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Slow start to financing activity for new school year: W ith only five financing transactions to start September, the
largest transaction thus far is the $5 million financing for YuMe (Advertising). The total for September so far is just
$12.2 million, averaging $2.4 million per financing. Total capital raised in August was $208.5 million, averaging $7.7
million (27 deals), July on 35 transactions was $191.4 million, averaging $5.5 million, and June (42 deals) was $204.7
million (averaging $4.9 million).
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A mixed price performance week: Twenty-seven of the companies in our universe had positive stock price
performances over the past week (for stocks with prices greater than $1) (Figure 6), with 21 companies showing
negative returns on the week. DigitalTown (OTCBB:DGTW ) led the group with a 25.0% return, while Cyberplex
(TSX:CX) had the worst return, dropping 14.8% in the week.
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C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (M & A A N D F I N A N C I N G )
Slow start to financing activity for new school year: W ith only five financing transactions to start September, the largest
transaction thus far is the $5 million financing for YuMe (Advertising). The total for September so far is just $12.2 million,
averaging $2.4 million per financing. Total capital raised in August was $208.5 million, averaging $7.7 million (27 deals),
July on 35 transactions was $191.4 million, averaging $5.5 million, and June (42 deals) was $204.7 million (averaging $4.9
million).
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Skype
People Media
Super Rewards
Invodo
Boxee
Polyvore
Fanbase
MOG
Jambool
YuMe
Quikr India Pvt. Ltd.
OPEN Sports network
Nexage
StyleCaster
TweetDeck
OurStage
Z2Live
24 (at end of note).
KODA
Scoreloop
Busca
ProtonMedia
MashLogic
Akademos
Roblox
Greystripe
iSocket
Financing & M/A Summary - Last Three Months
Tremor Media
iLoop Mobile
Comunitae
RightsFlow
Aloqa
Lat49
Plista
FourSquare
EduFire
ChessCube
Thread
Tributes.com
CoTweet
Cognitive Match Limited
Cellufun
Clikthrough
Linksify
People Capital
BookFresh
iSyndica
Masher Media
Gigpark
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W hile financing activity has been slow so far, by far the largest M&A
1, with eBay selling 65% of Skype for $1.9 billion in cash plus a $125
company NowPublic was acquired for a rumoured $25 million. For
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Advertising remains the most active sector: Advertising related companies continue to see the most activity by number
of transactions (10), followed by the Gaming sector (seven transactions) and the Social Network sector, also with seven
transactions (Figure 4). The $2.0 billion acquisition of Skype skews the dollars transacted to the SMS/Voice segment.
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Online Calendar
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Online Lending
Music
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Search
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Mobile Ad
Social Networks
Virtual Goods
Advertising
Virtual World
Crowdsourced
Video
Analytics
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Content
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C A P I T A L M A R K E T S A C T I V I T Y (P R I C E P E R F O R M A N C E )
Web 2.0 index continues to outpace NASDAQ recovery: Our W eb 2.0 index (market-cap weighted) essentially mirrored
the performance of the NASDAQ composite index from mid-2008 until earlier this year. However, the index has recently
had a much stronger recovery relative to the NASDAQ index (Figure 5).
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^COMP - Share Pricing Index: Web 2.0 (Market Cap)
A mixed price performance week: Twenty-seven of the companies in our universe had positive stock price performances
over the past week (for stocks with prices greater than $1) (Figure 6), with 21 companies showing negative returns on the
week. DigitalTown (OTCBB:DGTW ) led the group with a 25.0% return, while Cyberplex (TSX:CX) had the worst return,
dropping 14.8% in the week.
P U B L I C C O M P A N Y I N D U S T R Y N E W S (P A R T N E R S H I P S , F I N A N C I A L R E S U L T S , N E W P R O D U C T S )
K ey Developments
C ompany Headline Notes
L ingo Media C orporation (TS XV: L M) L ingo Media C orporation R eports Una udited Lingo Media C orpora tion reported una udited cons olida ted ea rnings res ults for the s econd qua rter and s ix months ended J une 30, 2009. F or
C ons olida ted E a rnings R es ults for the S econd Q ua rter the quarter, the compa ny's net los s wa s C AD 691, 389 compa red with C AD 491, 229 for the s a me period a year a go. L os s per s ha re from
a nd S ix Months E nded J une 30, 2009 continued opera tion wa s C AD 0. 06 compa red with C AD 0. 04 for the s a me period a yea r a go. T he compa ny's revenue was C AD 654, 358
compa red with C A D 393, 709 for the s a me period a yea r a go. L os s from continuing operations was C AD 691, 389 compa red with C AD
392, 010 for the s a me period a yea r a go. Net cas h flow provided by opera ting a ctivities wa s C AD 135, 926 compa red with net ca s h flow us ed
in opera ting a ctivities of C AD 235, 683 for the s a me period a year a go. T he compa ny inves ted on purcha s e of property a nd equipment wa s
C AD 23, 818 compa red with C AD 147 for the s ame period a yea r ago.
F or the s ix months , the compa ny's net los s wa s C AD 795, 416 compa red with C AD 944, 782 for the s ame period a yea r a go. L os s per s ha re
from continued opera tion wa s C AD 0. 09 compa red with C AD 0. 08 for the s a me period a yea r a go. T he compa ny's revenue wa s C AD
709, 678 compa red with C AD 393, 709 for the s a me period a yea r a go. L os s from continuing opera tions wa s C AD 1, 146, 524 compa red with C A
Northgate Tec hnologies L imited Northga te T echnologies Limited, B oa rd Meeting, S ep 01, Northga te T echnologies L imited, B oa rd Meeting, S ep 01, 2009 Agenda: T o convene a nnua l genera l meeting of the compa ny on S eptember
(B S E : 590057) 2009 30, 2009 and to clos e the regis ter of members a nd s ha re tra ns fer books of the compa ny from S eptember 28, 2009 to S eptember 30, 2009
inclus ive of both da ys for the purpos e of a nnua l genera l meeting of the compa ny.
Myriad G roup AG (S W X: MYR N) Myria d G roup Appoints J a mes B odha as New C hief Myria d G roup AG a nnounced the a ppointment of J a mes B odha a s its new C hief F ina ncia l Officer (C F O), effective S eptember 2, 2009.
F ina ncial O fficer B ringing both s ignifica nt interna tional experience a nd deep indus try knowledge of the mobile s ector, his prima ry res pons ibility will be to
ens ure that Myria d's fina ncia l opera tions ma na gement evolves in line with the growth of the compa ny. P rior to joining Myria d, B odha wa s
G roup C F O a t Aircom Interna tiona l. During his more tha n 3 yea rs in that role, he wa s res pons ible for building a nd lea ding a globa l finance
organis a tion in line with tha t compa ny's 1, 300 s ta ff in 18 worldwide offices , a nd improving the compa ny's fina ncial s ys tems a nd interna l
control proces s es .
B right Things plc (AIM: B G T) B right T hings plc a nnounced it expects to receive £0. 94 B right T hings plc (AIM: B G T ) a nnounced a s ubs equent placing of 75, 200, 000 common s ha res a t £0. 0125 per s hare for gros s proceeds of
million in funding. £0. 94 million on S eptember 2, 2009. Dominic W hea tley, C hief E xecutive Officer of the compa ny, and Ia n L ivings tone, C ha irma n of the
compa ny will pa rticipa te in the tra ns a ction and will hold 69, 005, 102 s ha res , repres enting 25. 5% s ta ke a nd 11, 998, 880 s hares , repres enting
4. 4% s ta ke res pectively. Ins titutiona l inves tors a ls o pa rticipa ted in the tra ns a ction. As ta ire S ecurities P lc will a ct a s a broker to the compa ny.
T he s ha res ha ve been pla ced to the ins titutiona l inves tors by As ta ire S ecurities P lc a nd S ocialG O s ta ff members . T he s ha res will be
s ubs equently lis ted on London S tock E xcha nge AIM Ma rket.
C L IC K E R Inc . (OTC B B : C L K Z) C L IC K E R Inc. Announces Ma na gement C ha nges E ffective Augus t 28, 2009, Ma nu O hri res igned a s the C hief E xecutive O fficer of C L IC K E R Inc. O n S eptember 1, 2009, Mr. Albert Aimers
wa s a ppointed a s the C ompa ny's Interim C hief F ina ncia l O fficer. Mr. Aimers ha s been C ha irma n of the B oa rd a nd C hief E xecutive Officer of
the C ompa ny s ince J a nua ry 2006. F rom 2003-2006, Mr. Aimers wa s P res ident a nd C E O of Digita l W a llS treet Inc. a nd the founder of
W a lls t. net a nd F ina ncia l P ublis hing compa ny.
K AB Dis tribution Inc . (TS X: K AB ) K AB Dis tribution Inc. Decla res C a s h Dis tribution P a yable K AB Dis tribution Inc. a nnounced tha t a ca s h dis tribution of $0. 65 per common s ha re will be pa id on S eptember 22, 2009 to s ha reholders of
on S eptember 22, 2009 record on S eptember 17, 2009 a s a return of ca pita l, s ubject to court a pprova l.
B eyond C ommerce, Inc. B eyond C ommerce L a unches in Aus tra lia B eyond C ommerce Inc. a nnounced its new geogra phica lly-ta rgeted online s ervices benefit loca l bus ines s es a cros s the United S ta tes a nd
(OTC B B : B YOC ) now Aus tra lia . Around Aus tra lia , loca l compa nies , often s ma ll a nd medium enterpris es , will benefit from the interna tiona l la unch of US -ba s ed
Loca lAdL ink's geogra phically-targeted online loca l a dvertis ing s ervices .
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment L td. S ha nda Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. R eports Una udited S handa Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. reported una udited cons olida ted ea rnings res ults for the s econd qua rter a nd s ix months ended J une
(Nas daqG S : S NDA) C ons olida ted E a rnings R es ults for the S econd Q ua rter 30, 2009. F or the qua rter, the compa ny reported opera ting profit of R MB 513. 4 million, income from opera tion of R MB 513. 4 million, net
a nd S ix Months E nded J une 30, 2009 income of R MB 430. 7 million, net income a ttributable to ordina ry s ha reholders of R MB 426. 9 million or R MB 3. 07 diluted per s ha re on tota l
net revenues of R MB 1, 237. 2 million a ga ins t opera ting profit of R MB 335. 6 million, income from opera tion of R MB 335. 6 million, net income
of R MB 281. 9 million, net income a ttributa ble to ordina ry s ha reholders of R MB 279. 8 million or R MB 1. 90 diluted per s ha re on tota l net
revenues of R MB 837. 6 million for the s a me period a yea r a go. According to Non-G AAP , opera ting profit of R MB 531. 5 million, net income
attributa ble to ordina ry s ha reholders of R MB 445. 0 million or R MB 6. 40 diluted per s ha re a ga ins t opera ting profit of R MB 350. 7 million, net
income a ttributa ble to ordinary s ha reholders of R MB 294. 9 million or R MB 4. 00 diluted per s ha re for the s a me period a yea r a go.
F or the s ix months , the compa ny reported income from opera tion of R MB 969. 1 million, net income of R MB 797. 5 million, net income a ttributa
DigitalTown, Inc . (OTC B B : DGTW ); The DigitalT own Inc. Announces P a rtners hip with T he Active On S eptember 01, 2009, the B oard of Directors of Digita lT own Inc. a pproved a L etter of Intent to move forwa rd with a partners hip with T he
Ac tive Network, Inc. Network, Inc Active Network Inc. T he L OI calls for Digita lT own a nd Active to pa rticipa te in J oint P romotion, J oint T echnology, New Hyper-L oca l A d
T echnology a nd revenue s ha ring of the Digita lT own 14, 700 on-line content a nd news hub for s chool s pirit s ites ; this will expa nd to a ll of
Digita lT own’s 27, 000 s ites . In S ocia l Networking-Active will es ta blis h a DigitalT own-bra nded and ta ilored s ection of the Active community,
providing a common interfa ce for current Active members as well a s new Digita lT own members . In C ontent-Active will provide content tha t
will include H. S . footba ll, ba s ketball, la cros s e a nd more with s chedules , s cores , ra tings , ra nkings , game previews and recaps a s s ocia ted with
ea ch individua l H. S . tea m.
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment L td. S ha nda Intera ctive Mulls Acquis itions It wa s reported tha t S ha nda Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. pla ns to ra is e a s much a s $800 million in a U. S . IP O for its games unit. C hen
(Nas daqG S : S NDA) T ia nqia o, S ha nda ’s founder s aid in the pa s t tha t he would like to ultima tely tra ns form his compa ny into a divers ified media firm. T he firm s a id
tha t it will us e the IP O proceeds to fund a cquis itions a nd joint ventures , a s well a s for ca pital expenditure.
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment L td. S ha nda Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. P rovides E a rnings S handa Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. provided ea rnings guida nce for the third qua rter of 2009. T he compa ny expected tha t cons olida te net
(Nas daqG S : S NDA) G uida nce for the T hird Q uarter of 2009 revenues for third qua rter of 2009 to increa s e by a rate in the ra nge of 8% to 11% qua rter over qua rter. T he company expect opera ting
ma rgin for the third qua rter 2009 to be s imila r to tha t of s econd qua rter 2009, both on a non-G AAP ba s is .
C hangyou.c om L imited C ha ngyou. com L imited ha s filed a S helf R egis tra tion in C ha ngyou. com L imited ha s filed a S helf R egis tra tion in the a mount of $381. 30 million.
(Nas daqG S : C YOU) the a mount of $381. 30 million.
Neteas e.c om Inc . (Nas daqGS : NTE S ) Netea s e. com Inc. , Annua l G eneral Meeting, S ep 04, Neteas e. com Inc. , Annua l G enera l Meeting, S ep 04, 2009, at 10: 00 C C T -C hina C oa s t, US S R Zone 7. L oca tion: 26/F , S P T ower D, T s inghua
2009 S cience P a rk B uilding 8, No. 1 Zhonggua ncun E a s t R oad, Ha idia n Dis trict, B eijing, P eople's R epublic of C hina 100084, C hina . Agenda : T o
re-elect s even directors to s erve for the ens uing yea r or until their s ucces s ors a re elected a nd duly qua lified; to ra tify the a ppointment of
P ricewa terhous eC oopers Zhong T ia n C P As L imited compa ny a s independent a uditor for the fis ca l yea r ending December 31, 2009; a nd to
tra ns a ct s uch other bus ines s a s ma y properly come before the 2009 a nnua l genera l meeting of s ha reholders or a ny a djournment or
pos tponement thereof.
NetDragon W ebS oft, Inc . (S E HK : 777) NetDra gon W ebS oft, Inc. , 0. 082 (HK D), C a s h Dividend, NetDra gon W ebS oft, Inc. , 0. 082 (HK D), C as h Dividend, S ep-07-2009
S ep-07-2009
S handa Interac tive E ntertainment L td. S ha nda Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. Announces B oa rd S handa Intera ctive E nterta inment L td. a nnounced the res igna tion of B runo W u from the B oa rd of Directors of the C ompa ny, effective
(Nas daqG S : S NDA) C ha nges S eptember 1, 2009. C oncurrently, the C ompa ny a nnounced the a ppointment of Mr. K a i Zha o to the B oa rd of Directors of the C ompa ny,
effective immedia tely. Mr. Zha o previous ly s erved a s dea n of the J ourna lis m S chool of F uda n Univers ity, s ecreta ry genera l of the C hina
C ommunis t P a rty (C C P ) committee of W enhui-X inmin United P res s News pa per G roup, chief editor of L ibera tion Da ily a nd s ecreta ry genera l
of the C C P committee of S ha ngha i Municipa l R a dio, F ilm a nd T elevis ion B urea u a s well a s in va rious ma na gerial roles a t S ha ngha i
Municipa l R a dio a nd T elevis ion B urea u, Orienta l R a dio S ta tion, S ha ngha i P eople's R a dio S ta tion a nd Qingha i Da ily.
VALUATION
Online Gaming companies lead market-cap charts: Thirteen companies in our W eb 2.0 universe top US$1 billion in
market capitalization (Figure 8). Fifty-seven of the 91 companies have market caps under US$100 million, with 26 under
US$10 million. Online gaming companies dominate the top of the list, led by Tencent Holdings with a market cap near
US$30 billion.
Market C ap (US D m)
Tencent Holdings L td. 29970. 5
Neteas e.c om Inc. 5503.2
S ha nda Interactiv e Entertainment L td. 3317.7
Modern Times Group Mtg A B 2778.9
IA C/InterA ctiveCorp. 2486.5
S ohu.c om Inc. 2400.9
Changy ou.com Limited 2147.8
Perfect World Co. , L td. 1958.9
G ree, Inc. 1953.5
Open Tex t Corp. 1950.1
Gia nt Interac tive Group, Inc. 1732.3
K ings of t Co. L td. 1225.4
Chines e Gamer Internationa l 1180.6
V a lueClick Inc. 895.1
Mix i, Inc. 891.0
NEOWIZ Games Corpora tion 649.4
United Online Inc. 613.7
NetDra gon WebS of t, Inc. 400.3
S hutterf ly, Inc. 339.6
S K Communica tions Co. , L td. 305.8
G ungHo Online Enterta inment, Inc. 295.5
Giga Media L td. 261.1
CDC Corp. 252.2
XING A G 243.7
Openw av e S y s tems Inc. 233.3
G ama nia Digital Entertainment Co., 233.1
The9 Limited 193.7
DA DA S pA 149.2
OA O R B C Inf ormation S y s tems 145.7
A c toz S of t Co., L td. 124.8
NeuL ion Incorporated 116.7
Y eda ngOnline Corp. 110.4
G ameOn Co L td. 104.5
Myriad Group A G 91.7
K A B Dis tribution Inc. 84.6
Tree. Com, Inc. 80.7
TheS treet.com, Inc. 74.4
Cy berplex Inc. 73.3
HanbitS of t, Inc. 71.3
Frogs ter Interac tive Pic tures A G 69.5
Fluid Mus ic Canada, Inc. 62.0
Eolith Co. L td. 60.8
PNI Digital Media Inc. 55.7
GeoS entric Oy j 51.5
Grav ity Co., L td 50.0
DigitalTow n, Inc. 47.9
S park Netw orks , Inc. 46.3
Ngi Group Inc. 37.0
DXN Holdings B hd 36.9
Northgate Technologies Limited 35.8
Webz en Inc. 34.3
NeXplore Corpora tion 30.7
A Q Intera ctiv e, Inc. 29.8
S ocia lw is e, Inc. 24.8
Dolphin Digita l Media, Inc. 23.6
W iz z a rd S of tw are Corpora tion 21.7
LookS ma rt, L td. 20.0
B roadWebA s ia Inc. 19.5
Y nk K orea Inc. 18.5
Quepa s a Corp. 17.8
J umbuck Entertainment Limited 16.7
A c celeriz e New Media, Inc. 15.8
UOMO Media, Inc 12.0
L ingo Media Corpora tion 11.6
S pec trumDNA , Inc. 10.7
B ey ond Commerc e, Inc. 9.7
IA S Energy, Inc. 9.5
Ex tens ions , Inc. 8.9
B right Things plc 6.1
CornerWorld Corpora tion 5.7
MOK O.mobi Limited 5.7
S NA P Intera ctiv e, Inc. 5.4
Worlds .c om Inc. 5.2
DigitalPos t Intera ctiv e, Inc. 4.2
V OIS , Inc. 4.1
Magnitude Information S y s tems Inc. 4.1
Wooz yFly, Inc. 2.6
is eemedia Inc. 2.4
B etaw a ve Corpora tion 2.0
Wy nds torm Corpora tion 1.8
Liv eWorld Inc. 1.5
B igs tring Corp. 1.3
Unis erve Communications Corp. 1.0
A s s oc ia ted Media Holdings Inc. 0.6
CL ICK ER Inc. 0.6
China G atew ay Corpora tion 0.3
The Parent Compa ny 0.3
Total S port Online A S 0.1
S NM G loba l Holdings 0.0
Dibz International, Inc. 0.0
S ocia l Media V enures , Inc. 0.0
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TEV/Revenue (LTM) averages 6.0x: The overall average TEV/Revenue (LTM) multiple for our group is 6.0x (vs. 5.3x last
week) (Figure 9). Three companies trade at more than 25x revenue – Bigstring Corp. (OTCBB:BSGC) at 37.5x, Dolphin
Digital Media, Inc. (OTCBB:DPDM) at 42.3x, and NeXplore Corp (OTCPK:NXPC). The median is only 2.1x. Note that we
exclude multiples greater than 50x. Thirty companies have multiples under 1.5x.
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0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
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MO K O .mobi L imited
UO MO Media, Inc
C LIC K E R Inc.
DXN Holdings B hd
C DC C orp.
G eoS entric O y j
S N M G loba l Holdings
O pen T ex t C orp.
AQ Intera ctive, Inc .
C y berplex Inc .
is eemedia Inc .
S pa rk N etwork s , Inc .
G igaMedia Ltd.
S ohu.com Inc .
E olith C o. Ltd.
Mix i, Inc .
G ree, Inc .
Y nk K orea Inc .
TEV/Revenue (LTM) by country/exchange: W e have also calculated multiples based on where the companies are listed
or domiciled. Figure 10 shows the average TEV/Revenue multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the largest
number of companies (19), trading at an average multiple of 12.4x (vs. 12.7x last week). On a geographic basis, the
United States has the most companies (39), trading at an average of 7.6x revenue (vs. 5.9x last week) (Figure 11). Ten of
the companies are Canadian (average 4.6x revenue).
20.0 20.0
15.0 12.4
12.0 15.0
(x)
11.9 12.0
(x)
GTSM
NasdaqGM
SEHK
HLSE
TSE
OSE
KOSE
NasdaqGS
RTS
OM
CM
TSX
AMEX
KLSE
BSE
AIM
TSXV
SWX
0.0
ASX
Germany
United
Finland
China
United
Canada
Japan
Hong Kong
Malaysia
India
Russia
Italy
South
Taiwan
Australia
Norway
Switzerland
Sweden
# Companies 1 19 2 3 2 11 1 4 5 1 4 2 1 1 6 2 14 1 1 1 1 5 1
# Companies 1 2 1 10 39 3 10 1 6 1 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
TEV/EBITDA (LTM) averages 12.7x: The average multiple for the 35 companies with positive EBITDA (and multiples
under 100x) is 12.7x LTM EBITDA (vs. 12.4x last week), led by Tencent Holdings (SEHK-700) 48.4x multiple (Figure 12).
Twelve companies have EBITDA multiples under 7x. The median multiple is 9.9x (vs. 9.8x last week).
T E V/L T M E B IT DA (x)
60. 0
48. 4
50. 0
42. 5
40. 0
35. 4
30. 0
25. 2
23. 0 23. 4
20. 3 20. 4
20. 0 17. 5
A verage, 12.7 14. 2 14. 5
12. 7
11. 3 11. 6 11. 9
8. 7 9. 0 9. 6 9. 9 9. 9 10. 1 10. 3
7. 7 8. 6
10. 0 6. 3
4. 0 4. 1 4. 3 4. 7 5. 1 5. 4
3. 7
1. 0 1. 5 1. 7
0. 0
C DC C orp.
O pen T ex t C orp.
S park Network s , Inc .
C yberplex Inc .
S ohu. c om Inc .
Mix i, Inc .
G ree, Inc .
Y nk K orea Inc.
TEV/EBITDA (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 13 shows the average TEV/EBITDA multiples by stock exchange. The
OTCBB has the largest number of companies (19), trading at an average multiple of 4.0x. On a geographic basis, the
United States has the most companies (39), trading at an average of 9.1x EBITDA (Figure 14). Ten of the companies are
Canadian (average 12.7x EBITDA).
15.0
(x)
NasdaqGM
SEHK
KOSE
TSE
OSE
NasdaqGS
RTS
OM
CM
XTRA
TSX
KLSE
AMEX
TSXV
ASX
0.0 0.0
Germany
China
Canada
Japan
Hong Kong
United
Malaysia
Russia
Italy
South
Korea
States
Taiwan
Australia
Sweden
Switzerland
# Companies 3 4 2 6 5 2 1 1 14 1 4 5 1 2 19 2 1
# Companies 3 8 10 10 6 2 1 1 39 1 1 2 1 1
P/E (LTM) averages 18.4x: The average multiple for the 33 companies with positive earnings (and multiples under 100x)
is 18.4x LTM EPS (vs. 18.1x last week), led by GungHo Online Entertainment’s (OSE:3765) 66.5x multiple (Figure 15).
Eleven companies have P/E multiples under 10x. The median is just 13.1x.
P /E L T M (x)
70.0 66.5
61.2
60.0
40.0
35.0
32.5
30.0
24.5 25.6
20.0 20.3
A verage, 18.4 18.3
20.0 16.3
13.7 14.2 14.7
11.8 12.1 12.7 13.1
9.6 10.3 10.9
10.0 6.2 6.5
4.9
2.1 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.1
0.0
NE O W IZ G ames C orporation
J umbuck E ntertainment Limited
G ameO n C o Ltd.
O pen T ex t C orp.
C y berplex Inc.
G igaMedia Ltd.
S ohu.com Inc.
G ree, Inc.
Mix i, Inc.
P/E (LTM) by country/exchange: Figure 16 shows the average P/E multiples by stock exchange. The OTCBB has the
largest number of companies (19), trading at an average multiple of 14.8x. On a geographic basis, the United States has
the most companies (39), trading at an average of 13.5x earnings (Figure 17). Ten of the companies are Canadian
(average 19.5x EPS).
20.0
30.0 25.6 14.4 13.7
19.6 15.0 13.5 13.1
20.0 14.8
13.7 12.7 10.4 10.0 6.2
6.5 6.2 4.9 4.9
10.0 5.0 0.0
2.1
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Germany
Japan
Canada
China
United
Malaysia
India
OTCBB
South
Korea
GTSM
NasdaqGM
States
OSE
SEHK
TSE
KOSE
NasdaqGS
Taiwan
Australia
OM
XTRA
AMEX
TSX
KLSE
NYSE
Sweden
Switzerland
ASX
# Companies 1 3 5 2 2 6 19 1 2 14 4 1 2 1 5 # Companies 6 2 3 10 10 1 39 8 1 2 1 1
UPCOMING EVENTS
E arnings C alendar
C ompany Date & Time Quarter C onf C all Deta ils
NA NA NA NA
Accelerize N ew Media, Inc. US D A C LZ OTCB B 15. 8 0.57 1.8% 26.7% 14.0% 62.9% -9.5% -13.6%
Actoz S oft C o., Ltd. KR W A 052790 K OS E 124.8 17, 850 -5. 8% -24.2% -35.4% 70.0% 100.6% -50.4%
AQ Interactive, Inc. JPY 3838 TS E 29. 8 51, 000 2.0% -13.0% -28.2% 61.9% -55.4% -59.8%
As s ociated Media Holdings Inc. US D A S MH OTCP K 0.6 0.01 -30.0% -30.0% 833. 3% 180.0% -30.0% -72.0%
B igs tring C orp. US D B S GC OTCB B 1.3 0.02 10.0% -12.0% -12.0% 78.9% -63.3% -68.6%
B etawave C orpora tion US D B W AV OTCB B 2.0 0.07 -6. 7% -6.7% -6. 7% -41.7% -72.0% -79.4%
B eyond C ommerce, Inc. US D B YOC OTCB B 9.7 0.21 23.5% -41.7% -79.2% -58.0% -91.6% -92.8%
B right T hings plc GBP A IM:B G T AIM 6.1 0.01 -5. 2% -8.3% 5.0% -8.3% -8.9% -44.3%
B roa dW ebAs ia Inc. US D BWBA OTCP K 19. 5 0.23 -22.8% -22.8% -54.9% -77.2% -84.7% -92.1%
C DC C orp. US D C HIN.A Na s da qG S 252.2 2.38 -3. 3% -28.5% 53.5% 213.2% -3.3% -39.3%
C hangyou.com Limited US D C YOU Na s da qG S 2,147. 8 39.05 2.9% -2.4% 0.6% NM NM -19.3%
C hina G a teway C orporation US D CGW Y OTCP K 0.3 0.02 -25.0% 650.0% 650. 0% 650.0% -50.0% -57.1%
C hines e G amer International TWD G T S M:3083 GTS M 1,180. 6 461.00 13.5% 7.2% 35.4% 223.5% 553.9% -11.2%
C LIC K E R Inc. US D C LK Z OTCB B 0.6 0.01 25.0% 25.0% 97.4% -70.0% -98.6% -98.7%
C ornerW orld C orpora tion US D CWR L OTCB B 5.7 0.06 9.1% 20.0% -33.3% -60.0% -90.2% -90.2%
C yberplex Inc. C AD T S X:C X TS X 73. 3 1.21 -14.8% -28.8% -21.9% 245.7% 101.7% -39.2%
DADA S pA E UR C M:DA CM 149.2 6.42 -0. 3% 6.1% 5.4% 38.7% -42.6% -45.2%
DXN Holdings B hd MY R DXN K LS E 36. 9 0.57 2.7% 28.4% 48.7% 101.8% 48.7% -0. 9%
Dibz Internationa l, Inc. US D DIB Z OTCP K 0.0 0.00 20.0% NM 20.0% -88.0% -97.6% -97.6%
Digita lP os t Interactive, Inc. US D DG L P OTCB B 4.2 0.06 -15.4% 22.2% 243. 8% 1275. 0% 10.0% -44.4%
Digita lT own, Inc. US D DG T W OTCB B 47. 9 1.75 25.0% 16.7% -30.0% -30.6% -56.3% -61.1%
Dolphin Digital Media, Inc. US D DP DM OTCB B 23. 6 0.44 15.8% 10.0% -26.7% -13.7% -39.7% -61.1%
E olith C o. Ltd. KR W A 041060 K OS E 60. 8 1,035.00 10.7% 27.8% 28.6% 88.2% 50.0% -10.8%
E xtens ions , Inc. US D E XT I OTCP K 8.9 0.20 150. 0% 150.0% 33.3% 0.0% 100.0% -80.2%
F luid Mus ic C a nada, Inc. C AD T S X:F MN TS X 62. 0 1.27 -9. 3% 27.0% 81.4% 284.8% -17.5% -20.6%
F rogs ter Interactive P ictures AG E UR FR G XT R A 69. 5 19.20 6.1% 32.4% 146. 2% 324.8% 224.9% -3. 4%
G ama nia Digital E ntertainment C o., Ltd. TWD 6180 GTS M 233.1 50.40 0.0% -15.9% -9. 7% 90.2% 143.5% -26.7%
G ameOn C o Ltd. JPY 3812 TS E 104.5 100, 600 -3. 5% -2.3% -6. 9% 25.8% -23.2% -34.2%
G eoS entric O yj E UR G E O 1V HL S E 51. 5 0.04 -20.0% -20.0% -20.0% 0.0% -33.3% -42.9%
G iant Interactive G roup, Inc. US D GA NY S E 1,732. 3 7.65 -2. 0% -7.6% -17.7% 7.1% -4.5% -20.1%
G iga Media Ltd. US D G IG M Na s da qG S 261.1 4.79 0.4% -8.1% -24.0% -0.8% -51.5% -58.3%
G ravity C o., L td US D GR VY Na s da qG M 50. 0 1.80 5.9% 7.1% 51.3% 181.3% 34.3% -31.6%
G ree, Inc. JPY T S E :3632 TS E 1,953. 5 8, 120 -2. 4% 2.4% 31.0% 69.2% NM -7. 2%
G ungHo Online E nterta inment, Inc. JPY 3765 OS E 295.5 240, 000 3.4% 18.8% 2.4% 108.7% 16.1% -14.3%
H anbitS oft, Inc. KR W A 047080 K OS E 71. 3 4, 010 0.9% -8.9% -13.1% 25.3% 6.9% -39.6%
IAC /InterActiveC orp. US D IAC I Na s da qG S 2,486. 5 18.78 0.6% 3.6% 15.1% 33.1% 10.2% -4. 0%
IAS E nergy, Inc. US D IAS A .E OTCB B 9.5 0.14 3.8% 10.7% -32.5% 92.9% -50.0% -51.8%
is eemedia Inc. C AD IE E T S XV 2.4 0.05 11.1% -28.6% -28.6% -37.5% -66.7% -73.7%
J umbuck E ntertainment L imited AU D A S X:J MB AS X 16. 7 0.40 8.1% 8.1% -4. 8% -11.1% -20.0% -34.4%
K A B Dis tribution Inc. C AD T S X:K AB TS X 84. 6 1 0.0% 1.6% 6.6% 71.1% -8.5% -23.5%
K ings oft C o. Ltd. HK D 3888 S E HK 1,225. 4 9 4.1% 9.5% 63.3% 223.0% 227.8% -7. 9%
L ingo Media C orpora tion C AD T S XV :L M T S XV 11. 6 1.00 11.1% -13.0% -4. 8% 14.9% -45.9% -46.2%
L iveW orld Inc. US D LV W D OTCP K 1.5 0.05 0.0% -9.1% -41.2% 25.0% -80.0% -80.0%
L ookS mart, Ltd. US D L OO K Na s da qG M 20. 0 1.17 0.0% -16.4% -10.0% 19.4% -59.7% -61.5%
Magnitude Information S ys tems Inc. US D MA G Y OTCB B 4.1 0.01 0.0% 38.5% -30.8% -52.6% -54.5% -70.0%
Mixi, Inc. JPY 2121 TS E 891.0 538,000.00 -10.6% -12.2% 21.4% 84.9% -28.5% -33.5%
Modern T imes G roup Mtg AB SEK MT G B OM 2,778. 9 300.00 3.1% 3.6% 37.9% 131.2% -3.5% -9. 9%
MO K O.mobi Limited AU D MK B AS X 5.7 0.08 2.7% 18.5% 2.7% 28.3% 126.5% -23.0%
Myria d G roup A G C HF MY R N SWX 91. 7 4.56 5.8% 6.0% -8. 8% 18.1% -46.4% -53.5%
N E OW IZ G a mes C orporation KR W A 095660 K OS E 649.4 38,050.00 19.1% 15.8% 17.1% 103.5% 242.0% -9. 4%
N etDragon W ebS oft, Inc. HK D 777 S E HK 400.3 5.87 1.2% 0.2% 14.9% 79.5% 15.6% -17.9%
N eteas e.com Inc. US D NT E S Na s da qG S 5,503. 2 42.52 1.1% -6.7% 12.1% 102.0% 84.0% -9. 4%
N euL ion Incorporated C AD T S X:NL N TS X 116.7 1.10 -8. 3% 37.5% 44.7% 189.5% NM -15.4%
N eXplore C orporation US D N XP C OTCP K 30. 7 0.55 -11.3% -15.4% 10.0% -42.1% 10.0% -62.1%
N gi G roup Inc. JPY 2497 TS E 37. 0 27,800.00 -8. 9% -13.1% -15.0% 68.3% -72.9% -78.2%
N orthga te T echnologies Limited INR 590057 BS E 35. 8 49.95 23.6% 36.1% -3. 0% 63.0% -81.4% -84.0%
O pen T ext C orp. US D OTE X Na s da qG S 1,950. 1 34.73 -2. 4% -9.3% 0.7% 15.8% 11.2% -13.6%
O penwa ve S ys tems Inc. US D OP W V Na s da qG S 233.3 2.80 0.7% 12.9% 47.4% 270.9% 95.8% -10.5%
P erfect W orld C o., L td. US D PWR D Na s da qG S 1,958. 9 39.83 0.3% 7.4% 70.5% 266.8% 82.0% -5. 0%
P N I Digital Media Inc. C AD T S XV :P N T S XV 55. 7 1.75 -3. 3% 16.7% 16.7% 9.4% -41.7% -48.5%
Q uepas a C orp. US D QP S A OTCB B 17. 8 1.40 0.0% 16.7% 77.2% 50.5% -58.2% -59.4%
O AO R B C Information S ys tems US D R BCI RTS 145.7 1.05 0.0% 16.7% 6.6% 238.7% -86.2% -86.6%
S handa Intera ctive E ntertainment Ltd. US D S NDA Na s da qG S 3,317. 7 49.69 -2. 9% -0.8% -20.2% 59.0% 77.9% -23.6%
S hutterfly, Inc. US D S FLY Na s da qG S 339.6 13.34 -9. 7% -13.4% -5. 9% 72.8% 26.6% -19.3%
S K C ommunica tions C o., L td. KR W A 066270 K OS E 305.8 9,000.00 -3. 2% -8.4% -21.7% 20.5% -26.8% -30.0%
S N AP Intera ctive, Inc. US D S TVI OTCB B 5.4 1 25.0% 25.0% -33.3% -47.4% -43.8% -53.7%
S N M G loba l Holdings US D S NMN OTCP K 0.0 0.00 -53.3% -58.0% 5.0% 110.0% -99.7% -99.8%
S ocia l Media V enures , Inc. US D S MV I OTCP K 0.0 0.15 36.4% -50.0% 1400.0% -87.5% -40.0% -97.0%
S ocia lwis e, Inc. US D S C LW OTCB B 24. 8 0.56 0.0% -26.3% -23.3% 40.0% -77.3% -78.5%
S ohu.com Inc. US D S OHU Na s da qG S 2,400. 9 62.63 0.3% -0.4% -7. 9% 42.4% 3.8% -11.6%
S park Networks , Inc. US D L OV AME X 46. 3 2 -2. 2% -11.4% -5. 9% -7.8% -48.6% -49.6%
S pectrumDNA , Inc. US D S P XA OTCB B 10. 7 0 -2. 2% 57.1% -40.5% 10.0% -62.7% -61.4%
T encent Holdings Ltd. HK D 700 S E HK 29,970.5 128 11.0% 20.0% 49.4% 166.4% 112.1% -1. 4%
T he P arent C ompany US D K IDS .Q OTCP K 0.3 0.01 -21.4% 10.0% -37.1% 10.0% -99.4% -99.4%
T he9 Limited US D NC T Y Na s da qG S 193.7 7.72 -5. 9% -21.2% -32.9% -18.7% -56.5% -61.1%
T heS treet.com, Inc. US D TS CM Na s da qG M 74. 4 2.43 -3. 6% 18.5% 24.6% 32.1% -60.9% -66.3%
T otal S port O nline AS N OK T OS O O T C NO 0.1 0.03 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -25.0% -40.0% -40.0%
T ree. C om, Inc. US D TREE Na s da qG M 80. 7 7.47 1.2% -22.8% -36.3% 88.2% -6.0% -42.8%
U nis erve C ommunica tions C orp. C AD T S XV :U S S T S XV 1.0 0.05 0.0% 0.0% -25.0% -10.0% -78.6% -82.0%
U nited O nline Inc. US D U NT D Na s da qG S 613.7 7.32 7.2% -18.8% 4.1% 80.3% -28.4% -32.8%
U OMO Media , Inc US D U OMO OTCB B 12. 0 0.14 -6. 7% 0.0% -30.0% 100.0% -57.6% -86.8%
V a lueC lick Inc. US D V C LK Na s da qG S 895.1 10.27 -2. 3% -3.2% -9. 0% 75.9% -6.6% -17.5%
V O IS , Inc. US D V OIS OTCB B 4.1 0.01 -16.7% -2.0% 42.9% 25.0% -68.8% -78.3%
W ebzen Inc. US D W ZE N Na s da qG M 34. 3 2.89 -1. 0% -14.1% -32.2% 133.1% 57.9% -38.2%
W izzard S oftware C orpora tion US D W ZE AME X 21. 7 0.43 -8. 5% -14.0% -36.8% -2.3% -68.6% -75.1%
W orlds .com Inc. US D W DDD OTCB B 5.2 0.10 11.1% -16.7% 0.0% -28.6% -70.6% -71.4%
W oozyF ly, Inc. US D W ZY F OTCB B 2.6 0.15 0.0% NM 0.0% 0.0% NM -96.3%
W ynds torm C orporation US D W Y ND OTCP K 1.8 0.10 0.0% 0.0% 233. 3% -16.7% -83.3% -83.3%
XING AG E UR O 1B C XT R A 243.7 32.25 11.2% 15.6% -3. 7% 29.1% 0.8% -6. 3%
Y edangOnline C orp. KR W A 052770 K OS E 110.4 9, 080 2.0% -4.0% -1. 3% 39.7% 14.2% -26.8%
Y nk K orea Inc. KR W A 023770 K OS E 18. 5 4, 260 2.4% -13.1% -38.2% 23.1% -58.6% -65.6%
H igh 150. 0% 650.0% 1400.0% 1275. 0% 553.9% -0. 9%
L ow -53.3% -58.0% -79.2% -88.0% -99.7% -99.8%
Average 739.6 2.0% 9.0% 40.0% 77.6% -4.2% -47.0%
Median 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 39.7% -29.2% -44.8%
United S tates 39 C hina 46, 938. 8 C hina 4,693. 9 C hina 4,080. 4 C hina 2, 038. 8 C hina 49. 4%
C a na da 10 U nited S ta tes 5, 255. 6 S weden 2,901. 8 United S tates 3,887. 4 S weden 299. 6 A us tralia 37. 2%
C hina 10 J a pan 3, 494. 2 J apan 582. 4 S weden 1,950. 0 United S tates 289. 4 T aiwan 36. 9%
S outh K orea 8 S weden 2, 901. 8 T aiwan 500. 1 C a na da 1,015. 7 C a na da 200. 3 G ermany 28. 8%
J a pa n 6 C anada 2, 409. 0 Hong K ong 278. 7 S outh K orea 672. 3 J a pa n 181. 5 J apan 25. 0%
T a iwa n 3 T a iwa n 1, 500. 4 C anada 240. 9 J a pa n 616. 5 S outh K orea 94. 2 S weden 15. 4%
Aus tralia 2 S outh K orea 1, 270. 9 S outh K orea 158. 9 T a iwa n 379. 1 T a iwa n 56. 2 Mala ys ia 14. 4%
G erma ny 2 Hong K ong 278. 7 Ita ly 148. 1 Hong K ong 361. 6 Ita ly 31. 1 Italy 13. 1%
S witzerla nd 1 G ermany 268. 1 R us s ia 145. 7 Ita ly 236. 5 Hong K ong 25. 1 R us s ia 13. 1%
Hong K ong 1 Ita ly 148. 1 U nited S ta tes 134. 8 R us s ia 150. 9 R us s ia 19. 7 S outh K orea 7. 9%
F inla nd 1 R us s ia 145. 7 G ermany 134. 0 India 81. 9 Ma lays ia 11. 0 Hong K ong 6. 9%
Ita ly 1 S witzerla nd 90. 4 S witzerla nd 90. 4 Ma lays ia 76. 5 G erma ny 10. 3 S witzerla nd 1. 9%
United K ingdom 1 F inland 64. 3 F inland 64. 3 G erma ny 60. 8 Aus tralia 3. 1 C anada -12. 1%
India 1 Malays ia 34. 8 Malays ia 34. 8 S witzerla nd 40. 0 S witzerla nd 0. 8 U nited S ta tes -21. 9%
S weden 1 India 28. 3 India 28. 3 Aus tralia 16. 3 Norwa y -1. 1 India -50. 0%
R us s ia 1 Aus tralia 20. 5 Aus tralia 10. 3 F inla nd 6. 1 United K ingdom -1. 9 Norway -50. 6%
Ma lays ia 1 U nited K ingdom 4. 0 U nited K ingdom 4. 0 Norwa y 2. 2 F inla nd -15. 7 U nited K ingdom NA
Norwa y 1 Norway 0. 1 Norway 0. 1 United K ingdom 0. 3 India -40. 9 F inland NA
G rand Total 90 G rand Total 64,853.7 G rand Total 720.6 G rand Total 13,634.4 G rand Total 3,201.5 G rand Total 5.0%
G rand Total 90 G rand Total 64,853.7 G rand Total 720.6 G rand Total 13,634.4 G rand Total 3,201.5 G rand Total 5.0%
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Mas hL ogic US A 2. 5 2. 5
G reys tripe US A 2. 0 2. 0
F ourS quare US A 1. 4 1. 4
E duF ire US A 1. 3 1. 3
S ep-09 Total 5.2 7.0 12.2
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Mas hL ogic United S ta tes www. ma s hlogic. com Mas hLogic Inc. offers mas hes to pers ona lize the applications for the us ers and bloggers . It adds relevant links to W ebs ites , pers onaliz es
W eb pages , increas es vis ibility and reach of content and bra nd, and enriches W eb with links to s ources . T he company was founded in 2007
a nd is bas ed in Menlo P ark, C a lifornia .
NowPublic C a nada www. nowpublic. com NowP ublic T echnologies , Inc. , a participatory news network, owns and operates NowP ublic. com platform for citizen journalis m. T he
company provides politics , culture, enterta inment, and life photos and video headlines . It s erves Internet us ers , bloggers , a nd photography
enthus ias ts . T he company was founded in 2005 a nd is bas ed in V ancouver, C anada. As of S eptember 2, 2009, NowP ublic T echnologies ,
Inc. operates as a s ubs idiary of T he W as hington E xaminer.
S kype Luxembourg www. s kype. com S kype T echnologies S . A. provides S kype, a s oftware that enables individua ls and bus ines s es to ma ke free video and voice calls , s end
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company als o provides heads ets , W ebca ms , and phones through its online s hop. It s erves us ers in Argentina, B raz il, C hile, C olombia,
Mexico, P eru, and V enez uela. T he company was founded in 2003 and is bas ed in Luxembourg. As of October 14, 2005, S kype T echnologies
S . A. is a s ubs idiary of eB ay Inc.
YuMe United S ta tes www. yumenetwork s . com Y uMe, Inc. operates a s a video advertis ing network on W eb. It offers ad mana gement s ys tem tha t enables a dvertis ers and publis hers to
identify, clas s ify, and track content through digital media platforms , s uch a s W eb, downloads , mobile, a nd IP T V . T he company als o enables
publis hers to organize video on their s ite into content channels , s uch as automotive, financial s ervices , lifes tyle, news , mus ic, s ports ,
entertainment, and fa mily friendly. In addition, it offers real-time targeting, mea s urement, and optimization; content dis tribution and viral
a dvertis ing opportunities ; a s uite of intera ctive ad placements ; a nd video monetiz ation s ervices . F urther, the company provides a beha viora l
targeting s ys tem that enables advertis ers to target their mes s ages to viewers on a nationa l s cale bas ed on video viewing interes ts a nd
purchas e intent. Y uMe, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in R edwood C ity, C alifornia.
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