Bekanntgabe des Quartalsergebnisses(eigentlich für gestern geplant) verschiebt sich voraussichtlich um mehrere Wochen, da fast alle Zahlen des letzten Geschäftsjahres neu berechnet werden müssen.
Das Unternehmen hat u.a. Umsätze als Einkünfte gebucht, obwohl die Posten wieder zurückgenommen wurden...
Die ersten Klagen laufen auch schon(von Aktionärsseite), was aber in den USA nichts ungewöhnliches ist.
UPDATE 2-Take-Two says again postpones 4th qtr results
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2002 6:46 PM
- Reuters U.S. Company News
(Recasts lead, adds Nasdaq action)
By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive
Software Inc. (TTWO) on Tuesday postponed releasing fiscal fourth-quarter results
for a second???x weeks, saying it needed more time to restate past financial
results.
Nasdaq halted trading in the coí???which has recently jumped on blockbuster
sales of its action game "Grand Theft Auto 3," until it provides information
requested by the market. Nasdaq changed a "news pending" halt on the stock to a
status of "additional information requested."
Take-Two was scheduled to report earnings for the quarter ended Oct. 31 on
Tuesday.
Take-Two's fourth-quarter results had been previously delayed because the New
York-based company said in mid-December it would have to restate earnings and
revenues for all of fiscal 2000 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2001.
The restatements stem from the company recording certain product sales as
revenues, even after the sold products were returned to or bought back by the
company.
Take-Two said on Tuesday some of its previously announced revisions will be
further revised upward, while some will be revised downward. The company did not
say when it expects to report the results.
"(This) says to me they're not done with the numbers yet," said Mike Wallace, an
analyst at UBS Warburg who covers the video game industry. "This is a novel
situation."
Take-Two's stock has been buoyed in recent weeks by "Grand Theft Auto 3," the
best-selling video game in December and the top game at rental since November.
However, the game has come under some criticism for its heavy violent imagery,
which got the game an "M" rating in the United States and drew a ban from the
Australian government.
Take-Two has also gotten good early reviews for its forthcoming title, "State of
Emergency," which has been described as being more violent than "GTA3."
Despite strong recent sales, Take-Two faces a number of investor class-action
lawsuits related to its restatements.
On Dec. 17, Take-Two said the restatements would lower fiscal 2000 revenue by
$12 million to $15 million, with income cut by $3.1 million to $3.7 million, or 11
cents to 13 cents per share.
The company said revenue for the first three quarters of fiscal 2001 would come
down by $9.5 million, with income cut by $300,000, or 1 cent per share.
Take-Two also said in December it expected to report revenues of $138 million to
$140 million and earnings per share of 1 to 4 cents for the fourth quarter, well
below Wall Street expectations at the time.
Take-Two's stock closed on Tuesday up 50 cents, or 2.8 percent, at $18.56. It
rose 41 percent in 2001 and is up another 15 percent this year.
Gruß Dr. Broemme