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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
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HARCOURT GENERAL, INC.
I N D E X
Part I. Financial Information Page Number Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
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1. Basis of presentation The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Harcourt General, Inc. (the Company or Harcourt General) are submitted in response to the requirements of Form 10Q and should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements in
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2. Loss per share Pursuant to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings per Share," the loss from continuing operations used in computing basic and diluted loss per share is as presented in the table below: |
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The shares used for the computation of basic and diluted loss per share are 71,286,000 and 71,080,000 shares for the six months ended April 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The shares used for the computation of basic and diluted loss per share are 71,501,000 and 71,115,000 for the three months ended April 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. |
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2. Loss per share (continued) Options to purchase 3,342,256 and 1,047,983 shares of common stock and the assumed conversion of 808,000 and 902,000 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Stock were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because of the net
loss in both the six months and the three months ended April 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. |
3. Comprehensive loss Total comprehensive loss amounted to $74.6 million and $37.5 million for the six months ended April 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Comprehensive loss differs from net loss primarily due to foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized
gains or losses on the Company's available-for-sale securities, less the reclassification for realized gains or losses included in net loss. |
4. Operating segments The Company has four reportable segments: Education Group, Higher Education Group, Corporate and Professional Services Group and Worldwide Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) Group. The Education Group consists of the Company's K-12 and
supplemental and trade publishing operations. The Higher Education Group includes college, distance learning and graduate test preparation businesses. The Corporate and Professional Services Group is comprised of testing and related services, career
counseling and technology-based IT and human resources training. The Worldwide STM Group includes the Company's scientific, technical and medical publishing businesses and its international publishing and distribution operations. Other includes
unallocated corporate items. Interest expense is not allocated by segments. |
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5. Acquisition liabilities At October 31, 1999, $56.4 million was included in other current liabilities representing facility exit costs of $32.0 million, severance and employee benefit obligations of $8.3 million, unfulfilled contractual obligations of $6.1 million and other obligations of $10.0 million. In the six months ended April 30, 2000, approximately $10.8 million was charged against these acquisition liabilities, representing payments. There was no change in estimate during the six months ended April 30, 2000. At April 30, 2000, $45.6 million is included in other current liabilities consisting primarily of facility exit costs of $30.3 million, severance and employee benefit obligations of $4.8 million, unfulfilled contractual obligations of $6.0 million and other obligations of $4.5 million. |
6. Issuance of common stock On April 20, 2000 the Company issued 1,372,213 shares of common stock at a price of $36.44 per share in a private placement to Salomon Smith Barney Inc., acting as agent for Citibank, N.A. The net proceeds of $50 million were used to partially
finance the repayment of the Company's subordinated notes, which matured in March 2000. |
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Results of Operations |
The following table illustrates revenues and operating earnings (loss) by business segment for the six months and three months ended April 30. |
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Six Months Ended April 30, 2000 Compared to Six Months Ended April 30, 1999 Revenues from the Education Group increased $18.6 million, or 17.6%, in the first six months of fiscal 2000. The increase was primarily attributable to higher elementary social studies and science program sales, secondary reading program sales and
higher sales at Steck-Vaughn, the Group's supplemental educational publishing business. Revenues from the Higher Education Group decreased $5.8 million to $135.0 million in the first six months of fiscal 2000 from $140.8 million in the first six months of fiscal 1999. The decrease was primarily due to the transfer of the Canadian business
of Harcourt Learning Direct to the Worldwide STM Group as well as to the 1999 sale of the Conviser CPA Review business. |
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Corporate and Professional Services Group Revenues from the Corporate and Professional Services Group increased $14.4 million or 6.9% to $222.6 million in the six months ended April 30, 2000 from $208.2 million in the prior year. The increase was primarily attributable to higher scoring
revenues at The Psychological Corporation, the Group's educational and clinical assessment business. To a lesser extent, the higher revenues resulted from increased sales at DBM, the Group's outplacement business, offset by lower sales at NETg, the
Group's technology-based training business for information technology professionals. Revenues from the Worldwide STM Group increased $20.0 million or 6.4% to $331.2 million in the six months ended April 30, 2000 from $311.2 million in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to higher book sales at Harcourt Health Sciences and
higher journal sales at Academic Press, the Group's scientific publisher. Investment and other income increased $4.9 million to $9.4 million in the six months ended April 30, 2000. The increase resulted primarily from a gain of $7.6 million from the sale of securities in the six months ended April 30, 2000, as compared to a
gain of $3.0 million from the sale of securities in the six months ended April 30, 1999. Interest expense decreased $.5 million to $51.6 million in the six months ended April 30, 2000 primarily due to lower average outstanding borrowings. Education Group Revenues from the Education Group increased $10.4 million, or 16.2%, in the three months ended April 30, 2000. The increase was primarily attributable to higher elementary social studies, science and reading program sales. |
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Three Months Ended April 30, 2000 Compared to Three Months Ended April 30, 1999 (continued) Higher Education Group Revenues from the Higher Education Group decreased $6.6 million to $51.1 million in the three months ended April 30, 2000 from $57.7 million in the three months ended April 30, 1999. The decrease was primarily due to lower sales of college titles, the
1999 sale of the Conviser CPA Review business and the transfer of Harcourt Learning Direct's Canadian business to the Worldwide STM Group. Revenues from the Corporate and Professional Services Group increased $15.9 million or 15.1% to $120.9 million in the three months ended April 30, 2000 from $105.0 million in the prior year. The increase was primarily attributable to higher scoring
revenues at The Psychological Corporation and, to a lesser extent, higher sales at NETg. Revenues from the Worldwide STM Group increased $12.1 million or 8.0% to $163.5 million in the three months ended April 30, 2000 from $151.4 million in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to higher book sales at Harcourt Health Sciences. Investment and other income decreased $2.7 million to $.9 million in the three months ended April 30, 2000. The prior year period included a gain of $3.0 million from the sale of securities. Interest expense increased $.1 million in the three months ended April 30, 2000 primarily due to a higher effective interest rate. |
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Liquidity and Capital Resources |
The following discussion analyzes liquidity and capital resources by operating, investing and financing activities as presented in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. |
PART II |
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
HARCOURT GENERAL, INC.
Date: June 12, 2000
/s/ John R. Cook
John R. Cook
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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