CNIT Cuts 2015 Net Loss to $7.5 Million from $29.2 Million in 2014; Gross Margin Rises to 37.96% from 27.15%
Apr 22, 2016, 08:00 ET
SHENZHEN, China, April 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- China Information Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNIT), a leading provider of internet-based platforms and digital advertising technologies and services in China, today said that, for the year ended December 31, 2015, the company had a net loss of ($7,504,262), or ($.22) per basic share, on revenue of $10,284,868 compared to a net loss of ($29,231,347), or ($.96) per basic share, on revenue of $38,634,747 for the year ended December 31, 2014.
These figures, said CNIT, are the result of the company's business transition, beginning in 2014, from an IT system integrations provider to the government sector to an internet-based solutions and services provider to private enterprises -- a role that enables higher sales margins and greater potential profitability. This transition included certain financial adjustments during 2015, including write-offs of receivables and intangible assets associated with the company's discontinued government business as well as the disposal of certain traditional IT businesses and real estate assets, in order to reduce debt and improve working capital.
The company's decrease in 2015 revenue was primarily due to a continued shifting of hardware production from its own factory over to OEM partners, resulting in hardware revenue decreasing to $4.95 million as compared to $22.63 million in 2014. Overall 2015 revenue was also reduced as a result of CNIT's strategic transformation from a traditional IT business to a cloud-based business, producing a decrease in revenue for software and system integration services to $3.20 million and $1.01 million, respectively, in 2015, from $10.37 million and $4.82 million, respectively, in 2014.
However, during 2015 CNIT increased its gross margin to 37.96%, from 27.15% in 2014. This increase primarily resulted from the company's aforementioned shift from a hardware to a cloud-based technology business model.
The company's net loss total for 2015 included a non-operating gain of $29,994,037 derived from the sale of Fuyong Industrial Park, a real estate property no longer vital to CNIT due to the company's shift away from hardware production. CNIT utilized the proceeds from this sale to significantly reduce its short-term debt to $15.27 million at year-end, down from $51.82 million at the end of 2014, as well as to improve its working capital.
In the fourth quarter of 2015, the company disposed of the equity interests in Geo and Zhongtian, two subsidiaries of CNIT's variable interest entity, iASPEC Geo Information Technology Company Limited. As a result, the operations of Geo and Zhongtian have been presented as discontinued operations for all periods in CNIT's consolidated financial statements.
"We believe our 2015 results provide ample evidence that our transition to a leading cloud-based digital advertising provider is well underway," said CNIT CEO and chairman, Mr. Jianghuai Lin. This transition, he said, has not only produced increased margins, reduced debt, eliminated unnecessary assets and increased working capital, but has also included several major agreements for sales of the company's elevator-based digital advertising terminals.
The latest such agreements, announced on April 12, called for the sale of a minimum of 8,500 terminals to be installed in elevators in 20 major cities across China and will net CNIT at least $5.2 million in 2016, said Mr. Lin.
In addition, he said, these terminals are now penetrating new markets including educational software and conference training, expected to contribute meaningful high-margin revenue for CNIT this year and beyond.
Not only does the company receive sales revenue from its terminals, said Mr. Lin, it also collects recurring monthly maintenance and safety service revenue for the life of each unit.
On top of this, he said, the company can receive additional terminal-related revenue through customers' use of CNIT's Yunfa Net advertising delivery system.
Yunfa Net enables advertisers -- usually smaller companies or their advertising agencies -- to design ads on their PC or mobile app and transmit them automatically to the digital ad terminals of their choice across China. The system, which has proven to both cut the cost of advertising by as much as 50 percent and enable these ads to be easily targeted to a customer's most likely customers, won the 2016 Golden Peacock Excellent Award as China's leading innovation in digital advertising technology.
"We believe Yunfa Net, now acknowledged as among our country's most efficient digital ad technologies, will continue to make a very important, high-margin revenue contribution for us -- and we expect this contribution to grow with each successive quarter."
In addition, said Mr. Lin, the company will continue in 2016 to emphasize four other strategies, including tightly controlling company costs, reinforcing cash collection policies to shorten the company's days of sales outstanding, streamlining purchase order management in order to reduce inventory, and obtaining new government subsidies to be used for developing and marketing additional high-margin cloud-based software solutions.
These measures, he said, combined with the company's steadily increasing sales, should enable CNIT to become profitable by the fourth quarter of 2016.
Mr. Lin added that he believes the company's current cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash flows from operations in 2016, and additional availability under its borrowing facilities will be sufficient to meet CNIT's operating and financial obligations for the remainder of the calendar year.
About China Information Technology, Inc.
China Information Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNIT) is a leading Internet service company that provides integrated cloud-based solutions enabling innovation and smart living in the fields of new media, city safety management, education, etc. Through continuous innovation, CNIT is aiming to leverage its proprietary Cloud-Application-Terminal technology to level the competitive landscape in the new media industry and deliver value for its shareholders, employees, customers, and the community. To learn more, please visit http://www.en.chinacnit.com.
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or
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| CHINA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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| CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) |
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| DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 |
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| Expressed in U.S. dollars (Except for share amounts) |
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| December 31 |
December 31 |
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| 2015 |
2014 |
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| ASSETS |
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| CURRENT ASSETS |
||||
| Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
3,786,846 |
$ |
6,689,848 |
| Restricted cash |
868,317 |
11,153,170 |
||
| Accounts receivable, net |
3,180,138 |
6,786,596 |
||
| Bills receivable |
- |
358,273 |
||
| Advances to suppliers |
2,526,607 |
1,174,148 |
||
| Inventories |
2,141,093 |
3,959,031 |
||
| Other current assets |
5,412,720 |
10,773,310 |
||
| Assets held for sale-current |
- |
13,032,000 |
||
| Current assets from discontinued operations |
13,272,186 |
30,349,676 |
||
| TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
31,187,907 |
84,276,052 |
||
| Assets held for sale-noncurrent |
- |
20,270,434 |
||
| Deposit for purchase of land use rights |
14,020,901 |
14,799,874 |
||
| Property, plant and equipment, net |
8,372,961 |
8,921,397 |
||
| Intangible assets, net |
2,530,103 |
3,494,014 |
||
| Goodwill |
4,753,454 |
12,118,817 |
||
| Deferred tax assets |
460,237 |
4,270,042 |
||
| Other non-current assets |
4,766,141 |
- |
||
| Non-current assets from discontinued operations |
- |
31,255,179 |
||
| TOTAL ASSETS |
$ |
66,091,704 |
$ |
179,405,809 |
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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| CURRENT LIABILITIES |
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| Short-term bank loans |
$ |
15,272,986 |
$ |
51,823,869 |
| Accounts payable |
6,943,248 |
9,440,296 |
||
| Bills payable |
1,322,912 |
23,732,737 |
||
| Advances from customers |
2,651,156 |
1,183,733 |
||
| Accrued payroll and benefits |
396,026 |
938,086 |
||
| Deposit for assets held for sale |
- |
13,032,000 |
||
| Other payables and accrued expenses |
4,570,298 |
6,952,957 |
||
| Amounts due to related parties |
141,972 |
851,262 |
||
| Income tax payable |
3,083,792 |
3,374,658 |
||
| Derivative Liability – Warrants |
1,156,386 |
- |
||
| Current liabilities from discontinued operations |
- |
28,989,570 |
||
| TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
35,538,776 |
140,319,168 |
||
| Long-term bank loans |
- |
214,630 |
||
| Amounts due to related parties |
12,359 |
13,065 |
||
| Deferred tax liabilities |
86,332 |
66,951 |
||
| Non-current liabilities from discontinued operations |
- |
213,186 |
||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES |
35,637,467 |
140,827,000 |
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|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
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| Ordinary shares, par $0.01; shares issued and outstanding, 2015; 120,000 shares; 2014: 475,000 shares |
360,000 |
1,425,000 |
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| EQUITY |
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| Ordinary shares, par $0.01; authorized capital 100,000,000 shares; shares issued and outstanding, 2015: 39,211,364 shares; 2014: 31,768,875 shares |
416,546 |
335,271 |
||
| Treasury stock, 2015: 1,402,448 shares; 2014: 717,448 shares |
(7,117,500) |
(4,290,000) |
||
| Additional paid-in capital |
144,000,767 |
126,862,049 |
||
| Reserve |
13,812,095 |
14,755,946 |
||
| Deficit earnings |
(154,979,095) |
(142,910,476) |
||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income |
24,551,707 |
24,755,457 |
||
| Total equity of the Company |
20,684,520 |
19,508,247 |
||
| Non-controlling interest |
9,409,717 |
17,645,562 |
||
| Total equity |
30,094,237 |
37,153,809 |
||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
$ |
66,091,704 |
$ |
179,405,809 |
| CHINA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS (UNAUDITED) |
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| YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, 2014 AND 2013 |
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| Expressed in U.S. dollars (Except for share amounts) |
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| 2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
|||||||||
| Revenue – Hardware |
$ |
4,953,139 |
$ |
22,628,612 |
$ |
46,114,109 |
|||||
| Revenue – Software |
3,200,905 |
10,366,560 |
2,923,397 |
||||||||
| Revenue – System integration |
1,012,088 |
4,822,003 |
5,422,151 |
||||||||
| Revenue – Others |
1,118,736 |
817,572 |
960,174 |
||||||||
| TOTAL REVENUE |
10,284,868 |
38,634,747 |
55,419,831 |
||||||||
| Cost – Hardware |
2,910,334 |
18,769,338 |
38,829,515 |
||||||||
| Cost – Software |
1,267,834 |
4,086,717 |
1,559,861 |
||||||||
| Cost – System integration |
1,745,647 |
4,480,388 |
4,733,815 |
||||||||
| Cost – Others |
457,390 |
809,947 |
743,972 |
||||||||
| TOTAL COST |
6,381,205 |
28,146,390 |
45,867,163 |
||||||||
| GROSS PROFIT |
3,903,663 |
10,488,357 |
9,552,668 |
||||||||
| Administrative expenses |
11,223,502 |
20,837,181 |
88,699,489 |
||||||||
| Research and development expenses |
3,446,867 |
1,477,246 |
2,190,074 |
||||||||
| Selling expenses |
2,661,545 |
4,240,097 |
4,893,234 |
||||||||
| Impairment of property, plant and equipment |
4,616,679 |
827,319 |
29,976,990 |
||||||||
| Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill |
8,918,427 |
7,015,727 |
2,008,249 |
||||||||
| LOSS FROM OPERATIONS |
(26,963,357) |
(23,909,213) |
(118,215,368) |
||||||||
| Subsidy income |
501,404 |
676,159 |
1,491,280 |
||||||||
| Gain on sale of assets |
29,994,037 |
- |
- |
||||||||
| Other income (loss), net |
776,233 |
(407,616) |
1,241,666 |
||||||||
| Interest income |
76,716 |
408,121 |
447,586 |
||||||||
| Interest expense |
(3,116,777) |
(5,858,770) |
(4,934,479) |
||||||||
| Warrant expense |
(5,657,988) |
- |
- |
||||||||
| Loss from continuing operations before income taxes |
(4,389,732) |
(29,091,319) |
(119,969,315) |
||||||||
| Income tax (expense ) benefit |
(4,305,028) |
4,599,559 |
(1,731,145) |
||||||||
| Loss from continuing operations |
(8,694,760) |
(24,491,760) |
(121,700,460) |
||||||||
| Less: Net (income) loss attributable to the non-controlling interest |
(308,473) |
404,662 |
3,188,700 |
||||||||
| NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY - continuing operations |
$ |
(9,003,233) |
(24,087,098) |
$ |
(118,511,760) |
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|
Discontinued operations (Note 15) Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes (including pretax gain on sale of Geo: $7.0 million in 2015 and pretax loss on sale of Zhongtian: $3.3 million in 2015) |
1,667,853 |
(5,049,880) |
(340,167) |
||||||||
| Income tax expense |
(168,882) |
(210,658) |
(165,400) |
||||||||
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations |
1,498,971 |
(5,260,538) |
(505,567) |
||||||||
| Less: Net (income) loss attributable to the non-controlling interest |
- |
116,289 |
(219,496) |
||||||||
| NET INCOME ( LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY-discontinued operations |
$ |
1,498,971 |
(5,144,249) |
$ |
(725,063) |
||||||
| NET LOSS |
$ |
(7,195,789) |
(29,752,298) |
$ |
(122,206,027) |
||||||
| NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY |
$ |
(7,504,262) |
(29,231,347) |
$ |
(119,236,823) |
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| (Loss) earnings per share - Basic and Diluted |
|||||||||||
| CONTINUING OPERATIONS |
|||||||||||
| Basic |
$ |
(0.26) |
$ |
(0.79) |
$ |
(4.33) |
|||||
| Diluted |
$ |
(0.26) |
$ |
(0.79) |
$ |
(4.33) |
|||||
|
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS |
|||||||||||
| Basic |
$ |
0.04 |
$ |
(0.17) |
$ |
(0.03) |
|||||
| Diluted |
$ |
0.04 |
$ |
(0.17) |
$ |
(0.03) |
|||||
| NET LOSS PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY |
|||||||||||
| Basic |
$ |
(0.22) |
$ |
(0.96) |
$ |
(4.36) |
|||||
| Diluted |
$ |
(0.22) |
$ |
(0.96) |
$ |
(4.36) |
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| CHINA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) |
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| YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, 2014 AND 2013 |
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| Expressed in U.S. dollars |
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| 2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
|||||||
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|||||||||
| Net loss |
$ |
(7,195,789) |
$ |
(29,752,298) |
$ |
(122,206,027) |
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| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities from continuing operations: |
|||||||||
| (Income) loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
$ |
(1,498,971) |
$ |
5,260,538 |
$ |
505,567 |
|||
| Provision for losses on accounts receivable and other current assets |
2,659,499 |
6,398,463 |
67,038,645 |
||||||
| Impairment of intangible assets and goodwill |
8,918,427 |
7,015,727 |
2,008,249 |
||||||
| Provision for obsolete inventories |
274,663 |
3,808,307 |
881,916 |
||||||
| Depreciation |
1,665,257 |
2,135,644 |
7,839,674 |
||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets and land use rights |
876,237 |
917,780 |
1,227,743 |
||||||
| (Gain) loss on sale of property and equipment and land use rights |
(30,005,007) |
(6,550) |
79,197 |
||||||
| Loss on disposal of inventories |
- |
476,597 |
- |
||||||
| Stock-based payment compensation for consulting services |
98,483 |
120,167 |
- |
||||||
| Stock-based compensation |
102,282 |
81,615 |
6,900,000 |
||||||
| Impairment of property, plant and equipment |
4,616,679 |
827,319 |
29,976,990 |
||||||
| Change in deferred income tax |
3,761,084 |
(4,603,763) |
1,836,586 |
||||||
| Warrant expense |
5,657,988 |
- |
- |
||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of business acquisitions and dispositions: |
|||||||||
| (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable |
2,914,918 |
(1,497,285) |
3,957,348 |
||||||
| Decrease in inventories |
1,546,570 |
6,019,174 |
657,081 |
||||||
| Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses |
(1,089,481) |
(3,435,388) |
(3,759,271) |
||||||
| Decrease (increase) in advances to suppliers |
(1,708,552) |
5,781,743 |
(2,209,123) |
||||||
| (Increase) decrease in restricted cash |
9,566,303 |
(1,515,573) |
1,013,285 |
||||||
| Increase (decrease) in amounts due to/from related parties |
(1,088,001) |
1,126,768 |
538,537 |
||||||
| (Decrease) increase in other payables and accrued expenses |
(2,736,926) |
(3,808,563) |
3,150,366 |
||||||
| (Decrease) increase in advances from customers |
1,598,944 |
(2,017,504) |
315,628 |
||||||
| (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and bills payable |
(24,134,831) |
(6,018,929) |
(10,354,585) |
||||||
| Increase (decrease) in income tax payable |
(118,973) |
171,552 |
(41,816) |
||||||
| Net cash used in continuing operations |
(25,319,197) |
(12,514,459) |
(10,644,010) |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from discontinued operations |
(595,404) |
(115,066) |
(733,530) |
||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities |
(25,914,601) |
(12,629,525) |
(11,377,540) |
||||||
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|||||||||
| Deposit (paid) received for assets held-for sale |
(20,717) |
13,024,000 |
- |
||||||
| Deposit refunded of land use rights |
- |
3,355,088 |
1,437,368 |
||||||
| Cash acquired in Biznest acquisition |
- |
67,506 |
- |
||||||
| Proceeds from sale of property and equipment |
55,101 |
6,561 |
226,109 |
||||||
| Consideration paid for acquisition of Biznest |
(1,488,969) |
(5,951,968) |
- |
||||||
| Investment in Geo |
- |
(128,901) |
- |
||||||
| Capitalized and purchased software development costs |
(66,870) |
(1,353,028) |
(95,162) |
||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment |
(3,004,209) |
(529,053) |
(1,721,113) |
||||||
| Investment in Zhongtian |
- |
(638,723) |
(378,144) |
||||||
| Cash received for sale of assets held for sale |
45,052,000 |
- |
- |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from continuing operations |
40,526,336 |
7,851,482 |
(530,942) |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from discontinued operations |
1,558,581 |
(1,530,773) |
(2,697,359) |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
42,084,917 |
6,320,709 |
(3,228,301) |
||||||
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|||||||||
| Borrowings under short-term loans |
44,584,103 |
58,862,064 |
92,580,008 |
||||||
| Common stock issued for cash |
12,786,353 |
3,683,028 |
9,000,000 |
||||||
| Decrease (increase) in restricted cash in relation to bank borrowings |
543,300 |
256,427 |
(610,153) |
||||||
| Borrowings under long-term loans |
- |
- |
350,534 |
||||||
| Repayment of short-term loans |
(79,952,564) |
(56,153,075) |
(87,876,246) |
||||||
| Repurchase of ordinary shares |
(1,310,184) |
(1,290,000) |
(3,000,000) |
||||||
| Repayment of long-term loans |
(97,751) |
(94,279) |
(147,923) |
||||||
| Cash paid to warrant holders |
(542,806) |
- |
- |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations |
(23,989,549) |
5,264,165 |
10,296,220 |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from discontinued operations |
(147,237) |
1,131,223 |
4,422,085 |
||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
(24,136,786) |
6,395,388 |
14,718,305 |
||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
564,125 |
19,027 |
223,130 |
||||||
| NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
(7,402,345) |
105,599 |
335,594 |
||||||
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING |
11,189,191 |
11,083,592 |
10,747,998 |
||||||
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ENDING |
$ |
3,786,846 |
$ |
11,189,191 |
$ |
11,083,592 |
|||
| Less cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations |
$ |
- |
$ |
4,499,343 |
$ |
5,038,900 |
|||
| CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS, end of period |
$ |
3,786,846 |
$ |
6,689,848 |
$ |
6,044,692 |
|||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
|||||||||
| Cash paid during the year |
|||||||||
| Income taxes |
$ |
188,932 |
$ |
382,741 |
$ |
405,948 |
|||
| Interest |
$ |
3,769,498 |
$ |
6,593,549 |
$ |
5,537,477 |
|||
SOURCE China Information Technology, Inc.