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Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

15-Feb-2005

F-Secure has prepared the opening IFRS balance sheet at the date of transition to IFRS, which is 1st January 2004 as well as comparative data of year 2004. The 2005 interim reports will be prepared in accordance with IAS 34.

The change in accounting standards affects the following principles:

Research and development costs

Research costs are expensed as incurred. Development expenditures incurred on individual projects of totally new product or product versions with significant new features are carried forward when meeting IAS 38 requirements. The Group has already applied this in 2004 FAS closing.

Share based payments

According to IFRS 2 warrants granted to employees must be recognize at fair value and present in financial statement.

Financial instruments

IAS 39 classifies financial assets in four components: financial asset at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity, loans and receivables originated by the enterprise and available-for-sale financial asset. F-Secure has recognized marketable securities as available-for-sale financial asset and measured it at its fair value. Fair value adjustment has been booked under revaluation reserve in equity.

The differences between cash flow statement according to IFRS and FAS are not material.

Comparative data (unaudited)


Euro million
Income statement                 FAS          IFRS
                                2004   Chge   2004
Revenues                        47.3          47.3
Cost of revenues                 3.7           3.7
Gross margin                    43.5          43.5
Other operating income           0.9           0.9
Sales and marketing 4)          24.4    0.2   24.6
Research and development 4)     10.7    0.1   10.7
Administration  4)               2.6    0.1    2.7
Operating result                 6.8           6.5
Financial net                    1.2           1.2
Result before taxes              7.9           7.7
Extraordinary items 5)          -0.5    0.5    0.0
Income taxes                     6.0           5.8
Result for the period           13.4          13.5
Earning per share basic         0.09          0.09
Earning per share diluted       0.09          0.09

BALANCE SHEET              FAS        IFRS     FAS        IFRS
                         31/12       31/12   31/12       31/12
ASSETS                    2004  chge  2004    2003  chge  2003
Non-current
 Intangible assets 1)      2.6  -0.2   2.4     0.9  -0,2   0.7
 Tangible assets 1)        1.5   0.2   1.7     1.2   0.2   1.4
 Deferred tax asset        6.4         6.4           0.2   0.2
 Other financial assets 2) 0.3  -0.1   0.2     0.7  -0.1   0.6
Current
 Trade and other
 receivables              11.2        11.2    11.6   0.2  11.8
 Available-for-sale
 financial assets 2)      41.4   0.9  42.4    33.6   0.2  33.9
 Cash and bank accounts    7.8         7.8     5.9         5.9
Total                     71.3   0.8  72.1    53.9   0.5  54.4
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 
AND LIABILITIES
Equity             
 Share capital             1.5         1.5     1.5         1.5
 Share premium 3)         31.0  -2.4  28.6    56.9  -2.4  54.5
 Retained earnings 2-5)   12.2   3.0  15.2   -28.1   2.2 -26.0
Non-current liabilities
 Deferred tax 
 liabilities 2)                  0.2   0.2           0.1   0.1
 Provisions                0.2         0.2     0.2         0.2
 Deferred revenues         2.7         2.7     2.1         2.1
Current liabilities
 Other current 5)          8.1         8.1     8.3   0.7   9.0
 Deferred revenues        15.7        15.7    13.0        13.0
Total                     71.3   0.8  72.1    53.9   0.5  54.4
Statement of changes in shareholders’ equity
                           share                    
                  share  premium transl.   reval. retained
                capital     fund   diff. reserve  earnings total
Equity on    
31.13.2003          1.5     56.9    0.0              -28.1  30.2
Effect of
adopting IFRS               -2.4             0.1       2.1  -0.3
Restated equity
on 1.1.2004         1.5     54.5    0.0      0.1     -26.0  30.0
Available-for-sale
financial asset, net                         0.4             0.4
Translation diff.                   0.0                      0.0
Cost of share
based payments                                         0.3   0.3
Profit                                                13.5  13.5
Exercise of options 0.0      1.0                             1.0
Other change               -26.9                      26.9   0.0
Equity on
31.12.2004          1.5     28.6    0.0      0.5      14.7  45.2
Key ratios                       FAS          IFRS
                                2004          2004
Operating result,
 % of revenues                  14.4          13.8
ROI, %                          22.1          21.3
ROE, %                          36.7          35.9
Equity ratio, %                 84.4          84.2
Debt-to-equity ratio, %       -110.3        -110.7
Shareholders' equity
per share                       0.30          0.30
P/E ratio                       19.5          19.8
Investments (Meuro)              2.9           2.9
Contingent liabilities (Me)*    14.6          14.6
Personnel, average               291           291
Personnel, Dec 31                306           306

Quarterly development

                      FAS                 IFRS
                      1/04 2/04 3/04 4/04 1/04 2/04 3/04 4/04
Revenues 5)           10.5 11.7 12.5 12.6 10.4 11.6 12.8 12.6
Cost of revenues       0.8  1.0  1.0  1.0  0.8  1.0  1.0  1.0
Gross margin           9.7 10.7 11.5 11.6  9.6 10.6 11.8 11.6
Other operating
income                 0.2  0.2  0.2  0.3  0.2  0.2  0.2  0.3
Sales and marketing    6.0  6.0  5.9  6.5  6.0  6.0  5.9  6.6
Research and 
development            2.4  2.6  2.8  2.8  2.4  2.6  2.7  3.0
Administration         0.7  0.6  0.6  0.8  0.7  0.6  0.6  0.8
Operating result       0.8  1.7  2.5  1.8  0.7  1.5  2.7  1.6
Financial net          0.4  0.1  0.3  0.4  0.4  0.1  0.3  0.4
Result before taxes    1.2  1.8  2.8  2.2  1.0  1.7  3.0  2.0


Notes to the comparative data:

1) The Group has redefined intangible and tangible assets according to IAS 16.

2) IAS 39 classifies financial assets in four components: financial asset at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity, loans and receivables originated by the enterprise and available-for-sale. F-Secure has recognized marketable securities as available-for-sale financial asset and measured it at their fair value adjusted by deferred tax liability. Fair value adjustment has been booked under revaluation reserve in equity.

3) The transaction costs of an equity transaction in year 1999 listing are accounted for as a deduction from equity, net of any related income tax benefit (SIC-17).

4) IFRS 2 requires expensing of employees share options at their fair value by using option-pricing model. The Group has applied IFRS 2 only to equity-settled awards granted after 7 November 2002 that had not vested on or before 1 January 2005. IFRS 2 has no effect on starting balance 1.1.2004.

5) Nokia OEM refunded royalty has been adjusted to the comparative data so that previous years are shown in opening balance and year 2004 quarterly basis in revenue.

F-Secure Corporation

Risto Siilasmaa
President and CEO


Additional information:


F-Secure Corporation
Risto Siilasmaa, President and CEO      
tel.358 9 2520 5510

Taneli Virtanen, CFO                    
tel.358 9 2520 5655