Security Capital Corporation Announces Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
18 November 2005 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
Security Capital Corporation (AMEX: SCC) (the "Company") announced
today results for the third quarter and nine months ended September
30, 2005. Dollar amounts are in thousands, except per share
amounts. Revenues for the third quarter of 2005 increased 19% to
$39,826 compared to $33,446 reported in the third quarter of 2004.
Revenues in the Employer Cost Containment and Health Services
segment for the third quarter of 2005 increased 17% to $35,897
compared to $30,560 reported in the third quarter of 2004 due to
the March 31, 2005 acquisition of Caronia Corporation, new
customers obtained in 2005 and the full-year effect of the strong
customer growth in 2004. Revenues in our Educational Services
segment for the third quarter of 2005 increased 36% to $3,929
compared to $2,886 reported in the third quarter of 2004 due to
increasing royalty fees and franchise fees. Royalty fees continue
to increase from enrollment increases at existing schools and the
royalties from newly opened schools. Franchise fees have increased
due to the opening of seven schools during the third quarter of
2005 compared to three in the third quarter of 2004. For the year,
Primrose has opened 18 new schools and is on target to open 24
schools in 2005. This compares to seven new schools opened for all
of 2004. Operating income for the third quarter of 2005 increased
10% to $4,116 compared to $3,750 in the third quarter of 2004. The
increase was driven primarily by operating income growth in the
Educational Services segment of 60% due to the increase in revenue
noted above. Operating income in the third quarter of 2005 for the
Employer Cost Containment and Health Services segment declined 16%
due to a one-time compensation charge of $720 relating to the
purchase of WC Holdings, Inc. ("WC") employee stock options. Income
from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2005 increased
57% to $1,866 compared to $1,185 in last year's third quarter due
to the improvement in operating income and lower interest expense,
primarily due to the repayment of a $30,000 high-coupon, Senior
Subordinated Promissory Note (the "Note") in September 2004. Income
available to common stockholders for the third quarter of 2005 was
$1,866, or $0.28 per basic share and $0.26 per diluted share,
compared to loss attributable to common stockholders of $1,799, or
$0.28 per basic share and $0.29 per diluted share, for the quarter
ended September 30, 2004. The loss attributable to common
stockholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 included a
loss from discontinued operations of $1,960, or $0.30 per basic and
diluted share, and preferred stock accretion of $1,024, or $0.16
per basic and diluted share. The Company's 2005 financial
statements no longer include the results of discontinued operations
due to their sale during 2004 or preferred stock accretion due to
the redemption of all outstanding preferred stock in 2004. During
the quarter, the Company acquired 979.88 shares of WC stock
directly from the minority stockholders of WC for total cash
consideration of $3,341. In addition, certain option holders of WC
exercised options to purchase shares of WC and, as a result, an
additional 408.41 shares of WC were issued. The net effect of the
Company's purchase of 979.88 shares of WC and the issuance of
408.41 shares of WC to the option holders increased the Company's
ownership interest in WC from 80% to 84.4%. Revenues for the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 increased 19% to $114,580 compared
to $96,635 reported in the nine months ended September 30, 2004.
Revenues in the Employer Cost Containment and Health Services
segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased 18%
to $103,960 compared to $88,252 reported for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004. Revenues in our Educational Services segment
for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased 27% to
$10,620 compared to $8,383 reported for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004. Operating income for the nine months ended
September 30, 2005 increased 9% to $12,468 compared to $11,416 in
the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Operating income for the
nine months ended September 30, 2005 includes the one-time
compensation charge of $720 noted above and expenses of $2,100 for
the internal independent investigation overseen by the Company's
Audit Committee from November 2004 to March 2005 (the
"Investigation"). Income from continuing operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 increased 106% to $7,282 compared
to $3,536 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 due to the
improvements in operating income noted above and lower interest
expense due to the repayment of the Note. Additionally, income from
continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2005
benefited from the reversal in the second quarter of 2005 of
previously provided tax reserves of $1,684 as management determined
that these reserves were no longer necessary. The reversal of the
reserves was recorded as a reduction of income tax expense,
resulting in an effective tax rate for the nine months ended
September 30, 2005 of 25.0% compared to 40.8% for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004. The reversal of these reserves did not
impact cash flows for the periods. Income available to common
stockholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was
$7,282, or $1.09 per basic share and $1.05 per diluted share,
compared to loss attributable to common stockholders of $518, or
$0.08 per basic share and $0.12 per diluted share, for the nine
months ended September 30, 2004. The loss attributable to common
stockholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 included
a loss from discontinued operations of $2,779, or $0.43 per basic
share and $0.42 per diluted share, and preferred stock accretion of
$1,275, or $0.20 per basic and diluted share. Cash used in
operations was $6,333 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005
compared to cash provided by operations of $7,721 during the nine
months ended September 30, 2004. Contributing to this decrease was
the timing of cash receipts of advance payments on certain customer
contracts and collections of accounts receivables. Certain
contracts require customers to make advance payments; however, due
to the timing of invoicing, the receipt of certain advance payments
was delayed. The collection of accounts receivable was also lower
through September 30, 2005 compared to September 30, 2004 due to an
increase in the aging of our accounts receivable portfolio. Also
contributing to the decrease in cash flows were significant cash
payments made during 2005 for the Investigation and our 2004
year-end audit. These decreases were partially offset by higher net
income. Management continues to pursue the sale of the Company
through a formal sales process with the assistance of UBS
Securities LLC. Interest from potential buyers has been
encouraging, and while the expectation is that the formal sale
process could be concluded during the first quarter of 2006, no
assurances can be given that the formal sale process will result in
the sale of the Company at an acceptable price. On October 31,
2005, Robert Bossart, former Chief Executive Officer of WC and WC's
wholly owned subsidiary, CompManagement Inc. ("CMI"), and Paul
Miller, former Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of WC
and CMI (collectively, the "Terminated Executives"), filed a
complaint against WC, CMI, CMI Management Company, CompManagement
Health Systems, Inc. and CompManagement Integrated Disability
Services, Inc. (collectively, the "CMI Companies"), claiming that
the Terminated Executives were not terminated for "just cause" by
the CMI Companies. Each of the Terminated Executives has filed a
single claim for breach of contract of his employment agreement
seeking unspecified damages. As previously disclosed, the
Terminated Executives were terminated for cause after the
Investigation found, among other things, that the Terminated
Executives owned, operated and controlled various entities that had
certain unauthorized and undisclosed transactional, operational and
financial relationships with the CMI Companies, resulting in
conflicts of interest. The Company believes that the Terminated
Executives' claims are without merit and intends to vigorously
contest this matter. Also as previously disclosed, the Company's
Board of Directors and Audit Committee continue to assess whether
to take additional actions with respect to the Terminated
Executives. The Company's two reportable segments are employer cost
containment and health services, and educational services. The
employer cost containment and health services segment consists of
WC Holdings, Inc., which provides services to employers and their
employees primarily relating to industrial health and safety,
industrial medical care, workers' compensation insurance and the
direct and indirect costs associated therewith. The educational
segment consists of Primrose Holdings, Inc., which is engaged in
the franchising of educational child care centers, with related
activities in real estate consulting and site selection services in
the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest. This release contains
"forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such statements are based on management's current expectations and
are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those described in
the forward-looking statements. Such factors and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to: future legislative changes which
could impact the laws governing workers' compensation and medical
malpractice insurance in the various states in which the Company's
employer cost containment and health services segment operates, the
Company's ability to enhance its existing services and successfully
introduce and market new services, new service developments by the
Company's competitors, market acceptance of new services of both
the Company and its competitors, competitive pressures on prices,
the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, interest
rates, the Company's ability to attract qualified franchisees or
access to financing for these franchisees, the effects on the
Company if a lender to one of the Company's subsidiaries utilizes
remedies available to it upon an event of default on loans at one
of the Company's subsidiaries and decisions relative to and the
outcome of any such decisions regarding strategic alternatives with
respect to maximizing stockholder value and enhancing stockholder
liquidity.
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