MARIZYME, INC. - Annual Report: 2012 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended: March 31, 2012

¨ TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number:  000-53223

GBS ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED

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585 Molly Lane

Woodstock, GA 30189

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(404) 474-7256

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As of July 16, 2012, there were 29,431,664 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Registrant issued and outstanding.

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.  $52,165,661.20 based on a closing sale price of $2.05 per share at September 30, 2011.

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Forward Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements which relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as may,” should,” expect,” plan,” anticipate,” believe”, estimate,” predict,” potential” or continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled Risk Factors” included herein that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business, actual results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions or other future performance suggested herein. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. The safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 does not apply to this annual report.

Unless otherwise noted, all references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “GBS Enterprises,” “GBS,” “GBSX,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms and expressions shall mean GBS Enterprises Incorporated, a Nevada corporation, and its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, GROUP Business Software AG.

PART I

Item 1. Business

GBS Enterprises Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the “Company,” “GBS,” “GBSX,” “we,” “us,” “our” or similar terms), through its subsidiaries, is a global provider of technology solutions for businesses and government agencies. We focus on developing and delivering solutions that help our customers to gain value and reduce cost in the development, deployment and management of the applications used in the course of conducting their business (“business applications”). We do this by building software and providing services that aid in:

Our customers include corporate and government IT departments, solutions integrators (“SIs”) and independent software vendors (“ISVs”). Our corporate customers are from a variety of industries, including insurance, financial services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and education. The install-base of our software products spans more than 5,000,000 users in 38 countries on four continents. We principally market and sell our products and services directly in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordics and India; and indirectly through local distributors and resellers representing Australia, South America and regionally in Europe.

Our software and services are designed to mainly serve organizations that have investments in IBM’s Lotus® Notes and Domino platform. The IBM Lotus® Notes and Domino platform is both a system for enterprise email as well as an application platform, meaning that it can be used as both an email system and an environment in which business applications can be deployed and used. This platform was originally brought to market by Lotus Development Corp. in 1989, and was subsequently acquired by IBM in 1995. According to IBM, there were 145 million licenses sold worldwide for Lotus Notes through 2008 (Source: “Global Businesses Choosing Lotus Software” IBM Press Release January 15, 2009).

During the last five years, we, through our subsidiaries, have executed our strategy to acquire companies which have developed software and specialized services for the Lotus Notes and Domino market. This growth by acquisition strategy has resulted in less competition for our software products; a large concentration of highly skilled employees with unique expertise in the area of Lotus Notes and Domino; staff and physical offices on three continents providing greater access to a global market; significant market awareness and greater market share amongst organizations that use Lotus Notes and Domino; and a comprehensive portfolio of solutions specific to the needs and requirements of organizations which use Lotus Notes and Domino.

While our products and services remain in use and demand, over the last several years, the market itself has been undergoing a paradigm shift. New technologies, especially in the areas of Cloud Computing and Mobile applications, have grown in popularity due to the potential cost savings and operational efficiencies they can offer. As organizations make investments in these new technologies, they are faced with highly complex and costly projects to migrate (“migration”) or replace their existing systems that don’t operate in the cloud or on mobile devices (“modernization”) – this includes their existing email and business applications that run on Lotus Notes and Domino.

To that end, we have acquired and developed technologies that help organizations reduce the time, cost, resources and risks associated with these highly complex migration and modernization projects

General Corporate History

We were incorporated in Nevada on March 20, 2007 as SWAV Enterprises Ltd. (“SWAV”). SWAV was an importer and wholesaler of Chinese manufactured goods.

On April 26, 2010, SWAV purchased certain technology assets of Lotus Holdings Ltd. (“Lotus”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement in consideration for aggregate of 2,265,240 shares of SWAV common stock. Also on April 26, 2010, Lotus (on behalf of the SPPEF Members as discussed below) purchased an aggregate of 11,984,770 of the outstanding shares of common stock from the selling shareholders of SWAV in consideration for an aggregate purchase price of $370,000. As a result of the two sets of transactions, Lotus owned an aggregate of 14,250,010 shares of common stock of SWAV, representing approximately 95.0% of the 15,000,000 shares of SWAV common stock outstanding on April 26, 2010.

On September 6, 2010, SWAV’s name was changed to GBS Enterprises Incorporated. On October 14, 2010, the Company’s trading symbol on the OTC Bulletin Board was changed from SWAV to GBSX.

About Lotus Holdings, Ltd.

Lotus is a holding company which was formed under the laws of Gibraltar for the purpose of financing merger and acquisition projects, specifically in the niche market of small or microcap companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with complex shareholder structures and whose stock is trading below one Euro (€1.00) per share.

SPPEFs

Lotus typically finances its merger and acquisition projects through the use of Special Purpose Private Equity Funds (“SPPEFs”). Typically, SPPEFs are funded by a company’s major shareholders (the “Major Shareholders”) seeking to raise capital for projects and who fund at least 50% of the SPPEF, with the remaining portion being provided through the investment community and network of investors in Lotus. Each SPPEF is co-managed by a representative of the company’s Major Shareholders (the “Representative Secretary”) and an attorney appointed by Lotus (the “Lotus Representative”).

On February 25, 2010, a group of shareholders (the “GROUP Major Shareholders”) of GROUP Software AG, a German public company trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “INW” (“GROUP”), engaged Lotus to provide financial consulting and advisory services, on a non-exclusive basis, for the primary task of establishing a SPPEF. On March 12, 2010, the GROUP Major Shareholders and Lotus established and funded a SPPEF with $1,400,000, consisting of $1,000,000 from the GROUP Major Shareholders and $400,000 from a Lotus investor (collectively, the “SPPEF Members”).

In early April 2010, the SPPEF Members decided to acquire SWAV. As disclosed above, on April 26, 2010, Lotus, on behalf of the SPPEF Members, acquired an aggregate of 11,984,770 shares of SWAV common stock from the selling shareholders of SWAV for an aggregate purchase price of $370,000. The 11,984,770 shares of SWAV common stock shares represented approximately 79.9% of the 15,000,000 outstanding shares of SWAV common stock on April 26, 2010. Upon the consummation of the acquisition, the then executive officers and directors of SWAV resigned and Mr. Joerg Ott, the Chief Executive Officer of GROUP and a GROUP Major Shareholder, was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of SWAV and sole member of SWAV’s Board of Directors.

Transactions following the acquisition

On November 1, 2010, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 3,043,985 of the 11,984,770 shares of the Company’s common stock originally purchased by Lotus on April 26, 2010. In consideration for the 3,043,985 shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company issued to Lotus a Secured Demand Note, dated November 1, 2010 (the “First Demand Note”), for the principal amount of $300,000 bearing interest at the rate of 5% per annum. The First Demand Note was repaid in September 2011.

Effective December 30, 2010, pursuant to securities purchase agreements between the Company and six GROUP Major Shareholders, the Company purchased an aggregate of 7,115,500 shares of GROUP common stock from the six GROUP Major Shareholders in consideration for an aggregate for 3,043,985 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “December Transaction”). As a result the Company owned approximately 28.2% of the outstanding common stock of GROUP.

Reverse Merger

After the December Transaction was completed, the additional GROUP Major Shareholders decided to accept the share swap offer from the Company and to effectuate a reverse merger of GROUP and the Company. To effectuate the reverse merger, on January 5, 2011, the Company repurchased from Lotus an aggregate of 2,361,426 of the 11,984,770 shares of the Company’s common stock originally purchased by Lotus on April 26, 2010. In consideration for these 2,361,426 shares, the Company issued to Lotus a Secured Demand Note, dated January 5, 2011 (the “Second Demand Note”), for the principal amount of $200,000 bearing interest at the rate of 5% per annum. The Second Demand Note was repaid in November 2011.

Effective January 6, 2011, pursuant to securities purchase agreements between the Company and the remaining GROUP Major Shareholders, the Company purchased an aggregate of 5,525,735 shares of GROUP common stock from the remaining GROUP Major Shareholders in consideration for an aggregate of 2,361,426 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “January Transaction”). The 5,525,735 GROUP shares represented approximately 21.9% of the outstanding shares of common stock of GROUP. As a result of the December Transaction and January Transaction, the Company purchased an aggregate of 12,641,235 shares of GROUP from the GROUP Major Shareholders in consideration for an aggregate of 5,405,411 shares of the Company’s common stock, resulting in the Company owning approximately 50.1% of the outstanding common stock of GROUP and effectuating a reverse merger of the Company and GROUP whereby GROUP became the accounting acquirer.

Additional Acquisition

On February 27, 2012, the Company acquired an additional 883,765 shares of common stock of GROUP to maintain its 50.1% ownership of GROUP. On February 27, 2012, an outstanding loan of GROUP was converted into an aggregate of 1,750,000 shares of GROUP common stock, thereby increasing GROUP’s outstanding common stock to 26,982,000 shares. As a result of the foregoing increase in the number of outstanding shares of GROUP common stock, the Company increased its ownership of GROUP common stock to an aggregate of 13,525,000 shares, representing approximately 50.1% of the outstanding common stock of GROUP. The Company purchased the 883,765 shares of GROUP common stock from GAVF LLC for an average purchase price of $0.70 per share, or approximately $619,000.

Acquisitions of Subsidiary Companies

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company made four business acquisitions as described below:

Pavone AG

Effective April 1, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of Pavone AG, a German corporation, for $350,000 in cash and 1,000,000 shares of its common stock. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $4.90 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the acquisition.. The total value of the investment, including the assumption of $583,991 in debt, was $5,843,991. Pavone’s extensive workflow software for Lotus Notes and Domino along with their large customer base is well suited to GBS Enterprises portfolio strategy. The acquisition of Pavone complements GBS's majority ownership in GROUP and the Company believes that it further strengthens their leading industry position on the IBM Lotus Platforms and expands their cloud computing technology offerings beyond the IBM Lotus market. Pavone currently has offices in Germany and the UK. They have over 2,500 customers and over 150,000 users worldwide. Some of their customers include Deutsche Bundes Bank, BMW, Linde AG, Philips, British Sugar and Mahle Industries.

GroupWare, Inc.

Effective June 1, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of GroupWare, Inc., a Florida corporation (“GroupWare”). As consideration, the Company paid $250,000 and issued 250,000 shares of its common stock. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $4.34 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the acquisition. The total value of the investment, including the assumption of $694,617, in debt was $2,029,617. Upon the consummation of the acquisition, the management and board of GroupWare resigned and Joerg Ott, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and sole director, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and sole director of GroupWare. GroupWare is based in Lubeck, Germany with offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. GroupWare's ePDF server delivers centralized, network-wide PDF solutions for messaging, workflow, document, content and data management. The Company believes that the acquisition strengthens the GBS Transformer offering (as discussed below), which helps bring IBM Lotus Notes client applications to the web, by substituting traditional printing methods provided by the Notes client with simple-to-use print-to-PDF capabilities in the browser. In addition, GroupWare provides a solution for applications that are ready to be retired. With the ePDF Server, GBS customers can convert the entire contents of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino applications to a permanent and secure archive in PDF or PDF/A format, while preserving their ability to be full-text searched and ensuring that the critical application data is accessible in the future, when needed. GBS will deliver the application archiving capabilities via its GroupLive cloud, making it possible for customers and partners to take advantage of elastic cloud computing resources to rapidly process the application contents without the need to dedicate hardware on-site for temporary or intermittent processing jobs.

IDC Global, Inc.

On July 25, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of IDC Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices in Chicago, New York, London and other key cities (“IDC”). Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, dated July 15, 2011, the Company agreed to issue the shareholders an aggregate of 800,000 shares of common stock and make a cash payment of $750,000. The agreement required an additional payment to the management shareholders of 80,000 shares of common stock and signing bonuses to personnel of $35,000. The Company also agreed to reimburse IDC up to $25,000 for incurred accounting and legal fees related to the transaction. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $3.50 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the agreement. The total value of the investment, including $883,005 of debt assumption, was $4,066,000. IDC is a privately held company that provides nationwide network and data center services. IDC delivers customized, high availability technology solutions for WAN, Wireless Services, Co-location & Hosting, Managed Services, and Network Security. IDC has data centers in Chicago, New York and London and other key cities. IDC is helping customers make the transition from large, static and expensive on-premise computing to dynamic, flexible and cost-effective off-premise computing. The Company believes that the acquisition of IDC provides it with the infrastructure needed to provide a comprehensive end-to-end solution for all customers regardless of their platform, and that it will prove to be especially beneficial to IBM Lotus Domino and Notes customers who finally have the same options as other platforms.

GBS India Pty. Ltd. (formerly known as SD Holdings, Ltd).

On September 27, 2011, the Company entered into an acquisition agreement with SD Holdings Ltd. (“SYN”), a Mauritius corporation and the shareholders of SYN owning 100% of issued and outstanding shares of SYN. SYN owns 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Synaptris, Inc. a California corporation (“Synaptris”), and 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Synaptris Decisions Private Limited, an India company.

Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, the Company purchased one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of SYN (“SYN Shares”) effective November 1, 2011 in consideration for $525,529and agreed to issue 700,000 shares of common stock, subject to adjustment. Actual shares issued were 612,874. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $2.05 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the agreement.

Synaptris’ product portfolio improves corporate decision-making by providing real-time enterprise reporting, user defined dashboards, and comprehensive analytic capabilities for Lotus Notes / Domino and Java/.NET environments. Synaptris employs 70 people and has operations in the US, Europe, and India, with over 2,500 customers in 80 countries, including over one hundred Fortune 1000 companies.   Some of their customers include ABB, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Standard Life Insurance, ABN Amro Bank, Dunlop, Caterpillar, Philips International BV, and Electrolux.

With the integration of the Synaptris product portfolio, we added another tier of Lotus Notes applications including reporting products, advanced dashboards, and email productivity solutions. Additionally, the Synaptris acquisition included a comprehensive search engine specialized for use with email that is faster and easier to use than other products in the market.

In addition to product synergy and additional revenue streams, we expect to derive operational synergy from this acquisition.  Synaptris’ presence in India is anticipated to accelerate our plan to expand our product development team particularly for our strategic offerings in India. 

With the exception of SD Holdings, Ltd which is valued at March 31, 2012, the assets and liabilities of these above companies represent their values as of December 31, 2011 and are included in these consolidated financial statements. This timing approach is allowed as per Regulation S-X Rule 3A-02.

Subsequent Event

On July 11, 2012, Joerg Ott resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of the Company, effective immediately.  Mr. Ott will continue in his capacity as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors and as the Chief Executive Officer of GROUP.  On July 11, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Gary D. MacDonald as the Managing Director of Worldwide Operations and Interim Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of the Company.  As previously disclosed by the Company, Mr. MacDonald was appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer on April 30, 2010, as a member to the Company’s Board of Directors on December 2, 2011 and to the Board’s Audit Committee on March 1, 2012.

Executive Offices

Our principal executive office is located at 585 Molly Lane, Woodstock, Georgia 30189 and our telephone number is (404) 474-7256. We maintain a website at www.gbsx.us. GROUP maintains a website at www.gbs.com. The information contained in the Company’s and GROUP’s websites is not incorporated by reference herein.

Revenue Model

GBS generates its revenue from the sale of software developed by us and third-parties and delivery of related services, including IT systems planning, administration, support, hosting, implementation and integration.

Products & Services Overview

Our software products are generally sold with a perpetual license and a related support and maintenance contract. Maintenance contracts entitle our software customers to periodic software updates and phone or email support during the life of the contract. The minimum maintenance contract term is one year, but frequently spans two to three years.

Our software products portfolio includes a comprehensive suite of business applications that include Email and Instant Messaging Management, Customer Relationship Management, Workflow and Project Management, Document Management, and Reporting and Analysis Tools.

Service revenue is generated from a wide range of consulting and professional services, such as custom application development; optimization, integration and upgrade services; and IT systems administration, management, and hosting.

Our services organization encompasses staff on three continents, giving us better ability to serve customers globally.

Strategy and Focus Areas

While our products and services remain in demand, we see a significant opportunity to achieve growth and secure our future with additional investments in our strategic portfolio. Based on current market demands for modern, Cloud-based and mobile-device capable business applications, we have acquired and developed a set of unique technologies that help organizations to reduce the time, cost, resources and risks associated with modernizing or migrating their existing applications.

One of the pillars of our growing strategic portfolio is GROUP Live, our cloud automation platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Our Management believes that GROUP Live is especially compelling because it is technology agnostic. Technology agnostic means that, unlike many other PaaS solutions, it does not require that the applications running on the platform are built on a specific programming language or application platform. What this means for our customers is that many of their existing applications can be delivered via our PaaS without any changes to the existing application code. This enables customers to take advantage of many of the benefits that Cloud Computing can offer, such as lower operational costs, and faster and more cost-effective expansion of system resources, without having to completely replace their business applications and migrate their data to a new system.

We generate revenue with our cloud automation platform from subscription and usage fees and related services, including support and strategic consulting services. The subscription period is typically based on a yearly or multi-year contract with our customers. Additionally, we generate revenue from consulting around utilizing our cloud platform services.

Another pillar of our strategic portfolio is a suite of tools and methodologies we have developed to rapidly convert Lotus Notes applications into web and mobile applications through automated conversion processes. This portfolio includes a set of powerful analysis tools known as Insights that identify all of the Lotus Notes applications within an organization and provide metrics about the uses and users of those applications. Because of the nature of Lotus Notes and Domino, the applications within a customer environment tend to be highly distributed and number in the thousands. For many organizations, this fact alone makes it extremely difficult to plan for projects that involve modernizing these applications for use in a browser and on mobile devices or migrating them to another platform. Our technologies help them to dramatic reduce the cost, risk, time and resources associated with these highly complex projects.

We generate revenue with our analysis tools by charging a fee for the use of our technology and for the associated cost of the services to produce a report and set of recommendations for the customer. Additional revenues come from consulting services that result from helping our customers to implement those recommendations. For use of our conversion tools, referred to as Transformer, we change a flat fee for the conversion and additional hourly rates to perform additional supporting development or testing as needed.

In addition to our own sales activities we have established partner agreements for the use of the analysis and conversion tools with partners in Australia, Brazil and directly with IBM through its IBM Software Services for Collaboration.

Our Customers

GBS, through its subsidiaries, caters primarily to mid-market and enterprise-size organizations, and has over 3,500 customers in thirty-eight countries spanning four continents, representing more than 5,000,000 active users of its products. The Company’s customers include Abbot, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Bank, Bayer, HBSC, Merck and Toyota. The Company is a large supplier of applications for IBM’s Lotus Notes and Domino markets, and is heavily dependent on IBM for its revenue.

Employees

At March 31, 2012, the Company had three executive officers; Joerg Ott, Markus R. Ernst, and Gary D. MacDonald. From April 26, 2010 to July 11, 2012, Joerg Ott served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Since April 26, 2010, Mr. Ott has been serving as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Ott is also a Chief Executive Officer and director of GROUP. Markus R. Ernst commenced serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company on February 24, 2012.  On July 11, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Gary D. MacDonald as the Managing Director of Worldwide Operations and Interim Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of the Company.  Mr. MacDonald has been serving as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer since April 30, 2010.

The disclosure below pertains to the activities of all subsidiaries, including GROUP, our 50.1% subsidiary:

As of March 31, 2012 there were 315 full-time employees working for the Company’s subsidiaries (March 31, 2011: 161 full-time employees). There were also four part time employees (not included below). The increase in the number of employees is primarily due to the acquisitions undertaken by the Company and to support the strategic initiatives and the anticipated growth of the Company. The average employee numbers include neither trainees nor Board members.

The breakdown into the individual departments can be taken from the following overview:

Seasonal

Although our business is not inherently seasonal in nature, historically our revenue in the last quarter of the calendar year is higher than in each other of the remaining three quarters outside of any consolidation effects.

Intellectual Property

We generally control access to and use of our proprietary technology and other confidential information through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contractors, customers, and partners, and our software is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Despite our efforts to protect our trade secrets and proprietary rights through intellectual property rights, licenses, and confidentiality agreements, unauthorized parties may still copy or otherwise obtain and use our software and technology. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries in which we sell products do not protect our proprietary rights as fully as do the laws of the United States. There can be no assurance that our means of protecting our proprietary rights in the United States or abroad will be adequate or that competition will not independently develop similar technology.

We are also dependent on third-party suppliers for certain software which is embedded in some of our products. Although we believe that the functionality provided by software which is licensed from third parties is obtainable from multiple sources, or could be developed by us if any such third-party licenses were terminated, or not renewed, or if these third parties fail to develop new products in a timely manner, we could be required to develop an alternative approach to the use of such third party functionality, which could require payment of additional fees to third parties or internal development costs and delays that might not be successful in providing the same level of functionality. Such delays, increased costs, or reduced functionality could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Research and Development

For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, GBSX did directly not spend any money in research and development (R&D) but its subsidiaries did. The main focus of R&D in 2011 and 2012 was to contribute the needed technology to the strategic areas of the Company. Development teams around the globe, namely in the U.S., Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, India and Bulgaria have been working on the next generation offering, especially for GBS Transformer and Group Live. The overall R&D spending for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 increased to $10,209,496 from $5,027,311.

Competition

In our core business units we compete in general with regionally organized and represented IBM Lotus channel partner and IBM Lotus specialized departments of more generic ISVs, or SIs. In principal, these competitors are ‘single’ solution focused and serve the same customer base as we do. The average size of our competitors is around $2 million to $5 million overall in annual revenue and a staffing between five and 35 employees, including management, development, support and sales.

The market in which GBS operates is described as follows:

Regulatory Overview

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the risks described below together with all of the other information included in this annual report before making an investment decision with regard to our securities.

Risks Related to Our Business

We have a limited operational history.

We have a limited history upon which an evaluation of our prospects and future performance can be made. Our proposed operations are subject to all business risks associated with new enterprises. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications, and delays frequently encountered in connection with the expansion of a business operation in an emerging industry, and the continued development of advertising, promotions, and a corresponding customer base. There is a possibility that we could sustain losses in the future, and there are no assurances that we will ever operate profitably.

Ongoing uncertainty regarding the duration and extent of the recovery from the recent economic downturn and in global economic conditions generally may reduce information technology spending below current expectations and therefore adversely impact our revenues, impede end user adoption of new products and product upgrades and adversely impact our competitive position.

Our business depends on the overall demand for information technology and on the economic health of our current and prospective customers. The purchase of our products is often discretionary and may involve a significant commitment of capital and other resources. Weak economic conditions or significant uncertainty regarding the recovery from the recent economic downturn could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations in a number of ways, including by lengthening sales cycles (for example, ELAs), lowering prices for our products and services, reducing unit sales, decreasing or reversing quarterly growth in our revenues, reducing the rate of adoption of our products by new customers and the willingness of current customers to purchase upgrades to our existing products.

The recent global economic disruption also resulted in general and ongoing tightening in the credit markets, lower levels of liquidity and increases in the rates of default and bankruptcy, while the potential for extreme volatility in credit, equity and fixed income markets continues. As a result, current or potential customers may be unable to fund software purchases, which could cause them to delay, decrease or cancel purchases of our products and services. Even if customers are willing to purchase our products and services, if they do not meet our credit requirements, we may not be able to record accounts receivable or deferred revenue or recognize revenues from these customers until we receive payment, which could adversely affect the amount of revenues we are able to recognize in a particular period.

Our business could be adversely impacted by conditions affecting the information technology market.

The demand for our products and services depends substantially upon the general demand for business-related computer appliances and software, which fluctuates based on numerous factors, including capital spending levels, the spending levels and growth of our current and prospective customers, and general economic conditions. Fluctuations in the demand for our products and services could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, the purchase of our products is often discretionary and may involve a significant commitment of capital and other resources. Future economic projections for the information technology sector are uncertain as companies continue to reassess their spending for technology projects. If an uncertain environment for information technology spending continues, it could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We face intense competition, which could result in fewer customer orders and reduced revenues and margins.

We sell our products in intensely competitive markets. Some of our competitors and potential competitors have significantly greater financial, technical, sales and marketing and other resources than we do.  As the markets for our products and services continue to develop, additional companies, including those with significant market presence in the computer appliances, software and networking industries, could enter the markets in which we compete and further intensify competition. In addition, we believe price competition could become a more significant competitive factor in the future. As a result, we may not be able to maintain our historic prices and margins, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. 

If we lose key personnel or cannot hire enough qualified officers and/ or employees in certain areas of our business, our ability to manage our business could be adversely affected.

Our success depends and will depend on the efforts and abilities of our key personnel, such as highly qualified software developers, service consultants and management. We are highly dependent on our senior management, Joerg Ott and other key officers. The loss of such key officers and/ or the loss of their specific knowledge would have a material adverse effect to us. Our success also depends, in large part, upon the services of a number of key employees in certain areas of our business. We do not have long-term employment agreements with all of our key personnel. Any officer or employee can terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. The effective management of our growth, if any, could depend upon our ability to retain our highly skilled managerial, technical, sales and services, finance and marketing personnel in certain areas of our business. If any of those employees leave, we will need to attract and retain replacements for them. We also may need to add key personnel in the future, including in certain key areas of our business. The market for these qualified employees is competitive. We could find it difficult to successfully attract, assimilate or retain sufficiently qualified personnel in sufficient numbers. Furthermore, we may hire key personnel in connection with our future acquisitions; however, any of these employees will be able to terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. If we cannot retain and add the necessary staff and resources for these acquired businesses, our ability to develop acquired products, markets and customers could be adversely affected. Also, we may need to hire additional personnel to develop new products, product enhancements and technologies. If we cannot add the necessary staff and resources, our ability to develop future enhancements and features to our existing or future products could be delayed. Any delays could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our current operational strategy is dependent on IBM.

We, through our 50.1% ownership of GROUP Business Software AG, are the world’s largest supplier of applications for IBM’s Lotus Notes and Domino markets.  GROUP also markets its Cloud Automation Platform (CAP) and Domino Application Transfer (DAT) software, which automatically transforms applications to the Cloud.  We expect much of our growth in the near term to come from our CAP and DAT solutions Should IBM choose to longer promote its Lotus Notes products, our anticipated growth avenues may be adversely affected. We would likely seek to shift our operations to concentrate more heavily on migration and modernization solutions such as Group Live and Transformer.

We may not be able to manage our growth effectively.

We must continually implement and improve our products and/or services, operations, operating procedures and quality controls on a timely basis, as well as expand, train, motivate and manage our work force in order to accommodate anticipated growth and compete effectively in our market segment. Successful implementation of our strategy also requires that we establish and manage a competent, dedicated work force and employ additional key employees in corporate management, product design, client service and sales. We can give no assurance that our personnel, systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support our future operations. If we fail to continuously improve our operations, there could be a material, adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

If we do not develop new products and services or enhancements to our existing products and services, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

The markets for our products and services are characterized by rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, fluctuations in customer demand, changes in customer requirements and frequent new product and service introductions and enhancements.

Our future success depends on our ability to continually enhance our current products and services and develop and introduce new products and services that our customers choose to buy. If we are unable to keep pace with technological developments and customer demands by introducing new products and services and enhancements, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We may be unable to effectively control our operating expenses, which could negatively impact our profitability.

Although we endeavor to effectively control our operating expenses, these expenses, which are based on estimated revenue levels, are relatively fixed in the short term. We cannot ensure that our operating expenses will be lower than our estimated or actual revenues in any given quarter or that we will not incur unanticipated expenses. If we experience a shortfall in revenue in any given quarter or if we incur material unanticipated expenses, we likely will not be able to further reduce operating expenses quickly in response. Any significant shortfall in revenue or the incurrence of material unanticipated expenses could immediately and adversely affect our results of operations for that quarter. Also, due to the fixed nature of many of our expenses and the challenges for revenue growth in the current environment, our income from operations and cash flows from operating and investing activities could be lower than in recent years.

In addition, to the extent our revenue grows, if at all, we believe that our cost of revenues and certain operating expenses could increase. We believe that we could incur additional costs as we develop, license or buy new technologies or enhancements to our existing products and services. These added costs and royalties could increase our cost of revenues and operating expenses and lower our gross margins. However, we cannot currently quantify the costs for such transactions that have not yet occurred or of these developing trends in our business. In addition, we may need to use a substantial portion of our cash and investments or issue additional shares of our common stock to fund these additional costs.

Acquisitions present many risks, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals we anticipate at the time of an acquisition.

Our growth is dependent upon market growth, our ability to enhance existing products and services, and our ability to introduce new products and services on a timely basis. We intend to continue to address the need to develop new products and services and enhance existing products and services through acquisitions of other companies, product lines and/or technologies. However, acquisitions, including those of high-technology companies, are inherently risky. We cannot provide any assurance that any of our previous acquisitions, including our acquisition of the assets of Lotus Holdings and 50.1% of GROUP, or future acquisitions will be successful in helping us reach our financial and strategic goals either for that acquisition or for us generally or that the combined company resulting from any acquisition will continue to support the growth achieved by the companies separately.

The risks we may encounter in managing and integrating acquisitions are:

 •difficulties and delays integrating the operations, technologies, and products of the acquired companies;

 •undetected errors or unauthorized use of a third-party’s code in products of the acquired companies;

 •the diversion of management’s attention from normal daily operations of the business;

 •potential difficulties in completing projects associated with purchased in-process research and development;

 •entry into markets in which we have no or limited direct prior experience and where competitors have stronger market positions and which are highly competitive;

 •the potential loss of key employees of the acquired company; and

 •an uncertain revenue and earnings stream from the acquired company, which could unexpectedly dilute our earnings.

Our failure to manage growth effectively and successfully integrate acquired companies due to these or other factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Attractive acquisition opportunities may not be available to us, which could negatively affect the growth of our business.

Our business strategy includes the selective acquisition of businesses and technologies, such as our acquisition of GROUP in December 2010 and January 2011. We plan to continue to seek opportunities to expand our product portfolio, customer base, technology, and technical talent through acquisitions. However, we may not have the opportunity to make suitable acquisitions on favorable terms in the future, which could negatively impact the growth of our business. We expect that other companies in our industry will compete with us to acquire compatible businesses. This competition could increase prices for businesses and technologies that we would likely pursue, and our competitors may have greater resources than we do to complete these acquisitions.

We could change our licensing programs or subscription renewal programs, which could negatively impact the timing of our recognition of revenue.

We continually re-evaluate our licensing programs and subscription renewal programs, including specific license models, delivery methods, and terms and conditions, to market our current and future products and services. We could implement new licensing programs and subscription renewal programs, including promotional trade-up programs or offering specified enhancements to our current and future product and service lines. Such changes could result in deferring revenue recognition until the specified enhancement is delivered or at the end of the contract term as opposed to upon the initial shipment or licensing of our software product. We could implement different licensing models in certain circumstances, for which we would recognize licensing fees over a longer period, including offering additional products in a software-as-a-service model. Changes to our licensing programs and subscription renewal programs, including the timing of the release of enhancements, upgrades, maintenance releases, the term of the contract, discounts, promotions and other factors, could impact the timing of the recognition of revenue for our products, related enhancements and services and could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

Security vulnerabilities in our products could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

Maintaining the security of computing devices and networks is a critical issue for us and our customers. We devote significant resources to address security vulnerabilities in our products and services through engineering more secure products and services, enhancing security and reliability features in our products and services, deploying security updates to address security vulnerabilities and seeking to respond to known security incidents in sufficient time to minimize any potential adverse impact. The cost of these measures could reduce our operating margins. Despite these efforts, actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in our products and systems may lead to claims against us and harm our reputation, and could lead some customers to seek to return products, to stop using certain products or services, to reduce or delay future purchases of our products or services, or to use competing products or services. Customers may also increase their expenditures on protecting their existing computer systems from attack, which could delay adoption of new technologies. Further, if our customers suffer any losses or are otherwise harmed in connection with a security incident related to our products or services, we could be subject to liability claims from our customers. Any of these actions by customers could adversely impact our results of operations.

Our efforts to protect our intellectual property may not be successful, which could materially and adversely affect our business.

We rely primarily on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our source code and other intellectual property. The loss of any material trade secret, trademark, trade name, patent or copyright could have a material adverse effect on our business. Despite our precautions, it could be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy, disclose or reverse engineer certain portions of our products or to otherwise obtain and use our proprietary source code, in which case we could potentially lose future trade secret protection for that source code. If we cannot protect our proprietary source code against unauthorized copying, disclosure or use, unauthorized third parties could develop products similar to or better than ours.

Any patents applied for by us could eventually not be granted or any patent owned by us could be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. Any of our pending or future patent applications, whether or not being currently challenged, may not be issued with the scope we seek, if at all; and if issued, may not provide any meaningful protection or competitive advantage.

In addition, our ability to protect our proprietary rights could be affected by differences in international law and the enforceability of licenses. The laws of some foreign countries do not protect our intellectual property to the same extent as do the laws of the United States and Canada. For example, we derive a significant portion of our sales from licensing our products under “click-to-accept” license agreements that are not signed by licensees and electronic enterprise customer licensing arrangements that are delivered electronically, all of which could be unenforceable under the laws of many foreign jurisdictions in which we license our products.

Our products, including products obtained through acquisitions, could infringe third-party intellectual property rights, which could result in material litigation costs.

We are increasingly subject to infringement claims and may in the future be subject to claims alleging the unauthorized use of a third-party’s code in our products. This may occur for a variety of reasons, including the expansion of our product lines through product development and acquisitions; an increase in patent infringement litigation commenced by non-practicing entities; the increase in the number of competitors in our industry segments and the resulting increase in the number of related products and the overlap in the functionality of those products; and the unauthorized use of a third-party’s code in our product development process. Companies and inventors are more frequently seeking to patent software despite recent developments in the law that may discourage or invalidate such patents. As a result, we could receive more patent infringement claims. Responding to any infringement claim, regardless of its validity, could result in costly litigation costs, monetary damages or injunctive relief or require us to obtain a license to intellectual property rights of those third parties. Licenses may not be available on reasonable terms, on terms compatible with the protection of our proprietary rights, or at all. In addition, attention to these claims could divert our management’s time and attention from developing our business. If a successful claim is made against us and we fail to develop or license a substitute technology or negotiate a suitable settlement arrangement, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected. In particular, a material adverse impact on our financial statements could occur in the period in which the effect of an unfavorable final outcome becomes probable and reasonably estimable.

Perceived risks in Cloud Computing could negatively influence buyers.

As the Cloud market develops, adoption could be adversely affected due to concerns with data security and the reliability of third party IT infrastructures and software. Although security and reliability risks can be minimized or mitigated, the mere perception of these risks could hinder our ability to grow our business.

Risks related to the disclosure of confidential information of core technology.

The independently developed technologies by us, contracts with partners and agreements with cooperated system integrators are all confidential information. We have established strict access limitation level for the personnel in the Company to review and use such information by signing Non-disclosure Agreements with relevant people. The usage and disclosure of such information have been managed stringently by the Company. We also sign a long-term engagement contract with the core technical people who may hold major technologies of the Company. Despite the foregoing measurements adopted by the Company, we cannot assure the confidential information will not be disclosed definitely.

Systems failures could harm our business.

Temporary or permanent outages of our computers or software equipment could have an adverse effect on our business. Although we have not experienced any catastrophic outages to date, we currently do not have fully redundant systems for our web sites and other services at an alternate site. Therefore, our systems are vulnerable to damage from break-ins, unauthorized access, vandalism, fire, earthquakes, power loss, telecommunications failures and similar events. Although we maintain insurance against fires, earthquakes and general business interruptions, the amount of coverage we have might be insufficient.

Experienced computer programmers seeking to intrude or cause harm, or hackers, may attempt to penetrate our network security from time to time.

We have not experienced any security breaches to date. However, if a hacker were to penetrate our network security, they could misappropriate proprietary information, cause interruptions in our services, dilute the value of our offerings to customers and damage customer relationships. We might be required to expend significant capital and resources to protect against, or to alleviate, problems caused by hackers. We also may not have a timely remedy against a hacker who is able to penetrate our network security. In addition to purposeful security breaches, the inadvertent transmission of computer viruses could expose us to system damage, operational disruption, loss of data, litigation and other risks of loss or harm.

We depend on continued performance of and improvements to our computer network.

Any failure of our computer systems that causes interruption of our services could result in a loss of business. If sustained or repeated, these performance issues could reduce the attractiveness of our services to consumers and our subscription products and services. Increases in the volume of our web site traffic could also strain the capacity of our existing computer systems, which could lead to slower response times or system failures. We may not be able to project accurately the rate, timing or cost of any increases in our business, or to expand and upgrade our systems and infrastructure to accommodate any increases in a timely manner.

Internet commerce security threats could pose a risk to our online sales and overall financial performance.

A significant barrier to online commerce is the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks. We rely on encryption and authentication technology to provide the security and authentication necessary to effect secure transmission of confidential information. There can be no assurance that advances in computer capabilities; new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other developments will not result in a compromise or breach of the algorithms used by us and our partners to protect consumer’s transaction data. If any such compromise of security were to occur, it could have a materially adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. A party who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in our operations. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against such security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches. Concerns over the security of transactions conducted on the Internet and the privacy of users may also hinder the growth of online services generally, especially as a means of conducting commercial transactions. To the extent that our activities, our partners or third-party contractors involve the storage and transmission of proprietary information, such as credit card numbers, security breaches could damage our reputation and expose us to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability. There can be no assurance that our security measures will not prevent security breaches or that failure to prevent such security breaches will not have a materially adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Risk of Capacity Constraints; Reliance on Internally Developed Systems; System Development Risks.

A key element of our strategy is to generate a high volume of traffic on, and use of, our services across our network infrastructure and systems. Accordingly, the satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of our software systems, transaction-processing systems and network infrastructure are critical to our reputation and our ability to attract and retain customers, as well as maintain adequate customer service levels. Our revenues depend on the number of visitors who sign up for our services. Any systems interruptions that result in the unavailability of our software systems or network infrastructure would reduce the volume of sign ups and the attractiveness of our service offerings. We may experience periodic systems interruptions from time to time. Any substantial increase in the volume of traffic on our software systems or network infrastructure will require us to expand and upgrade further our technology, transaction-processing systems and network infrastructure. There can be no assurance that we will be able to accurately project the rate or timing of increases, if any, in the use of our Web site or timely expand and upgrade our systems and infrastructure to accommodate such increases. We will use a combination of industry supplied software and internally developed software and systems for our search engine, distribution network, and substantially all aspects of transaction processing, including order management, cash and credit card processing, and accounting and financial systems. Any substantial disruptions or delays in any of our systems would have a materially adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Storage of personal information about our customers could pose a security threat.

Our policy is not to willfully disclose any individually identifiable information about any user to a third party without the user’s consent. This policy is accessible to users of our services when they initially register. Despite this policy, however, if third persons were able to penetrate our network security or otherwise misappropriate our users’ personal information or credit card information, we could be subject to liability. These could include claims for unauthorized purchases with credit card information, impersonation or other similar fraud claims. They could also include claims for other misuses of personal information, such as for unauthorized marketing purposes. These claims could result in litigation. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission and other states have been investigating certain Internet companies regarding their use of personal information. We could incur additional expenses if new regulations regarding the use of personal information are introduced or if they chose to investigate our privacy practices.

We have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors against lawsuits to the fullest extent of the law.

We are a Nevada corporation. Nevada law permits the indemnification of officers and directors against expenses incurred in successfully defending against a claim. Pursuant to our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, we have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors to the fullest extent possible under the Nevada law. In the event that we are found liable for damage or other losses, we would incur substantial and protracted losses in paying any such claims or judgments. Pursuant to those certain letter agreements entered into between the Company and their Officers and each independent director of the Company’s Board of Directors appointed as of March 1, 2012, the Company is also contractually obligated to indemnify each independent director to the fullest extent possible under Nevada law and has obtained Director and Officer insurance coverage in the amount of $5,000,000 per occurrence. There is no guarantee, however, that such coverage or that any insurance coverage would protect us from any damages or loss claims filed against it.

We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could negatively affect our financial condition and operating results.

Our sales revenue is derived from customers worldwide, and is therefore subject to foreign currency risk. Unstable currency exchange rates that result in dramatic fluctuations against the U.S. Dollar could adversely affect our financial condition and operating results. If we are not able to successfully hedge against the risks associated with currency fluctuations, our financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.

Liquidity is essential to our businesses and we rely on the planned success of our strategic product lines.

The liquidity of the company is tight and that the valuation and validity of the intangible fixed assets and of the financial fixed assets are depending on the success of the strategic product lines especially but not limited to the area of Applications Modernization. Due to limited business history especially but not limited to Applications Modernization our business plan contains multiple risks and uncertainties. To achieve the planned success is material to us.

Our working capital requirements may negatively affect our liquidity and capital resources.

Our working capital requirements can vary significantly, depending in part on the level, variability and timing of our customers decisions especially but not limited to applications modernization projects and the payment terms with our customers. If our working capital needs exceed our cash flows from operations, we would look to our cash balances and availability for borrowings or other adequate financial resources to satisfy those needs, as well as potential sources of additional capital, which may not be available on satisfactory terms and in adequate amounts, if at all.

This could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition up to a critical level.

We are dependent on major customers for future revenue. The loss of all or a substantial portion of our sales to any of these customers or the loss of marketshare by these customers could have a material adverse impact on us.

We highly depend for a substantial portion of our net sales especially but not limited to applications modernization projects. The loss of all or a substantial portion of our sales to any of our major customers could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations by reducing cash flows and our ability to spread costs over a larger revenue base. We may make fewer sales to these customers for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: (1) loss of awarded business; (2) reduced or delayed customer requirements; (3) strikes or other work stoppages affecting production by the customers; or (4) reduced demand for our customers’ products.

Risks Related to our Common Stock

The application of the “penny stock” rules could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and increase your transaction costs to sell those shares.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined) less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. If the trading price of our common stock falls below $5.00 per share, the open-market trading of our common stock is subject to the penny stock rules, which imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors”.  The term accredited investor” refers generally to institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouse.  The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the SEC, which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market.  The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation.  In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction.  These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules.  Consequently, these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities.  We believe the penny stock rules discourage investor interest in and limit the marketability of our common stock.

FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.

In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer.  Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information.  Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers.  FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.

The price of our shares of common stock in the future may be volatile.

The market price of our common stock could be volatile and could fluctuate widely in price in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including: technological innovations or new products and services by us or our competitors; additions or departures of key personnel; sales of our common stock; our ability to integrate operations, technology, products and services; our ability to execute our business plan; operating results below expectations; loss of any strategic relationships; industry developments; economic and other external factors; and period-to-period fluctuations in our financial results. Because we have a very limited operating history with no revenues to date, you may consider any one of these factors to be material. Our stock price may fluctuate widely as a result of any of the above. In addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Stockholders should have no expectation of any dividends.

The holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore.  To date, we have not declared or paid any cash dividends.  The board of directors does not intend to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future, but instead intends to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations.

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.

We are subject to reporting obligations under the U.S. securities laws. The SEC, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules requiring every public company to include a management report on such company’s internal controls over financial reporting in its Annual Report, which contains management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. Our management may conclude that our internal controls over our financial reporting are not effective. Our reporting obligations as a public company will place a significant strain on our management, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future. Effective internal controls, particularly those related to revenue recognition, are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to help prevent fraud. As a result, our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which in turn could harm our business and negatively impact the trading price of our stock.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Disclosure by the Company is not required under Form 10-K due to the fact that the Company is a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Item 2. Properties

The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 585 Molly Lane, Woodstock, GA 30189.

In August 2011, the Company relocated its executive offices to a 10,000 square foot space located at 585 Molly Lane, Woodstock, Georgia 30189 pursuant to a lease agreement, dated June 16, 2011, between GROUP and Thomas Hall Fowler/Fowler Corporate Partners, a non-affiliate of the Company. The term of the lease is from August 1, 2011 to January 31, 2015. The rent from August 1, 2011 to August 31, 2011 is $8,333.33. From September 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011, the monthly rent is $4,166.67.  From January 1, 2012 to July 21, 2012, the monthly rent is $8,333.33.  From August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013, the monthly rent is $8,750.  From August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015, the monthly rent is $9,166.67.

GROUP’s principal executive office in Germany is located in an approximately 5,828 square foot office located at Hospitalstrasse 6, 99817 Eisenach, Germany. GROUP’s lease agreement for this office is from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2013 for an annual rent of $46,589 and which can be renewed by GROUP.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

As of March 31, 2012, we know of no material, active or pending legal proceedings against our company, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest.

 High

PART II

Item 5. Market for Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

We were incorporated in Nevada on March 20, 2007 as SWAV Enterprises Ltd. (“SWAV”). SWAV was an importer and wholesaler of Chinese manufactured goods.

On April 26, 2010, SWAV purchased certain technology assets of Lotus Holdings Ltd. (“Lotus”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement in consideration for aggregate of 2,265,240 shares of SWAV common stock. Also on April 26, 2010, Lotus purchased an aggregate of 11,984,770 of the outstanding shares of common stock from the selling shareholders of SWAV in consideration for an aggregate purchase price of $370,000. As a result of the two sets of transactions, Lotus owned an aggregate of 14,250,010 shares of common stock of SWAV, representing approximately 95.0% of the 15,000,000 shares of SWAV common stock outstanding on April 26, 2010.

On September 16, 2010, SWAV changed its name to GBS Enterprises Incorporated. On October 14, 2010, the trading symbol of the Company’s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board was changed from “SWAV” to “GBSX.”

As described under “Item 1. Business” of this Form 10-K, in a series of transactions, the Company acquired a 50.1% equity interest in GROUP Business Software AG, a German public company, as of January 6, 2011.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low closing bid quotations for our Common Stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). The bid prices reflect inter-dealer quotations, do not include retail markups, markdowns or commissions and do not necessarily reflect actual transactions.

Description of Common Stock

We are authorized to issue 75,000,000 shares, par value $0.001 per share, of common stock, of which 28,211,664 shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2012 and 29,431,664 at July 16, 2012. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on each matter submitted to a vote at any meeting of stockholders. Shares of common stock do not carry cumulative voting rights and, therefore, holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock will be able to elect the entire Board of Directors, and, if they do so, minority stockholders would not be able to elect any members to the Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has authority, without action by the stockholders, to issue all or any portion of the authorized but unissued shares of common stock, which would reduce the percentage ownership of the stockholders and which may dilute the book value of the common stock. Stockholders have no pre-emptive rights to acquire additional shares of common stock. The common stock is not subject to redemption and carries no subscription or conversion rights. In the event of liquidation, the shares of common stock are entitled to share equally in corporate assets after satisfaction of all liabilities. The shares of common stock, when issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable.

Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends as the board of directors may from time to time declare out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends. We have not paid dividends on common stock and do not anticipate that we will pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

All shares of common stock now outstanding are duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable.  There are currently 9,441,280 warrants outstanding which may be exercised. If these warrants are exercised in their entirety the outstanding number of shares of common stock would be 38,872,944. The shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants are duly authorized and upon payment of the exercise price will be fully paid and non-assessable.

Preferred Stock

The Company is currently authorized to issue up to 25,000,000 “blank check” shares of Preferred Stock with all designations, rights and privileges as the Company’s Board of Directors may decide, from time to time, without stockholder approval. As of March 31, 2012, there are no shares of Preferred Stock designated or issued.

Transfer Agent

Our transfer agent is Action Stock Transfer Corporation. Their website is www.actionstocktransfer.com and their contact information is the following:

Action Stock Transfer Corporation
2469 E. Fort Union Blvd., Suite 214
Salt Lake City, UT 84121

Telephone: (801) 274-1088
Fax: (801) 274-1099
Email: justblank2000@yahoo.com

Holders

As of July 16, 2012, we had 84 record holders of our Common Stock (not including beneficial owners who hold shares at broker/dealers in “street name”).

Dividend Policy

While there are no restrictions that limit our ability to pay dividends, we have not paid, and do not currently intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Our policy is to retain all earnings, if any, to provide funds for the operation and expansion of our business. The declaration of dividends, if any, will be subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors, which may consider such factors as our results of operations, financial condition, capital needs and acquisition strategy, among others.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

2011 Stock Option Plan

On March 30, 2011, the Board of Directors adopted a stock incentive program entitled the 2011 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”), subject to stockholder approval. As of March 31, 2012, the Company stockholders have not approved of the Plan nor has the Company granted any awards under the Plan. Below is a summary of the Plan. It is qualified in its entirety by the contents of the Plan.

Purpose

The purpose of the Plan is to provide the directors, officers, employees and consultants who make significant and extraordinary contributions to the long-term growth and performance of the Company, with equity-based compensation incentives, and to attract and retain employees and consultants. The Company believes that increased share ownership by such persons will more closely align stockholder and employee interests by encouraging a greater focus on the profitability of the Company. There is reserved for issuance under the Plan an aggregate of five million (5,000,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock. All of such shares shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted under the Plan (“Stock Options”). Stock Options granted under the Plan may be options intended to qualify as "incentive stock options" (“ISOs”) under Section 422 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or options not intended to qualify, so-called “nonqualified stock options” (“NQSOs”).

Plan Administration

The Plan is administered by our Board of Directors (the “Board”) or a committee (the "Committee") thereof, if appointed by the Board. The Board (or Committee) will have full and complete authority, in its discretion, but subject to the express provisions of the Plan (a) to approve the persons to be granted stock options (“Optionee”); (b) to determine the number of and type of Stock Options to be granted to an Optionee; (c) to determine the time or times at which Stock Options will be granted; (d) to establish the terms and conditions upon which Stock Options may be exercised; (d) to remove or adjust any restrictions and conditions upon Stock Options; (e) to specify, at the time of grant, provisions relating to exercisability of Stock Options and to accelerate or otherwise modify the exercisability of any Stock Options; and (f) to adopt such rules and regulations and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or desirable for the administration of the 2011Plan.

Plan Eligibility

The group of individuals eligible to receive Options will consist only of the following (the “Eligible Participants”):

a. Directors and Officers of the Company,

b. Employees of the Company and Management Company Employees, and

c. Certain consultants of the Company, except as provided herein.

Consultants may be eligible to receive Options only if they have furnished bona fide services to the Company and such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.

Shares Subject to this Plan

The maximum number of shares of the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Options granted under the Plan is five million (5,000,000) shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment for any stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and similar changes in the capital structure of the Company.

Grants of Stock Options

The Board, or if appointed, Committee, has the discretion to grant Stock Options which qualify as “incentive stock options” (“ISOs”) under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or which do not qualify, so-called “nonqualified stock options” (“NQSOs”). To qualify as an ISO under the Code, the Stock Option generally must (among other things) (x) be granted only to employees, (y) have an exercise price equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value on the date of grant, and (z) terminate if not exercised within ten (10) years from the date of grant (or five years if granted to an Optionee who, at the time the ISO is granted, directly or indirectly, holds more than 10% of the total voting power of our Company).  Except in certain limited instances (including termination for cause, death, or disability), if any Optionee ceases to provide services to our Company, the Optionee’s rights to exercise vested ISOs will expire within three months following the date of termination.

To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time the option is granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other Incentive Stock Option Plans of the Company) exceed $100,000, such Stock Options will be treated as NQSOs and will not qualify as ISOs.

In the case of an ISO granted to an Eligible Participant who at the time of the grant of such ISI owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary, such ISO may not be exercised after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the ISO is granted.

No ISOs will be granted under this Plan more than ten (10) years after the date that the Plan is adopted or approved by the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier.

No ISO will be exercisable more than ten (10) years from the date it is granted; provided, however, that the case of an Eligible Participant who at the time of grant owns Common Stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary, the ISO Option may not be exercised after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.

Exercise Price

In order to qualify as an ISO, a Stock Option must have an exercise price equal to no less than the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Common Stock as of the date of grant. In the case of an ISO granted to a Eligible Participant who at the time of the grant owns Common Stock representing more than ten (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company, the per share exercise price will be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant.

Under the Plan, the exercise price of an NQSO granted under the Plan may not be less than:

If the shares of Common Stock become listed on another stock exchange, then the exercise price will not be less than the exercise price permitted by such exchange.  

Fair Market Value

Under the Plan, "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows: 

Option Period

The Stock Option period commences on the date of grant of the Stock Option and will be exercisable for up to ten (10) years or such shorter period as is determined by the Board, or Committee (if applicable).

Restrictions on Transfer

Stock Options granted under the Plans generally are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised during the optionee's lifetime only by the optionee.

Vesting of Stock Options and Awards

The Board (or Committee if appointed to administer the Plan) has full authority, in its discretion to make each option or award granted subject to a vesting schedule whereby an employee must remain employed by the Company for a given length of time in order to have the option or award fully vest. Employees leaving the Company’s employment before the option or award in fully vested will forfeit any unvested portion of an option or award.

Termination of Relationship

No Stock Option may be exercised after the Optionee, if a Director or Officer, has ceased to be a Director or Officer or, if an Employee or other Eligible Participant, has left the employ or service of the Company or an affiliate of the Company, except as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), the Board or Committee may provide for the vesting of all or any part of the Optionee’s Options that are unvested at the date the Optionee ceases to be employed by, provide services to, or be a Director or Officer of, the Company or an affiliate, and may extend the time period for exercise of an Option to a maximum of the original term of the Option, all as the Board or Committee deems appropriate in the circumstances contemplated by subsection (c).

Consideration

The Board or Committee will grant Stock Options under the Plan in consideration for services rendered. There will be no other consideration received or to be received by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for the granting or extension of Stock Option under the Plan.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

None

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

Disclosure by the Company is not required under Form 10-K and Item 301 of Regulation S-K due to the fact that the Company is a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under the “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Description of Business” sections and elsewhere in this annual report.  We use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “predict,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Although we believe the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions within the bound of our knowledge of our business, our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Risk Factors” section of this annual report. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout the entirety of this annual report, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

OVERVIEW

GBS Enterprises Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the “Company,” “GBS,” “GBSX,” “we,” “us,” “our” or similar terms), through its subsidiaries, is a global provider of technology solutions for businesses and government agencies. We focus on developing and delivering solutions that help our customers to maximize value and reduce cost in the development, deployment and management of the applications used in the course of conducting their business (“business applications”).

Our customers include corporate and government IT departments, solutions integrators (“SIs”) and independent software vendors (“ISVs”). Our corporate customers are from a variety of industries, including insurance, financial services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and education. The install-base of our software products spans more than 5,000,000 users in 38 countries on four continents. We principally market and sell our products and services directly in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordics and India; and indirectly through local distributors and resellers representing Australia, South America and regionally in Europe.

While our products and services remain in use and demand, over the last several years, the market itself has been undergoing a paradigm shift. New technologies, especially in the areas of Cloud Computing and Mobile applications, have grown in popularity due to the potential cost savings and operational efficiencies they can offer. As organizations make investments in these new technologies, they are faced with highly complex and costly projects to migrate (“migration”) or replace their existing systems that don’t operate in the cloud or on mobile devices (“modernization”) – this includes their existing email and business applications that run on Lotus Notes and Domino.

To adopt on this market trend we have invested in technology, resources and structures. These investments in our Strategic Offerings and Focus Areas have heavily influenced our business results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

Strategic Offerings and Focus Areas

As IT departments face continuous budget reductions and constant pressure for higher performance and efficiency, CIOs are focusing on modern technologies to support their need for increased scalability, flexibility and lower costs. GBS has identified this demand as a strategic growth opportunity for the company and has placed a significant focus on expanding its Cloud Computing and Modernizing/Migrating technology offerings. The strategic opportunities are served by GBS with two distinct offerings:

Cloud Computing

GBS Cloud Computing activities are focused on cloud automation solutions and therefore the Company has made key acquisitions and R&D investments to create an award winning Cloud Platform-as-a-Service offering. Under the GROUP Live banner, the GBS PaaS offering has been sold to a variety of enterprise customers, which use the PaaS software to host internal corporate clouds (Private cloud) and applications as-a-service to their various internal user groups. GROUP Live has also be sold and implemented by a number of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), which are leveraging the platform to deliver their own Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications to their respective customer bases.

Both of these customer groups enjoy the comprehensive nature of this platform agnostic PaaS solution and its exceptional change management capabilities enabling resource flexibility, business agility, scalability and ease-of-use beyond that which is generally available in the market today.

Application Modernization and Migration

GBS’s Application Modernization and Migration activities are focused on the IBM Lotus Notes applications and the offering spans from expert services and accelerator technologies to modernize, web enable and migrate Lotus applications; and thus ultimately take the Lotus applications from legacy to the future. The foundation of the Transformer Suite Software offering is GBS’s significant R&D investment in a set of methodologies and key technology accelerators to automate the conversion of traditional Notes based client-server applications, into the IBM XPages framework which enables Domino applications to be run and accessed via the Lotus client, a web browser or on a mobile device. The patent-pending software that underpins what is referred to as our “Transformer” solution was developed by GBS with the assistance and guidance from IBM Corporation’s Software Group to ensure alignment with future releases of the IBM Lotus / Domino and XPages technology.

IBM has deemed the Transformer technology a “game changer,” and will be employing it to modernize their clients’ applications.

Competition

The competitive landscape in the enterprise data center market is intense and changing, and we expect there will be a new class of very large, well-financed, and aggressive competitors, each bringing its own new class of products to address this new market. We also expect to see acquisitions, further industry consolidation, and new alliances among companies as they seek to serve the enterprise data center market.

The Company is focused on developing a portfolio of Cloud Computing software technologies and Application Services to address the needs of ISV’s, Data Center providers, as well as commercial and government organizations. GBSX is pursuing an aggressive growth strategy based upon highly targeted mergers and acquisitions so as to build its portfolio of technologies, applications, and services.

Results of Operations

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011

Assets

Total Assets decreased from $76,865,929 at March 31, 2011 to $70,449,961 at March 31, 2012.  Total Assets consists of Total Current Assets and Total Non-Current Assets.

At March 31, 2012, our Total Current Assets were $8,634,975, compared to $17,875,353 at March 31, 2011. Total Current Assets consist of: Cash and Cash Equivalents; Accounts Receivable; Inventories; Prepaid Expenses; Other Receivables and Assets held for Sale.

At March 31, 2012, our Total Non-Current Assets were $61,814,986, compared to $58,990,576 at March 31, 2011.  Total Non-Current Assets consist of: Property (plant and equipment), Financial Assets, Investments in Related Company, Deferred Tax Assets, Goodwill, Software and Other Assets.

Liabilities

Total Liabilities increased from $24,285,794 at March 31, 2011 to $ 26,871,761 at March 31, 2012.  Total Liabilities consists of Total Current Liabilities and Total Non-Current Liabilities.

At March 31, 2012, our Total Current Liabilities were $19,154,936, compared to $16,345,732 at March 31, 2011.  Total Current Liabilities consist of: Notes Payable, Liabilities to Banks, Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Deferred Income, Other Liabilities and Amounts Due to Related Parties.

At March 31, 2012, our Total Non-Current Liabilities were $7,716,825, compared to $7,940,062 at March 31, 2011.  Total Non-Current Liabilities consist of: Liabilities to Banks, Deferred Tax Liabilities, Retirement Benefit Obligation, Other Liabilities.

Revenues

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our Net Sales increased to $31,941,812 from $27,707,226 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.  The Company generates nets sales from Licenses, Maintenance, Services, Third-Party Products and Others.  Our Product revenue decreased from $12,848,954 to $11,415,487 reflecting a decrease in Product License sales volume mainly as a result of a decrease in the third party product portfolio and the de-investment of a subsidiary which had been contributing to the consolidated revenue in 2011 for two months. The increase of Service revenue from $14,858,272 to $20,526,325 resulted from the service driven acquisitions of Pavone AG in April 2011 and IDC Global, Inc. in July 2011.

Cost of Goods Sold

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our Cost of Goods Sold increased to $18,047,203 from $14,082,494 over the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.  Cost of Goods Sold consists of Cost for Services, Cost for Third-Party Products and Cost for Software Licenses.   Within Cost of Goods Sold was a decrease of $ 497,638 for costs related to the lower volume of third party Product Licenses aforementioned, and an increase of $4,462,347 for the associated costs within the services division of Revenue. Salaried personnel and operating costs, balanced against capitalized work have increased by $3,700,000 resulting from the addition of our subsidiaries in fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and our investments to develop the strategic product areas. Depreciation included in the category, increased by $1,500,000 due to the significant fixed assets acquired mainly with the addition of IDC Global.

Operating Expenses

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our Operating Expenses increased to $24,149,212 from $15,918,290 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.  Operating Expenses consist of Selling Expenses, Administrative Expenses and General Expenses.  For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our Selling Expenses increased to $16,671,489 from $10,610,545 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.  Selling Expenses consist of costs for the Sales, Marketing and Service units and has increased in relation to the additional companies acquired and in support of the overall increased sales generated. Build up and additional marketing expenses were incurred in anticipation of, and as part of, our go to market sales strategy for new technology. $3,600,000 of that increase resulted from new acquisitions; $2,300,000 has been expended to prepare the organization for the market entry of their strategic product lines. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our Administrative Expenses increased to $6,647,636 from $3,853,532 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.  Administrative Expenses consist of costs for the management and administration units. Most significant increases included in these expenses include additional audit and related accounting for our added business entities, increased insurance and occupancy costs for our new locations, and additional consultancy costs to support our regulatory compliance. $700,000 of that increase resulted from new acquisitions; $1,500,000 are directly associated with GBS Enterprises Inc. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our General Expenses decreased to $830,087 from $1,454,213 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 in response to newly administered budgeting procedures.

Other Income (Expense)

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, Other Income of $2,393,821 was decreased to Other Expense of $15,910,392. Bad debts changes in this category increased for the write off of receivables primarily in our entities no longer functioning due to obsolete technology. Income from a settlement received in the previous fiscal year also was a contributing factor to the change.

Income taxes (Expense)

As a result of the change in the majority ownership of GROUP Business Software in 2011 and based on the current legal situation, management has determined it is more likely than not that the tax losses carried forward for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 will not be available as a deduction to determine taxable income. Therefore, the deferred tax assets from the losses carried forward for GROUP Business Software AG in an amount of $3,691,000 were written off in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 and included in income tax expense.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 a statutory tax range from 23% to 34% has been applied resulting in an expected income tax recovery of $7,986,000. Reduced by Price Allocations from Consolidation of $2,798,000, permanent differences of $533,000 and other items as mentioned in Note 27. The total amount of income tax expense has been $ 2,553,000.

Liquidity & Capital Resources

At March 31, 2012, we had $1,502,977 in cash and cash equivalents, compared to $8,530,864 at March 31, 2011.

In principal, the company's cash flow depends on the timely and successful market entry of its strategic offerings. The dependency accounts for revenue generated from direct customers engagements, as well as for revenue generated through the partner channel network.

Especially for strategic offerings for paradigm shifting technologies, the management's budget plan is based on a series of assumptions regarding market acceptance, readiness and pricing. While management's assumptions are based on market research and customer surveys, assumptions bear the risk of being incorrect and may result in a delay in customer projects and consequently a delay or a reduction in the related strategic offering invoicing. In case these delays have an impact on the Company's liquidity and therefore its ability to support its operations with the necessary cash flow, the Company depends on its ability to generate cash flow from other resources, such as debt financing from related or independent resources or as equity financing from existing shareholders or through the stock market.

The Company believes it has sufficient capital to fund its operations for the next 12 months. The Company is in constant contact with internal and external sources for financing, and it is management’s belief that if these internal and external sources for funding will provide sufficient funds to support the working capital needs of the Company, the Company will be able to provide sufficient cash flow to support its strategic offerings. Management believes as a result of the assets purchased to date, in accordance with the above-mentioned statement, the Company will generate additional funds and/or that it will be able to obtain additional capital as required to meet its projected operational requirements by offering shares of the Company’s capital stock in private and/or public offerings and through debt financing if available and needed. There can be no assurances, however, that the Company will be able to obtain any financings or that such financings will be sufficient to sustain its business operation or permit the Company to implement its intended business strategy.

To date, we have funded our operations from private financings and operations. In March 2010, we consummated a private placement of Units for $1.25 per Unit for total gross proceeds of $7,555,000 (the “Private Placement”). The net proceeds of this offering were $6,839,327.25. Each Unit consisted of one share of common stock and one warrant exercisable to purchase one share of common stock from the date of grant until the third anniversary of the date of grant for $1.50 per share (the “Private Placement Warrants”). As of March 31, 2012, warrant holders exercised an aggregate of 2,025,000 Private Placement Warrants for gross proceeds to the Company of $3,037,500. If the remaining 4,019,000 Private Placement Warrants were exercised, of which there can be no assurance, the Company would receive $6,028,000 in additional gross proceeds.

As previously reported by the Company on a Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on March 30, 2012, between March 26^th to 28th, 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with each of five “accredited investors” (as that term is defined by Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act), one of whom was Stephen D. Baksa, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, and all of whom were investors in the Private Placement. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements entered into by the Company and the accredited investors, the Company sold the accredited investors an aggregate of 2,020,000 warrants (the “Investor Warrants”) in consideration for $10.00 per investor. Each Investor Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of common stock of the Company for a purchase price of $0.50 per share from the date of issuance to the third anniversary date of the date of issuance. As of March 31, 2012, warrant holders exercised an aggregate 905,000 Investor Warrants for gross proceeds to the Company of $457,500. If the remaining 1,120,000 Investor Warrants were exercised, of which there can be no assurance, the Company would receive $560,000 in additional gross proceeds.

On April 9, 2012, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.: 333-180626) (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC therein registering 8,064,000 shares of common stock underlying the Private Placement Warrants and Investor Warrants under the Securities Act. As of the date of Annual Report, 2,025,000 of the Private Placements Warrants and 900,000 Investor Warrants have been exercised by the holders thereof; and 4,019,000 Private Placement Warrants and 1,120,000 Investor Warrants are outstanding and exercisable. The Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC as of the date of filing this Form 10-K. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock registered under the Registration Statement but we will receive proceeds if any additional Private Placement Warrants and Investor Warrants are exercised. If all of the warrants are exercised, we will have received gross proceeds of $10,076,000. However, there can be no assurance that any additional warrants will be exercised. To date, we have used the proceeds of the warrants already exercised for general corporate working capital purposes. We intend to use the net proceeds from the exercise of any additional warrants to increase marketing, advertising and Cloud and Transformer service and development teams, acquisitions and for working capital purposes.

The table below sets forth information regarding Placement Agent Warrants and Investor Warrants as of March 31, 2012:

Note: EP = Exercise Price per share

* The number of Shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants and corresponding exercise prices are subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split, dividend, recapitalization, reclassification and otherwise.

The Board of Directors of the Company has broad discretion as to use of the net proceeds from any exercise of the warrants and may change the allocation of such proceeds without shareholder notice or consent.

As previously reported by the Company on a Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 16, 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Mr. Joerg Ott, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, on April 16, 2012 pursuant to which Mr. Ott purchased an aggregate of 120,000 Units from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $180,000 ($1.50 per Unit). Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock and one warrant exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock of the Company from the date of issuance of the warrant until the third anniversary date of the date of issuance at a price of $1.50 per share. The Company used the proceeds from this sale for working capital purposes.

Cash Flows

Cash used in operating activities was approximately $469,000, which is about $ 3,107,000 below the previous year's provided amount of $2,638,000. This change is primarily due to the investments made by the Company in developing the GBS strategic product lines, amounting to $9,769,000 in 2012 (2011: $3,193,000). The cash provided in financing activities in 2012 was approximately $3,226,000, compared to the cash provided by financing activities in 2011 of about $7,485,000. As a result of the Companies investments in the strategic product lines the cash and cash equivalents decreased by approximately $7,028,000 (2011: increase $6,790,000).

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.   The areas where critical estimates were made that have significant importance to the financial statements are as follows:

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company adopted FASB Codification topic (ASC”) 220, Reporting Comprehensive Income, which establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements. Comprehensive income consists of net income and other gains and losses affecting stockholder's equity that are excluded from net income, such as unrealized gains and losses on investments available for sale, foreign currency translation gains and losses and minimum pension liability. Since inception, the Company’s other comprehensive income represents foreign currency translation adjustments. 

Net Income per Common Share

FASB Codification topic (ASC”) 260, Earnings per share, requires dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) with a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the EPS computations. Basic earnings per share amounts are based on the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding. If applicable, diluted earnings per share would assume the conversion, exercise or issuance of all potential common stock instruments such as options, warrants and convertible securities, unless the effect is to reduce a loss or increase earnings per share. Diluted net income (loss) per share on the potential exercise of the equity-based financial instruments is not presented where anti-dilutive. Accordingly, although the diluted weighted average number of common stock outstanding is disclosed on the statements of operation, the calculated net loss per share is the same for bother basic and diluted as both are based on the basic weighted average of common stock outstanding. There were no adjustments required to net income for the period presented in the computation of diluted earnings per share.

Financial Instruments

Financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, financial assets, notes payable, liabilities to banks, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and other liabilities.  As of the financial statement date, the Company does not hold any derivate financial instruments. Financial assets and liabilities are measured upon first recognition and reviewed at the financial statement date.  Changes in fair value are recognized through profit and loss.  Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest or credit risks arising from these financial instruments.

Currency Risk

We use the US dollar as our reporting currency.  The functional currencies of our significant foreign subsidiaries are the local currency, which includes the Euro, the British pound and the Indian Rupee.  Accordingly, some assets and liabilities are incurred in those currency and we are subject to foreign currency risks.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows FASB Codification topic (ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, for all financial instruments and non-financial instruments accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis. This new accounting standard establishes a single definition of fair value and a framework for measuring fair value, sets out a fair value hierarchy to be used to classify the source of I pronouncements. It does not change existing guidance as to whether or not an instrument is carried at fair value. The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities, which are required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact and the market-based risk measurements or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and credit risk.

The Company has adopted (ASC”) 825, Financial Instruments, which allows companies to choose to measure eligible financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not required to be measured at fair value. The Company has not elected the fair value option for any eligible financial instruments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.

Inventories

Pursuant to ASC 330 (Inventories), inventories held for sale are recognized under inventories. Inventories were measured at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on a first-in-first out basis, without any overhead component.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets predominately comprise goodwill, acquired software and capitalized software development services. Intangible assets acquired in exchange for payment are reflected as acquisition costs. If the development costs can be capitalized per ASC 985-20-25, these are reflected as ascribable personnel and overhead costs.

Company created software can be intended for sale to third parties or used by the Company itself. If the conditions for capitalization are not met, the expenses are recorded with their effect on profit in the year in which they were incurred.

GROUP amortizes intangible assets with a limited useful life to the estimated residual book value in accordance with ASC regulations. In addition, in special circumstances according to ASC 350-30, a recoverability test is performed and, if applicable, unscheduled amortization is considered.

The useful life of acquired software is between three and five years and three years for Company-designed software.

Intangible assets obtained as part of an acquisition which do not meet the criteria for a separate entry are identified as goodwill and are reviewed once a year as to their recoverability in the form of an impairment test. If they are no longer recoverable, an unscheduled amortization expense entry is performed.

In addition, an impairment test, whereby the appraised fair value of the invested capital of the reporting segment, (as described in Note 14,) is compared with the carrying (book) value of its invested capital amount, including goodwill.

If the appraised value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered to be impaired. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the appraised fair value, an impairment test based on use value is necessary in order to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any.

Use value is generally used in order to determine the recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets with an indefinite useful life. The current plan prepared by the management serves as the basis for this policy. The planning assumptions are each adjusted for the current state of knowledge. Reasonable assumptions regarding macroeconomic trends and historical developments are taken into account in making these adjustments. Future estimated cash flows are essentially determined based on the expected growth rates of the markets in question.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are valued at acquisition or manufacturing costs, reduced by scheduled and, if necessary, unscheduled depreciation. Fixed assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis, prorated over their expected useful life. Scheduled depreciation is mainly based on useful lives of 3 to 10 years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated up to 40 years.

If fixed assets are sold, retired or scrapped, the profit or loss arising from the difference between the net sales proceeds and the residual book value are included under other operating earnings and expenses.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates the recoverability of its fixed assets and other assets in accordance with FASB Codification topic, 360.10. This guidance requires recognition of impairment of long-lived assets in the event the net book value of such assets exceeds its expected cash flows, it is considered to be impaired and is written down to fair value, which is determined based on either discounted future cash flows or appraised values. No impairment has been recognized in the accounts.

Revenue Recognition

License Revenues

Our license revenues consist of revenues earned from the licensing of our software products. These products are generally licensed on a perpetual basis. Pricing models have generally been based either upon the physical infrastructure, such as the number of physical desktop computers or servers, on which our software runs or on a per user basis. License revenues are recognized when the elements of revenue recognition for the licensed software are complete, generally upon electronic shipment of the software and the software key to provide full access to all functionalities for our customers. In general our invoices reflect license, service and maintenance components. In the case of multi element contracts, the revenues allocated to the software license represent the residual amount of the contract after the fair value of the other elements has been determined. Certain products of our software offering are licensed on a subscription basis.

Software Maintenance Revenues

Software maintenance revenues are recognized ratably on a pro-rata basis over the range of the contract period. Our contract periods typically range from one to five years. Vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE”) of fair value for software maintenance services is established by the rates charged in stand-alone sales of software maintenance contracts or the stated renewal rate for software maintenance. Customers who are party to software maintenance agreements with us are entitled to receive support, product updates and upgrades on a when-and-if-available basis.

Professional Services Revenues

Professional services include pre-project consulting, software design, customization, project management, implementation and training. Professional services are not considered essential to the functionality of our products, as these services do not alter the product capabilities and may be performed by our customers or by other vendors. Professional services engagements performed for a fixed fee, for which we are able to make reasonably dependable estimates of progress toward completion, are recognized on a proportional performance basis based on hours incurred and estimated hours of completion. Professional services engagements that are on a time and materials basis are recognized based on hours incurred. Revenues on all other professional services engagements are recognized upon completion. Our professional services may be sold with software products or on a stand-alone basis. Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE) of fair value for professional services is based upon the standard rates we charge for such services when sold separately.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of the Company is US dollars. For financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of GROUP were translated into US dollars. Assets and liabilities were translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet dates and revenue and expenses were translated at the average exchange rates and stockholders’ equity was translated at historical exchange rates. Any translation adjustments resulting are not included in determining net income but are included in foreign exchange adjustment to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity.

Other Provisions

According to FASB ASC 450 Contingencies, provisions are made whenever there is a current obligation to third parties resulting from a past event which is likely in the future to lead to an outflow of resources and of which the amount can be reliably estimated. Provisions not already resulting in an outflow of resources in the following year are recognized at their discounted settlement amount on the financial statement date. The discount taken is based on market interest rates. The settlement amount also includes the expected cost increases. Provisions are not set off against contribution claims. If the amended estimate leads to a reduction of the obligatory amount, the provision is proportionally reversed and the earnings are recognized in other operating earnings.

Deferred Taxes

Income taxes are provided in accordance with FASB Codification topic 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. A deferred tax asset or liability is recorded for all temporary differences between financial and tax reporting and net operating loss-carry forwards.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that, some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effect of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06 (ASU 2010-06), Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures which amends ASC Topic 820, adding new requirements for disclosures for Levels 1 and 2, separate disclosures of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements relating to Level 3 measurements and clarification of existing fair value disclosures.  ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the requirement to provide Level 3 activity of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis, which will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 (the Company’s fiscal year 2012); early adoption is permitted.  The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-06 to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.

In February 2010, FASB issued ASU 2010-9 Subsequent Events (Topic 855) Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements ("ASU 2010-9"). ASU 2010-9 amends disclosure requirements within Subtopic 855-10. An entity that is an SEC filer is not required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. This change alleviates potential conflicts between Subtopic 855-10 and the SEC's requirements. ASU 2010-9 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-09 to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.

Effective July 1, 2010, we adopted the update to the accounting standard regarding derivatives and hedging (Topic 815). This update clarifies how to determine whether embedded credit derivatives, including those interests held in collateralized debt obligations and synthetic collateralized debt obligations, should be bifurcated and accounted for separately. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on our results of operations.

In December 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ASU 2010-29, Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations (Topic 805). The update requires public companies to disclose pro forma information for business combinations that occur in the current reporting period. The disclosures include pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the year had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period. This guidance is effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. The Company’s adoption of FASB ASU No. 2010-29 effective December 1, 2010 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position but did result in additional disclosures.

A variety of proposed or otherwise potential accounting standards are currently under study by standard-setting organizations and various regulatory agencies. Because of the tentative and preliminary nature of these proposed standards, management has not determined whether implementation of such proposed standards would be material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Principles of Consolidation and Reverse Acquisition

As previously disclosed, the Company originally exchanged a total of 5,405,411 shares of common stock in exchange for 50.1% of the outstanding common shares of GROUP (and retained it’s 50.1% shareholding by acquiring an additional 883,765 shares of GROUP on February 27, 2012). Although the Company was the legal acquirer, the transaction was accounted for as a recapitalization of GROUP in the form of a reverse merger, whereby GROUP became the accounting acquirer and was deemed to have retroactively adopted the capital structure of the Corporation. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the historical consolidated financial statements of GROUP for all periods presented, and do not include the historical financial statements of the Company. All costs associated with the reverse merger transaction were expensed as incurred. Those expenses totaled approximately $300,000 and were included in professional fees in administrative expenses.

The Company has based its financial reporting for the consolidation with GROUP in accordance with FASB Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 805-40 as it relates to reverse acquisitions. Goodwill has been measured as the excess of the fair value of the consideration effectively transferred by the Company, the acquire, for financial reporting purposes, over the net amount of the Company’s recognized identifiable assets and liabilities.

We have recorded the acquired assets and liabilities of GBSX on the acquisition date of January 6, 2011, at their fair value and the operations of GBSX have been included in the consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date.

The assets and liabilities of GROUP, the acquirer for financial reporting purposes, are measured and recognized in the consolidated financial statements at their precombination carrying amounts in accordance with ASC 805-40-45-2(a). Therefore, in a reverse acquisition, the non-controlling interest reflects the non-controlling shareholders’ proportionate interest in the pre-combination carrying amounts of GROUP’s net assets even though the non-controlling interests in other acquisitions are measured at their fair values at the acquisition date.

It should also be noted that the Company and GROUP have different year-end reporting dates. The Company’s fiscal year-end reporting date is March 31 and GROUP’s calendar year-end reporting date is December 31. The consolidation of these entities for financial reporting purposes has been performed without any adjustments for timing differences between these two reporting dates in accordance Regulation S-X Rule 3A-02.

The purpose of the acquisition was to allow GROUP easier access to American financial markets. Goodwill recognized of $9,324,000 was recorded upon consolidation and was calculated as the value of the consideration given less the value of the asset received. The resulting goodwill represents the benefit to be gained by gaining entry into American financial markets.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk.

Disclosure by the Company is not required under Form 10-K and Item 305 of Regulation S-K due to the fact that the Company is a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders of

GBS Enterprises Incorporated:

We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of GBS Enterprises Incorporated as of March 31, 2012 and 2011 and the related consolidated statements of operations, equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express and opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of GROUP Business Software AG as of March 31, 2012 or for the year then ended. That company is a 50.1 per cent owned subsidiary, which statements reflect total assets and revenues constituting 58% and 52% percent respectively, of the related consolidated total. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report has been furnished to us and whose opinion is as of December 31, 2011 and for the year then ended. Our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for GROUP Business Software AG, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial . An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluation the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of the other auditors, these consolidated financial statements referred to above, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of GBS Enterprises Incorporated as of March 31, 2012 and 2011 and the results of its consolidated operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Without qualifying our report, and because of the relative significance of the assets, we note that the reported values of goodwill and other intangibles is contingent upon the Company attaining projected revenues from new product lines. Accordingly, failure to attain those projections would negatively affect those reported values.

Anlage 5

BESTÄTIGUNGSVERMERK DES ABSCHLUSSPRÜFERS

Wir haben den Jahresabschluss – bestehend aus Bilanz, Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung sowie Anhang - unter Einbeziehung der Buchführung und den Lagebericht der GROUP Business Software AG, Eisenach, für das Geschäftsjahr vom 1. Januar 2011 bis 31. Dezember 2011 geprüft. Die Buchführung und die Aufstellung von Jahresabschluss und Lagebericht nach den deutschen handelsrechtlichen Vorschriften liegen in der Verantwortung der gesetzlichen Vertreter der Gesellschaft. Unsere Aufgabe ist es, auf der Grundlage der von uns durchgeführten Prüfung eine Beurteilung über den Jahresabschluss unter Einbeziehung der Buchführung und über den Lagebericht abzugeben.

Wir haben unsere Jahresabschlussprüfung nach § 317 HGB unter Beachtung der vom Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW) festgestellten deutschen Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Abschlussprüfung vorgenommen. Danach ist die Prüfung so zu planen und durchzuführen, dass Unrichtigkeiten und Verstöße, die sich auf die Darstellung des durch den Jahresabschluss unter Beachtung der Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung und durch den Lagebericht vermittelten Bildes der Vermögens-, Finanz- und Ertragslage wesentlich auswirken, mit hinreichender Sicherheit erkannt werden. Bei der Festlegung der Prüfungshandlungen werden die Kenntnisse über die Geschäftstätigkeit und über das wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Umfeld der Gesellschaft sowie die Erwartungen über mögliche Fehler berücksichtigt. Im Rahmen der Prüfung werden die Wirksamkeit des rechnungslegungsbezogenen internen Kontrollsystems sowie Nachweise für die Angaben in Buchführung, Jahresabschluss und Lagebericht überwiegend auf der Basis von Stichpro- ben beurteilt. Die Prüfung umfasst die Beurteilung der angewandten Bilanzierungsgrund- sätze und der wesentlichen Einschätzungen der gesetzlichen Vertreter sowie die Würdi- gung der Gesamtdarstellung des Jahresabschlusses und des Lageberichts. Wir sind der Auffassung, dass unsere Prüfung eine hinreichend sichere Grundlage für unsere Beurteilung bildet.

Unsere Prüfung hat zu keinen Einwendungen geführt.

Nach unserer Beurteilung aufgrund der bei der Prüfung gewonnenen Erkenntnisse ent- spricht der Jahresabschluss den gesetzlichen Vorschriften und vermittelt unter Beachtung der Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Buchführung ein den tatsächlichen Verhältnissen entsprechendes Bild der Vermögens-, Finanz- und Ertragslage der Gesellschaft. Der Lagebericht steht in Einklang mit dem Jahresabschluss, vermittelt insgesamt ein zutreffendes Bild von der Lage der Gesellschaft und stellt die Chancen und Risiken der zukünftigen Entwicklung zutreffend dar.

Ohne diese Beurteilung einzuschränken, weisen wir auf die Ausführungen im Lagebericht hin. Dort ist in Abschnitt 9.2 ausgeführt, dass die Liquditätslage der Gesellschaft angespannt ist und die Werthaltigkeit der immateriellen Vermögensgegenstände des Anlagevermögens sowie der Finanzanlagen vom Erfolg der neuen Produktlinien Transformer und GroupLive abhängt. Ein Ausbleiben des planmäßigen Erfolgs dieser Produktlinien kann den Fortbestand der Gesellschaft gefährden.

Stuttgart, den 23. Mai 2012

Grant Thornton GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

The following repetition of the auditor’s opinion in English language is for translation purposes only:

Auditor’s opinion:

We have audited the annual financial statements – comprising balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes – together with the bookkeeping system and the management report of GROUP Business Software AG, Eisenach, for the business year from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. The maintenance of the books and records and the preparation of the annual financial statements and management report in accordance with German commercial law are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the annual financial statements, together with the book- keeping system, and the management report based on our audit.

We conducted our audit of the annual financial statements in accordance with section 317 HGB [German Commercial Code] and German generally accepted standards for the audit of financial statements promulgated by the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer [Institute of Public Auditors in Germany] (IDW). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit such that misstatements, whether due to error or fraud, materially affecting the presentation of the net assets, financial position and results of operations in the annual financial statements in accordance with German principles of proper accounting and in the management report are detected with reasonable assurance. Knowledge of the business activities and the economic and legal environment of the company and expectations as to possible misstatements are taken into account in the determination of audit procedures. The effectiveness of the accounting-related internal control system and the evidence supporting the disclosures in the books and records, the annual financial statements and the management report are examined primarily on a test basis within the framework of the audit. The audit includes an assessment of the accounting principles used and sig- nificant estimates made by management, as well as an evaluation of the overall presentation of the annual financial statements and management report. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Our audit has not led to any reservations.

In our opinion, based on the findings of our audit, the annual financial statements comply with legal requirements and give a true and fair view of the net assets, financial position and results of operations of the company in accordance with German principles of proper accounting. The management report is consistent with the annual financial statements and as a whole provides a suitable view of the company’s position and suitably presents the opportunities and risks of future development.

Without qualifying this opinion, we refer to the explanations in the management report. In section 9.2 of the management report there is noted that the liquidity of the company is tight and that the valuation and validity of the intangible fixed assets and of the financial fixed assets is depending on the success of the new product lines Transformer und GroupLive. A missing of the planned success of these product lines can endanger the existence of the company.

Stuttgart, May 23, 2012

Grant Thornton GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

GBS Enterprises Incorporated

Consolidated Balance Sheets

March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011

(Audited) 

GBS Enterprises Incorporated

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Years Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

(Audited) 

GBS Enterprises Incorporated

Consolidated Statements of Equity

For the period from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012

(Audited) 

GBS Enterprises Incorporated

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the twelve months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

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as of March 31, 2012

Notes on the Annual Financial Statement for the Business Year

Ending March 31, 2012

GBS Enterprises Incorporated

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as of March 31, 2012

Note 1            COMPANY AND BACKGROUND

GBS Enterprises Incorporated, a Nevada corporation, through its subsidiaries, is a global provider of technology solutions for businesses and government agencies. We focus on developing and delivering solutions that help our customers to gain value and reduce cost in the development, deployment and management of the applications used in the course of conducting their business (“business applications”). We do this by building software and providing services that aid in:

Our customers include corporate and government IT departments, solutions integrators (“SIs”) and independent software vendors (“ISVs”). Our corporate customers are from a variety of industries, including insurance, financial services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and education. The install-base of our software products spans more than 5,000,000 users in 38 countries on four continents. We principally market and sell our products and services directly in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordics and India; and indirectly through local distributors and resellers representing Australia, South America and regionally in Europe.

Our software and services are designed to mainly serve organizations that have investments in IBM’s Lotus® Notes and Domino platform. The IBM Lotus® Notes and Domino platform is both a system for enterprise email as well as an application platform, meaning that it can be used as both an email system and an environment in which business applications can be deployed and used. This platform was originally brought to market by Lotus Development Corp. in 1989, and was subsequently acquired by IBM in 1995. According to IBM, there were 145 million licenses sold worldwide for Lotus Notes through 2008 (Source: “Global Businesses Choosing Lotus Software” IBM Press Release January 15, 2009).

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During the last five years, we, through our subsidiaries, have executed our strategy to acquire companies which have developed software and specialized services for the Lotus Notes and Domino market. This growth by acquisition strategy has resulted in less competition for our software products; a large concentration of highly skilled employees with unique expertise in the area of Lotus Notes and Domino; staff and physical offices on three continents providing greater access to a global market; significant market awareness and greater market share amongst organizations that use Lotus Notes and Domino; and a comprehensive portfolio of solutions specific to the needs and requirements of organizations which use Lotus Notes and Domino.

While our products and services remain in use and demand, over the last several years, the market itself has been undergoing a paradigm shift. New technologies, especially in the areas of Cloud Computing and Mobile applications, have grown in popularity due to the potential cost savings and operational efficiencies they can offer. As organizations make investments in these new technologies, they are faced with highly complex and costly projects to migrate (“migration”) or replace their existing systems that don’t operate in the cloud or on mobile devices (“modernization”) – this includes their existing email and business applications that run on Lotus Notes and Domino.

To that end, we have acquired and developed technologies that help organizations reduce the time, cost, resources and risks associated with these highly complex migration and modernization projects.

General Corporate History

We were incorporated in Nevada on March 20, 2007 as SWAV Enterprises Ltd. (“SWAV”). SWAV was an importer and wholesaler of Chinese manufactured goods.

On April 26, 2010, SWAV purchased certain technology assets of Lotus Holdings Ltd. (“Lotus”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement in consideration for aggregate of 2,265,240 shares of SWAV common stock. Also on April 26, 2010, Lotus (on behalf of the SPPEF Members as discussed below) purchased an aggregate of 11,984,770 of the outstanding shares of common stock from the selling shareholders of SWAV in consideration for an aggregate purchase price of $370,000. As a result of the two sets of transactions, Lotus owned an aggregate of 14,250,010 shares of common stock of SWAV, representing approximately 95.0% of the 15,000,000 shares of SWAV common stock outstanding on April 26, 2010.

On September 6, 2010, SWAV’s name was changed to GBS Enterprises Incorporated. On October 14, 2010, the Company’s trading symbol on the OTC Bulletin Board was changed from SWAV to GBSX.

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About Lotus Holdings, Ltd.

Lotus is a holding company which was formed under the laws of Gibraltar for the purpose of financing merger and acquisition projects, specifically in the niche market of small or microcap companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with complex shareholder structures and whose stock is trading below one Euro (€1.00) per share.

SPPEFs

Lotus typically finances its merger and acquisition projects through the use of Special Purpose Private Equity Funds (“SPPEFs”). Typically, SPPEFs are funded by a company’s major shareholders (the “Major Shareholders”) seeking to raise capital for projects and who fund at least 50% of the SPPEF, with the remaining portion being provided through the investment community and network of investors in Lotus. Each SPPEF is co-managed by a representative of the company’s Major Shareholders (the “Representative Secretary”) and an attorney appointed by Lotus (the “Lotus Representative”).

On February 25, 2010, a group of shareholders (the “GROUP Major Shareholders”) of GROUP Business Software AG, a German public company trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “INW” (“GROUP”), engaged Lotus to provide financial consulting and advisory services, on a non-exclusive basis, for the primary task of establishing a SPPEF. On March 12, 2010, the GROUP Major Shareholders and Lotus established and funded a SPPEF with $1,400,000, consisting of $1,000,000 from the GROUP Major Shareholders and $400,000 from a Lotus investor (collectively, the “SPPEF Members”).

In early April 2010, the SPPEF Members decided to acquire SWAV. As disclosed above, on April 26, 2010, Lotus, on behalf of the SPPEF Members, acquired an aggregate of 11,984,770 shares of SWAV common stock from the selling shareholders of SWAV for an aggregate purchase price of $370,000. The 11,984,770 shares of SWAV common stock shares represented approximately 79.9% of the 15,000,000 outstanding shares of SWAV common stock on April 26, 2010. Upon the consummation of the acquisition, the then executive officers and directors of SWAV resigned and Mr. Joerg Ott, the Chief Executive Officer of GROUP and a GROUP Major Shareholder, was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of SWAV and sole member of SWAV’s Board of Directors.

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Transactions following the acquisition

On November 1, 2010, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 3,043,985 of the 11,984,770 shares of the Company’s common stock originally purchased by Lotus on April 26, 2010. In consideration for the 3,043,985 shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company issued to Lotus a Secured Demand Note, dated November 1, 2010 (the “First Demand Note”), for the principal amount of $300,000 bearing interest at the rate of 5% per annum. The First Demand Note was repaid in September 2011.

Effective December 30, 2010, pursuant to securities purchase agreements between the Company and six GROUP Major Shareholders, the Company purchased an aggregate of 7,115,500 shares of GROUP common stock from the six GROUP Major Shareholders in consideration for an aggregate for 3,043,985 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “December Transaction”). As a result the Company owned approximately 28.2% of the outstanding common stock of GROUP.

Reverse Merger

After the December Transaction was completed, the additional GROUP Major Shareholders decided to accept the share swap offer from the Company and to effectuate a reverse merger of GROUP and the Company. To effectuate the reverse merger, on January 5, 2011, the Company repurchased from Lotus an aggregate of 2,361,426 of the 11,984,770 shares of the Company’s common stock originally purchased by Lotus on April 26, 2010. In consideration for these 2,361,426 shares, the Company issued to Lotus a Secured Demand Note, dated January 5, 2011 (the “Second Demand Note”), for the principal amount of $200,000 bearing interest at the rate of 5% per annum. The Second Demand Note was repaid in November 2011.

Effective January 6, 2011, pursuant to securities purchase agreements between the Company and the remaining GROUP Major Shareholders, the Company purchased an aggregate of 5,525,735 shares of GROUP common stock from the remaining GROUP Major Shareholders in consideration for an aggregate of 2,361,426 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “January Transaction”). The 5,525,735 GROUP shares represented approximately 21.9% of the outstanding shares of common stock of GROUP. As a result of the December Transaction and January Transaction, the Company purchased an aggregate of 12,641,235 shares of GROUP from the GROUP Major Shareholders in consideration for an aggregate of 5,405,411 shares of the Company’s common stock, resulting in the Company owning approximately 50.1% of the outstanding common stock of GROUP and effectuating a reverse merger of the Company and GROUP whereby GROUP became the accounting acquirer.

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as of March 31, 2012

Additional Acquisition

On February 27, 2012, the Company acquired an additional 883,765 shares of common stock of GROUP to maintain its 50.1% ownership of GROUP. On February 27, 2012, an outstanding loan of GROUP was converted into an aggregate of 1,750,000 shares of GROUP common stock, thereby increasing GROUP’s outstanding common stock to 26,982,000 shares. As a result of the foregoing increase in the number of outstanding shares of GROUP common stock, the Company increased its ownership of GROUP common stock to an aggregate of 13,525,000 shares, representing approximately 50.1% of the outstanding common stock of GROUP. The Company purchased the 883,765 shares of GROUP common stock from GAVF LLC for an average purchase price of $0.70 per share, or approximately $619,000.

Acquisitions of Subsidiary Companies

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, the Company made four business acquisitions as described below:

Pavone AG

Effective April 1, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of Pavone AG, a German corporation, for $350,000 in cash and 1,000,000 shares of its common stock. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $4.90 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the acquisition. The total value of the investment, including the assumption of $ 583,991 in debt was $5,843,991. Pavone’s extensive workflow software for Lotus Notes and Domino along with their large customer base is well suited to GBS Enterprises portfolio strategy. The acquisition of Pavone complements GBS's majority ownership in GROUP and the Company believes that it further strengthens their leading industry position on the IBM Lotus Platforms and expands their cloud computing technology offerings beyond the IBM Lotus market. Pavone currently has offices in Germany and the UK. They have over 2,500 customers and over 150,000 users worldwide. Some of their customers include Deutsche Bundes Bank, BMW, Linde AG, Philips, British Sugar and Mahle Industries.

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as of March 31, 2012

GroupWare, Inc.

Effective June 1, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of GroupWare, Inc., a Florida corporation (“GroupWare”). As consideration the Company paid $250,000 and issued 250,000 shares of its common stock. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $4.34 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the acquisition. The total value of the investment, including the assumption of $ 694,617 in debt was $ 2,029,617. Upon the consummation of the acquisition, the management and board of GroupWare resigned and Joerg Ott, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and sole director, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and sole director of GroupWare. GroupWare is based in Lubeck, Germany with offices in St. Petersburg, Florida. GroupWare's ePDF server delivers centralized, network-wide PDF solutions for messaging, workflow, document, content and data management. The Company believes that the acquisition strengthens the GBS Transformer offering, which helps bring IBM Lotus Notes client applications to the web, by substituting traditional printing methods provided by the Notes client with simple-to-use print-to-PDF capabilities in the browser. In addition, GroupWare provides a solution for applications that are ready to be retired. With the ePDF Server, GBS customers can convert the entire contents of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino applications to a permanent and secure archive in PDF or PDF/A format, while preserving their ability to be full-text searched and ensuring that the critical application data is accessible in the future, when needed. GBS will deliver the application archiving capabilities via its GroupLive cloud, making it possible for customers and partners to take advantage of elastic cloud computing resources to rapidly process the application contents without the need to dedicate hardware on-site for temporary or intermittent processing jobs.

IDC Global, Inc.

On July 25, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of IDC Global, Inc. (IDC”), a Delaware corporation with offices in Chicago, New York, London and other key cities. Pursuant to the acquisition agreement of July 15, 2011, the Company agreed to issue the shareholders an aggregate of 800,000 shares of common stock and make a cash payment of $750,000. The agreement required an additional payment to the management shareholders of 80,000 shares of common stock and signing bonuses to personnel of $35,000. The Company also agreed to reimburse IDC up to $25,000 for incurred accounting and legal fees related to the transaction. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $3.50 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the agreement. The total value of the investment including debt assumption of $883,005 was $4,066,000. IDC is a privately held company that provides nationwide network and data center services. IDC delivers customized, high availability technology solutions for WAN, Wireless Services, Co-location & Hosting, Managed Services, and Network Security. IDC has data centers in Chicago, New York and London and other key cities. IDC is helping customers make the transition from large, static and expensive on-premise computing to dynamic, flexible and cost-effective off-premise computing. The Company believes that the acquisition of IDC provides it with the infrastructure needed to provide a comprehensive end-to-end solution for all customers regardless of their platform, and that it will prove to be especially beneficial to IBM Lotus Domino and Notes customers who finally have the same options as other platforms.

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SD Holdings, Ltd.

On September 27, 2011, the Company entered into an acquisition agreement with SD Holdings Ltd. (“SYN”), a Mauritius corporation and the shareholders of SYN (the “Selling Shareholders”) owning 100% of issued and outstanding shares of SYN. SYN owns 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Synaptris, Inc. a California corporation (“Synaptris”), and 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Synaptris Decisions Private Limited, an India company.

Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, the Company purchased one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of SYN (“SYN Shares”) effective November 1, 2011 in consideration for $525,529 and agreed to issue 700,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment. Actual shares issued were 612,874. The fair value of the common stock was determined to be $2.05 per share, representing the market value at the end of trading on the date of the agreement. The total value of the investment, including debt assumed of $436,668 was $2,218,647.

Synaptris’ product portfolio improves corporate decision-making by providing real-time enterprise reporting, user defined dashboards, and comprehensive analytic capabilities for Lotus Notes / Domino and Java/.NET environments. Synaptris employs 70 people and has operations in the US, Europe, and India, with over 2,500 customers in 80 countries, including over one hundred Fortune 1000 companies.   Some of their customers include ABB, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Standard Life Insurance, ABN Amro Bank, Dunlop, Caterpillar, Philips International BV, and Electrolux.

With the integration of the Synaptris product portfolio, we added another tier of Lotus Notes applications including reporting products, advanced dashboards, and email productivity solutions. Additionally, the Synaptris acquisition included a comprehensive search engine specialized for use with email that is faster and easier to use than other products in the market.

In addition to product synergy and additional revenue streams, we expect to derive operational synergy from this acquisition.  Synaptris’ presence in India is anticipated to accelerate our plan to expand our product development team particularly for our strategic offerings in India.

With the exception of SD Holdings, Ltd which is valued at March 31, 2012, the assets and liabilities of these above companies represent their values as of December 31, 2011. All are included in these consolidated financial statements.

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Note 2            ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the more significant of which are as follows:

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) authoritative guidance regarding segment reporting establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports. It also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company has determined that it operates in only one segment – the development and maintenance of computer software programs and support products.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company adopted the FASB Codification topic (“ASC”) 220, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, which establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements. Comprehensive income consists of net income and other gains and losses affecting stockholder's equity that are excluded from net income, such as unrealized gains and losses on investments available for sale, foreign currency translation gains and losses and minimum pension liability. Since inception, the Company’s other comprehensive income represents foreign currency translation adjustments and small net actuarial losses on pension plans.

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Net Income per Common Share

ASC 260, “Earnings per share”, requires dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) with a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the EPS computations. Basic earnings per share amounts are based on the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding. If applicable, diluted earnings per share would assume the conversion, exercise or issuance of all potential common stock instruments such as options, warrants and convertible securities, unless the effect is to reduce a loss or increase earnings per share. Diluted net income (loss) per share on the potential exercise of the equity-based financial instruments is not presented where anti-dilutive. Accordingly, although the diluted weighted average number of common stock outstanding is disclosed on the statements of operation, the calculated net loss per share is the same for both the basic and diluted as both are based on the basic weighted average of common stock outstanding. There were no adjustments required to net income for the period presented in the computation of diluted earnings per share.

Financial Instruments

Financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts and other receivable, financial assets, notes payable, liabilities to banks, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities, due to related parties and retirement benefit obligations. Financial assets and liabilities are measured upon first recognition and reviewed at the financial statement date. Changes in fair value are recognized through profit and loss. Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest or credit risks arising from these financial instruments.

Currency Risk

We use the US dollar as our reporting currency. The functional currencies of our significant foreign subsidiaries are the local currency, which includes the Euro, the British pound and the Indian rupee. Accordingly, some assets and liabilities are incurred in those currency and we are subject to foreign currency risks. One of the Company’s subsidiary companies, Synaptris Decisions Private Limited, uses forward currency contracts, as a hedge against currency fluctuations between the US dollar and the Indian rupee.

Derivatives

The forward currency contracts are accounted for as fair value derivatives and are shown gross, with both asset and liability recorded at fair value. At period end the change in fair value is included in net income for the period.

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Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”, for all financial instruments and non-financial instruments accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis. This new accounting standard establishes a single definition of fair value and a framework for measuring fair value, sets out a fair value hierarchy to be used to classify the source of information used in fair value measurement and expands disclosures about fair value measurements required under other accounting pronouncements. It does not change existing guidance as to whether or not an instrument is carried at fair value. The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities, which are required to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact and the market-based risk measurements or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and credit risk.

The Company has adopted ASC 825, Financial Instruments, which allows companies to choose to measure eligible financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not required to be measured at fair value. The Company has not elected the fair value option for any eligible financial instruments.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.

Inventories

Pursuant to ASC 330 (Inventories), inventories held for sale are recognized under inventories. Inventories were measured at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on a first-in-first out basis, without any overhead component.

Goodwill and other Intangible Assets

Intangible assets predominately comprise goodwill, acquired software and capitalized software development services. Intangible assets acquired in exchange for payment are reflected as acquisition costs. If the development costs can be capitalized per ASC 985-20-25, these are reflected as ascribable personnel and overhead costs.

Company created software can be intended for sale to third parties or used by the Company itself. If the conditions for capitalization are not met, the expenses are recorded with their effect on profit in the year in which they were incurred.

The Company amortizes intangible assets with a limited useful life to the estimated residual book value in accordance with ASC regulations. In addition, in special circumstances according to ASC 350-30, a recoverability test is performed and, if applicable, unscheduled amortization is considered.

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The useful life of acquired software is between three and five years and three years for Company-designed software.

Intangible assets obtained as part of an acquisition which do not meet the criteria for a separate entry are identified as goodwill and are reviewed once a year as to their recoverability in the form of an impairment test. If they are no longer recoverable, an unscheduled amortization expense entry is performed.

In addition, an impairment test, whereby the appraised fair value of the invested capital of the reporting unit, is compared with the carrying (book) value of its invested capital amount, including goodwill.

If the appraised value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered to be impaired. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the appraised fair value, an impairment test based on use value is necessary in order to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any.

Use value is generally used in order to determine the recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets with an indefinite useful life. The current plan prepared by the management serves as the basis for this policy. The planning assumptions are each adjusted for the current state of knowledge. Reasonable assumptions regarding macroeconomic trends and historical developments are taken into account in making these adjustments. Future estimated cash flows are essentially determined based on the expected growth rates of the markets in question.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are valued at acquisition or manufacturing costs, reduced by scheduled and, if necessary, unscheduled depreciation. Fixed assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis, prorated over their expected useful life. Scheduled depreciation is mainly based on useful lives of 3 to 10 years.

If fixed assets are sold, retired or scrapped, the profit or loss arising from the difference between the net sales proceeds and the residual book value are included under other operating earnings and expenses.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates the recoverability of its fixed assets and other assets in accordance with ASC topic, 360.10. This guidance requires recognition of impairment of long-lived assets in the event the net book value of such assets exceeds its expected cash flows, it is considered to be impaired and is written down to fair value, which is determined based on either discounted future cash flows or appraised values. No impairment has been recognized in the accounts.

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Revenue Recognition

Sources of Revenues:

License revenues

Our license revenues consist of revenues earned from the licensing of our software products. These products are generally licensed on a perpetual basis. Pricing models have generally been based either upon the physical infrastructure, such as the number of physical desktop computers or servers, on which our software runs or on a per user basis. License revenues are recognized when the elements of revenue recognition for the licensed software are complete, generally upon electronic shipment of the software and the software key to provide full access to all functionalities for our customers. In general our invoices reflect license, service and maintenance components. In the case of multi element contracts, the revenues allocated to the software license represent the residual amount of the contract after the fair value of the other elements has been determined. Certain products of our software offering are licensed on a subscription basis.

Software maintenance revenues

Software maintenance revenues are recognized ratably on a pro-rata basis over the range of the contract period. Our contract periods typically range from one to five years. Vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value for software maintenance services is established by the rates charged in stand-alone sales of software maintenance contracts or the stated renewal rate for software maintenance. Customers who are party to software maintenance agreements with us are entitled to receive support, product updates and upgrades on a when-and-if-available basis.

Professional services revenues

Professional services include pre-project consulting, software design, customization, project management, implementation and training. Professional services are not considered essential to the functionality of our products, as these services do not alter the product capabilities and may be performed by our customers or by other vendors. Professional services engagements performed for a fixed fee, for which we are able to make reasonably dependable estimates of progress toward completion, are recognized on a proportional performance basis based on hours incurred and estimated hours of completion. Professional services engagements that are on a time and materials basis are recognized based on hours incurred. Revenues on all other professional services engagements are recognized upon completion. Our professional services may be sold with software products or on a stand-alone basis. Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (VSOE) of fair value for professional services is based upon the standard rates we charge for such services when sold separately.

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Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of the Company is US dollars. For financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of the subsidiary companies whose functional currency is other than US dollars were translated into US dollars using the current rate method. Assets and liabilities were translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet dates, revenue and expenses were translated at the average exchange rates and stockholders’ equity was translated at historical exchange rates. Any translation adjustments resulting are not included in determining net income but are included in foreign exchange adjustment to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity.

Other Provisions

According to FASB ASC 450 “Contingencies”, provisions are made whenever there is a current obligation to third parties resulting from a past event which is likely in the future to lead to an outflow of resources and of which the amount can be reliably estimated. Provisions not already resulting in an outflow of resources in the following year are recognized at their discounted settlement amount on the financial statement date. The discount taken is based on market interest rates. The settlement amount also includes the expected cost increases. Provisions are not set off against contribution claims. If the amended estimate leads to a reduction of the obligatory amount, the provision is proportionally reversed and the earnings are recognized in other operating earnings.

Deferred Taxes

Income taxes are provided in accordance with FASB Codification topic 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. A deferred tax asset or liability is recorded for all temporary differences between financial and tax reporting and net operating loss-carry forwards.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that, some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effect of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income”, to provide guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance eliminated the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. The guidance allows two presentation alternatives: (1) present items of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement, referred to as the statement of comprehensive income; or (2) in two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and other comprehensive income. This guidance is effective as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted, but full retrospective application is required under both sets of accounting standards. The Company is currently evaluation which presentation alternative it will utilize.

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In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”, in an effort to improve comparability between US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) with regard to the presentation of offsetting assets and liabilities on the statement of financial position arising from financial and derivative instruments, and repurchase agreements. The ASU establishes additional disclosures presenting the gross amounts or recognized assets and liabilities, offsetting amounts, and the net balance reflect4d in the statement of financial position. Descriptive information regarding the nature and rights of the offset must also be disclosed. The adoption of this new guidance is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.

A variety of proposed or otherwise potential accounting standards are currently under study by standard-setting organizations and various regulatory agencies. Because of the tentative and preliminary nature of these proposed standards, management has not determined whether implementation of such proposed standards would be material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements

Off - Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

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Principles of Consolidation and Reverse Acquisition

As previously disclosed, the Company has exchanged a total of 5,405,411 shares of common stock in exchange for 50.1% of the outstanding common shares of GROUP. Although the Company was the legal acquirer, the transaction was accounted for as a recapitalization of GROUP in the form of a reverse merger, whereby GROUP becomes the accounting acquirer and is deemed to have retroactively adopted the capital structure of the Corporation. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the historical consolidated financial statements of GROUP for periods presented prior to January 6, 2011. All costs associated with the reverse merger transaction were expensed as incurred. Those expenses totaled approximately $300,000 and were included in professional fees in administrative expenses.

The Company has based its financial reporting for the consolidation with GROUP in accordance with the FASB ASC 805-40 as it relates to reverse acquisitions. Goodwill has been measured as the excess of the fair value of the consideration effectively transferred by the Company, the acquiree, for financial reporting purposes, over the net amount of the Company’s recognized identifiable assets and liabilities.

We have recorded the acquired assets and liabilities of GBSX on the acquisition date of January 6, 2011, at their fair value and the operations of GBSX have been included in the consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date.

The assets and liabilities of GROUP, the acquirer for financial reporting purposes, are measured and recognized in the consolidated financial statements at their precombination carrying amounts in accordance with ASC 805-40-45-2(a). Therefore, the non-controlling interest reflects the non-controlling shareholders’ proportionate interest in the pre-combination carrying amounts of GROUP’s net assets even though the non-controlling interests in other acquisitions are measured at their fair values at the acquisition date.

The purpose of the acquisition was to allow GROUP easier access to American financial markets. Goodwill recognized of $8,705,528 was recorded upon consolidation and was calculated as the value of the consideration given less the value of the asset received. The resulting goodwill represents the benefit to be gained by gaining entry into American financial markets.

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Fiscal year-end reporting

As noted above, GROUP is a publicly traded company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It has always reported on that exchange using a December 31 year-end reporting date. The Company’s other subsidiary companies, with the exception of SD Holdings, also have December 31 year-ends. GBSX and SD Holdings have March 31 year-ends. The consolidation of these entities for financial reporting purposes for the Company’s March 31 year-end has been performed without any adjustments for timing differences between these two reporting dates in accordance Regulation S-X Rule 3A-02 (the ‘93 day rule”). Intervening events which materially affect the financial position or results of operations have been recognized.

Note 3            SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

The subsidiaries listed below were included in the basis of consolidation; in the previous year, there were eight of these subsidiaries (KUSD = 1,000’s of US Dollars).

A domination and profit transfer agreement was in place between GROUP Business Software AG as the dominating company and Group Technologies GmbH for the last reporting period. GROUP Business Software AG sold this Company on March 08, 2012 for a price of 49 KUSD.

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On September 2, 2011, GROUP Business Software AG acquired the outstanding 0.5% of Relavis Corporation.

Note 4            ASSOCIATED COMPANY

Due to the absence of domination/control, B.E.R.S. AD, Varna, Bulgaria was treated an associated company in the consolidated financial statements. GROUP Business Software AG's acquired B.E.R.S AD for 265 (KEUR). The investment, representing 50% of B.E.R.S. AD has been accounted for on the equity basis, with the Company’s proportionate share of income being recorded in the consolidated statement of operations with a corresponding adjustment to the asset carrying value. In fiscal 2012, the proportion share of the loss was 35 KUSD (previous year: 59 KUSD.)

Note 5            CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

As of the financial statement date, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled 1,503 KUSD (previous year: 8,531 KUSD). Included in that amount are cash equivalents of 12 KUSD (previous year: 20 KUSD). 253 KUSD are in accounts that are subject to federal deposit insurance as of the financial statement date (previous year: 250 KUSD.)

Note 6            ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Receivables are generally measured at their nominal value and taking into account all foreseeable risks. Probable default risks are handled with specific allowances for bad debts. With regard to the trade receivables which are neither impaired nor delinquent, there are no indications as of the financial statement date that the debtors will not meet their payment obligations.

Bad Debt of expense was 902.3 KUSD in the 2012 fiscal year for the derecognition of receivables (None in 2011 fiscal year.) The residual term of the receivables is less than one year with the exception of deposits provided as security presented under Other Financial Assets.

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Note 7            PREPAID EXPENSES

Prepaid expenses in the amount of 460 KUSD (previous year: 1,423 KUSD) were primarily recorded for prepaid rent and advance on technological collaboration events.

Note 8            ASSETS HELD FOR RESALE

In fiscal 2012, the outgoing assets associated with the sale of Group Technologies GmbH, were recognized under this category in the amount of 24,107 KUSD. A breakdown of the assets included is disclosed below.

Note 9            OTHER RECEIVABLES - CURRENT

The largest individual item under other receivables represents security deposits (497 KUSD; previous year: 224 KUSD). Also included herein are derivatives used for hedging (395 KUSD), warrant sale proceeds held in escrow (250 KUSD); receivable from the sale of GEDYS IntraWare GmbH (233 KUSD) and Other (100 KUSD). The derivatives represent forward contracts entered into by a subsidiary which require them to deliver U.S. dollar (USD) and receive Indian Rupees (INR) at agreed upon forward rates. The receivables represent USD to be received at the delivery date and payables (of 409 KUSD) represent INR to be paid exchanged at the year-end rate. Contracts were entered into beginning November, 2011 to February, 2012 to be delivered by April, 2012 to October, 2012. Included in operations is an unrealized foreign exchange gain of 9,440 USD.

Note 10             PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Fixed assets are measured at cost less scheduled straight-line depreciation.

Depreciation of the computer hardware listed as office equipment is distributed over a period of three to five years. The depreciation period for other office equipment is three to ten years. Office furnishings are depreciated over a period of eight to ten years. Leasehold Improvements are depreciated up to 40 years.

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Note 11             LONG TERM FINANCIAL ASSETS

The major components of the Financial Assets include the following:

Note 12             GOODWILL

Goodwill arises from the following business acquisitions:

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During the year ended March 31, 2012, the Company recognized 11,996.8 KUSD in impairment on amounts shown as goodwill in the 2011 fiscal year.

Note 13             SOFTWARE

Development costs

The costs of developing new software products and updating products already marketed by the Company are generally recognized as expenses in the period in which they arise. Provided they meet the conditions for capitalization as per FASB ASC 985-20-25, they are capitalized. Capitalized development costs can be attributed to the defined products. These products are technically realizable and there is a target market for them.

The development costs arising in the reporting period result from the personnel costs to be attributed to the development work as well as overhead costs, provided that these are related to the development work and do not represent general administrative costs. The ascribable overhead costs are directly recognized.

Capitalized development costs are generally amortized over a period of three years starting with the date of marketability of the new products or major releases.

Concessions, Industrial Property Rights, Licenses

The intangible financial assets carried in this item are licenses acquired in exchange for payment.

These financial assets are measured at acquisition cost less scheduled straight-line amortization. The assets added in the scope of the cost price allocation of the business divisions acquired this year.

The useful life spans were based uniformly throughout the Corporation on those used by the parent company. Scheduled amortization is performed over a period from three to ten years.

The useful life of the domain “gbs.com”, acquired during the previous year, was estimated as unlimited. This is because no other legal, contractual or other factors exist which would limit its useful life. It is not systematically amortized, but rather annually and also, whenever there are signs pointing to impairment, it is tested for its recoverability and if necessary written down to the amount which could be obtained for it if sold.

Amortization of concessions, industrial property rights and similar rights and assets as well as licenses to such rights and assets is presented in the profit and loss statement under "Depreciation and Amortization."

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Note 14             OTHER ASSETS

Re-insurance claims of 93 KUSD from life insurance (reinsurance of pension obligations) were recognized as actuarial reserves. Corresponding communications by the insurance companies form the basis for the valuation. Earnings from interest on the financial assets were recognized according to the cost of liabilities from pension obligations presented in the pension plan costs. Also included are tax credits (31 KUSD) and other deposits (122 KUSD).

Note 15             NOTES PAYABLE

This item concerns the outside capital components of the convertible bond issue of GROUP in the amount of 1,381 KUSD (previous year: 1,440 KUSD.). The outside capital component of the convertible bond is carried at amortized cost according the effective interest method in compliance with the categorization pursuant to FASB ASC 815-15. The effective interest rate used as a basis as of the financial statement date is 6.16% (previous year: 6.61%). The debt is convertible at the rate of $1.44 debt to one share. The calculated value of the conversion feature was not material.

The term of the convertible bonds ends on December 31, 2011. In January, 2012, 1,286 KUSD was converted into shares of GROUP. The balance was repaid in cash.

Note 16             LIABILITIES TO BANKS - CURRENT

Short term liabilities to bank represent an operating line of credit, bearing interest at a 3.25% daily periodic rate with a credit limit of 100 KUSD.

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Note 17             ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Trade payables

As of the financial statement date, trade accounts payable amounted to 2,235 KUSD (previous year: 2,043 KUSD). Trade payables are carried at their repayment amount and all have a residual term of up to one year.

Tax accruals

As of the financial statement date, provisions for taxation were created in the amount of 2 KUSD (previous year: 112 KUSD).

Other Accrual

Other provisions are created in the amount necessary as of the financial statement date which is necessary, according to a reasonable commercial appraisal, in order to cover future payment obligations, perceivable risks as well as uncertain liabilities of the Company. The amounts deemed to be most likely in a careful assessment of the situation are accrued.