Clarification of the operating result for the Q1/2007
15 May 2007
Ref. WORK 007/2007
May 14, 2007
Re : Clarification of the operating result for the Quarter
ended March 31, 2007
To : President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited ("The Company")
is pleased to submit herewith the consolidated and company financial
statements for the Quarter ended March 31, 2007. The operating results
compared to the Quarter ended March 31, 2006 are as follows:
The operating performance of the company and its subsidiaries
for the Quarter ended March 31, 2007 showed the net profit of
45.62 Million Baht which decreased by 14.88 Million Baht when compared
to 60.51 Million Baht of the Quarter ended March 31, 2006, or
decreased by 24.60%. The main reasons of such decrease are as follow:
Revenue
For the total revenues of the Quarter ended March 31, 2007
were 303.62 Million Baht that were generated from three types of
business which were Television Business of 285.55 Million Baht,
Publishing Business of 3.2 Million Baht and Animation/Computer
Graphic Business of 3.84 Million Baht. The proportion of each business
type's revenue to total revenue was 94.1%, 1.1% and1.3%, respectively.
The total revenues were decreased by 0.77% from the same period of
year 2006 which were 305.97 Million Baht. The performance summary
of each business is as following:
Television Business
The revenue from Television Business of the Quarter ended
March 31, 2007 was 285.55 Million Baht which was increased by
5.37% from the same period of last year which was 270.97 Million Baht.
The TV advertising expenditure (TV Adex) has increased only 3.2%
from the same period of last year because of political issue and
economic instability. Those two factors were mainly affected to
consumer confidentiality.
Publishing Business
The revenue from Publishing Business of the Quarter ended
March 31, 2007 was 3.2 Million Baht which was decreased by 54.53%
from the same period of year 2006 which was 7.03 Million Baht.
The declining of revenue was the same direction as the magazine
advertising expenditure (Magazine Adex) which dropped 8.2% from
the same period of year 2006.
Animation and Computer Graphic Business
The Animation and Computer Graphic business revenue of Quarter
ended March 31, 2007 was 3.84 Million Baht. It was dramatically
increased by 161.22% from the same period of last year which was
1.47 Million Baht. The increasing of revenue was from the increasing
of Computer Graphic Production fee from many movies, and the
additional production fee from Advertising Agency for creating
TV Commercial advertisements.
Motion Picture Business
The company is filming the second movie
"Teng-Nong-Khon-Maha-Here". The program is expected to be
shown at the end of May 2007.
Cost of Productions
The total cost of productions was 239.37 Million Baht
which was increased by 8.40% from the same period of last year
which was 220.82 Million Baht. The summary of cost in each
business is as following:
Television Business
The cost of Television Business of the Quarter ended
March 31, 2007 was 159.74 Million Baht which was increased by
25.01% from the same period of last year which was 127.78 Million Baht.
The increasing of Cost was mainly from the increasing of
recording expenses. Additionally, the company has been fully
booked the depreciation of the new head office and studio, which
has been completed at the end of year 2006.
Publishing Business
The cost of Publishing Business of the Quarter ended
March 31, 2007 was 1.65 Million Baht which was decreased by
63.41% from the same period of last year which was 4.51 Million Baht.
The decreasing of cost was the same direction as the revenue.
Animation and Computer Graphic Business
The cost of Animation and Computer Graphic business of the
Quarter ended March 31, 2007 was 4.98 Million Baht which was
increased by 4.55 Million Baht from the same period of last
year which was 0.43 Million Baht. The increasing of cost was
mainly from the increasing of production cost for the animation movie.
Motion Picture Business
The cost of Motion Picture Business of the Quarter ended
March 31, 2007 was 0.32 Million Baht which was decreased
13.04 Million Baht from the same period of last year which was
13.36 Million Baht. The company is filming the second movie
"Teng-Nong-Khon-Maha Here". The program was expected to be shown
on 31 May 2007 so, the company has no any movie cost in Quarter 1/2007.
The Selling and Administration Expense
The selling and administration expense was 72.68 Million Baht,
increased by 2.76% from the same period of last year which was
74.74 Million Baht. The decreasing of selling and administration
expense was mainly from the decreasing of selling expense, which
was the same direction as the revenue.
Please be informed accordingly
Best Regards,
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
(Mr. Kanchit Kawachat)
Executive Vice President-Finance