EightSolutions (Gener8) - 3D, Video und BigData
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Übrigens, erinnert ihr euch an "The Grandmaster", der den Umschwung bei der Konvertierung bringen sollte? Wie sich hinterher herausgestellt hat, war das ein subventioniertes Projekt und ES hat hier richtig Minus gemacht.
Welcome to our June update. We had some big wins this month, which will be the focus of this letter. First, I want to jump right into the FFD announcement and describe what it means for our company and why it is a positive step forward. Next, Ill go over how our summer is shaping up.
Im starting off with FFD because there were a few questions from shareholders after our announcement. To clarify what the settlement exactly means, Im going to provide more detail. The FFD lawsuit has been a huge thorn in our company which has thankfully now been removed, and we are all relieved to have this situation settled.
To provide context, FFD was a planned partnership between their 3D conversion teams and ours. The partnership plans broke down and we have been working to have a legal solution for well over 18 months. The legal process to find a resolution has been long and has very much affected our ability to move forward as a public company.
Then last week, on June 20, 2016, the BC Supreme Court ruled to extinguish all of the debt FFD believed we owed, and to release all of the security we provided for this debt.
Because of this pending situation, our books showed that we had $3.3 million in debt relating to FFD. Now with the BC Supreme Court ruling, the Company can write-off the full $3.3M debt and record the whole amount as income.
For us this means many things:
First, it has a direct and positive impact on our balance sheet and income statement;
Second, the FFD problem clouded our shift in the companys direction in our transformation into a technology company; and
Last but not least, the FFD legal issues hanging over us hurt our story, our ability to partner with strong institutions, and it clouded our move into big data visualization.
So, we are very happy and very relieved that the courts ruled in our favour because today we look financially healthier, we have removed a big distraction and we are moving forward unfettered. I truly hope that this explains the situation and how the ruling has benefited Eight Solutions.
Now onto other questions weve gotten from shareholders (Im picking the top three).
1. What is our 3D licensing situation?
We have received the first two royalty payments from Prime Focus as per the original agreement (and by the way, these agreements are all made public and available on sedar.com).
The royalties that were received to date were received on time as scheduled. The Technology Support Agreement for the 3D technology license remains in place, and we fully expect to receive future royalty revenues as they were originally agreed to.
There are three components of this 3D licensing agreement which lasts four more years:
A guaranteed $1M in royalty each year;
A yearly technology support fee of $1M per year; and
A 3D revenue performance maximum of another $1M in royalty (note this target was met this year and looks like there are strong 3D sales for the next few more years).
2. What are the details of all revenues for the 3 business units inside Eight Solutions (Cumul8, Reelhouse, and 3D)? As well, what is the cash position and sales forecast 2016?
As a company, we have taken the position of not publishing forward looking information (namely financial projections), and this hasnt changed since our inception. The reason is the early stage nature of our business and our focus on technology development makes it very difficult to predict or forecast revenue. Our goal is that this will change in the future, but for now we are sticking with this strategy. The challenge has been to answer the perception that because we do not give revenue projections the company must not have any or is in trouble.
All this said, there is a lot going on to drive revenue. An example is our relationship with The Bid Group. As we go deeper into producing a big data, live visual narrative of Sensor to Boardroom this solution continues to solve real world problems in manufacturing. Our beta software has evolved and our target list of customers are realizing the benefits of being able to visualize this much live data. This has never been done to the same level before. Our forestry product is real, it is a revenue producing solution, and it will evolve into other industries. We understand the importance of pushing our products into the market and of driving a strong sales strategy. This is what we are doing each and every day and look forward to bringing that data out to the shareholders and the market.
3. There are no revenues singling out Forestry. Are you producing sales? What can you say us about this?
We have and continue to generate revenue in the forestry sector. As well we have had positive feedback on releasing our product into this industry. Revenue has been slower than originally anticipated and this is because our customers are asking for more custom solutions. Our product is now live. This technology is making customers think about all of their Sensor to Boardroom solutions. So now we are modifying our software development and business development approach to match this interest. We know we have the right product because our customers want it and are willing to pay for it. The Bid Group is excited to have Cumul8 deployed in all their future machines. As well, we have a lot of interest from several of the major forestry companies for our product and services, and we are working quickly and diligently to get the product to larger revenue stage. Once achieved, the revenue model in the forestry sector would be a monthly recurring (SaaS) revenue format.
As well as forestry, we continue to pursue sales in other sectors. These include entertainment, where we currently work with a major Hollywood studio and a large post production company, and transportation, where we are soon to be expanding on an initial engagement. There are other industry sectors as well, which all ultimately will operate on a SaaS revenue basis.
There have been no changes in our business model. We continue to be confident in our shift from a service company to a company that is working in the exciting arena of viewing raw, rough data in a cloud based live tool. Now that we have spent the hard work in creating the right technology platform, this summer is about executing on the plan.
I hope that this update answers some of the key questions and clears up any misconceptions. Lets keep the dialogue going.
Thank you for reading,
rory
Gruß Spirit
Hast du erwartet, dass er 20M Revenues verkündet?
Ich denke, er macht seit Monaten klar, dass diese Art News frühestens im Spätherbst kommen. Leider, aber ist so.
Wenn ES es scharf sich dieses Jahr entsprechend zu positionieren ist nächstes Jahr der Weg frei. Dann gibt es auch mal tiefere Einblicke was sie so treiben. Und Eingeständnisse zu hoch gesteckten Zielen zeugt doch mal von Lernfähigkeit.
Jetzt müssen sie es schaffen die offenen Stellen zu besetzen um voran zukommen.
ES bleibt ein harter Weg. Dennoch Daumen hoch.
Wer aber behauptet dass man CF-Positivität (so Rory's Formulierung) dadurch erreicht, dass man eine Verbindlichkeit ab- bzw. zuschreibt -> oder Auflösung von Rückstellungen z.B. (Ertrag in der GuV, hat aber nichts mit CF zu tun!!!!!!!) der hat erwiesenermaßen nicht wirklich den Beweis erbracht , einen Hauch von Ahnung in Rechnungswesen zu haben...
Sorry, aber geht auf den Sack!
WENN MAN KEINE AHNUNG HAT, EINFACH MAL FRESSE HALTEN...
1. Es ist natürlich schön, dass Schulden gestrichen werden konnten.
2. Für diesen Prozess wurden mit Sicherheit Rückstellungen gebildet, Diese Rückstellungen wirken zunächst steuermildernd. Mit Rückstellungen sind in diesem Fall keine Barmittel gemeint, sondern ein rein buchhalterischer Vorgang.
3. Mit der Streichung der Schulden muss die Rückstellung nun aufgelöst werden und das Ganze wirkt als Ertrag, d.h. auf die riesen Summe müssen im schlechtesten Fall Steuern gezahlt werden (da ES noch nicht Cash Flow positiv ist, in diesem Fall aber vermutlich Gott sei Dank nicht).
4. Wie man sehr gut sehen kann, wirkt sich das Ganze aber überhaupt nicht auf die Liquidität aus. Auch mit den EInnahmen von PF bleibt eine Finanzierungslücke von ein paar Millionen bis zum Jahresende. Das bedeutet, dass sie auf jeden Fall wieder Geld brauchen. Vielleicht klappt es nach der Senkung der Schuldenlast wieder als Kredit. Im schlechtesten Fall gibt es eine massive Kapitalerhöhung auf der Grundlage des derzeitigen Share-Preises.
Ja, die Nachricht war gut, aber an der Gesamtlage hat sich nichts geändert,