Form 10Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2005

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM             TO             

 

Commission File Number 001-15713

 


 

ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

DELAWARE   752506390

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

4TH FLOOR, ZHONGDIAN INFORMATION TOWER

6 ZHONGGUANCUN SOUTH STREET, HAIDIAN DISTRICT

BEIJING 100086, CHINA

(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

 

+8610 8216 6688

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock as of May 6, 2005 was 46,495,139

 



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ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED March 31, 2005

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         

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PART I.

  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements (unaudited)

  

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a)

  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

  

3

b)

  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

  

4

c)

  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

  

5

d)

  

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

  

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Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  

17

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

  

33

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

  

33

PART II.

  

OTHER INFORMATION

  

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Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

  

34

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

  

35

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to A Vote of Security Holders

  

35

Item 6.

  

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

  

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SIGNATURE

  

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Exhibit Index

 

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

(In US dollars thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Revenues:

                

Software products and solutions

                

Sales to non-related parties

   $ 11,798     $ 9,047  

Sales to related parties

     4,290       625  
    


 


Total software products and solutions

     16,088       9,672  
    


 


Service

                

Sales to non-related parties

     6,299       3,755  

Sales to related parties

     461       708  
    


 


Total service

     6,760       4,463  
    


 


Third party hardware

                

Sales to non-related parties

     5,713       16,325  

Sales to related parties

     872       1,521  
    


 


Total third party hardware

     6,585       17,846  
    


 


Total revenues

     29,433       31,981  
    


 


Cost of revenues:

                

Software products and solutions (including purchases from related parties of $44 and $7 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)

     7,199       3,923  

Service (including purchases from related parties of $40 and $2 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)

     4,432       1,850  

Third party hardware

     6,256       16,954  
    


 


Total cost of revenues

     17,887       22,727  
    


 


Gross profit

     11,546       9,254  
    


 


Operating expenses:

                

Sales and marketing (including sales and marketing expenses to related parties of $67 and $3 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)

     5,166       2,613  

General and administrative (including general and administrative expenses to related parties of $63 and $3 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)

     1,979       2,469  

Research and development (including research and development expenses to related parties of $17 and $5 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively)

     3,178       2,022  

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

     427       178  
    


 


Total operating expenses

     10,750       7,282  
    


 


Income from operations

     796       1,972  
    


 


Other income (expense):

                

Interest income

     808       352  

Loss on sales of short-term investments

     (3 )     —    

Other income (expense), net

     11       (21 )
    


 


Total other income, net

     816       331  
    


 


Income before income taxes and equity in loss of affiliates

     1,612       2,303  

Income tax expense

     242       288  
    


 


Income before equity in loss of affiliate

     1,370       2,015  

Equity in loss of affiliate

     —         (38 )
    


 


Net income

   $ 1,370     $ 1,977  
    


 


Net income per share:

                

Basic

   $ 0.03     $ 0.04  
    


 


Diluted

   $ 0.03     $ 0.04  
    


 


Shares used in computation:

                

Basic

     45,263,122       45,301,278  
    


 


Diluted

     51,820,603       47,354,713  
    


 


 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In US dollars thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    

March 31,

2005


    December 31,
2004 (1)


 
     (Unaudited)  
ASSETS                 

Current Assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 93,741     $ 94,156  

Restricted cash

     15,662       15,625  

Short-term investments

     49,674       56,949  

Notes receivable

     2,374       6,482  

Accounts receivable:

                

Accounts receivable due from non-related parties (net of allowances of $2,681 on March 31, 2005 and $3,497 on December 31, 2004)

     48,742       44,538  

Accounts receivable due from related parties (net of allowances of $244 on March 31, 2005 and $147 on December 31, 2004)

     10,389       13,814  
    


 


Total accounts receivable

     59,131       58,352  
    


 


Inventories

     7,731       7,932  

Other receivables (including other receivables due from related parties: March 31, 2005: $229; December 31, 2004: $198)

     4,017       3,917  

Deferred income taxes – current

     1,827       1,715  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     3,658       4,076  
    


 


Total current assets

     237,815       249,204  
    


 


Property and equipment-net

     2,440       1,895  

Goodwill

     37,704       37,704  

Other acquired intangible assets-net

     6,965       7,392  

Deferred income taxes

     267       394  
    


 


Total Assets

   $ 285,191     $ 296,589  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Current Liabilities:

                

Notes payable

   $ 5,511     $ 5,720  

Accounts payable (including accounts payable due to related parties: March 31, 2005: 1,519; December 31, 2004: 2,300)

     15,073       16,793  

Accrued expenses

     15,242       14,701  

Deferred revenue (including deferred revenue from related parties: March 31,2005: $1,715; December 31, 2004: $1,327)

     14,892       15,381  

Accrued employee benefits

     8,731       7,061  

Other payables (including other payables due to related parties: March 31, 2005: $46; December 31, 2004:$135)

     5,183       4,739  

Shares payable for acquisition

     27,213       27,213  

Other taxes payable

     279       1,367  

Income taxes payable

     1,973       1,822  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     94,097       94,797  
    


 


Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

                

Stockholders’ Equity:

                

Common stock: $0.01 par value; authorized: 100,000,000 shares; shares issued: 46,488,762 and 46,473,532 at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively; shares issued and outstanding: 43,956,881 and 46,314,706 at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

     465       465  

Additional paid-in capital

     211,449       211,394  

Treasury stock, at cost, 2,531,881 shares and 158,826 shares at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively

     (12,705 )     (868 )

Accumulated deficit

     (7,848 )     (9,218 )

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (267 )     19  
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     191,094       201,792  
    


 


Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   $ 285,191     $ 296,589  
    


 



(1) December 31, 2004 balances were extracted from audited financial statements.

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)

(In US dollars thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net income

   $ 1,370     $ 1,977  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation

     417       374  

Amortization of other acquired intangible assets

     427       178  

Deferred income taxes

     15       (2 )

Equity in loss of an affiliate

     —         38  

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

     9       5  

Loss on sales of short-term investments

     3       —    

Change in bad debt provision

     (717 )     (153 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                

Restricted cash

     (38 )     85  

Notes receivable

     4,108       1,040  

Accounts receivable

     (62 )     (13,764 )

Inventories

     201       (608 )

Other receivables

     (100 )     5,934  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     419       (158 )

Notes payable

     (209 )     3,181  

Accounts payable

     (1,720 )     3,988  

Accrued expenses

     541       787  

Deferred revenue

     (488 )     (1,106 )

Accrued employee benefits

     1,670       1,032  

Other payables

     (610 )     (9 )

Other taxes payable

     (1,088 )     (545 )

Income taxes payable

     151       490  
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     4,299       2,764  
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Decrease in short-term investments

     6,959       2,844  

Proceeds from sales of short-term investments

     21       —    

Purchases of property and equipment

     (973 )     (322 )

Purchases of business

     (169 )     (939 )

Proceeds on disposal of property, plant, and equipment

     1       1  
    


 


Net cash provided by investing activities

     5,839       1,584  
    


 


 

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     Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Repayment of short-term bank loans

     —         (60 )

Proceeds on exercise of stock options

     55       1,007  

Repurchase of common stock

     (10,615 )     —    
    


 


Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (10,560 )     947  
    


 


Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (422 )     5,295  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     94,156       119,395  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     7       (4 )
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 93,741     $ 124,686  
    


 


Supplemental cash flow information:

                

Cash paid during the period:

                

Income tax

   $ 87     $ —    
    


 


Interest

   $ —       $ —    
    


 


 

Non-cash investing activities:

 

In October 2004, the Company acquired Lenovo Group Limited’s (“Lenovo”) non-telecom related IT services business for a total consideration of $36,784. The consideration for the acquisition is composed of the following: cash for $4,789, of which, $3,229 represented transaction costs assumed by the Company; shares of the Company valued at $4,844 (RMB40 million) and a forward contract with a subsidiary of Lenovo to deliver shares of the Company with a market value of approximately $27,213 (RMB225 million). Of the cash amount, $2,866 and $169 was paid in 2004 and in the first quarter of 2005 respectively. In connection with the acquisition, the Company acquired net tangible assets of $7,939 and intangible assets with a fair value of $5,924, and an acquired goodwill of $22,921.

 

In December 2003, the Company acquired certain assets from Pacific Software (China) Limited for cash of $4,180 (of which $266 represented acquisition costs) and the issuance of 349,315 shares of common stock with a fair market value at the time the acquisition was announced of approximately $2,550. Of the cash amount, $3,006 and $939 was paid in December 2003 and in the first quarter of 2004 respectively. In connection with the acquisition, the Company acquired tangible assets and intangible assets with a fair value of $93 and $2,389, respectively, and an acquired goodwill of $3,528.

 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004

(In US dollars thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

1.    BASIS OF PREPARATION

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, management believes that the disclosures are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading. US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, contingencies and results of operations. While management has based their assumptions and estimates on the facts and circumstances existing at March 31, 2005, final amounts may differ from these estimates.

 

In the opinion of the management of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, that are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim period presented. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not indicative of the operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2005. Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Revenue from software products and solutions includes the benefit of the rebate of valued added taxes on sales of software and services received from the Chinese tax authorities as part of the PRC government’s policy of encouragement of software development in the PRC. The rebate was $1,148 and $605 for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

Revisions in estimated contract profits are made in the period in which the circumstances requiring the revision become known. Provisions, if any, are made currently for anticipated losses on uncompleted contracts. Revenue in excess of billings is recorded as unbilled receivables and included in accounts receivable, and amounted to $25,397 at March 31, 2005 and $33,084 at December 31, 2004. Billings in excess of revenues recognized are recorded as deferred revenue. Billings are rendered based on agreed milestones included in contracts with customers.

 

At March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the balance of trade accounts receivable of $33,734 and $25,268, respectively, represented amounts billed but not yet collected. All billed and unbilled amounts are expected to be collected within one year.

 

The financial records of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are maintained in Renminbi (“RMB”), their functional currency and the currency of the PRC. Their balance sheets are translated into United States dollars based on the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Their statements of operations are translated using a weighted average rate for the period. Translation adjustments are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’ equity.

 

The Renminbi is not fully convertible into United States dollars or other foreign currencies. The rate of exchange quoted by the People’s Bank of China on March 31, 2005 was US$1.00=RMB8.2765. No representation is made that the Renminbi amounts could have been, or could be, converted into United States dollars at that rate or at any other rate.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4” (“SFAS No. 151”). SFAS No. 151 amends the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handing costs, and spoilage. This statement requires that those items be recognized as current period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of “so abnormal” which was the criterion specified in ARB No. 43. In addition, this Statement requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the cost of production be based on normal capacity of the production facilities. The new standard will be effective for the Company in the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In November 2004, the EITF reached consensus on EITF Issue No. 03-13 – Applying the Conditions of Paragraph 42 of FASB Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, in Determining Whether to Report Discontinued Operations (“Issue No. 03-13”). Issue No. 03-13 provides that classification of a disposed component as a discontinued operation is appropriate only if the ongoing entity has no continuing direct cash flows, and does not retain an interest, contract, or other arrangement sufficient to enable it to exert significant influence over the disposed component’s operating and financial policies after the disposal transaction. This issue is effective for components that are disposed of or classified as held for sale in periods beginning after December 15, 2004. The adoption of this Issue in the first quarter of 2005 did not have any material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets-An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions” (“SFAS 153”). SFAS 153 eliminates the exception from fair value measurement for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets in paragraph 21(b) of APB Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions,” and replaces it with an exception for exchanges that do not have commercial substance. SFAS 153 specifies that a nonmonetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS 153 is effective for the fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of SFAS 153 will have on its financial statements but does not expect it to have a material impact.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004, “Share-Based Payment.”) SFAS No. 123R is a revision of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values. SFAS No. 123R is effective at the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005 (as modified by the SEC on April 14, 2005). Under APB Opinion No. 25, no stock-based compensation cost had been reflected in the net income of the Company for grants of stock options to employees. Beginning on January 1, 2006, the Company will recognize compensation expense in its financial statements based on the fair value of all share-based payments to employees. The impact of adopting this new accounting standard is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position and statement of cash flows. The Company is evaluating the transition method and pricing model alternatives upon adoption.

 

2.    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, demand deposits and highly liquid investments, which are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use, and which have maturities of three months or less when purchased.

 

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3.    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

 

Short-term investments are classified as available-for-sale marketable securities and consist principally of corporate stock and bonds, variable rate securities, variable rate preferred securities and certificates of deposit issued by major financial institutions. The available-for-sale investments are carried at fair market value and their unrealized holding gains or losses resulting from the change in market value are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’ equity.

 

4.    NOTES RECEIVABLE

 

At March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the balances of notes receivable of $2,374 and $6,482, respectively, represented bank acceptance drafts of $721 and $4,344 that are non-interest bearing and due within six months and commercial acceptance notes of $1,653 and $2,138, respectively.

 

5.    COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

The components of comprehensive income for the periods presented are as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Net income

   $ 1,370     $ 1,977  

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments

     (292 )     —    

Change in cumulative translation adjustment

     7       (3 )
    


 


Comprehensive income

   $ 1,085     $ 1,974  
    


 


 

6.    SHORT-TERM BANK LOANS

 

As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the Company had total short-term banking facilities for working capital purposes totalling $35,707, expiring by December 2005. The facilities were secured by bank deposits of $14,000 as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004. At March 31, 2005, unused short-term credit facilities were $27,704 and used facilities totaled $8,003. The used facilities are pledged as security for issuing standby letters of credit and notes payable to hardware suppliers and customers. Additional bank deposits of $1,662 were used for issuing guarantees, and bank acceptance drafts as of March 31, 2005. At December 31, 2004, unused short-term credit facilities were $27,340 and used facilities totaled $8,367. The used facilities are pledged as security for standby letters of credit and notes payable to hardware suppliers and customers. Additional bank deposits of $1,625 were used for issuing standby letters of credit and bank acceptance drafts as of December 31, 2004. Bank deposits pledged as security for these credit facilities totaled $15,662 and $15,625 as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, and are presented as restricted cash in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the Company did not have any outstanding bank borrowings.

 

7.    NOTES PAYABLE

 

At March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the balances of notes payable of $5,511 and $5,720, respectively, represented commercial notes of $850 and $1,733, and bank acceptance drafts of $4,661 and $3,987, respectively, that are non-interest bearing and due within six months.

 

8.    INCOME TAXES

 

The Company is subject to US federal and state income taxes. The Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC are subject to PRC income taxes.

 

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A reconciliation between the provision for income taxes computed by applying the US federal tax rate to income before income taxes and equity in loss of affiliate and the actual provision for income taxes is as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

US federal rate

   35 %   35 %

Difference between statutory rate and foreign effective tax rate

   (33 )   (22 )

Increase in valuation allowance

   15     —    

Other

   (2 )   —    
    

 

     15 %   13 %
    

 

 

9.    CAPITAL STOCK

 

Option activity in the Company’s stock option plans is summarized as follows:

 

     Number of
shares


    Outstanding options
weighted average exercise
price per share


Outstanding, January 1, 2005

   10,740,594     $ 6.77

Granted

   50,000     $ 4.67

Cancelled

   (230,329 )   $ 6.85

Exercised

   (15,230 )   $ 3.62
    

 

Outstanding, March 31, 2005

   10,545,035     $ 6.76
    

 

 

The exercise price of all options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2005 was equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the dates of grant.

 

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10.    ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The following table summarizes relevant information as to reported results under the Company’s intrinsic value method of accounting for stock awards, with supplemental information as if the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement 123 had been applied:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Net income as reported

   $ 1,370     $ 1,977  

Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123, net of tax effect

     (1,366 )     (1,820 )
    


 


Pro forma net income

   $ 4     $ 157  

Net income per share as reported

                

Basic

   $ 0.03     $ 0.04  

Diluted

   $ 0.03     $ 0.04  

Pro forma net income per share

                

Basic

   $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
    


 


Diluted

   $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
    


 


 

11.    NET INCOME PER SHARE

 

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net income per share computations:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


     2005

   2004

Net income (numerator)

             

Net income

             

Basic and diluted

   $ 1,370    $ 1,977
    

  

Shares (denominator):

             

Weighted average Common Stock Outstanding

             

Basic

     45,263,122      45,301,278

Dilutive effect of employee stock options

     1,189,952      2,053,435

Dilutive effect of forward contract

     5,367,529      —  
    

  

Diluted

     51,820,603      47,354,713
    

  

Net income per share:

             

Basic

   $ 0.03    $ 0.04
    

  

Diluted

   $ 0.03    $ 0.04
    

  

 

As of March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had 6,433,392 and 4,625,706 common stock options outstanding respectively, that could have potentially diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) in the future, but which were excluded in the computation of diluted EPS in the relevant periods, as their exercise prices were above the average market values in such periods.

 

As of March 31, 2005, the Company has included 5,367,529 shares issuable to Lenovo as part of the purchase price consideration in the calculation of its diluted EPS as it has a potential dilutive effect.

 

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12.     SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

Since the acquisition of the IT services business of Lenovo Group Limited in October 2004, the Company is presently organized as two business units, AsiaInfo Technologies (“AsiaInfo Technologies”), encompassing the Company’s traditional telecom business, and Lenovo-AsiaInfo (“Lenovo-AsiaInfo”), providing IT services including IT consulting, software customization, and business process outsourcing services to China’s enterprise market. The business units are further organized into three operating segments by product types that are comprised of: (1) software products and solutions, (2) service and (3) third party hardware. The Company follows the provisions of SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, which establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. As segment reporting only occurred after the acquisition of Lenovo’s IT services business, prior period’s comparative information cannot be reclassified into these two business units, but have been reclassified into the operating segments by product types.

 

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company’s chief operating decision making group is the Company’s Business Committee, comprising the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and its senior management team, who allocate resources and evaluate performance of segments based on the following table of condensed income statement and total assets. Accordingly, other items such as external sales, inter-segment sales, interest revenue (expense), income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization are not disclosed by segment, since this information is not used by the Company’s chief operating decision making group to assess the operating performance of individual segments.

 

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Condensed income statement and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments:

 

     Three months ended March 31,

 
     2005

    2004

 
     AsiaInfo
Technologies


    Lenovo-
AsiaInfo


    Total

    Total

 

Software products and solutions

   $ 11,700       4,388     $ 16,088     $ 9,672  

Service

     4,152       2,608       6,760       4,463  

Third party hardware

     6,250       335       6,585       17,846  
    


 


 


 


Total revenues

     22,102       7,331       29,433       31,981  
    


 


 


 


Cost of revenues:

                                

Software products and solutions

     4,823       2,376       7,199       3,923  

Service

     2,549       1,883       4,432       1,850  

Third party hardware

     5,937       319       6,256       16,954  
    


 


 


 


Total cost of revenues

     13,309       4,578       17,887       22,727  
    


 


 


 


Gross profit

     8,793       2,753       11,546       9,254  
    


 


 


 


Business unit expenses:

                                

Sales and marketing

     2,591       2,575       5,166       2,613  

General and administrative (1)

     (153 )     (57 )     (210 )     (153 )

Research and development

     2,605       573       3,178       2,022  

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

     —         427       427       178  
    


 


 


 


Total business unit expenses

     5,043       3,518       8,561       4,660  
    


 


 


 


Contribution profit (loss)

   $ 3,750     $ (765 )   $ 2,985     $ 4,594  
    


 


 


 


 

     As of March 31, 2005

   As of December 31, 2004

     AsiaInfo
Technologies


   Lenovo-
AsiaInfo


   Total

   AsiaInfo
Technologies


   Lenovo-
AsiaInfo


   Total

Total Assets (2)

   $ 216,480    $ 68,711    $ 285,191    $ 234,912    $ 61,677    $ 296,589
    

  

  

  

  

  


(1) General and administrative expenses reported reflect only the direct controllable expenses of each business unit and do not include allocation of corporate general and administrative expenses. The negative figures of general and administrative expenses were mainly attributable to bad debt collections during the quarter ended March 31, 2005 and 2004.
(2) Included in total assets are net accounts receivable: $42,419 and $16,712 for “AsiaInfo Technologies” and “Lenovo-AsiaInfo” at March 31, 2005, respectively and $42,762 and $15,590 for “AsiaInfo Technologies” and “Lenovo-AsiaInfo” at December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

Reconciliation of operating segment contribution profit to income before provision for income taxes:

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Total contribution profit for reportable segments

   $ 2,985     $ 4,594  

Corporate general and administrative expenses

     (2,189 )     (2,622 )

Interest income

     808       352  

Loss on sales of short-term investments

     (3 )     —    

Other income (expense), net

     11       (21 )
    


 


Income before income taxes and equity in loss of affiliate

   $ 1,612     $ 2,303  
    


 


 

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For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, almost all of the Company’s revenues have been derived from sales to customers in the PRC. Revenues are attributed to the country based on the country of installation of hardware and software, and the performance of system integration work and software related services. As of March 31, 2005 and 2004, 100% of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the PRC.

 

13.     RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company has entered into a series of contractual agreements with Lenovo Group Limited and its affiliates (“Lenovo”) in connection with the acquisition of Lenovo’s non-telecommunications related IT services business on October 19, 2004. The Company’s subsidiary, Bonson Information Technology Limited (“Bonson”), has entered into a forward contract with a subsidiary of Lenovo under which Bonson is obligated to deliver shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate market value of approximately $27,213 at any time during the twelve month period following the closing date. Upon settlement of the forward contract, Lenovo will own approximately 10 to 12 percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock, depending on the share price on the settlement date and other variables.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company entered into network solutions and software contracts with China Netcom (Group) Company Limited (“China Netcom”, formerly known as China Netcom Corporation Ltd.) with a total contract value of approximately $3,910 and $2,065, respectively. Edward Tian, a Director and major shareholder of the Company, is the Chief Executive Officer of China Netcom, as well as a Vice President of China Netcom’s parent company, China Network Communication Group Corporation.

 

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s transactions with Lenovo and China Netcom:

 

    

Three months Ended

March 31,


     2005

   2004

     Lenovo

   China
Netcom


   Total

   China
Netcom


Revenues:

                           

Software products and solutions

   $ 2,846    $ 1,444    $ 4,290    $ 625

Service

     29      432      461      708

Third party hardware

     —        872      872      1,521
    

  

  

  

Total revenues

   $ 2,875    $ 2,748    $ 5,623    $ 2,854
    

  

  

  

Purchases:

                           

Software products and solutions

   $ 34    $ 10    $ 44    $ 7

Service

     37      3      40      2
    

  

  

  

Total purchases

   $ 71    $ 13    $ 84    $ 9
    

  

  

  

Included in operating expenses:

                           

Sales and marketing

   $ 63    $ 4    $ 67    $ 3

General and administrative

     61      2      63      3

Research and development

     11      6      17      5
    

  

  

  

Total operating expenses

   $ 135    $ 12    $ 147    $ 11
    

  

  

  

 

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     As of March 31,

   As of December 31,

     2005

   2004

Balances with related parties:

 

   Lenovo

   China
Netcom


   Total

   Lenovo

   China
Netcom


   Total

Net Accounts receivable

   $ 4,546    $ 5,843    $ 10,389    $ 8,457    $ 5,357    $ 13,814

Other receivables

     229      —        229      198      —        198

Accounts payable

     1,519      —        1,519      2,300      —        2,300

Deferred revenue

     732      983      1,715      64      1,263      1,327

Other payables

     46      —        46      135      —        135

 

All contract prices and terms with related parties are entered into at market prices.

 

14.     COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Litigation- On December 4, 2001, a securities class action case was filed against the Company, certain of its current officers and directors and the underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering, or IPO. The lawsuit alleged violations of the federal securities laws and was docketed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or the Court, as Hassan v. AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., et al. The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that the underwriters of the Company’s IPO improperly required their customers to pay the underwriters excessive commissions and to agree to buy additional shares of the Company’s common stock in the aftermarket as conditions to their purchasing shares in the Company’s IPO. The lawsuit further claimed that these supposed practices of the underwriters should have been disclosed in the Company’s IPO prospectus and registration statement. The suit seeks rescission of the plaintiffs’ alleged purchases of the Company’s common stock as well as unspecified damages. In addition to the case against the Company, various other plaintiffs have filed approximately 1,000 other, substantially similar class action cases against approximately 300 other publicly traded companies and their IPO underwriters in New York City, which along with the case against the Company have all been transferred to a single federal district judge for purposes of case management.

 

On July 15, 2002, together with the other issuer defendants, the Company filed a collective motion to dismiss the consolidated, amended complaints against the issuers on various legal grounds common to all or most of the issuer defendants. The underwriters also filed separate motions to dismiss the claims against them. On October 9, 2002, the Court dismissed without prejudice all claims against the individual defendants in the litigation. The dismissals were based on stipulations signed by those defendants and the plaintiffs’ representatives. On February 19, 2003, the Court issued its ruling on the motions to dismiss filed by the underwriter and issuer defendants. In that ruling the Court granted in part and denied in part those motions. As to the claims brought against the Company under the anti-fraud provisions of the securities laws, the Court dismissed all such claims without prejudice. As to the claims brought under the registration provisions of the securities laws, which do not require that intent to defraud be pleaded, the Court denied the motion to dismiss such claims as to the Company and as to substantially all of the other issuer defendants. The Court also denied the underwriter defendants’ motion to dismiss in all respects.

 

In June 2003, the Company elected to participate in a proposed settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in this litigation. If ultimately approved by the Court, this proposed settlement would result in a dismissal, with prejudice, of all claims in the litigation against the Company and against any of the other issuer defendants who elect to participate in the proposed settlement, together with the current or former officers and directors of participating issuers who were named as individual defendants. The proposed settlement does not provide for the resolution of any claims against the underwriter defendants, and the litigation against those defendants is continuing. The proposed settlement provides that the class members in the class action cases brought against the participating issuer defendants will be guaranteed a recovery of $1 billion by insurers of the participating issuer defendants. If recoveries totaling $1 billion or more are obtained by the class members from the underwriter defendants, however, the monetary obligations to the class members under the proposed settlement will be satisfied. In addition, all participating issuer defendants will be required to assign to the class members certain claims that the Company may have against the underwriters. The plaintiffs have filed a motion asking the Court to give its preliminary approval to the form of the documents, including the notice of the settlement to be sent to class members.

 

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The proposed settlement contemplates that any amounts necessary to fund the settlement or settlement-related expenses would come from participating issuers’ directors and officers liability insurance policy proceeds as opposed to funds of the participating issuer defendants themselves. A participating issuer defendant could be required to contribute to the costs of the settlement if that issuer’s insurance coverage were insufficient to pay that issuer’s allocable share of the settlement costs. The Company expects that its insurance proceeds will be sufficient for these purposes and that it will not otherwise be required to contribute to the proposed settlement. Consummation of the proposed settlement is conditioned upon, among other things, negotiating, executing, and filing with the Court final settlement documents, and final approval by the Court. If the proposed settlement described above is not consummated, the Company intends to continue to defend the litigation vigorously. Moreover, if the proposed settlement is not consummated, the Company believes that the underwriters may have an obligation to indemnify the Company for the legal fees and other costs of defending this suit and that the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies would also cover the defense and potential exposure in the suit. While the Company cannot guarantee the outcome of these proceedings, the Company believes that the final result of these actions will have no material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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ITEM 2.    MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Except for historical information, the statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”) contains certain safe harbors regarding forward-looking statements. Certain of the forward-looking statements include management’s expectations, intentions and beliefs with respect to our growth, our operating results, the nature of the industry in which we are engaged, our business strategies and plans for future operations, our needs for capital expenditures, capital resources and liquidity, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These cautionary statements are being made pursuant to the provisions of the Reform Act with the intention of obtaining the benefits of the safe harbor provisions of the Reform Act. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the factors discussed below under the heading “Certain Risks That May Affect Our Operating Results and Our Common Stock.”

 

Overview

 

We are a leading provider of high-quality software, solutions and IT services in China, helping our customers increase their business value in fast-growing and evolving markets. In the telecommunications market, our software and services enable our customers to build, maintain, operate, manage and continuously improve their communications infrastructure. Our largest customers are the major telecommunications carriers in China and their provincial subsidiaries. In addition to providing software and customer solutions to China’s telecom carriers, we also offer a wide range of enterprise solutions to small, medium and large sized Chinese enterprises, across multiple vertical industries.

 

We commenced our operations in the United States in 1993 and moved our major operations from the United States to China in 1995. We began generating significant network solutions revenues in 1996 and significant software revenues in 1998. We conduct the bulk of our business through our operating subsidiaries, most of which are Chinese companies.

 

We have derived, and believe that we will continue to derive, a significant portion of our revenues from a limited number of large telecommunications customers, such as China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom and China Netcom Group. Sales to China Mobile and its subsidiaries amounted to approximately 50%, 38% and 42% of total revenues in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Sales to China Netcom Group and its subsidiaries amounted to approximately 9%, 13% and 6% of total revenues in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Sales to China Unicom and its subsidiaries amounted to approximately 24%, 38% and 22% of total revenues in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Sales to China Telecom and its subsidiaries amounted to approximately 3%, 9% and 21% of total revenues in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We expanded our customer base in 2004 through the acquisition of an HRM and business intelligence software business with customers in sectors such as transportation and energy, and with our acquisition of Lenovo’s IT services business. However, our operating results are still dependent on our large customers in the telecommunications sector, and the loss of any of those customers could have a material adverse impact on us.

 

As a result of our reliance on our key customers in the telecommunications industry, our operating results are influenced by governmental spending policies in that sector. Historically, a number of state-mandated restructurings in China’s telecommunications sector have led to cancellation or delays in telecommunications-related capital expenditure, and have negatively impacted our operating results in certain periods. Ongoing uncertainty in the telecommunication industry, combined with the Chinese government’s measures to control over-heating in certain sectors of the Chinese economy, has contributed and may continue to contribute to cautious spending by our telecommunications customers. In addition, any future restructurings affecting our major telecommunications customers may result in delays or cancellation of telecommunications-related spending, which would likely have an adverse impact on our business.

 

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Revenues

 

We report our revenues on the basis of the three principal types of revenues derived from our business: software products and solutions revenue, service revenue and third party hardware revenue.

 

Software products and solutions revenue. We typically sell our software as part of total solutions for our customers, which include proprietary software licenses, professional services related to the design and implementation of the solution (such as consulting, training, technical support and maintenance) and, in cases where the customer requests a turn-key solution, related hardware. We do not sell any software products without these related implementation services. Software products and solutions revenue include two types of revenues: software license revenue and software services revenue. Software license revenue consists of fees received from customers for licenses or sublicenses to use our software products or third party software products in perpetuity, typically up to a specified maximum number of users. In most cases where a customer is required to purchase additional licenses from us because the number of users exceeds the number of licensed users, we enter into an extension agreement with the customer to expand and upgrade the customer’s system. These extension contracts will usually include a license for the additional users, an updated versions of our software and, if required, additional services and hardware for the customer’s network. Our software license revenue also includes the benefit of value added tax rebates on software license sales, which are part of the Chinese government’s policy of encouraging China’s software industry. Software services revenue consists of revenue from software installation, customization, training and other services.

 

Service revenue. Service revenue consists of revenue from professional services, including IT services, management consulting, and revenues for network planning, design, systems integration and training.

 

Third party hardware revenue. Third party hardware revenue consists of hardware sales for equipment procured by us on behalf of our customers from hardware vendors. We procure for and sell hardware to our customers as part of our total solutions strategy. We typically minimize our exposure to hardware risks by sourcing equipment from hardware vendors against letters of credit from our customers. As the telecommunications-related IT services market in China develops our customers are increasingly purchasing hardware directly from hardware vendors and hiring us for our professional services.

 

Net revenue. Although we report our revenue on a gross basis, inclusive of hardware acquisition costs, we manage our business internally based on revenues net of hardware costs, or net revenues, which is consistent with our strategy of providing our customers with high value IT professional services and, where efficient, outsourcing lower-end services such as hardware acquisition and installation. This strategy may result in lower growth rates for total revenue as against prior periods, but will not adversely impact revenue net of hardware costs. The following table shows our revenue breakdown on this basis and reconciles our net revenues to our total revenues:

 

    

THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31,


  

YEAR ENDED

DECEMBER 31,


     2005

   2004

   2004

   2003

     (amounts in thousands of US$)

Software products and solutions revenue

   16,088    9,672    44,825    31,488

Service revenue

   6,760    4,463    21,232    22,891

Hardware revenue net of hardware costs

   329    892    2,030    3,091
    
  
  
  

Total revenues net of hardware costs

   23,177    15,027    68,087    57,470

Total hardware costs

   6,256    16,954    38,590    58,704
    
  
  
  

Total revenues

   29,433    31,981    106,677    116,174
    
  
  
  

 

The information on revenues net of hardware costs, or net revenues, in the above table is a “non-GAAP financial measure” within the meaning of Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We have provided a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, total revenues. We believe that the presentation of this non-GAAP measure provides useful information for investors regarding our regular financial performance because total revenues net of hardware costs more accurately reflect the core of our business, which is the provision of software solutions and services. We believe such measure provides transparency to our investors because it is the measure used by our management to evaluate the competitiveness and development of our business. In addition, third party hardware revenue tends to fluctuate from period to period depending on the requirements of our customers. As a result, a presentation that excludes hardware costs allows investors to better evaluate the performance of our core business.

 

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We have evaluated the criteria outlined in EITF No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as Principal Versus Net as an Agent,” in determining whether it is appropriate under GAAP to record the gross amount of revenues and related costs or the net amount earned after deducting hardware costs paid to the supplier. We record the gross amounts billed to our customers because we are the primary obligor in these transactions, bear the inventory risk, have latitude in establishing prices, are involved in the determination of the product specifications, bear credit risk and have the right to select suppliers. The presentation above of additional information on revenues net of hardware costs is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Software products and solutions costs. Software products and solutions costs consist primarily of three components:

 

    packaging and written manual expenses for our proprietary software products and solutions;

 

    compensation and travel expenses for the professionals involved in modifying, customizing or installing our software products and solutions and in providing consultation, training and support services; and

 

    software license fees paid to third-party software providers for the right to sublicense their products to our customers as part of our solutions offerings.

 

The costs associated with designing and modifying our proprietary software are classified as research and development expenses as incurred.

 

Service costs. Service costs consist primarily of compensation and travel expenses for the professionals involved in designing and implementing IT services, management consulting and network solutions projects. Service costs also include hardware warranty costs. We accrue hardware warranty costs upon final acceptance. We typically obtain manufacturers’ warranties for hardware we sell, which cover a portion of the warranties that we give to our customers. We currently accrue 0.2% of hardware sales to cover potential warranty expenses. This estimate of warranty cost is based on our current experience with contracts for which the warranty period has expired.

 

Third party hardware costs. We recognize hardware costs in full upon delivery of the hardware to our customers. In order to minimize our working capital requirements, we generally obtain from our hardware vendors payment terms that are timed to permit us to receive payment from our customers for the hardware before our payments to hardware vendors are due. However, in large projects we sometimes obtain less favorable payment terms from our customers, thereby increasing our working capital requirements.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses are comprised of sales and marketing expenses, research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses, and amortization expenses for intangible assets. Compensation expenses consistently comprise a significant portion of our total operating expenses.

 

Sales and marketing expenses include compensation expenses for employees in our sales and marketing departments, third party advertising expenses, as well as sales commissions and sales agency fees.

 

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Research and development expenses relate to the development of new software and the modification of existing software. We expense such costs as they are incurred.

 

Taxes

 

Except for certain hardware procurement and resale transactions, we conduct substantially all of our business through our Chinese subsidiaries, which are generally subject to a 30% state corporate income tax and a 3% local income tax.

 

Under the income tax laws of China, foreign invested enterprises, or FIEs, satisfying certain criteria can enjoy preferential tax treatment. Several of our operating subsidiaries are FIEs and enjoy certain preferential tax treatments in China. Please refer to Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2004 for details of the preferential treatments for these subsidiaries.

 

The unified Chinese corporate income tax laws for domestic enterprises and FIEs will likely take effect in 2005. We anticipate that these unified tax laws will eliminate various preferential tax provisions in China. However, such unified tax laws should not affect the preferential tax treatments granted to FIEs in previous years.

 

Sales of hardware procured in China are subject to a 17% value added tax. Most of our sales of hardware procured outside of China are made through our U.S. parent company, AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., and thus are not subject to the value added tax. We effectively pass value-added taxes on hardware sales through to our customers and do not include them in revenues reported in our financial statements. Companies that develop their own software and register the software with the relevant authorities in China are generally entitled to a value added tax refund. If the net amount of the value added tax payable exceeds 3% of software sales and software-related services, the excess portion of the value added tax is refundable immediately. This policy is effective until 2010.

 

We are also subject to U.S. income taxes on revenues generated in the United States, including revenues from our limited hardware procurement activities through our U.S. parent company, AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., and interest income earned in the United States.

 

Foreign Exchange

 

A majority of our revenues and expenses relating to hardware sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, and substantially all of our revenues and expenses relating to the software and service components of our business are denominated in Renminbi. The value of our shares will be affected by the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Renminbi because the value of our business is effectively denominated in Renminbi, while our shares are traded in U.S. dollars. Furthermore, an increase in the value of the Renminbi may require us to exchange more U.S. dollars into Renminbi to meet the working capital requirements of our subsidiaries in China. Depreciation of the value of the U.S. dollar will also reduce the value of the cash we hold in U.S. dollars, which we may use for purposes of future acquisitions or other business expansion. We actively monitor our exposure to these risks and adjust our cash position in the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar when we believe such adjustments will reduce our foreign exchange risks. For example, in February 2004 we exchanged approximately $28 million cash from U.S. dollars to Renminbi in order to address concerns regarding a possible increase in the relative value of the Renminbi.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions, including those related to revenues and cost of revenues under customer contracts, warranty obligations, bad debts, income taxes, goodwill and other intangible assets, and litigation. We base our estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant assumptions and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Revenue recognition. We generally charge a fixed price for all of our projects and recognize revenue based on the percentage of completion of the project as required under Statement of Position No. 81-1, “Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and certain Production-Type Contracts” (“SOP 81-1”). With respect to software products and solutions, revenue from customer orders requiring significant production, modifications, or customizations of the software are recognized over the installation and customization period. Labor costs and direct project expenses are used to determine the stage of completion. Costs related to insignificant obligations for a period of up to one year, which include telephone support, are accrued at the time the revenue is recorded. In cases where the customer requires additional software licenses, we typically enter into an extension agreement with the customer to expand and upgrade the customer’s system. Revenue arising from such extension agreements is also recognized under SOP 81-1. We recognize service revenue (which is charged on a fixed price basis) based on the percentage of completion of the project as required under SOP 81-1. We use labor costs and direct project expenses to determine the state of completion. We recognize third party hardware revenue upon delivery of the hardware to the customer. Since a large part of the cost of certain projects often relates to hardware, the timing of hardware delivery can cause our quarterly gross revenue and inventory level to fluctuate significantly. However, those fluctuations do not significantly affect our gross profits because third party hardware revenue generally approximates the costs of the hardware.

 

Recognized revenues and profit are subject to adjustments in current periods as the contract progresses to completion. If we do not have a sufficient basis to measure progress toward completion, revenue will be recognized upon completion. For arrangements with multiple elements, we allocate revenue to each element of a transaction based upon its fair value as determined by “vendor specific objective evidence” (“VSOE”). Revenue is deferred for the fair value of any undelivered elements and recognized for the remainder of the arrangement fee attributable to the delivered elements when the basic criteria in Statement of Position No. 97-2 “Software Revenue Recognition” (“SOP 97-2”) have been met. Revenue in excess of billings is recorded as unbilled receivables and amounts billed but not yet collected are recorded as billed receivables. Billings in excess of revenues recognized are recorded as deferred revenue. Provisions for estimated losses on contracts are made in the period in which the anticipated losses become known. Actual costs and gross margins on such contracts could differ from management’s estimates and those differences could be material to the consolidated financial statements. Historically, our estimates for costs and gross margins have not differed significantly from actual costs and gross margins. However, any material deviation of such costs and gross margins from our estimates would impact our future operating results.

 

Income taxes. We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that we believe is more likely than not to be realized. In the event we were to determine that we would be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their recorded amount, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would increase income in the period such determination was made. Likewise, should we determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.

 

Goodwill. Beginning in 2002, with the adoption of SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead tested for impairment upon first adoption and annually thereafter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it might be impaired. We use a two-step impairment test to identify potential goodwill impairment and recognize a goodwill impairment loss in the statement of operations when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. Prior to 2002, goodwill was amortized using a straight-line method over its economic life of five years. Accumulated amortization recorded through December 31, 2001 was $2,971,000. Goodwill impairment tests were performed in the first and second quarters of 2003 for our acquisitions of Bonson Information Technology Holdings, Ltd., and Zhejiang AsiaInfo Dekang Telecommunications Technology, Inc., respectively. We perform all goodwill impairment tests in the fourth quarter of each year. The latest goodwill impairment tests were performed in the fourth quarter of 2004 and no impairment losses were recognized. We periodically evaluate the recoverability of our intangible assets and take into account events or circumstances that warrant revised estimates of useful lives or that indicate that impairment exists.

 

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Consolidated Results Of Operations

 

Revenues. Total revenues, including hardware costs, were $29.4 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, representing a decrease of 8% year-over-year and a 9% decrease over the previous quarter. Revenues net of hardware costs were $23 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, remaining flat sequentially and increasing 54% over the comparable period in 2004. Software revenue was $16.1 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, representing an increase of 66% over the comparable period in 2004 and a slight sequential decrease. Service revenue was $6.8 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, representing an increase of 51% over the comparable period in 2004 and a 6% increase over the previous quarter. The decrease in our total revenues and the increase in our net revenues were primarily attributable to a reduction in hardware pass through sales and an increase in our higher-margin software sales. In addition, during the first quarter of 2005, the IT services business we acquired from Lenovo in the fourth quarter of 2004 contributed 27% and 39% to software revenue and service revenue, respectively.

 

Cost of revenues. Our cost of revenues decreased 21% to $17.8 million in the first quarter of 2005, from $22.7 million in the first quarter of 2004. The decrease was primarily due to decreased hardware orders, partially offset by increased costs related to software and services, which we incurred in order to meet increased demand.

 

Gross profit. Our gross profit was $11.5 million in the first quarter of 2005, representing a 25% year-over-year increase and a slight sequential decrease. Our gross margin increased to 39% from 29% in the year-ago period, and from 38% in the previous quarter, as a result of reduced hardware pass-through and the increase in higher-margin software revenue.

 

Operating expenses. Our operating expenses in the first quarter of 2005 were $10.8 million, representing an increase of 48% against the comparable period in 2004 and a sequential decrease of 10%. Lenovo-AsiaInfo contributed 33% of our operating expenses in the first quarter of 2005.

 

Sales and marketing expenses were $5.2 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2005, representing an increase of 98% against the comparable period in 2004. This increase was primarily attributable to sales and marketing expenses of $2.6 million from Lenovo-AsiaInfo.

 

General and administrative expenses were $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2005, representing decreases of 20% compared with the same period last year. This decrease was partially attributable to bad debt collections during the quarter. Sequentially, our general and administrative expenses decreased 27%, also reflecting the on-going realization of cost synergies from our acquisition of Lenovo’s IT services business in 2004.

 

Research and development expenses were $3.2 million the first quarter of 2005, representing increases of 57% and 37%, respectively, compared with the same period in 2004 and the previous quarter. These increases are primarily attributable to our research and development efforts in developing software products to support our future growth.

 

Net income (loss). Net income for the first quarter was $1.4 million, or $0.03 per basic share, compared to $2.0 million or $0.04 per basic share for the year-ago period, and $0.81 million or $0.02 per basic share, for the previous quarter.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our capital requirements are primarily working capital requirements related to hardware sales and costs associated with the expansion of our business, such as research and development and sales and marketing expenses. We recognize hardware costs in full upon delivery of the hardware to our customers. In order to minimize our working capital requirements, we generally obtain from our hardware vendors payment terms that are timed to permit us to receive payment from our customers for the hardware before our payments to hardware vendors are due. However, we sometimes obtain less favorable payment terms from our customers, thereby increasing our working capital requirements. We have historically financed our working capital and other financing requirements through careful management of our billing cycle, private placements of equity securities, our initial public offering in March of 2000 and, to a limited extent, bank loans.

 

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Our net operating cash flow increased to $4.3 million in the first quarter of 2005, driven by continued enhancement of collections. Our total cash position, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short term investments, decreased from $166.7 million at December 31, 2004 to $159.1 million at March 31, 2005. This decrease was primarily attributable to repurchases of our common stock during the quarter.

 

Our accounts receivable balance at March 31, 2005 was $59.1 million, consisting of $33.7 million in billed receivables and $25.4 million in unbilled receivables. Our billed receivables are based on revenue we have booked and billed. Our unbilled receivables are based on revenue we have booked through the percentage completion method, but for which we have not yet billed the customer. For example, we recognize revenues for hardware pass-through at the time the hardware is accepted by the customer, based on the cost of the underlying hardware. However, our contracts with our customers will often allow the customers to withhold 10-20% of the total contract payments until final project acceptance, which on average is eight to nine months after hardware delivery. As a result, revenues from hardware pass-through generally represent a significant portion of our unbilled receivables and can cause the aging of these receivables to be relatively long.

 

At the end of the first quarter, our days sales outstanding were 181 days, as compared to 153 days at December 31, 2004, as a result of higher gross revenues and lower accounts receivable during the quarter.

 

Our inventory position at the end of the quarter was approximately $7.7 million, representing a 3% decrease over the previous quarter’s $7.9 million.

 

As of March 31, 2005, we had total short-term credit facilities for working capital purposes totaling $35.7 million, expiring by December 2005, which were secured by bank deposits of $14.0 million. $8 million of the short-term credit facilities were used to issue letters of credit and notes payable at that date. Additional bank deposits of $1.7 million were used for issuing standby letters of credit and bank acceptance drafts. Bank deposits pledged as security for these standby letters of credit, bank acceptance drafts and short-term credit facilities totaled $15.7 million as of March 31, 2005, and are presented as restricted cash in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

We anticipate that the net proceeds of our initial public offering in March 2000, together with available funds and cash flows generated from operations, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated needs for working capital, capital expenditures and business expansion through 2005. We may need to raise additional funds in the future, however, in order to fund acquisitions, develop new or enhanced services or products, respond to competitive pressures to compete successfully for larger projects involving higher levels of hardware purchases, or if our business otherwise grows more rapidly than we currently predict. We anticipate that we would raise additional funds, if necessary, through new issuances of shares of our equity securities in one or more public offerings or private placements, or through credit facilities extended by lending institutions.

 

In the event that we decide to pay dividends to our shareholders, our ability to pay dividends will depend in part on our ability to receive dividends from our operating subsidiaries in China. Foreign exchange and other regulations in China may restrict our ability to distribute retained earnings from our operating subsidiaries in China or convert those payments from Renminbi into foreign currencies.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of March 31, 2005, we have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements with any individuals or entities.

 

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The following are recently issued accounting pronouncements.

 

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    FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4. We do not expect that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.

 

    EITF Issue No. 03-13 “Applying the Conditions of Paragraph 42 of FASB Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, in Determining Whether to Report Discontinued Operations.” The adoption of this Issue in the first quarter of 2005 did not have any material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

    FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004) (“SFAS No. 123(R)”), Share-Based Payment, which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation”. The proposed Statement will eliminate our ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and generally will require instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value based method. As a result of this accounting pronouncement, we anticipate that the adoption of this standard on January 1, 2006 will have a material impact on our financial statements. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), we will continue to utilize the accounting method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25 with the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148.

 

    FASB issued SFAS No. 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions” (“SFAS 153”). We are currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of SFAS 153 will have on our financial statements but do not expect it to have a material impact.

 

Certain Risks That May Affect Our Operating Results and Our Common Stock

 

In addition to the other information in this report, the following factors should be considered in evaluating our business and our future prospects:

 

The growth of our business is dependent on government telecommunications infrastructure and budgetary policies, particularly the allocation of funds to sustain the growth of the telecommunications industry in China.

 

Most of our large telecommunications customers are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the government of China. Accordingly, their business strategies, capital expenditure budgets and spending plans are largely decided in accordance with government policies, which, in turn, are determined on a centralized basis at the highest level by the National Development and Reform Commission of China. As a result, the growth of our business is heavily dependent on government policies for telecommunications infrastructure. Insufficient government allocation of funds to sustain the growth of China’s telecommunications industries in the future could reduce the demand for our products and services and have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our business.

 

Historically, China’s telecommunications sector has been subject to a number of state-mandated restructurings. For example, in 2002 China Telecom was split geographically into a northern division (comprising ten provinces) and a southern division (comprising 21 provinces). Under the restructuring, the northern division of China Telecom merged with China Netcom and was renamed China Network Communications Group Corporation, or China Netcom Group, while the southern division continued to use the China Telecom name. As a result of the restructuring, new orders for telecommunications infrastructure expansion and improvement projects decreased in 2002, adversely affecting our net revenue. Any similar restructurings of this nature could cause our operating results to vary unexpectedly from quarter to quarter in the future.

 

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Our customer base is concentrated and the loss of one or more of our customers could cause our business to suffer significantly.

 

We have derived, and believe that we will continue to derive, a significant portion of our revenues from a limited number of large customers in the telecommunications industry, such as China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom and China Netcom Group. China Mobile accounted for 50% of our revenues in 2004. The loss, cancellation or deferral of any large contract by any of our large customers would have a material adverse effect on our revenues, and consequently our profits. Our acquisition of the human resources management and business intelligence software business of Pacific Software in early 2004, as well as our recent acquisition of Lenovo’s IT services business, are part of our strategy to further diversify our business and gradually reduce such concentration risk in the future. However, in the near term, the expected revenue to be generated by our business outside the telecommunications industry is still limited compared to our overall revenues. Moreover, we cannot provide any assurance that a material proportion of our revenues will be derived from other industries in the future.

 

The long and variable sales cycles for our products and services can cause our revenues and operating results to vary significantly from period to period and may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

 

Our revenues and operating results will vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control and any of which may cause our stock price to fluctuate. A customer’s decision to purchase our services and products involves a significant commitment of its resources and an extended evaluation. As a result, our sales cycle tends to be lengthy. We spend considerable time and expense educating and providing information to prospective customers about features and applications of our services and products. Because our major customers often operate large and complex networks, they usually expand their networks in large increments on a sporadic basis. The combination of these factors can cause our revenues and results of operations to vary significantly and unexpectedly from quarter to quarter.

 

A large part of the contract amount of our projects often relates to hardware procurement. Since we recognize most of the revenues relating to hardware plus a portion of services and software revenues at the time of hardware delivery, the timing of hardware delivery can cause our quarterly gross revenues to fluctuate significantly. Due to the foregoing factors, we believe that quarter to quarter comparisons of our operating results are not a good indication of our future performance and should not be overly relied upon. It is likely that our operating results in some periods may be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors. In this event, the price of our common stock will probably decline, perhaps significantly more in percentage terms than any corresponding decline in our operating results.

 

Our working capital requirements may increase significantly.

 

We typically purchase hardware for our customers as part of our turn-key total solutions services. We generally require our customers to pay 80% to 90% of the invoice value of the hardware upon delivery. We typically place orders for hardware against back-to-back orders from customers and seek favorable payment terms from hardware vendors. This policy has historically minimized our working capital requirements. However, for certain large and strategically important projects, we have agreed to payment of less than 80% to 90% of the invoice value of the hardware upon delivery in order to maintain competitiveness. Wider adoption of less favorable payment terms or delays in hardware deliveries could cause our working capital needs to increase significantly.

 

We have sustained losses in prior years and may incur slower earnings growth, earnings declines or net losses in the future.

 

Although we had net income in 2001, 2002 and 2004, we sustained net losses in 2000 and 2003. There are no assurances that we can sustain profitability or avoid net losses in the future. We continue to expect that certain of our operating expenses will increase as our business grows. The level of these expenses will be largely based on anticipated organizational growth and revenue trends and a high percentage, particularly compensation expenses, will be fixed. As a result, any delays in expanding sales volume and generating revenue could result in substantial operating losses.

 

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Our high level of fixed costs, as well as increased competition in the software market, could result in reduced operating margins.

 

We maintain a relatively stable work force of software and network engineers engaged in all phases of planning and executing projects on behalf of our customers. As a result, our operating costs are relatively fixed from quarter to quarter, regardless of fluctuations in our revenues. In recent periods, this has resulted in our gross profit decreasing as a percentage of our net revenues. For example, during the second quarter of 2003 our revenues were impacted by the outbreak of SARS and our gross profit as a percentage of net revenue decreased to 56% as compared to 66% in the comparable period of 2002. Future fluctuations in our net revenues could result in similar decreases in our operating margins. In addition, enhanced competition in the software market and other markets in which we operate could result in reduced prices, which, together with our relatively fixed operating costs, could also result in reduced operating margins.

 

Business acquisitions we undertake may be challenging, and we may realize losses on our investments.

 

On October 19, 2004, we completed our acquisition of the IT services business of Lenovo Group Limited and formed a new division, Lenovo-AsiaInfo, comprised primarily of the acquired assets and our existing enterprise IT services business. In the future, we may acquire other companies or assets that we feel will enhance our revenue growth, operations and profitability. Such acquisitions could result in the use of significant amounts of cash and dilutive issuances of our common stock. Such acquisitions involve other significant risks, including:

 

    the difficulties of integrating, assimilating and managing the operations, technologies, intellectual property, products and personnel of the acquired business;

 

    the diversion of management attention from other business concerns;

 

    the additional expense associated with acquired contingent liabilities;

 

    the loss of key employees in acquired businesses; and

 

    the risk of being sued by terminated employees and contractors.

 

We will need to integrate and manage any businesses we determine to acquire in the future. Our failure to do so successfully could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

PRC laws and regulations currently prohibit foreign-invested companies from engaging in systems integration businesses involving state secrets, which is part of the IT services business we acquired from Lenovo in 2004. PRC laws and regulations also restrict certain foreign invested companies from participating in the VATS business, which we are exploring the possibility of entering. Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to our contractual arrangements with Lenovo Computer, Lenovo Security and Star VATS, due to uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws and regulations.

 

In 2001, the State Secrecy Bureau of China promulgated the Administrative Measures for Qualification of Computer Information Systems Integration Involving State Secrets, which expressly prohibits foreign persons or foreign-invested enterprises from engaging in systems integration businesses involving state secrets, or restricted businesses. We and our PRC operating subsidiaries are considered foreign persons or foreign-invested enterprises under PRC laws. In addition to a number of other types of IT services, one of the businesses operated by the IT services division we acquired from Lenovo in 2004 was a restricted business. As a result, we operate the restricted business through affiliated entities in which we do not hold a direct equity interest. We currently operate the restricted business through Lenovo Computer System and Technology Services Ltd., or Lenovo Computer, and, upon the receipt by Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc., or Lenovo Security, of certain business licenses and qualifications, we intend to operate the restricted business through Lenovo Security. Lenovo Computer is owned by certain subsidiaries of Lenovo. Lenovo Security is owned by Legend Holdings Limited, the parent company and controlling shareholder of Lenovo, and certain of our employees who are PRC citizens. Lenovo Computer currently conducts substantially all of our operations in relation to the restricted business, generates substantially all of our revenue relating to such business, and makes use of the licenses and approvals that are essential to such business. We do not currently have any equity interest in Lenovo Computer or Lenovo Security and instead enjoy economic benefits substantially similar to equity ownership in such companies through contractual arrangements between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., or Lenovo-AsiaInfo, our wholly-owned subsidiary, and these affiliated entities and their respective shareholders. Further information on these arrangements is set forth under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the definitive proxy statement for our 2005 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2005.

 

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In the opinion of our Chinese legal counsel, T&C Law Office, and Chinese legal counsel to Lenovo Group, Tian Yuan Law Firm, our current ownership structure of Lenovo Computer and Lenovo Security, and the contractual arrangements among us, Lenovo-AsiaInfo, these affiliated entities and their respective shareholders, are in compliance with all existing PRC laws and regulations. There are, however, substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current or future PRC laws and regulations, including regulations governing the validity and enforcement of such contractual arrangements. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that PRC government authorities will not ultimately take a view contrary to the opinion of our and Lenovo’s Chinese legal counsels. If the PRC government finds that our contractual arrangements with Lenovo Computer and Lenovo Security do not comply with its prohibition on foreign-invested companies from engaging in systems integration businesses involving state secrets, we could be subject to severe penalties.

 

In June of 2004 we entered into similar contractual arrangements with Beijing Star VATS Technologies, Inc., or Star VATS, a domestic company owned by certain of our employees who are PRC citizens, which was established to engage in the value-added telecommunications services, or VATS, business in China. As with the restricted business, certain regulations in China restrict foreign ownership of companies engaged in the VATS business in China. Star VATS is in the process of developing VATS products and services that we hope to offer in China. We anticipate that if we successfully launch our VATS products and services, all of our business related to such products and services will be conducted through Star VATS. Star VATS will generate any revenue relating to such business and will make use of the licenses and approvals that are essential to such business. We do not have any equity interest in Star VATS, but instead have the right to enjoy economic benefits similar to equity ownership through our contractual arrangements with Star VATS and its shareholders. In the opinion of our Chinese legal counsel, T&C Law Firm, the contractual arrangements among us, Star VATS, and the shareholders of Star VATS are in compliance with all existing PRC laws and regulations. There are, however, substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws and regulations, including regulations governing the validity and enforcement of such contractual arrangements. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that PRC government authorities will not ultimately take a view contrary to the opinion of our Chinese legal counsel. If the PRC government finds that our contractual arrangements with Star VATS do not comply with its restrictions on certain foreign invested companies from engaging in VATS businesses, we could be subject to severe penalties.

 

Our contractual arrangements with Lenovo Computer, Lenovo Security and Star VATS may not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership of these affiliated entities and may be difficult to enforce.

 

Although we have been advised by Chinese legal counsel that our contractual arrangements with Lenovo Computer Lenovo Security and Star VATS are valid, binding and enforceable under current PRC laws, these arrangements may not be as effective in providing control as direct ownership of these affiliated entities. For example, these affiliated entities and their respective shareholders could fail to perform or make payments as required under such contractual arrangements. In any such event, we would have to rely on the PRC legal system to enforce these agreements. Any legal proceedings could result in the disruption of our business, damage to our reputation, diversion of our resources and the incurrence of substantial costs.

 

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We may not be able to operate the systems integration businesses involving state secrets once we acquire all of the equity interest in Lenovo Computer and Lenovo Security.

 

PRC laws and regulations currently prohibit foreign persons or foreign-invested enterprises from engaging in systems integration businesses involving state secrets. We and our subsidiaries are considered foreign persons or foreign-invested enterprises under PRC laws. Unless such prohibition is lifted in the future, we will not be able to operate such business after we acquire all of the equity interest in Lenovo Computer and Lenovo Security pursuant to the terms of our contractual arrangements with Lenovo Computer and Lenovo Security and their respective shareholders. The loss of this line of business may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Asset impairment reviews may result in future periodic write-downs.

 

Effective January 1, 2002, we adopted SFAS No. 142, which requires us, among other things, to review goodwill and intangible assets for impairment annually. In connection with our business acquisitions, we make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors to determine the fair value of goodwill and intangible assets. In assessing the related useful lives of those assets, we have to make assumptions regarding their fair value, our recoverability of those assets and our ability to successfully develop and ultimately commercialize acquired technology. If those assumptions change in the future when we conduct our periodic reviews in accordance with applicable accounting standards, we may be required to record impairment charges.

 

We recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $30.2 million as a result of an independent valuation during the first quarter of 2003 of the goodwill and acquired intangible assets mainly attributable to our acquisition of Bonson in February 2002. In December 2003 we recorded an impairment charge of $2.2 million related to our investment in Intrinsic. There is no assurance that future reviews will not result in further write-downs to goodwill and other intangible assets.

 

We are highly dependent on our executive officers.

 

Each of our executive officers is responsible for an important segment of our operations. Although we believe that we have significant depth at all levels of management, the loss of any of our executive officers’ services could be detrimental to our operations. We do not have, and do not plan to obtain, “key man” life insurance on any of our employees.

 

We face a competitive labor market in China for skilled personnel and therefore are highly dependent on the skills and services of our existing key skilled personnel and our ability to hire additional skilled employees.

 

Competition for highly skilled software design, engineering and sales and marketing personnel is intense in China. Our failure to attract, assimilate or retain qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs could impair our growth. Competition for skilled personnel comes primarily from a wide range of foreign companies active in China, many of which have substantially greater resources than we have. Limitations on our ability to hire and train a sufficient number of personnel at all levels would limit our ability to undertake projects in the future and could cause us to lose market share.

 

We extend warranties to our customers that expose us to potential liabilities.

 

We customarily provide our customers with one to three year warranties, under which we agree to maintain installed systems at no additional cost to our customers. The maintenance services cover both hardware and our proprietary and third party software products. Although we seek to arrange back-to-back warranties with hardware and software vendors, we have the primary responsibility to maintain the installed hardware and software. Our contracts often do not have disclaimers or limitations on liability for special, consequential and incidental damages, nor do we typically cap the amounts our customers can recover for damages. In addition, we do not currently maintain any insurance policy with respect to our exposure to warranty claims. The failure of our installed projects to operate properly could give rise to substantial liability for special, consequential or incidental damages, which in turn could materially and adversely affect us.

 

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We sell our services on a fixed-price, fixed-time basis, which exposes us to risks associated with cost overruns and delays.

 

We sell most of our services on a fixed-price, fixed-time basis. In contracts with our customers, we typically agree to pay late completion fines of up to 5% of the total contract value. In large scale telecommunications infrastructure projects, there are many factors beyond our control which could cause delays or cost overruns. In this event, we would be exposed to cost overruns and liable for late completion fines.

 

We may become less competitive if we are unable to develop or acquire new products, or enhancements to our existing products, that are marketable on a timely and cost-effective basis.

 

Our future operating results will depend, to a significant extent, upon our ability to enhance our existing products and services and to introduce new products and services to meet the requirements of our customers in a rapidly developing and evolving market. If we do not enhance our existing products and services or introduce new successful products and services in a timely manner, our products and services may become obsolete, and our revenues and operating results may suffer. Moreover, unexpected technical, operational, distribution or other problems could delay or prevent the introduction of any products or services that we may plan to introduce in the future. We cannot be sure that any of these products and services will achieve widespread market acceptance or generate incremental revenues.

 

Our proprietary rights may be inadequately protected and there is a risk of poor enforcement of intellectual property rights in China.

 

Our success and ability to compete depend substantially upon our intellectual property rights, which we protect through a combination of confidentiality arrangements and copyright, trademark, and patent registrations. We have registered some marks and filed trademark applications for other marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Trademark Bureau of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce in China and the Trade Marks Registry in Hong Kong. We have also registered copyrights with the State Copyright Bureau in China with respect to certain of our software products, although we have not applied for copyright protection elsewhere (including the United States). We have filed some patent applications and have acquired some existing patents in the PRC for certain hardware and software products used or developed in our business. Despite these precautions, the legal regime protecting intellectual property rights in China is weak. Moreover, Bonson Information Technology Holdings, Ltd., which we acquired in February, 2002 had never registered copyrights for its software products prior to the acquisition. Because the Chinese legal system in general, and the intellectual property regime in particular, are relatively weak, it is often difficult to enforce intellectual property rights in China. In addition, there are other countries where effective copyright, trademark and trade secret protection may be unavailable or limited.

 

We enter into confidentiality agreements with most of our employees and consultants, and control access to, and distribution of, our documentation and other licensed information. Despite these precautions, it may be possible for a third party to copy or otherwise obtain and use our licensed services or technology without authorization, or to develop similar technology independently. Policing unauthorized use of our licensed technology is difficult and there can be no assurance that the steps we take will prevent misappropriation or infringement of our proprietary technology. In addition, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources.

 

A portion of our business involves the development and customization of software applications for customers. We generally retain significant ownership or rights to use and market such software for other customer projects, where possible. However, our customers sometimes retain co-ownership and rights to use the applications, processes, and intellectual property so developed. In some cases, we may have no right or only limited rights to reuse or provide these developments in projects involving other customers. To the extent that we are unable to negotiate contracts which permit us to reuse source-codes and methodologies, or to the extent that we have conflicts with our customers regarding our ability to do so, we may be unable to provide similar solutions to our other customers.

 

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We are exposed to certain business and litigation risks with respect to technology rights held by third parties.

 

We currently license technology from third parties and intend to do so increasingly in the future as we introduce services that require new technology. There can be no assurance that these technology licenses will be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Our inability to obtain any of these licenses could delay or compromise our ability to introduce new services. In addition, we may or may allegedly breach the technology rights of others and incur legal expenses and damages, which could be substantial.

 

Investors may not be able to enforce judgments by United States courts against certain of our officers and directors.

 

We are incorporated in the State of Delaware. However, a majority of our directors and executive officers, and certain of our principal shareholders, live outside of the United States, principally in Beijing and Hong Kong. As a result, you may not be able to:

 

    effect service of process upon those persons within the United States; or

 

    enforce against those persons judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments relating to the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

We do not intend to pay and may be restricted from paying dividends on our common stock.

 

We have never declared or paid dividends on our capital stock and we do not intend to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings to fund our growth. Furthermore, if we decide to pay dividends, foreign exchange and other regulations in China may restrict our ability to distribute retained earnings from China or convert those payments from Renminbi into foreign currencies.

 

The fact that our business is conducted in both U.S. dollars and Renminbi may subject us to currency exchange rate risk due to fluctuations in the exchange rate between those two currencies.

 

Substantially all of our revenues, expenses and liabilities are denominated in either U.S. dollars or Renminbi. As a result, we are subject to the effects of exchange rate fluctuations between those currencies. Because of the unitary exchange rate system introduced in China on January 1, 1994, the official bank exchange rate for conversion of Renminbi to U.S. dollars experienced a devaluation of approximately 50%. We report our financial results in U.S. dollars, therefore, any future devaluation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar may have an adverse effect on our reported net income.

 

Substantially all our revenues and expenses relating to hardware sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, and substantially all our revenues and expenses relating to the software and services component of our business are denominated in Renminbi. The value of our shares may be affected by the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Renminbi because the value of our business is effectively denominated in Renminbi, while our shares are traded in U.S. dollars. Furthermore, an increase in the value of the Renminbi may require us to exchange more U.S. dollars into Renminbi to meet the working capital requirements of our subsidiaries in China. Depreciation of the value of the U.S. dollar will also reduce the value of the cash we hold in U.S. dollars, which we may use for purposes of future acquisitions or other business expansion.

 

The markets in which we sell our services and products are competitive and we may not be able to compete effectively.

 

Our main domestic competitors in China include local systems integration and IT services firms, including Digital China, Huawei, Linkage and Neusoft. Our international competitors include multinational companies such as IBM Global Services, HP Services, which are establishing more active presences in the IT services market in China. In addition, top international consulting companies such as PwC Consulting (recently acquired by IBM), Deloitte Consulting, Capgemini, Accenture, and Bearing Point, have also entered China’s IT services market.

 

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Our competitors, many of whom have greater financial, technical and human resources than we have, may be able to respond more quickly to new and emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements or devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of new products or services. It is possible that competition in the form of new competitors or alliances, joint ventures or consolidation among existing competitors may decrease our market share. Increased competition could result in lower personnel utilization rates, billing rate reductions, fewer customer engagements, reduced gross margins and loss of market share, any one of which could materially and adversely affect our profits and overall financial condition.

 

Political and economic policies of the Chinese government could affect our industry in general and our competitive position in particular.

 

Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Communist Party has been the governing political party in China. The highest bodies of leadership are the Politburo of the Communist Party, the Central Committee and the National People’s Congress. The State Council, which is the highest institution of government administration, reports to the National People’s Congress and has under its supervision various commissions, agencies and ministries, including The Ministry of Information Industry, the telecommunications regulatory body of the Chinese government. Since the late 1970s, the Chinese government has been reforming the Chinese economic system. Although we believe that economic reform and the macroeconomic measures adopted by the Chinese government have had and will continue to have a positive effect on economic development in China, there can be no assurance that the economic reform strategy will not from time to time be modified or revised. Such modifications or revisions, if any, could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China. Such developments could reduce, perhaps significantly, the demand for our products and services. Furthermore, changes in political, economic and social conditions in China, adjustments in policies of the Chinese government or changes in laws and regulations could adversely affect our industry in general and our competitive position in particular.

 

Recently, the Chinese government’s increased measures to control economic growth have contributed and will continue to contribute to cautious spending by our telecommunications customers. Such measures may also result in the delay of certain large telecommunications-related projects, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

High technology and emerging market shares have historically experienced extreme volatility and may subject you to losses.

 

The trading price of our shares may be subject to significant market volatility due to investor perceptions of investments relating to China and Asia, as well as developments in the telecommunications industry. In addition, the high technology sector of the stock market frequently experiences extreme price and volume fluctuations, which have particularly affected the market prices of many software companies and which have often been unrelated to the operating performance of those companies.

 

If our stock price is volatile, we may become subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could result in a diversion of resources.

 

In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. Many companies in our industry have been subject to this type of litigation in the past, and we are currently involved in this type of litigation as a result of allegedly improper allocation procedures relating to the sale of our common stock in connection with our initial public offering in March of 2000. For more information on that litigation, please see the discussion under the heading “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” in Part I of this Report. Litigation is often expensive and diverts management’s attention and resources, which could materially and adversely affect our business.

 

Future sales of shares by existing stockholders could cause the market price of our common stock to fall.

 

If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, including shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options, the market price of our common stock could fall. Such sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate.

 

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We are subject to anti-takeover provisions that could prevent a change of control and prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium on their common stock.

 

Our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of our preferred stock. Without any further vote or action on the part of our stockholders, the board of directors has the authority to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock. This preferred stock, if it is ever issued, may have preference over and harm the rights of the holders of our common stock. Although the issuance of this preferred stock will provide us with flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, such an issuance may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock.

 

We currently have authorized the size of our board of directors to be not less than three nor more than ten directors. The terms of the office of the ten-member board of directors have been divided into three classes: Class I, whose term will expire at the annual meeting of the stockholders to be held in 2006; Class II, whose term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2007; and Class III, whose term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2008. This classification of the board of directors may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in our control or management.

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, the statute prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date when the person became an interested stockholder unless, subject to certain exceptions, the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the stockholder; and an “interested stockholder” includes any person that is the owner of 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock or is an affiliate or associate of ours.

 

Our change of control severance agreements with executive officers may discourage a change of control.

 

We have entered into change of control severance agreements with most of our executive officers. These agreements provide, among other things, that the executive officers would be entitled to various benefits upon the occurrence of either a covered termination (as defined therein) or a change of control (as defined therein), including payment of one year of base salary and bonus, immediate vesting of 50% of any outstanding unvested stock options held by the executive officer and provisions of medical benefits and housing allowance. The potential obligations to pay the executive officers the above amounts may discourage a potential acquiror from effecting a change of control.

 

We are subject to potential liabilities and anticipate significant increases in expenses in complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

In July 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 into law. Among other things, the Act imposes corporate governance, reporting, and disclosure requirements; introduces stricter independence and financial expertise standards for audit committees; and sets stiff penalties for securities fraud.

 

The Act and the related rules and regulations have increased the scope, complexity and costs of our corporate governance, reporting, and disclosure practices, and may increase the risk of personal liability for our board members, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer. Any such liabilities may adversely affect our reputation, our business, or our ability to meet listing criteria.

 

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires our management and our independent auditors to assess our internal controls over financial reporting on an annual basis. During the course of our assessment of our internal control environment throughout the year 2004, we identified certain deficiencies that, if not remedied and re-tested by December 31, 2004, would result in material weaknesses in our internal control environment. As of December 31, 2004, we were able to successfully remediate and re-test all previously identified potential material weaknesses in our internal control environment except for a weakness related to our provisioning for income tax under U.S. GAAP. There is a risk that our inability to conclude that there were no material weaknesses in our internal financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 could negatively impact investor confidence and our stock price.

 

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ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

We are exposed to interest-rate risk primarily associated with our cash, short-term investments and short-term bank loans. To date, we have not entered into any types of derivatives to hedge against interest-rate changes.

 

We are exposed to exchange rate risk in connection with the relative value of the U.S. dollar and the Renminbi. Substantially all of our revenues and expenses relating to hardware sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, and substantially all of our revenues and expenses relating to the service and software components of our business are denominated in Renminbi. As of March 31, 2005, the rate of exchange quoted by the People’s Bank of China was US$1.00 = RMB8.2765. Hypothetically, if the exchange rate were to increase by 2% to US$1.00 = RMB8.4420, our net assets would potentially decrease by $1,896. If the exchange rate was to decrease by 2% to US$1.00 = RMB8.1110, then our net assets would potentially increase by $1,896. To avoid currency risk related to the Renminbi, we maintain a significant portion of our cash deposits in U.S. dollars. At times, we have used these U.S. dollar deposits to collateralize Renminbi denominated loans from Chinese banks.

 

The value of our shares will be affected by the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Renminbi because the value of our business is effectively denominated in Renminbi, while our shares are traded in U.S. dollars. Furthermore, an increase in the value of the Renminbi may require us to exchange more U.S. dollars into Renminbi to meet the working capital requirements of our subsidiaries in China. Depreciation of the value of the U.S. dollar will also reduce the value of the cash we hold in U.S. dollars, which we may use for purposes of future acquisitions or business expansion. We actively monitor our exposure to these risks and adjust our cash position in the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar when we believe such adjustments will reduce our foreign exchange risk. For example, in February 2004 we exchanged approximately $28 million cash in U.S. dollar into Renminbi.

 

There have been no significant changes in our exposure to changes in either interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. Our exposure to interest rate changes is limited as we do not have variable rate or long-term borrowings. We are subject to variable interest rates on our bank deposits that are short-term investments. As there are no significant market price movements, such investments are held at cost.

 

ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Prior to the filing date of this quarterly report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act). During the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting performed in connection with the preparation of management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, we identified that our management lacked appropriate experience and expertise relating to accounting for income taxes under U.S. GAAP. In order to remediate this weakness, in March of 2005 we contracted with a qualified outside vendor to provide on-going general tax, accounting and business advisory services on a retainer basis. In addition, during the first quarter of 2005 we identified a suitable internal U.S. tax expert who has become an employee in our Finance Department, effective May 1, 2005. Except for the foregoing, there were no significant changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

On December 4, 2001, a securities class action case was filed against us, certain of our officers and directors and the underwriters of our initial public offering, or IPO. The lawsuit alleged violations of the federal securities laws and was docketed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as Hassan v. AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., et al. The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that the underwriters of our IPO improperly required their customers to pay the underwriters excessive commissions and to agree to buy additional shares of our common stock in the aftermarket as conditions to their purchasing shares in our IPO. The lawsuit further claimed that these supposed practices of the underwriters should have been disclosed in our IPO prospectus and registration statement. The suit seeks rescission of the plaintiffs’ alleged purchases of our common stock as well as unspecified damages. In addition to the case against us, various other plaintiffs have filed approximately 1,000 other, substantially similar class action cases against approximately 300 other publicly traded companies and their IPO underwriters in New York City, which along with the case against us have all been transferred to a single federal district judge for purposes of case management. On July 15, 2002, together with the other issuer defendants, we filed a collective motion to dismiss the consolidated, amended complaints against the issuers on various legal grounds common to all or most of the issuer defendants. The underwriters also filed separate motions to dismiss the claims against them. On October 9, 2002, the court dismissed without prejudice all claims against the individual defendants in the litigation. The dismissals were based on stipulations signed by those defendants and the plaintiffs’ representatives. On February 19, 2003, the court issued its ruling on the motions to dismiss filed by the underwriter and issuer defendants. In that ruling the court granted in part and denied in part those motions. As to the claims brought against us under the anti-fraud provisions of the securities laws, the court dismissed all such claims without prejudice. As to the claims brought under the registration provisions of the securities laws, which do not require that intent to defraud be pleaded, the court denied the motion to dismiss such claims as to us and as to substantially all of the other issuer defendants. The court also denied the underwriter defendants’ motion to dismiss in all respects.

 

In June 2003, based on a decision made by a special independent committee of our board of directors, we elected to participate in a proposed settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in this litigation. If ultimately approved by the court, this proposed settlement would result in a dismissal, with prejudice, of all claims in the litigation against us and against any of the other issuer defendants who elect to participate in the proposed settlement, together with the current or former officers and directors of participating issuers who were named as individual defendants. The proposed settlement does not provide for the resolution of any claims against the underwriter defendants, and the litigation against those defendants is continuing. The proposed settlement provides that the class members in the class action cases brought against the participating issuer defendants will be guaranteed a recovery of $1 billion by insurers of the participating issuer defendants. If recoveries totaling $1 billion or more are obtained by the class members from the underwriter defendants, however, the monetary obligations to the class members under the proposed settlement will be satisfied. In addition, all participating issuer defendants will be required to assign to the class members certain claims that we may have against the underwriters. The plaintiffs have filed a motion asking the Court to give its preliminary approval to the form of the settlement documents, including the notice of the settlement to be sent to class members.

 

The proposed settlement contemplates that any amounts necessary to fund the settlement or settlement-related expenses would come from participating issuers’ directors and officers liability insurance policy proceeds as opposed to funds of the participating issuer defendants themselves. A participating issuer defendant could be required to contribute to the costs of the settlement if that issuer’s insurance coverage were insufficient to pay that issuer’s allocable share of the settlement costs. We expect that our insurance proceeds will be sufficient for these purposes and that we will not otherwise be required to contribute to the proposed settlement. Consummation of the proposed settlement is conditioned upon, among other things, negotiating, executing, and filing with the court final settlement documents, and final approval by the court. If the proposed settlement described above is not consummated, we intend to continue to defend the litigation vigorously. Moreover, if the proposed settlement is not consummated, we believe that the underwriters may have an obligation to indemnify us for the legal fees and other costs of defending this suit and that our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies would also cover the defense and potential exposure in the suit. While we cannot guarantee the outcome of these proceedings, we believe that the final result of these actions will have no material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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ITEM 2.    UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

On March 2, 2000, our Registration Statement on Form S-1 covering the offering of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock (No.333-93199) was declared effective. The underwriters in the offering exercised an over-allotment option to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of our common stock. The total price to the public for the shares offered and sold was $138,000,000. The net proceeds of the offering (after deducting expenses) was approximately $126,610,000.

 

The net proceeds have been used for general corporate purposes, including working capital, and expenses such as research and development and sales and marketing, as well as acquisition or investment in complementary businesses or products. The remaining net proceeds from the offering have been invested in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. The use of proceeds from the offering does not represent a material change in the use of proceeds described in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 described above. None of the net proceeds of the offering have been paid directly or indirectly to our directors, officers or their associates, to persons owning ten percent or more of our common stock, or to our affiliates.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2004, our board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program under which we may repurchase up to 5,000,000 shares of our outstanding common stock for a period of up to six months. During the quarter ended March 31, 2005, we repurchased 2,373,055 shares at a cost of $11.8 million. The following table provides a breakdown of the purchases we made under the repurchase plan during the quarter ended March 31, 2005.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period


   (a) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased


   (b) Average
Price Paid
per Share


   (c) Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs


   (d) Maximum Number of
Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs


January 1, 2005–January 31, 2005

   1,048,955    $ 4.91    1,048,955    3,792,219

February 1, 2005—February 28, 2005

   0      0    0    3,792,219

March, 1 2005—March 31,2005

   1,324,100    $ 4.99    1,324,100    2,468,119

Total

   2,373,055    $ 4.95    2,373,055    2,468,119

 

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

We held our Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 21, 2005. For more information on the following proposals, please refer to our definitive proxy statement dated March 16, 2005, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(1) Our shareholders elected each of the three nominees to our Board of Directors for a three-year term:

 

DIRECTOR


   FOR

   WITHHELD

Edward Tian

   37,946,571    316,690

Chang Sun

   37,754,759    508,502

Davin A. Mackenzie

   38,000,474    262,787

 

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(2) Our shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as our independent auditors:

 

For

   37,890,056

Against

   357,295

Abstain

   15,910
    

Total

   38,263,261

 

(3) our shareholders approved our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan:

 

For

   19,696,212

Against

   4,272,220

Abstain

   64,057
    

Total

   24,032,489

 

ITEM 6.    EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

(a) Exhibits

 

Please see the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

 

(b) Reports on Form 8-K

 

We furnished a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 8, 2005 relating to an amendment to our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). We furnished a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 26, 2005 relating to our quarterly earnings announcement for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, as well as the resignation of Mr. Xingsheng Zhang as our Chief Executive Officer and board member, and the appointment of Mr. Steve Zhang to fill those positions.

 

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Signature

 

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

 

   

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.

Date: May 10, 2005

 

By:

 

/s/ Ying Han


   

Name:

 

Ying Han

   

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

       

(duly authorized officer

       

and principal financial officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Report.

 

Exhibit
Number


 

Description


3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., dated June 8, 1998*
3.2   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., dated August 27, 1999*
3.3   Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., dated November 15, 2000**
3.4   Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., dated January 18, 2001**
3.5   Amended and Restated By-Laws of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., dated October 21, 2004###
4.1   Specimen Share Certificate representing AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. shares of common stock*
10.1   2002 Stock Option Plan, approved and adopted as of April 18, 2003***
10.2   Lease of AsiaInfo’s headquarters at 6 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China, dated August 31, 1999*
10.3   Employment Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Xingsheng Zhang dated January 27, 2003#
10.4   Change of Control Severance Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Xingsheng Zhang dated May 30, 2003#
10.5   Master Executive Employment Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Ying Han dated May 30, 2003#
10.6   Change of Control Severance Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Ying Han dated May 30, 2003#
10.7   Master Executive Employment Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Steve Zhang dated April 1, 2004*****
10.8   Change of Control Severance Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Steve Zhang dated April 1, 2004*****
10.9   Acquisition Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Lenovo Group Limited dated July 27, 2004##
10.10   Supplement and Amendment No.1 to Acquisition Agreement dated as of October 1, 2004###
10.11   Trademark License Agreement between Bonson Information Technology Limited and Lenovo (Beijing) Limited dated October 19, 2004####
10.12   Patent, Copyright and Technology License Agreement between Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Legend Holdings Limited, Bing Yu and Zheng Wang dated October 19, 2004####
10.13   Patent Assignment Agreement between Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Legend Holdings Limited, Bing Yu and Zheng Wang dated October 19, 2004####
10.14   Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc. and Lenovo Computer System and Technology Services Co., Ltd. dated October 19, 2004####
10.15   Share Pledge Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited and Lenovo Computer System and Technology Services Co., Ltd. dated October 19, 2004####
10.16   Share Pledge Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Lenovo Manufacturing Limited and Lenovo Computer System and Technology Services Co., Ltd. dated October 19, 2004####
10.17   Equity Transfer Arrangement Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Lenovo Group Limited, Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Lenovo Manufacturing Limited, Lenovo Computer System and Technology Services Co., Ltd. and Bonson Information Technology Limited dated October 19, 2004####

 

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10.18   Power of Attorney executed by Lenovo (Beijing) Limited dated October 19, 2004####
10.19   Power of Attorney executed by Lenovo Manufacturing Limited dated October 19, 2004####
10.20   Loan Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc. and Legend Holdings Limited dated October 19, 2004####
10.21   Employment Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Bing Yu dated September 9, 2004####
10.22   Employment Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Yue Ma dated October 1, 2004####
10.23   Master Executive Employment Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Chao Wang dated April 1, 2004*****
10.24   Change of Control Severance Agreement between AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. and Chao Wang dated April 1, 2004*****
10.25   Asiainfo Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan as Amended Through April 8, 2005****
10.26   Power of Attorney executed by Legend Holdings Limited dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.27   Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc. and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.28   Share Pledge Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Lenovo Holdings Limited and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.29   Equity Transfer Arrangement Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Lenovo Holdings Limited and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.30   Loan Agreement executed by Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc. and Bing Yu dated October 19, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.31   Loan Agreement executed by Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc. and Zheng Wang dated October 19, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.32   Power of Attorney executed by Bing Yu dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.33   Power of Attorney executed by Zheng Wang dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.34   Share Pledge Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Zheng Wang and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.35   Share Pledge Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Bing Yu and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.36   Exclusive Option Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Zheng Wang and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
10.37   Exclusive Option Agreement between Lenovo-AsiaInfo Technologies, Inc., Bing Yu and Lenovo Security Technologies (Beijing), Inc. dated December 2, 2004 (filed herewith)
11.1   Statement regarding computation of per share earnings (included in note 11 to the consolidated financial statements included in this report)
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this report)
31.1   Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
31.2   Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Rules 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)

 

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32.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)

* Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.333-93199).
** Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.
*** Incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on March 21, 2003.
**** Incorporated by reference to our Revised Proxy Statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on April 14, 2004.
***** Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
# Incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2003.
## Incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2004.
### Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2004.
#### Incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2004.

 

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