SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 1999
EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 333-29015 59-2346270
(State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.)
of incorporation)
100 NORTHFIELD STREET
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT 06830
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (315) 422-9088
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT
Item 1. Changes in Control of Registrant
Not Applicable.
Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Not Applicable.
Item 3. Bankruptcy or Receivership
Not Applicable.
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Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Other Events
Press Release
EQUIVEST FINANCE ANNOUNCES RECORD
SECOND QUARTER RESULTS -
Revenues Increase 390%
Net Income Increases 125%
And Earnings Per Share Grow 100%
Greenwich, Connecticut (Business Wire) - August 3, 1999 - Equivest
Finance, Inc. (NASD:EQUI) announced today its financial results for the second
quarter of 1999 and the six months ended June 30, 1999.
For the quarter ended June 30, 1999 revenues rose 390% to a record $25.4
million, compared with $5.2 million in the comparable quarter in 1998. Pretax
net income rose 127% to $4.6 million, up from $2.0 million in the year earlier
period. Net income was $2.8 million, up 125% from $1.2 million in 1998. Diluted
earnings per share were $.10 on 26.1 million weighted average shares
outstanding, up 100% from $.05 on 22.4 million shares in the year-earlier
period. Total assets as of June 30, 1999 were $286.9 million, compared with
$197.4 million at year-end 1998. Total capital at June 30, 1999 was $61.4
million, up from $53.5 million at year-end 1998.
The results for the second quarter of 1999 represent the first full
quarter that Equivest has reported revenues, expense and earnings including the
results of a group of six resorts acquired from the Kosmas Group International
("KGI") on March 26, 1999. The results from the quarter ended June 30, 1998 did
not include results of any of the six KGI resorts, acquired in March, 1999, or
of the seven resorts of Eastern Resorts Corporation ("ERC"), which was acquired
in August 1998.
For the six months ended June 30, 1999, revenues were $38.5 million, up
274% from $10.3 million in the year earlier period. Pretax income rose 78% to
$7.3 million, compared with $4.1 million in the comparable period. Net income
for the six months rose 62% to $4.3 million compared with $2.7 million in the
same period in 1998. Earnings per share were $.16 for the six months ended June
30, 1999, up 45% compared with $.11 the previous year, all of which increase
took place in the second quarter. Net income in the first six months of 1998
benefited by the use of net operating loss carry forwards, which were fully
utilized during the first quarter of 1998 and were not available in 1999.
The six resorts in St. Thomas, USVI, New Orleans, LA, St. Augustine, FL,
and Ocean City, MD acquired from KGI on March 26, 1999 had total revenues of
approximately $11.5
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million during the quarter. This compares with $9.0 million for ERC, the
company's preexisting New England timeshare development division. The former KGI
resorts had pretax income during the quarter of approximately $1.8 million,
compared with approximately $1.7 million for the Company's seven ERC resorts.
Results in the second quarter were benefited by recognition of deferred
sales revenue of approximately $1.9 million due to completion of two new resort
buildings containing 14 units in St. Thomas. Recognition of this deferred sales
revenue resulted in approximately $.7 million of pretax income out of the total
$1.8 million of pretax income for the quarter from the former KGI properties.
During the second quarter of 1999, Equivest had $11.4 million in sales of
vacation ownership intervals ("VOI's"), representing the largest component of
revenue at 45%. Resort management operations generated $7.6 million in revenue,
or 30% of total revenues. Interest income was $6.1 million, or 24% of overall
revenue. This change in the source of overall revenues, as well as the increase
in revenue volume, reflects the acquisition of both ERC and the KGI resorts.
During the quarter ended June 30, 1999, the company had total VOI sales of
$11.4 million, and total revenue from timeshare operations of $20.5 million. As
a percent of VOI sales, the company's cost of sales was 23.8%, and sales and
marketing expense was 42.5%. Resort operations expense was 84.1% of resort
operations revenue. There were no comparable figures for the year earlier
period. In the quarter ended June 30, 1999, interest expense as a percent of
interest income was 53.2%, up from 34.8% in the year earlier period. General and
administrative expense fell from 16.8% during the second quarter of 1998 to 9.6%
during the quarter ended June 30, 1999.
The company's loan portfolio grew 21% to $182 million during the second
quarter of 1999, compared with $151 million as of June 30, 1998. During the
quarter ended June 30, 1999, the company increased its total portfolio reserves
and over collateralization to $34.6 million, or 19% of the overall loan
portfolio, from $22.2 million or 15% at June 30, 1998. The allowance for
doubtful accounts was $6.6 million at June 30, 1999, up 129% compared with $2.9
million at June 30, 1998.
Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Equivest commented: "This is the tenth consecutive quarter in which Equivest has
posted a quarterly year-on-year increase in pretax profits exceeding 30%. In
addition to setting new records for revenues, net income and earnings per share,
during the quarter we made significant progress in cutting costs at the former
KGI resorts. While the margins of the former KGI properties are not yet up to
the levels at ERC, cost reductions to date enabled those locations to record
solid profitability compared with much weaker performance prior to their
acquisition. Earnings per share of $.10 during the second quarter of 1999
represented one-half the $.20 per share recorded for all of 1998."
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During the quarter, the company sold 1,075 VOI's, at an average price of
$10,615. As of June 30, 1999 the company held 26,011 unsold VOI's in inventory,
representing more than $275 million in potential gross sales proceeds at the
current average sales price as of June 30, 1999.
Equivest provides high quality vacation ownership opportunities at 13
resorts located on the eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States and in St.
Thomas, USVI. Equivest now has more than 45,000 families in its customer base.
Including its own 13 resorts, Equivest finances consumer purchases at nearly 80
resorts in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking. These may be
identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," and "potential." These
forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations. The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for
such forward-looking statements. In order to comply with the terms of the safe
harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause actual results
and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other
expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements. The risks and
uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, development, and
results of the Company's businesses include a downturn in the real estate cycle,
lack of available qualified prospects to tour the Company's resorts, competition
from other developers, lack of appropriate sites for future developments,
failure to complete construction in a timely and cost-efficient manner, or other
factors which result in lower sales of vacation ownership interests, possible
financial difficulties of one or more of the developers with whom the Company
does business, including the risk of carrying non-performing assets or losses if
defaulted loans prove to have insufficient collateral backing, fluctuations in
interest rates, prepayments by consumers of indebtedness, inability of
developers to honor replacement obligations for defaulted consumer notes, and
competition from organizations with greater financial resources.
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EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPARATIVE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands)
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<CAPTION>
June 30, 1999 December 31, 1998
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ASSETS (Unaudited)
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,010 $ 3,487
Receivables, net 163,782 142,326
Investment in real estate joint venture 5,017 2,971
Timeshare inventory 62,140 10,361
Deferred financing costs, net 2,794 3,756
Cash - restricted 1,443 1,422
Accrued interest receivable 1,411 971
Property and equipment, net 14,926 3,048
Goodwill, net 26,903 27,247
Stock registration costs 1,688 1,480
Other assets 3,770 315
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Total Assets $286,884 $197,384
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 8,584 $ 2,213
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 8,318 3,985
Taxes payable 7,943 1,994
Deferred income taxes 2,568 2,569
Notes payable 198,073 133,117
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Total Liabilities 225,486 143,878
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock--Series 2
Class A, $3 par value; 15,000 shares authorized,
10,000 shares Outstanding 30 30
Common Stock, $.01 par value; 50,000,000
shares authorized, 25,688,351 shares issued and
outstanding in 1999, and 25,198,351 shares
issued and outstanding in 1998 257 252
Additional paid-in capital 51,071 49,115
Retained earnings 10,040 4,109
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Total Preferred and Common Stock and
Other Capital 61,398 53,506
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $286,884 $197,384
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EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC. and SUBSIDIARIES
COMPARATIVE CONDENSED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
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<CAPTION>
Three months ended Six months ended
June 30, June 30,
1999 1998 1999 1998
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(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Interest $ 6,066 $ 4,938 $11,587 $ 9,707
Timeshare interval sales 11,411 -- 16,343 --
Resort operations 7,608 -- 9,878 --
Other income 354 257 644 571
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Total revenues 25,439 5,195 38,452 10,278
Expenses:
Interest 3,229 1,719 5,450 3,372
Cost of timeshare intervals sold 2,719 -- 3,894 --
Sales and marketing 4,852 -- 6,970 --
Resort management 6,396 -- 8,529 --
Depreciation and amortization 851 369 1,599 710
Provision for doubtful receivables 395 225 829 450
General and administrative 2,443 874 3,839 1,631
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Total expenses 20,885 3,187 31,110 6,163
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Income before provision for taxes 4,554 2,008 7,342 4,115
Provision for income taxes 1,800 785 3,000 1,440
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Net income $ 2,754 $ 1,223 $ 4,342 $ 2,675
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Basic earnings per common share $ 0.10 $ 0.05 $ 0.16 $ 0.11
Diluted earnings per common share $ 0.10 $ 0.05 $ 0.16 $ 0.11
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EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC. and SUBSIDIARIES
Selected Financial Data
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<CAPTION>
Three months ended Six months ended
June 30, June 30,
1999 1998 1999 1998
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(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
As a percentage of total revenues:
Interest 23.8% 95.0% 30.1% 94.4%
Timeshare interval sales 44.9% --% 42.5% --%
Resort operations 29.9% --% 25.7% --%
Other income 1.4% 5.0% 1.7% 5.6%
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Total revenues 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Expenses:
As a percentage of VOI sales:
Cost of timeshare intervals sold 23.8% --% 23.8% --%
Sales and marketing 42.5% --% 42.6% --%
Provision for doubtful receivables (1) 3.5% --% 4.2% --%
As a percentage of interest income:
Interest 53.2% 34.8% 47.0% 34.7%
As a percentage of resort operations:
Resort management 84.1% --% 86.3% --%
As a percentage of total revenues:
Provision for doubtful receivables (2) 0.0% 4.3% 0.4% 4.4%
Depreciation and amortization 3.3% 7.1% 4.2% 6.9%
General and administrative 9.6% 16.8% 10.0% 15.9%
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Total expenses 82.1% 61.3% 81.0% 60.0%
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Income before taxes 17.9% 38.7% 19.0% 40.0%
Provision for income taxes 7.1% 15.1% 7.8% 14.0%
Net income 10.8% 23.6% 11.3% 26.0%
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(1) Based on provision for doubtful receivables recorded on timeshare
development.
(2) Based on provision for doubtful receivables recorded on timeshare
financing.
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EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC. and SUBSIDIARIES
Selected Financial Data
(Dollars in thousands)
June 30, June 30,
1999 1998
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A&D loans $ 31,390 $ 50,140
Purchased receivables 93,410 88,070
Hypothecation loans 9,396 11,901
Consumer loans, owned 41,693 -0-
Other loans 6,384 1,002
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Total loans outstanding $ 182,273 $ 151,113
Specific reserves $ 18,551 $ 17,126
General reserves 6,632 2,893
Overcollateralization 9,421 2,188
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Total reserves and overcollateralization $ 34,604 $ 22,207
Total reserves and overcollateralization
as % of total loans 19.0% 14.7%
Chargebacks $ 2,999 $ 3,082
Chargebacks as % of Consumer Financings
(1&2) 2.9% 3.1%
Allowance for doubtful accounts, beginning
of year $ 3,835 $ 2,442
Provision for loan losses 829 450
Allowance related to the acquisition of
Kosmas transaction 2,157 -0-
Charges to allowance for doubtful accounts (189) 1
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Allowance for doubtful accounts, end
of period $ 6,632 $ 2,893
(1) Consumer Financing includes Purchased receivables and Hypothecation loans.
(2) Represents year-to-date amounts.
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Item 6. Resignation of Registrant's Directors
Not Applicable.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Not Applicable
Item 8. Change in Fiscal Year
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Sales of Equity Securities Pursuant to Regulation S
Not Applicable.
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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.
EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC.
Date: August 3, 1999 By: /s/
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Name: Gerald L. Klaben, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
& Chief Information Officer
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