Exhibit 99
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MATRIX SERVICE REPORTS FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE OF $0.31 IN THE
SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL 2007, ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2006
Second Quarter 2007 Highlights:
| • | Revenues were $166.4 million versus $126.8 million a year earlier; |
| • | Net income soared 368.2% to $8.1 million compared with $2.2 million in the second quarter a year ago; |
| • | Gross margins increased to 13.2% from 10.2% for the second quarter a year earlier; and |
| • | Fully diluted EPS was $0.31 per share versus $0.10 per share in the same quarter a year ago. |
Six Month 2007 Highlights:
| • | Revenues were $293.2 million versus $235.8 million for the same period in fiscal 2006; and |
| • | Fully diluted EPS was $0.43 per share versus $0.13 per share a year earlier. |
TULSA, OK – January 4, 2007 – Matrix Service Co. (Nasdaq: MTRX), a leading industrial services company, today reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, ended November 30, 2006. Total revenues for the quarter were $166.4 million compared to $126.8 million recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2006.
Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 was $8.1 million, or $0.31 per fully diluted share, which included pre-tax charges of $0.3 million, or $0.01 per fully diluted share, for the adoption of the fair value recognition provisions in SFAS 123(R) Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. These results show a 368.2% improvement compared to the prior year when the Company reported second quarter net income of $2.2 million, or $0.10 per fully diluted share.
Michael J. Bradley, president and chief executive officer of Matrix Service Company, said, “We are extremely proud of the results our people have achieved. In the second quarter alone, we expanded our Senior Credit Facility to $75.0 million for five years from $50.0 million, we settled three of the four remaining significant disputed contracts and we announced three significant new projects, which totaled more than $90 million in additions to our backlog.”
EBITDA(1) for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 was $14.9 million, compared to $7.6 million for the same period last year. Gross margins on a consolidated basis for the current quarter were 13.2% compared to 10.2% reported in the same quarter a year ago. The gross margins were driven by the improvement in both the Construction Services and the Repair and Maintenance Services segments.
Construction Services revenues for the second quarter 2007 were $83.3 million compared to $48.4 million in the same period a year earlier. The increase was a result of significantly higher construction work in the Downstream Petroleum Industry, where second quarter revenues soared 82.7% to $65.0 million, from $35.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2006, by Other Industries’ revenues, which gained 44.2% to $14.0 million, from $9.7 million for the year-earlier period, and by Power Industry revenues, which increased 38.1% to $4.3 million, from $3.1 million for the year-earlier period.
| (1) | The Company uses EBITDA (earnings before net interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization) as part of its overall assessment of financial performance by comparing EBITDA between accounting periods. Matrix believes that EBITDA is used by the financial community as a method of measuring the Company’s performance and of evaluating the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or cash provided by operating activities, as defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). A reconciliation of EBITDA to net income is included at the end of this release. |
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Construction Services’ gross margins were 11.3% versus 8.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2006. The second quarter margin improvement was attributable to a robust market environment, effective project execution and the Company’s continued focus to manage its contractual risks, while at the same time working with customers to meet their strategic objectives.
Repair and Maintenance Services revenues advanced by $4.7 million, or 6.0%, in the second quarter of 2007 to $83.1 million, from $78.4 million in the same quarter in 2006. The increase was primarily a result of higher Downstream Petroleum Industry revenues, where second quarter revenues rose 5.5% to $78.2 million, from $74.1 million a year earlier, and by Power Industry revenues, which increased 23.8% to $3.7 million, from $3.0 million for the year-earlier period. Gross margins were 15.1% in the quarter versus 11.3% in the second quarter a year ago. Repair and Maintenance Services’ gross margins benefited from the higher revenue volumes relative to its overall fixed cost structure.
Six Month Results
For the six months ended November 30, 2006, Matrix Service reported consolidated revenues of $293.2 million versus $235.8 million recorded in the year-earlier period.
Net income for the six month period was $11.1 million, or $0.43 per fully diluted share, which included pre-tax charges of $0.5 million, or $0.01 per fully diluted share, for the adoption of fair value recognition provisions in SFAS 123(R) Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. These results significantly exceeded the prior year six month period net income of $2.5 million, or $0.13 per fully diluted share. EBITDA(1) for the six months ended November 30, 2006 was $22.1 million, compared with $12.4 million for the year earlier period. Consolidated gross margins increased to 12.0% from 9.8% a year earlier.
Revenues for the Construction Services segment were $160.1 million, compared with $110.6 million for the six months ending November 30, 2005. The increase was due to significantly higher construction work in the Downstream Petroleum Industry, where revenues for the six month period increased 38.9% to $119.4 million versus $86.0 million for the same six month period last year, to higher Other Industries’ revenues, which jumped 75.5% to $31.5 million in the recent six month period, versus $17.9 million a year earlier, and to higher Power Industry revenues, which gained 37.9% to $9.2 million in the recent six month period compared to $6.7 million a year earlier. Gross margins in the Construction Services segment increased to 11.1% from 9.5% a year earlier, as margins improved across all industry types from the factors discussed above.
Revenues for Repair and Maintenance Services rose $7.9 million, or 6.4%, to $133.1 million, for the six month period ending November 30, 2006, from $125.2 million for the six month period ending November 30, 2005. The increase was primarily due to significantly higher Downstream Petroleum Industry work, where revenues rose 8.1% to $126.5 million, versus $117.1 million for the same six month period last year. These increases were partially offset by lower Power Industry revenues, which fell 16.0% to $4.9 million in the six month period from $5.9 million in the same six month period last year and by lower Other Industries’ revenues, which fell 24.2% to $1.7 million in the six month period from $2.2 million in the same six month period last year. Gross margins were 13.1% versus 10.1% a year earlier.
Mr. Bradley added, “The market environment in the Downstream Petroleum Industry continues to fuel our improving performance. Our backlog of $322 million is approximately 80% within this industry. Based upon these trends, we are again raising our revenue guidance for the full fiscal year to the range of $560 million to $580 million from the previous disclosed range of $510 million to $540 million. We will continue a disciplined contracting strategy aimed at improving profit margins and reducing risk. While there will always be risk in the projects we execute, we are confident in our ability to manage those risks and therefore are also raising our gross profit margin guidance to the range of 11.0% to 12.0% from the targeted range of 10.5% to 11.0% previously reported.”
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Conference Call Details
In conjunction with the press release, Matrix Service will host a conference call with Michael J. Bradley, president and CEO, and Les Austin, vice president and CFO. The call will take place at 11:00 a.m. (EST)/10:00 a.m. (CST) today and will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet at www.matrixservice.com or www.vcall.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download the streaming media software required to listen to the Internet broadcast. The online archive of the broadcast will be available within one hour of completion of the live call.
About Matrix Service Company
Matrix Service Company provides general industrial construction and repair and maintenance services principally to the petroleum, petrochemical, power, bulk storage terminal, pipeline and industrial gas industries.
The Company is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with regional operating facilities located in Oklahoma, Texas, California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington, and Delaware in the U.S. and Canada.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “continues,” “expect,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “believe,” “estimate,” “should” and “will” and words of similar effect that convey future meaning, concerning the Company’s operations, economic performance and management’s best judgment as to what may occur in the future. Future events involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those we currently anticipate. The actual results for the current and future periods and other corporate developments will depend upon a number of economic, competitive and other influences, including those identified in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements” sections and elsewhere in the Company’s reports and filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of the Company, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially and adversely affect the results of the Company's operations and its financial condition. We undertake no obligation to update information contained in this release.
For more information, please contact:
Matrix Service Company
Les Austin
Vice President Finance and CFO
T: 918-838-8822
E:laustin@matrixservice.com
Investors and Financial Media:
Trúc Nguyen
The Global Consulting Group
T: 646-284-9418
E:tnguyen@hfgcg.com
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Matrix Service Company
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
November 30, 2006 | November 30, 2005 | November 30, 2006 | November 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 166,366 | $ | 126,778 | $ | 293,225 | $ | 235,774 | ||||||||
Cost of revenues | 144,464 | 113,819 | 258,016 | 212,632 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 21,902 | 12,959 | 35,209 | 23,142 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 8,703 | 7,487 | 16,387 | 14,694 | ||||||||||||
Impairment and abandonment costs | — | 70 | — | 70 | ||||||||||||
Restructuring | 46 | 45 | 46 | 367 | ||||||||||||
Operating income | 13,153 | 5,357 | 18,776 | 8,011 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (759 | ) | (2,638 | ) | (1,505 | ) | (5,415 | ) | ||||||||
Interest income | 29 | 2 | 58 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Other | 198 | 838 | 302 | 1,568 | ||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 12,621 | 3,559 | 17,631 | 4,173 | ||||||||||||
Provision for federal, state and foreign income taxes | 4,547 | 1,391 | 6,549 | 1,630 | ||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 8,074 | $ | 2,168 | $ | 11,082 | $ | 2,543 | ||||||||
Basic earnings per common share | $ | 0.35 | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.14 | ||||||||
Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.43 | $ | 0.13 | ||||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | 23,004,171 | 19,537,664 | 22,252,486 | 18,477,718 | ||||||||||||
Diluted | 26,589,115 | 25,693,625 | 26,572,376 | 24,881,711 | ||||||||||||
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Matrix Service Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
| November 30, 2006 | May 31, 2006 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,092 | $ | 8,585 | ||||
Receivables, less allowances | 80,261 | 64,061 | ||||||
Contract disputes receivable | 975 | 11,668 | ||||||
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts | 27,181 | 24,538 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 5,031 | 5,581 | ||||||
Inventories | 5,553 | 4,738 | ||||||
Income tax receivable | — | 104 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 647 | 2,831 | ||||||
Assets held for sale | 809 | 809 | ||||||
Total current assets | 125,549 | 122,915 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment at cost: | ||||||||
Land and buildings | 23,194 | 23,100 | ||||||
Construction equipment | 35,264 | 31,081 | ||||||
Transportation equipment | 12,348 | 10,921 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures | 9,147 | 8,658 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 2,092 | 2,392 | ||||||
| 82,045 | 76,152 | |||||||
Accumulated depreciation | (40,989 | ) | (38,712 | ) | ||||
| 41,056 | 37,440 | |||||||
Goodwill | 23,356 | 23,442 | ||||||
Other assets | 6,353 | 4,479 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 196,314 | $ | 188,276 | ||||
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Matrix Service Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share data)
| November 30, 2006 | May 31, 2006 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 35,390 | $ | 47,123 | ||||
Billings on uncompleted contracts in excess of costs and estimated earnings | 20,814 | 12,078 | ||||||
Accrued insurance | 5,071 | 6,408 | ||||||
Other accrued expenses | 13,392 | 12,436 | ||||||
Income tax payable | 330 | — | ||||||
Current capital lease obligation | 471 | 406 | ||||||
Current portion of acquisition payable | 1,854 | 1,808 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 77,322 | 80,259 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 3,461 | 3,502 | ||||||
Long-term capital lease obligation | 416 | 538 | ||||||
Long-term acquisition payable | 2,644 | 2,578 | ||||||
Convertible notes | 15,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
Common stock - $.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 24,686,782 and 22,595,243 shares issued as of November 30, 2006 and May 31, 2006 | 247 | 226 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 85,883 | 75,855 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 15,374 | 4,316 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 539 | 814 | ||||||
| 102,043 | 81,211 | |||||||
Less: Treasury stock, at cost – 1,649,886 and 1,731,386 shares as of November 30, 2006 and May 31, 2006 | (4,572 | ) | (4,812 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 97,471 | 76,399 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 196,314 | $ | 188,276 | ||||
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Results of Operations
Construction Services | Repair & Maintenance Services | Other | Combined Total | ||||||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||||||
Three Months ended November 30, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Gross revenues | $ | 85,871 | $ | 83,383 | $ | — | $ | 169,254 | |||||
Less: Inter-segment revenues | 2,568 | 320 | — | 2,888 | |||||||||
Consolidated revenues | 83,303 | 83,063 | — | 166,366 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 9,372 | 12,530 | — | 21,902 | |||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 4,609 | 8,590 | (46 | ) | 13,153 | ||||||||
Income (loss) before income tax expense | 4,487 | 8,180 | (46 | ) | 12,621 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | 2,945 | 5,157 | (28 | ) | 8,074 | ||||||||
Segment assets | 93,561 | 82,739 | 20,014 | 196,314 | |||||||||
Capital expenditures | 1,921 | 1,173 | 378 | 3,472 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 896 | 677 | — | 1,573 | |||||||||
Three Months ended November 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||
Gross revenues | $ | 50,589 | $ | 78,547 | $ | — | $ | 129,136 | |||||
Less: Inter-segment revenues | 2,186 | 172 | — | 2,358 | |||||||||
Consolidated revenues | 48,403 | 78,375 | — | 126,778 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 4,111 | 8,848 | — | 12,959 | |||||||||
Operating income | 1,297 | 4,060 | — | 5,357 | |||||||||
Income before income tax expense | 260 | 3,299 | — | 3,559 | |||||||||
Net income | 153 | 2,015 | — | 2,168 | |||||||||
Segment assets | 92,239 | 64,578 | 33,616 | 190,433 | |||||||||
Capital expenditures | 551 | 129 | 456 | 1,136 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 684 | 733 | — | 1,417 | |||||||||
Six Months ended November 30, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Gross revenues | $ | 164,862 | $ | 133,811 | $ | — | $ | 298,673 | |||||
Less: Inter-segment revenues | 4,750 | 698 | — | 5,448 | |||||||||
Consolidated revenues | 160,112 | 133,113 | — | 293,225 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 17,819 | 17,390 | — | 35,209 | |||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 8,900 | 9,922 | (46 | ) | 18,776 | ||||||||
Income (loss) before income tax expense | 8,198 | 9,479 | (46 | ) | 17,631 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | 5,172 | 5,938 | (28 | ) | 11,082 | ||||||||
Segment assets | 93,561 | 82,739 | 20,014 | 196,314 | |||||||||
Capital expenditures | 4,193 | 1,935 | 649 | 6,777 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 1,695 | 1,336 | — | 3,031 | |||||||||
Six Months ended November 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||
Gross revenues | $ | 114,834 | $ | 125,483 | $ | — | $ | 240,317 | |||||
Less: Inter-segment revenues | 4,216 | 327 | — | 4,543 | |||||||||
Consolidated revenues | 110,618 | 125,156 | — | 235,774 | |||||||||
Gross Profit | 10,552 | 12,590 | — | 23,142 | |||||||||
Operating income | 3,781 | 4,230 | — | 8,011 | |||||||||
Income before income tax expense | 1,289 | 2,884 | — | 4,173 | |||||||||
Net income | 786 | 1,757 | — | 2,543 | |||||||||
Segment assets | 92,239 | 64,578 | 33,616 | 190,433 | |||||||||
Capital expenditures | 1,169 | 218 | 688 | 2,075 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 1,384 | 1,480 | — | 2,864 | |||||||||
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Segment Revenue from External Customers by Industry Type
| Construction Services | Repair & Maintenance Services | Total | |||||||
| (In thousands) | |||||||||
Three Months Ended November 30, 2006 | |||||||||
Downstream Petroleum Industry | $ | 64,956 | $ | 78,191 | $ | 143,147 | |||
Power Industry | 4,347 | 3,697 | 8,044 | ||||||
Other Industries(1) | 14,000 | 1,175 | 15,175 | ||||||
Total | $ | 83,303 | $ | 83,063 | $ | 166,366 | |||
Three Months Ended November 30, 2005 | |||||||||
Downstream Petroleum Industry | $ | 35,547 | $ | 74,126 | $ | 109,673 | |||
Power Industry | 3,148 | 2,986 | 6,134 | ||||||
Other Industries(1) | 9,708 | 1,263 | 10,971 | ||||||
Total | $ | 48,403 | $ | 78,375 | $ | 126,778 | |||
Six Months Ended November 30, 2006 | |||||||||
Downstream Petroleum Industry | $ | 119,391 | $ | 126,502 | $ | 243,893 | |||
Power Industry | 9,231 | 4,920 | 14,151 | ||||||
Other Industries(1) | 31,490 | 1,691 | 33,181 | ||||||
Total | $ | 160,112 | $ | 133,113 | $ | 293,225 | |||
Six Months Ended November 30, 2005 | |||||||||
Downstream Petroleum Industry | $ | 85,982 | $ | 117,069 | $ | 203,051 | |||
Power Industry | 6,692 | 5,855 | 12,547 | ||||||
Other Industries(1) | 17,944 | 2,232 | 20,176 | ||||||
Total | $ | 110,618 | $ | 125,156 | $ | 235,774 | |||
| (1) | Other Industries consists primarily of liquefied natural gas, wastewater, food and beverage, manufacturing and paper industries. |
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Non-GAAP Financial Measure
EBITDA is a supplemental, non-GAAP financial measure. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. We have presented EBITDA because it is used by the financial community as a method of measuring our performance and of evaluating the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. We believe that the line item on our consolidated statements of operations entitled “net income” is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to EBITDA. Since EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net earnings as an indicator of operating performance. EBITDA, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, this measure does not necessarily represent funds available for discretionary use, and is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. As EBITDA excludes certain financial information compared with net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, users of this financial information should consider the type of events and transactions, that are excluded. Our non-GAAP performance measure, EBITDA, has certain material limitations as follows:
| • | It does not include interest expense. Because we have borrowed money to finance our operations, interest expense is a necessary and ongoing part of our costs and has assisted us in generating revenue. Therefore, any measure that excludes interest expense has material limitations. |
| • | It does not include income taxes. Because the payment of income taxes is a necessary and ongoing part of our operations, any measure that excludes income taxes has material limitations. |
| • | It does not include depreciation and amortization expense. Because we use capital assets, depreciation and amortization expense is a necessary element of our costs and ability to generate revenue. Therefore, any measure that excludes depreciation and amortization expense has material limitations. |
A reconciliation of EBITDA to net income follows:
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||
November 30, 2006 | November 30, 2005 | November 30, 2006 | November 30, 2005 | |||||||||
| (In thousands) | (In thousands) | |||||||||||
Net income | $ | 8,074 | $ | 2,168 | $ | 11,082 | $ | 2,543 | ||||
Interest expense, net | 730 | 2,636 | 1,447 | 5,406 | ||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 4,547 | 1,391 | 6,549 | 1,630 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,573 | 1,417 | 3,031 | 2,864 | ||||||||
EBITDA | $ | 14,924 | $ | 7,612 | $ | 22,109 | $ | 12,443 | ||||