5 月 14 日消息,唯品会针对国外做空机构有关其财务造假一事做出了正面回应,指出做空机构不懂唯品会的商业模式,指责毫无根据、存在大量与事实不符之处。
唯品会北京时间昨晚针对研究公司 Mithra Forensic Research(以下简称 MFR)5 月 12 日发布的一篇标题为《唯品会:你们发的财报我们不买账》做空报告做出了长篇幅的回应。
唯品会在回应开头指出:“唯品会认为,这些指责是毫无根据的,存在大量错误,无事实支持的臆测,并且是彻头彻尾地误解了我们的商业模式。公司已经向董事会、独立审计机构知会了做空报告,不过,我们打算几天先针对报告中一些关键错误做出澄清。”
在“营收认定”(revenue recognition)方面,针对报告质疑唯品会在认定营收方法不当,唯品会指出,该公司已在 2014 年年度报告 20-F 中披露和详细说明,会计方式是恰当的。
在“存货会计统计”(inventory accounting)方面,针对报告认定唯品会混淆了托管存货(inventory-held-on-consignment)和买入存货(purchased inventory)一说,唯品会称,MFR 这一结论是基于其错误的假设条件。
在“其他应收款”(other receivables)方面,针对报告中称唯品会“其他应收款”增长水平不寻常地偏高一说,唯品会表示,该公司在 2014 年年度报告 20-F 文件的注解5(note 5)已经做出说明,主要是因为 VAT 应收款和储蓄的增加(increase of deposits and VAT receivables)。
在“资本支出”方面,针对报告指责唯品会夸大以及刻意加速资本开支一事,唯品会称,该公司 2012 年末、2013 年末、2014 年末资本开支规模分别为 1240 万美元、2220 万美元、2560 万美元,增长主要是因为需要扩大仓库和其他与物流有关的基础设施,这之前已披露过。
在“现金流”方面,针对报告中有关唯品会现金流不受盈利规模驱动,而受应付账户和累计开支(accounts payables and accrued expenses)驱动一说,唯品会指出,2014 年运营净现金规模为 5.507 亿美元,主要来自 1.228 亿美元净利润,其中计入了 3.829 亿美元的股权奖励、存货减值、无形资产摊销等费现金开支影响。
在“持有的可兑换投资(Held-to-Maturity Investments)”方面,针对报告称唯品会可能将这些投资以低利率形式向公司创始人放贷一事,唯品会表示,这些“持有的可兑换投资”是债券,从没有把这些“持有的可兑换投资”提走向公司创始人以及关联方放贷。
在“收购乐峰”方面,报告指责唯品会高估了乐峰股权价值,构成向乐峰母公司 Ovation 过多支付一说,唯品会表示,对乐峰、Ovation 投资的估值是基于市场标准。
在“物流公司”方面,唯品会称,报告中这一方面的指责是主观的,而且基于不准确的财务数据。
在“公司监管权”方面,针对报告质疑唯品会董事会和独立审计机构独立性一事,唯品会称指责没有事实根据。
唯品会今早收盘涨 3.41%,至 26.66 美元,盘后涨 6.83%。
以下为唯品会英文公告原文:
GUANGZHOU, China, May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Vipshop Holdings Limited (VIPS), a leading online discount retailer for brands in China ("Vipshop" or the "Company"), today issued the following statement in response to recent allegations made by a few short sellers. Vipshop believes these allegations are unfounded and contain numerous errors, unsupported speculation, and a general misunderstanding of the Company's business model. The Company has made its board of directors and its independent auditors aware of the reports, and will continue to review and address the allegations as appropriate, but today the Company would like to clarify certain key errors contained in the allegations.
Accusations regarding Accounting:
i) Revenue Recognition:
The allegations question the Company's method of revenue recognition and allege that the Company relied upon an incorrect application of gross revenue basis reporting. As disclosed and elaborated in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year of 2014 (the "2014 Form 20-F"), the Company appropriately records its revenue on a gross basis where the ownerships, risks and rewards of these inventories have been fully transferred to the Company after it takes ownership upon deliveries to its warehouses, any loss related to damages to these inventories after the Company receives them from vendors are absorbed by the Company, and it reports these inventories on the Company's balance sheets as its assets.