UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of: March 2010
Commission File Number: 000-51116
Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
11/F, China Railway Construction Tower
No. 20 Shijingshan Road
Shijingshan District
Beijing 10031, People’s Republic of China
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o
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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- N.A.
 
 

 

 


 

Hurray! Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Unaudited Financial Results
BEIJING, March 1, 2010 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: HRAY), a leading company in artist development, music production and wireless music distribution and other wireless value-added services in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
Financial Highlights
Highlights for the Fourth Quarter of 2009:
  Total revenues: $6.2 million, representing a decrease of $0.7 million quarter-over-quarter and a decrease of $8.2 million year-over-year.
 
  Wireless value-added services (“WVAS”) revenues: $2.3 million, representing a decrease of $2.2 million quarter-over-quarter and a decrease of $9.2 million year-over-year.
 
  Recorded music revenues, which are from our record label businesses: $3.9 million, representing an increase of $1.5 million quarter-over-quarter and an increase of $0.9 million year-over-year.
 
  Net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding: $4.6 million
 
  EBITDA 1 : a net loss of $4.5 million
 
  Loss per ADS-basic and diluted: $0.21
Highlights for the Fiscal Year 2009:
  Total revenues: $34.6 million, as compared with $54.0 million for 2008
 
  WVAS revenues: $20.1 million, as compared with $42.7 million for 2008.
 
  Recorded music revenues: $14.5 million, as compared with $11.3 million for 2008
 
  Net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding: $22.7 million, as compared with net loss of $12.0 million for 2008
 
  EBITDA 1 : $20.6 million, as compared with $9.7 million for 2008
 
  Loss per ADS-basic and diluted: $1.03
Commenting on the fourth quarter results, Mr. Haibin Qu, Acting CEO of Hurray! stated: “As a result of Hurray!’s focused effort in restructuring our business resources in the past few months, we are pleased to have improved our non-WVAS business profitability despite ongoing WVAS industry headwinds which have impacted our WVAS business. Going forward, we will execute our new strategic initiatives according to our long-term strategies to further develop Hurray! into a leading digital media entertainment distribution platform.”
 
1   A non-GAAP measure, which is defined as net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding company except for income (loss) before interest, income tax, depreciation and amortization.

 

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Business Results
Total revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009 were $6.2 million, representing a decrease of 10.2% from $6.9 million for the previous quarter and 57.2% from $14.4 million for the same quarter last year.
Total revenues for fiscal year 2009 were $34.6 million, representing a decrease of 35.8% from $54.0 million for fiscal year 2008.
Total WVAS revenues were $2.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, representing a decrease of 48.2% from $4.5 million in the previous quarter and 79.9% from $11.5 million in the same quarter of 2008 as a result of business operation environment changes and our internal integrations.
Total WVAS revenues for fiscal year 2009 were $20.1 million, a decline of 52.7% as compared with $42.7 million in fiscal year 2008.
Recorded music revenues, for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, which represent revenues of our controlled music companies Freeland Music, Huayi Brothers Music, Hurray! Secular Bird and Seed Music, which was acquired on January 1, 2009, were $3.9 million, increased from $2.4 million in the previous quarter and $3.0 million in the same period of 2008, mainly reflects the effects of our ongoing resource realignment and business integration.
Total recorded music revenues for fiscal year 2009 were $14.5 million, representing growth of 28.2% as compared with $11.3 million in 2008.
Gross margin was 20.1% for the fourth quarter of 2009 as compared with 20.7% for the previous quarter and 5.0% for the same period of 2008.
For fiscal year 2009, gross margin was 19.3% as compared with 26.7% for fiscal year 2008.
Gross margin for WVAS was 33.1% for the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared with 27.3% in the previous quarter, and 2.9% for the same period of 2008.
Gross margin for WVAS was 24.0% for fiscal year 2009 as compared with 23.0% for fiscal year 2008.
Recorded music gross margin was 12.3% for the fourth quarter of 2009 as compared with 8.6% in the previous quarter and 13.0% for the same period of 2008.
Recorded music gross margin was 12.8% for fiscal year 2009 as compared with 40.4% for fiscal year 2008.

 

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Total gross profit was $1.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared with $1.4 million for the previous quarter, and $0.7 million for the same period of 2008.
For fiscal year 2009, total gross profit was $6.7 million, a decline of 53.5% as compared with $14.4 million for fiscal 2008.
Total operating expenses were $6.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. This represents a decrease of 3.5% as compared with the total operating expenses of $6.5 million for the previous quarter, and an increase of 5.0% as compared with the total operating expenses of $6.0 million for the same period of 2008.
For fiscal year 2009, total operating expenses, which included provisions for account receivable and other current assets of $3.8 million, professional service fees relating to the Shanda tender offer of $2.5 million, impairment for goodwill of $3.6 million and a write-down for intangible assets of $3.5 million for our music business due to the continued challenging business conditions, were $33.4 million, representing an increase of 47.3% as compared with $22.7 million for fiscal 2008 which included impairment for intangible assets of $2.5 million and goodwill of $2.7 million.
The income tax expense for the fourth quarter of 2009 was approximately $6,000, as compared with $0.7 million in the previous quarter and an income tax benefit of approximately $93,000 for the same period of 2008.
For fiscal 2009, interest income was $0.5 million as compared with $1.6 million in 2008, and income tax expense was $0.2 million compared with $0.5 million in 2008.
Net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding was $4.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2009.
For the fiscal year 2009, net loss attributable to Hurray! was $22.7 million, compared with net loss of $12.0 million for the fiscal 2008.
EBITDA was negative $4.5 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, as compared with an EBITDA of negative $4.0 million in the previous quarter. A reconciliation of net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding Company under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and adjusted EBITDA is included at the end of this release.
EBITDA was negative $20.6 million for fiscal year 2009, as compared with negative $9.7 million in the previous year.
Fully diluted loss per ADS was $0.21 based on a weighted average of 22.0 million diluted ADSs for the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared with the diluted loss per ADSs of $0.23 based on a weighted average of 22.0 million diluted ADSs for the previous quarter, and a fully diluted loss per ADS of $0.42 based on a weighted average of 21.9 million diluted ADSs for the fourth quarter of 2008.

 

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Fully diluted loss per ADS was $1.03 based on a weighted average of 22.0 million diluted ADSs for fiscal year 2009 as compared with $0.55 based on a weighted average of 21.9 million diluted ADSs for fiscal 2008.
As of December 31, 2009, the Company had $48.5 million in cash and cash equivalents, and short term time deposit of $10.0 million.
Business Highlights
Hurray! continued executing its strategy of developing proprietary content and diversifying distribution channels, with the following highlights:
  Hurray! launched 11 new mobile games and mobile themes on China Mobile’s portal in the fourth quarter of 2009, including “Heavy Metal World 2”, and “X-Snake”. In the first quarter of 2010, we are launching another 12 new mobile games, mobile themes and mobile software on China Mobile’s portal, and 3 new mobile games on each China Unicom’s and China Telecom’s portal respectively.
 
  In November, “The World of Legend — Magical Land” was selected as one of the high-rated mobile games in China Mobile’s G-plus game package, and was the number one downloaded mobile games for the month.
 
  Hurray! affiliated music companies, including Huayi Brothers Music, Freeland Music, New Run Entertainment, Secular Bird and Seed Music, released a series of new songs, including 28 albums, and launched successful marketing programs to promote the new releases simultaneously over Internet and wireless platforms. Subsequently, “Love Embrace” by Kuo Shu Yao (better known as “Yao Yao”), topped the Taiwan best-seller list as album sales soared for 2 consecutive weesks. Another Seed Music’s popular singer, Landy Wen (“Wen Lan”), held a press conference in Beijing to promote her latest album “Dancing Queen” on October 27. Huayi Brothers Music artist, Laure Shang (“Shang Wen Jie”) also released her most impressive album so far, “Time Lady” during this quarter.
 
  Hurray! artists, including Landy Wen received awards for their outstanding performances at various prestigious music award ceremonies in Asia, including “Best EP” for Landy Wen.
Business Outlook

 

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Completion of Merger with Ku6 Holding Limited (“Ku6”)
On January 21, 2010, the Company announced the completion, effective January 18, 2010, of the previously announced merger with Ku6, a leading online video portal in China, pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement by and among Hurray!, Ku6 and the shareholders of Ku6 dated as of November 26, 2009. Following the completion of this merger, the Company announced the appointment of Mr. Danian Chen and Mr. Shanyou Li to the Hurray! Board of Directors, effective January 19, 2010.
Note to the Financial Information
The unaudited financial information disclosed above is preliminary. The audit of the financial statements and related notes to be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 is still in progress. Adjustments to the financial statements may be identified when audit work is completed, which could result in significant differences from the audited financial statements to this preliminary unaudited financial information relating to. In addition, because management’s evaluation of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting in connection with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has not yet been completed, the Company makes no representation as to the effectiveness of those internal controls as of the end of the Company’s fiscal year 2009.
Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter and 2009 fiscal year results at
     
Time:
  10: 00 pm Eastern Standard Time on February 28, 2010
 
  or 11:00 am Beijing/Hong Kong Time on March 1, 2010
 
   
The dial-in number:
  +1-800-510-9691 (US)
  +1-617-614-3453(International)
 
  Password: 65049841
A replay of the call will be available from March 1, 2010 until March 8, 2010 as follows:
+1-888-286-8010 (US)
+1-617-801-6888 (International)
Password: 28033228
Additionally, a live and archived web cast of this call will be available at: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=187793&s=wm&e=2732667
or http://www.hurray.com.cn/english/home.htm
About Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
Hurray! is a leading company in artist development, music production and offline distribution in China through its record labels and also organizes concerts and other music events in China through its music subsidiaries.

 

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Hurray! is also a leading online distributor of music and music-related products such as ringtones, ringbacktones, and truetones to mobile users in China through the full range of wireless value-added services platforms over mobile networks and through the internet.
The Company also provides a wide range of other wireless value-added services to mobile users in China, including games, pictures and animation, community, and other media and entertainment services.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward- looking statements by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “believes” and similar statements. The accuracy of these statements may be impacted by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including risks related to: continued competitive pressures in China’s wireless value-added services market; changes in technology and consumer demand in this market; the risk that Hurray! may not be able to control its expenses in future periods; Hurray!’s ability to succeed in the music development, production and distribution business, with which it has only limited experience; changes in the policies of the mobile operators in China or the laws governing wireless value-added services; the state of Hurray!’s relationships with China’s mobile operators and the risk that Hurray! may be subject to further sanctions and penalties from them in future periods; and other risks outlined in Hurray!’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F. Hurray! does not undertake any obligation to update this forward-looking information, except as required under applicable law.

 

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Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 
            As of  
    As of     December 31, 2008  
    December 31, 2009 1     (As Adjusted) 2  
    (in thousands of U.S. dollars)  
Assets
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 48,489     $ 59,473  
Short-term investment
    10,000        
Accounts receivable, net
    3,192       12,658  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    1,834       4,170  
Amount due from related parties
    63       745  
Current deferred tax assets
          363  
Inventories, net
    197       255  
Receivable on disposal of subsidiary
          47  
 
           
Total current assets
    63,775       77,711  
 
               
Deposits and other non-current assets
    332       720  
Prepaid acquisition cost
          2,507  
Property and equipment, net
    880       980  
Acquired intangible assets, net
    1,082       1,945  
Investment in equity affiliate
          825  
Goodwill
    2,099       3,157  
Non-current deferred tax assets
          479  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 68,168     $ 88,324  
 
           
 
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 3,959     $ 2,454  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    6,261       3,033  
Amount due to related parties
    440       208  
Income tax payable
    655       124  
Current deferred tax liabilities
    12       497  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    11,327       6,316  
 
Long term payable
    17       24  
Non-current deferred tax liabilities
    263       292  
 
           
Total liabilities
    11,607       6,632  
 
           
 
               
Redeemable non-controlling interest
    371        
 
               
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Ordinary shares
    110       110  
Additional paid-in capital
    75,190       75,013  
Accumulated deficit
    (30,859 )     (8,201 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    9,954       9,987  
 
           
Total Hurray! Holding shareholders’ equity
    54,395       76,909  
 
           
Non-controlling interest 2
    1,795       4,783  
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    56,190       81,692  
 
           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 68,168     $ 88,324  
 
           
 
1   Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted ASC 810 (formerly referred to as SFAS 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No.51”). ASC 810, which was retrospectively applied, requires non-controlling interests to be separately presented as a component of stockholders’ equity on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
2   December 31, 2008 balances were extracted from the form 6-K for the quarters ended December 31, 2008, as adjusted resulting from the adoption of ASC 810.

 

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Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
                                 
    For the three months ended     For the year ended  
    December 31,     December 31,     December 31,     December 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (in thousands of U.S. dollars,     (in thousands of U.S. dollars,  
    except share and per share data)     except share and per share data)  
Revenues:
                               
Wireless value-added services
    2,300       11,454       20,169       42,672  
Recorded music
    3,870       2,972       14,473       11,287  
 
                       
Total revenues
    6,170       14,426       34,642       53,959  
 
                               
Cost of revenues:
                               
Wireless value-added services
    1,538       11,117       15,332       32,840  
Recorded music
    3,392       2,586       12,625       6,730  
 
                       
Total cost of revenues
    4,930       13,703       27,957       39,570  
 
                               
 
                       
Gross profit
    1,240       723       6,685       14,389  
 
                               
Operating expenses:
                               
Product development
    88       154       467       992  
Selling and marketing
    1,116       2,370       6,330       9,132  
General and administrative
    4,518       2,520       22,992       11,427  
Impairment of goodwill
    584       965       3,593       2,675  
Gain on reduction of Unicom liability
                      (1,557 )
Total operating expenses
    6,306       6,009       33,382       22,669  
 
                       
Loss from operations
    (5,066 )     (5,286 )     (26,697 )     (8,280 )
Interest income
    83       215       454       1,613  
Other income
    37       6       342       247  
Interest expense
    (3 )           (14 )      
Foreign exchange loss
          (4,518 )           (8,990 )
Gain on reduction of acquisition payable
                      5,000  
 
                       
Loss before provision for income taxes, equity in (loss) earnings of affiliate
    (4,949 )     (9,583 )     (25,915 )     (10,410 )
Income tax (benefit)expense
    6       (93 )     234       486  
 
                       
Loss before equity in (loss) earnings of affiliate
    (4,955 )     (9,490 )     (26,149 )     (10,896 )
Equity in (loss)earnings of affiliate, net of tax
    (377 )     30       (704 )     64  
Impairment of the investment in music equity affiliate
                (210 )     (1,871 )
 
                       
Loss from continuing operations
    (5,332 )     (9,460 )     (27,063 )     (12,703 )
Discontinued operations:
                               
Gain on sale of subsidiary, net of tax
          47       222       413  
 
                       
Net loss
    (5,332 )     (9,413 )     (26,841 )     (12,290 )
Less: Net loss attributable to the non-controlling interest 2
    746       235       4,183       337  
 
                       
Net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding Company
    (4,586 )     (9,178 )     (22,658 )     (11,953 )
 
                       
Net loss per share-basic
                               
Loss from continuing operations
    ($0.00 )     ($0.00 )     ($0.01 )     ($0.01 )
Gain from discontinued operations
  $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
Net loss
    ($0.00 )     ($0.00 )     ($0.01 )     ($0.01 )
Net loss per ADS-basic
                               
Loss from continuing operations
    ($0.21 )     ($0.42 )     ($1.04 )     ($0.57 )
Gain from discontinued operations
  $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.01     $ 0.02  
Net loss
    ($0.21 )     ($0.42 )     ($1.03 )     ($0.55 )
Net loss per share-diluted
                               
Loss from continuing operations
    ($0.00 )     ($0.00 )     ($0.01 )     ($0.01 )
Gain from discontinued operations
  $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
Net loss
    ($0.00 )     ($0.00 )     ($0.01 )     ($0.01 )
Net loss per ADS-diluted
                               
Loss from continuing operations
    ($0.21 )     ($0.42 )     ($1.04 )     ($0.57 )
Gain from discontinued operations
  $ 0.00     $ 0.00     $ 0.01     $ 0.02  
Net loss
    ($0.21 )     ($0.42 )     ($1.03 )     ($0.55 )
Weighted average shares used in calculating basic loss per share
    2,197,770,091       2,189,982,906       2,196,291,947       2,185,615,129  
Weighted average ADSs used in calculating basic loss per ADS
    21,977,701       21,899,829       21,962,919       21,856,151  
Weighted average shares used in calculating diluted loss per share
    2,197,770,091       2,189,982,906       2,196,291,947       2,185,615,129  
Weighted average ADSs used in calculating diluted loss per ADS
    21,977,701       21,899,829       21,962,919       21,856,151  

 

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The use of non-GAAP financial measures:
To supplement its consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States, Hurray! uses a non-GAAP measure of EBITDA, which is adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude certain expenses. Hurray!’s management believes the use of this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses that are not related to the company’s operations. This non-GAAP financial measure also facilitates management’s internal comparisons to Hurray!’s historical performance and our competitors’ operating results. Hurray! believes this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. The presentation of this additional financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Please see below financial table for a reconciliation of EBITDA.
Reconciliation of Net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding Company under GAAP to EBITDA for the following periods:
                                 
    For the three months ended     For the year ended  
    December 31,     December 31,     December 31,     December 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (in thousands of U.S. dollars)     (in thousands of U.S. dollars)  
Net loss attributable to Hurray! Holding Company
    ($4,586 )     ($9,178 )     ($22,658 )     ($11,953 )
Add (deduct):
                               
Interest expense
    3             14        
Income tax expense (benefit)
    6       (93 )     234       486  
Depreciation and amortization
    185       712       2,245       3,340  
Interest income
    (83 )     (215 )     (454 )     (1,613 )
 
                       
EBITDA
    ($4,475 )     ($8,774 )     ($20,619 )     ($9,740 )
 
                       
 
     
For more information, please contact:
Christina Low
Investor Relations Officer
Tel: 8610-88695237
IR@hurray.com.cn
Source: Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.

 

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  (Company Name)
 
 
  By:   /s/ Haibin Qu    
    Name:   Haibin Qu   
    Title:   Acting Chief Executive Officer   
 
Date: March 3, 2010
                                         

 

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