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Dynatrace Accelerates Expansion in Japan – New Leadership and Expanded Language Support

Investments in customer success technical resources to help Japanese businesses accelerate digital transformation.

TOKYO, Sept. 2, 2020 — Software intelligence company Dynatrace, today announced an expanded presence in Japan, signaling the launch of its Japanese expansion strategy.

The public cloud market is strong in Japan, expected to grow from US$8 billion to US$18 billion by 2023 with gaming, digital native, retail and consumer and financial services leading the pack. The COVID-19 crisis is accelerating the country’s digitization especially in digital healthcare services, digital government ID and payment methods.

Dynatrace has appointed Inoue Takehiro, an IT veteran with nearly 30 years in enterprise IT software industry, to lead the company’s Japan operations as Country Director. Prior to joining Dynatrace, Takehiro drove market development strategy and the partner businesses at Japan CA, the Japanese branch of CA Technologies.

Takehiro-san will help drive the company’s overall vision and enable Japanese organizations to accelerate their digital transformation with Dynatrace’s AI-powered observability platform. Takehiro-san is also focused on strengthening Dynatrace’s strategic partnership with local Solution Partners, Global System Integrators (GSI) and Technology Alliance Partners such as Seiko Solution, NTT Data, DXC, Microsoft, Red Hat and Amazon.

Dynatrace has also recently launched DynatraceONE Premium, a post-sales support program, strengthening Dynatrace’s commitment to Japanese customers’ success. Dynatrace is also providing Japanese-language translations of DynatraceONE customer onboarding webinars to provide self-service resources for local customers. These webinars will be available in the Dynatrace University.

"Japanese businesses are accelerating their digital transformation, and this this transformation is happening in dynamic multicloud environments," said Inoue Takehiro. "The Dynatrace platform was purposefully designed to manage these environments. "In addition, it’s the 10th time in a row we’ve been named by Gartner as a Leader. Also, our confidence in Dynatrace should be rooted in much more than just the Gartner validation – it’s rooted in the strength of our platform and knowledge from our customers that we are the best fit for their dig transformation initiatives and challenges."

About Dynatrace:

Dynatrace provides software intelligence to simplify cloud complexity and accelerate digital transformation. With advanced observability, AI, and complete automation, our all-in-one platform provides answers, not just data, about the performance of applications, the underlying infrastructure, and the experience of all users. That’s why many of the world’s largest enterprises trust Dynatrace® to modernize and automate cloud operations, release better software faster, and deliver unrivaled digital experiences.

Curious to see how you can simplify your cloud? Visit our trial page for a free 15-day Dynatrace trial.

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New Research Shows How Sales Processes Are Adapting to COVID-19


New research highlights rapid change to the traditional sales environment and how sales professionals are adapting

PETERSFIELD, England, Sept. 2, 2020 — Leading cloud CRM vendor, Really Simple Systems, has published a new report detailing the findings of recent international research into the roles, practices and processes of sales professionals.

In July 2020, the cloud-CRM developer and vendor, Really Simple Systems, conducted a research project, surveying sales professionals globally to generate data on their practices and the changing environment for the sales sector.

The research highlights the rapid change experienced over recent years, and more acutely in the last few months, identifying that traditional sales methods are largely outdated and ineffective. The report includes findings on how technology is influencing change and how sales professionals have adapted to the global pandemic.

  • Evidence of increased use of technology in sales including the emergence of LinkedIn as a primary tool
  • Impact of COVID-19 is demonstrated with a dramatic increase in use of video calling
  • Concerns that high numbers of small businesses are still using manual methods to manage their sales
  • Verification that sales value is the strongest determining factor in the sales process
  • Suggestion that use of cold sales approaches continue despite the introduction of data protection legislation
  • Move to the SaaS environment sees email and automation surge ahead of the telephone calls for sales

Really Simple Systems marketing manager, Helen Armour, commented: "Conducting this this sales research has been truly eye-opening. The sales sector has certainly seen some dramatic changes and although many are adapting well, it suggests more work is needed to prepare for an uncertain future."

The full Sales Professionals Research Report can be found here https://www.reallysimplesystems.com/blog/sales-statistics-2020/.

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About Really Simple Systems

Established in 2006, Really Simple Systems is one of the world’s largest providers of cloud-based CRM software. Designed for small and mid-sized businesses operating B2B, its customers range from single user start-ups to 200 user systems, including the Red Cross, the Royal Academy of Arts, the British Museum and NHS. Featuring integrated modules for email marketing and customer service, Really Simple Systems CRM is credited as being super-easy to use with excellent customer support.

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Nintex Unveils New Customer Success Resources to Help Organisations Automate More


Valuable training, certification and coaching programs accelerate the transformation of inefficient processes with the Nintex Process Platform and sharpen end-user skills in process mapping, workflow automation, RPA, document automation and more

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 2, 2020 — Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, today announced the company has made its sought-after online training courses, live virtual classes and certifications available in a new self-serve format that is customisable and affordable.

Effective 1 September 2020, Nintex community members—from IT, ops and process professionals to business analysts—may enrol in a wide-range of practitioner to expert-level process management and automation training courses, including participation in live virtual classes and access to all certifications, for a nominal subscription fee of $40 USD per month per person, renewable annually.

"Given these unprecedented times organisations everywhere are asking employees to do more with less," says Nintex Vice President of Customer Success Programs Alistair Cloke. "Finding ways to eliminate paper and to automate a process is often the answer which is why we’re committed to ensuring our Nintex Community members have access to resources that will immediately enhance their process management and automation skills and deepen their knowledge of what’s possible to do with our Nintex platform."

Training and coaching options

Programs offered via an a la carte menu allow organisations to sign up as needed, and include:

  • Nintex Training: From mid-March to August 31, 2020, Nintex waived registration fees for its on-demand and virtual instructor-led training courses via Nintex University, https://learn.nintex.com/ , to allow Nintex Community members to quickly sharpen and advance their business process management, workflow automation, document automation and robotic process automation skillset. Organisations with an existing Nintex Enterprise Edition subscription license will receive an allocation of training subscription seats based on their product license tier and may purchase additional seats as needed.

    Additionally, any Nintex customer or partner who enrolled in Nintex University courses and certifications before August 31 of this year is eligible for an honorary subscription. This plan allows every member to continue accessing training and certifications for Nintex Promapp®, Nintex Workflow and Forms for Office 365, Nintex Workflow and Forms for SharePoint, Nintex Workflow Cloud, Nintex RPA, and Nintex Drawloop DocGen® at no cost through June 30, 2021 beyond what they receive as part of their contractual entitlements.

    • Private Training: A range of tailored options which includes on-boarding training programs for new customers; highly customised training for existing customers who want to upskill a group of employees quickly; and specialised training for a specific automation or process mapping solution.
    • Free Self-Paced Training: Practitioner-level on-demand courses are available via the Nintex University and designed for those who are new to the Nintex Process Platform.
  • Nintex Coaching for Automation Solutions and Migration: Nintex customers, with enterprise version licensing entitlements, will accelerate the use of automation to solve business challenges with Nintex Coaching for Automation Solutions and Nintex Coaching for Migration. Nintex subject matter experts – or coaches – assist customers through remote video calls to brainstorm the best possible ways to solve the business challenges confronting their organisations, with Nintex. Coaching sessions address specific issues such as automating a manual or inefficient business process with capabilities such as Workflow, Forms, Doc Gen, and/or RPA. Additionally, coaches will provide guidance to customers around migrating their workflows from SharePoint designer or older versions of Nintex to newer versions of Nintex on-premises or in the cloud. To learn more, please visit https://customer.nintex.com/coaching/Pages/default.aspx

Nintex’s unwavering commitment to customer success

Feedback from 2020 participants re-confirms the quality of Nintex training content as well as the instructors. Nintex Community members report higher productivity and greater efficiency in managing, automating, and optimising business processes across departments as well as industry-specific solutions.

"The response to Nintex’s customer success program has been incredibly positive this year," adds Cloke. "In less than six months, we had more than 50,000 on-demand and live training courses and more than 9,000 enrolments in our virtual-instructor led trainings."

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About Nintex
Nintex is the global standard for process management and automation. Today more than 8,000 public and private sector clients across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimising business processes. Learn more by visiting www.nintex.com and experience how Nintex and its global partner network are shaping the future of Intelligent Process Automation (IPA).

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Arria NLG introduces Microsoft Excel add-in bringing dynamic, on demand natural language summaries and report automation to spreadsheets


New integration turns Excel data into contextual narratives reducing the time it takes to identify and communicate key insights

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Sept. 2, 2020 — Arria NLG today introduced Arria for Excel, a Microsoft Office add-in that brings natural language generation (NLG) functionality to any user of Microsoft Excel.

Arria brings the power of language to the most widely adopted business analytics tool! Arria for Excel gives you the ability to instantly narrate Excel spreadsheets, easily export directly to Word or PowerPoint, enjoy timely financial report automation and more!
Arria brings the power of language to the most widely adopted business analytics tool! Arria for Excel gives you the ability to instantly narrate Excel spreadsheets, easily export directly to Word or PowerPoint, enjoy timely financial report automation and more!

Users worldwide rely on the robust functionality and intuitive design of Microsoft Excel to help them analyze and understand data. Arria’s add-in brings data understanding to the masses.

Arria for Excel adds natural-language summaries and report automation right within the worksheet, instantly turning volumes of data into insightful narratives. Users can tailor narratives to specific audiences, providing contextual commentary and explanatory analyses which are not only indistinguishable from those created by subject matter experts, but also created in seconds.

For enterprise professionals, Excel is entrenched as the most widely adopted business analytics tool and it is every analyst’s tried-and-true tool for decision and reporting support. Arria augments existing Excel workflows with:

  1. Consistency and accuracy. A next-generation report writer that dynamically automates data-driven financial summaries. Best practices are captured and maintained. Last-minute changes are no longer nerve-racking.
  2. Timeliness of reporting. Financial reports must be available in time to inform decision making. Therefore, financial reports can now be published as soon as possible after the end of the reporting period.
  3. Team sharing. With volumes of data changing at a pace like never before, insightful information delivery across the enterprise provides clarity and confidence in times of uncertainty.

If you’re like most people, the first time you use it, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.  It is simply a superb addition to the software, dramatically increasing productivity, efficiency and speed to decision-making.

"For data to have value, enterprises must be able to extract meaningful insights that lead to positive business outcomes," said Sharon Daniels, CEO, Arria NLG. "They need to reduce the time it takes to get to those insights, and take action."

Businesses that generate analysis and reports with basic tables and charts lacking advanced language analytics are competitively disadvantaged. Pairing Arria NLG technology with Excel eliminates these constraints by augmenting complex analysis with easy-to-digest narrative directly within worksheets.

In an ever-changing time, businesses and governments are turning to technology to simplify and operationalize what was previously complex and time consuming. Arria for Excel has the potential to drive the user experience of next-generation augmented analytics tools expanding the benefits to a wider audience.

For details, please visit: https://www.arria.com/excel/

About Arria NLG

Arria NLG is a form of artificial intelligence that transforms structured data into natural language. Through data analysis, knowledge automation, language generation and tailored information delivery, Arria software replicates the human process of expertly analyzing and communicating data insights. Arria dynamically turns data into written or spoken narrative at machine speed and on a massive scale by giving data the power of language.

The Arria NLG platform gives you the ability to take advantage of pre-built out-of-the-box apps—or, you can create and customize your own projects. Arria has a rapidly growing list of global clients and partners providing solutions across multiple industries including; banking, financial services, insurance, pharmaceutical, consumer product goods, news and media.

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Jvion Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for Improving Patient Outcomes Using Its Clinical-AI CORE™ Intelligence Platform

Jvion’s prescriptive analytics approach identifies undetected risk and modifiable risk trajectories followed by recommendations for remedial actions

SANTA CLARA, California, Sept. 1, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the North American prescriptive analytics market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Jvion, Inc. with the 2020 North American Technology Innovation Leadership Award for its clinical-AI Care Optimization and Recommendation Enhancement (CORE™) technology. It is a scalable, secure intelligence repository that aggregates structured as well as unstructured data and augments that information with clinical, socioeconomic, and experiential data on 30 million individuals to draw meaningful correlations and inferences. To date, Jvion’s clinical AI has helped more than 300 hospitals, payers, and pharmacy managers achieve 30 percent reductions in preventable adverse incidents, which translate to annual savings of more than $6.3 million.

2020 North American Prescriptive Analytics Technology Innovation Leadership Award
2020 North American Prescriptive Analytics Technology Innovation Leadership Award

"The CORE™ identifies health and financial risk trajectories that can be modified, delivers prioritized insights to the care teams and coordinators engaging patients, and makes recommendations to improve outcomes. As a prescriptive analytics solution, it can proactively mitigate preventable harm that could otherwise lead to hospital readmissions, serious conditions, or accelerated health deterioration," said Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe, Industry Principal. "With this first-in-class AI platform, Jvion evolved from a provider of simple predictive analytics and machine learning solutions to a technology leader that can help identify potentially high-risk patients and suggest specific remedial action."

The solution leverages a combination of Eigen-based mathematics, datasets from over 30 million patients, and a software platform to promptly act upon 50+ preventable clinical events, covering behavioral health, hospital acquired conditions, chronic conditions, hospice/palliative care, and medication adherence. Additionally, it can identify avoidable cost events including uncompensated care and help customers work with their patient population to identify the right financial assistance. Importantly, the CORE™ does not require the creation of new models or perfect datasets. The underlying AI capability assesses 4,500 clinical and non-clinical risk factors for every patient and a quadrillion risk calculations through 170,000 self-learning Eigen Spheres clusters in real-time.

Frequently used enterprise data warehouse or data lake models demand considerable resources just to deliver a retrospective view of the patient’s health risk. Similarly, scoring methods such as LACE and BRADEN do not provide enough granularity or patient specificity to determine all the factors impacting the patient’s health. Jvion’s CORE™, on the other hand, boasts patient specificity, high effectiveness (seven times more effective than popular scoring methods), patient rendering (up to 365 days view into the future), successful use of even incomplete and unstructured datasets, and the fastest speed to value. Each of these benefits helps deliver effective, personalized patient care.

"As a result of its patient-centric approach to understanding vulnerability and risk, Jvion was able to pivot quickly during a pandemic to launch its COVID Response Suite, which delivers lists of individuals most vulnerable to severe illness. These insights enable proactive and targeted outreach to individuals that need to take more aggressive precautions," noted Cauwenberghe. "The relevance of its solutions, along with its patient-focused technology development efforts, has positioned Jvion for accelerated growth."

"Jvion is honored to be recognized for executing on its mission of preventing avoidable harm whether categorized as a health or financial event for our customers," said Jay Deady, CEO of Jvion. "Our team is constantly innovating to ensure our prescriptive AI approach is relevant to the changing dynamics of the healthcare industry."

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has demonstrated uniqueness in developing and leveraging new technologies that deliver significant customer value.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

About Frost & Sullivan

For over five decades, Frost & Sullivan has become world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion.

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About Jvion, Inc.

Jvion, a leader in clinical artificial intelligence, enables providers, payers and other healthcare entities to identify and prevent avoidable patient harm, utilization and costs. An industry first, the Jvion CORE™ goes beyond predictive analytics and machine learning to identify patients on a trajectory to becoming high-risk. Jvion then determines the interventions that will more effectively reduce risk and enable clinical and operational action. The CORE accelerates time to value by leveraging established patient-level intelligence to drive engagement across healthcare organizations, populations, and individuals. To date, the Jvion CORE has been deployed across hundreds of clients and resulted in millions saved. For more information, visit http://www.jvion.com.

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#1 on the Green500 – Supermicro and Preferred Networks (PFN) Collaborate to Develop the World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer

Deep Learning Supercomputer MN-Core™ Achieves Record 21.11 Gigaflops Performance-Per-Watt Based on Real-World Scientific Application Benchmarks  

SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 31, 2020 — Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, today announced that its collaboration with Preferred Networks achieved the ranking for the Green500 semi-annual industry assessment. The MN-3 reached a record 21.11Gigaflops of performance-per-watt on a benchmark run that delivered a total performance of 1.62 Petaflops. This efficiency achievement is 15% higher than the previous Green500 record of 18.404 Gflops/W, which was recorded in June 2018.


"Supermicro was excited to work with PFN on this exceptional system supporting machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) applications and energy efficiency," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "The Green500 international recognition confirms that Supermicro delivers exceptional products – resource-saving, superior design, and high-reliability to the market."

PFN partnered with Supermicro to develop this customized server, which addresses a wide range of applications that require ultra-fast communications. Based in Japan, PFN strives to solve complex problems that utilize deep learning, robotics, and other advanced technologies.

"We are very pleased to have partnered with Supermicro, who worked with us very closely to build MN-3, which was recognized as the world’s most energy-efficiency supercomputer," stated Yusuke Doi, VP of Computing Infrastructure at Preferred Networks. "We can deliver outstanding performance while using a fraction of the power that was previously required for such a large supercomputer."

The PFN solution is based on the Supermicro GPU server that utilizes Intel® Xeon® CPUs, and MN-Core boards developed by Preferred Networks. This advanced system offers up to 6TB of DDR4 memory, and multiple GPUs or accelerators, as well as the interconnects that enable ultra-fast communications between GPUs.

PFN Supercomputer

The PFN supercomputer can serve many users simultaneously. The initial cluster consisted of 48 servers- four interconnect nodes, and five 100GbE switches. There was a total of 2,080 CPU cores, housed in a 7U high rack-mounted unit.

Learn more about the Green500 supercomputer.   

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About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (Nasdaq: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced Server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green®" initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

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WeTrade Group Announces Stock Split

BEIJING, Aug. 31, 2020 — WeTrade Group Inc. (US: WETG), a SaaS company providing technical services and solutions to membership-based social e-commerce, announced its first stock split on August 28th. The company’s three-for-one stock split will officially take place on August 31st.

For companies, it’s important to note that a stock split will not make any changes for strategies or organizational structures. But it will make the company’s stock more attractive and also make its shares more accessible to a broader base of investors. As a result, new investments will be helpful for the stock price raising and bring business confidence for its shareholders.

After the splitting, the number of WeTrade Group shareholders will increase by 3 times. Lowering the company’s share price can put WeTrade stock within the reach of smaller, individual investors, which will attract more attention from the market and generate more industry-investor ownership. In the same time, stock splits are generally seen as a positive by the market.

WeTrade Group was officially listed on the NASDAQ OTC Market on July 23, 2020, under the ticker symbol "WETG". The stock soared from $2.9 a share to a peak of $20.19 a share, demonstrating the market expectation and WeTrade’s technology-based business model.

In recently years, micro-business in China has boomed from 30 million in 2018 to 50 million in 2019, and it is expected to attain to 100 million in 2020. With the development of this potential market, WeTrade Group provides technical services and solutions as a listed SaaS business to support micro-business online stores and social e-commerce platforms. The company developed a social e-commerce revenue management system in 2019. The main functions of the system are user marketing relationship implementation, CPS commission profit management, multi-channel app data statistics, etc. Moreover, WeTrade fully takes advantages of its social e-commerce and micro-business technology to explore supply chain directing purchase and community dispersion, dedicating to establish a more suitable service system for Chinese market.

In the future, with the rapid development of WeTrade business and the application of SaaS in global market, WeTrade Group will become a new leader in the SaaS revolutionized field.

About WeTrade Group Inc.

WeTrade Group Inc. provides technical services and solutions based on membership-based social e-commerce. Through big-data, social recommendation relationships, multi-channel App data statistics, etc., the Company developed a social e-commerce revenue management system, The main functions of the system are user marketing relationship implementation, CPS commission profit management, multi-channel app data statistics, etc. the system has been applied in the retail, tourism, hospitality and beauty industries, focusing on 100 million micro-business users in China. WeTrade conducts its business operations in mainland China and trial-operations in Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore etc.

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500.com Limited Announces Unaudited Financial Results For the Second Quarter ended June 30, 2020

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 29, 2020 — 500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com," "the Company," "we," "us," "our company," or "our"), an online sports lottery service provider in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.

Suspension of Online Sports Lottery Sales in China

All provincial sports lottery administration centers to which the Company provided sports lottery sales services have suspended accepting online purchase orders for lottery products in response to the Notice related to Self-Inspection and Self-Remedy of Unauthorized Online Lottery Sales (the "Self-Inspection Notice"), which was jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China on January 15, 2015. In response to the Self-Inspection Notice, on April 4, 2015, the Company decided to voluntarily suspend all online lottery sales services. As a result of the provincial sport lottery administration centers’ decision to suspend accepting online lottery orders and the Company’s voluntary suspension of all online sports lottery sales services in China, the Company has not generated any revenue from these services since April 2015.

Temporary Suspension of Operations in Sweden 

The Multi Group ("TMG"), a Malta-based subsidiary of the Company, has temporarily suspended its operations in Sweden as TMG did not complete the renewal of its e-Gaming license before it expired. The Company promptly issued a Current Report on Form 6-K dated January 13, 2020 regarding this situation, and provided an update through another Current Report on Form 6-K dated February 20, 2020. TMG has submitted all the application materials and is in close communication with Sweden’s e-Gaming regulatory authority to complete the renewal process. The Company’s revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020 have been, and for the fiscal year of 2020 are expected to be, materially and adversely impacted by the temporary suspension of TMG’s operations in Sweden. Revenue generated by TMG accounted for approximately 89.7% of the Company’s total net revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, of which approximately 61.3% was generated from Sweden.

Internal Investigation Still in Progress

On December 31, 2019, the Company announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") had formed a Special Investigation Committee (the "SIC") to internally investigate alleged illegal money transfers and the role played by consultants following the arrest of one consultant (also a former director of the Company’s subsidiary in Japan) and two former consultants by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. On January 16, 2020, the Company announced that the SIC had retained King & Wood Mallesons LLP ("KWM") as its legal advisor to assist with its internal investigation.

As of today, we understand generally from the SIC that KWM has completed certain investigatory work and the internal investigation is still in progress. The Company currently is unable to determine with certainty what effect (if any) the result of the internal investigation may have on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. In addition, the Company currently cannot conclude the assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 until the internal investigation is completed.

Annual Report on Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2019

The Company previously filed a Form 12b-25 with the SEC on June 15, 2020 for late filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (the "2019 Annual Report"), pursuant to which the 2019 Annual Report was due to be filed by June 30, 2020. The Company expects to file the 2019 Annual Report (i) upon completion of the previously announced internal investigation being conducted by the SIC of the Company’s Board, with the assistance of KWM, (ii) once the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 are finalized, (iii) the Company has completed the assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, and (iv) Friedman LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, has completed its audit of financial statements and internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019.

The Company also reports that on July 1, 2020, the Company received an expected notice from New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Regulation stating that the Company is not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing requirements under the timely filing criteria pursuant to Section 802.01E of the NYSE Listed Company Manual as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file the 2019 Annual Report with the SEC. As required by the notice, (a) a representative of the Company contacted the NYSE on July 1, 2020 to discuss the status of the 2019 Annual Report, and (b) the Company is issuing this press release, disclosing the status of the 2019 Annual Report, noting the delay and the reason for the delay, as mentioned above. The anticipated filing date of the 2019 Annual Report is not known at this time.

NYSE Regulation notified the Company that the NYSE will closely monitor the status of the Company’s late filing and related public disclosures for up to a six-month period from the due date of the 2019 Annual Report. If the Company fails to file its annual report and any subsequent delayed filings within six months from the filing due date, the NYSE may, in its sole discretion, allow the Company’s securities to trade for up to an additional six months depending on specific circumstances, as outlined in Section 802.01E of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

The Company intends to meet the filing deadline of six months period from the filing due date of the 2019 Annual Report, or December 31, 2020.

Purchase of the Remaining 7% Equity Interest of TMG

In connection with our acquisition of a 93% equity interest in TMG in 2017, on April 10, 2020, we entered into a definitive agreement with Helmet Limited, or Helmet, which owned the remaining 7% equity interest (post-acquisition) in TMG, to purchase the remaining 7% equity interest for a consideration of EUR1.9 million. We fully paid this consideration on April 20, 2020, and received the remaining 7% equity interest in TMG on the same date. Since April 2020, we have consolidated into our financial statements the financial and operating results of TMG as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Second Quarter 2020 Highlights

  • Net revenues were RMB3.6 million (US$0.5 million), compared with net revenues of RMB3.1 million for the first quarter of 2020, and net revenues of RMB9.7 million for the second quarter of 2019.
     
  • Operating loss was RMB52.3 million (US$7.4 million), compared with operating loss of RMB36.8 million for the first quarter of 2020, and operating loss of RMB138.3 million for the second quarter of 2019.
     
  • Non-GAAP[1] operating loss was RMB33.7 million (US$4.8 million), compared with non-GAAP operating loss of RMB31.7 million for the first quarter of 2020, and non-GAAP operating loss of RMB60.9 million for the second quarter of 2019.
     
  • Net loss attributable to 500.com was RMB86.3 million (US$12.2 million), compared with net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB36.8 million for the first quarter of 2020, and net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB137.8 million for the second quarter of 2019.
     
  • Non-GAAP net loss attributable to 500.com was RMB34.0 million (US$4.8 million), compared with non-GAAP net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB35.3 million for the first quarter of 2020, and non-GAAP net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB60.4 million for the second quarter of 2019.
     
  • Basic and diluted losses per ADS were RMB2.01 (US$0.28).
     
  • Non-GAAP basic and diluted losses per ADS were RMB0.79 (US$0.11).

[1] Non-GAAP financial measures exclude the impact of share-based compensation expenses, impairment of acquired intangible assets, impairment of goodwill, impairment of long-term investments and deferred tax benefit relating to valuation allowance. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to U.S. GAAP financial measures are set forth in the table at the end of this release.

Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Net Revenues

Net revenues were RMB3.6 million (US$0.5 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a decrease of RMB6.1 million or 62.9% from RMB9.7 million for the second quarter of 2019 and a slight increase of RMB0.5 million or 16.1% from RMB3.1 million for the first quarter of 2020. Net revenues during the second quarter of 2020 primarily consisted of RMB3.0 million (EUR0.4 million) in revenue contribution from the Company’s online lottery betting and online casino in Europe through TMG, which accounted for 83.3% of total net revenues. The year-over-year decrease was mainly attributable to a decrease of RMB6.6 million resulting from the temporary suspension of operations in Sweden.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses were RMB55.1 million (US$7.8 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a decrease of RMB37.1 million or 40.2% from RMB92.2 million for the second quarter of 2019, and an increase of RMB11.1 million or 25.2% from RMB44.0 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease of RMB10.9 million in expenses for employees as a result of decrease in headcount, a decrease of RMB6.8 million mainly in amortization associated with acquired intangible assets, a decrease in bad debt provision of RMB5.7 million for receivables, a decrease of RMB4.1 million in rental expenses mainly due to the termination of leases for subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Japan and Hangzhou since the local offices were closed, a decrease of RMB2.9 million in travelling expenses, a decrease of RMB2.0 million in consulting expenses, a decrease of RMB1.6 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees, a decrease of RMB2.2 million in platform service costs for TMG associated with its reduction in online lottery and online casino operations, a decrease of RMB1.0 million in lottery insurance costs, and a decrease of RMB0.7 million in account handling expenses. The sequential increase was mainly due to an increase of RMB13.5 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees, which was partially offset by a decrease of RMB1.9 million in consulting expenses and a decrease of RMB1.5 million in expenses for employees.

Cost of services was RMB4.6 million (US$0.7 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a decrease of RMB10.4 million or 69.3% from RMB15.0 million for the second quarter of 2019, and a slight increase of RMB0.6 million or 15.0% from RMB4.0 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly attributable to a decrease of RMB6.8 million mainly in amortization associated with acquired intangible assets, a decrease of RMB2.2 million in platform service costs for TMG associated with its reduction in online lottery and online casino operations, a decrease of RMB1.0 million in lottery insurance costs, and a decrease of RMB0.7 million in account handling expenses.

Sales and marketing expenses were RMB5.0 million (US$0.7 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a decrease of RMB4.6 million or 47.9% from RMB9.6 million for the second quarter of 2019, and an increase of RMB2.0 million or 66.7% from RMB3.0 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly attributable to a decrease of RMB3.3 million in expenses for employees and a decrease of RMB0.5 million in travelling expenses. The sequential increase was mainly due to an increase of RMB1.7 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees.

General and administrative expenses were RMB35.4 million (US$5.0 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a decrease of RMB20.3 million or 36.4% from RMB55.7 million for the second quarter of 2019, and an increase of RMB5.5 million or 18.4% from RMB29.9 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease of RMB6.4 million in expenses for employees, a decrease in bad debt provision of RMB5.7 million for receivables, a decrease of RMB2.8 million in rental expenses, a decrease of RMB2.4 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees, a decrease of RMB2.4 million in travelling expenses, and a decrease of RMB1.8 million in consulting expenses. The sequential increase was mainly due to an increase of RMB8.4 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees, which was partially offset by a decrease of RMB2.0 million in consulting expenses and a decrease of RMB1.1 million in expenses for employees.

Service development expenses were RMB10.1 million (US$1.4 million) for the second quarter of 2020, representing a decrease of RMB1.7 million or 14.4% from RMB11.8 million for the second quarter of 2019, and an increase of RMB3.0 million or 42.3% from RMB7.1 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease of RMB1.3 million in rental expenses and a decrease of RMB1.2 million in expenses for employees, which were partially offset by an increase of RMB0.7 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees. The sequential increase was mainly due to an increase of RMB3.4 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees, which was partially offset by a decrease of RMB0.3 million in expenses for employees.

Impairments of Goodwill and Acquired Intangible assets

The impairments of goodwill and acquired intangible assets were related to the Company’s acquisition of TMG, which were triggered by TMG’s temporary suspension of operations in Sweden.

Impairment of goodwill was RMB57.2 million for the second quarter of 2019. There was no additional impairment of goodwill for the first and second quarters of 2020 as the related goodwill and intangible assets were fully impaired as of December 31, 2019.

Operating Loss

Operating loss was RMB52.3 million (US$7.4 million) for the second quarter of 2020, compared with operating loss of RMB138.3 million for the second quarter of 2019, and operating loss of RMB36.8 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to (i) an impairment provision of RMB57.2 million provided for goodwill during the second quarter of 2019, and there was no such impairment during the second quarter of 2020, and (ii) a decrease of RMB37.1 million in operating expenses due to cost reduction measures implemented by management, which was partially offset by a decrease of RMB6.1 million in revenue. The sequential increase was mainly due to an increase of RMB13.5 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees.

Non-GAAP operating loss was RMB33.7 million (US$4.8 million) for the second quarter of 2020, compared with non-GAAP operating loss of RMB60.9 million for the second quarter of 2019, and non-GAAP operating loss of RMB31.7 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease of RMB37.1 million in Non-GAAP operating expenses due to cost reduction measures implemented by management, which was partially offset by a decrease of RMB6.1 million in revenue.

Net Loss Attributable to 500.com

Net loss attributable to 500.com was RMB86.3 million (US$12.2 million) for the second quarter of 2020, compared with net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB137.8 million for the second quarter of 2019, and net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB36.8 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to (i) an impairment provision of RMB57.2 million provided for goodwill during the second quarter of 2019, there was no such impairment for the second quarter of 2020, and (ii) a decrease of RMB37.1 million in operating expenses due to cost reduction measures implemented by management, which were partially offset by a decrease of RMB6.1 million in revenue and an impairment provision of RMB33.7 million provided for the equity method investment in Loto Interactive Limited ("Loto Interactive", HK: 08198) during the second quarter of 2020, which was calculated based on the last reported sale price on June 30, 2020. The sequential increase was mainly due to (i) an impairment provision of RMB33.7 million provided for long-term investment in Loto Interactive Limited during the second quarter of 2020,  and (ii) an increase of RMB13.5 million in share-based compensation expenses associated with share options granted to the Company’s employees.

Non-GAAP net loss attributable to 500.com was RMB34.0 million (US$4.8 million) for the second quarter of 2020, compared with non-GAAP net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB60.4 million for the second quarter of 2019, and non-GAAP net loss attributable to 500.com of RMB35.3 million for the first quarter of 2020. The year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a decrease of RMB37.1 million in Non-GAAP operating expenses due to cost reduction measures implemented by management, which was partially offset by a decrease of RMB6.1 million in revenue.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, Time Deposits and Short-term Investments

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of RMB295.5 million (US$41.8 million), restricted cash[2] of RMB4.6 million (US$0.7 million), time deposit[3] of RMB0.2 million and short-term investment[4] of RMB50.0 million (US$7.1 million), compared with cash and cash equivalents of RMB332.9 million, restricted cash of RMB4.6 million, time deposits of RMB0.2 million and short-term investments of RMB30.0 million as of March 31, 2020.

[2] Restricted cash represents: (i) government grants received but pending final clearance; and (ii) deposits in merchant banks yet to be withdrawn.

[3] Time deposit represents deposits in commercial banks with original maturities of greater than three months but less than a year.

[4] Short-term investment represents investments in structured financial products provided by financial institutions in the PRC with an initial maturity of six months.

Prepayments and Other Current Assets

As of June 30, 2020, the balance of prepayment and other current assets was RMB24.9 million (US$3.5 million), compared with RMB33.4 million as of March 31, 2020. The balance as of June 30, 2020 mainly included: (i) the current portion of deferred expenses of RMB4.1 million (US$0.6 million); (ii) receivables from third party payment providers of RMB1.9 million (US$0.3 million); (iii) deposit receivables of RMB0.5 million (US$0.1 million); (iv) receivables of consideration from disposal of subsidiaries of RMB0.5 million (US$0.1 million); (v) deductible value added input tax of RMB12.2 million (US$1.7 million); and (vi) other receivables of RMB5.7 million (US$0.7 million).

Business Outlook

The Company does not expect to issue any earnings forecast until it receives clear instructions as to the resumption date of online sports lottery sales from the Ministry of Finance.

Currency Convenience Translation

This announcement contains translations of certain Renminbi amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of readers. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from Renminbi to U.S. dollars were made at the exchange rate of RMB7.0651 to US$1.00, as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board on June 30, 2020, and all translations from Renminbi to Euros were made at the exchange rate of RMB7.7812 to EUR1.00, which was the average of the month-end exchange rates as set forth in the statistical release of State Administration of Foreign Exchange at the end of each month in 2020.

About 500.com Limited

500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) is an online sports lottery service provider in China. The Company offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of online lottery services, information, user tools and virtual community venues to its users. 500.com was among the first companies to provide online lottery services in China, and is one of two entities that have been approved by the Ministry of Finance to provide online lottery sales services on behalf of the China Sports Lottery Administration Center, which is the government authority that is in charge of the issuance and sale of sports lottery products in China.

Safe Harbor Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target," "going forward," "outlook" and similar statements. Such statements are based upon management’s current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the Company’s financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company uses non-GAAP financial measures, which are adjusted from results based on U.S. GAAP to exclude share-based compensation expenses in the Company’s consolidated affiliated entities. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to U.S. GAAP financial measures are set forth in table at the end of this release, which provide more details on the non-GAAP financial measures.

Non-GAAP financial information is provided as additional information to help investors compare business trends among different reporting periods on a consistent basis and to enhance investors’ overall understanding of the historical and current financial performance of the Company’s continuing operations and prospects for the future. Non-GAAP financial information should not be considered a substitute for or superior to U.S. GAAP results. In addition, calculations of this non-GAAP financial information may be different from calculations used by other companies, and therefore comparability may be limited.

For more information, please contact:

500.com Limited
ir@500wan.com

Christensen

In China
Mr. Eric Yuan
Phone: +86-10-5900-1548
Email:
Eyuan@christensenir.com

In US
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1-480-614-3004
Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com

 

 

 

500.com Limited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi ("RMB") and U.S. dollars ("US$"), except for number of shares)

December 31,
2019

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2020

RMB

RMB

US$

Unaudited

Unaudited

Unaudited

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

361,220

295,505

41,826

Restricted cash

4,576

4,640

657

Time deposits

23,849

200

28

Short-term investments

50,000

7,077

      Amounts due from related parties

10,401

503

71

Prepayments and other current assets

30,280

24,936

3,529

Total current assets

430,326

375,784

53,188

Non-current assets:

Property and equipment, net

64,112

49,384

6,990

Intangible assets, net

4,505

3,299

467

Deposits

5,388

5,282

748

Long-term investments

152,954

109,495

15,498

Right-of-use assets

36,607

24,161

3,420

Other non-current assets

1,887

1,664

236

Total non-current assets

265,453

193,285

27,359

TOTAL ASSETS

695,779

569,069

80,547

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 

Current liabilities:

 Accrued payroll and welfare payable

6,879

3,093

438

 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

51,398

53,684

7,599

 Income tax payable

2,213

545

77

 Operating lease liabilities – current

16,672

16,154

2,286

Total current liabilities

77,162

73,476

10,400

Non-current liabilities:

 Long-term payables

2,965

751

106

 Deferred tax liabilities

59

 Operating lease liabilities – non-current

31,675

21,747

3,078

Total non-current liabilities

34,699

22,498

3,184

TOTAL LIABILITIES

111,861

95,974

13,584

Redeemable noncontrolling interest 

14,849

Shareholders’ Equity:

Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005
per share, 700,000,000 shares authorized as of 
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020;
420,001,792 and 430,014,792 shares issued
and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and
June 30, 2020, respectively

145

149

22

Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00005
per share; 300,000,000 shares authorized as of
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020;
10,000,099 and 99 shares issued

 and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and
June 30, 2020, respectively

6

2

Additional paid-in capital

2,547,293

2,571,064

363,910

Treasury shares

(143,780)

(143,780)

(20,351)

Accumulated deficit

(1,960,692)

(2,083,838)

(294,948)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

141,484

143,200

20,269

Total 500.com Limited shareholders’ equity

584,456

486,797

68,902

Noncontrolling interests

(15,387)

(13,702)

(1,939)

Total shareholders’ equity

569,069

473,095

66,963

TOTAL LIABILITIES, NONCONTROLLING
INTEREST AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

695,779

569,069

80,547

 

 

 

500.com Limited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi ("RMB") and U.S. dollars ("US$"),
 except for number of shares, per share (or ADS) data)

 Three Months Ended 

 Six Months Ended 

June 30,
2019

March 31,
2020

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2019

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2020

RMB

RMB

RMB

US$

RMB

RMB

US$

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

Net Revenues

9,705

3,064

3,648

516

21,340

6,712

950

Operating costs and expenses:

    Cost of services

(15,032)

(3,984)

(4,616)

(653)

(31,100)

(8,600)

(1,217)

    Sales and marketing expenses

(9,567)

(3,042)

(4,998)

(707)

(24,332)

(8,040)

(1,138)

    General and administrative expenses

(55,738)

(29,876)

(35,373)

(5,007)

(121,417)

(65,249)

(9,235)

    Service development expenses

(11,825)

(7,146)

(10,070)

(1,425)

(25,612)

(17,216)

(2,437)

Total operating expenses

(92,162)

(44,048)

(55,057)

(7,792)

(202,461)

(99,105)

(14,027)

    Other operating income 

952

4,091

453

64

4,715

4,544

643

    Government grant

377

169

172

24

3,022

341

48

    Other operating income (expenses)

40

(53)

(1,553)

(220)

(6,720)

(1,606)

(227)

    Impairment of goodwill

(57,218)

(57,218)

Operating loss from continuing operations

(138,306)

(36,777)

(52,337)

(7,408)

(237,322)

(89,114)

(12,613)

    Other income (expenses), net

1

(375)

1,116

158

389

741

105

    Interest income

3,427

2,391

2,554

361

7,117

4,945

700

    Loss from equity method investments

(6,568)

(5,211)

(2,769)

(392)

(6,911)

(7,980)

(1,129)

    Impairment of long-term investments

(33,706)

(4,771)

(33,706)

(4,771)

Loss before income tax

(141,446)

(39,972)

(85,142)

(12,052)

(236,727)

(125,114)

(17,708)

    Income tax benefit

342

3,593

60

8

440

3,653

517

Net loss from continuing operations

(141,104)

(36,379)

(85,082)

(12,044)

(236,287)

(121,461)

(17,191)

Net loss

(141,104)

(36,379)

(85,082)

(12,044)

(236,287)

(121,461)

(17,191)

    Less: Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest and Redeemable noncontrollling interest
from continuing operations

(3,306)

449

1,236

175

(3,554)

1,685

238

    Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(3,306)

449

1,236

175

(3,554)

1,685

238

Net loss attributable to 500.com Limited

(137,798)

(36,828)

(86,318)

(12,219)

(232,733)

(123,146)

(17,429)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

    Changes in unrealized (loss) gain

(2,409)

436

62

(1,973)

(279)

    Foreign currency translation gain (loss)

7,835

4,104

(415)

(59)

(1,010)

3,689

522

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

7,835

1,695

21

3

(1,010)

1,716

243

Comprehensive loss

(133,269)

(34,684)

(85,061)

(12,041)

(237,297)

(119,745)

(16,948)

    Less: Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests and Redeemable noncontrolling
interest

(3,306)

449

1,236

175

(3,554)

1,685

238

Comprehensive loss attributable to 500.com Limited

(129,963)

(35,133)

(86,297)

(12,216)

(233,743)

(121,430)

(17,186)

Weighted average number of  Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding:

Basic

428,561,237

430,002,155

430,009,704

430,009,704

427,202,484

430,005,930

430,005,930

Diluted

428,561,237

430,002,155

430,009,704

430,009,704

427,202,484

430,005,930

430,005,930

Losses per share attributable to 500.com Limited-Basic and Diluted

    Net loss 

(0.32)

(0.09)

(0.20)

(0.03)

(0.54)

(0.29)

(0.04)

Losses per ADS* attributable to 500.com Limited-Basic and Diluted

    Net loss 

(3.22)

(0.86)

(2.01)

(0.28)

(5.45)

(2.86)

(0.41)

* American Depositary Shares, which are traded on the NYSE. Each ADS represents ten Class A ordinary
shares of the Company.

Numerator adjustment for net loss attributable to 500.com Limited

 

 

 

500.com Limited
Reconciliation of non-GAAP results of operations measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures
(Amounts in thousands of Renminbi ("RMB") and U.S. dollars ("US$"),
except for number of shares, per share (or ADS) data)

 Three Months Ended 

 Six Months Ended 

June 30,
2019

March 31,
2020

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2019

June 30,
2020

June 30,
2020

RMB

RMB

RMB

US$

RMB

RMB

US$

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

 Unaudited 

Operating loss from continuing operations

(138,306)

(36,777)

(52,337)

(7,408)

(237,322)

(89,114)

(12,613)

    Adjustment for share-based compensation expenses

20,203

5,103

18,649

2,640

48,919

23,752

3,362

    Adjustment for impairment of goodwill

57,218

57,218

Adjusted operating loss from continuing operations (non-GAAP)

(60,885)

(31,674)

(33,688)

(4,768)

(131,185)

(65,362)

(9,251)

Net loss attributable to 500.com Limited

(137,798)

(36,828)

(86,318)

(12,219)

(232,733)

(123,146)

(17,429)

    Adjustment for share-based compensation expenses

20,203

5,103

18,649

2,640

48,919

23,752

3,362

    Adjustment for impairment of goodwill

57,218

57,218

    Adjustment for Impairment of long-term investments

33,706

4,771

33,706

4,771

    Adjustment for deferred tax benefit relating to valuation allowance

(3,599)

(60)

(8)

(3,659)

(518)

Adjusted net loss attributable to 500.com Limited (non-GAAP) 

(60,377)

(35,324)

(34,023)

(4,816)

(126,596)

(69,347)

(9,814)

Weighted average number of  Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding:

Basic

428,561,237

430,002,155

430,009,704

430,009,704

427,202,484

430,005,930

430,005,930

Diluted

428,561,237

430,002,155

430,009,704

430,009,704

427,202,484

430,005,930

430,005,930

Losses per share attributable to 500.com Limited (non-GAAP)-Basic and diluted

    Net loss (non-GAAP)

(0.14)

(0.08)

(0.08)

(0.01)

(0.30)

(0.16)

(0.02)

Losses per  ADS* attributable to 500.com Limited (non-GAAP)-Basic and diluted

    Net loss (non-GAAP)

(1.41)

(0.82)

(0.79)

(0.11)

(2.96)

(1.61)

(0.23)

* American Depositary Shares, which are traded on the NYSE. Each ADS represents ten Class A ordinary shares of the Company.

Numerator adjustment for net loss attributable to 500.com Limited

 

 

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Crypto.com Pay Now Powers CRO Payments From Any ERC-20 Wallet.

 

There are an estimated 30 million+ ERC-20 wallets in use throughout the global crypto industry, representing a massive market for merchants seeking to attract crypto users. Today’s enhancement of Crypto.com Pay allows merchants to drive broad acceptance of payments from all ERC-20 wallets.

Kris Marszalek, Co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com said: "This marks an important milestone in CRO utility and a major step towards widespread adoption of CRO. Now, any user with an ERC-20 wallet can transact with Crypto.com Pay merchants. Those merchants will benefit from a large customer base using 30M+ ERC-20 wallets, regardless of which wallet customers choose to use."

Benoît Pellevoizin, VP of Marketing at Ledger, said: "As one of the most prominent crypto industry players. It is Ledger’s duty to stimulate crypto adoption for all comers. At Ledger we are convinced crypto mass adoption will be brought by new services enabling regular digital usage such as ecommerce payments. Ledger is very glad to partner with Crypto.com by supporting CRO tokens on Ledger Live. From now on, Ledger’s users will be able to pay in CRO ERC-20 tokens with Ledger Live on ecommerce websites supporting this new Crypto.com Pay feature."

Alen Salamun, CTO of BC Vault, said: "This is what blockchain is all about in the first place! It is always nice to see a company as Crypto.com provide more and more real-world use cases for their token (CRO). Since BC Vault hardware crypto wallet supports all ERC-20 tokens in existence with the launch on Crypto.com Pay system now BC Vault users are able to pay directly from within the BC Vault desktop application to any merchant supporting Crypto.com Pay on-chain payment. Our valued customers will also be able to pay for their BC Vault hardware crypto wallet in our online store using any existing ERC-20 wallet holding CRO tokens. Now you can even buy BC Vault with BC Vault!"

Steve Hipwell, Co-Founder and COO of Travala.com, said: "We are the world’s largest blockchain-based online travel company, which means it’s critical that we offer Travala.com users flexible payment options in crypto. By accepting CRO payment from any ERC-20 wallet, Crypto.com Pay opens up crypto payments to millions more wallets, making it easier to pay for bookings and bringing us one step closer to widespread crypto adoption."

Since launching in 2018, Crypto.com Pay has helped merchants such as Ledger, Coinzilla, as well as platforms such as WooCommerce and Oveit tap into the global cryptocurrency economy and accept crypto on their website. Crypto.com Pay features zero transaction fees and only 0.5% for settlements – an 80% saving on fees compared to typical payment processors – with low volatility and easy integration for merchants. Merchants interested in offering Crypto.com Pay to their customers can sign up here.

For users, all payments made in CRO are entitled to CRO cashback, known as Pay Rewards, which are collected in the user’s Crypto.com App. Until Sept 30th, 2020, customers paying with wallets other than Crypto.com App can also enjoy the 2X Pay Rewards privilege enjoyed by App users with 10,000 CRO staked in Exchange or with an active 3 Months Earn term, which is up to 10% of Pay Rewards. If the email provided by the customer does not belong to a Crypto.com App account, the Pay Rewards can still be able to be collected if the someone uses that email to sign up at Crypto.com App and verified within 90 days.

More details about Pay Rewards can be found here. For more details, please visit our FAQ page here (for merchants) and here (for retail customers).

About Crypto.com

Crypto.com was founded in 2016 on a simple belief: it’s a basic human right for everyone to control their money, data and identity. Crypto.com serves over 3 million customers today, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through the Crypto.com App, the Crypto.com Card and the Crypto.com Exchange.

Crypto.com is built on a solid foundation of security, privacy and compliance and is the first cryptocurrency company in the world to have ISO/IEC 27701:2019, CCSS Level 3, ISO27001:2013 and PCI:DSS 3.2.1, Level 1 compliance. Crypto.com is headquartered in Hong Kong with a 500+ strong team. Find out more by visiting https://crypto.com

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HARTING Technology Group has been shaping the future for 75 years

Innovative products and solutions for Industry 4.0

ESPELKAMP, Germany, Aug. 28, 2020 For 75 years now, the HARTING Technology Group has been driving technological change. The vision formulated in 1996 by the owner family "We want to shape the future with technologies for people" remains the guiding star of our entrepreneurial activities. September 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding day of the family company.

The manufacturer of everyday products such as waffle irons and irons has evolved into a worldwide leading supplier of industrial connection technology for the three lifelines of data, signal and power, a global player fielding innovative products and solutions focusing on Industry 4.0 and digitization.    

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Wilhelm and Marie Harting opened the "Wilhelm Harting Mechanical Workshops" on September 1, 1945, in a repair workshop covering a good 100 square meters in Minden. From 1950 onwards, the company gradually moved to the neighbouring town Espelkamp. This was the period in which the success story of the Han® connector commenced. The Han® (HARTING standard), patented in 1956 and a registered trademark since 1957, became the standard, the epitome of the industrial connector. Thanks to the Han-Modular® series, customers are able to achieve optimal design solutions for the supply of machines, systems and plants.   

In October 2015, Dietmar Harting, son of Marie and Wilhelm Harting, handed over the reins as Chairman of the Board to his son Philip. Today, Philip Harting and his sister Maresa Harting-Hertz work closely with their parents Margrit and Dietmar Harting on the Board. The body includes three managers from outside the family.

Contact:

HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG
Detlef Sieverdingbeck
General Manager
Corporate Communications & Branding (CCB) 
Marienwerderstr. 3
32339 Espelkamp

Tel.: 05772 47-244
Fax:  05772 47-400
Detlef.Sieverdingbeck@HARTING.com
More information at www.HARTING.com

 

 

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