40-F  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Yes  ¨  No  x

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-             

 


 

 


Exhibits

    

Exhibit 1

   Press Release dated June 12, 2003 issued by Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.

 


Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 12, 2003

     

MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

            By:  

/s/     CYRIL TALBOT III


               

Cyril Talbot III

Chief Financial Officer

 


EXHIBIT 1

 

Conference Call:

   Today, June 12, at 11:00 a.m. EDT

Dial-in numbers:

   800/840-6218 (US and CAN) or 212/346-7495 (International)

Webcast:

   www.madcatz.com (Select “Investors”)

Replay Information:

   See text below

 

[LOGO]

 

News Announcement

  For Immediate Release

Contact:

   

Morris Perlis

  Nathan Ellingson, Joseph Jaffoni

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.

  Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated

416/368-4449 ext. 239 or mperlis@madcatz.com

  212/835-8500 or mcz@jcir.com

 

MAD CATZ REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER

AND YEAR END FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

- Fourth Quarter Net Sales Rise 36.8% -

 

- GameShark Acquisition Adds Software Content to Portfolio of Products -

 

San Diego, California and Toronto, Ontario, June 12, 2003 – Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSE: MCZ), the world’s leading third party video game accessory manufacturer, today announced financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended March 31, 2003.

 

Net sales for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2003 increased 36.8 percent to $21.6 million from $15.8 million for the same period a year ago. Gross profit for the quarter was $5.9 million, a 79.3 percent increase from $3.3 million during the same period a year ago. For the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter, selling and administrative expenses were $5.4 million, up from $2.6 million a year ago. Selling expenses increased to 15.0 percent of net sales, compared to 8.2 percent for the same period last year. Administrative expenses in the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter increased to 9.8 percent of net sales compared to 8.3 percent of net sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002. EBITDA, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, in the fourth quarter of 2003 was $0.5 million, down from $1.0 million in the fiscal 2002 fourth quarter. A reconciliation of all EBITDA figures included herein, to the Company’s net income on a GAAP basis, is included in the financial tables accompanying this release. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2003 was $0.1 million or breakeven on a per share basis, consistent with the fourth quarter of the prior year.

 

Net sales for the year ended March 31, 2003, increased 10.0 percent to $91.7 million from $83.3 million in the prior year, with gross profit increasing 13.8 percent to $21.0 million from $18.4 million in fiscal 2002. In fiscal 2003, selling and administrative expenses increased $3.8 million to $16.0 million from $12.2 million in fiscal year 2002. During fiscal 2003, selling expenses increased to 9.5 percent of net sales compared to 8.7 percent for the same period last year while administrative expenses in fiscal 2003 increased to 8.0 percent of net sales

 

 

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compared to 5.9 percent of net sales in fiscal 2002. EBITDA for the year ended March 31, 2003, was $4.9 million, compared with $6.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2002. Net income for full year fiscal 2003 was $1.2 million or $0.02 per share compared to net income of $1.5 million or $0.03 per share in full year fiscal 2002.

 

Fiscal 2003 Fourth Quarter Highlights:

 

n   Continued sales growth, net sales up 36.8 percent.
  n   US sales growth - 15.0 percent increase.
  n   International sales growth - 95.9 percent increase.
  n   International sales growth of 98.0 percent excluding PlayStation2 (PS2) memory card sales in both fiscal 2003 and 2002 periods.
  n   Canadian sales growth - 628 percent.
n   Gross profit margin was 27.2 percent for the quarter.
n   Continued growth in North American account penetration and SKU penetration.
n   Acquired GameShark brand and popular GameShark web site.
  n   Re-launched GameShark website in January.
  n   Began shipping GameShark products to retailers in March.
n   Launched full line of products for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance SP in March.
n   Appointed Cyril Talbot III Chief Financial Officer.
n   Named a Vendor of the Year by Target Corporation.

 

Commenting on the results, Morris Perlis, President and CEO of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., stated, “Fiscal 2003 was an important, building year for Mad Catz, as several significant events gave us the opportunity to further assert Mad Catz’ leadership in the third party accessories market. Over the last twelve months the Company broadened its distribution, improved manufacturing efficiencies, continued innovation of new and redesigned products, strengthened its competitive position, acquired the GameShark brand and website, and posted solid fourth quarter results despite slower overall industry performance. I am pleased with the operational, strategic and financial progress made by Mad Catz throughout this period and the manner in which we are positioned going forward.”

 

Net Sales

 

Mad Catz outperformed the industry during this period, reporting a 36.8 percent increase in net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2003 compared to the prior year. This is the first quarterly year-on-year comparison without North American PS2 memory card sales in the prior year and demonstrates the strength of the underlying business. The fiscal 2003 fourth quarter marked the first sales contribution from GameShark products to Mad Catz’ net sales. During the quarter, GameShark sales were approximately $0.4 million. This strong fourth quarter performance was a significant factor in the Company’s fiscal 2003 growth of 10 percent over fiscal 2002. Mad Catz’ sales increase reflects its broadened retail distribution and deepened SKU penetration resulting in market share gains from competitors in the United States, in Canada and in Europe.

 

PlayStation 2 Memory Card License

 

Mad Catz’ PS2 memory card license for European markets expired in November 2002, however, pursuant to its agreement, sales continued through the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003,

 

 

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with the final sales of this product occurring in April 2003. During the three months ended March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2002, approximately 14.8 percent and 15.7 percent, respectively, of total gross sales were derived from PS2 memory card sales worldwide. During the twelve-month periods ending March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2002, approximately 16.0 percent and 30.4 percent of total gross sales, respectively, were derived from PS2 memory card sales worldwide.

 

Gross Margins

 

In the fiscal first quarter of 2003, in response to first party accessory price reductions, Mad Catz absorbed approximately $1.3 million in price protection costs, resulting in a gross margin of approximately 13.3 percent during the period. Responding to the price cuts, Mad Catz’ ability to focus on reducing factory costs and on efficiencies in purchasing restored gross margins to levels of 20 percent and above. This was successfully achieved throughout the remainder of fiscal 2003 with gross margins in the second, third, and fourth quarters at 22 percent or above and a full year gross margin reported at 22.9 percent. The higher gross margin of 27.2 percent reported in the fourth quarter included recording the benefit of improved returned goods processing. Without these adjustments, fiscal 2003 fourth quarter gross margins were in line with those in the fiscal third quarter.

 

Selling and Administrative Expenses

 

Fiscal 2003 fourth quarter results reflect higher selling expenses related to cooperative (co-op) advertising costs in some of the Company’s new accounts, particularly Europe, to establish Mad Catz’ brand at these outlets and in the markets they serve. Accordingly, selling expenses in the quarter increased $2.0 million and on a full-year basis, increased $1.4 million. Much of the increased expense was related to front loaded co-op advertising expenses, which are a significant portion of the full year budgets for these accounts, additional costs related to sales growth, and expenses tied to the launch of GameShark. Administrative expenses, including certain legal expenses, among other costs, increased $0.8 million during the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter from the year ago period to 9.8 percent of net sales, versus 8.3 percent of net sales in the fiscal 2002 fourth quarter. Full-year fiscal 2003 administrative costs increased $2.4 million, to $7.3 million or 8.0 percent of net sales.

 

Inventory

 

Inventory declined $3.8 million during the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter to $18.4 million from the third quarter ended December 31, 2002. Mad Catz strategically built inventory in the fiscal 2003 second quarter to protect against the West Coast dockworker strike and to capture sales from the exit of a large competitor from the marketplace. Related to increased inventory requirements for supporting sales growth, the European direct distribution initiative and the GameShark product line, Mad Catz’ inventory at March 31, 2003 was approximately $2.5 million higher than at March 31, 2002.

 

GameShark

 

In the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter, Mad Catz acquired the GameShark brand, GameShark.com web site and related intellectual property for approximately $5.1 million. One of the most widely recognized brands in the video game industry, GameShark incorporates an “evergreen” software product to the Company’s lineup that can be regularly updated with fresh content from

 

 

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the GameShark website. Mad Catz’ GameShark acquisition positioned the Company as the only one-stop accessory manufacturer in the industry. Early indications have shown that the GameShark2 for PS2 is currently outselling its nearest competitor by as much as a three to one margin.

 

Mr. Perlis continued “During the fourth quarter, we named Cyril Talbot III our Chief Financial Officer. Cy brings over 25 years of finance experience to his role at Mad Catz and his presence strengthens the depth of our executive management team. We look forward to his contributions to the development of the Company as well as his ability to increase interactions with the financial community.

 

“At the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3), the industry’s largest trade show, Mad Catz once again had a positive response from retailers, gamers, the media, and industry professionals to the Company’s new product introductions. We are excited about the new first party hardware announcements and see unique opportunities to support new products like Sony’s PSP. These new introductions speak to the health of our industry and provide a great avenue for Mad Catz’ continued growth.”

 

Darren Richardson, President and COO of Mad Catz, Inc. added, “The fourth quarter is particularly notable for the amount of ground covered by Mad Catz. It is a great testament to Mad Catz’ efficiency and design and manufacturing capabilities that the Company was able to complete the GameShark acquisition in January and have product out the door in March, while at the same time coordinating the design, manufacture, and launch of our Game Boy Advance SP products. Both product lines launched late in the fourth quarter and despite the short lead-time and full schedule, Mad Catz was the only company to support GBA SP with a full line of accessories at its launch.

 

“Looking at fiscal 2004, we are excited about the new products introduced at E3 and the universally positive response we received. From the launch of GameShark in March to E3, we have expanded the GameShark line to include a media player for the PS2, announced a publishing deal for GameShark code books, and expanded the GameShark offerings to each of the major consoles and Game Boy Advance SP. Many of our other new products announced at E3 also garnered rave reviews. Particularly popular was the Mad Catz RetroCON controller, a premium compact controller that evokes the design of the classic Nintendo controller. Demonstrating our commitment to producing the best products on the market, a number of our new product introductions were updates to existing products. Updated products included Mad Catz’ Xbox Blaster, which now offers support for high definition televisions, and the Lynx wireless controller for Xbox, which now operates an increased 2.4 gHz radio frequency. The updated Lynx enables us to now ship that product internationally to markets where use of the 900 mHz spectrum is restricted. E3 also marked the introduction of Mad Catz’ first products to support online gaming. This continues to be a quickly growing segment of the industry and as more and more gamers move online, Mad Catz plans to be there to support them. Additionally, we look forward to offering exciting new options later this year for Sony’s recently announced PSX and next year for the PSP.”

 

 

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Business Outlook and Guidance

 

Reflecting current economic and retail demand uncertainties, the fast changing dynamics of the industry that Mad Catz serves and the Company’s expanded line of offerings, primarily related to innovative new products under the GameShark brand, Mad Catz will not at this time provide formal financial guidance for fiscal 2004. Instead, Mad Catz intends to provide specific details that contribute to an overall understanding of the Company’s financial performance in areas such as retail penetration, product innovation and acceptance, as well as the Company’s perspective on industry trends and developments in its public filings with the appropriate regulatory agencies.

 

The Company will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast today, June 12, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Following its completion, a replay of the call can be accessed for 30 days on the Internet from the Company’s Web site (www.madcatz.com, select “Investors”) or for 2 days via telephone at 800/633-8284 (reservation # 21146917) or, for International callers, at 402/977-9140.

 

About Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.

 

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., (www.madcatz.com), designs, develops, manufactures and markets a full range of high quality, competitively priced accessories for video game consoles and portables, including the industry leading GameShark brand of video game enhancements. Mad Catz is a worldwide leader of innovative peripherals in the interactive entertainment industry, with distribution through nine of the top ten U.S. retailers offering interactive entertainment products. With operating headquarters in San Diego, California, Mad Catz has offices in Canada, the U.K. and Asia, as well as distributors in Europe and Australia.

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company’s business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information or future events or developments. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: the ability to maintain or renew the Company’s licenses; competitive developments affecting the Company’s current products; first party price reductions; the ability to successfully market both new and existing products domestically and internationally; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; market and general economic conditions. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other matters can be found in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators.

 

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MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

Consolidated Statements Of Operations (unaudited, $US)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


   

Twelve Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 

Net sales

   $ 21,642,358     $ 15,820,318     $ 91,657,866     $ 83,337,134  

Cost of sales

     15,747,949       12,533,024       70,699,800       64,927,895  
    


 


 


 


Gross profit

     5,894,409       3,287,294       20,958,066       18,409,239  

Expenses:

                                

Selling expenses

     3,242,366       1,289,440       8,683,104       7,276,113  

Administrative expenses

     2,110,881       1,308,417       7,298,030       4,934,693  

Interest expense

     516,315       264,025       1,757,860       1,232,123  

Depreciation and amortization

     279,364       335,940       1,172,784       1,009,936  

Other income

     (911 )     —         (46,936 )     —    

Foreign exchange (gain) loss

     20,222       28       94,220       (60,511 )
    


 


 


 


Total expenses

     6,168,237       3,197,850       18,959,062       14,392,354  

Income (loss) before income taxes and goodwill charges

     (273,828 )     89,444       1,999,004       4,016,885  

Income tax expense (benefit)

     (370,696 )     36,086       788,312       1,855,544  
    


 


 


 


Income before goodwill charges

     96,868       53,358       1,210,692       2,161,341  

Goodwill charges

     —         244,118       —         976,665  
    


 


 


 


Income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ 96,868     $ (190,760 )   $ 1,210,692     $ 1,184,676  

Gain from discontinued operations

     —         302,095       —         302,095  
    


 


 


 


Net income

   $ 96,868     $ 111,335     $ 1,210,692     $ 1,486,771  

Retained deficit, beginning of period

   $ (15,214,870 )   $ (16,440,029 )   $ (16,328,694 )   $ (17,815,465 )
    


 


 


 


Retained deficit, end of period

   $ (15,118,002 )   $ (16,328,694 )   $ (15,118,002 )   $ (16,328,694 )
    


 


 


 


Income per share before goodwill charges and discontinued operations

   $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.02     $ 0.04  

Income per share on discontinued operations

   $ 0.00     $ 0.01     $ 0.00     $ 0.01  

Income (loss) per share on goodwill charges

   $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ (0.02 )
    


 


 


 


Basic net income per share

   $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.02     $ 0.03  
    


 


 


 


Diluted net income per share

   $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.02     $ 0.03  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

                                

Basic

     53,206,719       52,902,992       53,070,890       51,188,889  
    


 


 


 


Diluted

     53,340,423       53,513,695       53,689,972       51,956,695  
    


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

 

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MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets ($US)

 

    

March 31,

2003

(unaudited)


   

March 31,

2002

(audited)


 

Assets

                

Current assets:

                

Cash

   $ 1,234,104     $ 1,902,966  

Accounts receivable

     16,530,226       10,276,547  

Inventories

     18,413,299       15,918,898  

Prepaid expenses and deposits

     1,032,830       754,261  

Current portion of future income tax assets

     3,030,550       2,070,835  

Income tax receivable

     598,137       267,495  
    


 


       40,839,146       31,191,002  

Deferred financing fees

     238,649       722,442  

Capital assets

     1,729,310       1,919,749  

Intangible assets

     5,046,634       —    

Goodwill

     17,737,549       16,362,175  
    


 


     $ 65,591,288     $ 50,195,368  
    


 


Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

                

Current liabilities:

                

Bank loan

   $ 17,076,993     $ 4,335,084  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     16,004,283       16,106,044  
    


 


       33,081,276       20,441,128  

Future tax liabilities

     85,829       136,886  

Shareholders’ equity:

                

Capital stock

     45,793,085       45,554,910  

Retained deficit

     (15,118,002 )     (16,328,694 )

Cumulative translation adjustment

     1,749,100       391,138  
    


 


       32,424,183       29,617,354  
    


 


     $ 65,591,288     $ 50,195,368  
    


 


 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

 

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MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, INC.

Consolidated Cash Flow Statements (unaudited, $US)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


   

Twelve Months Ended

December 31,


 
Cash provided by (used in)    2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 

Operating activities:

                                

Net income

   $ 96,868     $ 111,335     $ 1,210,692     $ 1,486,771  

Adjusted for income from discontinued operations

     —         (302,095 )     —         (302,095 )

Items not involving cash:

                                

Amortization of deferred financing fees

     119,325       119,375       483,793       603,465  

Foreign exchange losses (gains)

     20,222       28       94,220       (60,511 )

Depreciation and amortization

     279,364       562,614       1,172,784       1,986,601  

Future income tax assets and liabilities

     (909,089 )     276,452       (1,010,772 )     143,267  

Changes in non-cash operating working capital:

                                

Accounts receivable

     16,379,868       17,279,731       (6,122,433 )     (3,462,953 )

Prepaid expenses and deposits

     (135,683 )     380,051       (271,969 )     (96,663 )

Inventories

     3,747,677       (3,425,290 )     (2,393,654 )     (2,411,279 )

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (5,987,112 )     (7,693,731 )     (228,863 )     7,377,328  

Income tax (receivable) payable

     (1,260,986 )     (1,873,811 )     (326,483 )     12,027  
    


 


 


 


Cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

     12,350,454       5,434,659       (7,392,685 )     5,275,958  
    


 


 


 


Cash provided by discontinued operations

     —         302,095       —         302,095  
    


 


 


 


Investing activities:

                                

Purchase of capital assets

     (98,119 )     (396,382 )     (939,490 )     (1,103,614 )

Purchase of intangible assets

     (5,082,803 )     —         (5,082,803 )     —    
    


 


 


 


Cash used in investing activities

     (5,180,922 )     (396,382 )     (6,022,293 )     (1,103,614 )
    


 


 


 


Financing activities:

                                

Bank loan

     (6,647,529 )     (4,293,000 )     12,741,909       (4,349,018 )

Proceeds from issue of share capital

     —         5,283       239,666       367,100  
    


 


 


 


Cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (6,647,529 )     (4,287,717 )     12,981,575       (3,981,918 )
    


 


 


 


Effects of exchange rate changes on cash

     (71,866 )     (6,219 )     (235,459 )     (45,035 )

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     450,137       1,046,436       (668,862 )     447,486  

Cash at beginning of period

     783,967       856,530       1,902,966       1,455,480  
    


 


 


 


Cash at end of period

   $ 1,234,104     $ 1,902,966     $ 1,234,104     $ 1,902,966  
    


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statement

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MAD CATZ INTERACTIVE, Inc.

Notes to consolidated financial statements

 

Note 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

The unaudited interim period consolidated financial statements as at March 31, 2003, have been prepared by the Company in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial statements and do not include all disclosures required in annual financial statements. The preparation of financial data is based on accounting policies and practices consistent with those used in the preparation of the audited annual consolidated financial statements, except for the changes disclosed in Notes 3 and 4. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2002.

 

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, all of which are normal and recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the respective interim periods presented.

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, 1328158 Ontario Inc. (“Mad Catz Canada”), Xencet U.S. Inc., Singapore Holdings Inc., Mad Catz, Inc., FX Unlimited Inc., Madcatz Europe Ltd, Madcatz Ltd, Mad Catz (Asia) Limited and Mad Catz Interactive Asia Ltd.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2001 the Company adopted a formal plan to dispose of the assets and business operations of its GTI (previously played video game business) and ZapYou.com (internet distribution) business units. As at September 30, 2001, all of the assets of GTI and Zapyou.com had been disposed.

 

Note 2: FOREIGN EXCHANGE

 

The United States dollar is the functional currency of the Company’s United States operations. The Canadian dollar is the functional currency of the Company’s Canadian operations, which is translated to United States dollars using the current rate method.

 

The British Pound is the functional currency of the Company’s UK operations, which is translated to United States dollars using the current rate method.

 

The Hong Kong Dollar is the functional currency of the Company’s Hong Kong operations, which is translated to United States dollars using the current rate method.

 

Note 3: GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The Company adopted Handbook Section 3062 (“Section 3062”), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, on April 1, 2002. Section 3062 discontinues the amortization of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. In accordance with Section 3062, beginning April 1, 2002, the Company no longer amortizes goodwill. Instead, the Company will review these assets periodically for impairment in accordance with the provisions of Section 3062. As of September 30, 2002, the Company completed its implementation of Section 3062 and conducted the required transitional impairment tests. The Company determined that it has one reporting unit and that this single reporting unit is the entire company, or Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. This conclusion was reached due to the integrated nature of the operations of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. and its subsidiaries and the lack of differing economic characteristics between them. The Company conducted the first step of the transitional impairment test using this one reporting unit and concluded that no impairment of goodwill existed as of April 1, 2002.

 

Net income and earnings per share on a pro forma basis, excluding goodwill amortization expense is as follows if Section 3062 had been adopted on April, 1, 2001:

 

 

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Three Months Ended

March 31


  

Twelve Months Ended

March 31,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

Reported net income

   $ 96,868    $ 111,335    $ 1,210,692    $ 1,486,771

Adjustments:

                           

Amortization of goodwill

     —        244,118      —        976,665
    

  

  

  

Adjusted net income

   $ 96,868    $ 355,453    $ 1,210,692    $ 2,463,436
    

  

  

  

Basic and diluted earnings per share:

                           

As reported

   $ 0.00    $ 0.00    $ 0.02    $ 0.03

As adjusted

   $ 0.00    $ 0.01    $ 0.02    $ 0.05

 

On January 21, 2003, the Company acquired the rights to the GameShark brand, intellectual property, and the www.gameshark.com web site from InterAct, a subsidiary of Recoton Corporation, for total cash consideration of $5,082,083. GameShark is the industry leader in video game enhancement software, which enables players to take full advantage of the secret codes, short cuts, hints and cheats incorporated by video game publishers into their game offerings. In connection with the GameShark acquisition, the Company entered into a multi-year technology agreement with Fire International, Ltd. to implement Fire’s technology in the GameShark brand of video game enhancements. For the year ended March 31, 2003, amortization of $36,169 with respect to these assets was recorded.

 

The acquired intangible assets are summarized as follows:

 

     Cost

   Useful life
(years)


Trademarks

   $ 4,111,932    Indefinite

Copyrights

   $ 456,881    5

Website

   $ 513,990    4
    

    
     $ 5,082,803     
    

    

 

Note 4: STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company adopted Handbook Section 3870 (“Section 3870”), “Stock-Based Compensation and Other Stock-Based Payments”, on April 1, 2002. Section 3870 is applied prospectively to all stock-based payments granted in the fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2002 and sets out a fair value based method of accounting that is required for certain, but not all, stock-based transactions. Section 3870 permits the Company to continue its existing policy whereby no compensation cost is recorded for stock option grants to employees. For the calculation of pro forma compensation expense, the Company applied the Black Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions for the three months and year ended March 31, 2003: volatility of 76%, risk-free interest rate of 5%, and an expected life of 3 years. Had the fair value based method been used to account for employee stock options, the Company would have recorded net income and basic and diluted earnings per share as follows:

 

 

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Three Months
Ended

March 31,


      

Twelve Months

Ended

March 31,


 
     2003

       2003

 

Net income as reported

   $ 96,868        $ 1,210,692  

Stock based compensation using the fair value method

     (34,677 )        (261,841 )
    


    


Adjusted net income

   $ 62,191        $ 948,851  
    


    


Basic and diluted earnings per share as reported and as adjusted:

   $ 0.00        $ 0.02  
    


    


 

Note 5: SEGMENTED DATA

 

The Company’s sales and capital assets are attributable to the following countries:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31


  

Twelve Months Ended

March 31,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

Sales

                           

Canada

   $ 1,393,103    $ 191,306    $ 4,510,916    $ 1,450,556

United States

     14,722,564      12,808,143      66,394,503      71,743,787

International

     5,526,691      2,820,869      20,752,447      10,142,791
    

  

  

  

     $ 21,642,358    $ 15,820,318    $ 91,657,866    $ 83,337,134
    

  

  

  

 

Revenues are attributed to countries based on the location of the customer. During the year ended March 31, 2003, the Company sold approximately 35% of its products to two customers (2002 - approximately 48% to two customers).

 

     March 31, 2003

     March 31, 2002

Capital assets:

               

Canada

   $ 3,782      $ 1,175

United States

     1,607,360        1,830,877

International

     118,168        87,697
    

    

       1,729,310        1,919,749

Goodwill and intangible assets:

               

Canada

     17,737,549        16,362,175

United States

     5,046,634        —  
    

    

       22,784,183        16,362,175
    

    

     $ 24,513,493      $ 18,281,924
    

    

 

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Note 6: EBITDA RECONCILIATION (Unaudited)

 

EBITDA represents net income plus interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

 

The Company believes that EBITDA is a useful supplement to net income as an indication of operating performance. EBITDA is a key financial measure but is not intended to represent cash flows for the period, nor has it been presented as an alternative to operating or net income as an indicator of operating performance and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada. As defined, EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to potential inconsistencies in the method of calculation.

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


  

Twelve Months Ended

March 31,


     2003

    2002

   2003

   2002

Net income

   96,868     111,335    1,210,692    1,486,771

Adjustments:

                    

Interest expense

   516,315     264,025    1,757,860    1,232,123

Income tax expense (benefit)

   (370,696 )   36,086    788,312    1,855,544

Depreciation and amortization

   279,364     335,940    1,172,784    1,009,936

Goodwill amortization

   —       244,118    —      976,665
    

 
  
  

EBITDA

   521,851     991,504    4,929,648    6,561,039
    

 
  
  

 

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