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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
OR
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission File No. 001-31299
MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 65-0865171 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
901 Yamato Road, Suite 110
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 322-1300
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class: | Name of each exchange on which registered: | |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
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 as of June 23, 2006 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $74,033,710. As of February 28, 2007, there were 30,261,988 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference:
Part III of this Form 10-K incorporates certain information by reference from the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2006.
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All references to “Medical Staffing Network,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K means Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.
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Item 1. | Business |
General Development of Business
We are a leading temporary healthcare staffing company and the largest provider of per diem nurse staffing services (staffing assignments of less than thirteen weeks in duration) in the United States as measured by revenues. Our per diem staffing assignments place our professionals, predominately nurses, at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in response to our clients’ temporary staffing needs. Our travel staffing assignments place our professionals at hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the country for assignments typically lasting thirteen weeks. We believe we are also a leading provider of radiology and diagnostic imaging specialties, clinical laboratory specialties, rehabilitation specialties, pharmacists and respiratory therapists, or “allied health” professionals, as measured by revenues. During 2004, we expanded our services to provide temporary general staffing. Our per diem general staffing assignments place individuals in a variety of areas including clerical, janitorial and food services. We believe that general staffing compliments our temporary healthcare staffing and makes us a full service provider to our existing clients.
We serve our clients through what we believe to be the largest temporary healthcare staffing network in the United States, which was comprised as of December 31, 2006 of over 100 per diem branches that provide nurse staffing on a per diem basis in 40 states. Our extensive client base includes approximately 7,000 healthcare facilities including leading for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, leading teaching hospitals and regional healthcare providers. We do not receive a material portion of our revenues from Medicare or Medicaid reimbursements or similar state reimbursement programs.
Our business has grown significantly since our founding in 1998. We call branches that we have opened since our inception “de novo” branches, as opposed to branches acquired from third parties. The majority of our branches werede novo branches as of December 31, 2006.
For the year ended December 31, 2006, we had revenues of $385.5 million and loss from operations of $28.3 million. Our fiscal year consists of 52/53 weeks ending on the last Sunday in December in each year. The year ended December 31, 2006 consisted of 53 weeks. Excluding the 53rd week, 2006 revenues would have been approximately $378.6 million. During the year ended December 31, 2006, we earned 75% of our revenues from our per diem nurse staffing assignments, 20% from our allied health assignments and 5% from our travel nurse staffing assignments.
We believe the flexibility of our service offerings provides substantial value to our clients and professionals. We provide our clients with significant assistance in managing their profitability by giving them a high degree of control in managing their labor costs without sacrificing clinical expertise. In addition, working on a per diem or short term contract basis allows our healthcare professionals substantial flexibility in balancing their careers with their lifestyle objectives.
We were formed as a Delaware corporation in 1998. Our predecessor corporation, Southeast Staffing Partners, Inc., a Florida corporation, was founded in June 1997.
Industry Overview
The temporary nurse staffing market has two major components: per diem nurse staffing and travel nurse staffing. Per diem nurse staffing is the largest sector of the temporary healthcare staffing industry, providing healthcare professionals for assignments of a single shift to thirteen weeks, and is used to meet local labor shortages and openings due to holidays, vacations, illness and staff turnover, as well as daily and seasonal fluctuations in hospital volume. The per diem nurse staffing market operates with many local operators and is highly fragmented. The per diem nurse staffing model requires a local presence in every market served because these short-term staffing needs are typically filled on a local basis, and is dependant on the relationship that exists between local operators, local professionals and the healthcare facility.
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In the travel nurse staffing market, healthcare facilities hire travel nurses on a contracted, fixed-term basis to meet seasonal fluctuations in hospital admissions levels for time periods ranging from several weeks to one year, but are typically thirteen weeks long. Travel nurse staffing companies coordinate travel and housing arrangements for their professionals who typically relocate to the area in which they are placed. The travel nurse staffing model utilizes a centralized approach to serving its clients.
Allied health staffing consists of highly specialized radiology and diagnostic imaging specialties, clinical laboratory specialties, rehabilitation specialties, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare vocations. These professionals are staffed on both a per diem and travel basis.
Service revenues and gross profit margins have been under pressure as demand for temporary nurses has been going through a period of contraction. However, the rate of service revenue contraction has slowed during the past year and gross profit margins increased during the past year. Due to the uncertain economic times, we believe that nurses in many households have become a primary wage earner, which has caused such nurses to seek more traditional full-time employment. Additionally, hospitals are experiencing lower than projected admissions levels and are placing greater reliance on existing full-time staff, resulting in increased overtime and nurse-patient loads.
We cannot predict when conditions will reverse, but we are confident in the long-term growth of the industry. In a January 2000 report, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Projections Bureau, projected that the number of Americans over 65 years of age is expected to grow from 34.5 million in 2000 to 53.7 million in 2020. In a July 2002 report, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that the national supply of full-time equivalent registered nurses was approximately 1.9 million while demand was approximately 2.0 million. This gap between supply and demand for nurses is expected to grow from 0.1 million in 2000 to 0.8 million by 2020. Additionally, there is a growing trend to restrict mandatory healthcare worker overtime requirements by employers and to establish nurse-patient ratios. Several states have enacted legislation establishing designated nurse to patient ratios and/or prohibiting mandatory overtime while other states have similar legislation pending. In conjunction with the aforementioned factors, we believe that the prospects for the healthcare staffing industry should improve as hospitals experience higher admissions levels and increasing shortages of healthcare workers.
Description of the Business
We provide hospitals and other healthcare facilities with a wide range of staffing services, including per diem nurses, allied health professionals and travel nurses. While we have a national presence, we operate on a local basis through an integrated network, which consisted of over 100 per diem branches in 40 states as of December 31, 2006, so that we may develop significant relationships with our clients and healthcare professionals and provide the highest level of service. We have provided services to over 7,000 healthcare facilities that have paid us directly for the services we provide.
Temporary Staffing Services Provided
The per diem nurse staffing portion of our business provides nurses for assignments with durations ranging from a single shift to a thirteen week assignment. We offer our clients all major classifications of nurses, including registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, across all specialties such as pediatric, geriatric, intensive care unit and cardiovascular. We provide per diem personnel to a variety of healthcare facilities including acute care hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and surgical and ambulatory care centers. We serve both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that range in scope from one facility to national chains with over 30 facilities. The allied health staffing portion of our business specializes in providing allied health professionals to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and surgical ambulatory care centers and retail pharmacies, both on a per diem and a travel basis. We believe our allied health staffing business to be among the largest in the country as measured by revenues. Allied health staffing specialties that we staff include diagnostic imaging and radiology technicians, clinical laboratory technicians, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare vocations. The travel nurse staffing portion of our business provides nurses and surgical technicians to hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the country for assignments typically lasting thirteen weeks.
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National Branch Network
We currently operate an integrated network, which consists of over 100 per diem branches located in 40 states as of December 31, 2006 as well as centralized travel nurse staffing and allied health offices. Our per diem branches are organized into several geographic regions, each of which is coordinated by a regional director. Our centralized travel staffing and allied health offices are national in scope. These offices serve as our direct contact with our healthcare professionals and clients and are active in recruiting, scheduling, and sales and marketing. Each per diem branch is responsible for covering a specific local geographic region. Our typical per diem branch is staffed with four or five professionals who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business. These professionals include a branch manager, two to three staffing coordinators, and a payroll administrator.
The cost structure of our typical per diem branch is primarily fixed, consisting of limited personnel, office space rent, information systems infrastructure and supplies. We have been able to develop a highly efficient branch management model that we believe is easily scaleable to meet increasing demand.
Recruitment and Retention
Our ability to recruit and retain a pool of talented, motivated and highly credentialed healthcare professionals is critical to our success. Our active pool of professionals was approximately 24,000 in 2006. We typically attract new recruits via word of mouth. The majority of our senior operations management have nursing or other clinical backgrounds. We believe this depth of clinical experience helps us understand the needs of clinical personnel and enhances our reputation in the industry as an advocate for nurses and other healthcare professionals, improving our ability to recruit such personnel. In addition, we offer competitive benefits packages that differentiate us from the smaller, local per diem staffing companies with which we compete, and which are typically unable to offer the package of services and benefits that we offer. We believe our competitive advantages in recruiting skilled personnel include the ability to offer the following opportunities to our personnel:
• | Flexible Staffing Assignments. We provide our professionals with the flexibility to tailor their staffing schedules to accommodate lifestyle choices. There are many reasons why qualified healthcare professionals choose to work on a per diem basis, but most are motivated by the ability to balance their profession with their other responsibilities and interests. Our professionals are able to choose not only when they work but also where they work. Our scheduling systems are designed to place our professionals in facilities and shifts where they have had a productive and positive experience with our clients. |
• | Competitive Benefits Package. We believe that we were the first per diem healthcare staffing company to offer a comprehensive benefits program for qualified per diem staff. Our program includes a matching 401(k) plan and access to group discounted benefits such as health, dental, life, disability and general liability insurances for healthcare professionals who work for us for a specified minimum number of hours per month for more than one month. |
• | Choice of Pay Frequency. Our ability to offer pay as frequently as daily provides our professionals with another key element of flexibility. Rather than waiting for the end of a traditional weekly or biweekly pay period, our professionals can be paid immediately after completing their shifts. This allows our branch staff to maintain an active dialogue with our professionals regarding future assignments. This consistent interaction fosters unique relationships that distinguish us from our competition. |
• | Leading Continuing Educational Programs. We also offer continuing education courses as a means to improve our pool of nurses as well as to maintain proper compliance. We have a unique relationship with Florida Atlantic University’s College of Nursing. The College of Nursing faculty develops continuing education courses that we offer online through our website. Our nurses can obtain continuing education units (CEUs) that many states require to educate our nurses regarding changing technology and clinical practices. Our courses are fully accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center of Excellence and the Florida Board of Nursing. |
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We have several proven recruitment channels that consistently augment our pool of healthcare professionals at low marginal cost. In 2006, we spent approximately 1% of our revenues on recruitment activities. Our recruiting activities include print advertisements in local newspapers and in trade journals, mailings, Internet listings and solicitations at trade conventions.
Quality Management
We have developed a substantial clinical quality improvement program to uphold our high standards in recruiting healthcare professionals. Our two-step internal process ensures that all of our temporary professionals have the proper credentials, skills and experience for their assignments. We have found that our adherence to high quality management standards is an integral component of satisfying both clients and professionals with our placements. Our two-step process for quality management includes the following:
Pre-employment Qualifications. All of our healthcare professionals undergo a rigorous screening process that includes requirements such as a minimum of one year of related work experience and the successful completion of written tests specific to their area of specialty. Each applicant is typically interviewed in person by local branch personnel. We believe this sets us apart from our competitors who may not conduct face-to-face interviews. We also check prior work references, confirm the validity of the applicant’s professional license(s) and screen the applicant for any criminal activity. We also typically perform drug screening to ensure total compliance with facility drug screen requirements. All of these standards comply with or exceed those required by Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and the Joint Commission.
Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services Certification. We completed the Joint Commission’s voluntary comprehensive certification review process in 2006 to earn its Gold Seal of Approval for the second consecutive year. We were the first national provider of per diem nursing services to achieve the Joint Commission’s Health Care Staffing Services Certification, which provides us with another competitive advantage in the per diem nursing staffing marketplace. The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects a commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
Placement and Ongoing Monitoring. Once we have hired a healthcare professional, we enter all of the professional’s data into our database, which tracks any “renewal dates” with respect to licenses and continuing education requirements. Our database also matches our clients’ needs with our available pool of professionals. We strive to place our professionals in facilities where they have previously worked in order to enhance the continuity of our services to our clients. If this is not possible, we provide our professionals with pre-staffing orientation to the facility. By taking these steps, we ensure that the healthcare professional is comfortable with the facility’s physical layout, permanent staff and clinical protocols. We also continually monitor the performance of our professionals through evaluations and client feedback, among other things. In addition, our clients may access our database remotely (via the Internet), which provides them the ability to view the credentials of the professionals being staffed at their facilities.
Sales and Marketing
We have developed a three-pronged approach to our sales and marketing activities in order to address the different levels of decision makers at our clients’ facilities:
Our first level of business development and relationship management is with the purchasing manager, administrator(s) or chief nursing officer at a group of facilities we service. Commonly-owned hospitals, nursing home chains and healthcare group alliances often purchase temporary staffing services for multiple facilities under a single contract, and a single person typically manages the selection process. A senior member of our staff, the regional director and, in certain circumstances, the Executive Vice President of Operations, negotiate contractual terms and pricing with such groups of facilities.
Our second level of business development and relationship management is with the director of nursing or a nurse/allied department manager who reviews our services from a clinical competency and quality hiring standards perspective. Our regional director and local branch manager establish, build and maintain relationships at this level.
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Our third level of business development and relationship management is with the facility staffing coordinators and the after-hours and weekend supervisors who are the actual users of the services. Our branch managers and local staffing coordinators regularly contact these buyers to coordinate the daily staffing and scheduling of personnel.
Information Systems
Our information system for our per diem staffing operation, for which we hold an exclusive twenty-five year license and which we refer to as MSN HealthWorks, is customized to our recruiting, regulatory credentialing, scheduling and billing needs. Not only is the database used as a management tool, but it is also used by our staffing coordinators in each branch to respond quickly to client questions and requests. MSN HealthWorks’ applications and its supporting infrastructure house and organize all of our client and employee information. Electronic files are maintained on our client facilities, detailing historical and prospective requests for staffing. These files also contain facility-specific procedures and protocols so that we can ensure that our healthcare professionals integrate quickly. Each employee’s electronic file contains the employee’s credentials, test scores, employment record and availability. This data enables our branch-office staff to automatically match open requests with qualified candidates.
MSN HealthWorks also monitors billing records using time cards to generate invoices for our clients and paycheck information for our employees. MSN HealthWorks operates as a single entry system, meaning that the initial shift confirmation entry enables our payroll to be generated at the branch level and the invoicing to be generated at our corporate office. This system enables us not only to monitor costs and compliance, but also to ensure that we respond to client requests as quickly as possible. We can typically fill a client staffing request in less than 15 minutes.
We have adapted MSN HealthWorks to provide our clients with functionality for budgeting and access to nurse and employee credentials via the Internet.
Competition
The temporary healthcare staffing industry is highly competitive. We compete with both national firms and local and regional firms. We compete with these firms to attract nurses and other healthcare professionals (collectively, temporary healthcare professionals) as well as to attract hospital and healthcare facility clients. We compete for temporary healthcare professionals on the basis of the quantity, diversity and quality of assignments available, compensation packages, and the benefits that we provide to temporary healthcare professionals while they are on assignment. We compete for hospital and healthcare facility clients on the basis of the quality of our temporary healthcare professionals, the timely availability of our professionals with the requisite skills, quality and scope, price and geographic reach of our services.
The per diem market includes many local operators and is highly fragmented. The per diem staffing business requires a local presence in every market served since an important relationship exists between the local branch and the healthcare facility. We believe, however, that larger, nationally established firms enjoy distinct competitive advantages over smaller, local and regional competitors in the temporary healthcare staffing industry. Larger and more established firms have a critical mass of available nursing candidates, substantial word-of-mouth referral networks and established brand names, enabling them to attract a consistent flow of new applicants. Larger firms can also more easily provide payroll services, which are cash flow intensive, to healthcare providers. As a result, sizable and established firms such as ours have had a significant advantage over small participants.
Some of our large competitors in the temporary healthcare staffing industry include AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., On Assignment, Inc. and InteliStaf Healthcare, Inc.
Professional Liability Insurance
We retain the first $1.0 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with professional liability. We maintain a professional liability insurance policy for losses in excess of this per occurrence amount. We believe this is sufficient for the risks associated with our business. Medical malpractice claims against us relating to our healthcare
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professionals are defended by our insurance carrier. We have indemnity agreements with many of our clients which state that we will defend, indemnify and hold harmless those clients against any act or omission or willful or reckless conduct, including negligence and misconduct. A majority of such agreements are reciprocal.
Trademarks and Service Marks
The service mark “Medical Staffing Network, Inc.” (Name and Logo), which was registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as of May 6, 2003, and the trade name “Medical Staffing Network” are each owned and licensed from Medical Staffing Network Assets, LLC, our indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary.
Government Regulation
The healthcare industry is subject to extensive and complex federal and state laws and regulations relating to professional licensure, conduct of operations, payment for services and payment for referrals. The extensive and complex laws that apply to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, including laws related to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs, could indirectly affect the demand or the prices paid for our services. For example, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties and/or be excluded from participating in Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs if they fail to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to their businesses.
Our business, however, is not directly impacted by or subject to the laws and regulations that generally govern the healthcare industry, because we provide services on a contract basis and are paid directly by our hospital and other healthcare facility clients.
Some states require state licensure for businesses that employ and/or assign healthcare personnel to provide healthcare services on-site at hospitals and other healthcare facilities. We hold a Temporary Healthcare Staffing License in the following jurisdictions in which we do business that require such licenses: Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Washington.
Most of our temporary healthcare professionals are required to be individually licensed or certified under applicable state laws. We take reasonable steps to ensure that our professionals possess all necessary licenses and certifications in all material respects. These steps include: each employee must present an original version of a state issued license; we validate each employee’s identity through government issued photo identification; we call or verify online each employee’s license with the applicable state board prior to assignment; and, a copy of the license is maintained in the employee’s personnel file and expiration dates are monitored through MSN HealthWorks.
Seasonality
Due to the regional and seasonal fluctuations in the hospital patient census of our hospital and healthcare facility clients and due to the seasonal preferences for destinations by our temporary healthcare professionals, the number of healthcare professionals on assignment, revenue and earnings are subject to moderate seasonal fluctuations. Many of our hospital and healthcare facility clients are located in areas, particularly Florida, that experience seasonal fluctuations in population, during the winter and summer months. These facilities adjust their staffing levels to accommodate the change in this seasonal demand and many of these facilities utilize temporary healthcare professionals to satisfy these seasonal staffing needs.
Historically, the number of temporary healthcare professionals on assignment has increased from January through March followed by declines or minimal growth from April through December. This pattern may or may not continue in the future. As a result of all of these factors, results of any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other quarter or for any year. Additionally, volume for our travel nurse staffing and travel allied health divisions are typically negatively impacted in December due to vacations taken over the year-end holidays.
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Employees
As of December 31, 2006, we had approximately 1,000 branch, regional operations and corporate office employees. In addition, during 2006, we employed approximately 24,000 temporary staff and healthcare professionals. We do not have any organized labor unions. We believe we have excellent relationships with our employees.
Generally, our per diem and travel staff are our employees. However, our certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists are independent contractors. We have not entered into any long-term employment agreements with any of our healthcare professionals.
Available Information
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), are available free of charge in the “Investor Relations” section of our website at www.msnhealth.com. These reports, and any amendments to these reports, are made available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC. Any document that we file with the SEC may also be read and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our filings are also available from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange.
In addition, our website, www.msnhealth.com, includes, free of charge, items related to corporate governance matters, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, charters of various committees of our Board of Directors and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to our employees, officers and directors. A printed copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available without charge by sending a written request to: Secretary, Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., 901 Yamato Road, Suite 110, Boca Raton, Florida 33431.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
There are a number of factors, including those specified below, which may adversely affect our business, financial results or stock price. Additional risks that we do not know about or that we currently view as immaterial may also impair our business or adversely impact our financial results or stock price.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
If we are unable to attract qualified nurses and allied health professionals for our healthcare staffing business, our business could be negatively impacted.
We rely significantly on our ability to attract and retain nurses and allied health professionals who possess the skills, experience and licenses necessary to meet the requirements of our hospital and healthcare facility clients. We compete for temporary healthcare professionals with other temporary healthcare staffing companies and with hospitals and healthcare facilities. We must continually evaluate and expand our temporary healthcare professional network to keep pace with our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ needs. Currently, there is a shortage of qualified nurses in most areas of the United States, competition for nursing personnel is increasing, and salaries and benefits have risen. We may be unable to continue to increase the number of temporary healthcare professionals that we recruit, thereby decreasing the potential for growing our business. Our ability to attract and retain temporary healthcare professionals depends on several factors, including our ability to provide temporary healthcare professionals with assignments that they view as attractive and to provide them with competitive benefits and wages. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in any of these areas. The cost of attracting temporary healthcare professionals and providing them with attractive benefits packages may be higher than we anticipate and, as a result, if we are unable to pass these costs on to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, our profitability could decline. Moreover, if we are unable to attract and retain temporary healthcare professionals, the quality of our services to our hospital and healthcare facility clients may decline and, as a result, we could lose clients.
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Contraction of demand for our temporary nurses may continue if hospital admissions levels remain lower than expected.
Demand for temporary nurses has been experiencing a period of contraction. However, the rate of contraction has slowed during the past year. Hospitals are experiencing lower than projected admissions levels and are placing greater reliance on existing full-time staff, resulting in increased overtime and nurse-patient loads. Consequently, our service revenues and gross profit margins have been under pressure. If these industry trends continue, our revenues and gross profit margins may decline.
During the first quarter of 2006, we completed a plan to restructure our per diem nurse staffing division whereby certain per diem branches were closed. Additionally, certain operations and corporate staff were eliminated. The restructuring was in response to soft demand for our per diem nurse staffing services.
Higher unemployment rates could have a negative impact on our ability to successfully recruit additional healthcare professionals.
We believe that high unemployment rates cause nurses in many households to become primary wage earners, which in turn causes them to seek more traditional full-time employment. Should unemployment rates increase, it could be more difficult for us to recruit nurses to become our employees.
We operate in a highly competitive market and our success depends on our ability to remain competitive in obtaining and retaining hospital and healthcare facility clients and temporary healthcare professionals.
The temporary healthcare staffing business is highly competitive. We compete in national, regional and local markets with full-service staffing companies and with specialized temporary staffing agencies. Some of our competitors are AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., On Assignment, Inc. and InteliStaf Healthcare, Inc. Some of our competitors may have greater marketing and financial resources than we do. Competition for hospital and healthcare facility clients and temporary healthcare professionals may increase in the future and, as a result, we may not be able to remain competitive. To the extent competitors seek to gain or retain market share by reducing prices or increasing marketing expenditures, we could lose revenues or hospital and healthcare facility clients. Furthermore, our margins could decline, which could seriously harm our operating results and cause the price of our stock to decline. In addition, the development of alternative recruitment channels could lead our hospital and healthcare facility clients to bypass our services, which would also cause our revenues and margins to decline.
Our business depends upon our continued ability to secure and fill new orders from our hospital and healthcare facility clients, because we do not have long-term agreements or exclusive contracts with them.
We do not have long-term agreements or exclusive guaranteed order contracts with our hospital and healthcare facility clients. The success of our business depends upon our ability to continually secure new orders from hospitals and other healthcare facilities and to fill those orders with our temporary healthcare professionals. Our hospital and healthcare facility clients are free to place orders with our competitors and may choose to use temporary healthcare professionals that our competitors offer them. Therefore, we must maintain positive relationships with our hospital and healthcare facility clients. If we fail to maintain positive relationships with our hospital and healthcare facility clients, we may be unable to generate new temporary healthcare professional orders and our business may be adversely affected.
Reacting to concerns over agency utilization in prior years, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have devised strategies to reduce agency expenditure and limit overall agency utilization. If current pressures to control agency usage continue and escalate, we will have fewer business opportunities, which could harm our business.
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Fluctuations in patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients may adversely affect the demand for our services and therefore the profitability of our business.
Demand for our temporary healthcare staffing services is significantly affected by the general level of patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients. When occupancy increases, hospitals and other healthcare facilities often add temporary employees before full-time employees are hired. As occupancy decreases, hospitals and other healthcare facilities typically reduce their use of temporary employees before undertaking layoffs of their regular employees. In addition, we may experience more competitive pricing pressure during periods of occupancy downturn. Occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients also fluctuates due to the seasonality and the timing of some elective procedures. We are unable to predict the level of patient occupancy at any particular time and its effect on our revenues and earnings.
Healthcare reform could negatively impact our business opportunities, revenues and margins.
The U.S. government has undertaken efforts to control increasing healthcare costs through legislation, regulation and voluntary agreements with medical care providers and drug companies. In the recent past, the U.S. Congress has considered several comprehensive healthcare reform proposals. The proposals were generally intended to expand healthcare coverage for the uninsured and reduce the growth of total healthcare expenditures. While the U.S. Congress did not adopt any comprehensive reform proposals, members of Congress may raise similar proposals in the future. If any of these proposals are approved, hospitals and other healthcare facilities may react by spending less on healthcare staffing, including nurses. If this were to occur, we would have fewer business opportunities, which could seriously harm our business.
Several state governments have also attempted to control increasing healthcare costs. For example, the State of Massachusetts has implemented a regulation that limits the hourly rate billable by and payable to temporary nurse staffing agencies for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nurses’ aides. The State of Minnesota has also implemented a statute that limits the amount that nursing agencies may charge nursing homes. Other states have also proposed legislation that would limit the amounts that temporary healthcare staffing companies may charge. Any such current or proposed laws could seriously harm our business, revenues and earnings.
Furthermore, third party payers, such as health maintenance organizations, increasingly challenge the prices charged for medical care. Failure by hospitals and other healthcare facilities to obtain full reimbursement from those third party payers could reduce the demand or the price paid for our staffing services.
There is a growing trend to restrict mandatory healthcare worker overtime requirements by employers and to establish nurse-patient ratios. The State of California has already enacted such legislation and several other states have similar legislation pending. This legislation could ultimately have a potential positive or negative impact on our business.
We operate in a regulated industry and changes in regulations or violations of regulations may result in increased costs or sanctions that could reduce our revenues and profitability.
The healthcare industry is subject to extensive and complex federal and state laws and regulations related to professional licensure, conduct of operations, payment for services and payment for referrals. If we fail to comply with the laws and regulations that are directly applicable to our business, we could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties or be subject to injunctions or cease and desist orders.
The extensive and complex laws that apply to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, including laws related to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs, could indirectly affect the demand or the prices paid for our services. For example, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties and/or be excluded from participating in Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs if they fail to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to their businesses. In addition, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could receive reduced reimbursements, or be excluded from coverage, because of a change in the rates or conditions set by federal or state governments. In turn, violations of or changes to these laws and regulations that adversely affect our hospital and healthcare facility clients could also adversely affect the prices that these clients are willing or able to pay for our services.
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The Joint Commission has created a set of quality and compliance standards by which to certify healthcare staffing providers. Healthcare staffing companies can apply to be reviewed by the Joint Commission to ensure that they are compliant with the standards. Healthcare facilities could potentially use only those providers that obtain certification. We went through the voluntary certification process in 2006 and received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for the second consecutive year. Upon subsequent review (which in the future will occur biannually), should we not meet the standards created by the Joint Commission, it could potentially have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are dependent on the proper functioning of our information systems.
We are dependent on the proper functioning of our information systems in operating our business. Critical information systems used in daily operations identify and match staffing resources and client assignments. The system also tracks regulatory credentialing expirations and other relevant client and healthcare information. They also perform payroll, billing and accounts receivable functions. Our information systems are vulnerable to fire, storm, flood, power loss, telecommunications failures, physical or software break-ins and similar events. If our information systems fail or are otherwise unavailable, these functions would have to be accomplished manually, which could impact our ability to identify business opportunities quickly, maintain billing and staffing records reliably, pay our staff in a timely fashion and bill for services efficiently.
Competition for acquisition opportunities may restrict our future growth by limiting our ability to make acquisitions at reasonable valuations.
Since our founding in 1998, we have completed 28 acquisitions. Our business strategy includes increasing our market share and presence in the temporary healthcare staffing industry through strategic acquisitions of companies that complement or enhance our business. We have historically faced competition for acquisitions. In the future, this could limit our ability to grow by acquisitions or could raise the prices of acquisitions and make them less accretive to us. In addition, restrictive covenants in our credit facility, including a covenant that requires us to obtain the approval of our lenders for any acquisition with a purchase price over $5 million, may limit our ability to complete desirable acquisitions. If we are unable to secure necessary financing under our credit facility or otherwise, we may be unable to complete desirable acquisitions.
We may face difficulties integrating our acquisitions into our operations and our acquisitions may be unsuccessful, involve significant cash expenditures or expose us to unforeseen liabilities.
We continually evaluate opportunities to acquire healthcare staffing companies that complement or enhance our business and frequently have preliminary acquisition discussions with some of these companies.
These acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:
• | potential loss of key employees or clients of acquired companies; |
• | difficulties integrating acquired personnel and distinct cultures into our business; |
• | difficulties integrating acquired companies into our operating, financial planning and financial reporting systems; |
• | diversion of management attention from existing operations; and |
• | assumption of liabilities and exposure to unforeseen liabilities of acquired companies, including liabilities for their failure to comply with healthcare regulations. |
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These acquisitions may also involve significant cash expenditures, debt incurrence and integration expenses that could seriously harm our financial condition and results of operations. Any acquisition may ultimately have a negative impact on our business and financial condition.
Our ability to borrow under our credit facility may be limited.
On February 24, 2005, we amended the terms of our senior credit facility (the Senior Credit Facility), which provided for a $60.0 million revolving credit facility (the Revolver), whereby our term loan (the Term Loan) was reduced from $12.0 million to $6.0 million, the applicable margin for the Term Loan was reduced to 4.5%, the maturity of the Term Loan was extended to December 2006 and certain financial covenants were amended. The $6.0 million term loan repayment was funded with borrowings under the Revolver. On September 24, 2005 and December 25, 2005, we amended the terms of our Senior Credit Facility whereby certain financial covenants were favorably amended and the expiration date was extended to December 26, 2006 and January 2, 2007, respectively. On September 29, 2006, we amended our Senior Credit Facility to extend the maturity date to September 29, 2009 and to reduce the capacity under the Revolver from $60.0 million to $40.0 million. The amendment also favorably modified certain financial covenants while decreasing the applicable margin on the Revolver and reducing the unused line fee. In conjunction with the amendment, on September 29, 2006, we repaid the remaining $6.0 million of outstanding borrowings and thereby extinguished the Term Loan through borrowings under the Revolver. Effective December 29, 2006, we amended the terms of our Senior Credit Facility whereby certain financial covenants were favorably amended. Our ability to borrow under our Senior Credit Facility is based upon, and thereby limited by, the amount of our accounts receivable. Any material deterioration in our service revenues could reduce our borrowing base, which could cause us to lose our ability to borrow additional amounts under our Senior Credit Facility. In such a circumstance, the borrowing availability under our Senior Credit Facility may not be sufficient for our capital needs. During the fiscal year 2005 and 2006, our lenders amended certain financial covenants present in the Revolver. If covenant violations were to occur in the future and the lenders would not agree to modify the covenants or waive such violations, our ability to borrow under our Senior Credit Facility could be severely limited or eliminated which would have a material negative impact on our ability to fund ongoing operations.
Significant legal actions could subject us to substantial uninsured liabilities.
In recent years, healthcare providers have become subject to an increasing number of legal actions alleging malpractice, product liability or related legal theories. Many of these actions involve large claims and significant defense costs. In addition, we may be subject to claims related to torts or crimes committed by our employees or temporary healthcare professionals. In some instances, we are required to indemnify our hospital and healthcare facility clients against some or all of these risks. A failure of any of our employees or temporary healthcare professionals to observe our policies and guidelines intended to reduce these risks, relevant client policies and guidelines or applicable federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations could result in negative publicity, payment of fines or other damages. We retain the first $1.0 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with professional liability. We maintain a professional liability insurance policy for losses in excess of this per occurrence amount. Our professional malpractice liability insurance and general liability insurance coverage may not cover all claims against us or continue to be available to us at a reasonable cost. If we are unable to maintain adequate insurance coverage or if our insurers deny coverage we may be exposed to substantial liabilities.
We may be legally liable for damages resulting from our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ mistreatment of our temporary healthcare professionals.
Because we are in the business of placing our temporary healthcare professionals in the workplaces of other companies, we are subject to possible claims by our temporary healthcare professionals alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, negligence and other similar activities by our hospital and healthcare facility clients. The cost of defending such claims, even if groundless, could be substantial and the associated negative publicity could adversely affect our ability to attract and retain qualified temporary healthcare professionals in the future.
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If we become subject to material liabilities under our self-insured programs, our financial results may be adversely affected.
We provide for certain types of risk management coverage through a program that is partially self-insured. We retain the first $1.0 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with professional liability claims. We retain the first $0.5 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with workers compensation claims. In addition, we provide medical coverage to our employees through a partially self-insured preferred provider organization. If we become subject to substantial professional liability, workers compensation claims and/or medical coverage liabilities, our financial results may be adversely affected.
Our operations may deteriorate if we are unable to continue to attract, develop and retain our sales and recruitment personnel.
Our success depends upon the performance of our sales and recruitment personnel, especially regional directors, branch managers and staffing coordinators. The number of individuals who meet our qualifications for these positions is limited and we may experience difficulty in attracting qualified candidates. In addition, we commit substantial resources to the training, development and support of these individuals. Competition for qualified sales and recruitment personnel in the line of business in which we operate is strong and there is a risk that we may not be able to retain our sales and recruitment personnel after we have expended the time and expense to recruit and train them.
The loss of key senior management personnel could adversely affect our ability to remain competitive.
We believe that the success of our business strategy and our ability to operate profitably depends on the continued employment of our senior management team, consisting of Robert J. Adamson, Kevin S. Little, Patricia G. Donohoe, Lynne Stacy, Jan Casford and Patricia Layton. If any members of our senior management team become unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, our business and financial results could be materially adversely affected.
We have a substantial amount of goodwill on our balance sheet. Our level of goodwill may have the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses.
As of December 31, 2006, we had $99.1 million of goodwill on our consolidated balance sheet, which represents the excess of the total purchase price of our acquisitions over the fair value of the net assets acquired. At December 31, 2006, goodwill represented approximately 58% of our total assets.
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142,Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142), we do not amortize goodwill or intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Per SFAS No. 142, impairment, for goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite life, exists if the net book value of the goodwill or intangible asset equals or exceeds its fair value. During the year ended December 25, 2005, we reevaluated our reporting units and determined that each branch location represented a reporting unit, as opposed to our previous view that the entire business represented one reporting unit. We performed an analysis whereby the historical goodwill was allocated or “pushed down” to each reporting unit based on their estimated relative fair value at the time.
In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we performed our annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. The fair value analysis was completed with the assistance of outside valuation professionals. Based on the analysis, impairment was noted at a number of individual reporting units. Accordingly, a charge to our recorded goodwill of $28.6 million was recorded in the line item “impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statement of operations. We will continue to perform a reporting unit level fair value analysis impairment test during the fourth quarter of each year. On a quarterly basis we will review our reporting units for impairment indicators. If branches are not achieving their expected operating results, additional analysis may be performed to determine if indicators of impairment are present, and if so, such amount will be determined and the associated charge will be recorded to the consolidated statement of operations.
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Additionally, in connection with a first quarter 2006 restructuring initiative, we recorded a charge to our recorded goodwill of $3.2 million in the line item “impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statement of operations to writeoff the goodwill associated with the closure of 13 per diem branches.
Should we decide to close one or more of our reporting units, the associated goodwill will be written off with a non-cash charge to the consolidated statement of operations. Although it does not affect our cash flow, an impairment charge to earnings has the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses, as the case may be. If we are required to take an impairment charge to earnings, our stock price could be adversely affected.
Our costs of providing housing for temporary healthcare professionals in our travel business may be higher than we anticipate and, as a result, our margins could decline.
We currently have approximately 70 apartments on lease throughout the United States. If the costs of renting apartments and furniture for our temporary healthcare professionals increase more than we anticipate and we are unable to pass such increases on to our clients, our margins may decline. To the extent the length of a nurse’s or other professional’s housing lease exceeds the term of the nurse’s or other professional’s staffing contract, we bear the risk that we will be obligated to pay rent for housing we do not use. To limit the costs of unutilized housing, we try to secure leases with term lengths that match the term lengths of our staffing contracts, which typically last thirteen weeks. In some housing markets we have had, and believe we will continue to have, difficulty identifying short-term leases. If we cannot identify a sufficient number of appropriate short-term leases in regional markets, or if, for any reason, we are unable to efficiently utilize the apartments we do lease, we may be required to pay rent for unutilized housing or, to avoid such risk, we may forego otherwise profitable opportunities.
Demand for healthcare staffing services is significantly affected by the general level of economic activity and unemployment in the United States.
When economic activity increases, temporary employees are often added before full-time employees are hired. However, as economic activity slows, many companies, including our hospital and healthcare facility clients, reduce their use of temporary employees before laying off full-time employees. In addition, we may experience more competitive pricing pressure during periods of economic downturn. Therefore, any significant economic downturn could have a material adverse impact on our condition and results of operations.
Our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders will be able to influence matters requiring stockholder approval and could discourage the purchase of our outstanding shares at a premium.
Our executive officers and directors (including their affiliates) control approximately 51% of our outstanding common stock. Warburg Pincus Private Equity Fund VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Warburg Pincus), owns approximately 48% of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of our company, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their common stock as part of a sale or merger of our company and may negatively affect the market price of our common stock. These transactions might include proxy contests, tender offers, mergers or other purchases of common stock that could give our stockholders the opportunity to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price for shares of our common stock.
Warburg Pincus has the right under our stockholders agreement to designate two persons to our Board of Directors. As a result of this share ownership and minority representation on our Board of Directors, our current stockholders, in particular Warburg Pincus, will be able to influence all affairs and actions of our company, including matters requiring stockholder approval such as the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. The interests of our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders may differ from the interests of the other stockholders.
Warburg Pincus and certain significant stockholders have demand registration rights to cause us to file, at any time and at our expense, a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) covering resales of their shares. These shares represent approximately 48% of our outstanding common stock, or approximately 14.5 million shares. These shares may also be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, depending on their holding period and subject to significant restrictions in the case of shares held by persons deemed to be our affiliates.
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If provisions in our corporate documents and Delaware law delay or prevent a change in control of our company, we may be unable to consummate a transaction that our stockholders consider favorable.
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition involving us that our stockholders may consider favorable. For example, our certificate of incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors to issue up to 15 million shares of “blank check” preferred stock. Without stockholder approval, the Board of Directors has the authority to attach special rights, including voting and dividend rights, to this preferred stock. With these rights, preferred stockholders could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us. Applicable Delaware law may also discourage, delay or prevent someone from acquiring or merging with us.
Our stock price may be volatile and your investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.
With the current uncertainty about healthcare policy, reimbursement and coverage in the United States, there has been significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of healthcare and other companies, which is unrelated to the financial performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations may negatively affect the market price of our common stock.
Some specific factors that may have a significant effect on our common stock market price include:
• | actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results; |
• | actual or anticipated changes in our growth rates or our competitors’ growth rates; |
• | actual or anticipated changes in healthcare policy in the United States and internationally; |
• | conditions in the financial markets in general or changes in general economic conditions; |
• | our inability to raise additional capital; |
• | conditions of other healthcare staffing companies or the medical staffing industry generally; |
• | conditions of healthcare provider companies; and |
• | changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding our common stock, other comparable companies or the healthcare staffing industry generally. |
Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments |
None.
Item 2. | Properties |
Our U.S. corporate headquarters is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has an aggregate of 50,000 square feet. We operate on a national basis with a presence in 40 states and over 100 locations as of December 31, 2006. The facilities at our headquarters and at each of our locations are leased. The lease to our headquarters expires in 2013. We believe that our properties are adequate for our current needs. In addition, we believe that adequate space can be obtained to meet our foreseeable business needs. As of December 31, 2006, we have two material operating leases. They include our corporate headquarters lease and a lease for approximately 32,000 square feet in Warrenville, Illinois, where our allied health and travel divisions are concentrated.
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Item 3. | Legal Proceedings |
On February 20, 2004, Joseph and Patricia Marrari, and on April 16, 2004, Tommie Williams, filed class action lawsuits against Medical Staffing Network in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, on behalf of themselves and purchasers of our common stock pursuant to or traceable to our initial public offering in April 2002. These lawsuits also named as defendants certain of our directors and executive officers (collectively with Medical Staffing Network, the Defendants). The complaints allege that certain disclosures in the Registration Statement/Prospectus filed in connection with our initial public offering on April 17, 2002 were materially false and misleading in violation of the Securities Act. The complaints seek compensatory damages, as well as costs and attorney fees.
On March 29, 2004, a third class action lawsuit brought on behalf of the same class of our stockholders, making claims under the Securities Act similar to those in the lawsuits filed by Plaintiffs Joseph and Patricia Marrari and Tommie Williams, was commenced by Plaintiff Haddon Zia in the Florida Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. Defendants removed this case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and Plaintiff moved to remand the case back to the Florida Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, which motion Defendants opposed. On September 16, 2004 the federal district court entered an order granting Plaintiff’s motion to remand. On January 6, 2005, the state court stayed the state court proceedings until further order of the court. The Zia complaint seeks rescission or damages as well as certain equitable relief and costs and attorney fees.
On March 2, 2004, another class action complaint was filed against Medical Staffing Network and certain of our directors and executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Jerome Gould, individually and on behalf of a class of Medical Staffing Network’s stockholders who purchased stock during the period from April 18, 2002 through June 16, 2003. The complaint alleges that certain of our public disclosures during the class period were materially false and misleading in violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The complaint seeks compensatory damages, costs and attorney fees.
On July 2, 2004, the Marrari, Gould, Williams and Zia actions were consolidated, although, as noted above, the Zia action was subsequently remanded to state court. Plaintiff Thomas Greene was appointed Lead Plaintiff of the consolidated action and the law firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Rudman LLP (now known as Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman and Robbins LLP) was appointed Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel. On September 1, 2004, Lead Plaintiff filed his consolidated amended class action complaint (the Complaint). The Complaint makes allegations on behalf of a class consisting of purchasers of our common stock pursuant to or traceable to our initial public offering in April 2002, for purposes of the Securities Act claims, and on behalf of Medical Staffing Network’s stockholders who purchased stock during the period from April 18, 2002 through June 16, 2003, for purposes of the Exchange Act claims. The Complaint alleges that certain of our public disclosures during the class period were materially false and misleading in violation of Section 11 of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act. The Complaint seeks compensatory damages as well as costs and attorney fees. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint, which, on September 27, 2005, was granted in part as to those portions of Plaintiffs’ Section 10(b) and 20(a) claims concerning statements or omissions prior to October 29, 2002, and denied as to the remaining claims. On May 15, 2006, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for class certification.
Defendants and Lead Plaintiff have reached an agreement to settle the case, the terms of which are reflected in a Stipulation of Settlement filed with the District Court. Under the settlement agreement, Defendants expressly deny any violation of the securities laws or other wrongdoing. The settlement will create a $5 million cash fund that will be used to pay claims submitted by class members and pay fees and expenses of Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel. The entire amount of the settlement is covered by our insurance and therefore will not have any impact on our earnings. The settlement agreement is subject to certain conditions, including the dismissal of the Zia action and the District Court’s review and final approval of the settlement. A fairness hearing was held on March 2, 2007 and the District Court issued a final judgment on March 6, 2007 approving the settlement and dismissing the action with prejudice.
The Department of Labor (DOL) is currently conducting a wage and hour review regarding our payment of certain “on-call” employees, who work from their homes after normal business hours and bonus payments made to certain per diem employees. We are cooperating fully with the review and believe that all employees were properly paid.
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From time to time, we are subject to lawsuits and claims that arise out of our operations in the normal course of business. We are plaintiffs or defendants in various litigation matters in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages that are substantial in amount. We believe that the disposition of any claims that arise out of operations in the normal course of business will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
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Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |
The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
High | Low | |||||
2005: | ||||||
First Quarter | $ | 8.31 | $ | 6.00 | ||
Second Quarter | $ | 6.94 | $ | 4.52 | ||
Third Quarter | $ | 6.75 | $ | 4.66 | ||
Fourth Quarter | $ | 6.22 | $ | 4.72 | ||
2006: | ||||||
First Quarter | $ | 5.59 | $ | 4.73 | ||
Second Quarter | $ | 5.29 | $ | 4.33 | ||
Third Quarter | $ | 6.80 | $ | 4.90 | ||
Fourth Quarter | $ | 6.95 | $ | 5.35 |
Our common stock has traded on the NYSE under the symbol “MRN” since our initial public offering on April 17, 2002. Prior to that time, there was no public trading market for our common stock.
As of February 28, 2007, there were 17 holders of record of our common stock, which numbers do not reflect stockholders who beneficially own common stock held in nominee or street name.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all future earnings for the operation and expansion of our business and, therefore, do not anticipate declaring or paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Except as otherwise restricted by our current Senior Credit Facility, any payment of cash dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our results of operations, earnings, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors. Our current Senior Credit Facility prohibits us and our subsidiaries from declaring or paying any dividends or any other distributions without the consent of lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the loans under the facility (or if a single lender holds more than 50% of the loans under the facility, the consent of that lender and at least one other lender is required), except that (i) we and our subsidiaries may pay dividends or make other distributions to our subsidiaries but not to us and (ii) our operating subsidiary may pay dividends or make other distributions to us to be used to pay our operating expenses in an amount up to $500,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
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The following table provides securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2006
Plan category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities in column (a)) | ||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | |||||
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1) | 1,724,211 | $ | 6.93 | 1,001,971 | |||
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (2) | 68,645 | $ | 2.17 | — | |||
Total | 1,792,856 | $ | 6.75 | 1,001,971 | |||
(1) | Includes options granted pursuant to our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan. |
(2) | Includes options granted pursuant to our 1999 Plan, which has been frozen by the Board of Directors, such that no further options will be granted thereunder. For additional information, see our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. |
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Item 6. | Selected Financial Data |
The selected Consolidated Statements of Operations data for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004 and the selected Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report. The selected Consolidated Statements of Operations data for the years ended December 28, 2003 and December 29, 2002 and the selected Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of December 26, 2004, December 28, 2003, and December 29, 2002 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this annual report. Each of the years presented includes 52 weeks of operations with the exception of the year ended December 31, 2006 which includes 53.
In the following tables, we provide you with select consolidated financial data and other operating information of Medical Staffing Network which should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this annual report.
Fiscal Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data: | |||||||||||||||||||
Service revenues | $ | 385,450 | $ | 402,507 | $ | 417,058 | $ | 512,985 | $ | 478,827 | |||||||||
Cost of services rendered | 299,374 | 314,341 | 327,075 | 398,224 | 358,394 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 86,076 | 88,166 | 89,983 | 114,761 | 120,433 | ||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 75,619 | 81,087 | 82,067 | 90,519 | 78,102 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expenses | 3,913 | 5,259 | 6,316 | 6,773 | 4,486 | ||||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill(1) | 31,753 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Restructuring and other charges(2) | 3,089 | 512 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | (28,298 | ) | 1,308 | 1,600 | 17,469 | 37,845 | |||||||||||||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt(3) | 79 | — | — | 3,555 | — | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | 2,446 | 2,767 | 3,541 | 4,685 | 7,603 | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (30,823 | ) | (1,459 | ) | (1,941 | ) | 9,229 | 30,242 | |||||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (3,826 | ) | (660 | ) | (615 | ) | 3,708 | 12,400 | |||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | (26,997 | ) | (799 | ) | (1,326 | ) | 5,521 | 17,842 | |||||||||||
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes(4) | — | — | — | (506 | ) | 52 | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (26,997 | ) | (799 | ) | (1,326 | ) | 5,015 | 17,894 | |||||||||||
Deduct required dividends on convertible preferred stock(5) | — | — | — | — | 3,099 | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) available to common stockholders | $ | (26,997 | ) | $ | (799 | ) | $ | (1,326 | ) | $ | 5,015 | $ | 14,795 | ||||||
Income (loss) per share – basic: | |||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | (0.89 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.70 | ||||||
Discontinued operations, net of taxes | — | — | — | (0.01 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Basic net income (loss) per share | $ | (0.89 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.70 | ||||||
Income (loss) per share – diluted: | |||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | (0.89 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.62 | ||||||
Discontinued operations, net of taxes | — | — | — | (0.02 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Diluted net income (loss) per share | $ | (0.89 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.62 | ||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 30,249 | 30,233 | 30,228 | 30,190 | 21,177 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted | 30,249 | 30,233 | 30,228 | 30,807 | 28,637 | ||||||||||||||
Other Operating Data: | |||||||||||||||||||
Number of per diem branches at year end | 107 | 120 | 126 | 146 | 181 |
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As of Fiscal Years Ended | |||||||||||||||
2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
Balance Sheet Data: | |||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 527 | $ | 42 | $ | 345 | $ | 825 | $ | 4,595 | |||||
Total assets | 171,151 | 204,916 | 210,903 | 228,870 | 248,083 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities and redeemable preferred stock | 48,824 | 55,668 | 60,877 | 77,583 | 102,415 | ||||||||||
Total common stockholders’ equity | 122,327 | 149,248 | 150,026 | 151,287 | 145,668 |
(1) | During the first quarter of fiscal year 2006 we recorded an impairment charge to our recorded goodwill of $3.2 million due to the closure of the 13 branches associated with our first quarter restructuring initiative (see Note 2 below). We completed our annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 and determined that there was an impairment to our recorded goodwill by using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Contributing to the impairment loss were the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. As a result, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $28.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. |
(2) | In the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, we initiated a plan to restructure our per diem nurse staffing division due to the continued challenging market conditions. This initiative included certain per diem branch closures along with corresponding elimination of certain branch positions. Additionally, certain operations and corporate staff positions were eliminated. As a result of these initiatives, we incurred a charge of approximately $3.1 million primarily related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees. In fiscal year 2005, the restructuring and other charges of approximately $0.5 million represented legal and professional fees and other expenses associated with due diligence performed related to a potential acquisition that was ultimately not completed. |
(3) | In September 2006, we amended our Senior Credit Facility and took a $79,000 charge related to the writeoff of debt issuance costs. In 2003, we entered into a new credit facility and took a charge of $3.6 million to writeoff or debt issuance costs. |
(4) | We discontinued our physician staffing services in the second quarter of 2003. |
(5) | Reflects 8% dividends accrued on the Series I Convertible Preferred Stock issued in connection with the recapitalization. This preferred stock was converted into common stock upon completion of our initial public offering. |
Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
Introduction
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations. The discussion and analysis is organized as follows:
• | Overview. This section provides a general description of our business, trends in our industry, as well as significant transactions that have occurred that we believe are important in understanding our financial condition and results of operations. |
• | Recent accounting pronouncements. This section provides an analysis of relevant recent accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the effect of those pronouncements. |
• | Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations for all three years presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. |
• | Liquidity and capital resources. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, capital resources, off-balance sheet arrangements and our outstanding debt and commitments as of December 31, 2006. |
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• | Critical accounting policies. This section discusses those accounting policies that are both considered important to our financial condition and results of operations, and require significant judgment and estimates on the part of management in their application. In addition, all of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are summarized in Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. |
• | Caution concerning forward-looking statements. This section discusses how certain forward-looking statements made by us throughout this discussion and analysis are based on management’s present expectations about future events and are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstance. |
Overview
Business Description
We are a leading temporary healthcare staffing company and the largest provider of per diem nurse staffing services in the United States as measured by revenues. More than two-thirds of our clients are acute care hospitals, clinics and surgical and ambulatory care centers. We serve both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that range in scope from one facility to national chains with over 30 facilities. Our clients typically pay us directly. We do not receive a material portion of our revenues from Medicare or Medicaid reimbursements or similar state reimbursement programs.
Our per diem nurse staffing division currently operates in an integrated network of branches that are organized into several geographic regions. These branches serve as our direct contact with our healthcare professionals and clients. The cost structure of a typical branch is substantially fixed, consisting of limited personnel, office space rent, information systems infrastructure and office supplies. We have been able to develop a highly efficient branch management model that we believe is easily scalable. During 2004, we expanded our services to provide temporary general staffing. Our per diem general staffing assignments place individuals in a variety of areas including clerical, janitorial and food services. We believe that general staffing compliments our temporary healthcare staffing and makes us a full service provider to our existing clients.
Industry Trends
Service revenues and gross profit margins have been under pressure as stagnant hospital admissions have suppressed incremental demand for temporary nurses though we have begun to see increases in bill rates over the past few months. Overall, in 2006 we experienced a more favorable pricing environment. Due to the uncertain economic conditions of prior years, we believe that nurses in many households became a primary wage earner, which caused such nurses to seek more traditional full-time employment. Additionally, as hospitals are experiencing lower than projected admissions levels they are placing greater reliance on existing full-time staff, resulting in increased overtime and nurse-patient loads.
We cannot predict when conditions will improve, but we are confident in the long-term growth of the industry. In a January 2000 report, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Projections Bureau, projected that the number of Americans over 65 years of age is expected to grow from 34.5 million in 2000 to 53.7 million in 2020. In a July 2002 report, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that the national supply of full-time equivalent registered nurses was approximately 1.9 million while demand was approximately 2.0 million. This gap between supply and demand for nurses is expected to grow from 0.1 million in 2000 to 0.8 million by 2020. Additionally, there is a growing trend to restrict mandatory healthcare worker overtime requirements by employers and to establish nurse-patient ratios. Several states have enacted legislation establishing nurse to patient ratios and/or prohibiting mandatory overtime while other states have similar legislation pending. In conjunction with the aforementioned factors, the prospects for the healthcare staffing industry should improve as hospitals experience higher census levels and increasing shortages of healthcare workers.
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Fiscal Year
Our fiscal year consists of 52/53 weeks ending on the last Sunday in December in each year. The year ended December 31, 2006 consisted of 53 weeks. The years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004 consisted of 52 weeks.
Acquisitions
During 2006 and 2004 we made no acquisitions. During 2005, we purchased substantially all of the assets of two healthcare staffing companies for an aggregate purchase price of $1.9 million. Both acquisitions were accounted for as purchases and, accordingly, the results of these acquired businesses are included in our consolidated financial statements from the acquisition dates or the dates when we assumed substantial control.
Restructuring Charge
On February 1, 2006, we initiated a plan to restructure our per diem nurse staffing division due to the continued challenging market conditions. This initiative included certain per diem branch closures along with a corresponding elimination of certain branch positions. Additionally, certain operations and corporate staff positions were eliminated. As a result of these initiatives, we incurred a charge of approximately $6.3 million in the first quarter of 2006. The charge was comprised of approximately $3.1 million primarily related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees and approximately $3.2 million in non-cash goodwill impairment related to the branch closures.
Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt
On September 29, 2006, we amended our Senior Credit Facility to extend the maturity date to September 29, 2009 and to reduce the capacity under the Revolver from $60.0 million to $40.0 million. In conjunction with the amendment, on September 29, 2006, we repaid the remaining $6.0 million of outstanding borrowings and thereby extinguished the term loan (Term Loan). We recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $0.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 to write off a portion of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs. The charge appears in the line item “loss on early extinguishment of debt” on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 157,Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application encouraged, provided that the reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year inclusive of interim period financial statements. We will implement the provisions of SFAS No. 157 in the fiscal year beginning December 31, 2007. The impact of adoption of SFAS No. 157, which may be material, cannot be determined at this time.
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48,Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN No. 48). FIN No. 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statement in accordance with SFAS No. 109,Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS No. 109). FIN No. 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. FIN No. 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN No. 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and early application is encouraged. We will implement the provisions of FIN No. 48 in the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2007. While we are in the process of implementing the provisions of FIN No. 48 for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2007, we do not believe the adoption of FIN No. 48 will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain selected financial data:
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2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||
Service revenues | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | |||
Cost of services rendered | 77.7 | 78.1 | 78.4 | ||||||
Gross profit | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.6 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 19.6 | 20.2 | 19.7 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization expenses | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||||||
Impairment of goodwill | 8.2 | — | — | ||||||
Restructuring and other charges | 0.8 | 0.1 | — | ||||||
Income (loss) from operations | (7.3 | ) | 0.3 | 0.4 | |||||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | 0.1 | — | — | ||||||
Interest expense, net | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||||||
Loss from operations before benefit from income taxes | (8.0 | ) | (0.4 | ) | (0.5 | ) | |||
Benefit from income taxes | (1.0 | ) | (0.2 | ) | (0.2 | ) | |||
Net loss | (7.0 | ) | (0.2 | ) | (0.3 | ) |
Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2006 (53 weeks) to Year Ended December 25, 2005 (52 weeks)
Service Revenues. Service revenues decreased $17.0 million, or 4.2%, to $385.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to $402.5 million for the prior year. Excluding the 53rd week, service revenues for 2006 would have decreased $23.9 million, or 6.0%, to $378.6 million. The decrease was due to the lower number of hours worked by our professionals caused by the current challenging business environment for temporary healthcare staffing and the closure of offices in the first quarter restructuring, partially offset by an additional week in fiscal year 2006 and an increase in bill rates that was slightly higher than that of the Consumer Price Index.
Branch based per diem nurse staffing revenues decreased $3.1 million, or 1.1%, to $289.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $292.2 million for the prior year. Excluding the 53rd week, branch based per diem nurse staffing revenues for 2006 would have decreased $8.7 million, or 3.0%, to $283.5 million. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in the number of hours worked by professionals caused primarily by the closure of offices in the first quarter restructuring, partially offset by the additional week in fiscal year 2006 and the aforementioned increase in bill rates.
Revenues from our allied health staffing and travel nurse staffing divisions decreased 10.3% and 20.2%, respectively, from the prior year. Excluding the 53rd week, revenues from our allied health and travel nurse staffing divisions would have decreased 11.5% and 21.3%, respectively. The decrease was primarily due a decrease in the number of hours worked by professionals caused by the current challenging business environment for temporary healthcare staffing, partially offset by the additional week in fiscal year 2006.
Cost of Services Rendered. Cost of services rendered decreased $14.9 million, or 4.8%, to $299.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $314.3 million for the prior year. The decrease was due to the lower number of hours worked by our professionals caused by the current challenging business environment for temporary healthcare staffing and the closure of offices in the first quarter restructuring, partially offset by an additional week in fiscal year 2006 and an increase in travel and benefit costs.
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Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased $2.1 million, or 2.4%, to $86.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $88.2 million for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in service revenues, partially offset by the additional week in fiscal year 2006 and an increase in gross margin. Gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2006 was 22.3% as compared with 21.9% for the prior year. The 40 basis point increase was primarily due to the aforementioned increase in bill rates, partially offset by higher benefit and housing costs.
Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $75.6 million, or 19.6% of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to $81.1 million, or 20.2% of revenues for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to the elimination of expenses associated with the first quarter 2006 restructuring initiative, including the branch closures, partially offset by an additional week of payroll expenses associated with the 53rd week of fiscal year 2006.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization decreased to $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to $5.3 million for the prior year. The decrease was due to more assets becoming fully depreciated during fiscal year 2006.
Impairment of Goodwill. Impairment of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $31.8 million. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, we recorded an impairment charge to our recorded goodwill of $3.2 million due to the closure of the 13 branches associated with our first quarter restructuring initiative. We completed our annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 and determined that there was an impairment to our recorded goodwill by using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Contributing to the impairment loss were the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. As a result, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $28.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Restructuring and Other Charges.Restructuring and other charges for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $3.1 million, as compared to $0.5 million for the prior year. In fiscal year 2006, the restructuring and other charges represents the charges incurred with our per diem nurse staffing division restructuring initiated on February 1, 2006, related to severance and contract and lease terminations. In fiscal year 2005, the restructuring and other charges of approximately $0.5 million represented legal and professional fees and other expenses associated with due diligence performed related to a potential acquisition that was ultimately not completed.
Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on early extinguishment of debt was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The non-cash charge was due to the writeoff of certain unamortized debt issuance costs in association with the September 2006 amendment to our Senior Credit Facility.
Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net, decreased to $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $2.8 million for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower average outstanding borrowings, partially offset by the additional week in fiscal year 2006 and an increased weighted average interest rate.
Benefit From Income Taxes. Our effective income tax benefit rate for the year ended December 31, 2006 was 12.4% as compared to 45.2% in the prior year. The decrease in the effective tax benefit rate was primarily due to a valuation allowance that was recorded against our net deferred tax assets and nondeductible items having a smaller percentage impact on the rate than on the actual tax dollar amount.
Net Loss. As a result of the above, we incurred a net loss of $27.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to a net loss of $0.8 million for the prior year.
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Comparison of Year Ended December 25, 2005 (52 weeks) to Year Ended December 26, 2004 (52 weeks)
Service Revenues. Service revenues decreased $14.6 million, or 3.5%, to $402.5 million for the year ended December 25, 2005, as compared to $417.1 million for the prior year. The decrease was due to a lower number of hours worked by professionals caused by the challenging business environment for temporary healthcare staffing, partially offset by revenues from an acquisition in the second quarter of 2005. Average hourly billing rates remained relatively consistent with those in the prior year.
Per diem nurse staffing revenues decreased $19.0 million, or 6.1%, to $292.2 million for the year ended December 25, 2005 as compared to $311.2 million for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in the number of hours worked by professionals.
Revenues from other than per diem nurse staffing, collectively, increased $4.4 million, or 4.2%, to $110.3 million for the year ended December 25, 2005 as compared to $105.9 million for the prior year. The increase primarily reflects a higher number of hours worked by non-nursing professionals, including allied health professionals, coupled with a full-year of general staffing business.
Cost of Services Rendered. Cost of services rendered decreased $12.8 million, or 3.9%, to $314.3 million for the year ended December 25, 2005 as compared to $327.1 million for the prior year. The decrease was due to a lower number of hours worked by professionals, partially offset by higher compensation and benefits associated with our healthcare professionals.
Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased $1.8 million, or 2.0%, to $88.2 million for the year ended December 25, 2005 as compared to $90.0 million for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to the reduction in service revenues. Gross margin for the year ended December 25, 2005 was 21.9% as compared with 21.6% for the prior year. The increase was primarily due to favorable claims experience under our self insurance programs for workers compensation.
Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to $81.1 million, or 20.2% of revenues for the year ended December 25, 2005, as compared to $82.1 million, or 19.7% of revenues for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in bad debt expense due to favorable collection history and other cost reduction measures.
Restructuring and Other Charges.Restructuring and other charges of $0.5 million represents legal and professional fees and other expenses associated with due diligence performed related to a potential acquisition that was ultimately not completed.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization decreased to $5.3 million for the year ended December 25, 2005, as compared to $6.3 million for the prior year. The decrease was due to more assets becoming fully depreciated during 2005.
Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net, decreased to $2.8 million for the year ended December 25, 2005 as compared to $3.5 million for the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to lower average outstanding borrowings.
Benefit from Income Taxes. Our effective income tax benefit rate for the year ended December 25, 2005 was 45.2% as compared to 31.7% in the prior year. The increase in the effective tax benefit rate was primarily due to state income tax planning initiatives having a larger impact in 2005 than in 2004.
Net Loss. As a result of the above, we incurred a net loss of $0.8 million for the year ended December 25, 2005 as compared to a net loss of $1.3 million for the prior year.
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Seasonality
Due to the regional and seasonal fluctuations in the hospital patient census of our hospital and healthcare facility clients and due to the seasonal preferences for destinations by our temporary healthcare professionals, the number of healthcare professionals on assignment, revenue and earnings are subject to moderate seasonal fluctuations. Many of our hospital and healthcare facility clients are located in areas that experience seasonal fluctuations in population, during the winter and summer months. These facilities adjust their staffing levels to accommodate the change in this seasonal demand and many of these facilities utilize temporary healthcare professionals to satisfy these seasonal staffing needs.
Historically, the number of temporary healthcare professionals on assignment has increased from January through March followed by declines or minimal growth from April through December. This pattern may or may not continue in the future. As a result of all of these factors, results of any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other quarter or for any year. Additionally, volume for our travel nurse staffing and travel allied health divisions are typically negatively impacted in December due to vacations taken over the year-end holidays.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Discussion on Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our historical capital resource requirements have been the funding of working capital, debt service, capital expenditures and acquisitions. We have historically funded these requirements from a combination of cash flow from operations, equity issuances and borrowings under our credit facilities.
Cash flow from operations was $10.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $12.9 million for the year ended December 25, 2005. During the year ended December 31, 2006, we used cash generated from operations to repay $7.0 million of borrowings under our Senior Credit Facility and $0.3 million of capital lease obligations.
As of December 31, 2006, we had net working capital of $36.2 million as compared to $41.9 million as of December 25, 2005. The decrease was primarily due to an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
On June 25, 2004, we amended our Senior Credit Facility to reduce the Revolver capacity from $65.0 million to $60.0 million. The amendment also favorably modified certain financial covenants while increasing the applicable margin on the Revolver by 0.5% and on the Term Loan by 1.0%. In conjunction with the amendment, on July 1, 2004, we repaid $5.0 million of $17.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan. The $5.0 million can not be re-borrowed under the terms of the Term Loan. The impact of repaying the higher average interest rate borrowings under the Term Loan, offset partially by the marginally higher interest rates, at that time reduced the overall cost of capital under the Senior Credit Facility.
On February 24, 2005, we amended our Senior Credit Facility whereby the Term Loan was reduced from $12.0 million to $6.0 million, the applicable margin for the Term Loan was reduced, the maturity of the Term Loan was extended to December 22, 2006 and certain financial covenants were favorably amended. The $6.0 million Term Loan repayment was funded with borrowings under the Revolver.
On September 24, 2005 and December 25, 2005, we amended our Senior Credit Facility whereby certain financial covenants were favorably amended and the expiration date was extended to December 26, 2006 and January 2, 2007, respectively.
On September 29, 2006, we amended our Senior Credit Facility to extend the maturity date to September 29, 2009 and to reduce the capacity under the Revolver from $60.0 million to $40.0 million. The amendment also favorably modified certain financial covenants while decreasing the applicable margin on the Revolver by 0.5% and reducing the unused line fee by 0.15%. In conjunction with the amendment, on September 29, 2006, we repaid the remaining $6.0 million of outstanding borrowings and thereby extinguished the Term Loan. The impact of repaying the higher average interest rate borrowings under the Term Loan will reduce the overall cost of capital under the Senior Credit Facility going forward. We recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $0.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 to write off a portion of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs.
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Effective December 29, 2006, we amended the terms of our Senior Credit Facility whereby certain financial covenants were favorably amended.
The amount that can be borrowed at any given time under the Revolver is based on a formula that takes into account, among other things, eligible accounts receivable and an availability reserve, which can result in borrowing availability of less than the full capacity of the Revolver. The Revolver bears interest at either prime rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (7.7% at December 31, 2006) with interest payable monthly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. Unused capacity under the Revolver bears interest at 0.35% and is payable monthly. The Senior Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of our assets and contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the payment of dividends, restrict additional indebtedness and obligations, and require maintenance of certain financial ratios. As of December 31, 2006, we were in compliance with all covenants.
As the borrower under the Senior Credit Facility, our subsidiary, Medical Staffing Network, Inc., may only pay dividends or make other distributions to us in the amount of $500,000 in any fiscal year to pay our operating expenses. This limitation on our subsidiary’s ability to distribute cash to us will limit our ability to obtain and service any additional debt at the holding company level. In addition, our subsidiary is subject to restrictions under the Senior Credit Facility against incurring additional indebtedness.
For the year ended December 31, 2006, the weighted average interest rate for the loans under the Senior Credit Facility was 7.9%. As of December 31, 2006, the blended rate for loans outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility was 7.7%.
As of December 31, 2006, $17.0 million was outstanding under the Revolver and an additional $21.5 million was immediately available for borrowing under the Revolver.
Capital expenditures were $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 and were $3.2 million for the prior year. The expenditures primarily relate to the upgrade or replacement of various computer systems including hardware, and purchased and internally developed software. We expect a similar rate and type of capital expenditures on a going forward basis.
Because we rely on cash flow from operations as a source of liquidity, we are subject to the risk that a decrease in the demand for our staffing services could have an adverse impact on our liquidity. Decreased demand for our staffing services could result from an inability to attract qualified healthcare professionals, fluctuations in patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients and changes in state and federal regulations relating to our business.
We believe that our current cash balances, together with borrowing capacity under the Senior Credit Facility and other available sources of liquidity, will be sufficient for us to meet our current and future financial obligations, as well as to provide us with funds for working capital, anticipated capital expenditures and other needs for at least the next twelve months. No assurance can be given, however, that this will be the case. In the long term, we may require additional equity and debt financing to meet our working capital needs, or to fund our acquisition activities, if any. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available when required or, if available, will be available on satisfactory terms.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our investors.
Contractual Obligations
The following table reflects our significant contractual obligations and other commitments as of December 31, 2006 (in thousands):
Payments due by period | |||||||||||||||
Total | Less than 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | More than 5 years | |||||||||||
Operating leases | $ | 17,411 | $ | 4,625 | $ | 5,918 | $ | 3,805 | $ | 3,063 | |||||
Long-term debt obligations | 17,036 | — | 17,036 | — | — | ||||||||||
Capital lease obligations | 702 | 326 | 376 | — | — | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 35,149 | $ | 4,951 | $ | 23,330 | $ | 3,805 | $ | 3,063 | |||||
Critical Accounting Policies
In response to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Release Number 33-8040 “Cautionary Advice Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies” and SEC Release Number 33-8056, “Commission Statement about Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” we have identified the following critical accounting policies that affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires that we make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we will evaluate our estimates, including those related to asset impairment, accruals for self-insurance and compensation and related benefits, allowance for doubtful accounts, and contingencies and litigation. These estimates are based on the information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could vary from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. For a summary of all our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies discussed below, see Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
• | We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments, which results in a provision for bad debt expense. The adequacy of this allowance is determined by continually evaluating customer receivables, considering the customers’ financial condition, credit history and current economic conditions. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances would be required. |
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• | We have recorded goodwill and other intangibles resulting from our acquisitions through December 31, 2006. Through December 30, 2001, goodwill and other intangibles were amortized on a straight-line basis over their lives of 6 to 20 years. Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142, which we adopted in 2002, goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite life are no longer amortized. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill be separately disclosed from other intangible assets on the balance sheet and tested for impairment on a periodic basis, or more frequently if certain indicators arise. We have determined that each branch location represents a reporting unit, as opposed to our previous view that the entire company represented one reporting unit. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we perform an annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. On a quarterly basis we will review our reporting units for impairment indicators. Should we decide to close one or more of our reporting units, the associated goodwill will be written off with a charge to the consolidated statement of operations. |
We completed the annual impairment test of goodwill during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 and determined that there was impairment to our goodwill. We recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of approximately $28.6 million by using a combination of the market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. In connection with the branch closures during the first quarter of 2006, we concluded that the goodwill associated with the closed branches was fully impaired. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $3.2 million to write-off the associated goodwill. These amounts are included in the line item “impairment of goodwill” on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006. If we are required to record a further impairment charge in the future, it could have an adverse impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
• | As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our current tax exposures in each jurisdiction including the impact, if any, of additional taxes resulting from tax examinations. This evaluation is continuing as we are currently evaluating the effects of adopting the provisions of FIN No. 48 in the first quarter of 2007. A deferred tax asset or liability is recognized whenever there are future tax effects from existing temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Such deferred income tax asset and liability computations are based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to periods in which the differences are expected to reverse. If necessary, a valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred income tax assets in accordance with SFAS No. 109. Tax exposures can involve complex issues and may require an extended period to resolve. The estimated effective tax rate is adjusted for the tax related to significant unusual items. Changes in the geographic mix or estimated level of annual pre-tax income can affect the overall effective tax rate. |
At December 31, 2006, we had gross deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities. We have determined that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be fully realized in the near term (deferred tax liabilities not expected to reverse in the net operating loss carryforward period were not considered in reviewing the realizability of the other temporary differences). Accordingly during the quarter ended December 31, 2006, we established a $7.4 million valuation allowance against the net current and noncurrent deferred tax assets. SFAS No. 109 requires that a valuation allowance be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. A review of all evidence, both positive and negative needs to be considered. Such evidence includes the existence of deferred tax liabilities that will turn around within a carryforward period, a company’s past and projected future performance, the market environment in which the company operates, the utilization of past tax credits, the length of carryback and carryforward periods of net operating losses and allowable tax planning strategies. As we had cumulative losses for the three year period ended December 31, 2006, we were only able to give minimal consideration to projected future performance in measuring the need for a valuation allowance. We evaluate our ability to realize our deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis and will continue to maintain the allowance until an appropriate amount of positive evidence would substantiate any reversal. Such positive evidence could include actual utilization of the deferred tax asset and/or projections of potential utilization.
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• | We maintain an accrual for our health, workers compensation and professional liability that are either self-insured or partially self-insured and are classified in accounts payable and accrued expenses. The adequacy of these accruals is determined by periodically evaluating our historical experience and trends related to health, workers compensation, and professional liability claims and payments, based on company-specific actuarial computations and industry experience and trends. If such information indicates that the accruals are overstated or understated, we will adjust the assumptions utilized in the methodologies and reduce or provide for additional accruals as appropriate. |
• | We are subject to various claims and legal actions in the ordinary course of our business. Some of these matters include professional liability and employee-related matters. Hospital and healthcare facility clients may also become subject to claims, governmental inquiries and investigations and legal actions to which we may become a party relating to services provided by our professionals. From time to time, and depending upon the particular facts and circumstances, we may be subject to indemnification obligations under our contracts with hospital and healthcare facility clients relating to these matters. Although we are currently not aware of any such pending or threatened litigation that we believe is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations, if we become aware of such claims against us, we will evaluate the probability of an adverse outcome and provide accruals for such contingencies as necessary. |
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
The SEC encourages companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand a company’s future prospects and make informed investment decisions. This document contains such “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, particularly statements anticipating future growth in revenues, operating income and cash flow. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include the following:
• | Our ability to attract and retain qualified temporary healthcare professionals; |
• | The overall level of demand for services provided by temporary healthcare professionals; |
• | Our ability to enter into contracts with hospital and healthcare facility clients on terms attractive to us; |
• | The willingness of hospital and healthcare facility clients to utilize temporary healthcare staffing services; |
• | The general level of patient occupancy at hospital and healthcare facility clients; |
• | The functioning of our information systems; |
• | The effect of existing or future government regulation and federal and state legislative and enforcement initiatives on our business; |
• | Our clients’ ability to pay for services; |
• | Our ability to successfully implement our acquisition and integration strategies; |
• | The effect of liabilities and other claims asserted against us; |
• | The effect of competition in the markets we serve; |
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• | Our ability to carry out our business strategy; |
• | Our ability to leverage our cost structure; |
• | The loss of key officers and management personnel that could adversely affect our ability to remain competitive; |
• | The effect of recognition by us of an impairment to goodwill; and |
• | Our ability to obtain additional financing, if required, in future periods. |
Although we believe that these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we cannot guarantee future results. Given these uncertainties, the forward-looking statements discussed herein might not occur.
Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to interest rate risk arises principally from the variable rates associated with our credit facility. On December 31, 2006, we had borrowings of approximately $17.0 million under our Senior Credit Facility that were subject to variable rates, with a blended rate of 7.7%. As of December 31, 2006, an adverse change of 1.0% in the interest rate of all such borrowings outstanding would have caused us to incur an increase in interest expense of approximately $0.2 million on an annual basis.
Foreign Currency Risk
We have no foreign currency risk as we have no revenue outside the United States and all of our revenues are in U.S. dollars.
Inflation
We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our results of operations in recent years and periods. There can be no assurance, however, that we will not be adversely affected by inflation in the future.
Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
The information required to be presented by this item is presented commencing on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
We have had no disagreements with our independent registered public accounting firm on any matter of accounting principles or practices or financial statement disclosure.
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Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The term “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act), refers to the controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within required time periods. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report (Evaluation Date). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, such controls and procedures were effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, which appears on page F-2 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, is incorporated by reference herein.
Changes in Internal Controls
The term “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) refers to the process of a company that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated our internal control over financial reporting and concluded that no changes in internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2006 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. | Other Information |
None.
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Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance |
Information regarding our directors and executive officers is included in our Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the captions “Board Nominees Proposal–Directors and Executive Officers”, “—Nominees for Class III Directors–Term Expiring 2010”, “—Class II Directors—Term Expiring 2009”, “—Class I Directors–Term Expiring 2008”, “—Non-Director Executive Officers”, “—Board of Directors and Committees”, “—Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act” and “—Code of Business Conduct and Ethics” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. | Executive Compensation |
Information regarding executive compensation is included in our Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the captions “Board Nominees Proposal—Board of Directors and Committees”, “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “—Director Compensation,” “—Executive Compensation”, “—Employment Agreements”, and “—Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related stockholder matters is included in our Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the caption “Board Nominees Proposal–Principal Stockholders” and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence |
Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions is included in our Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the caption “Board Nominees Proposal—Certain Transactions” and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
Information regarding principal accounting fees and services is included in our Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the caption “Independent Public Accountants” and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
1. | Financial Statements |
The information required to be presented by this item is presented commencing on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
2. | Financial Statement Schedules |
The information required to be presented by this item is presented commencing on page S-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
3. | Exhibit: |
See the Exhibit Index on page 36 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Robert J. Adamson | |
Robert J. Adamson | ||
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Robert J. Adamson | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | March 7, 2007 | ||
Robert J. Adamson | ||||
/s/ Kevin S. Little | President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | March 7, 2007 | ||
Kevin S. Little | ||||
/s/ Joel Ackerman | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
Joel Ackerman | ||||
/s/ Anne Boykin | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
Anne Boykin | ||||
/s/ C. Daryl Hollis | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
C. Daryl Hollis | ||||
/s/ Philip Incarnati | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
Philip Incarnati | ||||
/s/ Edward J. Robinson | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
Edward J. Robinson | ||||
/s/ David J. Wenstrup | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
David J. Wenstrup | ||||
/s/ David Wester | Director | March 7, 2007 | ||
David Wester |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 20, 2001, among Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., MSN Acquisition Corp., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and certain stockholders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
2.2 | First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 26, 2001, among Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
2.3 | Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 31, 2002, among Clinical Resource Services, Inc., Health Search International, Inc., Cheryl Rhodes, Stacey Birnbach and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 22, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
2.4 | Escrow Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Clinical Resource Services, Inc. and Silver, Friedman & Taft, LLP (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 22, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
4.1 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 26, 2001, among the investors listed on Schedule I to such Agreement and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
4.2 | Form of Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated April 1, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.1 | Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, by and among Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and the investors named therein (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.2+ | Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Robert Adamson, dated August 20, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.3+ | First Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Robert Adamson, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.4+ | Second Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Robert Adamson, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.5+ | Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Little, dated August 20, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.6+ | First Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Little, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.7+ | Second Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Little, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.8+ | Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Patricia Donohoe, dated August 20, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.9+ | First Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Patricia Donohoe, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.10+ | Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Linda Duval, dated August 20, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.11+ | First Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Linda Duval, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.12+ | Termination Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Linda Duval, dated January 4, 2003 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-K, dated March 5, 2004 (Registration Number 001-31299)). | |
10.13+ | Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Jeffrey Jacobsen, dated November 1, 1999 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.14+ | Employment Agreement, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Gregory K. Guckes, dated June 9, 2003 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-Q, dated May 6, 2004 (Registration Number 001-31299)). | |
10.15+ | Separation Agreement, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Gregory K. Guckes, dated June 7, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-Q, dated August 5, 2004 (Registration Number 001-31299)). | |
10.16+ | Employment Agreement, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and N. Larry McPherson, dated August 2, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-Q, dated November 4, 2004 (Registration Number 001-31299)). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.17+ | Employment Agreement, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Gary Peck, dated March 10, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.18+ | General Waiver and Release of Claims, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Gary Peck, dated January 17, 2006 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005 (File No. 001-31299). | |
10.19+ | Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., dated February 27, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.20+ | Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.21+ | 2001 Stock Incentive Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.22+ | Form of Amended and Restated Executive Incentive Stock Ownership Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.23 | Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, LaSalle Bank, National Association, as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and General Electric Capital Corporation, Barclays Bank, PLC, and Antares Capital Corporation, as co-documentation agents (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.24 | Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.25 | Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.26 | Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.27 | Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.28 | Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2003, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 30, 2003 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.29 | Security Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.30 | Credit Agreement, dated December 22, 2003, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other Credit Parties identified on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent, and LaSalle Bank, National Association, as syndication agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2003 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.31 | First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated June 25, 2004, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other Credit Parties identified on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, LaSalle Bank National Association and Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 27, 2004 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.32 | Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated February 24, 2005, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other Credit Parties identified on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, LaSalle Bank National Association and Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 28, 2005 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.33 | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other credit parties named therein, the lenders listed on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and lender, and LaSalle Bank National Association as syndication agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 24, 2006 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.34 | Credit Party Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.35 | Holdings Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.36 | Lease Agreement, dated November 22, 1999, between Fairfax Boca ‘92 LP and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.37 | Lease Amendment No. 1, dated July 31, 2001, between Fairfax Boca ‘92 LP and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.38 | Lease Agreement, dated January 24, 2005, between Cantera H-6 LLC and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 24, 2005 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.39 | License and Master Agreement, dated February 8, 2002, between Premier Computer Systems, Inc. and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated March 15, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)). | |
10.40 | Blanket Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2005, between Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 25, 2005 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
10.41 | 1st Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of December 29, 2006, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other credit parties named therein, the lenders listed on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and lender, and LaSalle Bank National Association as syndication agent (filed herewith). | |
21.1 | List of Subsidiaries (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2003 (File No. 001-31299)). | |
23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith). | |
31.1 | Certification of Robert J. Adamson, Chief Executive Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
31.2 | Certification of Kevin S. Little, Chief Financial Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
32.1 | Certification of Robert J. Adamson, Chief Executive Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
32.2 | Certification of Kevin S. Little, Chief Financial Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). |
+ | Management contract or compensatory plan. |
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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MANAGEMENT'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL
OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Management performed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 based upon criteria inInternal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our assessment, management determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006 based on the criteria inInternal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.
Dated: March 2, 2007
/s/ Robert J. Adamson | /s/ Kevin S. Little | |||||||
Robert J. Adamson | Kevin S. Little | |||||||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | President and Chief Financial Officer |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.
We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, that Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, management’s assessment that Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 and our report dated March 2, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Certified Public Accountants |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
March 2, 2007
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 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 statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, on December 26, 2005, Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, which requires it to recognize expense related to the fair value of share-based compensation awards.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 2, 2007, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Certified Public Accountants |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
March 2, 2007
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 527 | $ | 42 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of$1,145and $772 atDecember 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively | 56,717 | 55,863 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 2,500 | 1,966 | ||||||
Other current assets | 2,547 | 4,576 | ||||||
Total current assets | 62,291 | 62,447 | ||||||
Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of$24,095 and $21,697 atDecember 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively | 7,691 | 8,427 | ||||||
Goodwill | 99,097 | 130,589 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of$3,194 and $2,394 atDecember 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively | 1,453 | 2,253 | ||||||
Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of$1,122 and $1,213 atDecember 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively | 619 | 1,200 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 171,151 | $ | 204,916 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 18,209 | $ | 14,099 | ||||
Accrued payroll and related liabilities | 7,573 | 6,157 | ||||||
Current portion of capital lease obligations | 290 | 317 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 26,072 | 20,573 | ||||||
Long-term debt | 17,036 | 23,991 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 4,745 | 9,790 | ||||||
Capital lease obligations, net of current portion | 359 | 702 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 612 | 612 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 48,824 | 55,668 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 75,000 authorized:30,257 and 30,237 issued and outstanding atDecember 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively | 303 | 302 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 284,507 | 284,432 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (162,483 | ) | (135,486 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 122,327 | 149,248 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 171,151 | $ | 204,916 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Years Ended | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
Service revenues | $ | 385,450 | $ | 402,507 | $ | 417,058 | ||||||
Cost of services rendered | 299,374 | 314,341 | 327,075 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 86,076 | 88,166 | 89,983 | |||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 75,619 | 81,087 | 82,067 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 3,913 | 5,259 | 6,316 | |||||||||
Impairment of goodwill | 31,753 | — | — | |||||||||
Restructuring and other charges | 3,089 | 512 | — | |||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | (28,298 | ) | 1,308 | 1,600 | ||||||||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | 79 | — | — | |||||||||
Interest expense, net | 2,446 | 2,767 | 3,541 | |||||||||
Loss before benefit from income taxes | (30,823 | ) | (1,459 | ) | (1,941 | ) | ||||||
Benefit from income taxes | (3,826 | ) | (660 | ) | (615 | ) | ||||||
Net loss | $ | (26,997 | ) | $ | (799 | ) | $ | (1,326 | ) | |||
Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | (0.89 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | |||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||
Basic and diluted | 30,249 | 30,233 | 30,228 | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands)
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | (Accumulated | ||||||||||||||
Shares | Par | Capital | Deficit) | Total | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 28, 2003 | 30,209 | $ | 302 | $ | 284,346 | $ | (133,361 | ) | $ | 151,287 | ||||||
Net loss and comprehensive loss | — | — | — | (1,326 | ) | (1,326 | ) | |||||||||
Exercise of stock options | 22 | — | 65 | — | 65 | |||||||||||
Balance at December 26, 2004 | 30,231 | 302 | 284,411 | (134,687 | ) | 150,026 | ||||||||||
Net loss and comprehensive loss | — | — | — | (799 | ) | (799 | ) | |||||||||
Exercise of stock options | 6 | — | 21 | — | 21 | |||||||||||
Balance at December 25, 2005 | 30,237 | 302 | 284,432 | (135,486 | ) | 149,248 | ||||||||||
Net loss and comprehensive loss | — | — | — | (26,997 | ) | (26,997 | ) | |||||||||
Exercise of stock options | 20 | 1 | 75 | — | 76 | |||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2006 | 30,257 | $ | 303 | $ | 284,507 | $ | (162,483 | ) | $ | 122,327 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Years Ended | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
Operating activities | ||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (26,997 | ) | $ | (799 | ) | $ | (1,326 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill | 31,753 | — | — | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 3,913 | 5,259 | 6,316 | |||||||||
Amortization of debt issuance cost | 572 | 656 | 694 | |||||||||
Deferred income taxes | (4,032 | ) | (515 | ) | 2,568 | |||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts | 661 | 486 | 1,213 | |||||||||
Share-based payments | 31 | — | — | |||||||||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | 79 | — | — | |||||||||
Other | — | 17 | 55 | |||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Accounts receivable | (1,516 | ) | 1,673 | 9,911 | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,474 | 4,714 | 2,511 | |||||||||
Other assets | (1,510 | ) | (171 | ) | (132 | ) | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 4,480 | 1,856 | 5,024 | |||||||||
Accrued payroll and related liabilities | 1,415 | (440 | ) | (19 | ) | |||||||
Other liabilities | (1 | ) | 198 | (96 | ) | |||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 10,322 | 12,934 | 26,719 | |||||||||
Investing activities | ||||||||||||
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (261 | ) | (1,887 | ) | (24 | ) | ||||||
Purchases of furniture and equipment, net | (1,509 | ) | (1,863 | ) | (1,179 | ) | ||||||
Capitalized internally developed software costs | (868 | ) | (1,332 | ) | (1,753 | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (2,638 | ) | (5,082 | ) | (2,956 | ) | ||||||
Financing activities | ||||||||||||
Net repayments under revolving credit facility | (955 | ) | (1,768 | ) | (18,218 | ) | ||||||
Principal payments on term loan | (6,000 | ) | (6,000 | ) | (5,000 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 46 | 12 | 48 | |||||||||
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options | — | 9 | 17 | |||||||||
Principal payments under capital lease obligations | (290 | ) | (408 | ) | (1,090 | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (7,199 | ) | (8,155 | ) | (24,243 | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash | 485 | (303 | ) | (480 | ) | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 42 | 345 | 825 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | $ | 527 | $ | 42 | $ | 345 | ||||||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS – (continued)
(in thousands)
Years Ended | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||||||
Non-cash payment of interest | $ | 2,294 | $ | 2,019 | $ | 2,703 | ||||||
Purchases of equipment through capital leases | $ | — | $ | 1,009 | $ | — | ||||||
Vendor supplied equipment | $ | — | $ | 267 | $ | — | ||||||
Non-cash payment of additional consideration related to an acquisition | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4,161 | ||||||
Non-cash receipt of note receivable and interest receivable | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (4,161 | ) | |||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||||||||
Interest paid | $ | 26 | $ | 23 | $ | 23 | ||||||
Income taxes refunded, net | $ | (198 | ) | $ | (3,925 | ) | $ | (4,835 | ) | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization
Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (the Company), a Delaware corporation, is a provider of temporary staffing services, per diem and travel, in the United States. The Company’s per diem healthcare staffing assignments (less than thirteen weeks in duration) and its travel healthcare staffing assignments (typically thirteen weeks in duration) place professionals, predominately nurses, at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in response to its clients’ temporary staffing needs. The Company also provides temporary staffing of allied health professionals such as specialized radiology and diagnostic imaging specialties, clinical laboratory specialties, rehabilitation specialties, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare vocations. During 2004, the Company expanded its services to provide temporary general staffing. The Company’s per diem general staffing assignments, place individuals in a variety of areas including clerical, janitorial and food services. The Company’s temporary healthcare staffing client base includes for-profit and non-profit hospitals, teaching hospitals, and regional healthcare providers. The Company currently provides its services through a network of over 100 branch locations around the United States and considers each branch location to be a reporting unit and therefore an operating segment. The Company has aggregated all branch operating results under one reportable segment as each branch has similar economic characteristics. Each branch provides the same type of service, temporary staffing, and utilizes similar distribution methods, common systems, databases, procedures, processes and similar methods of identifying and serving their customers. Temporary staffing services represent 100% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157,Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application encouraged, provided that the reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements for that fiscal year inclusive of interim period financial statements. The Company will implement the provisions of SFAS No. 157 in the fiscal year beginning December 31, 2007. The impact of adoption of SFAS No. 157, which may be material, cannot be determined at this time.
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48,Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN No. 48). FIN No. 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statement in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109,Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN No. 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. FIN No. 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN No. 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and early application is encouraged. The Company will implement the provisions of FIN No. 48 in the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2007. The Company is in the process of implementing the provisions of FIN No. 48 for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2007, but it does not believe the adoption of FIN No. 48 will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the determination of allowance for doubtful accounts, the determination of required accruals for health, workers compensation and professional liability that are partially self funded, the determination of a valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets, and the determination of estimates used in the impairment analysis of goodwill and other intangible assets.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC (MSN LLC), Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (MSN Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN LLC, MSN-Illinois Holdings, Inc. (MSN-Ill), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN Inc., Medical Staffing Network of Illinois, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN-Ill, and Medical Staffing Network Assets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN-Ill. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
The Company’s fiscal year consists of 52/53 weeks ending on the last Sunday in December in each year. The year ended December 31, 2006 consisted of 53 weeks while the years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004 consisted of 52 weeks.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Deposits in banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. The Company performs reviews of the creditworthiness of its depository banks. The Company has not historically experienced any losses on deposits.
Accounts Receivable and Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk as defined by SFAS No. 105,Disclosure of Information About Financial Instruments With Off-Balance-Sheet Risk and Financial Instruments with Concentrations of Credit Risk, consist principally of accounts receivable. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable are limited due to the large number of customers and their dispersion across a number of geographic areas. However, essentially all trade receivables are concentrated in the hospital and healthcare sectors in the United States and, accordingly, the Company is exposed to their respective business and economic variables. Although the Company does not currently foresee a concentrated credit risk associated with these receivables, repayment is dependent upon the financial stability of these industry sectors. The Company does not generally require collateral. The allowance for doubtful accounts represents the Company’s estimate for uncollectible receivables based on a review of specific accounts and the Company’s historical collection experience. The Company writes off specific accounts based on an ongoing review of collectibility as well as management’s past experience with the customers.
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1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Fixed Assets
Furniture and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, ranging generally from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lives of the related leases or their estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter.
Certain leases for office equipment have been capitalized in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 13,Accounting for Leases, and are amortized over the lives of the related leases or their estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter.
Certain software development costs for internally developed software have been capitalized in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Position 98-1,Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. These capitalized costs include purchased software for internal use, consulting services and costs for personnel associated with programming, coding and testing such software during the application development stage. Amortization of capitalized software costs begins when the software is placed into service and is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Software development costs are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life of three years.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. Identifiable intangible assets are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 7.5 years. Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142,Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142), the Company does not amortize goodwill or intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Per SFAS No. 142, impairment, for goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite life, exists if the net book value of the goodwill or intangible asset equals or exceeds its fair value. During the year ended December 25, 2005, the Company reevaluated its reporting units and determined that each branch location represented a reporting unit, as opposed to the Company’s previous view that the entire business represented one reporting unit. The Company performed an analysis whereby the historical goodwill was allocated or “pushed down” to each reporting unit based on their estimated relative fair value at the time.
In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company performed its annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. The fair value analysis was completed with the assistance of outside valuation professionals. Based on the analysis, impairment was noted at a number of individual reporting units. Accordingly, a charge to the Company’s recorded goodwill of $28.6 million was recorded in the line item “impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statement of operations. The Company will continue to perform a reporting unit level fair value analysis impairment test during the fourth quarter of each year. On a quarterly basis the Company will review its reporting units for impairment indicators. If branches are not achieving their expected operating results, additional analysis may be performed to determine if indicators of impairment are present, and if so, such amount will be determined and the associated charge will be recorded to the consolidated statement of operations. Should the Company decide to close one or more of its reporting units, the associated goodwill will be written off with a charge to the consolidated statement of operations (see Note 4). Additionally, in connection with a first quarter 2006 restructuring initiative, the Company recorded a charge to its recorded goodwill of $3.2 million in the line item “impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statement of operations to writeoff the goodwill associated with the per diem branches closed in the initiative (See Note 2).
The Company accounts for long-lived assets, including intangible assets, with definite useful lives pursuant to SFAS No. 144,Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (SFAS No. 144), which requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of intangible assets with a definite useful life is determined by comparison of the carrying amount of
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1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
the asset to net future cash flows expected to be generated from the asset. Management reviews all amortizable long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired. An impairment loss is recorded when the net book value of the assets exceeds the fair value, as measured by projected discounted future cash flows. No impairment charges related to amortizable long lived assets were recorded in the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004.
The Company’s identifiable intangible assets are comprised of noncompete agreements, contractor databases, trademarks, trade names and customer relationships (see Note 4). The Company completed its review for annual impairment indicators for its indefinite lived intangible assets (trade names) during the fourth quarter of 2006 and determined that there was no impairment present for these intangible assets.
Reserves for Claims
Workers’ compensation, healthcare benefits and professional liability are provided under self-insured and partially self-funded plans. The Company records its estimate of the ultimate cost of, and reserves for, workers’ compensation and professional liability based on actuarial computations and the Company’s loss history as well as industry statistics. Furthermore, in determining its reserves, the Company includes reserves for estimated claims incurred but not reported. The ultimate cost of workers’ compensation, healthcare benefits and professional liability will depend on actual costs incurred to settle the claims and may differ from the amounts reserved by the Company for those claims.
Letters of Credit
As of December 31, 2006, the Company had an outstanding $0.5 million letter of credit, as security on its Warrenville, Illinois, office lease. The $0.5 million letter of credit expires on May 6, 2007 but, per the terms of the office lease, it will be replaced by a one year $0.4 million line of credit.
Debt Issuance Costs
Deferred costs related to the issuance of debt are being amortized using the effective interest method over the terms of the respective debt. Debt issuance costs of approximately $1.5 million, less accumulated amortization of approximately $1.1 million at December 31, 2006, and approximately $1.8 million, less accumulated amortization of approximately $1.2 million at December 25, 2005, are recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The reduction in debt issuance costs was related to the September 2006 credit facility amendment (see Note 8). Approximately $0.1 million of unamortized debt issuances costs was written off due to the amendment and the amount appears in the line item “loss on early extinguishment of debt” on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company will amortize approximately $0.1 million in 2007 – 2009.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue from services consists of temporary staffing revenues. Revenues are recognized when services are rendered. Reimbursable expenses, including those related to travel and out-of-pocket expenses are recorded as service revenues with an equal amount in cost of services rendered.
Share-based payments
The Company grants stock options for a fixed number of common shares to employees and directors from time to time. As of December 31, 2006, approximately 1.0 million options are available for future issuance.
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1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Prior to December 26, 2005, the Company accounted for employee stock options using the intrinsic value method as prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB No. 25), and, accordingly, recognized no compensation expense for stock option grants when the exercise price of the options equaled, or was greater than, the market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant.
Effective as of December 26, 2005, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R),Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123(R)), which is a revision of SFAS No. 123,Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123), using the modified prospective transition method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized for the year ended December 31, 2006 included compensation cost for all share-based payments modified or granted prior to, but not yet vested, as of December 26, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123. Results for periods prior to December 26, 2005 have not been restated.
The Company calculates the fair value of employee stock options using a Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model at the time the stock options are granted and that amount is amortized over the vesting period of the options, which is generally up to four years. The fair value for employee stock options for the year ended December 31, 2006 was calculated based on the following assumptions: an average risk-free interest rate for the period of 4.8%; dividend yield of 0%; weighted-average volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company’s common stock of 56%; and a weighted-average expected life of the options of 6 years.
As a result of adopting SFAS No. 123(R) on December 26, 2005, for the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company’s loss from operations, loss before benefit from income taxes and net loss were each increased by less than $0.1 million and had no impact on basic or diluted net loss per share, from what they would have been if the Company had continued to account for share-based compensation under APB No. 25. If the Company had accounted for stock-based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123 for the year ended December 31, 2006, the expense would have been the same as under SFAS No. 123(R).
The impact on earnings from the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) for the year ended December 31, 2006 was significantly minimized by the December 1, 2005 decision of the Company’s Compensation Committee to accelerate the vesting of all unvested stock options awarded to employees (with the exception of three of the Company’s officers at that time, who only had their options that were scheduled to vest in 2006 accelerated). However, the future impact on earnings from the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) cannot be predicted at this time because it will depend on levels of share-based payments granted in the future. The Company granted 7,500 stock options among its employees during the year ended December 31, 2006.
The adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) had no significant effect on cash flow from operating activities and cash flow from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006.
The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and net loss per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 to options granted under the Company’s stock option plans for the years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004:
Years Ended | ||||||||
December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | |||||||
Net loss as reported | $ | (799 | ) | $ | (1,326 | ) | ||
Fair value method of stock based compensation, net of tax | (1,156 | ) | (965 | ) | ||||
Pro forma net loss | $ | (1,955 | ) | $ | (2,291 | ) | ||
As reported basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | ||
Pro forma basic and dilute loss per share | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | ||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)
1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
For purposes of this pro forma disclosure, the fair value of these options was estimated at the time of grant using a Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model based on the following assumptions for the years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004:
Years Ended | ||||||
December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | |||||
Expected life (in years) | 4 –8 | 3 –8 | ||||
Risk-free interest rate | 3.91% - 4.66 | % | 4.25% - 4.44 | % | ||
Volatility | 60 | % | 63 | % | ||
Dividend yield | 0 | % | 0 | % |
Net Loss Per Share
In accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 128,Earnings Per Share(SFAS No. 128), basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding and diluted earnings per share reflects the dilutive effects of stock options and other common stock equivalents (as calculated utilizing the treasury stock or reverse treasury stock method, as appropriate). Shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of options have been excluded from the 2006, 2005 and 2004 per share calculations because their effect would have been anti-dilutive due to the net loss. See Note 12 for the calculation of net loss per share.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under SFAS No. 109,Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS No. 109). Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.
Derivative Financial Instruments
While the Company is exposed to market risks arising from changes in interest rates, as of December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, the Company had no derivative instruments.
Comprehensive Loss
SFAS No. 130,Comprehensive Income (SFAS No. 130), requires that an enterprise (a) classify items of other comprehensive income by their nature in the financial statements, and (b) display the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income separately from retained earnings and additional paid-in capital in the equity section of the balance sheet. The items of other comprehensive loss that are typically required to be displayed are foreign currency items, minimum pension liability adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities and the effective portion of certain derivative instruments. There are no components of comprehensive loss other than the Company’s net loss for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 and 2004 consolidated financial statements to conform to the fiscal year 2006 presentation in connection with the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).
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2. RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES
As previously announced, on February 1, 2006, the Company initiated a plan to reorganize the infrastructure in its per diem nursing division to drive higher profitability in the current per diem marketplace, which is showing modest growth. As part of the restructuring, 13 per diem branches were closed and approximately 75 branch staff and corporate employees were terminated. As a result, in the first quarter of 2006, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $6.3 million, of which $3.1 million related to employee severance costs, branch closing costs and lease termination costs and $3.2 million related to the impairment of goodwill for the closed branches. The $3.1 million charge is included in restructuring and other charges and the $3.2 million is included in impairment of goodwill in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006.
A breakdown of the restructuring and other charges is as follows (in thousands):
Charge | Cash paid as of Dec. 31, 2006 | Non-cash amounts as of Dec. 31, 2006 | Accrued at Dec. 31, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Employee termination costs | $ | 1,537 | $ | (1,197 | ) | $ | (179 | ) | $ | 161 | (1) | ||||
Lease termination costs | 909 | (577 | ) | (41 | ) | 291 | (2) | ||||||||
Office closing costs | 240 | — | (205 | ) | 35 | (2) | |||||||||
Miscellaneous other costs | 403 | (100 | ) | (287 | ) | 16 | (2) | ||||||||
Total | $ | 3,089 | $ | (1,874 | ) | $ | (712 | ) | $ | 503 | |||||
(1) | Included in accrued payroll and related liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. |
(2) | Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. |
3. ACQUISITIONS
On November 30, 2005, the Company acquired certain assets of Winnertech, a New Jersey based temporary healthcare staffing company, for approximately $0.6 million in cash, of which approximately $0.1 million was held in escrow, and the assumption of approximately $0.3 million in liabilities. Approximately $0.7 million and $0.1 million of the purchase price were allocated to goodwill and a non-compete agreement (three-year life), respectively. The primary reason for the acquisition was to expand service offerings within the temporary healthcare industry. The acquisition was accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 141,Business Combinations (SFAS No 141), and, accordingly, the results of operations have been included in the consolidated statements of operations beginning from December 1, 2005, the date when the Company assumed control.
On March 31, 2005, the Company acquired certain assets of Quality Medical Professionals (QMP), a California based temporary allied health staffing company, for approximately $1.0 million in cash, of which approximately $0.1 million was held in escrow, and the potential for additional consideration contingent upon QMP achieving certain financial results in the future. Approximately $0.4 million, $0.2 million, $0.1 million and $0.1 million of the purchase price were allocated to goodwill, customer contracts (two-year life), contractor databases (five-year life) and a non-compete agreement (six-year life), respectively. The primary reason for the acquisition was to expand service offerings within the temporary healthcare industry. The acquisition was accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and, accordingly, the results of operations have been included in the consolidated statements of operations beginning from April 1, 2005, the date when the Company assumed control.
In 2006, the Company paid approximately $0.3 million of additional consideration related to prior year acquisitions, which has been included in goodwill on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. During 2005, the Company neither paid nor accrued, any additional consideration related to prior year acquisitions. In 2004, the Company paid approximately $0.1 million of additional consideration related to prior year acquisitions, and also had additional consideration pursuant to an acquisition as the earnout amount due under the purchase agreement was set off against the $4.0 million note receivable and associated interest receivable of $0.2 million.
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3. ACQUISITIONS (continued)
The following unaudited pro forma financial information reflects the results of operations for the years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the respective periods presented. The pro forma financial information, in the schedule below, does not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the transactions taken place at the beginning of the periods presented or of future results of operations (in thousands, except per share information):
Years Ended | ||||||||
December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | |||||||
Service revenues | $ | 405,612 | $ | 417,058 | ||||
Income from operations | 1,447 | 1,600 | ||||||
Net loss | (712 | ) | (1,326 | ) | ||||
Loss per share: | ||||||||
Basic and diluted | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) |
4. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As discussed in Note 1, pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142, the Company does not amortize goodwill or intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Identifiable intangibles with definite lives are amortized. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill be separately disclosed from other intangible assets on the balance sheet and tested for impairment on a periodic basis, or more frequently if certain indicators arise.
Goodwill decreased by $31.5 million from $130.6 million at December 25, 2005 to $99.1 million at December 31, 2006. This decrease is associated with non-cash impairment losses of $31.8 million partially offset by the payment of additional consideration of $0.3 million relating to prior year acquisition. The non-cash impairment losses of $31.8 million were comprised of a first quarter charge of $3.2 million and fourth quarter charge of $28.6 million. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company recorded an impairment charge for the closure of 13 branches associated with the first quarter restructuring initiative (See Note 2). During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Company completed its annual impairment test and determined that there was an impairment to its recorded goodwill by using a combination of market multiples, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Contributing to the impairment charge was the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches.
The following reflects the changes to goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005 (in thousands):
Years Ended | |||||||
Dec. 31, 2006 | Dec. 25, 2005 | ||||||
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 130,589 | $ | 129,474 | |||
Consideration related to current year acquisitions | — | 1,115 | |||||
Additional consideration related to prior year acquisitions | 261 | — | |||||
Impairment losses | (31,753 | ) | — | ||||
Balance at end of year | $ | 99,097 | $ | 130,589 | |||
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4. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)
As of December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, the Company’s intangible assets, other than goodwill, and related accumulated amortization, were as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | |||||||||||||||
Intangible assets subject to amortization: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non-compete agreements (3 – 7.5 years) | $ | 3,531 | $ | (2,441 | ) | $ | 1,090 | $ | 3,531 | $ | (1,903 | ) | $ | 1,628 | ||||||
Contractor database (5 years) | 742 | (515 | ) | 227 | 742 | (366 | ) | 376 | ||||||||||||
Customer relationships (3 years) | 266 | (238 | ) | 28 | 266 | (125 | ) | 141 | ||||||||||||
Total intangibles subject to amortization | 4,539 | (3,194 | ) | 1,345 | 4,539 | (2,394 | ) | 2,145 | ||||||||||||
Intangible assets not subject to amortization: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Trademarks, trade names | 108 | — | 108 | 108 | — | 108 | ||||||||||||||
Total intangible assets | $ | 4,647 | $ | (3,194 | ) | $ | 1,453 | $ | 4,647 | $ | (2,394 | ) | $ | 2,253 | ||||||
During 2006, the Company did not purchase any intangible assets. During 2005, the Company acquired intangible assets totaling $0.5 million as part of the QMP and Winnertech acquisitions (see Note 3). The Company recorded amortization expense on intangible assets of $0.8 million, $0.7 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, respectively.
The estimated annual amortization expense for intangible assets for the next five fiscal years as of December 31, 2006 is as follows (in thousands):
2007 | $ | 697 | |
2008 | 356 | ||
2009 | 224 | ||
2010 | 65 | ||
2011 | 3 |
5. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
Furniture and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | |||||||
Leasehold improvements | $ | 1,633 | $ | 1,485 | ||||
Furniture and equipment | 16,266 | 15,475 | ||||||
Internally developed software | 10,495 | 9,627 | ||||||
Equipment held under capital leases | 3,392 | 3,537 | ||||||
Total | 31,786 | 30,124 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (24,095 | ) | (21,697 | ) | ||||
Furniture and equipment, net | $ | 7,691 | $ | 8,427 | ||||
Depreciation expense from furniture and equipment was $3.1 million, $4.5 million and $5.8 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, respectively.
Accumulated amortization on assets held under capital leases was $2.8 million and $2.5 million at December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively.
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6. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | |||||
Insurance related accrued expenses | $ | 8,812 | $ | 9,041 | ||
Accrued expenses | 6,308 | 2,325 | ||||
Accounts payable | 1,605 | 1,330 | ||||
Other | 1,484 | 1,403 | ||||
Total | $ | 18,209 | $ | 14,099 | ||
7. INCOME TAXES
As of December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, the Company had temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such amounts measured by the tax laws.
The benefit from income taxes is as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
Current income taxes | ||||||||||||
Federal | $ | — | $ | (548 | ) | $ | (2,865 | ) | ||||
State | 206 | 403 | (318 | ) | ||||||||
Total current income taxes | 206 | (145 | ) | (3,183 | ) | |||||||
Deferred income taxes | (4,032 | ) | (515 | ) | 2,568 | |||||||
Benefit from income taxes | $ | (3,826 | ) | $ | (660 | ) | $ | (615 | ) | |||
At December 31, 2006, the Company had gross deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities. The Company has determined that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be fully realized in the near term (deferred tax liabilities not expected to reverse in the net operating loss carryforward period were not considered in reviewing the realizability of the other temporary differences). Accordingly during the quarter ended December 31, 2006, the Company established a $7.4 million valuation allowance against the net current and noncurrent deferred tax assets. SFAS No. 109 requires that a valuation allowance be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. A review of all evidence, both positive and negative needs to be considered. Such evidence includes the existence of deferred tax liabilities that will turn around within a carryforward period, a company’s past and projected future performance, the market environment in which the company operates, the utilization of past tax credits, the length of carryback and carryforward periods of net operating losses and allowable tax planning strategies. As the Company had cumulative losses for the three year period ended December 31, 2006, it was only able to give minimal consideration to projected future performance in measuring the need for a valuation allowance. The Company evaluates its ability to realize its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis and will continue to maintain the allowance until an appropriate amount of positive evidence would substantiate any reversal. Such positive evidence could include actual utilization of the deferred tax asset and/or projections of potential utilization. Management determined that no valuation allowance was required prior to the quarter ended December 31, 2006.
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7. INCOME TAXES (continued)
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | |||||||
Current deferred tax assets: | ||||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts | $ | 438 | $ | 317 | ||||
Restructuring expenses | 147 | — | ||||||
Accrued expenses | 140 | 157 | ||||||
Insurance reserves | 1,664 | 1,236 | ||||||
Total current deferred tax assets | 2,389 | 1,710 | ||||||
Current deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses | (294 | ) | (198 | ) | ||||
Other current liabilities | (499 | ) | — | |||||
Valuation allowance | (1,596 | ) | — | |||||
Total current deferred tax assets, net | $ | — | $ | 1,512 | ||||
Noncurrent deferred tax assets: | ||||||||
Federal net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards | $ | 3,700 | $ | 1,728 | ||||
State NOL carryforwards | 1,507 | 1,169 | ||||||
Intangible assets | 707 | 523 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | 493 | 242 | ||||||
Total noncurrent deferred tax assets | 6,407 | 3,662 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||||
Goodwill | (4,745 | ) | (13,176 | ) | ||||
Furniture and equipment | (616 | ) | (276 | ) | ||||
Valuation allowance | (5,791 | ) | — | |||||
Total noncurrent deferred tax liabilities, net | $ | (4,745 | ) | $ | (9,790 | ) | ||
As of December 31, 2006, the Company had a Federal net operating loss carryforward of $10.4 million, which expires beginning 2025, and state net operating loss carryforwards of $37.1 million, the majority of which expire beginning 2024.
Cash received from option exercise under all shared-based payment arrangements for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, was approximately $46,000, $12,000, and $48,000, respectively. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deductions from option exercise of the shared-based payment arrangements totaled $9,000, and $17,000, respectively, for the years ended December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively. Due to the Company recording a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets in the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company did not realize an actual tax benefit for the tax deductions from fiscal year 2006 option exercises of the share-based arrangements.
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7. INCOME TAXES (continued)
The reconciliation of income tax benefit computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate to income tax benefit is as follows:
Years Ended | |||||||||
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | |||||||
Tax at U.S. statutory rate | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | |||
State taxes, net of federal benefit | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||||||
Other state tax items | — | 17.1 | — | ||||||
Non-deductible items | (0.6 | ) | (12.4 | ) | (10.7 | ) | |||
Valuation allowance | (24.0 | ) | — | — | |||||
Other, net | (0.6 | ) | 2.9 | 4.8 | |||||
Effective income tax benefit rate | 12.4 | % | 45.2 | % | 31.7 | % | |||
8. LONG-TERM DEBT
At December 27, 2004, the Company had a senior credit facility (Senior Credit Facility) that provided for a $60.0 million revolving credit facility (Revolver) that expired on December 22, 2006 and a $12.0 million term note (Term Note) that was due on December 22, 2005.
On February 24, 2005, the Company amended the terms of its Senior Credit Facility whereby the Term Loan was reduced from $12.0 million to $6.0 million, the applicable margin for the Term Loan was reduced to 4.5%, the maturity of the Term Loan was extended to December 22, 2006 and certain financial covenants were amended. The $6.0 million Term Loan repayment was funded with borrowings under the Revolver.
Effective September 24, 2005 and December 25, 2005, the Company amended the terms of its Senior Credit Facility whereby certain financial covenants were favorably amended and the expiration date was extended to December 26, 2006 and January 2, 2007, respectively.
On September 29, 2006, the Company amended the terms of its Senior Credit Facility to extend the maturity date to September 29, 2009 and to reduce the capacity under the Revolver from $60.0 million to $40.0 million. The amendment also favorably modified certain financial covenants while decreasing the applicable margin on the Revolver by 0.5% and reducing the unused line fee by 0.15%. In conjunction with the amendment, on September 29, 2006, the Company repaid the remaining $6.0 million of outstanding borrowings and thereby extinguished the Term Loan through borrowings under the Revolver. The Company recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $0.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 to write off a portion of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs.
Effective December 29, 2006, the Company amended the terms of its Senior Credit Facility whereby certain financial covenants were favorably amended.
The amount that can be borrowed at any given time under the Revolver is based on a formula that takes into account, among other things, eligible accounts receivable and an availability reserve, which can result in borrowing availability of less than the full capacity of the Revolver. The Revolver bears interest at either prime rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (7.7% at December 31, 2006) with interest payable monthly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. Unused capacity under the Revolver bears interest at 0.35% and is payable monthly. The Senior Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the payment of dividends, restrict additional indebtedness and obligations, and require maintenance of certain financial ratios. As of December 31, 2006, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.
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8. LONG-TERM DEBT (continued)
As the borrower under the Senior Credit Facility, the Company’s subsidiary, Medical Staffing Network, Inc., may only pay dividends or make other distributions to the Company in the amount of $500,000 in any fiscal year to pay the Company’s operating expenses. This limitation on the Company’s subsidiary’s ability to distribute cash to the Company will limit its ability to obtain and service any additional debt at the holding company level. In addition, the Company’s subsidiary is subject to restrictions under the Senior Credit Facility against incurring additional indebtedness.
As of December 31, 2006, $17.0 million was outstanding under the Revolver and an additional $21.5 million was immediately available for borrowing under the Revolver.
A summary of long-term debt as of December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005 is as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | |||||
Senior facility | $ | 17,036 | $ | 17,991 | ||
Term loan | — | 6,000 | ||||
Total debt, all long-term | $ | 17,036 | $ | 23,991 | ||
Scheduled maturities of long-term debt as of December 31, 2006 are as follows (in thousands):
2007 | $ | — | |
2008 | — | ||
2009 | 17,036 |
9. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company has a voluntary defined contribution 401(k) profit-sharing plan covering all eligible employees as defined in the plan documents. The Plan allows for its participants to defer up to 25% of annual salary up to the adjusted IRS maximum each year. In addition, the plan provides for matching 50% of the participants’ contributions, up to a maximum of 7% of the participants’ salary contributed and provides for a discretionary matching contribution, which would be allocated to each employee based on the employee’s annual pay divided by the total annual pay of all participants eligible to receive such contribution. The Company’s matching contribution was approximately $0.6 million, $1.0 million and $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, respectively.
In 2003, the Company established a Deferred Compensation Plan covering senior management who have executive-level decision making responsibilities. The plan allows for its participants to defer up to 100% of annual salary up to the adjusted 401(k) maximum that individuals can defer in the Company’s existing 401(k) plan (see above). In addition, the Company will match 50% of the participant’s contributions, up to a maximum of 7% of the participant’s salary contributed, a match that is consistent with the Company’s existing 401(k) plan. Participants may also contribute 100% of any excess contributions, excess company match and potential earnings from the prior year’s 401(k) discrimination testing refunds. The plan is a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan and all participants’ contributions are held in the Company’s name. As such, the Company recorded the fair value of the trust of $1.0 million and $0.6 million, in the other current assets and accounts payable and accrued expenses within the consolidated balance sheets for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, respectively. The Company’s matching contribution was $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004.
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10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Capital Leases
The Company leases equipment under several lease agreements, which are accounted for as capital leases. The assets and liabilities under capital leases are recorded at the lower of the net present value of the minimum lease payments or the fair value of the asset. The assets are amortized over the related lease term.
Future minimum lease payments under capital leases are as follows as of December 31, 2006 (in thousands):
2007 | $ | 326 | ||
2008 | 322 | |||
2009 and thereafter | 54 | |||
Total future minimum lease payments | 702 | |||
Less amount representing interest | (53 | ) | ||
Less amount classified as current | (290 | ) | ||
Long-term portion, net of current | $ | 359 | ||
Operating Leases
The Company has entered into noncancelable operating lease agreements for the rental of space and equipment. Certain of these leases include options to renew as well as rent escalation clauses. Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2006 associated with these agreements are as follows (in thousands):
2007 | $ | 4,625 | |
2008 | 3,423 | ||
2009 | 2,495 | ||
2010 | 1,923 | ||
2011 | 1,882 | ||
Thereafter | 3,063 |
Total operating lease expense was approximately $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 and $5.8 million for each of the years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004.
Litigation
On February 20, 2004, Joseph and Patricia Marrari, and on April 16, 2004, Tommie Williams, filed class action lawsuits against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, on behalf of themselves and purchasers of the Company’s common stock pursuant to or traceable to the Company’s initial public offering in April 2002. These lawsuits also named as defendants certain of the Company’s directors and executive officers (collectively with the Company, the Defendants). The complaints allege that certain disclosures in the Registration Statement/Prospectus filed in connection with the Company’s initial public offering on April 17, 2002 were materially false and misleading in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act). The complaints seek compensatory damages, as well as costs and attorney fees.
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10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)
On March 29, 2004, a third class action lawsuit brought on behalf of the same class of the Company’s stockholders, making claims under the Securities Act similar to those in the lawsuits filed by Plaintiffs Joseph and Patricia Marrari and Tommie Williams, was commenced by Plaintiff Haddon Zia in the Florida Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. Defendants removed this case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and Plaintiff moved to remand the case back to the Florida Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, which motion Defendants opposed. On September 16, 2004, the federal district court entered an order granting Plaintiff’s motion to remand. On January 6, 2005, the state court stayed the state court proceedings until further order of the court. The Zia complaint seeks rescission or damages as well as certain equitable relief and costs and attorney fees.
On March 2, 2004, another class action complaint was filed against the Company and certain of its directors and executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Jerome Gould, individually and on behalf of a class of the Company’s stockholders who purchased stock during the period from April 18, 2002 through June 16, 2003. The complaint alleges that certain of the Company’s public disclosures during the class period were materially false and misleading in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The complaint seeks compensatory damages, costs and attorney fees.
On July 2, 2004, the Marrari, Gould, Williams and Zia actions were consolidated, although, as noted above, the Zia action was subsequently remanded to state court. Plaintiff Thomas Greene was appointed Lead Plaintiff of the consolidated action and the law firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Rudman LLP (now known as Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman and Robbins LLP) was appointed Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel. On September 1, 2004, Lead Plaintiff filed his consolidated amended class action complaint (the Complaint). The Complaint makes allegations on behalf of a class consisting of purchasers of the Company’s common stock pursuant to or traceable to the Company’s initial public offering in April 2002, for purposes of the Securities Act claims, and on behalf of the Company’s stockholders who purchased stock during the period from April 18, 2002 through June 16, 2003, for purposes of the Exchange Act claims. The Complaint alleges that certain of the Company’s public disclosures during the class period were materially false and misleading in violation of Section 11 of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act. The Complaint seeks compensatory damages as well as costs and attorney fees. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Complaint, which, on September 27, 2005, was granted in part as to those portions of Plaintiffs’ Section 10(b) and 20(a) claims concerning statements or omissions prior to October 29, 2002, and denied as to the remaining claims. On May 15, 2006, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for class certification.
Defendants and Lead Plaintiff have reached an agreement to settle the case, the terms of which are reflected in a Stipulation of Settlement filed with the District Court. Under the settlement agreement, Defendants expressly deny any violation of the securities laws or other wrongdoing. The settlement will create a $5 million cash fund that will be used to pay claims submitted by class members and pay fees and expenses of Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel. The entire amount of the settlement is covered by the Company’s insurance and therefore will not have any impact on the Company’s earnings. The settlement agreement is subject to certain conditions, including the dismissal of the Zia action and the District Court’s review and final approval of the settlement at a fairness hearing currently scheduled for March 2, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) is currently conducting a wage and hour review regarding the Company’s payment of certain “on-call” employees who work from their homes after normal business hours and bonus payments made to certain per diem employees. The Company is cooperating fully with the review and believes that all employees were properly paid.
From time to time, the Company is subject to lawsuits and claims that arise out of its operations in the normal course of business. The Company is a plaintiff or a defendant in various litigation matters in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages that are substantial in amount. The Company believes that the disposition of any claims that arise out of operations in the normal course of business will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)
11. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Stockholders’ Agreement
The Company and certain of its stockholders entered into a stockholders agreement conferring certain rights and restrictions, including among others, restrictions on transfers of shares, rights to acquire shares, and designation of Board of Director seats. This agreement terminated upon the Company’s initial public offering except that:
• | for as long as any investor that is a party to the stockholders agreement beneficially owns at least 20% of the Company’s outstanding shares, the Company is obligated to nominate and use its best efforts to have two individuals designated by that investor elected to its Board of Directors; and |
• | for as long as any investor that is a party to the stockholders agreement beneficially owns at least 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares, the Company is obligated to nominate and use its best efforts to have one individual designated by that investor elected to its Board of Directors. |
Stock Options
In 1999, the Company adopted a stock option plan (the 1999 Plan), under which 1.2 million shares of common stock were made available for grant. At December 31, 2006, 0.3 million shares are available for future issuances under the 1999 Plan, however following the adoption of the 2001 Plan (as described below), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors decided to freeze the issuance of the available options. The 1999 Plan provides for the granting of both “incentive stock options” (as defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code) and nonqualified stock options. Each outstanding option under the 1999 Plan is exercisable after the period or periods specified in the respective option agreement, but no option can be exercised after the expiration of ten years and one day from the date of grant.
On November 14, 2001, the Board adopted a new stock option plan (the 2001 Plan). Under the terms of the 2001 Plan, the Company is authorized to grant incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, make stock awards and provide the opportunity to purchase stock to employees, directors, officers and consultants of the Company. The 2001 Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 2.3 million shares of common stock. On June 17, 2003 the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2001 Plan which increased the maximum number of shares for issuance by 0.5 million, to 2.8 million. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors administers the 2001 Plan and is authorized to grant options thereunder to all eligible employees of the Company, including officers and directors of the Company and consultants. The 2001 Plan provides for the granting of both “incentive stock options” (as defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code) and nonqualified stock options. On December 1, 2005, the Company’s Compensation Committee accelerated the vesting of all unvested stock options awarded to employees under the 2001 Plan (with the exception of three of the Company’s officers, who only had their options that were scheduled to vest in 2006 accelerated). As a result of the acceleration, options to acquire approximately 374,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (representing approximately 18% of the total outstanding options), which otherwise would have vested periodically over the subsequent 48 months, became immediately exercisable. Approximately 50% of the accelerated options would have vested in 2006. Still, no option granted under the 2001 Plan can be exercised after the expiration of ten years and one day from the date of grant.
The Compensation Committee’s decision to accelerate the vesting of these options was in response to the issuance of SFAS No. 123(R). By accelerating the vesting of these options, the Company has minimized the potential compensation expense that will be required to be recognized in future periods under SFAS No. 123(R). Had the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) in prior periods, its impact would have approximated the impact of SFAS No. 123 as described in the disclosure of pro forma net loss and loss per share in stock-based compensation.
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)
11. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued)
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information is as follows:
Weighted Average Exercise Price | ||||||
Shares | ||||||
Outstanding at December 28, 2003 | 1,972,061 | $ | 7.16 | |||
Granted | 165,000 | $ | 7.27 | |||
Exercised | (21,633 | ) | $ | 2.22 | ||
Forfeited | (222,619 | ) | $ | 10.14 | ||
Outstanding at December 26, 2004 | 1,892,809 | $ | 6.88 | |||
Granted | 326,000 | $ | 6.85 | |||
Exercised | (5,521 | ) | $ | 2.19 | ||
Forfeited | (150,956 | ) | $ | 8.07 | ||
Outstanding at December 25, 2005 | 2,062,332 | $ | 6.80 | |||
Granted | 7,500 | $ | 6.00 | |||
Exercised | (20,846 | ) | $ | 2.39 | ||
Forfeited | (256,130 | ) | $ | 7.39 | ||
Outstanding at December 31, 2006 | 1,792,856 | $ | 6.75 | |||
Exercisable at end of year | 1,768,690 | $ | 6.75 | |||
Weighted Average Fair Value | |||
Options granted during the year: | |||
Issued at or above market price | $ | 2.88 |
Information about options outstanding as of December 31, 2006 is as follows:
Options Outstanding | Options Exercisable | |||||||||||
Range of Exercise Prices | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) | Shares | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Shares | Weighted Average Exercise Price | |||||||
$1.95 to $2.20 | 3.9 | 68,645 | $ | 2.17 | 68,645 | $ | 2.17 | |||||
$6.00 to $6.06 | 5.0 | 1,387,269 | $ | 6.06 | 1,379,769 | $ | 6.06 | |||||
$7.00 to $10.00 | 7.7 | 223,942 | $ | 7.69 | 207,276 | $ | 7.75 | |||||
$14.00 to $21.00 | 5.8 | 113,000 | $ | 16.19 | 113,000 | $ | 16.19 | |||||
$1.95 to $21.00 | 5.4 | 1,792,856 | $ | 6.75 | 1,768,690 | $ | 6.75 | |||||
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)
12. LOSS PER SHARE
Years Ended | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2006 | December 25, 2005 | December 26, 2004 | ||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share information) | ||||||||||||
Numerator for basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (26,997 | ) | $ | (799 | ) | $ | (1,326 | ) | |||
Denominator for basic and diluted loss per share: weighted-average shares | 30,249 | 30,233 | 30,228 | |||||||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | (0.89 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | |||
For the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, approximately 1.8 million, 2.1 million and 1.9 million options, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares as the impact of their conversion was anti-dilutive due to the net loss.
13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company provides staffing services to a healthcare system of which one of the Company’s directors, Philip A. Incarnati, is the President and Chief Executive Officer. During the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, the Company billed approximately $2.8 million, $2.8 million and $3.3 million, respectively, for its services. The Company had a receivable balance from the healthcare system of approximately $0.3 million at both December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005.
The Company provides staffing services to a healthcare services company of which one of the Company’s directors, David Wester, is the President. During the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, the Company billed approximately $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively for its services and had a receivable balance from the healthcare system of approximately $0.1 million at both December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005.
The Company paid approximately $0.1 million, during each of the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in connection with a continuing education program for the Company’s nurses. One of the Company’s directors, Dr. Anne Boykin, is the Dean of the College of Nursing at FAU, a university located in Boca Raton, Florida.
14. ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheet for accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of their short duration of maturity. The carrying amounts of the revolving credit note and term note approximate fair value because the interest rate is tied to a quoted variable index.
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)
15. UNAUDITED QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents a summary of the Company’s unaudited quarterly operating results for each of the four quarters in 2006 and 2005. This information was derived from unaudited interim financial statements that have been prepared on a basis consistent with the consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of such information when read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and accompanying notes. The operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.
Quarters Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | Dec. 31, 2006(1) | Sept. 24, 2006 | June 25, 2006 | Mar. 26, 2006(2) | Dec. 25, 2005 | Sept. 25, 2005(3) | June 26, 2005 | Mar. 27, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Service revenues | $ | 99,527 | $ | 95,646 | $ | 95,268 | $ | 95,009 | $ | 97,651 | $ | 102,408 | $ | 101,872 | $ | 100,576 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 23,462 | 21,742 | 21,158 | 19,714 | 21,426 | 22,472 | 22,824 | 21,444 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (24,807 | ) | 1,084 | 1,209 | (4,483 | ) | (292 | ) | 220 | 263 | (990 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Basic net income (loss) per share | (0.82 | ) | 0.04 | 0.04 | (0.15 | ) | (0.01 | ) | 0.01 | 0.01 | (0.03 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Diluted net income (loss) per share | (0.82 | ) | 0.04 | 0.04 | (0.15 | ) | (0.01 | ) | 0.01 | 0.01 | (0.03 | ) |
(1) | The quarter ended December 31, 2006 contains 14 weeks while all other quarters contained 13 weeks. Included in the net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 is a pre-tax non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $28.6 million and an after tax non-cash valuation allowance of $7.4 million to the Company’s net current and noncurrent deferred tax assets. |
(2) | In the quarter ended March 26, 2006, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $6.3 million, of which $3.1 million related to employee severance costs, branch closing costs and lease termination costs and $3.2 million related to the impairment of goodwill for the thirteen branches closed in a restructuring initiative. |
(3) | In the quarter ended September 25, 2005, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.5 million related to legal and professional fees and other expenses associated with due diligence performed related to a potential acquisition that was ultimately not completed. |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, and have issued our report thereon dated March 2, 2007 (included elsewhere in this Form 10-K). Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a)2 of this Form 10-K. This schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits.
In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Certified Public Accountants |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
March 2, 2007
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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in thousands) | Balance at Beginning | Charged to Costs and | Writeoffs And | Balance at End of | |||||||||
Description | of Period | Expense | Adjustments | Period | |||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts: | |||||||||||||
Year ended December 26, 2004 | $ | 1,920 | $ | 1,213 | $ | (2,069 | ) | $ | 1,064 | ||||
Year ended December 25, 2005 | $ | 1,064 | $ | 486 | $ | (778 | ) | $ | 772 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2006 | $ | 772 | $ | 661 | $ | (288 | ) | $ | 1,145 | ||||
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets: | |||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2006 | $ | — | $ | 7,387 | $ | — | $ | 7,387 | |||||
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