UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
|X| Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
Commission File Number 0-21886
BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 52-0812977
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
4724 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97201
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (503) 220-0988
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
(Title of class)
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 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.
State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the Registrant.
$90,027,225 at February 28, 1997
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class Outstanding at February 28, 1997
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share 6,825,827 Shares
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders are hereby incorporated by reference into Part III of Form 10-K.
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PART I ........................................................................................................ 3
ITEM 1. BUSINESS............................................................................... 3
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES............................................................................. 15
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS...................................................................... 15
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.................................... 16
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT................................................... 16
PART II........................................................................................................... 18
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS............................................................ 18
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA................................................................ 19
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.......................................... 20
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA............................................ 28
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE................................................. 52
PART III.......................................................................................................... 52
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT..................................... 52
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION................................................................. 52
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
AND MANAGEMENT......................................................................... 52
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS......................................... 52
PART IV........................................................................................................... 53
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND
REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.................................................................... 53
SIGNATURES ....................................................................................... 54
EXHIBIT INDEX ....................................................................................... 55
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PART I
Item 1. BUSINESS
General
Barrett Business Services, Inc. ("Barrett" or the "Company"), was
incorporated in the state of Maryland in 1965. Barrett is a leading human
resource management company. The Company provides comprehensive outsourced
solutions addressing the costs and complexities of a broad array of
employment-related issues for small and mid-sized businesses. Employers are
faced with increasing complexities in employment laws and regulations, employee
benefits and administration, federal, state and local payroll tax compliance,
and mandatory workers' compensation coverage, as well as the recruitment and
retention of quality employees. The Company believes that outsourcing the
management of various employer and human resource responsibilities, which are
considered non-core functions, enables organizations to focus on their core
competencies, thereby improving operating efficiencies.
Barrett's range of services and expertise in human resource management
encompasses five major categories: payroll processing, employee benefits and
administration, workers' compensation coverage, aggressive risk management and
workplace safety programs, and human resource administration, which includes
functions such as recruiting, interviewing, drug testing, hiring, placement,
training, and regulatory compliance. These services are typically provided
through a variety of contractual arrangements, as part of either a traditional
staffing service or a professional employer organization ("PEO") service.
Staffing services include on-demand or short-term staffing assignments,
long-term or indefinite-term contract staffing, and comprehensive on-site
personnel management responsibilities. In a PEO arrangement, the Company enters
into a contract to become a co-employer of the client company's existing
workforce and assumes responsibility for some or all personnel-related matters.
The Company's target PEO clients typically have limited resources available to
effectively manage these matters. The Company believes that its ability to offer
clients a broad mix of staffing and PEO services differentiates it from its
competitors and benefits its clients through (i) lower recruiting and personnel
administration costs, (ii) decreases in payroll expenses due to lower workers'
compensation and health insurance costs, (iii) improvements in workplace safety
and employee benefits, (iv) lower employee turnover, and (v) reductions in
management time and energy expended in labor-related regulatory compliance. For
1996, Barrett's staffing services revenues represented 52.6% of total revenues,
compared to 47.4% for PEO services revenues.
Barrett provides services to a diverse array of customers, including,
among others, electronics manufacturers, various light-manufacturing industries,
forest products and agriculture-based companies, transportation and shipping
enterprises, general contractors in numerous construction-related fields and
various professional services firms. During 1996, the Company provided staffing
services to approximately 5,000 customers. Although a majority of the Company's
staffing customers are small to mid-sized businesses, during 1996 approximately
55 of the Company's customers have each utilized Barrett employees in a number
ranging from at least 200 employees to as many as 1,400 employees through
various staffing services arrangements. In addition, Barrett had approximately
780 PEO clients at December 31, 1996, compared to 530 at December 31, 1995.
The Company operates through a network of 24 branch offices in Oregon,
California, Washington, Maryland, Delaware, Idaho, Arizona and Michigan. Barrett
also has 21 smaller recruiting and staffing offices in its general market areas
under the direction of a branch office.
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Operating Strategies
The Company's principal operating strategies are to: (i) promote a
decentralized and autonomous management philosophy, (ii) motivate employees
through wealth sharing, (iii) operate successfully in smaller geographic
markets, (iv) leverage branch level economies of scale, (v) provide a unique and
efficient blend of staffing and PEO services and (vi) control costs through
effective risk management.
Growth Strategies
The Company's principal growth strategies are to: (i) expand through
acquisitions of human resource-related businesses in new and existing geographic
markets, (ii) expand into new geographic markets, (iii) increase revenues in
existing branches through enhanced marketing and sales initiatives, (iv)
accelerate the growth of PEO services and (v) enhance management information
systems to support continued growth and to improve customer services.
Recent Acquisitions
On April 1, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets and the business
of StaffAmerica, Inc., pursuant to a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization.
StaffAmerica provides both temporary staffing and PEO services through its two
offices located in Goleta and Oxnard, California. In 1995, StaffAmerica had
revenues of approximately $6.7 million. In exchange for the StaffAmerica assets
and business operations, the Company issued 157,464 shares of its common stock
valued at $2,795,000, assumed a StaffAmerica liability of $50,000 for customer
deposits and issued to each of the two owners of StaffAmerica 845 shares of
Company common stock for their covenants not to compete.
On April 8, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets and the business
of JobWorks Agency, Inc. by way of a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization.
JobWorks provides both temporary staffing and PEO services through its two
offices located in Hood River and The Dalles, Oregon. JobWorks had revenues of
approximately $1.2 million in 1995. The Company issued 20,446 shares of its
common stock with a then-fair value of $380,000 for the assets and business of
JobWorks, assumed a customer deposit liability of $2,000 and paid $20,000 in
cash for the selling shareholder's agreement of noncompetition.
Effective August 26, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets of
Cascade Technical Staffing for $550,000 in cash. Cascade, which had 1995
revenues of approximately $3.5 million, provides technical and light industrial
staffing services primarily in the electronics industry through its Tigard,
Oregon office.
Effective November 4, 1996, the Company acquired the PEO division of
California Employer Services, Inc., an Orange County, California staffing
services company. The Company paid $624,000 in cash for the division and assumed
a customer deposit liability of $36,000. The division generated revenues of
approximately $10.5 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996.
Effective November 25, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets of
Professional Personnel, Inc. ("PPI"), a provider of PEO services located in
Downey, California. The Company paid $176,000 in cash for the division and
assumed a customer deposit liability of $19,000. For the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1996, PPI had revenues of approximately $2.4 million.
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Subsequent to year end, effective February 1, 1997, the Company
acquired D&L Personnel Department Specialists, Inc., dba HR Only, a staffing
services company which specializes in human resource professionals with offices
in Los Angeles and Orange County, California. The Company paid $1,800,000 in
cash for all of the outstanding common stock of HR Only and $1,200,000 in cash
for noncompete agreements with certain individuals, of which $1,000,000 will be
deferred for five years and then be paid ratably over the succeeding five-year
period. HR Only's revenues for the fiscal year ended January 31,1997 were
approximately $4.3 million.
The Company reviews acquisition opportunities on an ongoing basis.
While growth through acquisition is a major element of the Company's overall
strategic growth plan, there can be no assurance that any additional
acquisitions will be completed in the foreseeable future, or that any future
acquisitions will have a positive effect on the Company's performance.
Acquisitions involve a number of potential risks, including the diversion of
management's attention to the assimilation of the operations and personnel of
the acquired companies, exposure to workers' compensation and other costs in
differing regulatory environments, adverse short-term effects on the Company's
operating results, integration of management information systems and the
amortization of acquired intangible assets.
The Company's Services
Overview of Services. The Company offers a continuum of human resource
management services to its clients. While some services are more frequently
associated with Barrett's co-employer arrangements, the Company's expertise in
such areas as safety services and personnel-related regulatory compliance may
also be utilized by its staffing services customers through the Company's human
resource management services. The Company's range of services and expertise in
human resource management encompasses five major categories:
o Payroll Processing. For both the Company's PEO and staffing
services employees, the Company performs all functions associated
with payroll administration, including preparing and delivering
paychecks, computing tax withholding and payroll deductions,
handling garnishments, computing vacation and sick pay, and
preparing W-2 forms and accounting reports through centralized
operations at its headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
o Employee Benefits and Administration. As a result of its size,
Barrett is able to offer employee benefits which are not available
at an affordable cost to many of its customers, particularly those
with fewer than 100 employees. These benefits include health care
insurance, a 401(k) savings plan, a Section 125 cafeteria plan,
life and disability insurance, and claims administration.
o Safety Services. Barrett offers safety services to both its
staffing services and PEO customers in keeping with its corporate
philosophy of "making the workplace safer." The Company has at
least one risk manager available at each branch office to perform
workplace safety assessments for each of its customers and to
recommend actions to achieve safer operations. The Company's
services include safety training and safety manuals for both
workers and supervisors, job-site visits and meetings,
improvements in workplace procedures and equipment to further
reduce the risk of injury, compliance with OSHA requirements,
environmental regulations, and workplace regulation by the U.S.
Department of Labor and state agencies, and accident
investigations. As discussed under "Self-Insured Workers'
Compensation Program" below, the Company also pays safety
incentives to its customers who achieve improvements in workplace
safety.
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o Workers' Compensation Coverage. Beginning in 1987, the Company
acquired self-insured employer status for workers' compensation
coverage in Oregon and is currently a qualified self-insured
employer in many of the state and federal jurisdictions in which
it operates. Through its third-party administrators, Barrett
provides claims management services to its PEO customers. As
discussed under "Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program"
below, the Company aggressively manages job injury claims,
including identifying fraudulent claims and utilizing its staffing
services to return workers to active employment earlier. As a
result of its enhanced ability to manage workers' compensation
costs, the Company is often able to reduce its clients' overall
expenses arising out of job-related injuries and insurance.
o Human Resource Administration. Barrett offers its clients the
opportunity to leverage the Company's experience in
personnel-related regulatory compliance. For both its PEO clients
and for staffing services employees, the Company handles the
burdens of advertising, recruitment, skills testing, checking job
applications and references, drug screening, criminal and motor
vehicle records checks, hiring, and compliance with such
employment regulatory areas as immigration, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, and federal and state labor regulations.
Staffing Services. Barrett's staffing services include on-demand or
short-term staffing assignments, contract staffing, long-term or indefinite-term
on-site management, and human resource administration. Short-term staffing
involves employee demands caused by such factors as seasonality, fluctuations in
customer demand, vacations, illnesses, parental leave, and special projects
without incurring the ongoing expense and administrative responsibilities
associated with recruiting, hiring, and retaining additional permanent
employees. As more and more U.S. companies focus on cost-cutting and reducing
overhead, the use of employees on a short-term basis allows firms to utilize the
"just-in-time" approach to their personnel needs, converting a portion of their
fixed personnel costs to variable expense.
Contract staffing refers to the Company's responsibilities for the
placement of employees for a period of more than three months or an indefinite
period. This type of arrangement often involves outsourcing an entire department
in a large corporation or providing the manpower for a large project.
In an on-site management arrangement, Barrett places an experienced
manager on site at a customer's place of business. The manager is responsible
for conducting all recruiting, screening, interviewing, testing, hiring, and
employee placement functions at the customer's facility for a long-term or
indefinite period.
The Company's staffing services customers operate in a broad range of
businesses, including forest products and agriculture-based companies,
electronic manufacturers, transportation and shipping companies, food
processors, professional firms, and construction contractors. Such customers
range in size from small local firms to large national companies which use
Barrett's services on a local basis. None of the Company's staffing services
customers individually accounted for more than 10% of its total 1996 revenues.
In 1996, light industrial workers generated approximately 73% of the
Company's staffing services revenues, while technical personnel accounted for
17% of such revenues and clerical staff represented the balance of 10%. Light
industrial workers in the Company's employ perform such tasks as operation of
machinery, manufacturing, loading and shipping, site preparation for special
events, construction-site cleanup and janitorial services. Technical personnel
include electronic parts
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assembly workers and designers and drafters of electronic parts. Clerical
workers include primarily secretaries, receptionists and office clerks.
Barrett emphasizes prompt, personalized service in assigning quality,
trained, drug-free personnel at competitive rates to users of its staffing
services. The Company uses internally developed computer databases of employee
skills and availability at each of its branches to match customer needs with
available qualified employees. The Company emphasizes the development of an
understanding of the unique requirements of its clientele by its account
managers. Customers are offered a "money-back" guarantee if dissatisfied with
staffing employees placed by Barrett.
The Company utilizes a variety of methods to recruit its workforce for
staffing services, including among others, referrals by existing employees,
newspaper advertising and marketing brochures distributed at colleges and
vocational schools. The employee application process includes an interview,
skills assessment test, reference verification and drug screening. The
recruiting of qualified employees requires more effort when unemployment rates
are low.
Barrett's staffing services employees are not under its direct control
while placed at a customer's worksite. Barrett has not experienced any
significant liability due to claims arising out of negligent acts or misconduct
by its staffing services employees. The possibility exists, however, of claims
being asserted against the Company which may exceed the Company's liability
insurance coverage, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial condition, and results of operations.
PEO Services. Many businesses, particularly those with a limited number
of employees, find personnel administration requirements to be unduly complex
and time consuming. These businesses often cannot justify the expense of a
full-time human resources staff. In addition, the escalating costs of health and
workers' compensation insurance in recent years, coupled with the increased
complexity of laws and regulations affecting the workplace, have created a
compelling motivation for small to mid-sized businesses to outsource these
managerial burdens. The outsourcing of non-core business functions, such as
human resource administration, enables small enterprises to devote their limited
resources to their core competencies.
In a PEO services arrangement, Barrett enters into a contract to become
a co-employer of the client company's existing workforce. Pursuant to this
contract, Barrett assumes responsibility for some or all personnel-related
matters, including payroll and payroll taxes, employee benefits, health
insurance, workers' compensation coverage, workplace safety programs, compliance
with federal and state employment laws, labor and workplace regulatory
requirements, and related administrative responsibilities. Barrett also hires
and fires its PEO employees, although the client company remains responsible for
day-to-day assignments, supervision and training and, in most cases, recruiting.
The Company began offering PEO services to Oregon customers in 1990 and
expanded these services to Maryland and Washington in the first and third
quarters, respectively, of 1994, to Delaware and California in the second
quarter of 1995, to Idaho and Arizona in 1996. The Company has entered into
co-employer arrangements with a wide variety of clients, including companies
involved in reforestation, moving and shipping, professional firms,
construction, retail, manufacturing and distribution businesses. PEO clients are
typically small to mid-sized businesses with up to 100 employees. None of the
Company's PEO clients individually accounted for more than 5% of its total
annual revenues during 1996.
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Prior to entering into a co-employer arrangement, the Company performs
an analysis of the potential client's actual personnel and workers' compensation
costs based on information provided by the customer. Barrett introduces its
workplace safety program and recommends improvements in procedures and equipment
following a safety inspection of the customer's facilities which the potential
client must agree to implement as part of the co-employer arrangement. Barrett
also offers significant financial incentives to PEO clients to maintain a safe
work environment.
The Company's standard PEO services agreement provides for services for
an indefinite term, until notice of termination is given by either party. The
agreement permits cancellation by either party upon 30 days' written notice. In
addition, the Company may terminate the agreement at any time for specified
reasons, including nonpayment or failure to follow Barrett's workplace safety
program.
The form of agreement also provides for indemnification of the Company
by the client against losses arising out of any default by the client under the
agreement, including failure to comply with any employment-related, health and
safety or immigration laws or regulations. The Company also requires the client
to maintain comprehensive liability coverage in the amount of $1,000,000 for
acts of its worksite employees. In addition, the Company has excess liability
insurance coverage in the amount of $2,000,000 per occurrence and policy limits
of $5,000,000 in the aggregate. Although no claims exceeding such policy limits
have been paid by the Company to date, the possibility exists that claims for
amounts in excess of sums available to the Company through indemnification or
insurance may be asserted in the future, which could have a material adverse
effect on the Company's business, financial condition, and results of
operations.
Sales and Marketing
The Company markets its services primarily through direct sales
presentations by its branch office account managers. The Company also obtains
referrals from existing clients and other third parties, and places radio
commercials and advertisements in various publications, including local
newspapers and the Yellow Pages. Barrett believes that it is able to offer its
services at competitive rates due to the lower costs associated with its
self-insured workers' compensation program when compared to the cost of workers'
compensation insurance. See "Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program" below.
Billing
Through centralized operations at the Company's headquarters in
Portland, Oregon, the Company prepares invoices weekly for its staffing services
customers and following the end of each payroll period for PEO clients. The
costs of health insurance coverage and Barrett's cafeteria plan are passed
through to its PEO clients based on the number of participating employees. The
Company often requires a deposit from its PEO clients to cover a portion of the
anticipated billing for one payroll period. The Company has generally had
favorable results with collecting accounts receivable, which it attributes to
customer satisfaction, its analysis of potential clients' credit histories, and
weekly monitoring of account aging by each branch manager.
Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program
A principal service provided by Barrett to its customers, particularly
its PEO clients, is workers' compensation coverage. As the employer of record,
Barrett is responsible for complying with applicable statutory requirements for
workers' compensation coverage. The Company's
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workplace safety services, also described under "Overview of Services," are
closely tied to its approach to the management of workers' compensation risk.
Elements of Workers' Compensation System. State law (and, for certain
types of employees, federal law) generally mandates that an employer reimburse
its employees for the costs of medical care and other specified benefits for
injuries or illnesses incurred in the course and scope of employment. The
benefits payable for various categories of claims are determined by state
regulation and vary with the severity and nature of the injury or illness and
other specified factors. In return for this guaranteed protection, workers'
compensation is an exclusive remedy and employees are generally precluded from
seeking other damages from their employer for workplace injuries. Most states
require employers to maintain workers' compensation insurance or otherwise
demonstrate financial responsibility to meet workers' compensation obligations
to employees. In many states, employers who meet certain financial and other
requirements are permitted to self-insure.
Self Insurance for Workers' Compensation. In August 1987, Barrett
became a self-insured employer for workers' compensation coverage in Oregon. The
Company has subsequently obtained self-insured employer status for workers'
compensation in four additional states, Maryland, Washington, Delaware, and
California. In addition, in May 1995, the Company was granted self-insured
employer status by the U.S. Department of Labor for longshore and harbor
("USL&H") workers' compensation coverage. Regulations governing self-insured
employers in each jurisdiction typically require the employer to maintain surety
deposits of cash, government securities or other financial instruments to cover
workers' claims in the event the employer is unable to pay for such claims.
Barrett also maintains excess workers' compensation insurance for
single occurrences exceeding $350,000 (except for $300,000 in Maryland and
$500,000 for USL&H coverage) with statutory limits (i.e., in unlimited amounts)
pursuant to annual policies with major insurance companies. The excess-insurance
policies contain standard exclusions from coverage, including punitive damages,
fines or penalties in connection with violation of any statute or regulation and
losses covered by other insurance or indemnity provisions.
In addition, the Company has implemented an insured large-deductible
program which allows it to become insured for workers' compensation coverage in
nearly all states where the extent of the Company's operations does not yet
warrant the investment to become a self-insured employer.
Claims Management. Pursuant to its self-insured status, the Company's
workers' compensation expense is tied directly to the incidence and severity of
workplace injuries to its employees. Barrett seeks to contain its workers'
compensation costs through an aggressive approach to claims management. The
Company uses managed-care systems to reduce medical costs and keeps time-loss
costs to a minimum by assigning injured workers, whenever possible, to
short-term assignments which accommodate the workers' physical limitations. The
Company believes that these assignments minimize both time actually lost from
work and covered time-loss costs. Barrett has also engaged third-party
administrators ("TPAs") to provide additional claims management expertise.
Typical management procedures include performing thorough and prompt on-site
investigations of claims filed by employees, working with physicians to
encourage efficient medical management of cases, denying questionable claims and
negotiating early settlements to eliminate future case development and costs.
Barrett also maintains a mandatory corporate-wide pre-employment drug testing
program. The program is believed to have resulted in a reduction in the
frequency of fraudulent claims and in accidents in which the use of illegal
drugs appears to have been a contributing factor.
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Elements of Self-Insurance Costs. The costs associated with the
Company's self-insured workers' compensation program include case reserves for
reported claims, an additional expense provision (referred to as the "IBNR
reserve") for unanticipated increases in the cost of open injury claims (known
as "adverse loss development") and for claims incurred in prior periods but not
reported, fees payable to the Company's TPAs, additional claims administration
expenses, administrative fees payable to state and federal workers' compensation
regulatory agencies, premiums for excess workers' compensation insurance, legal
fees, and safety incentive payments. Although not directly related to the size
of the Company's payroll, the number of claims and correlative loss payments may
be expected to increase with growth in the total number of employees. TPA fees
also vary with the number of claims administered. The state assessments are
typically based on payroll amounts and, to a limited extent, the amount of
permanent disability awards during the previous year. Excess insurance premiums
are also based in part on the size of the Company's payroll. Safety incentives
expense may increase as the number of the Company's PEO employees rises,
although increases will only occur for any given PEO client if such client's
claims costs are below agreed-upon amounts.
Workers' Compensation Claims Experience and Reserves
The Company recognizes its liability for the ultimate payment of
incurred claims and claims adjustment expenses by accruing liabilities which
represent estimates of future amounts necessary to pay claims and related
expenses with respect to covered events that have occurred. When a claim
involving a probable loss is reported, the Company's TPA establishes a case
reserve for the estimated amount of ultimate loss. The estimate reflects an
informed judgment based on established case reserving practices and the
experience and knowledge of the TPA regarding the nature and expected value of
the claim, as well as the estimated expense of settling the claim, including
legal and other fees and expenses of administering claims. The adequacy of such
case reserves depends on the professional judgment of each TPA to properly and
comprehensively evaluate the economic consequences of each claim. Additionally,
on an aggregate basis, the Company has established an additional expense reserve
for both future adverse loss development in excess of initial case reserves on
open claims and for claims incurred but not reported, referred to as the IBNR
reserve.
As part of the case reserving process, historical data is reviewed and
consideration is given to the anticipated effect of various factors, including
known and anticipated legal developments, inflation and economic conditions.
Reserve amounts are necessarily based on management's estimates, and as other
data becomes available, these estimates are revised, which may result in
increases or decreases in existing case reserves. Barrett has engaged a
nationally-recognized, independent actuary to periodically review the Company's
total workers' compensation claims liability and reserving practices. Based in
part on such review, the Company believes its total accrued workers'
compensation claims liabilities are adequate. There can, however, be no
assurance that the Company's actual future workers' compensation obligations
will not exceed the amount of its accrued liabilities, with a corresponding
negative effect on future earnings, due to such factors as unanticipated adverse
loss development of known claims, and the effect, if any, of claims incurred but
not reported.
Approximately one-third of the Company's payroll exposure associated
with staffing or PEO services is in relatively high-risk industries with respect
to workplace injuries, including trucking, logging, construction, and
reforestation. A failure to successfully manage the severity and frequency of
workers' compensation injuries will have a negative impact on the Company. In
early 1995, the Company experienced a noticeable increase in workers'
compensation costs arising out of the failure of some PEO clients to adhere to
the Company's workplace safety policies. In response
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to this increase, the Company hired additional workers' compensation loss
control branch personnel. Also, management instituted clear guidelines for its
branch managers, account managers, and loss control specialists directly tying
their continued employment with the Company to their diligence in understanding
and addressing the risks of accident or injury associated with the industries in
which client companies operated and in monitoring the compliance by client with
workplace safety requirements. The adoption of this policy of "zero tolerance"
for avoidable workplace injuries resulted in the termination of more than 100
PEO client accounts.
Management Information System
The Company performs all functions associated with payroll
administration through its internal management information system. Each branch
performs payroll data entry functions and maintains an independent database of
employees and customers, as well as payroll and invoicing records. All
processing functions are centralized at Barrett's corporate headquarters in
Portland, Oregon. Although the current system employed by the Company
satisfactorily meets its current needs, the Company perceives an opportunity to
significantly expand the capacity and capabilities necessary to accommodate its
anticipated growth through the utilization of new software technologies.
Accordingly, management has recently initiated a project to convert to new
technologies which it anticipates will enable the Company to more effectively
accommodate its anticipated growth, maintain a cost-effective and efficient
processing structure, improve functionality, meet expected customer requirements
for expanded communication capabilities, and provide additional customer
services and information reporting. The Company's new system will utilize
client-server technology, an existing software product from an independent
software development company and a relational database environment. Management
estimates the cost of implementing this project at approximately $2.0 million.
The new system is currently expected to be operational in late 1997.
Employees and Employee Benefits
At December 31, 1996, the Company had approximately 17,775 employees,
including approximately 11,400 staffing services employees, approximately 6,100
PEO employees and approximately 275 managerial, sales and administrative
employees. The number of employees at any given time may vary significantly due
to business conditions at customer or client companies. Approximately 1% of the
Company's employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Each of
Barrett's managerial, sales and administrative employees has entered into a
standard form of employment agreement which, among other things, contains
covenants not to engage in certain activities in competition with the Company
for 18 months following termination of employment and to maintain the
confidentiality of certain proprietary information. Barrett believes its
employee relations are good.
Benefits offered to Barrett's staffing services employees include group
health insurance, a Section 125 cafeteria plan which permits employees to use
pretax earnings to fund various services, including medical, dental and
childcare, and a Section 401(k) savings plan pursuant to which employees may
begin making contributions upon reaching 21 years of age and completing 1,000
hours of service in any consecutive 12-month period. The Company may also make
contributions to the savings plan, which vest over seven years and are subject
to certain legal limits, at the sole discretion of the Company's Board of
Directors. Employees subject to a co-employer arrangement may participate in the
Company's benefit plans, provided that the group health insurance premiums may,
at the client's option, be paid by payroll deduction. See "Regulatory and
Legislative Issues--Employee Benefit Plans".
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Regulatory and Legislative Issues
Business Operations. The Company is subject to the laws and regulations
of the jurisdiction within which it operates, including those governing
self-insured employers under the workers' compensation systems in Oregon,
Washington, Maryland, Delaware, California, and the U.S. Department of Labor for
USL&H workers. An Oregon PEO company, such as Barrett, is required to be
licensed as a worker leasing company by the Workers' Compensation Division of
the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. Temporary staffing
companies are expressly exempt from the Oregon licensing requirement. Oregon PEO
companies are also required to ensure that each PEO client provides adequate
training and supervision for its employees to comply with statutory requirements
for workplace safety and to give 30 days' written notice in the event of a
termination of its obligation to provide workers' compensation coverage for PEO
employees and other subject employees of a PEO client. Although compliance with
these requirements has caused Barrett to make certain changes in its PEO
operations and contracts in Oregon, resulting in additional financial risk,
particularly with respect to those clients who breach their payment obligation
to the Company, such compliance has not had a material impact on Barrett's
business, financial condition, or results of operations.
Employee Benefit Plans. The Company's operations are affected by
numerous federal and state laws relating to labor, tax and employment matters.
By entering into a co-employer relationship with employees who are assigned to
work at client locations (sometimes referred to as "worksite employees"), the
Company assumes certain obligations and responsibilities of an employer under
these federal and state laws. Because many of these federal and state laws were
enacted prior to the development of nontraditional employment relationships,
such as professional employer, temporary employment, and outsourcing
arrangements, many of these laws do not specifically address the obligations and
responsibilities of nontraditional employers. In addition, the definition of
"employer" under these laws is not uniform.
As an employer, the Company is subject to all federal statutes and
regulations governing its employer-employee relationships. Subject to the issues
discussed below, the Company believes that its operations are in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable federal statutes and regulations.
The Company offers various employee benefit plans to its employees,
including its worksite employees. These employee benefit plans include a savings
plan (the "401(k) plan") under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the
"Code"), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125, a group health plan, a group
life insurance plan, a group disability insurance plan and an employee
assistance plan. Generally, employee benefit plans are subject to provisions of
both the Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). In
order to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Code, qualified plans
must be established and maintained by an employer for the exclusive benefit of
its employees.
A definitive judicial interpretation of "employer" in the context of a
PEO arrangement has not been established. The tax-exempt status of the Company's
401(k) plan and cafeteria plan is subject to continuing scrutiny and approval by
the IRS and depends upon the Company's ability to establish the Company's
employer-employee relationship with PEO employees. The issue of whether the
Company's tax-qualified benefit plans can legitimately include worksite
employees under their coverage has not yet been resolved. If the worksite
employees cannot be covered by the plans, then the exclusive benefit requirement
imposed by the Code would not be met by the plans as currently administered and
the plans could be disqualified.
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The IRS has established a Market Segment Study Group regarding Employee
Leasing for the stated purpose of examining whether PEOs, such as the Company,
are the employers of worksite employees under the Code provisions applicable to
employee benefit plans and are, therefore, able to offer to worksite employees
benefit plans that qualify for favorable tax treatment. The IRS Study Group is
reportedly also examining whether the owners of client companies are employees
of PEO companies under Code provisions applicable to employee benefit plans. To
the best of the Company's knowledge, the Market Segment Study Group has not
issued a report.
A PEO company headquartered in Texas has stated publicly that the IRS
National Office is being requested by the IRS Houston District to issue a
Technical Advice Memorandum ("TAM") on the PEO worksite employee issue in
connection with an ongoing audit of a plan of the Texas PEO company. The stated
purpose of TAMs is to help IRS personnel in closing cases and to establish and
maintain consistent holdings. The IRS's position is that TAMs are not
precedential; that is, they are limited to the particular taxpayer involved and
that taxpayer's set of facts. The draft request for a TAM by the IRS Houston
District reportedly states its determination that the Texas PEO company's Code
Section 401(k) plan should be disqualified for the reason, among others, that it
covers worksite employees who are not employees of the PEO company.
The timing and nature of the issuance and contents of any TAM regarding
the worksite employee issue or any report of the Market Segment Study Group
regarding Employee Leasing is unknown at this time. There has also been public
discussion of the possibility that the Treasury Department may propose some form
of administrative relief or that Congress may provide legislative resolution or
clarification regarding this issue.
In the event the tax exempt status of the Company's benefit plans were
to be discontinued and the benefit plans were to be disqualified, such actions
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition, and results of operations. The Company is not presently able to
predict the likelihood of disqualification nor the resulting range of loss, in
light of the lack of public direction from the IRS or Congress.
Competition
The PEO and staffing services businesses are characterized by rapid
growth and intense competition. The staffing services market includes
competitors of all sizes, including several, such as Manpower, Inc., Kelly
Services, Inc., The Olsten Corporation, Interim Services, Inc., and Adia
Services, Inc., which are national in scope and have substantially greater
financial, marketing, and other resources than the Company. In addition to
national companies, Barrett competes with numerous regional and local firms for
both customers and employees. The Company estimates that at least 100 firms
provide staffing services in Oregon. There are relatively few barriers to entry
into the staffing services business. The principal competitive factors in the
staffing services industry are price, the ability to provide qualified workers
in a timely manner and the monitoring of job performance. The Company attributes
its internal growth in staffing services revenues to the cost-efficiency of its
operations which permits the Company to price its services competitively, and to
its ability through its branch office network to understand and satisfy the
needs of its customers with competent personnel.
Although there are believed to be approximately 2,200 companies
currently offering PEO service in the U.S., many of these potential competitors
are located in states in which the Company presently does not operate. Barrett
believes that there are at least 30 firms offering PEO services in Oregon, but
the Company has the largest presence in the state. The Company may face
additional competition in the future from new entrants to the field, including
other staffing services companies,
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payroll processing companies and insurance companies. Certain PEO companies
operating in areas in which Barrett does not now, but may in the future, offer
its services have greater financial and marketing resources than the Company,
such as YourStaff, a subsidiary of Kelly Services, Inc., The Vincam Group Inc.,
Administaff, Inc. and Paychex, Inc., among others. Competition in the PEO
industry is based largely on price, although service and quality are also
important. Barrett believes that its growth in PEO services revenues is
attributable to its ability to provide small and mid-sized companies with the
opportunity to provide enhanced benefits to their employees while reducing their
overall personnel administration and workers' compensation costs. The Company's
competitive advantage may be adversely affected by a substantial increase in the
costs of maintaining its self-insured workers' compensation program. A general
market decrease in the level of workers' compensation insurance premiums may
also decrease demand for PEO services.
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Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Company provides staffing and PEO services through all 24 of its
branch offices. The following table shows the locations of the Company's branch
offices and the year in which each branch was opened or acquired. The Company's
Oregon branches accounted for 66% of its total revenues in 1996. The Company
also leases office space in 21 other locations in its market areas which it uses
to recruit and place employees.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Opened Year Opened
Oregon Locations or Acquired Other Locations or Acquired
--------------------- ----------- ----------------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Portland (Industrial) 1984 Tucson, Arizona 1996
Portland (Bridgeport) 1988 Sacramento, California 1988
Bend 1990 Santa Clara, California 1994
Medford 1990 Brea, California 1996
Salem 1990 Goleta, California 1996
Albany 1991 Ontario, California 1996
Eugene 1991 Oxnard, California 1996
Portland (Leasing) 1993 Los Angeles, California 1997
Pendleton 1994 Boise, Idaho 1996
Hood River 1996 Lutherville, Maryland 1951
Tigard 1996 Easton, Maryland 1994
Flint, Michigan 1997
Spokane, Washington 1994
</TABLE>
The Company's corporate headquarters are located in an office building
in Portland, Oregon, with approximately 9,200 square feet of office space. The
building is subject to a mortgage loan with a principal balance of approximately
$598,000 at December 31, 1996.
The Company also owns another office building in Portland, Oregon,
which houses its Portland/Bridgeport branch office. The building is subject to a
mortgage loan with a principal balance at December 31, 1996, of approximately
$276,000 and has approximately 7,000 square feet of office space.
Barrett leases office space for its other branch offices. At December
31, 1996, such leases had expiration dates ranging from less than one year to
seven years, with total minimum payments through 2001 of approximately
$2,205,000.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
A lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the
County of Multnomah on February 5, 1997, by Javier and Ester Munoz, husband and
wife, against Asger M. Nielson, doing business as Nielson and Son ("Nielson"),
Rain-Master Roofing, Inc. ("Rain-Master"), and the Company. Mr. Munoz was
employed by the Company under a PEO arrangement with Rain-Master, which is in
the roofing business. On February 1, 1995, Rain-Master was providing roofing
services at a construction site for which Nielson was serving as general
contractor. Mr. Munoz fell from the roof at the site in the course of his
employment and is now a paraplegic as a result of the injuries he suffered.
Until the filing of the lawsuit referred to above, Mr. Munoz's claim was being
defended as a workers' compensation claim.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs are seeking damages in the amount of
$10,000,000 pursuant to claims for relief based on employer liability,
intentional injury, product liability, negligence, breach of implied warranty
and loss of consortium. Defense of the lawsuit has been tendered to the
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Company's excess workers' compensation, commercial general liability and
umbrella liability insurance carriers; acceptance of the defense to the claim
has not yet been received. Management intends to vigorously defend this action
on the basis, among others, that workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy
for employees injured in the course of employment. Under appropriate
circumstances, the Company also may seek to enforce its contractual right to
indemnification from Rain-Master pursuant to its PEO leasing arrangement. Based
upon its investigation and analysis to date, management believes that the
outcome of this proceeding will not have a materially adverse effect on the
Company's financial position or results of operations.
On March 12, 1997, a Notice of Intent to Revoke Farm/Forest Labor
Contractor License and to Assess Civil Penalties (the "Notice") was served on
the Company by the Bureau of Labor and Industries of the State of Oregon (the
"Bureau"). The Notice also names Daniel A. Hatfield, an employee of the Company.
The Notice proposes to assess civil penalties in the amount of $488,000, based
on the numbers of workers allegedly affected, for alleged noncompliance with
various duties imposed on farm labor contractors by Oregon law, including
licensing violations, failure to comply with wage payment laws, and failure to
maintain and to provide workers and the Bureau with required documentation.
Management intends to vigorously contest the claims asserted in the Notice and
is in the process of collecting and analyzing data necessary to defend its
position and to evaluate the probable outcome of the proceedings.
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders
during the fourth quarter of 1996.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table identifies, as of February 28, 1997, each executive
officer of the Company. Executive officers are elected annually and serve at the
discretion of the Board of Directors.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Officer
Name Age Principal Positions and Business Experience Since
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
William W. Sherertz 51 President; Chief Executive Officer; Director 1980
Michael D. Mulholland 45 Vice President-Finance and Secretary; Chief 1994
Financial Officer
Michael K. Barrett 33 Vice President-Business Development 1995
K. Risa Olsen 46 Vice President 1997
James D. Miller 33 Controller, Principal Accounting Officer 1994
</TABLE>
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William W. Sherertz has acted as Chief Executive Officer of the Company
since 1980. He has also been a director of the Company since 1980, and was
appointed President of the Company in March 1993. Mr. Sherertz also serves as
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Michael D. Mulholland joined the Company in August 1994 as Vice
President-Finance and Secretary. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Mulholland was employed
by Sprouse-Reitz Stores Inc., a former Nasdaq-listed retail company, serving as
its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. In November
1991, Sprouse-Reitz filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code. Its plan of
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reorganization was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in June 1992. Subsequently,
Mr. Mulholland was appointed to the additional position of Acting Chief
Executive Officer prior to Sprouse's filing of a voluntary petition in
connection with a prepackaged liquidating Chapter 11 in November 1993. He is a
certified public accountant on inactive status.
Michael K. Barrett joined the Company as Vice President-Business
Development in December 1995. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Barrett was Vice
President of Marketing for YourStaff, Inc., a PEO subsidiary of Kelly Services,
Inc., from May 1994 to December 1995. From November 1989 to May 1994, Mr.
Barrett owned and operated an advertising firm.
K. Risa Olsen rejoined the Company in April 1996 as National Accounts
Manager. Ms. Olsen was elected Vice President in January 1997. Prior to
rejoining Barrett, she was a self-employed Area Director for The Worth
Collection, Ltd., a national privately-held direct marketer of women's apparel,
from November 1994 to March 1996. From January 1993 to October 1994, Ms. Olsen
owned and operated a marketing organization for various manufacturers of women's
apparel. Prior to 1993, Ms. Olsen was employed by The John H. Harland Co., a
publicly-held provider of checks, forms, and business documents to financial
institutions, as a District Manager. Ms. Olsen was previously employed by the
Company from 1976 to 1981.
James D. Miller joined the Company in January 1994 as Controller. From
1991 to 1994, he was the Corporate Accounting Manager for Christensen Motor
Yacht Corporation. Mr. Miller, a certified public accountant on inactive status,
was employed by Price Waterhouse LLP from 1987 to 1991.
There are no family relationships among any of the above listed
officers.
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PART II
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
The Company's common stock (the "Common Stock") trades on the Nasdaq
National Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "BBSI." At
February 28, 1997, there were 70 stockholders of record and approximately 2,200
beneficial owners of the Common Stock. The Company has not declared or paid any
cash dividends since the closing of its initial public offering of Common Stock
on June 18, 1993, and has no present plan to pay any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future. The following table presents the high and low sales prices
of the Common Stock for each quarterly period during the last two fiscal years,
as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market:
1995 High Low
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First Quarter $19.50 $13.50
Second Quarter 15.00 10.50
Third Quarter 15.75 13.50
Fourth Quarter 15.50 12.25
1996
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First Quarter $20.75 $14.50
Second Quarter 20.00 16.25
Third Quarter 22.25 14.00
Fourth Quarter 17.50 13.50
During 1996, the Company issued equity securities without registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, in each case in reliance upon the exemption
from registration set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933
regarding transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering, as follows:
On April 1, 1996, the Company issued 157,464 shares of Common Stock to
the seller in connection with its purchase of certain assets and the business of
StaffAmerica, Inc., valued at $2,795,000, as well as 1,690 shares of Common
Stock valued at $17.75 per share to the two owners of StaffAmerica, Inc., in
exchange for their covenants not to compete.
On April 8, 1996, the Company issued 20,446 shares of Common Stock to
the seller in connection with the Company's purchase of certain assets and the
business of JobWorks Agency, Inc., valued at $380,000.
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Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction
with the Company's financial statements and the accompanying notes presented in
Item 8 of this report.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Years Ended December 31,
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1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
------- ------- ------- ------- -------
(In thousands, except per share data)
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues:
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Staffing services.......................... $ 113,539 $ 99,233 $ 71,148 $ 41,755 $ 34,681
Professional employer services............. 102,277 80,572 69,404 58,512 45,444
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Total.................................. 215,816 179,805 140,552 100,267 80,125
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Cost of revenues:
Direct payroll costs....................... 164,180 136,174 105,515 75,171 59,820
Payroll taxes and benefits................. 19,913 16,088 12,758 9,911 7,826
Workers' compensation...................... 5,938 6,073 5,069 4,591 3,233
Safety incentives.......................... 1,532 981 1,103 598 651
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Total.................................. 191,563 159,316 124,445 90,271 71,530
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Gross margin.................................... 24,253 20,489 16,107 9,996 8,595
Selling, general, and administrative expenses... 16,034 13,657 10,302 6,450 6,003
Amortization of intangibles..................... 820 564 430 370 336
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Income from operations.......................... 7,399 6,268 5,375 3,176 2,256
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense........................... (82) (75) (106) (86) (77)
Interest income............................ 534 400 224 161 70
Other, net................................. -- 32 78 133 26
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Total.................................. 452 357 196 208 19
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Income before provision for income taxes........ 7,851 6,625 5,571 3,384 2,275
Provision for income taxes(1)................... 2,815 2,507 2,105 437 --
------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Net income................................. $ 5,036 $ 4,118 $ 3,466 $ 2,947 $ 2,275
------- ======= ======= ======= ======
Net income per share....................... $ .73 $ .62 $ .53
======= ======= =======
Unaudited pro forma data(1):
Net income................................. $ 2,060 $ 1,385
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Net income per share(2).................... $ .39 $ .35
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Weighted average common shares outstanding(2)... 6,935 6,680 6,591 5,260 4,000
======= ======= ======= ======= ======
As of December 31,
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1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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(In thousands)
Selected Balance Sheet Data:
Working capital (deficit)....................... $ 11,557 $ 8,417 $ 4,889 $ 7,017 $ (678)
Total assets.................................... 42,646 31,273 24,665 18,425 7,219
Long-term debt, net of current portion.......... 838 875 908 946 292
Stockholders' equity............................ 25,562 20,034 14,455 10,480 1,574
</TABLE>
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(1) Effective July 1, 1987, the Company elected to be treated as a corporation
subject to taxation under Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code,
pursuant to which the net earnings of the Company were taxed directly to
the Company's stockholders rather than to the Company. The Company
terminated its election on April 30, 1993, and recognized a cumulative net
deferred tax asset of $505,000. The amounts shown reflect a pro forma tax
provision as if the Company had been a Subchapter C corporation subject to
income taxes for all periods presented.
(2) All share and per share amounts have been restated to reflect the 2-for-1
stock split effective May 23, 1994.
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Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
The Company's revenues consist of staffing services and professional
employer organization ("PEO") services. Staffing services revenues consist of
short-term staffing, contract staffing, payrolling and on-site management. PEO
services refer exclusively to co-employer contractual agreements with PEO
clients. The Company's revenues represent all amounts billed to customers for
direct payroll, related employment taxes, workers' compensation coverage, all
other pass-through costs such as health care insurance, and a service fee
(equivalent to a mark-up percentage). The Company's Oregon branches accounted
for 66% of its total revenues in 1996, and an additional 22% was derived from
its branches in California and Washington. Consequently, weakness in economic
conditions on the West Coast could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's financial results.
The Company's cost of revenues is comprised of direct payroll costs,
payroll taxes and benefits, workers' compensation and safety incentives. Direct
payroll costs represent the gross payroll earned by employees based on salary or
hourly wages. Payroll taxes and benefits consist of the employer's portion of
Social Security and Medicare taxes, federal unemployment taxes, state
unemployment taxes, health care insurance and employee reimbursements for
materials, supplies and other expenses which are passed through to the customer.
Workers' compensation expense consists primarily of the costs associated with
the Company's self-insured workers' compensation program, such as claims
reserves, claims administration fees, legal fees, state and federal
administrative agency fees and reinsurance costs for catastrophic injuries. The
Company also maintains a large-deductible workers' compensation insurance policy
for employees working in states where the Company is not currently self-insured.
Safety incentives represent cash incentives paid to certain PEO client companies
as a reward for maintaining safe work practices in order to minimize workplace
injuries. The incentive is based on a percentage of annual payroll and is paid
annually to customers who meet prearranged loss parameters.
The largest portion of workers' compensation expense is the cost of
workplace injury claims. When an injury occurs and is reported to the Company,
the Company's respective independent third-party claims administrator ("TPA")
analyzes the details of the injury and develops a case reserve, which is the
TPA's estimate of the cost of the claim based on similar injuries and its
professional judgment. The Company then records, or accrues, an expense and a
corresponding liability based upon the TPA's estimates for claims reserves. As
cash payments are made by the Company's TPA against specific case reserves, the
accrued liability is reduced by the corresponding payment amount. The TPA also
reviews existing injury claims on an on-going basis and adjusts the case
reserves as new or additional information for each claim becomes available. The
Company has established an additional IBNR reserve to provide for future
unanticipated increases in expenses ("adverse loss development") of the claims
reserves for open injury claims and for claims incurred but not reported related
to prior and current periods. Management believes that the Company's internal
claims reporting system minimizes the occurrence of unreported incurred claims.
Selling, general and administrative expenses represent both branch and
corporate operating expenses. Branch operating expenses consist primarily of
branch office staff payroll and payroll related costs, advertising, rent, office
supplies, depreciation and branch incentive compensation. Branch incentive
compensation represents a combined 15% of branch pre-tax profits, of which 10%
is paid to the branch manager and 5% is shared among the office staff. Corporate
operating
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expenses consist primarily of executive and office staff payroll and payroll
related costs, professional and legal fees, travel, depreciation, advertising
and executive and corporate staff incentive bonuses.
Amortization of intangibles consists primarily of the amortization of
the costs of acquisitions in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired
(goodwill). The Company uses a 15-year estimate as the useful life of goodwill,
as compared to the 40-year maximum permitted by generally accepted accounting
principles, and amortizes such cost using the straight-line method. Other
intangible assets, such as customer lists and covenants not to compete, are
amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives,
which range from two to 15 years.
Forward-Looking Information
Statements in this Item or in Item 1 of this report which are not
historical in nature, including discussion of economic conditions in the
Company's market areas, the potential for and effect of future acquisitions, the
effect of changes in the Company's mix of services on gross margin, the adequacy
of the Company's workers' compensation reserves, the tax-qualified status of the
Company's 401(k) savings plan, and the availability of financing and working
capital to meet the Company's funding requirements, are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of the Company or industry results to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Such factors with respect to the Company
include difficulties associated with integrating acquired businesses and clients
into the Company's operations, economic trends in the Company's service areas,
uncertainties regarding government regulation of PEOs, including the possible
adoption by the IRS of an unfavorable position as to the tax-qualified status of
employee benefit plans maintained by PEOs, future workers' compensation claims
experience, and the availability of and costs associated with potential sources
of financing. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or
to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking
statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth the percentages of total revenues
represented by selected items in the Company's Statements of Operations for the
years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, included in Item 8 of this report.
References to the Notes to Financial Statements appearing below are to the notes
to the Company's financial statements included in Item 8 of this report.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Percentage of Total Revenues
Years Ended December 31,
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Staffing services................................................. 52.6% 55.2% 50.6%
Professional employer services.................................... 47.4 44.8 49.4
------ ------ ------
Total revenues................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0
------ ------ ------
Cost of revenues:
Direct payroll costs.............................................. 76.1 75.7 75.1
Payroll taxes and benefits........................................ 9.2 8.9 9.1
Workers' compensation............................................. 2.8 3.4 3.6
Safety incentives................................................. .7 .6 .8
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Total cost of revenues........................................ 88.8 88.6 88.6
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Gross margin........................................................... 11.2 11.4 11.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses........................... 7.4 7.6 7.3
Amortization of intangibles............................................ .4 .3 .3
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Income from operations................................................. 3.4 3.5 3.8
Other income (expense)................................................. .2 .2 .2
------ ------ ------
Pretax income.......................................................... 3.6 3.7 4.0
Provision for income taxes............................................. 1.3 1.4 1.5
------ ------ ------
Net income............................................................. 2.3 2.3 2.5
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</TABLE>
Years Ended December 31, 1996 and 1995
Net income for 1996 amounted to $5,036,000, an increase of $918,000 or
22.3% over 1995 net income of $4,118,000. The increase in 1996 net income over
1995 was primarily due to continued growth in revenues and gross margin, which
was offset in part by increased selling, general and administrative expenses.
Net income per share for 1996 was $.73 as compared to $.62 for 1995.
Total 1996 revenues were $215,816,000, which represented an increase of
$36,011,000 or 20.0% over 1995 revenues of $179,805,000. The increase in
revenues over 1995 was primarily due to a 1996 internal growth rate of 10.6%,
coupled with the acquisition of five staffing and PEO businesses during 1996.
Professional employer (staff leasing) services revenue increased 26.9% over 1995
due to the growth in the number of new PEO clients, primarily in Oregon and
California. The growth in PEO services revenue was a result of internal sales
efforts coupled with the acquisitions made during the year. These factors
contributed to the increased mix of PEO services for 1996 to 47.4% of total
revenues, up from 44.8% of total revenues for 1995. Revenues from staffing
services, as a percent of total revenues, declined in 1996 to 52.6% as compared
to 55.2% of total revenues in 1995, despite a 14.4% growth rate over 1995.
Subsequent to December 31, 1996, the Company closed its branch offices
in Seattle, Washington and Phoenix, Arizona. Management expects to relocate the
Seattle operations to Tacoma, Washington in connection with a new customer base
in the south Puget Sound area. The Phoenix office, which opened during the third
quarter of 1996 and represented the Company's first office in Arizona, has
recently been transferred to the expanding operations of the Company's Tucson,
Arizona office opened shortly thereafter. During the first quarter of 1997, the
Company opened an office in Flint, Michigan to support a new large contract
staffing arrangement involving two processing facilities of an existing
customer.
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Gross margin for 1996 totaled $24,253,000, representing an increase of
$3,764,000 or 18.4% over 1995. The gross margin rate of 11.2% of revenues
represents a 20 basis point decrease from 1995 due to slight increases in direct
payroll costs and payroll taxes and benefits offset in part by a decrease in
workers' compensation expense as a percentage of revenues. The Company expects
gross margin to continue to decline as a percentage of revenues due to the
continued growth in PEO services, contract staffing and on-site management in
the Company's service mix and the Company's decision to maintain its workers'
compensation IBNR reserve at a higher level relative to claims, as discussed
below.
The following table summarizes certain indicators of performance
regarding the Company's self-insured workers' compensation program by quarter
for 1996 and 1995.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Profile
Total Workers' Comp "IBNR Reserve" (1)
Total Workers' Comp Expense as a as a % of
No. of Injury Claims Expense (in thousands) % of Total Payroll "At Risk Claims"(2)
-------------------- ---------------------- ------------------ -------------------
1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Q1 193 266 $ 770 $2,307 2.4% 7.8% 41.0% 33.0%
Q2 312 309 1,213 1,707 3.1 5.1 41.0 40.6
Q3 401 287 2,161 1,160 4.7 3.1 41.0 40.9
Q4 422 270 1,794 899 3.9 2.5 55.9 41.0
----- ----- ----- -----
For the Year 1,328 1,132 $5,938 $6,073 3.6 4.5
===== ===== ===== =====
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(1) "IBNR Reserve" in this context is defined as an additional expense
provision for both the unexpected future adverse loss development of open
claims and for claims incurred but not reported.
(2) "At Risk Claims" are defined as the dollar amount of all injury claims
submitted under self-insured payroll less amounts covered by excess
reinsurance.
</TABLE>
Although workers' compensation expense for the third and fourth
quarters of 1996 was higher than in the comparable quarters of 1995, the
preceding table illustrates the 1996 improvement over 1995 in the Company's
total workers' compensation expense both in terms of total dollars and as a
percent of total payroll dollars. Concurrent with the improved expense level and
percentage of workers' compensation expense, expressed as a percent of total
payroll, the Company has increased its IBNR reserve to 55.9% of "at risk claims"
as of December 31, 1996. It is management's objective to continue to increase
the dollar value of the Company's IBNR reserve, which is a component of the
total accrued workers' compensation claims liabilities recorded on the balance
sheet. The IBNR reserve expressed as a percentage reflects the relationship
between the dollar value of the IBNR reserve and the dollar value of all
reserves for open or at risk claims less reserve amounts covered by excess
reinsurance policies. Costs attributable to adverse loss development of open
claims, claims incurred in a prior period but reported currently, and
catastrophic events may be shifted from the IBNR reserve to a specific case
reserve, thereby reducing the IBNR reserve level. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance that the IBNR reserve will remain at its present level or at any
future level.
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of compensation
and other expenses incident to the operation of the Company's headquarters and
branch offices and marketing of its services. These expenses (excluding the
amortization of intangibles) amounted to $16,034,000 or 7.4% of revenues for
1996, as compared to $13,657,000 or 7.6% of revenues for 1995. The increase in
total dollars for 1996 was primarily due to additional branch office staff
resulting from the five acquisitions made during the year.
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Amortization of intangibles totaled $820,000 for 1996 or .4% of
revenues which compares to $564,000 or .3% of revenues for 1995. The increased
amortization expense for 1996 was primarily attributable to amortization arising
from the five acquisitions made during the year.
The Company offers various employee benefit plans to its employees,
including its worksite employees. These employee benefit plans include a savings
plan (the "401(k) plan") under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the
"Code"), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125, a group health plan, a group
life insurance plan, a group disability insurance plan and an employee
assistance plan. Generally, employee benefit plans are subject to provisions of
both the Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). In
order to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Code, qualified plans
must be established and maintained by an employer for the exclusive benefit of
its employees.
A definitive judicial interpretation of "employer" in the context of a
PEO arrangement has not been established. The tax-exempt status of the Company's
401(k) plan and cafeteria plan is subject to continuing scrutiny and approval by
the IRS and depends upon the Company's ability to establish the Company's
employer-employee relationship with PEO employees. The issue of whether the
Company's tax-qualified benefit plans can legitimately include worksite
employees under their coverage has not yet been resolved. If the worksite
employees cannot be covered by the plans, then the exclusive benefit requirement
imposed by the Code would not be met by the plans as currently administered and
the plans could be disqualified.
The IRS has established a Market Segment Study Group regarding Employee
Leasing for the stated purpose of examining whether PEOs, such as the Company,
are the employers of worksite employees under the Code provisions applicable to
employee benefit plans and are, therefore, able to offer to worksite employees
benefit plans that qualify for favorable tax treatment. The IRS Study Group is
reportedly also examining whether the owners of client companies are employees
of PEO companies under Code provisions applicable to employee benefit plans. To
the best of the Company's knowledge, the Market Segment Study Group has not
issued a report.
A PEO company headquartered in Texas has stated publicly that the IRS
National Office is being requested by the IRS Houston District to issue a
Technical Advice Memorandum ("TAM") on the PEO worksite employee issue in
connection with an ongoing audit of a plan of the Texas PEO company. The stated
purpose of TAMs is to help IRS personnel in closing cases and to establish and
maintain consistent holdings. The IRS's position is that TAMs are not
precedential; that is, they are limited to the particular taxpayer involved and
that taxpayer's set of facts. The draft request for a TAM by the IRS Houston
District reportedly states its determination that the Texas PEO company's
Code Section 401(k) plan should be disqualified for the reason, among others,
that it covers worksite employees who are not employees of the PEO company.
The timing and nature of the issuance and contents of any TAM regarding
the worksite employee issue or any report of the Market Segment Study Group
regarding Employee Leasing is unknown at this time. There has also been public
discussion of the possibility that the Treasury Department may propose some form
of administrative relief or that Congress may provide legislative resolution or
clarification regarding this issue.
In the event the tax exempt status of the Company's benefit plans were
to be discontinued and the benefit plans were to be disqualified, such actions
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial
condition, and results of operations. The Company is not presently able to
predict the likelihood of disqualification nor the resulting range of loss, in
light of the lack of public direction from the IRS or Congress.
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Years Ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
Net income for 1995 amounted to $4,118,000, an increase of $652,000 or
18.8% over 1994 net income of $3,466,000. The increase in 1995 net income over
1994 was primarily due to continued growth in revenues and gross margin, which
was offset in part by increased selling, general and administrative expenses.
Net income per share for 1995 was $.62 as compared to $.53 for 1994.
Total 1995 revenues were $179,805,000, which represented an increase of
$39,253,000 or 27.9% over 1994 revenues of $140,552,000. The increase in
revenues in 1995 over 1994 was primarily due to a 1995 internal growth rate of
20.3%, coupled with the acquisition of four staffing services businesses during
the 1995 third quarter. Such acquisitions and continued growth of staffing
services in northern California were the principal factors which contributed to
the increased mix of staffing services for 1995 to 55.2% of total revenues, up
from 50.6% of total revenues for 1994. Revenues from PEO services, as a percent
of total revenues, declined in 1995 to 44.8% as compared to 49.4% of total
revenues in 1994, despite a 16.1% growth rate over 1994.
Gross margin for 1995 totaled $20,489,000, representing an increase of
$4,382,000 or 27.2% over 1994. The gross margin rate of 11.4% of revenues,
however, remained unchanged from 1994 due to a slight increase in direct payroll
costs, offset by decreases in payroll taxes and benefits, workers' compensation
and safety incentive expenses, as a percent of revenues.
Workers' compensation expense was lower in terms of total dollars and,
more importantly, as a percent of total payroll dollars in the second half of
1995 compared to the prior year, as a result of actions taken by management in
early 1995 to enhance the Company's monitoring of safe-work practices and to
terminate its co-employer relationship with client companies that did not
conform to Barrett's business philosophies and operating standards. Concurrent
with the improved expense level and percentage of workers' compensation expense,
expressed as a percent of total payroll, the Company increased its IBNR reserve
for future adverse claim development and claims incurred but not reported from
37.0% of "at risk claims" at December 31, 1994, to 41.0% at December 31, 1995.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding the
amortization of intangibles) amounted to $13,657,000 or 7.6% of revenues for
1995, as compared to $10,302,000 or 7.3% of revenues for 1994. The increase for
1995 was primarily due to additional branch office staff added to support the
increased business activity and additional workers' compensation loss control
branch personnel to enhance the administration of the Company's self-insured
workers' compensation program.
Amortization of intangibles totaled $564,000 or .3% of revenues for
1995 which compares to $430,000 or .3% of revenues for 1994. The increase in
amortization in 1995 was attributable to the two acquisitions made during the
year.
Fluctuations in Quarterly Operating Results
The Company has historically experienced significant fluctuations in
its quarterly operating results and expects such fluctuations to continue in the
future. The Company's operating results may fluctuate due to a number of factors
such as seasonality, wage limits on payroll taxes, claims experience for
workers' compensation, demand and competition for the Company's services, and
the effect of acquisitions. The Company's revenue levels fluctuate from quarter
to quarter primarily
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due to the impact of seasonality in its staffing services business and on
certain of its PEO clients in the agriculture and forest products-related
industries. As a result, the Company may have greater revenues and net income in
the third and fourth quarters of its fiscal year. Payroll taxes and benefits
fluctuate with the level of direct payroll costs but may tend to represent a
smaller percentage of revenues later in the Company's fiscal year as federal and
state statutory wage limits for unemployment and social security taxes are
exceeded by employees. Workers' compensation expense varies with both the
frequency and severity of workplace injury claims reported during a quarter, as
well as adverse loss development of prior period claims during the current
quarter.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's net cash position of $1,901,000 at December 31, 1996
decreased $1,317,000 from year-end 1995. The decrease was primarily due to cash
used to acquire five staffing and PEO businesses and funds used for net
purchases of restricted marketable securities, offset in part by cash provided
by operating activities.
Net cash provided by operating activities for 1996 amounted to
$2,208,000 as compared to $2,496,000 for 1995. For 1996, the cash flow generated
by net income and increases in accrued payroll and related benefits was offset
in part by a $5,834,000 increase in accounts receivable. The increase in 1996
year-end accounts receivable over 1995 was the result of higher sales levels,
the acquisition of five staffing and PEO businesses and an increase in the
number of days' sales in receivables from 28 days in 1995 to 29 days at December
31, 1996.
Net cash used by investing activities totaled $3,603,000 for 1996,
which compares to $2,011,000 for 1995. During 1996, the Company paid $1,519,000
in cash in connection with five acquisitions and had net purchases of $1,026,000
of restricted marketable securities to satisfy various state and federal
self-insured workers' compensation surety deposit requirements. During 1995, the
Company paid $1,199,000 in cash in connection with two acquisitions and
purchased $443,000 in marketable securities. Capital expenditures for 1996,
consisting principally of office equipment and software, totaled $1,058,000. The
Company presently has no material long-term capital commitments.
Net cash provided by financing activities for 1996 totaled $78,000
which compares to $519,000 for 1995. The principal source of cash provided by
financing activities in 1996 arose from the exercise of employee incentive stock
options. During 1995, warrants were exercised by underwriters to purchase
110,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at $4.20 per share. Such warrants
were received by the Company's underwriters in connection with its June, 1993
initial public offering of Common Stock. As of the date of this filing, an
underwriter continues to hold warrants to purchase 90,000 shares of Common Stock
at $4.20 per share. The unexercised warrants expire on June 10, 1998.
The Company has an unsecured $4.0 million revolving credit facility of
which there was no outstanding balance at December 31, 1996. See Note 7 of the
Notes to Financial Statements. Management believes that the credit facility and
other potential sources of financing, together with anticipated funds generated
from operations, will be sufficient in the aggregate to fund the Company's
working capital needs for the foreseeable future.
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Inflation
Inflation generally has not been a significant factor in the Company's
operations during the periods discussed above. The Company has taken into
account the impact of escalating medical and other costs in establishing
reserves for future expenses for self-insured workers' compensation claims.
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Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
(a) The following audited financial statements of Barrett Business
Services, Inc., and related documents are set forth herein on the pages
indicated:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
<S> <C>
Report of Independent Accountants.................................................................................. 29
Balance Sheets at December 31, 1996 and 1995....................................................................... 30
Statements of Operations for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994................................................................................ 31
Statements of Redeemable Common Stock and Nonredeemable
Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994....................................... 32
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994 ............................................................................... 33
Notes to Financial Statements ..................................................................................... 34
</TABLE>
Other financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not
applicable or not required.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
February 4, 1997
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Barrett Business Services, Inc.
In our opinion, the accompanying balance sheets and the related statements of
operations, of redeemable common stock and nonredeemable stockholders' equity
and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Barrett Business Services, Inc. at December 31, 1996 and 1995, and
the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1996 in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these
statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which
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, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
Portland, Oregon
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995
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ASSETS
<S> <C> <C>
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,901 $ 3,218
Trade accounts receivable, net 19,057 13,151
Note receivable (Note 2) 324 -
Prepaid expenses and other 914 478
Deferred tax assets (Note 12) 1,279 937
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Total current assets 23,475 17,784
Intangibles, net (Note 4) 10,226 6,452
Property and equipment, net (Notes 5 and 8) 3,111 2,261
Restricted marketable securities and workers'
compensation deposits (Note 6) 5,707 4,681
Other assets 127 95
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$ 42,646 $ 31,273
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LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND
NONREDEEMABLE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt (Notes 8 and 11) $ 36 $ 33
Accounts payable 667 378
Accrued payroll, payroll taxes and related benefits 7,960 5,797
Accrued workers' compensation claim liabilities (Note 6) 2,240 2,383
Customer safety incentives payable 1,015 776
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Total current liabilities 11,918 9,367
Long-term debt, net of current portion (Notes 8 and 11) 838 875
Customer deposits 890 675
Long-term workers' compensation liabilities (Note 6) 613 322
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14,259 11,239
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 9, 10 and 15)
Redeemable common stock, $.01 par value; 159 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1996 (Note 13) 2,825 -
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Nonredeemable stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value; 20,500 shares authorized,
6,625 and 6,551 shares issued and outstanding (Notes 13 and 14) 66 66
Additional paid-in capital 10,929 10,437
Retained earnings 14,567 9,531
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25,562 20,034
$ 42,646 $ 31,273
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
</TABLE>
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Staffing services $ 113,539 $ 99,233 $ 71,148
Professional employer services 102,277 80,572 69,404
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215,816 179,805 140,552
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Cost of revenues:
Direct payroll costs 164,180 136,174 105,515
Payroll taxes and benefits 19,913 16,088 12,758
Workers' compensation (Note 6) 5,938 6,073 5,069
Safety incentives 1,532 981 1,103
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191,563 159,316 124,445
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Gross margin 24,253 20,489 16,107
Selling, general and administrative expenses 16,034 13,657 10,302
Amortization of intangibles (Note 4) 820 564 430
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Income from operations 7,399 6,268 5,375
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Other (expense) income:
Interest expense (82) (75) (106)
Interest income 534 400 224
Other, net - 32 78
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452 357 196
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Income before provision for income taxes 7,851 6,625 5,571
Provision for income taxes (Note 12) 2,815 2,507 2,105
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Net income $ 5,036 $ 4,118 $ 3,466
=========== ========== ==========
Net income per share $ .73 $ .62 $ .53
=========== =========== ===========
Weighted average number of shares outstanding 6,935 6,680 6,591
=========== =========== ===========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
</TABLE>
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
STATEMENTS OF REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND
NONREDEEMABLE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NONREDEEMABLE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
--------------------------------------------------------------
REDEEMABLE ADDITIONAL
COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK PAID-IN RETAINED
SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL EARNINGS TOTAL
------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, December 31, 1993 - $ - 3,152 $ 32 $ 8,469 $ 1,979 $ 10,480
Common stock issued for acquisitions 29 468 468
Common stock issued on exercise
of options 22 41 41
Net income 3,466 3,466
Reclassification of retained earnings
for stock split - 3,164 32 (32)
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- -
Balance, December 31, 1994 - - 6,367 64 8,978 5,413 14,455
Common stock issued for acquisitions 67 1 910 911
Common stock issued on exercise
of options and warrants 124 1 549 550
Net income 4,118 4,118
Contribution of common stock
(Note 11) (7) -
------ -------- ------ ------- --------- ------- --------
Balance, December 31, 1995 - - 6,551 66 10,437 9,531 20,034
Common stock issued for acquisitions 159 2,825 20 380 380
Common stock issued on exercise
of options, net 54 112 112
Net income 5,036 5,036
------ -------- ------ ------- --------- ------- --------
Balance, December 31, 1996 159 $ 2,825 6,625 $ 66 $ 10,929 $ 14,567 $ 25,562
====== ======== ===== ======= ========= ======== =========
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
</TABLE>
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $ 5,036 $ 4,118 $ 3,466
Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 1,126 812 637
Gain on sales of marketable securities - (42) -
Deferred taxes (342) (23) (20)
Changes in certain assets and liabilities,
net of amounts purchased in acquisitions:
Trade accounts receivable, net (5,834) (3,520) (4,677)
Prepaid expenses and other (436) 121 (454)
Income taxes payable - - (79)
Accounts payable 289 160 127
Accrued payroll, payroll taxes and related benefits 2,163 740 1,834
Accrued workers' compensation claim liabilities 148 183 88
Customer safety incentives payable 239 (29) 278
Customer deposits, other liabilities and other assets, net (181) (24) 115
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,208 2,496 1,315
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for acquisitions, including other direct costs (1,519) (1,199) (4,870)
Purchases of fixed assets, net of amounts purchased
in acquisitions (1,058) (369) (175)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 7,025 1,862 8,619
Purchases of marketable securities (8,051) (2,305) (3,713)
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used by investing activities (3,603) (2,011) (139)
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on long-term debt (34) (31) (130)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and warrants 112 550 41
----------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities 78 519 (89)
----------- ----------- -----------
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (1,317) 1,004 1,087
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 3,218 2,214 1,127
----------- ----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 1,901 $ 3,218 $ 2,214
=========== =========== ===========
Supplemental schedule of noncash activities:
Acquisition of other businesses:
Cost of acquisitions in excess of fair market value of
net assets acquired $ 4,337 $ 2,080 $ 5,205
Tangible assets acquired 494 30 133
Liabilities assumed 107 - -
Common stock issued in connection with acquisitions 3,205 911 468
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
</TABLE>
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Barrett Business Services, Inc. ("Barrett" or "the Company"), a Maryland
corporation, is engaged in providing staffing and professional employer
organization ("PEO") services to a diversified group of customers through a
network of branch offices throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California,
Arizona, Maryland, and Delaware. Approximately 66%, 68%, and 78%,
respectively, of the Company's revenues during 1996, 1995, and 1994 were
attributable to its Oregon operations.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes revenue as the services are rendered by its work
force. Staffing services are engaged by customers to meet short-term
fluctuations in personnel needs. Professional employer services are
normally used by organizations to satisfy ongoing personnel needs and
typically involve contracts with an indefinite term, until notice of
termination is given by either party, which cover all employees at a
particular work site.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
The Company considers nonrestricted short-term investments which are highly
liquid, readily convertible into cash, and have original maturities of less
than three months to be cash equivalents for purposes of the statements of
cash flows.
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS
The Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of $25,000 at December
31, 1996 and 1995.
MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115,
"Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,"
effective December 31, 1994. At December 31, 1996 and 1995, marketable
securities consisted primarily of governmental debt instruments with
maturities generally from 90 days to 30 years (see Note 6). Marketable
equity and debt securities have been categorized as held-to-maturity and,
as a result, are stated at amortized cost. Realized gains and losses on
sales of marketable securities are included in other (expense) income on
the Company's statements of operations.
INTANGIBLES
Intangible assets consist primarily of identifiable intangible assets
acquired and the cost of acquisition in excess of the fair value of net
assets acquired ("goodwill"). Intangible assets acquired are recorded at
their estimated fair value at the acquisition date.
The Company uses a 15-year estimate as the useful life of goodwill. This
life is based on an analysis of industry practice and the factors
influencing the acquisition decision. Other intangible assets are amortized
on the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, ranging from
2 to 15 years. (See Note 4.)
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
INTANGIBLES (CONTINUED)
The Company reviews for asset impairment at the end of each quarter or more
frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of intangible assets may not be recoverable. To perform
that review, the Company estimates the sum of expected future undiscounted
net cash flows from the intangible assets. If the estimated net cash flows
are less than the carrying amount of the intangible asset, the Company
recognizes an impairment loss in an amount necessary to write down the
intangible asset to a fair value as determined from expected future
discounted cash flows. No write-down for impairment loss was recorded for
the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and
repairs are charged to operating expense as incurred, and expenditures for
additions and betterments are capitalized. The cost of assets sold or
otherwise disposed of and the related accumulated depreciation are
eliminated from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is reflected
in the statements of operations.
Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated using either
straight-line or accelerated methods over estimated useful lives which
range from 3 years to 31.5 years.
CUSTOMER SAFETY INCENTIVES PAYABLE
Safety incentives are paid annually to professional employer services
clients if the cost of workers' compensation claims is less than agreed
upon amounts; amounts paid are based on a percentage of payroll. The
Company accrues the amounts payable under this program on a monthly basis.
CUSTOMER DEPOSITS
The Company requires deposits from certain professional employer services
customers to cover a portion of its accounts receivable due from such
customers in event of default of payment.
COMMON STOCK SPLIT AND CHANGE IN AUTHORIZED SHARES
On April 20, 1994, the Company's board of directors approved a 2-for-1
stock split in the form of a stock dividend, paid May 23, 1994, to holders
of record of its common stock at the close of business on May 2, 1994 (the
"Record Date"), at the rate of one new share for each share outstanding on
the Record Date.
All earnings per share amounts have been adjusted to reflect these
transactions for all periods presented.
A special meeting of stockholders was held on August 10, 1994, pursuant to
which the stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's charter to
increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 7,500,000
shares to 20,500,000 shares.
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
The Company has recorded the following non-cash transactions:
During 1995, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
contributed 7,400 shares of common stock of the Company with a then-fair
market value of $111,000 to the Company in settlement of a personal
guarantee of a receivable from an insolvent customer (see Note 11).
Interest paid during 1996, 1995, and 1994 did not materially differ from
interest expense.
Income taxes paid by the Company in 1996 and 1995 totaled $2,939,900 and
$2,510,700, respectively.
NET INCOME PER SHARE
Net income per share for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994
is computed based on the weighted average number of common stock and common
stock equivalents outstanding during the periods. Outstanding stock options
and warrants, net of assumed buy-back, are considered common stock
equivalents.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the 1996
presentation. Such reclassifications had no impact on net income or
stockholders' equity.
ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The preparation of the Company's financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reported periods. Actual results may differ from those
estimates.
2. ACQUISITIONS
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, INC.
On February 27, 1994, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets
of Personnel Management & Consulting, Inc., a company engaged in the
temporary staffing business in Maryland and Delaware. Of the $270,000
purchase price, the Company paid $42,000 in cash and issued 12,000 shares
of its common stock with a then-fair market value of $228,000. The
acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting,
which resulted in approximately $241,000 of intangible assets and $29,000
of fixed assets.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
GOLDEN WEST TEMPORARY SERVICES
On March 7, 1994, the Company purchased certain assets of Golden West
Temporary Services ("Golden West"), a company in the temporary staffing
business with four offices in northern California. The cash purchase price
of $4,514,000 was paid by liquidating a portion of the Company's short-term
marketable securities. The Company accounted for the acquisition under the
purchase method of accounting, which resulted in approximately $4,425,000
of intangible assets and $89,000 of fixed assets.
CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE
On December 26, 1994, the Company purchased certain assets of Max Johnson
Enterprises, Inc., operating as Construction Workforce, a company located
in Spokane, Washington, which specializes in providing highly skilled
temporary craftsmen to the commercial construction industry. Of the
$300,000 purchase price, the Company paid $60,000 in cash and issued 17,142
shares of its common stock with a then-fair market value of $240,000. The
acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting,
which resulted in $285,000 of intangible assets and $15,000 of fixed
assets.
ADVANCED TEMPORARY SYSTEMS, INC.
On December 29, 1994, the Company purchased, for $51,000 in cash, certain
assets of Advanced Temporary Systems, Inc., a company engaged in the
temporary staffing business in Kent, Washington. The Company accounted for
the acquisition under the purchase method of accounting, which resulted in
$51,000 of intangible assets.
MID-DEL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, INC.; SUSSEX EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, INC.; PPI
(PRESTIGE PERSONNEL) -SALISBURY, INC.; AND DEL-MAR-VA NURSES-ON-CALL INC.
On July 17, 1995, the Company purchased certain assets of Mid-Del
Employment Service, Inc.; Sussex Employment Services, Inc.; PPI (Prestige
Personnel) - Salisbury, Inc.; and Del-Mar-Va Nurses-On-Call Inc.
(collectively, "the Maryland and Delaware companies"). These companies are
engaged in the temporary staffing business in eastern Maryland and
Delaware. The all-cash purchase price of $969,000 (inclusive of
acquisition-related costs of $19,000) was accounted for under the purchase
method of accounting, which resulted in $944,000 of intangible assets and
$25,000 of fixed assets.
STREGE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Effective December 11, 1995, the Company purchased certain assets of Strege
& Associates, Inc., a company specializing in providing highly skilled
tradesmen to various industries for maintenance and supplemental labor
purposes in Portland, Oregon. Of the $1,141,000 purchase price (inclusive
of acquisition-related costs of $4,000), the Company paid $230,000 in cash
and issued 67,443 shares of its common stock with a then-fair market value
of $911,000. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting, which resulted in $1,136,000 of intangible assets and $5,000 of
fixed assets.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
STAFFAMERICA, INC.
On April 1, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets and the business of
StaffAmerica, Inc., pursuant to a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization.
StaffAmerica provides both temporary staffing and PEO services through its
two offices located in Santa Barbara and Oxnard, California. In 1995,
StaffAmerica had revenues of approximately $6.7 million. In exchange for
the StaffAmerica assets and business operations, the Company issued 157,464
shares of its common stock valued at $2,795,000, assumed a StaffAmerica
liability of $50,000 for customer deposits, issued to each of the two
owners of StaffAmerica 845 shares of Company common stock for their
covenants not to compete, and incurred $102,000 in acquisition-related
costs. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting, which resulted in $2,597,000 of intangible assets, a promissory
note receivable of $324,000 from the seller, and $56,000 in fixed assets.
The $324,000 promissory note is due and payable no later than March 31,
1997.
The Plan and Agreement of Reorganization between StaffAmerica and the
Company allows StaffAmerica and the former owners to require the Company to
repurchase the shares issued to them in the acquisition. There are certain
conditions and restrictions imposed on StaffAmerica and the former owners
with regard to the Company's obligation to repurchase its stock. The
Company's obligation to repurchase such shares commenced on May 1, 1996 and
expires on March 31, 1997. Upon redemption, and to the extent the note
receivable from the seller remains outstanding, the price per share shall
be the lower of $17.75 per share or the then-fair market value of the
common stock. If the note receivable has been fully retired, then the price
per share of the common stock for redemption purposes shall be $17.75. The
total 159,154 shares of common stock is shown as redeemable common stock in
the accompanying balance sheet at its recorded value of $2,825,000.
JOBWORKS AGENCY, INC.
On April 8, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets and the business of
JobWorks Agency, Inc. (JobWorks) by way of a Plan and Agreement of
Reorganization. JobWorks provides both temporary staffing and PEO services
through its two offices located in Hood River and The Dalles, Oregon.
JobWorks had revenues of approximately $1.2 million (unaudited) in 1995.
The Company issued 20,446 shares of its common stock with a then-fair value
of $380,000 for the assets and business of JobWorks, assumed a customer
deposit liability of $2,000, and incurred $14,000 in acquisition-related
costs. The Company paid $20,000 in cash for the selling shareholder's
agreement of noncompetition. The acquisition was accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting, which resulted in $324,000 of intangible
assets, $72,000 in accounts receivable, and $20,000 in fixed assets.
CASCADE TECHNICAL STAFFING
Effective August 26, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets of Cascade
Technical Staffing (Cascade). Cascade provides technical and light
industrial staffing services primarily in the electronics industry through
its Beaverton, Oregon office. Cascade had revenues of approximately $3.5
million (unaudited) in 1995. The Company paid $550,000 in cash for the
assets and incurred $6,000 in acquisition-related costs. The acquisition
was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, which resulted
in $536,000 of intangible assets and $20,000 of fixed assets.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
CALIFORNIA EMPLOYER SERVICES, INC.
Effective November 4, 1996, the Company acquired the PEO division of
California Employer Services, Inc. (CES), an Orange County, California
staffing services company. The CES division had revenues of approximately
$10.5 million (unaudited) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996. The
Company paid $624,000 in cash for the division, assumed a customer deposit
liability of $36,000, and incurred $25,000 in acquisition-related costs.
The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting,
which resulted in $685,000 of intangible assets.
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL, INC.
Effective November 25, 1996, the Company acquired certain assets of
Professional Personnel, Inc. (PPI), a provider of PEO services located in
Downey, California. PPI had revenues of approximately $2.4 million
(unaudited) for the year ended September 30, 1996. The Company paid
$176,000 in cash for the division, assumed a customer deposit liability of
$19,000, and incurred $2,000 in acquisition-related costs. The transaction
was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, which resulted
in $195,000 of intangible assets and $2,000 of fixed assets.
PRO FORMA RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
The operating results of each of the above acquisitions are included in the
Company's results of operations from the respective date of acquisition.
The following unaudited pro forma summary presents the combined results of
operations as if the Maryland and Delaware companies, Strege & Associates,
StaffAmerica, Cascade Technical Staffing, and CES acquisitions had occurred
at the beginning of 1995, after giving effect to certain adjustments for
the amortization of intangible assets, taxation and cost of capital. The
other acquisitions made since January 1, 1995 are not included in the pro
forma information as their effect is not material.
Year ended December 31,
1996 1995
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(in thousands, except
per share amounts)
Revenue $ 229,877 $ 204,426
=========== ============
Net income $ 5,248 $ 4,631
=========== ===========
Net income per share $ .75 $ .67
=========== ===========
The unaudited pro forma results above have been prepared for comparative
purposes only and do not purport to be indicative of what would have
occurred had the acquisitions been made as of that date or of results which
may occur in the future.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
3. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
All of the Company's significant financial instruments are recognized in
its balance sheet. Carrying values approximate fair market value of most
financial assets and liabilities. The fair market value of certain
financial instruments was estimated as follows:
- Marketable securities - Marketable securities primarily consist of U.S.
Treasury bills and municipal bonds. The interest rates on the Company's
marketable security investments approximate current market rates for
these types of investments; therefore, the recorded value of the
marketable securities approximates fair market value.
- Long-term debt - The interest rates on the Company's long-term debt
approximate current market rates, based upon similar obligations with
like maturities; therefore, the recorded value of long-term debt
approximates the fair market value.
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration
of credit risk consist primarily of temporary cash investments, marketable
securities, and trade accounts receivables. The Company restricts
investment of temporary cash investments and marketable securities to
financial institutions with high credit ratings and to investments in
governmental debt instruments. Credit risk on trade receivables is
minimized as a result of the large and diverse nature of the Company's
customer base. At December 31, 1996, the Company had significant
concentrations of credit risk as follows:
- Marketable securities - $2,170,000 of marketable securities at December
31, 1996 consisted of Oregon State Housing & Community Service Bonds.
- Trade receivables - $2,426,000 of trade receivables were with two
customers at December 31, 1996 (13% of trade receivables outstanding at
December 31, 1996).
4. INTANGIBLES
Intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
1996 1995
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Covenants not to compete $ 2,049 $ 1,614
Goodwill 10,985 6,826
Customer lists 358 358
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13,392 8,798
Less accumulated amortization 3,166 2,346
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$ 10,226 $ 6,452
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
1996 1995
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Office furniture and fixtures $ 3,037 $ 1,908
Buildings 1,183 1,175
Vehicles 60 41
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4,280 3,124
Less accumulated depreciation 1,477 1,171
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2,803 1,953
Land 308 308
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$ 3,111 $ 2,261
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6. ACCRUED WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM LIABILITIES
In August 1987, the Company became a self-insured employer with respect to
workers' compensation coverage for all its employees working or living in
Oregon. The Company also became a self-insured employer for workers'
compensation coverage in the states of Maryland effective November 1993,
Washington effective July 1994, Delaware effective January 1995, and
California effective March 1995. Effective May 1995, the Company also
became self-insured for workers' compensation purposes by the United States
Department of Labor for longshore and harbor ("USL&H") workers' coverage.
The Company has provided $2,853,000 and $2,705,000 at December 31, 1996 and
1995, respectively, as an estimated liability for unsettled workers'
compensation claims. This estimated liability represents management's best
estimate which includes, in part, an evaluation of information provided by
the Company's third-party administrators and its independent actuary.
Included in the claims liabilities are case reserve estimates for reported
losses, plus additional amounts based on projections for incurred but not
reported claims, anticipated increases in case reserve estimates, and
additional claims administration expenses. These estimates are continually
reviewed and adjustments to liabilities are reflected in current operations
as they become known. The Company believes that the difference between
amounts recorded at December 31, 1996 for its estimated liability and the
possible range of costs of settling related claims is not material to
results of operations; nevertheless, it is reasonably possible that
adjustments required in future periods may be material to results of
operations.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
6. ACCRUED WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)
The United States Department of Labor and the States of Oregon, Maryland,
Washington, and California require the Company to maintain specified
investment balances or other financial instruments, totaling $7,151,000 at
December 31, 1996 and $5,974,000 at December 31, 1995, to cover potential
claims losses. In partial satisfaction of these requirements, at December
31, 1996 and 1995, the Company has provided a letter of credit in the
amount of $1,572,000 and a $300,000 surety bond guaranteed by an
irrevocable standby letter of credit. The investments are included in
restricted marketable securities and workers' compensation deposits in the
accompanying balance sheets.
Liabilities incurred for work-related employee fatalities are recorded
either at an agreed lump-sum settlement amount or the net present value of
future fixed and determinable payments over the actuarially determined
remaining life of the beneficiary, discounted at a rate that approximates a
long-term, high-quality corporate bond rate. The Company has obtained
excess workers' compensation insurance to limit its self-insurance exposure
to $350,000 per occurrence in all states, except for $300,000 in Maryland
and $500,000 per occurrence for USL&H exposure. The excess insurance
provides unlimited coverage above the aforementioned exposures. At December
31, 1996, the Company has recorded $613,000 for work-related catastrophic
injuries and fatalities in long-term workers' compensation liabilities in
the accompanying balance sheets.
The workers' compensation expense in the accompanying statements of
operations consists of $5,799,000, $5,802,000, and $4,254,000 for
self-insurance expense for 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively. Premiums in
the insured states were $139,000, $271,000, and $815,000 for 1996, 1995,
and 1994, respectively.
7. CREDIT FACILITY
On August 12, 1993, the Company entered into a loan agreement ("the
Agreement") with a major bank, which provides for (a) an unsecured
revolving credit facility for working capital purposes and (b) a term real
estate loan (see Note 8). The Agreement, as amended, expires on May 30,
1997 and currently permits total borrowings of up to $4,000,000 under the
revolving credit facility. The interest rates available on outstanding
balances under the revolving credit facility include Prime Rate, Federal
Funds Rate plus 1.75%, or Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 1.25%. Under the
amended loan agreement, the Company is required to maintain a zero
outstanding balance against the revolving credit facility for a minimum of
60 consecutive days during each year. The Company is also prohibited from
pledging any of its assets other than existing mortgages on its real
property.
There were no borrowings on the revolving credit facility during 1996 and
1995. During the year ended December 31, 1994, the maximum balance
outstanding under the revolving credit facility was $1,500,069, the average
balance outstanding was $165,000, and the weighted average interest rate
during the period was 6.9%. The weighted average interest rate during 1994
was calculated using daily weighted averages.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
8. LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term debt consists of the following:
<TABLE>
December 31,
1996 1995
----------- -----------
(in thousands)
<S> <C> <C>
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $2,784, including
interest at 11% per annum through 1998, with a principal payment of
$269,485 due in 1998, secured by land and building $ 276 $ 279
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $6,730, including
interest at 8.15% per annum through 2003, with a principal payment of
$366,900 due in 2003, secured by land and building (Note 7) 598 629
----------- -----------
874 908
Less portion due within one year 36 33
----------- -----------
$ 838 $ 875
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
Maturities on long-term debt are summarized as follows at December 31, 1996
(in thousands):
Year ending
December 31,
1997 $ 36
1998 309
1999 39
2000 42
2001 45
Thereafter 403
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$ 874
=======
9. SAVINGS PLAN
On April 1, 1990, the Company established a Section 401(k) employee savings
plan for the benefit of its eligible employees. All employees 21 years of
age or older, except those covered under a co-employer (PEO) contract,
become eligible to participate in the savings plan upon completion of 1,000
hours of service in any consecutive 12-month period following the initial
date of employment. Employees covered under a co-employer (PEO) contract
are eligible to participate in the savings plan beginning with their
respective dates of employment. The determination of Company contributions
to the plan, if any, is subject to the sole discretion of the Company.
Participants' interests in Company contributions to the plan vest over a
seven-year period. Company contributions to the plan were $134,000,
$142,000, and $103,000 for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and
1994, respectively.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
9. SAVINGS PLAN (CONTINUED)
Recent attention has been placed by the Internal Revenue Service ("the
IRS") and the PEO industry on IRC Section 401(k) plans sponsored by PEO
companies. As such, the tax-exempt status of the Company's plan is subject
to continuing scrutiny and approval by the IRS and to the Company's ability
to support to the IRS the Company's employer-employee relationship with
leased employees. In the event the tax-exempt status were to be
discontinued and the plan were to be disqualified, the operations of the
Company could be adversely affected. The Company has not recorded any
provision for this potential contingency, as the Company and its legal
counsel cannot presently estimate either the likelihood of disqualification
nor the resulting range of loss, if any.
10. COMMITMENTS
LEASE COMMITMENTS
The Company leases its branch offices under operating lease agreements
which require minimum annual payments as follows (in thousands):
Year ending
December 31,
1997 $ 806
1998 591
1999 428
2000 201
2001 179
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Total minimum payments $ 2,205
=========
Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994 was
approximately $799,000, $607,000, and $423,000, respectively.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During 1996, 1995, and 1994, the Company recorded revenues of
$4,086,000, $3,753,000, and $3,261,000, respectively, and cost of
revenues of $3,768,000, $3,408,000, and $2,958,000, respectively, for
providing services to a company of which a director of the Company is
president and majority stockholder. At December 31, 1996 and 1995,
Barrett had trade receivables from this company of $126,000 and
$160,000, respectively.
During 1994, the Company recorded revenues of $119,000 and cost of
revenues of $110,000 for providing professional employer services to a
company owned by Barrett's President and Chief Executive Officer.
At December 31, 1993, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, pursuant to the approval of a majority of the disinterested
outside directors, agreed to personally guarantee, at no cost to the
Company, the repayment of a $111,000 receivable from an unrelated,
insolvent customer. During 1995, pursuant to this agreement, the
Company exercised its right to the personal guarantee provided by the
Company's Chief Executive Officer. Accordingly, the Chief Executive
Officer surrendered to the Company 7,400 shares of common stock of the
Company with a then-fair market value of $111,000 or $15.00 per share,
in satisfaction of the guarantee. The Company subsequently retired the
shares, and the par value of the shares was reclassified to additional
paid-in capital. The uncollectible account was included in the
Company's provisions for doubtful accounts during 1993 and 1994.
Through June 1995, a director of the Company was Vice Chairman of the
board of directors of the bank that provides the Company's unsecured
revolving credit facility and certain mortgage financing. See Notes 7
and 8.
12. INCOME TAXES
The provisions for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
Year ended December 31,
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- -----------
Current:
Federal $ 2,681 $ 2,067 $ 1,750
State 476 463 375
----------- ----------- -----------
3,157 2,530 2,125
----------- ----------- -----------
Deferred:
Federal (283) (19) (17)
State (59) (4) (3)
----------- ----------- -----------
(342) (23) (20)
------------ ----------- -----------
Total provision $ 2,815 $ 2,507 $ 2,105
=========== =========== ===========
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following
components (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31,
1996 1995
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
Accrued workers' compensation claim liabilities $ 1,113 $ 1,053
Allowance for doubtful accounts 10 10
Tax depreciation in excess of book depreciation (154) (126)
Safety incentives 281
Amortization of intangibles 29
----------- -----------
$ 1,279 $ 937
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
The effective tax rate differed from the U.S. statutory federal tax
rate due to the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year eded December 31,
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Statutory federal tax rate 34.0% 34.0% 34.0%
State taxes, net of federal benefit 3.5 4.6 4.4
Nondeductible amortization of intangibles .1 .1 .2
Federal tax-exempt interest income (1.4) (1.3) (1.1)
Other, net (.3) .6 .3
-------- --------- ---------
35.9% 38.0% 37.8%
======== ========= =========
</TABLE>
During 1996, the Company recognized a State of Oregon surplus tax
refund of approximately $145,000 related to tax years 1993 through
1995.
13. REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND NONREDEEMABLE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK
As part of the 1996 acquisition of StaffAmerica discussed in Note 2,
the Company granted "put rights" to certain shareholders that may
require the Company to redeem 159,154 shares of its common stock at a
maximum redemption price of $17.75 per share subject to certain
contingencies as described in Note 2. If all shareholders with such
"put rights" exercise their options, the Company would be required to
repurchase the above shares of common stock at a maximum amount of
$2,825,000. The redemption period began April 1, 1996 and continues
through March 31, 1997. If such shareholders do not place a redemption
request during the redemption period, the "put right" will expire on
the stated expiration date.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
13. REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND NONREDEEMABLE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)
The shares of common stock subject to the "put rights" are presented in
the accompanying balance sheets as redeemable common stock. Such shares
have been recorded at their fair market value as of the dates of
acquisition. Such fair market value equals the maximum redemption
amount.
PUBLIC STOCK OFFERING
In June 1993, the Company completed an initial public offering of
1,000,000 shares of common stock at $7.00 per share. In July 1993, the
underwriters exercised an option to purchase 150,000 additional shares
at $7.00 per share to cover over-allotments. Total net proceeds to the
Company were $6,828,000 after deducting the underwriting discount and
offering expenses.
14. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
As of March 1, 1993, the Company adopted the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan
("the Plan") which provides for stock-based awards to the Company's
employees, non-employee directors, and outside consultants or advisers.
As of April 20, 1994, the Company increased the number of shares of
common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan from 500,000 to
800,000.
Options granted under the Plan generally become exercisable in four
equal annual installments beginning one year after the date of grant,
and expire ten years after the date of grant. Under the terms of the
Plan, the exercise price of the options must not be less than the fair
market value of the Company's stock on the date of grant. The number of
options and the price per share have been restated to reflect the 2-
for-1 stock split effective May 23, 1994.
In connection with the initial public offering, the Company issued
200,000 warrants to its underwriters and related parties for the
purchase of shares of the Company's common stock exercisable in whole
at any time or in part from time to time commencing June 11, 1994 at
$4.20 per share, after giving effect to the 2-for-1 stock split. A
total of 110,000 warrants were exercised in January 1995 for proceeds
of $462,000. The remaining unexercised warrants expire on June 10,
1998.
A summary of the status of the options granted under the Plan at
December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994, together with changes during the
period then ended, are presented below. The numbers of options
exercisable at December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994 were 126,500, 94,375,
and 10,450, respectively.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
14. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Weighted
average
exercise
Options price
----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Outstanding at December 31, 1993 160,500 $ 3.50
Options granted at market price 233,500 9.67
Options exercised (22,175) 3.50
Options canceled or expired (65,250) 7.45
-----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1994 306,575 7.36
Options granted at market price 151,500 14.31
Options granted above market price 70,000 16.36
Options exercised (13,950) 6.19
Options canceled or expired (17,500) 7.52
-----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1995 496,625 10.78
Options granted at market price 137,498 16.63
Options exercised (83,625) 6.77
Options canceled or expired (58,500) 17.70
-----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1996 491,998 12.27
===========
Available for grant at December 31, 1996 184,252
===========
</TABLE>
The Company applies APB Opinion 25 and related interpretations in
accounting for the Plan. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been
recognized for options granted under the Plan. Had compensation cost
associated with the Plan been determined based on the fair market value
at the grant date for options granted under the Plan, consistent with
the methodology of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
No. 123, the Company's net income and earnings per share would have
been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:
1996 1995
----------- -----------
(in thousands)
Net income, as reported $ 5,036 $ 4,118
Net income, pro forma 4,664 3,857
Earnings per share, as reported .73 .62
Earnings per share, pro forma .67 .58
The effects of applying SFAS No. 123 to pro forma disclosures for 1996
and 1995 are not likely to be representative of the effects on reported
net income for future years, because options vest over several years
and additional awards generally are made each year.
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following
weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 1996 and 1995: expected
volatility of 41%, expected dividend yield 0%, risk-free rate of return
of 6.1%, and expected lives of seven years.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
14. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (CONTINUED)
Total fair value of options granted at market price was computed to be
$1,227,834 and $1,165,925 for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively. Total fair value of options granted at 110% above market
price was computed to be $531,300 for the year ended December 31, 1995.
Such options were granted to the chief executive officer in 1995.
The following table summarizes information about options outstanding at
December 31, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Weighted average
Exercise Number Weighted remaining
price range of shares average price contractual life
----------------- -------------- ----------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 3.50 - $10.00 159,000 $ 7.41 7.0
$10.50 - $13.00 30,000 $ 11.08 7.9
$13.50 - $19.00 302,833 $ 15.19 8.9
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15. LITIGATION
The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the
ordinary course of its business. In the opinion of management, the amount
of ultimate liability with respect to currently pending or threatened
actions are not expected to materially affect the financial position or
results of operations of the Company except as discussed below in Note 16.
16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
A lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for the
County of Multnomah on February 5, 1997, by Javier and Ester Munoz, husband
and wife, against Asger M. Nielson, doing business as Nielson and Son
("Nielson"), Rain-Master Roofing, Inc. ("Rain-Master"), and the Company.
Mr. Munoz was employed by the Company under a PEO arrangement with
Rain-Master, which is in the roofing business. On February 1, 1995,
Rain-Master was providing roofing services at a construction site for which
Nielson was serving as general contractor. Mr. Munoz fell from the roof at
the site in the course of his employment and is now a paraplegic as a
result of the injuries he suffered. Until the filing of the lawsuit
referred to above, Mr. Munoz's claim was being defended as a workers'
compensation claim.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs are seeking damages in the amount of
$10,000,000 pursuant to claims for relief based on employer liability,
intentional injury, product liability, negligence, breach of implied
warranty and loss of consortium. Defense of the lawsuit has been tendered
to the Company's excess workers' compensation, commercial general liability
and umbrella liability insurance carriers; acceptance of the defense to the
claim has not yet been received. Management intends to vigorously defend
this action on the basis, among others, that workers' compensation is the
exclusive remedy for employees injured in the course of employment. Under
appropriate circumstances, the Company also may seek to enforce its
contractual right to indemnification from Rain-Master pursuant to its PEO
leasing arrangement. Based upon its investigation and analysis to date,
management believes that the outcome of
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
this proceeding will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company's
financial position or results of operations.
On March 12, 1997, a Notice of Intent to Revoke Farm/Forest Labor
Contractor License and to Assess Civil Penalties (the "Notice") was served
on the Company by the Bureau of Labor and Industries of the State of Oregon
(the "Bureau"). The Notice also names Daniel A. Hatfield, an employee of
the Company. The Notice proposes to assess civil penalties in the amount of
$488,000, based on the numbers of workers allegedly affected, for alleged
noncompliance with various duties imposed on farm labor contractors by
Oregon law, including licensing violations, failure to comply with wage
payment laws, and failure to maintain and to provide workers and the Bureau
with required documentation. Management intends to vigorously contest the
claims asserted in the Notice and is in the process of collecting and
analyzing data necessary to defend its position and to evaluate the
probable outcome of the proceedings.
Effective February 1, 1997, the Company acquired D&L Personnel Department
Specialists, Inc., dba HR Only, a staffing services company which
specializes in human resource professionals with offices in Los Angeles and
Orange County, California. The Company paid $1,800,000 in cash for all of
the outstanding common stock of HR Only and $1,200,000 in cash for
noncompete agreements with certain individuals, of which $1,000,000 will be
deferred for five years and then be paid ratably over the succeeding
five-year period. HR Only's revenues for the fiscal year ended January 31,
1997 were approximately $4.3 million. The transaction was accounted for
under the purchase method of accounting, which resulted in $3,021,000 of
intangible assets, including an estimated $85,000 for acquisition-related
costs, and $64,000 of net tangible assets.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
17. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
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First Second Third Fourth
quarter quarter quarter quarter
------- ------- ------- -------
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
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Year ended December 31, 1994:
Revenues $ 27,067 $ 35,136 $ 41,149 $ 37,200
Cost of revenues 24,096 31,217 36,107 33,025
Net income 608 765 1,235 858
Net income per share .09 .12 .19 .13
Year ended December 31, 1995:
Revenues 39,298 44,564 49,636 46,306
Cost of revenues 35,819 39,645 43,378 40,474
Net income 344 1,039 1,513 1,223
Net income per share .05 .16 .23 .18
Year ended December 31, 1996:
Revenues 43,185 51,871 60,252 60,508
Cost of revenues 38,169 45,724 53,659 54,011
Net income 827 1,305 1,661 1,243
Net income per share .12 .19 .24 .18
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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
PART III
Item 10. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The information required by Item 10, Directors and Executive Officers
of the Registrant, is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's
definitive Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ("Proxy
Statement"), under the headings "Election of Directors" and "Stock Ownership by
Principal Stockholders and Management--Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership
Reporting Compliance" or appears under the heading "Executive Officers of the
Registrant" on pages 16-17 of this report. The information required by Item 11,
Executive Compensation, is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy
Statement, under the headings "Executive Compensation" and "Election of
Directors--Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation." The
information required by Item 12, Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
and Management, is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement,
under the heading "Stock Ownership by Principal Stockholders and
Management--Beneficial Ownership Table." The information required by Item 13,
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, is incorporated herein by
reference to the Proxy Statement, under the heading ""Election of
Directors--Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation."
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PART IV
Item 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) 1. and 2.
The financial statements listed in the index set forth in Item
8 of this report are filed as part of this report.
(b) 3.
Exhibits are listed in the Exhibit Index beginning on page 55
of this report. Each management contract or compensatory plan or
arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this report is listed
under Item 10, "Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements and Other
Management Contracts" in the Exhibit Index.
(c) Reports on Form 8-K.
No Current Reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Registrant
during the quarter ended December 31, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
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.
BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Registrant
Date: March 27, 1997 By: /s/ William W. Sherertz
William W. Sherertz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities indicated on the 27th day of March, 1997.
Principal Executive Officer and Director:
/s/ William W. Sherertz President and Chief Executive Officer
William W. Sherertz and Director
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ Michael D. Mulholland Vice President-Finance and Secretary
Michael D. Mulholland
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ James D. Miller Controller
James D. Miller
Other Directors:
* ROBERT R. AMES Director
* JEFFREY L. BEAUDOIN Director
* STEPHEN A. GREGG Director
* ANTHONY MEEKER Director
* STANLEY G. RENECKER Director
* By /s/ Michael D. Mulholland
Michael D. Mulholland
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
3.1 Charter of the registrant, as amended. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1994.
3.2 Bylaws of the registrant, as amended.
4.1 Loan Agreement between the registrant and First Interstate Bank of
Oregon, N.A., dated August 12, 1993 ("Loan Agreement"). Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1993.
4.2 First Amendment to Loan Agreement dated March 29, 1994. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1994.
4.3 Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated May 31, 1994, together with
Optional Advance Note dated May 31, 1994. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1994.
4.4 Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated January 3, 1995, together with
Optional Advance Note dated January 3, 1995. Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant's Annual Report of Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1994.
4.5 Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated June 1, 1995, together with
Optional Advance Note dated June 1, 1995 and Interest Rate Option
Agreement dated June 1, 1995. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4
to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1995.
4.6 Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated May 31, 1996. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996.
The registrant has incurred other long-term indebtedness as to
which the amount involved is less than 10 percent of the
registrant's total assets. The registrant agrees to furnish
copies of the instruments relating to such indebtedness to the
Commission upon request.
10 Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements and Other Management
Contracts.
10.1 1993 Stock Incentive Plan of the registrant as amended.
10.2 Form of Indemnification Agreement with each director of the registrant.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33- 61804).
11 Statement of Calculation of Average Common Shares Outstanding.
23 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants.
24 Power of attorney of certain officers and directors.
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27 Financial Data Schedule.
Other exhibits listed in Item 601 of Regulation S-K are not applicable.
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BYLAWS OF BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
ARTICLE I. STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the
stockholders shall be held during the third week of May of each year on the date
and time or at such other date and time in May of each year as the board of
directors may establish, for the purpose of electing directors and for the
transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The board of
directors shall timely establish the annual meeting date and time in conjunction
with the notice of meeting requirements of Article I, Section 4, of these
Bylaws.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the
stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the president or by
the board of directors, and shall be called by the secretary upon written
request by stockholders entitled to cast 25 percent of all votes entitled to be
cast at the meeting stating the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed
to be acted upon at the meeting and upon payment by such stockholders to the
corporation of the costs of the notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a special meeting need not be called by the secretary to consider any
matter which is substantially the same as a matter voted on at any special
meeting of the stockholders held during the preceding 12 months unless requested
by stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to be cast at
the meeting.
Section 3. Place of Meeting. The place of meeting for all
annual and special meetings of the stockholders shall be such place within the
United States as shall be determined by the board of directors. In the absence
of any such determination, all meetings of stockholders shall be held at the
principal office of the corporation in the state of Oregon.
Section 4. Notice of Meeting; Waiver. Written or printed
notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special
meeting or if otherwise required by law, the purpose or purposes for which the
meeting is called, shall be given by the secretary not earlier than 90 nor less
than 10 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to
each stockholder of record entitled to vote at or to receive notice of such
meeting. If given personally, such notice shall be effective when delivered to
the stockholder or when left at the stockholder's residence or usual place
of business. If given by mail, such notice shall be effective when deposited in
the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his or her address as
shown in the corporation's current record of stockholders, with postage thereon
prepaid. A stockholder entitled to notice of a meeting waives such notice if he
or she is present at the meeting in person or by proxy. A written waiver of
notice of a meeting signed by a stockholder entitled to such notice, whether
before or after the time stated therein, which is filed with the records of
stockholders meetings, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. A
meeting of stockholders convened on the date for which it was called may be
adjourned from time to time without further notice to a date not more than 120
days after the original record date for the meeting.
Section 5. Quorum; Manner of Acting. The presence in person or
by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled
to be cast at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. If a quorum is present, a
majority of all the votes cast at the meeting is sufficient to approve any
matter which properly comes before the meeting unless
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the vote of a greater proportion of all the votes cast or voting by classes is
required by the Maryland General Corporation Law or the charter.
Section 6. Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a
stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his
or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the
secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy
shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution unless otherwise
expressly provided in the proxy.
Section 7. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share of the
corporation's common stock shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter
submitted to a vote at a meeting of the stockholders except that shares owned,
directly or indirectly, by another corporation in which the corporation owns,
directly or indirectly, shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes
entitled to be cast by all shares of such other corporation shall not be voted
at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares
at any given time.
Section 8. Acceptance of Votes. If the name signed on a vote,
consent, waiver, or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a stockholder,
the corporation shall be entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy
appointment and give it effect as the act of the stockholder.
If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy
appointment does not correspond to the name of its stockholder, the corporation
shall nevertheless be entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy
appointment and give it effect as the act of the stockholder if:
a. The stockholder is a corporation, and the name signed
purports to be that of the president, a vice-president, or a proxy
appointed by either of them or by another person appointed under a
bylaw or resolution of the board of directors of such stockholder, a
certified copy of which is presented to the corporation.
b. The stockholder is an entity, other than a corporation, and
the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the
entity.
c. The name signed purports to be that of an administrator,
executor, guardian, or conservator representing the stockholder.
d. The name signed purports to be that of a receiver or
trustee in bankruptcy of the stockholder.
e. The name signed purports to be that of a pledgee,
beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of the stockholder.
f. Two or more persons are the stockholder whether as
fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in
common, tenants by the
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entirety, or otherwise, and the name signed purports to be the name of
at least one of the co-owners.
The corporation shall be entitled to reject a vote, consent,
waiver, or proxy if the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to
tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the
validity of the signature on it or about the signatory's authority to sign for
the stockholder.
Section 9. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or
permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law to be taken at a meeting of
the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if there are filed with the
records of stockholders meetings a consent in writing which sets forth the
action so taken signed by each stockholder entitled to vote on the matter and a
written waiver of any right to dissent signed by each stockholder entitled to
notice of the meeting but not entitled to vote at the meeting.
ARTICLE II. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the
corporation shall be managed under the direction of its board of directors.
Section 2. Number, Tenure, and Qualifications. The board of
directors shall consist of not more than nine persons and not less than three
persons, the exact number within such specified limits to be fixed from time to
time by resolution of a majority of the entire board, provided that so long as
there are less than three stockholders the number of directors may be fixed at
less than three but not less than the number of stockholders. Each director
shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until
his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified unless sooner removed
from office as hereinafter provided. Directors need not be residents of the
state of Maryland or stockholders of the corporation.
Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the board of
directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after,
and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. The board of
directors may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or without
the state of Maryland, for the holding of additional regular meetings without
other notice than such resolution.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any two
directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the
board of directors may fix any place, either within or without the state of
Maryland, as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors
called by them.
Section 5. Notice; Waiver. Notice of the date, time, and place
of any special meeting shall be given at least 36 hours previously thereto by
written notice delivered personally or given by facsimile transmission,
teletype, or other form of wire communication, or by mail or private carrier, to
each director at his or her business address.
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Such notice shall be deemed effective at the earliest of the following: (a) when
received, (b) three days after its deposit in the United States mail, as
evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed, and (c)
on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the
director. A director's attendance at, or participation in, a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director at the
beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director's arrival, objects to
holding of the meeting or the transacting of business at the meeting and does
not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. A written
waiver of notice of a meeting signed by a director entitled to such notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, which specifies the meeting for
which notice is waived and which is filed with the records of the meeting shall
be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board
of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such
meeting.
Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed
from time to time pursuant to Section 2 of this Article II shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors,
but, if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the
directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further
notice.
Section 7. Manner of Acting. The action of a majority of the
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
the board of directors.
Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of
directors, except a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of
directors, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors, whether or not sufficient to constitute a quorum. A vacancy resulting
from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the entire board of directors.
Section 9. Presumption of Assent. A director who is present at
a meeting of the board of directors when corporate action is taken shall be
presumed to have assented to the action taken unless the director announces his
or her dissent at the meeting and (a) the director's dissent is entered in the
minutes of the meeting; or (b) the director files his or her written dissent
with the secretary of the meeting before its adjournment; or (c) the director
forwards his or her written dissent within 24 hours after the meeting is
adjourned, by registered or certified mail, to the secretary of the meeting or
of the corporation. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who
voted in favor of such action.
Section 10. Removal of Directors. All or any number of the
directors may be removed by the stockholders with or without cause at a meeting
expressly called for that purpose by the affirmative vote of a majority of all
votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors. The notice of such
meeting shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is
the removal of the director or directors.
Section 11. Compensation. By resolution of the board of
directors, each director may be paid an annual fee as director and, in addition
thereto, a fixed sum for
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attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and executive committee or
other committees and his expenses, if any, of attendance at any such meeting. No
such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any
other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 12. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or
permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law to be taken at a meeting of
the board of directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing
which sets forth the action so taken is signed by each member of the board of
directors and filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors.
Section 13. Meetings By Telephone. Meetings of the board of
directors may be held by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the
same time, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the
meeting. Section 14. Chairman and Vice Chairman. The board of directors shall
appoint from among its members a chairman and a vice chairman who shall serve at
the pleasure of the board of directors. The chairman, or in his absence the vice
chairman, shall preside at the meetings of the board of directors.
ARTICLE III.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
Section 1. Appointment. The board of directors may appoint
from among its members an executive committee to consist of a chairman and one
or more other directors. The appointment of such committee, the delegation of
authority to it or action by it under that authority shall not constitute of
itself compliance by any director not a member of the committee with the
standard provided in the Maryland General Corporation Law for the performance of
duties by directors.
Section 2. Authority. The executive committee, when the board
of directors is not in session, shall have and may exercise all the authority of
the board of directors except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall
be limited by the resolution appointing the executive committee and except also
that neither the executive committee nor any other committee of the board of
directors appointed pursuant to Section 9 of this Article III shall have the
authority to (a) declare dividends or distributions on stock; (b) fix the terms
of stock subject to classification or reclassification or the terms on which any
stock may be issued except according to a general formula or method specified by
the board of directors by resolution or by adoption of a stock option or other
plan; (c) recommend to the stockholders any action which requires stockholder
approval; (d) amend the bylaws; or (e) approve a merger or share exchange which
does not require stockholder approval.
Section 3. Tenure. Each member of the executive committee
shall hold office until the next regular annual meeting of the board of
directors following his or her
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appointment and until his or her successor is appointed as a member of the
executive committee.
Section 4. Meetings; Notice; Waiver. Regular meetings of the
executive committee or any other committee of the board of directors appointed
pursuant to Section 9 of this Article III may be held without notice at such
times and places as the committee may fix from time to time by resolution.
Special meetings of the executive committee or any such other committee may be
called by any member thereof upon not less than 24 hours' notice stating the
place, date and hour of the meeting. The provisions of Section 5 of Article II
shall apply to the method for giving notice of special meetings of the executive
committee or any such other committee and to the waiver of notice of any such
meetings. The notice of a meeting of the executive committee or any such other
committee need not state the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.
Section 5. Quorum; Manner of Acting. A majority of the members
of the executive committee or any such other committee shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business at any meeting thereof, and the act of a
majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall
be the act of the committee.
Section 6. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the executive committee
or any such other committee may be filled by the board of directors.
Section 7. Resignations and Removal. Any member of the
executive committee or any such other committee may be removed at any time with
or without cause by the board of directors. Any member of the executive
committee or any such other committee may resign as a member of the committee at
any time by giving written notice to the chairman of the board or secretary of
the corporation, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 8. Procedure. The chairman of the executive committee
shall be the presiding officer of the executive committee. The executive
committee and any such other committee shall fix its own rules of procedure
which shall not be inconsistent with these bylaws. The committee shall keep
regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board of directors
for its information at the meeting thereof held next after the proceedings shall
have been taken.
Section 9. Appointment of Other Committees of the Board of
Directors. The board of directors may from time to time create any other
committee or committees of the board of directors and appoint members of the
board of directors to serve thereon. Each member of any such committee shall
hold office until the next regular annual meeting of the board of directors
following his or her appointment and until his or her successor is appointed as
a member of such committee. Each committee shall have two or more members and,
to the extent specified by the board of directors, may exercise the powers of
the board subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2 of this Article III.
Section 10. Action Without a Meeting. Any action that may be
taken by the executive committee or any such other committee at a meeting may be
taken without a
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meeting if a consent in writing which sets forth the action so taken is signed
by each member of the committee and filed with the minutes of proceedings of the
committee.
Section 11. Meetings By Telephone. Meetings of any committee
of the board of directors may be held by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can
hear each other at the same time, and such participation shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting.
ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a
president, a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the
board of directors. The board of directors may elect one or more vice presidents
(the number thereof to be determined by the board of directors) and such other
officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the
corporation shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the board of
directors held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. A person may hold
more than one office but may not serve concurrently as both president and vice
president of the corporation. Each officer shall hold office until his or her
successor shall have been duly elected, or until his or her death, or until he
or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter
provided.
Section 3. Removal. The board of directors may remove any
officer at any time. The election of an officer shall not of itself create
contract rights, and the resignation or removal of an officer shall not affect
the contract rights, if any, of the corporation or the officer.
Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of
death, resignation, removal, or otherwise may be filled by the board of
directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5. President. The president shall be the chief
executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the board of
directors, shall in general supervise and control all the business and affairs
of the corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders
and, in the absence of the chairman or vice chairman, at all meetings of the
board of directors. He or she may sign, with the secretary or any other proper
officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the board of directors,
certificates for shares of stock of the corporation and any deeds, mortgages,
bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the board of directors has
authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution
thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors, or by these
bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required
by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general he or she shall
perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as
may be prescribed by the board of directors from time to time.
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Section 6. Vice Presidents. In the absence of the president,
or in the event of his or her death, inability, or refusal to act, the vice
president (or, in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice
presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or, in the
absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform
the duties of the president and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of
and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. Any vice president
may sign, with the secretary or an assistant secretary, certificates for shares
of stock of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the board of
directors.
Section 7. Secretary. The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes
of the stockholders' and of the board of directors' meetings in one or more
books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (c) be
custodian of the corporate records and responsible for the authentication of
such records; (d) keep or cause to be kept a register of the post office address
of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such
stockholder; (e) sign, with the president or a vice president, certificates for
shares of stock of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been
authorized by the board of directors; (f) have general charge of the stock
transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties
incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the board of directors.
Section 8. Treasurer. If required by the board of directors,
the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties
in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the board of directors shall
determine. He or she shall (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for
all funds and securities of the corporation, receive and give receipts for
moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and
deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust
companies, or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the
provisions of Article V of these bylaws; and (b) in general perform all the
duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the board of
directors.
Section 9. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The
assistant secretaries, when authorized by the board of directors, may sign, with
the president or a vice president, certificates for shares of stock of the
corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by the board of
directors. The assistant treasurers shall, respectively, if required by the
board of directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in
such sums and with such sureties as the board of directors shall determine. The
assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such
duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or the treasurer,
respectively, or by the president or the board of directors.
Section 10. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be
fixed from time to time by the board of directors and no officer shall be
prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is
also a director of the corporation.
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ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS, AND DEPOSITS
Section 1. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and
deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; and such
authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of
the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name
unless authorized by a resolution of the board of directors. Such authority may
be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 3. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts, or other
orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness
issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or
officers, agent or agents, of the corporation and in such manner as shall from
time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors.
Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not
otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the
corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositaries as selected by
the officer or officers authorized by the board of directors to make such
selection.
ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing
shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined
by the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed manually by the
president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary and
may be sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of
such officers on a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is
countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the
corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. All certificates for
shares or stock shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The
name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are
issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the
stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the
corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificates shall be
issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been
surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, stolen, destroyed, or
mutilated certificate a new certificate may be issued therefor on such terms and
indemnity to the corporation as the board of directors may prescribe.
Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of stock of
the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the
corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his or her legal
representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or
by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed
and filed with the secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for
cancellation of the
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certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares of stock stand on
the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner
thereof for all purposes.
ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS
The bylaws may be adopted, altered, or repealed solely by the
board of directors.
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1993 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE 1
ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
1.1 Establishment. Barrett Business Services, Inc.
("Corporation"), hereby establishes the Barrett Business Services, Inc., 1993
Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), effective as of March 1, 1993, subject to
shareholder approval as provided in Article 18. The Plan was previously amended
effective March 8, 1994, and is further amended and restated as set forth herein
effective March 12, 1997, subject to shareholder approval as provided in Article
16.
1.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to promote and advance
the interests of Corporation and its shareholders by enabling Corporation to
attract, retain, and reward key employees, directors, and outside consultants of
Corporation and its subsidiaries. It is also intended to strengthen the
mutuality of interests between such employees, directors, and consultants and
Corporation's shareholders. The Plan is designed to serve these purposes by
offering stock options and other equity-based incentive awards, thereby
providing a proprietary interest in pursuing the long-term growth,
profitability, and financial success of Corporation.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
2.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of the Plan, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
"AWARD" means an award or grant made to a Participant of
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Awards, Performance Awards, or
Other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to the Plan.
"AWARD AGREEMENT" means an agreement as described in Section
6.4.
"BOARD" means the Board of Directors of Corporation.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and
in effect from time to time, or any successor thereto, together with rules,
regulations, and interpretations promulgated thereunder. Where the context so
requires, any reference to a particular Code section shall be construed to refer
to the successor provision to such Code section.
"COMMITTEE" means the committee appointed by the Board to
administer the Plan
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as provided in Article 3 of the Plan.
"COMMON STOCK" means the $.01 par value Common Stock of
Corporation or any security of Corporation issued in substitution, exchange, or
lieu thereof.
"CONSULTANT" means any consultant or adviser to Corporation or
a Subsidiary selected by the Committee, who is not an employee of Corporation or
a Subsidiary.
"CONTINUING RESTRICTION" means a Restriction contained in
Sections 6.5(i), 17.4, 17.5, and 17.7 of the Plan and any other Restrictions
expressly designated by the Committee in an Award Agreement as a Continuing
Restriction.
"CORPORATION" means Barrett Business Services, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, or any successor corporation.
"DEFERRED COMPENSATION OPTION" means a Nonqualified Option
granted in lieu of a specified amount of other compensation pursuant to Section
7.8 of the Plan.
"DIRECTOR OPTIONS" means options granted to Non-Employee Board
Directors pursuant to Article 14 of the Plan, including Initial Director Options
and Annual Director Options.
"DISABILITY" means the condition of being permanently
"disabled" within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, namely being
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of
not less than 12 months. However, the Committee may change the foregoing
definition of "Disability" or may adopt a different definition for purposes of
specific Awards.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended and in effect from time to time, or any successor statute. Where the
context so requires, any reference to a particular section of the Exchange Act,
or to any rule promulgated under the Exchange Act, shall be construed to refer
to successor provisions to such section or rule.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" means on any given date, the fair market
value per share of the Common Stock determined as follows:
(a) If the Common Stock is traded on an established securities
exchange, the mean between the reported high and low sale prices of
Common Stock as reported for such day by the principal exchange on
which Common Stock is traded (as determined by the Committee) or, if
Common Stock was not traded on such date, on the next preceding day on
which Common Stock was traded;
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(b) If trading activity in Common Stock is reported in the
NASDAQ National Market System, the mean between the reported high and
low sale prices of Common Stock as reported for such day by the NASDAQ
or, if Common Stock trades were not reported on such date, on the next
preceding day on which Common Stock trades were reported by the NASDAQ;
(c) If trading activity in Common Stock is reported in the
NASDAQ Bid and Asked Quotations, the mean between the bid price and
asked price quote for such day as reported by the NASDAQ or, if there
are no such quotes for Common Stock for such date, on the next
preceding day for which bid and asked price quotes for Common Stock
were reported by NASDAQ; or
(d) If there is no market for Common Stock or if trading
activities for Common Stock are not reported in one of the manners
described above, the fair market value shall be as determined by the
Committee.
"INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" or "ISO" means any Option granted
pursuant to the Plan that is intended to be and is specifically designated in
its Award Agreement as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section
422 of the Code.
"NON-EMPLOYEE BOARD DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board who
is not an employee of Corporation or any Subsidiary.
"NON-EMPLOYEE SUBSIDIARY DIRECTOR" means a member of the board
of directors of a Subsidiary who is neither an employee of Corporation or a
Subsidiary nor a member of the Board.
"NONQUALIFIED OPTION" or "NQO" means any Option, including a
Deferred Compensation Option, granted pursuant to the Plan that is not an
Incentive Stock Option.
"OPTION" means an ISO, an NQO, a Deferred Compensation Option,
or a Director Option.
"OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARD" means an Award as defined in Section
11.1.
"PARTICIPANT" means an employee or a Consultant of Corporation
or a Subsidiary, a Non-Employee Board Director, or a Non-Employee Subsidiary
Director who is granted an Award under the Plan.
"PERFORMANCE AWARD" means an Award granted pursuant to the
provisions of Article 10 of the Plan, the Vesting of which is contingent on
performance attainment.
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"PERFORMANCE CYCLE" means a designated performance period
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.3 of the Plan.
"PERFORMANCE GOAL" means a designated performance objective
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.4 of the Plan.
"PLAN" means this Barrett Business Services, Inc., 1993 Stock
Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be hereafter amended and from
time to time.
"REPORTING PERSON" means a Participant who is subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
"RESTRICTED AWARD" means a Restricted Share or a Restricted
Unit granted pursuant to Article 9 of the Plan.
"RESTRICTED SHARE" means an Award described in Section 9.1(a)
of the Plan.
"RESTRICTED UNIT" means an Award of units representing Shares
described in Section 9.1(b) of the Plan.
"RESTRICTION" means a provision in the Plan or in an Award
Agreement which limits the exercisability or transferability, or which governs
the forfeiture, of an Award or the Shares, cash, or other property payable
pursuant to an Award.
"RETIREMENT" means:
(a) For Participants who are employees, retirement from active
employment with Corporation and its Subsidiaries on or after age 65, or
such earlier retirement date as approved by the Committee for purposes
of the Plan;
(b) For Participants who are Non-Employee Board Directors or
Non-Employee Subsidiary Directors, retirement from the applicable board
of directors after attaining the maximum age (if any) specified in the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of the applicable corporation; or
(c) For Participants who are Consultants, termination of
service as a Consultant after attaining a retirement age specified by
the Committee for purposes of an Award to such Consultant.
However, the Committee may change the foregoing definition of "Retirement" or
may adopt a different definition for purposes of specific Awards.
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"SHARE" means a share of Common Stock.
"STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT" or "SAR" means an Award to benefit
from the appreciation of Common Stock granted pursuant to the provisions of
Article 8 of the Plan.
"SUBSIDIARY" means a "subsidiary corporation" of Corporation,
within the meaning of Section 425 of the Code, namely any corporation in which
Corporation directly or indirectly controls 50 percent or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock having voting power.
"VEST" or "VESTED" means:
(a) In the case of an Award that requires exercise, to be or
to become immediately and fully exercisable and free of all
Restrictions (other than Continuing Restrictions);
(b) In the case of an Award that is subject to forfeiture, to
be or to become nonforfeitable, freely transferable, and free of all
Restrictions (other than Continuing Restrictions);
(c) In the case of an Award that is required to be earned by
attaining specified Performance Goals, to be or to become earned and
nonforfeitable, freely transferable, and free of all Restrictions
(other than Continuing Restrictions); or
(d) In the case of any other Award as to which payment is not
dependent solely upon the exercise of a right, election, exercise, or
option, to be or to become immediately payable and free of all
Restrictions (except Continuing Restrictions).
2.2 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the
context, any masculine or feminine terminology used in the Plan shall also
include the opposite gender; and the definition of any term in Section 2.1 in
the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa.
ARTICLE 3
ADMINISTRATION
3.1 General. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee
composed as described in Section 3.2.
3.2 Composition of the Committee. The Committee shall be
appointed by the Board and shall consist of not less than a sufficient number of
Non-Employee Board Directors
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so as to qualify the Committee to administer the Plan as contemplated by Rule
16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Board may from time to time remove members
from, or add members to, the Committee. Vacancies on the Committee, however
caused, shall be filled by the Board. In the event that the Committee shall
cease to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3, the Board shall appoint another
Committee satisfying such requirements.
3.3 Authority of the Committee. The Committee shall have full
power and authority (subject to such orders or resolutions as may be issued or
adopted from time to time by the Board) to administer the Plan in its sole
discretion, including the authority to:
(a) Construe and interpret the Plan and any Award Agreement;
(b) Promulgate, amend, and rescind rules and procedures
relating to the implementation of the Plan;
(c) Select the employees, Non-Employee Subsidiary Directors,
and Consultants who shall be granted Awards;
(d) Determine the number and types of Awards to be granted to
each such Participant;
(e) Determine the number of Shares, or Share equivalents, to
be subject to each Award;
(f) Determine the option price, purchase price, base price, or
similar feature for any Award; and
(g) Determine all the terms and conditions of all Award
Agreements, consistent with the requirements of the Plan.
Decisions of the Committee, or any delegate as permitted by the Plan, shall be
final, conclusive, and binding on all Participants.
3.4 Action by the Committee. A majority of the members of the
Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Action
approved by a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum
is present, or action in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee,
shall be the valid acts of the Committee.
3.5 Delegation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee
may delegate to one or more officers of Corporation the authority to determine
the recipients, types, amounts, and terms of Awards granted to Participants who
are not Reporting Persons.
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3.6 Liability of Committee Members. No member of the Committee
shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect
to the Plan, any Award, or any Participant.
3.7 Costs of Plan. The costs and expenses of administering the
Plan shall be borne by Corporation.
ARTICLE 4
DURATION OF THE PLAN AND SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
4.1 Duration of the Plan. The Plan is effective March 1, 1993,
subject to approval by Corporation's shareholders as provided in Article 18. The
Plan shall remain in effect until Awards have been granted covering all the
available Shares or the Plan is otherwise terminated by the Board. Termination
of the Plan shall not affect outstanding Awards.
4.2 Shares Subject to the Plan. The shares which may be made
subject to Awards under the Plan shall be Shares of Common Stock, which may be
either authorized and unissued Shares or reacquired Shares. No fractional Shares
shall be issued under the Plan. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 15,
the maximum number of Shares for which Awards may be granted under the Plan
shall be 1,300,000. If an Award under the Plan is canceled or expires for any
reason prior to having been fully Vested or exercised by a Participant or is
settled in cash in lieu of Shares or is exchanged for other Awards, all Shares
covered by such Awards shall be made available for future Awards under the Plan.
ARTICLE 5
ELIGIBILITY
5.1 Employees and Non-Employee Subsidiary Directors. Officers
and other key employees of Corporation and its Subsidiaries (including employees
who may also be directors of Corporation or a Subsidiary), Consultants, and
Non-Employee Subsidiary Directors who, in the Committee's judgment, are or will
be contributors to the long-term success of Corporation shall be eligible to
receive Awards under the Plan.
5.2 Non-Employee Board Directors. All Non-Employee Board
Directors shall be eligible to receive Director Options pursuant to Article 14
of the Plan.
ARTICLE 6
AWARDS
6.1 Types of Awards. The types of Awards that may be granted
under the Plan are:
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(a) Options governed by Article 7 of the Plan;
(b) Stock Appreciation Rights governed by Article 8 of the
Plan;
(c) Restricted Awards governed by Article 9 of the Plan;
(d) Performance Awards governed by Article 10 of the Plan;
(e) Other Stock-Based Awards or combination awards governed by
Article 11 of the Plan; and
(f) Director Options governed by Article 14 of the Plan.
In the discretion of the Committee, any Award (other than a Director Option) may
be granted alone, in addition to, or in tandem with other Awards under the Plan.
6.2 General. Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the
Committee may cause Corporation to grant Awards to such Participants, at such
times, of such types, in such amounts, for such periods, with such option
prices, purchase prices, or base prices, and subject to such terms, conditions,
limitations, and restrictions as the Committee, in its discretion, shall deem
appropriate. Awards may be granted as additional compensation to a Participant
or in lieu of other compensation to such Participant. A Participant may receive
more than one Award and more than one type of Award under the Plan.
6.3 Nonuniform Determinations. The Committee's determinations
under the Plan or under one or more Award Agreements, including without
limitation, (a) the selection of Participants to receive Awards, (b) the type,
form, amount, and timing of Awards, (c) the terms of specific Award Agreements,
and (d) elections and determinations made by the Committee with respect to
exercise or payments of Awards, need not be uniform and may be made by the
Committee selectively among Participants and Awards, whether or not Participants
are similarly situated.
6.4 Award Agreements. Each Award shall be evidenced by a
written Award Agreement between Corporation and the Participant. Award
Agreements may, subject to the provisions of the Plan, contain any provision
approved by the Committee.
6.5 Provisions Governing All Awards. All Awards shall be
subject to the following provisions:
(a) Alternative Awards. If any Awards are designated in their
Award Agreements as alternative to each other, the exercise of all or
part of one Award automatically shall cause an immediate equal (or pro
rata) corresponding
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termination of the other alternative Award or Awards.
(b) Rights as Shareholders. No Participant shall have any
rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares subject to an Award
until such Shares are issued in the name of the Participant.
(c) Employment Rights. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor
the granting of any Award shall confer on any person the right to
continued employment with Corporation or any Subsidiary or the right to
remain as a director of or a Consultant to Corporation or any
Subsidiary, as the case may be, nor shall it interfere in any way with
the right of Corporation or a Subsidiary to terminate such person's
employment or to remove such person as a Consultant or as a director at
any time for any reason, with or without cause.
(d) Nontransferable. Each Award (other than Restricted Shares
after they Vest) shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or
the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable (if
exercise is required) during the lifetime of the Participant, only by
the Participant or, in the event the Participant becomes legally
incompetent, by the Participant's guardian or legal representative.
(e) Termination Of Employment. The terms and conditions under
which an Award may be exercised, if at all, after a Participant's
termination of employment or service as a Non-Employee Subsidiary
Director or a Consultant shall be determined by the Committee and
specified in the applicable Award Agreement.
(f) Change in Control. The Committee, in its discretion, may
provide in any Award Agreement that in the event of a change in control
of Corporation (as the Committee may define such term in the Award
Agreement), as of the date of such change in control:
(i) All, or a specified portion of, Awards requiring
exercise shall become fully and immediately exercisable,
notwithstanding any other limitations on exercise;
(ii) All, or a specified portion of, Awards subject
to Restrictions shall become fully Vested; and
(iii) All, or a specified portion of, Awards subject
to Performance Goals shall be deemed to have been fully
earned.
Unless the Committee specifically provides otherwise in the change in
control
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provision for a specific Award Agreement, Awards shall become
exercisable, become Vested, or become earned as of a change in control
date only if, or to the extent, such acceleration in the
exercisability, Vesting, or becoming earned of the Awards does not
result in an "excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section
280G(b) of the Code. The Committee, in its discretion, may include
change in control provisions in some Award Agreements and not in
others, may include different change in control provisions in different
Award Agreements, and may include change in control provisions for some
Awards or some Participants and not for others.
(g) Conditioning or Accelerating Benefits. The Committee, in
its discretion, may include in any Award Agreement a provision
conditioning or accelerating the Vesting of an Award or the receipt of
benefits pursuant to an Award, either automatically or in the
discretion of the Committee, upon the occurrence of specified events
including, without limitation, a change in control of Corporation
(subject to the foregoing paragraph (f)), a sale of all or
substantially all the property and assets of Corporation, or an event
of the type described in Section 15 of this Plan.
(h) Payment of Purchase Price and Withholding. The Committee,
in its discretion, may include in any Award Agreement a provision
permitting the Participant to pay the purchase or option price, if any,
for the Shares or other property issuable pursuant to the Award, or the
Participant's federal, state, or local tax, or tax withholding,
obligation with respect to such issuance in whole or in part by any one
or more of the following:
(i) By delivering previously owned Shares (including
Restricted Shares, whether or not vested);
(ii) By surrendering outstanding other Vested Awards
under the Plan denominated in Shares or in Share equivalent
units;
(iii) By reducing the number of Shares or other
property otherwise Vested and issuable pursuant to the Award;
(iv) By delivering to Corporation a promissory note
payable on such terms and over such period as the Committee
shall determine;
(v) By delivery (in a form approved by the Committee)
of an irrevocable direction to a securities broker acceptable
to the Committee:
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(A) To sell Shares subject to the Option and
to deliver all or a part of the sales proceeds to
Corporation in payment of all or a part of the option
price and taxes or withholding taxes attributable to
the issuance; or
(B) To pledge Shares subject to the Option
to the broker as security for a loan and to deliver
all or a part of the loan proceeds to Corporation in
payment of all or a part of the option price and
taxes or withholding taxes attributable to the
issuance; or
(vi) In any combination of the foregoing or in any
other form approved by the Committee.
If Restricted Shares are surrendered in full or partial payment of the
purchase or option price of Shares issuable under an Award, a
corresponding number of the Shares issued upon exercise of the Award
shall be Restricted Shares subject to the same Restrictions as the
surrendered Restricted Shares. Shares withheld or surrendered as
described above shall be valued based on their Fair Market Value on the
date of the transaction. Any Shares withheld or surrendered with
respect to a Reporting Person shall be subject to such additional
conditions and limitations as the Committee may impose to comply with
the requirements of the Exchange Act.
(i) Reporting Persons. With respect to all Awards granted to
Reporting Persons:
(i) Awards requiring exercise shall not be
exercisable until at least six months after the date the Award
was granted, except in the case of the death or Disability of
the Participant; and
(ii) Shares issued pursuant to any other Award may
not be sold by the Participant for at least six months after
acquisition, except in the case of the death or Disability of
the Participant;
provided, however, that (unless an Award Agreement provides otherwise)
the limitation of this Section 6.5(i) shall apply only if or to the
extent required by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Award Agreements
for Awards to Reporting Persons shall also comply with any future
restrictions imposed by such Rule 16b-3.
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(j) Service Periods. At the time of granting Awards, the
Committee may specify, by resolution or in the Award Agreement, the
period or periods of service performed or to be performed by the
Participant in connection with the grant of the Award.
ARTICLE 7
OPTIONS
7.1 Types of Options. Options granted under the Plan may be in
the form of Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Options (including Deferred
Compensation Options and Director Options). The grant of each Option and the
Award Agreement governing each Option shall identify the Option as an ISO or an
NQO. In the event the Code is amended to provide for tax-favored forms of stock
options other than or in addition to Incentive Stock Options, the Committee may
grant Options under the Plan meeting the requirements of such forms of options.
7.2 General. Options shall be subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in Article 6 and this Article 7 and Award Agreements
governing Options shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall
deem desirable.
7.3 Option Price. Each Award Agreement for Options shall state
the option exercise price per Share of Common Stock purchasable under the
Option, which shall not be less than:
(a) $.01 per share in the case of a Deferred Compensation
Option;
(b) 75 percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date
of grant for all other Nonqualified Options (except Director Options);
or
(c) 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the
date of grant for all Incentive Stock Options.
7.4 Option Term. The Award Agreement for each Option shall
specify the term of each Option, which may be unlimited or may have a specified
period during which the Option may be exercised, as determined by the Committee.
7.5 Time of Exercise. The Award Agreement for each Option
shall specify, as determined by the Committee:
(a) The time or times when the Option shall become exercisable
and whether the Option shall become exercisable in full or in graduated
amounts based on: (i) continuation of employment over a period
specified in the Award
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Agreement, (ii) satisfaction of performance goals or criteria specified
in the Award Agreement, or (iii) a combination of continuation of
employment and satisfaction of performance goals or criteria;
(b) Such other terms, conditions, and restrictions as to when
the Option may be exercised as shall be determined by the Committee;
and
(c) The extent, if any, that the Option shall remain
exercisable after the Participant ceases to be an employee, Consultant,
or director of Corporation or a Subsidiary.
An Award Agreement for an Option may, in the discretion of the Committee,
provide whether, and to what extent, the time when an Option becomes exercisable
shall be accelerated or otherwise modified (i) in the event of the death,
Disability, or Retirement of the Participant, or (ii) upon the occurrence of a
change in control of Corporation. The Committee may, at any time in its
discretion, accelerate the time when all or any portion of an outstanding Option
becomes exercisable.
7.6 Special Rules for Incentive Stock Options. In the case of
an Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option, the terms of the Option and
the Award Agreement shall conform with the statutory and regulatory requirements
specified pursuant to Section 422 of the Code, as in effect on the date such ISO
is granted. ISOs may be granted only to employees of Corporation or a
Subsidiary. ISOs may not be granted under the Plan after ten years following the
date specified in Section 4.1, unless the ten-year limitation of Section
422(b)(2) of the Code is removed or extended.
7.7 Restricted Shares. In the discretion of the Committee, the
Shares issuable upon exercise of an Option may be Restricted Shares if so
provided in the Award Agreement for the Option.
7.8 Deferred Compensation Options. The Committee may, in its
discretion, grant Deferred Compensation Options with an option price less than
Fair Market Value to provide a means for deferral to future dates of
compensation otherwise payable to a Participant. The option price shall be
determined by the Committee subject to Section 7.3(a) of the Plan. The number of
Shares subject to a Deferred Compensation Option shall be determined by the
Committee, in its discretion, by dividing the amount of compensation to be
deferred by the difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date
of grant and the option price of the Deferred Compensation Option. Amounts of
compensation deferred with Deferred Compensation Options may include amounts
payable under Awards granted under the Plan or under any other compensation
program or arrangement of Corporation as permitted by the Committee. The
Committee shall grant Deferred Compensation Options only if it reasonably
determines that the recipient of such an Option is not likely to be deemed to be
in constructive
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receipt for income tax purposes of the income being deferred.
7.9 Reload Options. The Committee, in its discretion, may
provide in an Award Agreement for an Option that in the event all or a portion
of the Option is exercised by the Participant using previously acquired Shares,
the Participant shall automatically be granted (subject to the available pool of
Shares subject to grants of Awards as specified in Section 4.2 of the Plan) a
replacement Option (with an option price equal to the Fair Market Value of a
Share on the date of such exercise) for a number of Shares equal to (or equal to
a portion of) the number of shares surrendered upon exercise of the Option. Such
reload Option features may be subject to such terms and conditions as the
Committee shall determine, including without limitation, a condition that the
Participant retain the Shares issued upon exercise of the Option for a specified
period of time.
7.10 Limitation on Number of Shares Subject to Options. In no
event may Options for more than 200,000 Shares be granted to any individual
under the Plan during any calendar year.
ARTICLE 8
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
8.1 General. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in Article 6 and this Article 8 and Award
Agreements governing Stock Appreciation Rights shall contain such additional
terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the express terms of the Plan, as
the Committee shall deem desirable.
8.2 Nature of Stock Appreciation Right. A Stock Appreciation
Right is an Award entitling a Participant to receive an amount equal to the
excess (or, if the Committee shall determine at the time of grant, a portion of
the excess) of the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock on the date of
exercise of the SAR over the base price, as described below, on the date of
grant of the SAR, multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the
SAR shall have been exercised. The base price shall be designated by the
Committee in the Award Agreement for the SAR and may be the Fair Market Value of
a Share on the grant date of the SAR or such other higher or lower price as the
Committee shall determine.
8.3 Exercise. A Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised by a
Participant in accordance with procedures established by the Committee. The
Committee may also provide that a SAR shall be automatically exercised on one or
more specified dates or upon the satisfaction of one or more specified
conditions. In the case of SARs granted to Reporting Persons, exercise of the
SAR shall be limited by the Committee to the extent required to comply with the
applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
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8.4 Form of Payment. Payment upon exercise of a Stock
Appreciation Right may be made in cash, in installments, in Shares, by issuance
of a Deferred Compensation Option, or in any combination of the foregoing, or in
any other form as the Committee shall determine.
8.5 Limitation on Number of Stock Appreciation Rights. In no
event may more than 200,000 Stock Appreciation Rights be granted to any
individual under the Plan during any calendar year.
ARTICLE 9
RESTRICTED AWARDS
9.1 Types of Restricted Awards. Restricted Awards granted
under the Plan may be in the form of either Restricted Shares or Restricted
Units.
(a) Restricted Shares. A Restricted Share is an Award of
Shares transferred to a Participant subject to such terms and
conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, including, without
limitation, restrictions on the sale, assignment, transfer, or other
disposition of such Restricted Shares and may include a requirement
that the Participant forfeit such Restricted Shares back to Corporation
upon termination of Participant's employment (or service as a
Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant) for specified reasons
within a specified period of time or upon other conditions, as set
forth in the Award Agreement for such Restricted Shares. Each
Participant receiving a Restricted Share shall be issued a stock
certificate in respect of such Shares, registered in the name of such
Participant, and shall execute a stock power in blank with respect to
the Shares evidenced by such certificate. The certificate evidencing
such Restricted Shares and the stock power shall be held in custody by
Corporation until the Restrictions thereon shall have lapsed.
(b) Restricted Units. A Restricted Unit is an Award of units
(with each unit having a value equivalent to one Share) granted to a
Participant subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee deems
appropriate, and may include a requirement that the Participant forfeit
such Restricted Units upon termination of Participant's employment (or
service as a Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant) for
specified reasons within a specified period of time or upon other
conditions, as set forth in the Award Agreement for such Restricted
Units.
9.2 General. Restricted Awards shall be subject to the terms
and conditions of Article 6 and this Article 9 and Award Agreements governing
Restricted Awards shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall
deem desirable.
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9.3 Restriction Period. Award Agreements for Restricted Awards
shall provide that Restricted Awards, and the Shares subject to Restricted
Awards, may not be transferred, and may provide that, in order for a Participant
to Vest in such Restricted Awards, the Participant must remain in the employment
(or remain as a Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant) of Corporation
or its Subsidiaries, subject to relief for reasons specified in the Award
Agreement, for a period commencing on the grant date of the Award and ending on
such later date or dates as the Committee may designate at the time of the Award
(the "Restriction Period"). During the Restriction Period, a Participant may not
sell, assign, transfer, pledge, encumber, or otherwise dispose of Shares
received under or governed by a Restricted Award grant. The Committee, in its
sole discretion, may provide for the lapse of restrictions in installments
during the Restriction Period. Upon expiration of the applicable Restriction
Period (or lapse of Restrictions during the Restriction Period where the
Restrictions lapse in installments) the Participant shall be entitled to
settlement of the Restricted Award or portion thereof, as the case may be.
Although Restricted Awards shall usually Vest based on continued employment (or
service as a Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant) and Performance
Awards under Article 10 shall usually Vest based on attainment of Performance
Goals, the Committee, in its discretion, may condition Vesting of Restricted
Awards on attainment of Performance Goals as well as continued employment (or
service as a Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant). In such case,
the Restriction Period for such a Restricted Award shall include the period
prior to satisfaction of the Performance Goals.
9.4 Forfeiture. If a Participant ceases to be an employee (or
Consultant or Non-Employee Subsidiary Director) of Corporation or a Subsidiary
during the Restriction Period for any reason other than reasons which may be
specified in an Award Agreement (such as death, Disability, or Retirement) the
Award Agreement may require that all non-Vested Restricted Awards previously
granted to the Participant be forfeited and returned to Corporation.
9.5 Settlement of Restricted Awards.
(a) Restricted Shares. Upon Vesting of a Restricted Share
Award, the legend on such Shares will be removed and the Participant's stock
power will be returned and the Shares will no longer be Restricted Shares. The
Committee may also, in its discretion, permit a Participant to receive, in lieu
of unrestricted Shares at the conclusion of the Restriction Period, payment in
cash, installments, or by issuance of a Deferred Compensation Option equal to
the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Shares as of the date the Restrictions
lapse.
(b) Restricted Units. Upon Vesting of a Restricted Unit Award,
a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment for Restricted Units in an
amount equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares covered by such
Restricted Units at the expiration of the Applicable Restriction Period. Payment
in settlement of a Restricted Unit shall be made as soon as practicable
following the conclusion of the applicable Restriction Period in cash, in
installments, in Shares equal to the number of Restricted Units, by issuance of
a Deferred Compensation
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Option, or in any other manner or combination of such methods as the Committee,
in its sole discretion, shall determine.
9.6 Rights as a Shareholder. A Participant shall have, with
respect to unforfeited Shares received under a grant of Restricted Shares, all
the rights of a shareholder of Corporation, including the right to vote the
shares, and the right to receive any cash dividends. Stock dividends issued with
respect to Restricted Shares shall be treated as additional Shares covered by
the grant of Restricted Shares and shall be subject to the same Restrictions.
ARTICLE 10
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
10.1 General. Performance Awards shall be subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in Article 6 and this Article 10 and Award Agreements
governing Performance Awards shall contain such other terms and conditions not
inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall
deem desirable.
10.2 Nature of Performance Awards. A Performance Award is an
Award of units (with each unit having a value equivalent to one Share) granted
to a Participant subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee deems
appropriate, including, without limitation, the requirement that the Participant
forfeit such Performance Award or a portion thereof in the event specified
performance criteria are not met within a designated period of time.
10.3 Performance Cycles. For each Performance Award, the
Committee shall designate a performance period (the "Performance Cycle") with a
duration to be determined by the Committee in its discretion within which
specified Performance Goals are to be attained. There may be several Performance
Cycles in existence at any one time and the duration of Performance Cycles may
differ from each other.
10.4 Performance Goals. The Committee shall establish
Performance Goals for each Performance Cycle on the basis of such criteria and
to accomplish such objectives as the Committee may from time to time select.
Performance Goals may be based on (i) performance criteria for Corporation, a
Subsidiary, or an operating group, (ii) a Participant's individual performance,
or (iii) a combination of both. Performance Goals may include objective and
subjective criteria. During any Performance Cycle, the Committee may adjust the
Performance Goals for such Performance Cycle as it deems equitable in
recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting Corporation, changes in
applicable tax laws or accounting principles, or such other factors as the
Committee may determine.
10.5 Determination of Awards. As soon as practicable after the
end of a Performance Cycle, the Committee shall determine the extent to which
Performance Awards have been earned on the basis of performance in relation to
the established Performance Goals.
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10.6 Timing and Form of Payment. Settlement of earned
Performance Awards shall be made to the Participant as soon as practicable after
the expiration of the Performance Cycle and the Committee's determination under
Section 10.5, in the form of cash, installments, Shares, Deferred Compensation
Options, or any combination of the foregoing or in any other form as the
Committee shall determine.
ARTICLE 11
OTHER STOCK BASED AND COMBINATION AWARDS
11.1 Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may grant other
Awards under the Plan pursuant to which Shares are or may in the future be
acquired, or Awards denominated in or measured by Share equivalent units,
including Awards valued using measures other than the market value of Shares.
Other Stock-Based Awards are not restricted to any specified form or structure
and may include, without limitation, Share purchase warrants, other rights to
acquire Shares, and securities convertible into or redeemable for Shares. Such
Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in
tandem with, any other type of Award granted under the Plan.
11.2 Combination Awards. The Committee may also grant Awards
under the Plan in tandem or combination with other Awards or in exchange of
Awards, or in tandem or combination with, or as alternatives to, grants or
rights under any other employee plan of Corporation, including the plan of any
acquired entity. No action authorized by this section shall reduce the amount of
any existing benefits or change the terms and conditions thereof without the
Participant's consent.
ARTICLE 12
DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
The Committee may permit a Participant to elect to defer
receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be
due to such Participant by virtue of the exercise, earn out, or Vesting of an
Award made under the Plan. If any such election is permitted, the Committee
shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, including, but
not limited to: (a) payment or crediting of reasonable interest or other growth
or earnings factor on such deferred amounts credited in cash, (b) the payment or
crediting of dividend equivalents in respect of deferrals credited in Share
equivalent units, or (c) granting of Deferred Compensation Options.
ARTICLE 13
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS
Any Awards may, at the discretion of the Committee, earn
dividend equivalents. In respect of any such Award which is outstanding on a
dividend record date for Common
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Stock, the Participant may be credited with an amount equal to the amount of
cash or stock dividends that would have been paid on the Shares covered by such
Award, had such covered Shares been issued and outstanding on such dividend
record date. The Committee shall establish such rules and procedures governing
the crediting of dividend equivalents, including the timing, form of payment,
and payment contingencies of such dividend equivalents, as it deems are
appropriate or necessary.
ARTICLE 14
NON-EMPLOYEE BOARD DIRECTORS
14.1 General. Awards shall be made to Non-Employee Board
Directors only pursuant to this Article 14. All Non-Employee Board Directors
shall receive Initial Director Options and Annual Director Options. No person,
including the members of the Board or the Committee, shall have any discretion
as to the selection of eligible recipients or the determination of the type,
amount, or terms of Awards pursuant to this Article 14.
14.2 Eligibility. The persons eligible to receive Awards
pursuant to this Article 14 are all Non-Employee Board Directors of Corporation.
14.3 Definitions. For purposes of this Article 14, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
"ANNUAL MEETING DATE" means the date of Corporation's regular
annual meeting of shareholders.
"OFFERING DATE" means the closing date of Corporation's
initial public offering of Shares pursuant to a registration statement which has
become effective under the Securities Act of 1933.
14.4 Initial Director Options.
(a) Grant of Initial Director Options. As of the Offering
Date, each Non-Employee Board Director who is a member of the Board on the
Offering Date shall be granted automatically an Initial Director Option to
purchase 1,500 Shares.
(b) Option Price. The option purchase price for each Initial
Director Option shall be equal to the public offering price of a Share.
(c) Terms of Initial Director Option. Each Initial Director
Option shall have the terms and conditions specified in the form of Award
Agreement attached to this Plan as Appendix A.
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14.5 Annual Director Options.
(a) Grant of Annual Director Options. As of each Annual
Meeting Date, each Non-Employee Board Director whose term begins on or continues
after that Annual Meeting Date shall be granted automatically an Annual Director
Option to purchase 500 Shares.
(b) Option Price. The option exercise price for each Annual
Director Option shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the
Annual Meeting Date.
(c) Terms of Annual Director Options. Each Annual Director
Option shall have the terms and conditions specified in the form of Award
Agreement attached to this Plan as Appendix A.
ARTICLE 15
ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, ETC.
15.1 Plan Does Not Restrict Corporation. The existence of the
Plan and the Awards granted under the Plan shall not affect or restrict in any
way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of Corporation to make
or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization, or other change
in Corporation's capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation
of the Corporation, any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior
preference stocks ahead of or affecting Corporation's capital stock or the
rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of Corporation or any sale or
transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate
act or proceeding.
15.2 Adjustments by the Committee. In the event of any change
in capitalization affecting the Common Stock of Corporation, such as a stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, split-up,
combination or exchange of shares or other form of reorganization, or any other
change affecting the Common Stock, such proportionate adjustments, if any, as
the Committee, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate to reflect such
change, shall be made with respect to the aggregate number of Shares for which
Awards in respect thereof may be granted under the Plan, the maximum number of
Shares which may be sold or awarded to any Participant, the number of Shares
covered by each outstanding Award, and the base price or purchase price per
Share in respect of outstanding Awards. The Committee may also make such
adjustments in the number of Shares covered by, and price or other value of any
outstanding Awards in the event of a spin-off or other distribution (other than
normal cash dividends), of Corporation assets to shareholders.
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ARTICLE 16
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Without further approval of Corporation's shareholders, the
Board may at any time terminate the Plan, or may amend it from time to time in
such respects as the Board may deem advisable, except that the Board may not,
without approval of the shareholders, make any amendment which would (i)
materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (ii)
materially increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be
issued under the Plan (except for adjustments pursuant to Article 15 of the
Plan), or (iii) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for
participation in the Plan. Without further shareholder approval, the Board may
amend the Plan to take into account changes in applicable securities, federal
income tax laws, and other applicable laws. Further, should the provisions of
Rule 16b-3, or any successor rule, under the Exchange Act be amended, the Board,
without further shareholder approval, may amend the Plan as necessary to comply
with any modifications to such rule. The provisions of Article 14 may not be
amended more than once every six months, other than to conform with changes in
the Code or in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE 17
MISCELLANEOUS
17.1 Tax Withholding. Corporation shall have the right to
deduct from any settlement of any Award under the Plan, including the delivery
or vesting of Shares, any federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by
law to be withheld with respect to such payments or to take such other action as
may be necessary in the opinion of Corporation to satisfy all obligations for
the payment of such taxes. The recipient of any payment or distribution under
the Plan shall make arrangements satisfactory to Corporation for the
satisfaction of any such withholding tax obligations. Corporation shall not be
required to make any such payment or distribution under the Plan until such
obligations are satisfied.
17.2 Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded and Corporation
shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be
represented by Awards under the Plan. Any liability of Corporation to any person
with respect to any Award under the Plan shall be based solely upon any
contractual obligations that may be effected pursuant to the Plan. No such
obligation of Corporation shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge of, or
other encumbrance on, any property of Corporation.
17.3 Payments to Trust. The Committee is authorized to cause
to be established a trust agreement or several trust agreements whereunder the
Committee may make payments of amounts due or to become due to Participants in
the Plan.
17.4 Annulment of Awards. Any Award Agreement may provide that
the grant
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of an Award payable in cash is revocable until cash is paid in settlement
thereof or that grant of an Award payable in Shares is revocable until the
Participant becomes entitled to the certificate in settlement thereof. In the
event the employment (or service as a Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a
Consultant) of a Participant is terminated for cause (as defined below), any
Award which is revocable shall be annulled as of the date of such termination
for cause. For the purpose of this Section 17.4, the term "for cause" shall have
the meaning set forth in the Participant's employment agreement, if any, or
otherwise means any discharge (or removal) for material or flagrant violation of
the policies and procedures of Corporation or for other job performance or
conduct which is materially detrimental to the best interests of Corporation, as
determined by the Committee.
17.5 Engaging in Competition With the Corporation. Any Award
Agreement may provide that, if a Participant terminates employment (or service
as a Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant) with Corporation or a
Subsidiary for any reason whatsoever, and within a period of time (as specified
in the Award Agreement) after the date thereof accepts employment with any
competitor of (or otherwise engages in competition with) Corporation, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may require such Participant to return to
Corporation the economic value of any Award that is realized or obtained
(measured at the date of exercise, Vesting, or payment) by such Participant at
any time during the period beginning on the date that is six months prior to the
date of such Participant's termination of employment (or service as a
Non-Employee Subsidiary Director or a Consultant) with Corporation.
17.6 Other Corporation Benefit and Compensation Programs.
Payments and other benefits received by a Participant under an Award made
pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed a part of a Participant's regular,
recurring compensation for purposes of the termination indemnity or severance
pay law of any state or country and shall not be included in, nor have any
effect on, the determination of benefits under any other employee benefit plan
or similar arrangement provided by Corporation or a Subsidiary unless expressly
so provided by such other plan or arrangements, or except where the Committee
expressly determines that an Award or portion of an Award should be included to
accurately reflect competitive compensation practices or to recognize that an
Award has been made in lieu of a portion of cash compensation. Awards under the
Plan may be made in combination with or in tandem with, or as alternatives to,
grants, awards, or payments under any other Corporation or Subsidiary plans,
arrangements, or programs. The Plan notwithstanding, Corporation or any
Subsidiary may adopt such other compensation programs and additional
compensation arrangements as it deems necessary to attract, retain, and reward
employees and directors for their service with Corporation and its Subsidiaries.
17.7 Securities Law Restrictions. No Shares shall be issued
under the Plan unless counsel for Corporation shall be satisfied that such
issuance will be in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws. Certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan may be subject to such
stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem
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advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is then
listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law. The Committee may
cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate
reference to such restrictions.
17.8 Governing Law. Except with respect to references to the
Code or federal securities laws, the Plan and all actions taken thereunder shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of
Maryland.
ARTICLE 18
SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
The adoption of the Plan and the grant of Awards under the
Plan are expressly subject to the approval of the Plan by Corporation's
shareholders holding a majority of Corporation's outstanding Shares.
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EXHIBIT 11
BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
STATEMENT OF CALCULATION OF AVERAGE
COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Months Year
Ended Ended
Dec. 31, 1996 Dec. 31, 1996
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Primary Earnings Per Share:
<S> <C> <C>
Weighted average number of shares 6,783,811 6,713,943
Stock option plan shares to be issued at prices
ranging from $3.50 to $18.6875 per share 488,855 501,310
Warrant issues at a price of $4.20 per share 90,000 90,000
Less: Assumed purchase at average market
price during the period using proceeds
received upon exercise of options and
purchase of stock, and using tax
benefits of compensation due to
premature dispositions (406,013) (370,365)
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Total Primary Shares 6,956,653 6,934,888
========= =========
Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Weighted average number of shares 6,783,811 6,713,943
Stock option plan shares to be issued at prices
ranging from $3.50 to $18.6875 per share 488,855 501,310
Warrant issues at a price of $4.20 per share 90,000 90,000
Less: Assumed purchase at the higher of
ending or average market price during
the period using proceeds received
upon exercise of options and purchase
of stock, and using tax benefits of
compensation due to premature dispositions (406,013) (361,698)
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Total Diluted Shares 6,956,653 6,943,555
========= =========
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-71792, 33-55117 and 33-52871) and on Form S-3
(Nos. 33-62979 and 333-07751) of Barrett Business Services, Inc. of our report
dated February 4, 1997 appearing on page 29 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Portland, Oregon
March 27, 1997
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below designates and appoints WILLIAM W.
SHERERTZ and MICHAEL D. MULHOLLAND, and either of them, true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agents to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Barrett
Business Services, Inc., a Maryland corporation, for the year ended December 31,
1996, and to file said report, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each person
whose signature appears below also grants full power and authority to these
attorneys-in-fact and agents to perform every act and execute any instruments
that they deem necessary or desirable in connection with said report, as fully
as he could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the
attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this power of attorney has been executed by each of the
undersigned as of the 12th day of March, 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE
/s/ WILLIAM W. SHERERTZ President and Chief Executive Officer
William W. Sherertz and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ MICHAEL D. MULHOLLAND Vice President-Finance
Michael D. Mulholland (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ JAMES D. MILLER Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
James D. Miller
/s/ ROBERT R. AMES Director
Robert R. Ames
/s/ JEFFREY L. BEAUDOIN Director
Jeffrey L. Beaudoin
/s/ STEPHEN A. GREGG Director
Stephen A. Gregg
/s/ ANTHONY MEEKER Director
Anthony Meeker
/s/ STANLEY G. RENECKER Director
Stanley G. Renecker
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<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial
information extracted from the Company's
balance sheets and related statements of
operations for the period ended December
31, 1996 and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1996
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