FORM 10-QSB--QUARTERLY OR TRANSITIONAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 QUARTERLY OR TRANSITIONAL REPORT U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-QSB (Mark One) [X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 1999 [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from________to________ Commission file number 0-19243 UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II (Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter) Missouri 43-1542903 (State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 55 Beattie Place, PO Box 1089 Greenville, South Carolina 29602 (Address of principal executive offices) (864) 239-1000 (Issuer's telephone number) Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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 PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS a) UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited) (in thousands, except unit data) March 31, 1999 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 917 Receivables and deposits 21 Other assets 24 Investment in joint ventures 2,155 Investment properties: Land $ 432 Buildings and related personal property 3,685 4,117 Less accumulated depreciation (780) 3,337 $ 6,454 Liabilities and Partners' Capital (Deficit) Liabilities Other liabilities $ 13 Distribution payable 141 Partners' Capital (Deficit) General partner's $ (5) Limited partners' (32,601 units issued and outstanding) 6,305 6,300 $ 6,454 See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements b) UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) (in thousands, except unit data) Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 1998 Revenues: Rental income $ 130 $ 127 Other income 6 9 Total revenues 136 136 Expenses: Operating 5 6 General and administrative 33 16 Depreciation 28 28 Total expenses 66 50 Equity in net income of joint ventures 37 31 Net income $ 107 $ 117 Net income allocated to general partner (1%) $ 1 $ 1 Net income allocated to limited partners (99%) 106 116 $ 107 $ 117 Net income per limited partnership unit $3.25 $3.56 Distributions per limited partnership unit $4.29 $4.29 See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements c) UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIT) (Unaudited) (in thousands, except unit data) Limited Partnership General Limited Units Partner's Partners' Total Original capital contributions 32,601 $ -- $ 8,150 $ 8,150 Partners' (deficit) capital at December 31, 1998 32,601 $ (5) $ 6,339 $ 6,334 Partners' distribution -- (1) (140) (141) Net income for the three months ended March 31, 1999 -- 1 106 107 Partners' (deficit) capital at March 31, 1999 32,601 $ (5) $ 6,305 $ 6,300 See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements d) UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (in thousands) Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 1998 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 107 $ 117 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Equity in net income of joint ventures (37) (31) Depreciation 28 28 Change in accounts: Other assets (2) (5) Other liabilities (12) (16) Net cash provided by operating activities 84 93 Cash flows provided by investing activities: Distributions from joint ventures, net of advances 24 31 Cash flows used in financing activities: Partners' distribution -- (141) Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 108 (17) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 809 834 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 917 $ 817 Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activity: Distribution payable to partners of $141,000 was accrued at March 31, 1999 and paid in April 1999. See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements e) UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) NOTE A - BASIS OF PRESENTATION The accompanying unaudited financial statements of United Investors Income Properties II (the "Partnership" or "Registrant") have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-QSB and Item 310(b) of Regulation S-B. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of United Investor Real Estate, Inc., (the "General Partner"), a Delaware corporation, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 1999, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Partnership's annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998. NOTE B - TRANSFER OF CONTROL Pursuant to a series of transactions which closed on October 1, 1998 and February 26, 1999, Insignia Financial Group, Inc. ("Insignia") and Insignia Properties Trust merged into Apartment Investment and Management Company ("AIMCO"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust, with AIMCO being the surviving corporation (the "Insignia Merger"). As a result, AIMCO acquired 100% ownership interest in the General Partner. The General Partner does not believe that this transaction will have a material effect on the affairs and operations of the Partnership. NOTE C - INVESTMENT IN CORINTH SQUARE JOINT VENTURE The Partnership owns a 65% interest in Corinth Square, a joint venture with United Investors Income Properties, an affiliated partnership, in which the General Partner is also the sole general partner. The joint venture owns a 24,000 square foot medical office building located in Prairie Village, Kansas. Corinth Square is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Partnership advanced approximately $3,000 during the three months ended March 31, 1999, to Corinth Square. The condensed balance sheet of Corinth Square at March 31, 1999, is summarized as follows (in thousands): Assets Commercial property, net $1,741 Other assets 166 Total $1,907 Liabilities and Partners' Capital Liabilities $ 48 Partners' capital 1,859 Total $1,907 Condensed statements of operations of Corinth Square for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, are as follows (in thousands): 1999 1998 Revenue $ 99 $ 89 Costs and expenses 73 85 Net income $ 26 $ 4 NOTE D - INVESTMENT IN COVINGTON PIKE JOINT VENTURE As of December 31, 1992, the Partnership had advanced approximately $1,058,000 to the General Partner for the benefit of Covington Pike, which was a joint venture between the General Partner and an unaffiliated party. On January 1, 1993, the General Partner assigned its interest in the joint venture to the Partnership with no additional consideration beyond the funds advanced as of December 31, 1992. The $1,058,000 consisted of land and building costs of approximately $1,031,000 and cash of approximately $26,000. Capital contributed by the unaffiliated partner was $82. Covington Pike is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The Partnership received distributions of approximately $27,000 and $31,000 during the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, from Covington Pike. The condensed balance sheet of Covington Pike at March 31, 1999, is summarized as follows (in thousands): Assets Commercial property, net $ 822 Other assets 55 Total $ 877 Liabilities and Partners' Capital Liabilities $ 69 Partners' capital 808 Total $ 877 Condensed statements of operations of Covington Pike for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, are as follows (in thousands): 1999 1998 Revenue $ 80 $ 82 Costs and expenses 51 31 Net income $ 29 $ 51 NOTE E - TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED PARTNERS The Partnership has no employees and is dependent on the General Partner and its affiliates for the management and administration of all partnership activities. The Partnership Agreement provides for certain payments to affiliates for services and as reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by affiliates on behalf of the Partnership. The following payments were made to affiliates of the General Partner for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998: 1999 1998 (in thousands) Property management fees (included in operating expenses) $ -- $ 2 Reimbursement for services of affiliates (included in general and administrative expenses) 8 6 During the three months ended March 31, 1998 affiliates of the General Partner were entitled to varying percentages of gross receipts from all of the Registrant's commercial properties as compensation for providing property management services. These services were provided by affiliates of the General Partner during the three months ended March 31, 1998 and were approximately $2,000. Effective October 1, 1998 (the effective date of the Insignia Merger (see "Note B")) these services for the commercial properties were provided by an unrelated party. An affiliate of the General Partner received reimbursement of accountable administrative expenses amounting to approximately $8,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. NOTE F - SEGMENT REPORTING The Partnership has one reportable segment: commercial properties. The Partnership's commercial property segment consists of two distribution facilities in Chesapeake, Virginia and Columbia, South Carolina. The Partnership leases these distribution facilities to a single tenant. The tenant is obligated under its leases through the years 2000 and 2002 on the South Carolina and Virginia properties, respectively. The Partnership evaluates performance based on net income. The accounting policies of the reportable segment are the same as those of the Partnership as described in the Partnership's annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998. The Partnership's reportable segment consists of investment properties that offer similar products and services. Although each of the investment properties is managed separately, they have been aggregated into one segment as they provide services with similar types of products and customers. Segment information for the three months ended March 31, 1999 and 1998 is shown in the tables below (in thousands). The "Other" column includes Partnership administration related items and income and expense not allocated to the reportable segment. 1999 Commercial Other Totals Rental income $ 130 $ -- $ 130 Other income -- 6 6 Depreciation 28 -- 28 General and administrative expense -- 33 33 Equity in net income of joint ventures -- 37 37 Segment profit 97 10 107 Total assets 3,547 2,907 6,454 1998 Commercial Other Totals Rental income $ 127 $ -- $ 127 Other income -- 9 9 Depreciation 28 -- 28 General and administrative expense -- 16 16 Equity in net income of joint ventures -- 31 31 Segment profit 93 24 117 Total assets 3,585 2,812 6,397 NOTE G - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS On July 30, 1998, certain entities claiming to own limited partnership interests in certain limited partnerships whose general partners were, at the time, affiliates of Insignia filed a complaint entitled Everest Properties, LLC. v. Insignia Financial Group, Inc., et al. in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. The action involves 44 real estate limited partnerships (including the Partnership) in which the plaintiffs allegedly own interests and which Insignia Affiliates allegedly manage or control (the "Subject Partnerships"). This case was settled on March 3, 1999. The Partnership is responsible for a portion of the settlement costs. The expense will not have a material effect on the Partnership's overall operations. The Partnership is unaware of any other pending or outstanding litigation that is not of a routine nature arising in the ordinary course of business. ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION The matters discussed in this Form 10-QSB contain certain forward-looking statements and involve risks and uncertainties (including changing market conditions, competitive and regulatory matters, etc.) detailed in the disclosures contained in this Form 10-QSB and the other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Registrant from time to time. The discussion of the Registrant's business and results of operations, including forward-looking statements pertaining to such matters, does not take into account the effects of any changes to the Registrant's business and results of operation. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those identified herein. The Partnership's investment properties consist of two distribution centers. The Partnership's joint venture properties consist of an office building and a mini-storage facility. The following table sets forth the average physical occupancy of the properties for each of the three month periods ended March 31, 1999 and 1998: Average Occupancy 1999 1998 Investment Properties Keebler Distribution Center Chesapeake, Virginia 100% 100% Keebler Distribution Center Columbia, South Carolina 100% 100% Joint Venture Properties Corinth Square Professional Building Prairie Village, Kansas 90% 83% Covington Pike Memphis, Tennessee 99% 99% The Keebler Company vacated the Columbia, South Carolina facility in January of 1996 and the Chesapeake, Virginia facility in August of 1996. The Keebler Company has indicated its intentions to honor its financial obligations to the Partnership. Keebler is obligated to continue paying rent on the vacated space through the years 2000 (Columbia, South Carolina) and 2002 (Chesapeake, Virginia). Should the tenant fail to honor its lease obligations, operating results would be adversely affected. The tenant has thus far paid the scheduled rental payments on the vacated facilities. In addition, Keebler, with approval from the Partnership, entered into sub-lease agreements effective July 1, 1996 for the Columbia, South Carolina facility and January 1, 1998 for the Chesapeake, Virginia facility. The new tenants are obligated to pay rent to Keebler for the Columbia, South Carolina facility and the Chesapeake, Virginia facility through December 31, 2000 and October 31, 2002, respectively. The increase in occupancy at Corinth Square Professional Building is primarily attributable to a new tenant occupying 1,240 square feet during the latter part of 1998. Results of Operations The Partnership's net income for the three months ended March 31, 1999 was approximately $107,000 as compared to approximately $117,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1998. The decrease in net income is attributable to an increase in total expenses. Total expenses increased primarily as a result of an increase in general and administrative expenses. Partially offsetting this decrease was an increase in equity in net income of joint ventures. The increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily due to increases in professional expenses associated with the oversight of the Partnership and legal expenses associated with the settlement of the Everest lawsuit which was disclosed in the Partnership's annual report on Form 10-KSB for fiscal year ended December 31, 1998. Included in general and administrative expenses at both March 31, 1999 and 1998 are management reimbursements to the General Partner allowed under the Partnership Agreement. In addition, costs associated with the quarterly and annual communications with investors and regulatory agencies and the annual audit required by the Partnership Agreement are also included. The increase in equity in net income of joint ventures was due to increased net income at Corinth Square which was partially offset by reduced net income at Covington Pike. The increase in net income at Corinth Square was primarily due to improved occupancy, higher average rental rates and reduced utility expenses. The decrease in net income at Covington Pike is primarily due to increased real estate tax expense due to the timing of receipt of the property tax bills for 1999 and 1998 which affected the accruals as of March 31, 1999 and 1998. As part of the ongoing business plan of the Partnership, the General Partner monitors the rental market environment of each of its investment properties to assess the feasibility of increasing rents, maintaining or increasing occupancy levels and protecting the Partnership from increases in expenses. As part of this plan, the General Partner attempts to protect the Partnership from the burden of inflation-related increases in expenses by increasing rents and maintaining a high overall occupancy level. However, due to changing market conditions, which can result in the use of rental concessions and rental reductions to offset softening market conditions, there is no guarantee that the General Partner will be able to sustain such a plan. Liquidity and Capital Resources Exclusive of cash held by the joint ventures, at March 31, 1999, the Partnership had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $917,000 as compared to approximately $817,000 at March 31, 1998. The increase in cash and cash equivalents for the three months ended March 31, 1999, from the Partnership's year ended December 31, 1998, was approximately $108,000. This increase is due to approximately $84,000 of cash provided by operating activities and approximately $24,000 of cash provided by investing activities. Cash provided by investing activities consisted of distributions from the joint ventures, net of advances. The Partnership invests its working capital reserves in money market accounts. The sufficiency of existing liquid assets to meet future liquidity and capital expenditure requirements is directly related to the level of capital expenditures required at the properties to adequately maintain the physical assets and other operating needs of the Partnership and to comply with Federal, state and local legal and regulatory requirements. During the three months ended March 31, 1999 the Partnership did not complete any capital improvements at either of its commercial properties, nor has it budgeted any capital improvements for the properties in 1999. The Registrant's current assets are thought to be sufficient for any near-term needs of the Registrant. During the three months ended March 31, 1998 the Partnership made a distribution of cash generated from operations of approximately $141,000. In March 1999, the Partnership declared and accrued a distribution of cash generated from operations of approximately $141,000, which was paid in April 1999. The Partnership's distribution policy is reviewed on a quarterly basis. Future cash distributions will depend on the levels of net cash generated from operations, property sales, financings, and the availability of cash reserves. There can be no assurance, however, that the Partnership will generate sufficient funds from operations to permit additional distributions to its partners in 1999 or subsequent periods. Year 2000 Compliance General Description of the Year 2000 Issue and the Nature and Effects of the Year 2000 on Information Technology (IT) and Non-IT Systems The Year 2000 issue is the result of computer programs being written using two digits rather than four digits to define the applicable year. The Partnership is dependent upon the General Partner and its affiliates for management and administrative services ("Managing Agent"). Any of the computer programs or hardware that have date-sensitive software or embedded chips may recognize a date using "00" as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000. This could result in a system failure or miscalculations causing disruptions of operations, including, among other things, a temporary inability to process transactions, send invoices, or engage in similar normal business activities. Over the past two years, the Managing Agent has determined that it will be required to modify or replace significant portions of its software and certain hardware so that those systems will properly utilize dates beyond December 31, 1999. The Managing Agent presently believes that with modifications or replacements of existing software and certain hardware, the Year 2000 issue can be mitigated. However, if such modifications and replacements are not made, or not completed in time, the Year 2000 issue could have a material impact on the operations of the Partnership. The Managing Agent's plan to resolve Year 2000 issues involves four phases: assessment, remediation, testing, and implementation. To date, the Managing Agent has fully completed its assessment of all the information systems that could be significantly affected by the Year 2000, and has begun the remediation, testing and implementation phases on both hardware and software systems. Assessments are continuing in regards to embedded systems. The status of each is detailed below. Status of Progress in Becoming Year 2000 Compliant, Including Timetable for Completion of Each Remaining Phase Computer Hardware: During 1997 and 1998, the Managing Agent identified all of the computer systems at risk and formulated a plan to repair or replace each of the affected systems. In August 1998, the mainframe system used by the Managing Agent became fully functional. In addition to the mainframe, PC-based network servers, routers and desktop PCs were analyzed for compliance. The Managing Agent has begun to replace each of the non-compliant network connections and desktop PCs and, as of March 31, 1999, had completed approximately 75% of this effort. The total cost to the Managing Agent to replace the PC-based network servers, routers and desktop PCs is expected to be approximately $1.5 million of which $1.3 million has been incurred to date. The remaining network connections and desktop PCs are expected to be upgraded to Year 2000 compliant systems by July 31, 1999. Computer Software: The Managing Agent utilizes a combination of off-the-shelf, commercially available software programs as well as custom-written programs that are designed to fit specific needs. Both of these types of programs were studied, and implementation plans written and executed with the intent of repairing or replacing any non-compliant software programs. During 1998, the Managing Agent began converting the existing property management and rent collection systems to its management properties Year 2000 compliant systems. The estimated additional costs to convert such systems at all properties, is $200,000, and the implementation and the testing process is expected to be completed by July 31, 1999. The final software area is the office software and server operating systems. The Managing Agent has upgraded all non-compliant office software systems on each PC and has upgraded 80% of the server operating systems. The remaining server operating systems are planned to be upgraded to be Year 2000 compliant by July 31, 1999. Operating Equipment: The Managing Agent has operating equipment, primarily at the property sites, which needed to be evaluated for Year 2000 compliance. In September 1997, the Managing Agent began taking a census and inventory of embedded systems (including those devices that use time to control systems and machines at specific properties, for example elevators, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, security and alarm systems, etc.). The Managing Agent has chosen to focus its attention mainly upon security systems, elevators, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, telephone systems and switches, and sprinkler systems. While this area is the most difficult to fully research adequately, management has not yet found any major non-compliance issues that put the Managing Agent at risk financially or operationally. The Managing Agent intends to have a third-party conduct an audit of these systems and report their findings by July 31, 1999. Any of the above operating equipment that has been found to be non-compliant to date has been replaced or repaired. To date, these have consisted only of security systems and phone systems. As of March 31, 1999 the Managing Agent has evaluated approximately 86% of the operating equipment for the Year 2000 compliance. The total cost incurred for all properties managed by the Managing Agent as of March 31, 1999 to replace or repair the operating equipment was approximately $400,000. The Managing Agent estimates the cost to replace or repair any remaining operating equipment is approximately $325,000, which is expected to be completed by August 30, 1999. The Managing Agent continues to have "awareness campaigns" throughout the organization designed to raise awareness and report any possible compliance issues regarding operating equipment within its enterprise. Nature and Level of Importance of Third Parties and Their Exposure to the Year 2000 The Managing Agent continues to conduct surveys of its banking and other vendor relationships to assess risks regarding their Year 2000 readiness. The Managing Agent has banking relationships with three major financial institutions, all of which have indicated their compliance efforts will be complete before May 1999. The Managing Agent has updated data transmission standards with two of the three financial institutions. The Managing Agent's contingency plan in this regard is to move accounts from any institution that cannot be certified Year 2000 compliant by June 1, 1999. The Partnership does not rely heavily on any single vendor for goods and services, and does not have significant suppliers and subcontractors who share information systems (external agent). To date the Partnership is not aware of any external agent with a Year 2000 compliance issue that would materially impact the Partnership's results of operations, liquidity, or capital resources. However, the Partnership has no means of ensuring that external agents will be Year 2000 compliant. The Managing Agent does not believe that the inability of external agents to complete their Year 2000 remediation process in a timely manner will have a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Partnership. However, the effect of non-compliance by external agents is not readily determinable. Costs to Address Year 2000 The total cost of the Year 2000 project to the Managing Agent is estimated at $3.5 million and is being funded from operating cash flows. To date, the Managing Agent has incurred approximately $2.8 million ($0.6 million expensed and $2.2 million capitalized for new systems and equipment) related to all phases of the Year 2000 project. Of the total remaining project costs, approximately $0.5 million is attributable to the purchase of new software and operating equipment, which will be capitalized. The remaining $0.2 million relates to repair of hardware and software and will be expensed as incurred. The Partnership's portion of these costs are not material. Risks Associated with the Year 2000 The Managing Agent believes it has an effective program in place to resolve the Year 2000 issue in a timely manner. As noted above, the Managing Agent has not yet completed all necessary phases of the Year 2000 program. In the event that the Managing Agent does not complete any additional phases, certain worst case scenarios could occur. The worst case scenarios could include elevators, security and heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems that read incorrect dates and operate with incorrect schedules (e.g., elevators will operate on Monday as if it were Sunday). Although such a change would be annoying to residents, it is not business critical. In addition, disruptions in the economy generally resulting from Year 2000 issues could also adversely affect the Partnership. The Partnership could be subject to litigation for, among other things, computer system failures, equipment shutdowns or failure to properly date business records. The amount of potential liability and lost revenue cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. Contingency Plans Associated with the Year 2000 The Managing Agent has contingency plans for certain critical applications and is working on such plans for others. These contingency plans involve, among other actions, manual workarounds and selecting new relationships for such activities as banking relationships and elevator operating systems. PART II - OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS On July 30, 1998, certain entities claiming to own limited partnership interests in certain limited partnerships whose general partners were, at the time, affiliates of Insignia filed a complaint entitled Everest Properties, LLC. v. Insignia Financial Group, Inc., et al. in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. The action involves 44 real estate limited partnerships (including the Partnership) in which the plaintiffs allegedly own interests and which Insignia Affiliates allegedly manage or control (the "Subject Partnerships"). This case was settled on March 3, 1999. The Partnership is responsible for a portion of the settlement costs. The expense will not have a material effect on the Partnership's overall operations. ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K a) Exhibits: Exhibit 27 - Financial Data Schedule, is filed as an exhibit to this report. b) Reports on Form 8-K: None filed during the quarter ended March 31, 1999. SIGNATURES In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. UNITED INVESTORS INCOME PROPERTIES II By: United Investors Real Estate, Inc. Its General Partner By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye Patrick J. Foye Executive Vice President By: /s/ Carla R. Stoner Carla R. Stoner Senior Vice President Finance and Administration Date: May 12, 1999