FORM 10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
(Mark One)
|X| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998
OR
|_| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ________ to ___________
Commission file number: 0-24484
AccuStaff Incorporated
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida 59-3116655
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
One Independent Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32202 (Address of principal executive
offices) (Zip code)
(904) 360-2000
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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 ____
APPLICABLE ONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents
and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan
confirmed by a court. Yes ____ No ____
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS)
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. August 13, 1998.
Title Outstanding
Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share 110,619,762 (No. of shares)
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AccuStaff Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Index
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Part I Financial Information
Item 1 Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance sheets as of March 31, 1998 and December 31, 1997..........................
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months ended March 31, 1998 and 1997............
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended March 31, 1998 and 1997........
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements......................................................
Item 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations...........
Part II Other Information
Item 2 Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.......................................................
Item 6 Exhibits........................................................................................
Signatures......................................................................................
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Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
AccuStaff Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollar amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
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June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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(unaudited) (unaudited)
Assets
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 29,247 $ 23,938
Accounts receivable, net 481,102 438,955
Due from associated offices 43,557 41,749
Prepaid expenses 28,474 19,635
Deferred income taxes 12,924 10,149
Other 17,216 -
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Total current assets 612,520 534,426
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements, net 58,164 50,665
Goodwill, net 987,326 882,986
Other assets 33,495 26,934
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Total assets $ 1,691,505 $ 1,495,011
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Notes payable $ 34,017 $ 18,024
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 121,863 97,997
Accrued payroll and related taxes 94,523 82,676
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Total current liabilities 250,403 198,697
Convertible debt 86,250 86,250
Notes payable, long-term portion 419,911 372,620
Other 13,590 12,157
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Total liabilities 770,154 669,724
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Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized;
no shares issued and outstanding - -
Common stock, $.01 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized
110,890,123 and 108,290,786 shares issued and outstanding on
June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997, respectively 1,109 1,082
Additional contributed capital 679,371 637,178
Retained earnings 243,806 190,483
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924,286 828,743
Less: deferred stock compensation (2,935) (3,456)
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Total stockholders' equity 921,351 825,287
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,691,505 $ 1,495,011
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AccuStaff Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(dollar amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
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Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
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(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
June 30, June 30, June 30, 1998 June 30,
1998 1997 1997
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Revenue $ 737,861 $ 605,650 $ 1,447,929 $ 1,138,681
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Gross Profit 188,506 152,455 371,917 282,479
Operating expenses:
General and administrative 108,568 93,060 213,145 171,994
Depreciation and amortization 12,029 8,633 23,488 15,709
Remittance to franchisees 1,887 5,915 8,334 11,331
Merger related - - 9,800 -
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Total operating expenses 122,484 107,608 254,767 199,034
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Income from operations 66,022 44,847 117,150 83,445
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Other income (expense)
Interest expense (8,647) (4,498) (16,712) (6,995)
Interest income and other 2,746 347 3,509 806
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Total other expense, net (5,901) (4,151) (13,203) (6,189)
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Income before provision for income taxes 60,121 40,696 103,947 77,256
Provision for income taxes 22,545 15,007 44,817 28,480
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Net income $ 37,576 $ 25,689 $ 59,130 $ 48,776
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Basic net income per common share $ 0.34 $ 0.24 $ 0.54 $ 0.46
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Average common shares outstanding, basic 110,301 106,118 109,701 105,634
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Diluted net income per common share $ 0.32 $ 0.23 $ 0.50 $ 0.43
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Average common shares outstanding, diluted 121,884 117,099 121,115 116,691
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Pro forma data:
Net income before provision for pro forma income
taxes $ 37,576 $ 25,689 $ 59,130 $ 48,776
Provision for pro forma income taxes - 691 (3,587) 1,302
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Pro forma net income $ 37,576 $ 24,998 $ 62,717 $ 47,474
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Pro forma basic net income per common share $ 0.34 $ 0.24 $ 0.57 $ 0.45
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Pro forma diluted net income per common share $ 0.32 $ 0.22 $ 0.60 $ 0.42
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AccuStaff Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(dollar amounts in thousands except for per share amounts)
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Six months ended
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(unaudited) (unaudited)
June 30, June 30,
1998 1997
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Net income $ 59,130 $ 48,776
Adjustments to net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 23,488 15,709
Deferred income taxes 2,270 (651)
Changes in certain assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable (44,870) (52,096)
Due from associated offices (1,808) (2,993)
Prepaid expenses and other assets (15,860) (1,145)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 22,790 (11,556)
Accrued payroll and related taxes 9,468 9,915
Other, net (2,556) 2,550
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Net cash provided by operating activities 52,052 8,509
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Advances associated with sale of assets, net of repayments (10,216) -
Purchase of furniture, equipment and leasehold
improvements, net of disposals (14,724) (7,899)
Purchase of businesses, including additional earn-outs on
acquisitions, net of cash acquired (117,641) (302,516)
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Net cash used in investing activities (142,581) (310,415)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from stock options exercised 42,219 12,012
Borrowings on indebtedness 180,000 277,792
Repayments on indebtedness (120,574) (56,434)
Distributions to former shareholders of acquired
S-Corporations (5,807) (1,133)
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Net cash provided by financing activities 95,838 232,237
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 5,309 (69,669)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 23,938 109,599
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 29,247 $ 39,930
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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AccuStaff Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(dollar amounts in thousands except for per share amounts)
1. Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been
prepared by the Company in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, certain information and
footnote disclosures usually found in financial statements prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or
omitted. The financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial and related notes included in the Company's Form 10-K, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 1998.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments
(including normal recurring adjustments) which, in the opinion of management,
are necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations
for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for an interim
period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full
fiscal year.
The Company completed the acquisitions of Office Specialists, Inc. (`OSI") on
December 1, 1997 and the acquisition of Actium, Inc. ("Actium") on March 30,
1998 both of which were accounted for as a pooling of interests and accordingly
all periods presented have been restated as if the acquisitions had taken place
at the beginning of such periods. Additionally, Actium was treated as an
S-corporation for federal income tax purposes prior to its acquisition and
accordingly was not subject to income tax at the corporate level. Therefore, all
prior period financial statements presented have been restated as if the
acquisition had taken place at the beginning of such periods and was treated as
a C-corporation for federal income tax purposes.
2. Summary Data of Subsidiary:
The following table details the summarized financial information (in thousands)
of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Career Horizons, Inc. and Career
Horizons' subsidiaries as of and for the three and six months ended.
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June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Current assets $ 150,689 $ 186,674
Non-current assets 276,942 251,261
Current liabilities 68,545 67,459
Non-current liabilities 89,051 114,520
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
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June 30, 1998 June 30, 1997 June 30, 1998 June 30, 1997
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Revenue $ 206,726 $ 230,357 $ 431,860 $ 432,352
Gross profit 53,845 58,559 111,679 109,909
Income from operations 17,329 13,990 34,956 26,259
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3. Contingencies:
The Company is from time to time subject to routine lawsuits and claims
incidental to the business. The Company believes that, based on the advice of
in-house and external legal counsel, the results of any lawsuits, claims and
other proceedings will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company's
consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
4. Newly Issued Accounting Standards:
During 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income,
which requires that changes in comprehensive income be shown in a financial
statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial
statements. This statement is effective for the Company's 1998 fiscal year.
Management does not believe that the Company has material other comprehensive
income which would require separate disclosure.
Additionally, during 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 131, Disclosures About
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. SFAS No. 131 requires, among
other things, that certain general and financial information be disclosed for
reportable operating segments of a company. SFAS No. 131 is effective for the
Company's 1998 fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of
SFAS No. 131 on its disclosure format.
During 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Executive
Committee issued Statement of Position Number 98-1 (SOP 98-1), Accounting for
the Cost of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. SOP 98-1
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. Management
believes that the Company is substantially in compliance with this pronouncement
and that the implementation of this pronouncement will not have a material
effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations
or cash flows.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Three Months ended June 30, 1998 Compared to Three Months ended June 30, 1997.
Revenue. Revenue increased $132.2 million, or 21.8%, to $737.9 million in the
three months ended June 30, 1998 from $605.7 million in the year earlier period.
The increase in revenue was limited by the sale of the assets of the company's
health care operations. Exclusive of the health care operations, the Company's
revenue increased $164.9 million, or 28.8% to $737.9 million in the three months
ended June 30, 1998 from $573.0 million in the year earlier period. The increase
was attributable by division to: Information Technology, $88.0 million or an
increase of 43.0%; and Professional Services, $46.5 million, or an increase of
54.5%; these increases were offset by a decline in Commercial division revenues
of $2.3 million, or 0.7%. The increases in the Information Technology and
Professional Services divisions were due to both internal growth and the revenue
contribution of acquired companies. The decline in the Commercial division was
due to the sale of the divisions health care operations and the initial effect
of the termination of the services contract with the divisions sole teleservices
customer. The termination of this contract will result in the continued
diminishment of teleservices revenues until the contract is fully terminated.
Absent the contribution from these two lines of business, the revenue of the
Commercial division increased $33.3 million, or 13.4% to $281.9 million in the
three months ended June 30, 1998 from $248.6 million in the year earlier period,
this increase was due primarily to internal growth, with a minimal contribution
due to acquired companies.
Gross Profit. Gross profit increased $36.0 million or 23.6% to $188.5 million in
the three months ended June 30, 1998 from $152.5 million in the year earlier
period. Gross margin increased to 25.5% in the three months ended June 30, 1998
from 25.2% in the year earlier period. The increase in gross profit was
attributable by division to: Information Technology $21.3 million, or 37.9%;
Professional Services $14.4 million, or 57.6%; and Commercial $0.3 million, or
less than 1%. The minimal growth in the Commercial division's gross profit is
due to the sale of the divisions health care operations and the initial effect
of the termination of the services contract with the division's sole
teleservices customer. Absent the contribution from these two lines of business,
the Commercial division's gross profit increased $10.1 million, or 17.4%. The
Information Technology division realized an overall decrease in gross margin to
26.4% in the three months ended June 30, 1998 from 27.4% in the year earlier
period. The decrease was primarily attributable to the higher volume of
contribution to gross profit from the division's international operations, which
produces lower gross margins than the division's domestic operations, the
majority of which were acquired in November 1997 and are therefore not included
in the June 30, 1997 results. The remainder of the division's decrease is
attributable to the Company's continuing effort to recruit and retain
intellectual capital which requires, in some instances, higher pay rates for
consultants which cannot necessarily be passed though to the customers.
Additionally, the Company is employing more salaried consultants, who receive
increased benefits which in certain instances may not be passed through to the
customer. The gross margin in the Professional Services division increased to
30.1% in the three months ended June 30, 1998 from 29.5% in the year earlier
period.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $14.9 million, or 13.8%, to
$122.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 1998 from $107.6 million in
the year earlier period. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased
to 16.6% in the three months ended June 30, 1998 from 17.8% in the year earlier
period due to the Company's ability to spread its expenses over a larger revenue
base. Included in operating expenses during the three months ended June 30, 1998
and 1997 are the costs associated with projects underway to ensure accurate date
recognition and data processing with respect to the Year 2000 as it relates to
the Company's business, operations, customers and vendors. The related costs,
which are expensed as incurred, are included in general and administrative
expense. The Company expects to substantially complete the Year 2000 conversion
projects by the end of 1999. These costs have been immaterial to date and are
not expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations,
financial condition or liquidity in the future.
Income from Operations. As a result of the foregoing, income from operations
increased $21.2 million, or 47.3% to $66.0 million in the three months ended
June 30, 1998 from $44.8 million in the year earlier period. Income from
operations as a percentage of revenue increased to 8.9% in the three months
ended June 30, 1998 from 7.4% in the year earlier period.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $4.2 million, or 93.3%, to $8.7
million in the three months ended June 30, 1998 from $4.5 million in the year
earlier period. The increase in interest expense resulted from a combination of
the utilization of the Company's credit facility, and the amount of cash on hand
at December 31, 1996.
Income Taxes. The Company's effective tax rate, including the effect of the pro
forma tax provision was 37.5% in the three months ended June 30, 1998 compared
to 38.6% in the year earlier period. The decrease in the effective tax rate was
due to tax savings realized from corporate restructurings.
Pro Forma Net Income. As a result of the foregoing, pro forma net income
increased $12.6 million, or 50.4%, to $37.6 million in the three months ended
June 30, 1998 from $25.0 million in the year earlier period. Pro forma net
income as a percentage of revenue increased to 5.1% in the three months ended
June 30, 1998 from 4.1% in the year earlier period.
Six Months ended June 30, 1998 Compared to Six Months ended June 30, 1997.
Revenue. Revenue increased $309.2 million, or 27.2%, to $1,447.9 million in the
six months ended June 30, 1998 from $1,138.7 million in the year earlier period.
The increase in revenue was limited by the sale of the assets of the company's
health care operations. Exclusive of the health care operations, the Company's
revenue increased $343.1 million, or 31.9% to $1,417.8 million in the six months
ended June 30, 1998 from $1,074.7 million in the year earlier period. The
increase was attributable by division to: Commercial, $39.4 million, or an
increase of 6.7%; Information Technology, $175.3 million or an increase of
45.3%; and Professional Services, $94.5 million, or an increase of 59.5%; The
increase in the Commercial division was restrained due to both the sale of the
Company's health care operations and the initial effect of the termination of
the services contract with the division's sole teleservices customer. Absent the
contribution from these two lines of business, the revenue of the Commercial
division increased $72.1 million, or 15.6% to $535.2 million in the six months
ended June 30, 1998 from $463.1 million in the year earlier period. The increase
was due primarily to internal growth, with a minimal contribution due to
acquired companies. The increase in the Information Technology division was due
to growth through acquisition, and more significantly, internal growth. The
growth in the Professional Services division was due to both internal growth and
the revenue contribution of acquired companies.
Gross Profit. Gross profit increased $89.4 million or 31.6% to $371.9 million in
the six months ended June 30, 1998 from $282.5 million in the year earlier
period. Gross margin increased to 25.7% in the six months ended June 30, 1998
from 24.8% in the year earlier period. The increase was attributable by division
to: Information Technology $43.8 million, or 41.7%; Professional $31.9 million,
or 69.3%; and Commercial $13.7 million, or 10.5%. The growth in the Commercial
divisions' gross profit was restrained due to the sale of the divisions health
care operations and the initial effect of the termination of the services
contract with the division's sole teleservices customer. Absent the contribution
from these two lines of business, the Commercial divisions' gross profit
increased $22.7 million, or 21.5%. The Information Technology division realized
an overall decrease in gross margin to 26.5% in the six months ended June 30,
1998 from 27.2% in the year earlier period. The decrease was partially
attributable to the higher volume of contribution to gross profit from the
division's international operations, which produces lower gross margins than the
divisio's domestic operations, the majority of which were acquired in November
of 1997 and are therefore not included in the June 30, 1997 results. The
remainder of the divisions decrease is attributable to the Company's continuing
effort to recruit and retain intellectual capital which requires, in some
instances, higher pay rates for consultants which cannot necessarily be passed
through to the customer. Additionally, the Company is employing more salaried
consultants, which receive increased benefits which in certain instances may not
be passed through to the customer. The gross margin in the Professional division
increased to 30.8% in the three months ended June 30, 1998 from 29.0% in the
year earlier period.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $55.8 million, or 28.0%, to
$254.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 1998 from $199.0 million in the
year earlier period. Operating expenses before one-time merger related costs as
a percentage of revenue decreased to 16.9% in the six months ended June 30, 1998
from 17.4% in the year earlier period due to the Company's ability to spread its
expenses over a larger revenue base. Included in Operating expenses during the
six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 are the costs associated with projects
underway to ensure accurate date recognition and data processing with respect to
the Year 2000 as it relates to the Company's business, operations, customers and
vendors. The related costs, which are expensed as incurred, are included in
general and administrative expense. The Company expects to substantially
complete the Year 2000 conversion projects by the end of 1999. These costs have
been immaterial to date and are not expected to have a material impact on the
Company's results of operations, financial condition or liquidity in the future.
Income from Operations. As a result of the foregoing, income from operations
before merger related costs increased $43.6 million, or 52.3% to $127.0 million
in the six months ended June 30, 1998 from $83.4 million in the year earlier
period. Income from operations before merger related costs as a percentage of
revenue increased to 8.8% in the six months ended June 30, 1998 from 7.3% in the
year earlier period.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $9.7 million, or 138.6%, to $16.7
million in the six months ended June 30, 1998 from $7.0 million in the year
earlier period. The increase in interest expense resulted from a combination of
the utilization of the Company's credit facility, and the amount of cash on hand
at December 31, 1996.
Income Taxes. The Company's effective tax rate, including the effect of the pro
forma tax provision was 43.1% in the six months ended June 30, 1998 compared to
38.5% in the year earlier period. The increase in the effective tax rate was due
to the acquisition of Actium, Inc., formerly a cash basis S-Corporation for
federal income tax purposes, which was accounted for as a pooling of interests.
The Company incurred a $3.6 million increase in the tax provision for the six
months ended June 30, 1998 as a result of the conversion of Actium from the cash
to accrual basis for federal income tax purposes. In addition, the Company
incurred $6.0 million of non-deductible merger related costs which resulted in
an increase in taxable income. Exclusive of these merger related tax expenses,
the Company's effective tax rate would have decreased to 37.5% for the six
months ended June 30, 1998 versus a pro forma effective tax rate of 38.5% in the
year earlier period due to tax savings realized from corporate restructurings.
Pro Forma Net Income. As a result of the foregoing, pro forma net income
increased $15.2 million, or 32.0%, to $62.7 million in the six months ended June
30, 1998 from $47.5 million in the year earlier period. Pro forma net income as
a percentage of revenue increased slightly to 4.3% in the six months ended June
30, 1998 from 4.2% in the year earlier period. Exclusive of the non-recurring
merger expenses, pro forma net income would have increased $ 23.6 million to
$71.1 million, resulting in an increase to pro forma net income as a percentage
of revenue to 4.9%.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's primary sources of funds are from operations, proceeds of Common
Stock offerings and borrowings under its revolving credit facility. The
Company's principal uses of cash are to fund acquisitions, working capital and
capital expenditures. The Company generally pays its temporary employees weekly
for their services while receiving payments from customers 35 to 60 days from
the date of invoice. As new offices are established or acquired, or as existing
offices expand, there will be increasing requirements for cash resources to fund
current operations.
The Company is obligated under various acquisition agreements to make earn-out
payments to former stockholders of acquired companies. The Company anticipates
the maximum amount of these payments will total approximately $20.0 million
during the remainder of 1998. The Company anticipates that the cash generated by
the operations of the acquired companies will provide a substantial part of the
capital required to fund the earn-out payments.
The Company anticipates that capital expenditures for improvements to its
management information and operating systems will require capital expenditures
during the next twelve months of approximately $15 million. The Company
anticipates recurring expenditures in future years to be approximately $10
million per year.
The Company believes that funds provided by operations, available borrowings
under its credit facility and current amounts of cash will be sufficient to meet
its presently anticipated needs for working capital, capital expenditures and
acquisitions for at least the next 12 months.
On June 8, 1998, the Company announced that it intended to contribute its
Commercial division to a newly formed subsidiary, Strategix Solutions, Inc.
("Strategix"). On June 8, 1998, Strategix filed a registration statement with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for a proposed initial public
offering of up to 20% of its common stock. The Company has further announced
that it will receive the net proceeds from such offering plus an anticipated
$150 million for Strategix through borrowings by Strategix under a proposed
credit facility. After consummation of such offering, the Company intends to
distribute to the Company's shareholders in 1999, subject to certain conditions,
all of the Company's shares of Strategix in a tax-free transaction. The Company
plans to apply the funds it receives for the Strategix offering and the
Strategix borrowings to reduce the Company's indebtedness. There can be no
assurances that the Strategix offering or the Strategix borrowings will be
consummated.
The Company believes that if its Commercial Division were contributed to
Strategix and the Company's interest in Strategix was sold or distributed to the
Company's shareholders as described above, the Company would experience an
increase in liquidity.
The Strategix offering is subject to SEC review and certain other state and
local regulatory approvals and to the agreement of the several underwriters to
accept the securities. A registration statement relating to these securities has
been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. The Strategix
securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time
the registration statement becomes effective. This form 10-Q shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall
there be any sale of these securities in any State in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such State.
Indebtedness of the Company
The Company entered into an agreement on May 23, 1997 expanding its credit
facility to $500 million. The facility is unsecured but is guaranteed by each of
the Company's subsidiaries. The facility was syndicated to a group of 20 banks,
with NationsBank (South) N.A. as agent.
Outstanding amounts under the credit facility bear interest at certain floating
rates as specified by the credit facility. The credit facility contains certain
affirmative and negative covenants relating to the Company's operations,
including a prohibition on making any business acquisitions which would result
in pro forma noncompliance with the related covenants if the acquired company
would meet or exceed 10% of total assets or income on a consolidated basis. In
addition, approval is required by the majority lenders at such time that the
cash consideration of an individual acquisition exceeds 10% of consolidated
shareholder's equity.
As of August 13, 1998, the Company has a balance of $417.0 million outstanding
under the credit facility. The Company also has outstanding letters of credit in
the amount of $16.6 million, which reduce the amount of funds available under
the facility. Therefore, the remaining balance of funds available to the Company
under the credit facility as of August 13, 1998 is $66.4 million.
The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Career Horizons, Inc. has outstanding
$86.25 million of 7% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2002. Interest on the notes is
paid semiannually on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The notes are
convertible at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after 90 days
following the date of original issuance thereof and prior to maturity, unless
previously redeemed, into shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion
price of $11.35 per share, subject to adjustment in certain events. The notes
are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time
on or after November 1, 1998, at stated redemption prices, together with accrued
interest. The notes do not provide for any sinking fund. Upon a Designated Event
(as defined and including a change of control) holders of the notes will have
the right, subject to certain restrictions and conditions, to require the
Company to purchase all or any part of the Notes at a purchase price equal to
101% of the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest
to the date of purchase. The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company
and are jointly and severally guaranteed by each of Career's present and any
future subsidiaries. The guarantee of the Company and each subsidiary of Career
is an unsecured general obligation of the Company and such subsidiary, ranking
equally with other unsecured obligations of the Company and such subsidiary. The
obligation of the Company and each of Career's present and any future
subsidiaries under its guarantee is full and unconditional.
The Company has certain notes payable to shareholders of acquired companies. The
notes payable bear interest at rates ranging from 4.99% to 6.10% and have
repayment terms through June 2000. As of August 13, 1998, the Company owed
approximately $35.4 million in such acquisition indebtedness.
Inflation
The effects of inflation on the Company's operations were not significant during
the periods presented in the financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
During 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income,
which requires that changes in comprehensive income be shown in a financial
statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial
statements. This statement is effective for the Company's 1998 fiscal year.
Management does not believe that the Company has material other comprehensive
income which would require separate disclosure.
Additionally, during 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 131, Disclosures About
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. SFAS No. 131 requires, among
other things, that certain general and financial information be disclosed for
reportable operating segments of a company. SFAS No. 131 is effective for the
Company's 1998 fiscal year. The Company will make the disclosures required under
this standard.
During 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Executive
Committee issued Statement of Position Number 98-1 (SOP 98-1), Accounting for
the Cost of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. SOP 98-1
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. Management
believes that the Company is substantially in compliance with this pronouncement
and that the implementation of this pronouncement will not have a material
effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations
or cash flows.
Other matters
Foreign Acquisitions. During 1997, the Company, through a series of
acquisitions, expanded its operations into Canada and Europe (primarily the
United Kingdom). The results of operations of these acquired companies are
included with those of the Company from the date of acquisition and are
immaterial to the Company's results of operation for the three months ended June
30, 1998, and financial position as of June 30, 1998.
Year 2000 Compliance
During 1997, the Company began projects to address potential problems within the
Company's operations which could result from the century change in the Year
2000. In 1998, the Company created a Year 2000 Program Office to oversee year
2000 projects and to address potential problems within the Company's operations
which could result from the century change in the year 2000. The Project Office
reports to the Company's Board of Directors and is staffed primarily with
representatives of the Company's Corporate Information Systems Department, and
has access to key associates in all areas of the Company's operations. The
Project Office also uses outside consultants on an as-needed basis.
A four-phase approach has been utilized to address the Year 2000 issues: an
inventory phase to identify all computer-based systems and applications
(including embedded systems) which might not be Year 2000 compliant; an
assessment phase to determine what revisions or replacements would be necessary
to achieve compliance and what priorities would best serve the Company; a
conversion phase to implement the actions necessary to achieve compliance and to
conduct the tests necessary to verify that the systems are operational; and an
implementation phase to transition the compliant systems into the everyday
operations of the Company. Management believes that the four phases are
approximately 95%, 85%, 60% and 50% complete, respectively and estimates that
all critical systems will be compliant with the century change by March 1999.
The Company has budgeted approximately $3.7 million to address the Year 2000
issue, which includes the estimated cost of all modifications and the salaries
of associates and the fees of consultants addressing the issues. Approximately
$1.6 million of this amount has been expended through July 31, 1998.
As a part of the Year 2000 review, the Company is examining its relationships
with certain key outside vendors and others with whom it has significant
business relationships to determine to the extent practical the degree of such
parties' Year 2000 compliance and to develop strategies for working with them
through the century change. Other than its banking relationships, which include
only large, federally insured institutions, the Company does not have a
relationship with any third-party vendor which is material to the operations of
the Company and, therefore, believes that the failure of any such party to be
Year 2000 compliant would not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Should the Company or a third party with whom the Company deals have a systems
failure due to the century change, the Company does not expect any such effect
to be material and it is developing contingency plans for alternative methods of
transaction processing and estimates that such plans will be finalized by March
of 1999.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements made in this Report regarding the Company's expectations or beliefs
concerning future events, including capital spending, expected results and the
Company's liquidity situation during 1998, should be considered forward-looking
and subject to various risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results may
differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of certain factors set forth under Risk Factors and
elsewhere in the Company's Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 8,
1996, the Company's prospectus dated January 15, 1997, and as discussed in the
Company's reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K made under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. For instance, the Company's results of operations may differ
materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements due to,
among other things: the Company's ability to successfully identify suitable
acquisition candidates, complete acquisitions or integrate the acquired business
into its operations; the general level of economic activity in the Company's
markets; increased price competition; changes in government regulations or
interpretations thereof; and the continued availability of qualified temporary
personnel-particularly in the information technology and other professional
segments of the Company's businesses. In addition, the market price of the
Company's stock may, from time to time, be significantly volatile as a result
of, among other things: the Company's operating results; the operating results
of other temporary staffing companies; and changes in the performance of the
stock market in general.
Item 3. Changes in Information About Market Risk
None
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None
Item 2. Changes in Securities
No disclosure required.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
No disclosure required.
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Annual Meeting of the Company's shareholders was held on May 18, 1998.
Proxies were solicited from shareholders of record on the close of business on
March 24, 1998. On March 24, 1998, there were 109,568,272 shares outstanding and
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The shareholder vote on the issues
presented at the Annual Meeting was as follows:
Election of Directors
All of the following persons nominated were elected to serve as directors
and received the number of votes set opposite their names:
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Derek E. Dewan 92,651,759 390,410
Daniel M. Doyle 92,659,632 382,537
Peter J. Tanous 92,482,692 559,477
T. Wayne Davis 92,653,153 389,016
John K. Anderson, Jr. 92,654,087 388,082
Michael D. Abney 92,658,666 383,503
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Item 5. Other Information
No disclosure required.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(A) Exhibits
3 Amended and Restated Bylaws
11 Calculation of Per Share Earnings
27 Financial Data Schedule
(B) Reports on Form 8-K
The Company filed the following report on form 8-K during the second quarter of
1998:
Form 8-K dated June 8, 1998, reporting the Company's intention to separate into
two publicly-held companies by contributing its commercial division to a
newly-formed subsidiary, Strategix Solutions, Inc. ("Strategix"). The Company
also reported that Strategix had filed a registration statement for an initial
public offering of up to 20% of its outstanding common stock. The Company
further reported that the Company intends to distribute to the Company's
shareholders, subject to certain conditions, all of the Company's shares of
Strategix in a tax-free spin-off transaction.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
AccuStaff Incorporated
August 14, 1998 By:___________________________________________
Derek E. Dewan, President, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 1998 By:___________________________________________
Michael D. Abney, Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer,Treasurer, Secretary and Director
August 14, 1998 By:___________________________________________
Robert P. Crouch, Vice President and Controller
BYLAWS
OF
ACCUSTAFF INCORPORATED
(a Florida corporation)
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ARTICLE 1 Definitions.............................................................................................3
Section 1.1 Definitions.......................................................................................3
ARTICLE 2 Offices.................................................................................................3
Section 2.1 Principal and Business Offices....................................................................3
Section 2.2 Registered Office.................................................................................3
ARTICLE 3 Shareholders............................................................................................3
Section 3.1 Annual Meeting....................................................................................3
Section 3.2 Special Meetings..................................................................................3
Section 3.3 Place of Meeting..................................................................................3
Section 3.4 Notice of Meeting.................................................................................3
Section 3.5 Waiver of Notice..................................................................................4
Section 3.6 Fixing of Record Date.............................................................................4
Section 3.7 Shareholders' List for Meetings...................................................................5
Section 3.8 Quorum............................................................................................5
Section 3.9 Voting of Shares..................................................................................5
Section 3.10 Vote Required....................................................................................5
Section 3.11 Conduct of Meeting...............................................................................5
Section 3.12 Inspection of Election...........................................................................6
Section 3.13 Proxies..........................................................................................6
Section 3.14 Shareholder Nominations and Proposals............................................................6
Section 3.15 Action by Shareholders Without Meeting...........................................................6
Section 3.16 Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder Action.............................................7
ARTICLE 4 Board of Directors......................................................................................7
Section 4.1 General Powers and Number.........................................................................7
Section 4.2 Qualifications....................................................................................7
Section 4.3 Term of Office....................................................................................7
Section 4.4 Removal...........................................................................................7
Section 4.5 Resignation.......................................................................................7
Section 4.6 Vacancies.........................................................................................7
Section 4.7 Compensation......................................................................................8
Section 4.8 Regular Meetings..................................................................................8
Section 4.9 Special Meetings..................................................................................8
Section 4.10 Notice...........................................................................................8
Section 4.11 Waiver of Notice.................................................................................8
Section 4.12 Quorum and Voting................................................................................8
Section 4.13 Conduct of Meetings..............................................................................8
Section 4.14 Committees.......................................................................................9
Section 4.15 Action Without Meeting...........................................................................9
ARTICLE 5 Officers................................................................................................9
Section 5.1 Number............................................................................................9
Section 5.2 Election and Term of Office.......................................................................9
Section 5.3 Removal...........................................................................................9
Section 5.4 Resignation......................................................................................10
Section 5.5 Vacancies........................................................................................10
Section 5.6 President........................................................................................10
Section 5.7 Chief Operating Officer..........................................................................10
Section 5.8 Vice Presidents..................................................................................10
Section 5.9 Secretary........................................................................................10
Section 5.10 Treasurer.......................................................................................10
Section 5.11 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers..................................................11
Section 5.12 Other Assistants and Acting Officers............................................................11
Section 5.13 Salaries........................................................................................11
ARTICLE 6 Contracts, Checks and Deposits; Special Corporate Acts.................................................11
Section 6.1 Contracts........................................................................................11
Section 6.2 Checks, Drafts, etc..............................................................................11
Section 6.3 Deposits.........................................................................................11
Section 6.4 Voting of Securities Owned by Corporation........................................................11
ARTICLE 7 Certificates for Shares; Transfer of Shares............................................................11
Section 7.1 Consideration for Shares.........................................................................11
Section 7.2 Certificates for Shares..........................................................................12
Section 7.3 Transfer of Shares...............................................................................12
Section 7.4 Restrictions on Transfer.........................................................................12
Section 7.5 Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Certificates..........................................................12
Section 7.6 Stock Regulations................................................................................12
ARTICLE 8 Seal...................................................................................................12
Section 8.1 Seal.............................................................................................12
ARTICLE 9 Books and Records......................................................................................12
Section 9.1 Books and Records................................................................................12
Section 9.2 Shareholders' Inspection Rights..................................................................13
Section 9.3 Distribution of Financial Information............................................................13
Section 9.4 Other Reports....................................................................................13
ARTICLE 10 Indemnification.......................................................................................13
Section 10.1 Provision of Indemnification....................................................................13
ARTICLE 11 Amendments............................................................................................13
Section 11.1 Power to Amend..................................................................................13
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions
ARTICLE 1 Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions
The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of these
bylaws:
"Act" means the Florida Business Corporation Act, as it may be amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation thereto.
"Deliver" or "delivery" includes delivery by hand; United States mail;
facsimile, telegraph, teletype or other form of electronic transmission; and
private mail carriers handling nationwide mail services.
"Distribution" means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other
property (except shares in the corporation) or an incurrence of indebtedness by
the corporation to or for the benefit of shareholders in respect of any of the
corporation's shares. A distribution may be in the form of a declaration or
payment of a dividend; a purchase, redemption, or other acquisition of shares; a
distribution of indebtedness; or otherwise.
"Principal office" means the office (within or without the State of
Florida) where the corporation's principal executive offices are located, as
designated in the Articles of Incorporation until an annual report has been
filed with the Florida Department of State, and thereafter as designated in the
annual report.
ARTICLE 2
Offices
Section 2.1 Principal and Business OfficesSection 2.1 Principal and Business
OfficesSection 2.1 Principal and Business OfficesSection 2.1 Principal and
Business OfficesSection 2.1 Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may
have such principal and other business offices, either within or without the
State of Florida, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of
the corporation may require from time to time.
Section 2.2 Registered Office.
The
registered office of the corporation required by the Act to be maintained in the
State of Florida may but need not be identical with the principal office if
located in the State of Florida, and the address of the registered office may be
changed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the registered agent.
The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be
identical to such registered office.
ARTICLE 3
Shareholders
ARTICLE 3 Shareholders
Section 3.1 Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held within four months after the
close of each fiscal year of the corporation on a date and at a time and place
designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and
for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If
the election of directors shall not be held on the day fixed as herein provided
for any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board
of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of
shareholders as soon thereafter as is practicable.
Section 3.2 Special Meetings
(1) Call by Directors or President. Special meetings of
shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board (if any) or the President.
(2) Call by Shareholders. The corporation shall call a special
meeting of shareholders in the event that the holders of at least forty (40%)
percent of all of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be
considered at the proposed special meeting sign, date, and deliver to the
Secretary one or more written demands for the meeting describing one or more
purposes for which it is to be held. The corporation shall give notice of such a
special meeting within sixty days after the date that the demand is delivered to
the corporation.
Section 3.3 Place of Meeting
The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the
State of Florida, as the place of meeting for any annual or special meeting of
shareholders. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the
principal office of the corporation.
Section 3.4 Notice of MeetingSection
(1) Content and Delivery. Written notice stating the date,
time, and place of any meeting of shareholders and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be
delivered not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting by or at the direction of the President or the Secretary, or the officer
or persons duly calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to
vote at such meeting and to such other persons as required by the Act. Unless
the Act requires otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a
description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If
mailed, notice of a meeting of shareholders shall be deemed to be delivered when
deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his or her
address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage
thereon prepaid.
(2) Notice of Adjourned Meetings. If an annual or special
meeting of shareholders is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, the
corporation shall not be required to give notice of the new date, time, or place
if the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment;
provided, however, that if a new record date for an adjourned meeting is or must
be fixed, the corporation shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to persons
who are shareholders as of the new record date who are entitled to notice of the
meeting.
(3) No Notice Under Certain Circumstances. Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this Section, no notice of a meeting of shareholders need be
given to a shareholder if: (1) an annual report and proxy statement for two
consecutive annual meetings of shareholders, or (2) all, and at least two,
checks in payment of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve month
period have been sent by first-class, United States mail, addressed to the
shareholder at his or her address as it appears on the share transfer books of
the corporation, and returned undeliverable. The obligation of the corporation
to give notice of a shareholders' meeting to any such shareholder shall be
reinstated once the corporation has received a new address for such shareholder
for entry on its share transfer books.
Section 3.5 Waiver of NoticeSection
(1) Written Waiver. A shareholder may waive any notice
required by the Act or these bylaws before or after the date and time stated for
the meeting in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing and signed by the
shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the corporation for
inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. Neither the
business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting
of shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
(2) Waiver by Attendance. A shareholder's attendance at a
meeting, in person or by proxy, waives objection to all of the following: (1)
lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the
beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business
at the meeting; and (2) consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that
is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless
the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
Section 3.6 Fixing of Record DateSection 3.6 Fixing of Record
DateSection 3.6 Fixing of Record DateSection 3.6 Fixing of Record DateSection
3.6 Fixing of Record Date.
(1) General. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date
as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to
notice of a shareholders' meeting, entitled to vote, or take any other action.
In no event may a record date fixed by the Board of Directors be a date
preceding the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
or a date more than seventy days before the date of meeting or action requiring
a determination of shareholders.
(2) Special Meeting. The record date for determining
shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting shall be the close of business
on the date the first shareholder delivers his or her demand to the corporation.
(3) Shareholder Action by Written Consent. If no prior action
is required by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Act, the record date for
determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting shall be the
close of business on the date the first signed written consent with respect to
the action in question is delivered to the corporation. If prior action is
required by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Act, such record date shall
be the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution taking such prior action unless the Board of Directors otherwise
fixes a record date.
(4) Absence of Board Determination for Shareholders' Meeting.
If the Board of Directors does not determine the record date for determining
shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special
shareholders' meeting, such record date shall be the close of business on the
date before the first notice with respect thereto is delivered to shareholders.
(5) Adjourned Meeting. A record date for determining
shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders' meeting is
effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes
a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more
than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.
(6) Certain Distributions. If the Board of Directors does not
determine the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a
distribution (other than one involving a purchase, redemption, or other
acquisition of the corporation's shares or a share dividend), such record date
shall be the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors
authorizes the distribution.
Section 3.7 Shareholders' List for MeetingsSection 3.7 Shareholders'
List for MeetingsSection 3.7 Shareholders' List for MeetingsSection 3.7
Shareholders' List for MeetingsSection 3.7 Shareholders' List for Meetings.
(1) Preparation and Availability. After a record date for a
meeting of shareholders has been fixed, the corporation shall prepare an
alphabetical list of the names of all of the shareholders entitled to notice of
the meeting. The list shall be arranged by class or series of shares, if any,
and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder. Such list
shall be available for inspection by any shareholder for a period of ten days
prior to the meeting or such shorter time as exists between the record date and
the meeting date, and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's
principal office, at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where
the meeting will be held, or at the office of the corporation's transfer agent
or registrar, if any. A shareholder or his or her agent may, on written demand,
inspect the list, subject to the requirements of the Act, during regular
business hours and at his or her expense, during the period that is available
for inspection pursuant to this Section. The corporation shall make the
shareholders' list available at the meeting and any shareholder or his or her
agent or attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any
adjournment thereof.
(2) Prima Facie Evidence. The shareholders' list is prima
facie evidence of the identity of shareholders entitled to examine the
shareholders' list or to vote at a meeting of shareholders.
(3) Failure to Comply. If the requirements of this Section
have not been substantially complied with, or if the corporation refuses to
allow a shareholder or his or her agent or attorney to inspect the shareholders'
list before or at the meeting, on the demand of any shareholder, in person or by
proxy, who failed to get such access, the meeting shall be adjourned until such
requirements are complied with.
(4) Validity of Action Not Affected. Refusal or failure to
prepare or make available the shareholders' list shall not affect the validity
of any action taken at a meeting of shareholders.
Section 3.8 QuorumSection
(1) What Constitutes a Quorum. Shares entitled to vote as a
separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum
of those shares exists with respect to that matter. If the corporation has only
one class of stock outstanding, such class shall constitute a separate voting
group for purposes of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter shall constitute a
quorum of the voting group for action on that matter.
(2) Presence of Shares. Once a share is represented for any
purpose at a meeting, other than for the purpose of objecting to holding the
meeting or transacting business at the meeting, it is considered present for
purposes of determining whether a quorum exists for the remainder of the meeting
and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be
set for the adjourned meeting.
(3) Adjournment in Absence of Quorum. Where a quorum is not
present, the holders of a majority of the shares represented and who would be
entitled to vote at the meeting if a quorum were present may adjourn such
meeting from time to time.
Section 3.9 Voting of Shares.
Except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation or the Act, each outstanding
share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a
meeting of shareholders.
Section 3.10 Vote RequiredSection
(1) Matters Other Than Election of Directors. If a quorum
exists, except in the case of the election of directors, action on a matter
shall be approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action
exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the Act requires a greater
number of affirmative votes.
(2) Election of Directors. Each director shall be elected by a
plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election of
directors at a meeting at which as quorum is present. Each shareholder who is
entitled to vote at an election of directors has the right to vote the number of
shares owned by him or her for as many persons as there are directors to be
elected. Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for directors.
Section 3.11 Conduct of MeetingSection 3.11 Conduct of MeetingSection
3.11 Conduct of MeetingSection 3.11 Conduct of MeetingSection 3.11 Conduct of
Meeting. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, and if there be none, or in his
or her absence, the President, and in his or her absence, a Vice President in
the order provided under the Section of these bylaws entitled "Vice Presidents",
and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call a
shareholders' meeting to order and shall act as presiding officer of the
meeting, and the Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all
meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the
presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the
meeting. The presiding officer of the meeting shall have broad discretion in
determining the order of business at a shareholders' meeting. The presiding
officer's authority to conduct the meeting shall include, but in no way be
limited to, recognizing shareholders entitled to speak, calling for the
necessary reports, stating questions and putting them to a vote, calling for
nominations, and announcing the results of voting. The presiding officer also
shall take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to preserve order at
the meeting. The rules of parliamentary procedure need not be observed in the
conduct of shareholders' meetings; however, meetings shall be conducted in
accordance with accepted usage and common practice with fair treatment to all
who are entitled to take part.
Section 3.12 Inspection of Election. Inspectors of election may be
appointed by the Board of Directors to act at any meeting of shareholders at
which any vote is taken. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the
presiding officer of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder
shall, make such appointment. The inspectors of election shall determine the
number of shares outstanding, the voting rights with respect to each, the shares
represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity,
validity, and effect of proxies; receive votes, ballots, consents, and waivers;
hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the
vote; count and tabulate all votes, consents, and waivers; determine and
announce the result; and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or
vote with fairness to all shareholders. No inspector, whether appointed by the
Board of Directors or by the person acting as presiding officer of the meeting,
need be a shareholder.
Section 3.13 Proxies
(1) Appointment. At all meetings of shareholders, a
shareholder may vote his or her shares in person or by proxy. A shareholder may
appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the shareholder by signing an
appointment form, either personally or by his or her attorney-in-fact. If an
appointment form expressly provides, any proxy holder may appoint, in writing, a
substitute to act in his or her place. A telegraph, telex, or a cablegram, a
facsimile transmission of a signed appointment form, or a photographic,
photostatic, or equivalent reproduction of a signed appointment form is a
sufficient appointment form.
(2) When Effective. An appointment of a proxy is effective
when received by the Secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation
authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for up to eleven months
unless a longer period is expressly provided in the appointment form. An
appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment
form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled
with an interest.
Section 3.14 Shareholder Nominations and ProposalsSection 3.14
Shareholder Nominations and ProposalsSection 3.14 Shareholder Nominations and
ProposalsSection 3.14 Shareholder Nominations and ProposalsSection 3.14
Shareholder Nominations and Proposals. Any shareholder nomination for director
or proposal for action at a forthcoming shareholder meeting must be delivered to
the corporation no later than the deadline for submitting shareholder proposals
pursuant to Securities Exchange Commission Regulations Section 240.14a-8. The
presiding officer at any shareholder meeting shall not be required to recognize
any nomination or proposal which did not comply with such deadline.
Section 3.15 Action by Shareholders Without MeetingSection 3.15 Action
by Shareholders Without MeetingSection 3.15 Action by Shareholders Without
MeetingSection 3.15 Action by Shareholders Without MeetingSection 3.15 Action by
Shareholders Without Meeting.
(1) Requirements for Written Consents. Any action required or
permitted by the Act to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a
vote if one or more written consents describing the action taken shall be signed
and dated by the holders of outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon having
not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize
or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon
were present and voted. Such consents must be delivered to the principal office
of the corporation in Florida, the corporation's principal place of business,
the Secretary, or another officer or agent of the corporation having custody of
the books in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders are recorded. No
written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to
therein unless, within sixty days of the date of the earliest dated consent
delivered in the manner required herein, written consents signed by the number
of holders required to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery
as set forth in this Section.
(2) Revocation of Written Consents. Any written consent may be
revoked prior to the date that the corporation receives the required number of
consents to authorize the proposed action. No revocation is effective unless in
writing and until received by the corporation at its principal office in Florida
or its principal place of business, or received by the Secretary or other
officer or agent having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of
shareholders are recorded.
(3) Notice to Nonconsenting Shareholders. Within ten days
after obtaining such authorization by written consent, notice must be given in
writing to those shareholders who have not consented in writing or who are not
entitled to vote on the action. The notice shall fairly summarize the material
features of the authorized action and, if the action be such for which
dissenters' rights are provided under the Act, the notice shall contain a clear
statement of the right of shareholders dissenting therefrom to be paid the fair
value of their shares upon compliance with the provisions of the Act regarding
the rights of dissenting shareholders.
(4) Same Effect as Vote at Meeting. A consent signed under
this Section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in
any document. Whenever action is taken by written consent pursuant to this
Section, the written consent of the shareholders consenting thereto or the
written reports of inspectors appointed to tabulate such consents shall be filed
with the minutes of proceedings of shareholders.
Section 3.16 Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder
ActionSection 3.16 Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder ActionSection
3.16 Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder ActionSection 3.16 Acceptance
of Instruments Showing Shareholder ActionSection 3.16 Acceptance of Instruments
Showing Shareholder Action. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, or
proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the corporation, if
acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment
and give it effect as the act of a shareholder. If the name signed on a vote,
consent, waiver, or proxy appointment does not correspond to the name of a
shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good faith, may accept the vote,
consent, waiver, or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the
shareholder if any of the following apply:
(1) The shareholder is an entity and the name signed
purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;
(2) The name signed purports to be that of an administrator,
executor, guardian, personal representative, or conservator representing the
shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status
acceptable to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent,
waiver, or proxy appointment;
(3) The name signed purports to be that of a receiver or
trustee in bankruptcy, or assignee for the benefit of creditors of the
shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable
to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or
proxy appointment;
(4) The name signed purports to be that of a pledgee,
beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the corporation
requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the signatory's authority to
sign for the shareholder is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver,
or proxy appointment; or
(5) Two or more persons are the shareholder as covenants or
fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the
co-owners and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all
co-owners.
The corporation may reject a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment if the
Secretary or other officer of agent of the corporation who is 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 shareholder.
ARTICLE 4
Board of Directors
ARTICLE 4 Board of Directors
Section 4.1 General Powers and Number. All corporate powers shall be
exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the
corporation managed under the direction of, the Board of Directors. The
corporation shall have seven (7) directors initially. The number of directors
may be increased or decreased from time to time by vote of a majority of the
entire Board of Directors, but shall never be less than four nor more than
eleven.
Section 4.2 Qualifications. Directors
must be natural persons who are eighteen years of age or older but need not be
residents of this state or shareholders of the corporation.
Section 4.3 Term of Office. Each director shall
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her
successor shall have been elected and, if necessary, qualified, or until there
is a decrease in the number of directors which takes effect after the expiration
of his or her term, or until his or her prior death, resignation or removal.
Section 4.4 Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors
with or without cause. A director may be removed by the shareholders at a
meeting of shareholders, provided that the notice of the meeting states that the
purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is such removal.
Section 4.5 Resignation. A director may resign
at any time by delivering written notice to the Board of Directors or its
Chairman (if any) or to the corporation. A director's resignation is effective
when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
Section 4.6 Vacancies
(1) Who May Fill Vacancies. Except as provided below, whenever
any vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from
an increase in the number of directors, it may be filled by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board
of Directors, or by the shareholders. If the directors first fill a vacancy, the
shareholders shall have no further right with respect to that vacancy, and if
the shareholders first fill the vacancy, the directors shall have no further
rights with respect to that vacancy.
(2) Directors Electing by Voting Groups. Whenever the holders
of shares of any voting group are entitled to elect a class of one or more
directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies in such
class may be filled by holders of shares of that voting group or by a majority
of the directors then in office elected by such voting group or by a sole
remaining director so elected. If no director elected by such voting group
remains in office, unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise,
directors not elected by such voting group may fill vacancies.
(3) Prospective Vacancies. A vacancy that will occur at a
specific later date, because of a resignation effective at a later date or
otherwise, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not
take office until the vacancy occurs.
Section 4.7 Compensation. The Board of
Directors, irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may
establish a reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the
corporation as directors, officers, or otherwise, or may delegate such authority
to an appropriate committee. The Board of Directors also shall have the
authority to provide for or delegate authority to an appropriate committee to
provide for reasonable pensions, disability or death benefits, and other
benefits or payments, to directors, officers, and employees and to their
families, dependents, estates, or beneficiaries on account of prior services
rendered to the corporation by such directors, officers, and employees.
Section 4.8 Regular Meetings.
A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice
than this bylaw immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders and each
adjourned session thereof. The place of such regular meeting shall be the same
as the place of the meeting of shareholders which precedes it, or such other
suitable place as may be announced at such meeting of shareholders. The Board of
Directors may provide, by resolution, the date, time, and place, either within
or without the State of Florida, for the holding of additional regular meetings
of the Board of Directors without notice other than such resolution.
Section 4.9 Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the
Board (if any), the President or one-third of the members of the Board of
Directors. The person or persons calling the meeting may fix any place, either
within or without the State of Florida, as the place for holding any special
meeting of the Board of Directors, and if no other place is fixed, the place of
the meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation in the State of
Florida.
Section 4.10 Notice. Special meetings of the Board of Directors must be
preceded by at least two days' notice of the date, time, and place of the
meeting. The notice need not described the purpose of the special meeting.
Section 4.11 Waiver of Notice.
Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director
who signs a waiver of notice either before or after the meeting. Attendance of a
director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting and
waiver of any and all objections to the place of the meeting, the time of the
meeting, or the manner in which it has been called or convened, except when a
director states, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon arrival at the
meeting, any objection to the transaction of business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened.
Section 4.12 Quorum and Voting
A quorum of the Board of Directors consists of a majority of the number of
directors prescribed by these bylaws. If a quorum is present when a vote is
taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the
Board of Directors. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is
taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (a) he or she
objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his or her arrival) to
holding it or transacting specified business at the meeting; or (b) he or she
votes against or abstains from the action taken.
Section 4.13 Conduct of Meetings
(1) Presiding Officer. The Board of Directors may elect from
among its members a Chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall preside at
meetings of the Board of Directors. The Chairman, and if there be none, or in
his or her absence, the President, and in his or her absence, a Vice President
in the order provided under the Section of these bylaws titled "Vice
Presidents", and in their absence, any director chosen by the directors present,
shall call meetings of the Board of Directors to order and shall act as
presiding officer of the meeting.
(2) Minutes. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as
secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors but in the absence of the
Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person present to act as
secretary of the meeting. Minutes of any regular or special meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be prepared and distributed to each director.
(3) Adjournments. A majority of the directors present, whether
or not a quorum exists, may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors to
another time and place. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to
the directors who are not present at the time of the adjournment and, unless the
time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the time of the
adjournment, to the other directors.
(4) Participation by Conference Call or Similar Means. The
Board of Directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular
or a special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of
communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each
other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is
deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
Section 4.14 Committees
The Board ofDirectors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of
Directors, may designate from among its members an Executive Committee and one
or more other committees (which may include, by way of example and not as a
limitation, a Compensation Committee, an Audit Committee and a Nominating
Committee) each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have
and may exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors, except that no
such committee shall have the authority to:
(1) approve or recommend to shareholders actions or
proposals required by the Act to be
approved by shareholders;
(2) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof;
(3) adopt, amend, or repeal these bylaws;
(4) authorize or approve the reacquisition of shares
unless pursuant to a general formula or method
specified by the Board of Directors; or
(5) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for
the sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights,
preferences, and limitations of a voting group except that the Board of
Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive officer of the
corporation) to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the Board of
Directors.
Each committee must have two or more members, who shall serve at the pleasure of
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted in
accordance with this Section, may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any such committee, who may act in the place and stead of any absent
member or members at any meeting of such committee. The provisions of these
bylaws which govern meetings, notice and waiver or notice, and quorum and voting
requirements of the Board of Directors apply to committees and their members as
well.
Section 4.15 Action Without Meeting.
Any action required or permitted by the Act to be taken at a meeting of the
Board of Directors or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if the
action is taken by all members of the Board or of the committee. The action may
be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed
by each director or committee member and retained by the corporation. Such
action shall be effective when the last director or committee member signs the
consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A consent
signed under this Section has the effect of a vote at a meeting and may be
described as such in any document.
ARTICLE 5
ARTICLE 5 Officers
Section 5.1 NumberSection
The principal officers of the corporation may be a President, a Chief Operating
Officer, the number of Vice Presidents, if any, as authorized from time to time
by the Board of Directors, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be
elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as
may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors may also authorize any duly appointed officer to appoint
one or more officers or assistant officers. The same individual may
simultaneously hold more than one office.
Section 5.2 Election and Term of Office.The officers of the corporation
to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board
of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each
annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be
held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as is
practicable. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall
have been duly elected or until his or her prior death, resignation, or removal.
Section 5.3 Removal.
The Board of Directors may remove any officer and, unless restricted by the
Board of Directors, an officer may remove any officer or assistant officer
appointed by that officer, at any time, with or without cause and
notwithstanding the contract rights, if any, of the officer removed. The
appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights.
Section 5.4 Resignation.
An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the corporation. The
resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice
specifies a later effective date and the corporation accepts the later effective
date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the corporation
accepts the future effective date, the pending vacancy may be filled before the
effective date but the successor may not take office until the effective date.
Section 5.5 Vacancies.
A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal,
disqualification, or otherwise, shall be filled as soon thereafter as
practicable by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5.6 President.
The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and,
subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise
and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. The President
shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, if no
Chairman of the Board has been elected, shall preside at all meetings of the
Board of Directors. The President shall have authority, subject to such rules as
may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint such agents and
employees of the corporation as he or she shall deem necessary, to prescribe
their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such
agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President. The
President shall have authority to sign certificates for shares of the
corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of
the Board of Directors, and to execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the
corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, leases, reports, and all
other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course
of the corporation's regular business, or which shall be authorized by
resolution of the Board of Directors; and, except as otherwise provided by law
or the Board of Directors, the President may authorize any Vice President or
other officer or agent of the corporation to execute and acknowledge such
documents or instruments in his or her place and stead. 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.
Section 5.7 Chief Operating Officer.
The Chief Operating Officer shall: (a) be responsible for supervising and
controlling the daily operations of the corporation; and (b) in general perform
all duties incident to the office of Chief Operating officer and have such other
duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or
assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.8 Vice Presidents.
In the absence of the President or in the event of the President's death,
inability or refusal to act, or in the event for any reason it shall be
impracticable for the President to act personally, the Vice President, if any
(or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in
the order designated by the Board of Directors, 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
certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have
been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and shall perform such
other duties and have such authority as from time to time may be delegated or
assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of Directors. The
execution of any instrument of the corporation by any Vice President shall be
conclusive evidence, as to third parties, of his or her authority to act in the
stead of the President.
Section 5.9 Secretary.
The Secretary shall: (a) keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of the meetings of
the shareholders and of the Board of Directors (and of committees thereof) in
one or more books provided for that purpose (including records of actions taken
by the shareholders or the Board of Directors (or committees thereof) without a
meeting); (b) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the
corporation, if any, and if the corporation has a seal, see that it is affixed
to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its
seal is duly authorized; (c) authenticate the records of the corporation; (d)
maintain a record of the shareholders of the corporation, in a form that permits
preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, by class
or series of shares and showing the number and class or series of shares held by
each shareholder; (e) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the
corporation; and (f) in general perform all duties incident to the office of
Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to
time may be delegated or assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.10 Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all
funds and securities of the corporation; (b) maintain appropriate accounting
records; (c) receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the
corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name
of the corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositaries as
shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws; and (d) in
general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have
such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be
delegated or assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors. 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.
Section 5.11 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.
There shall be such number of Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as
the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize. 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 and have such authority as
shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to them by the Secretary or the
Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.
Section 5.12 Other Assistants and Acting Officers.
The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint, or to authorize any duly
appointed officer of the corporation to appoint, any person to act as assistant
to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his or her stead, or to
perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable
for such officer to act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or
other agent so appointed by the Board of Directors or an authorized officer
shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to which he or she
is so appointed to be an assistant, or as to which he or she is so appointed to
act, except as such power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of
Directors or the appointing officer.
Section 5.13 Salaries.
The salaries of the principal officers shall be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors or by a duly authorized committee thereof, 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.
ARTICLE 6
Contracts, Checks and Deposits; Special Corporate Acts
Section 6.1.
The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or
agents to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the
name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general
or confined to specific instances. In the absence of other designation, all
deeds, mortgages, and instruments of assignment or pledge made by the
corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or
one of the Vice Presidents. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when
necessary or required, shall attest and affix the corporate seal, if any,
thereto. When so executed, no other party to such instrument or any third party
shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer
or officers.
Section 6.2 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 or under the authority of a
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 6.3 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 may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution
of the Board of Directors.
Section 6.4 Voting of Securities Owned by Corporation.
Subject always to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any
shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or
controlled by this corporation may be voted at any meeting of security holders
of such other corporation by the President of this corporation if he or she be
present, or in his or her absence by any Vice President of this corporation who
may be present, and (b) whenever, in the judgment of the President, or in his or
her absence, of any Vice President, it is desirable for this corporation to
execute a proxy or written consent in respect of any such shares or other
securities, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of this
corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents of this corporation,
without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors, affixation of
corporate seal, if any, or countersignature or attestation by another officer.
Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or
proxies of this corporation shall have full right, power, and authority to vote
the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation and owned or
controlled by this corporation the same as such shares or other securities might
be voted by this corporation.
ARTICLE 7
Certificates for Shares; Transfer of Shares
Section 7.1 Consideration for SharesSection .
The Board of Directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration
consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation,
including cash, promissory notes, services performed, promises to perform
services evidenced by a written contract, or other securities of the
corporation. Before the corporation issues shares, the Board of Directors shall
determine that the consideration received or to be received for the shares to be
issued is adequate. The determination of the Board of Directors is conclusive
insofar as the adequacy of consideration for the issuance of shares relates to
whether the shares are validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. The
corporation may place in escrow shares issued for future services or benefits or
a promissory note, or make other arrangements to restrict the transfer of the
shares, and may credit distributions in respect of the shares against this
purchase price, until the services are performed, the note is paid, or the
benefits are received. If the services are not performed, the note is not paid,
or the benefits are not received, the corporation may cancel, in whole or in
part, the shares escrowed or restricted and the distributions credited.
Section 7.2 Certificates for Shares.
Every holder of shares in the corporation shall be entitled to have a
certificate representing all shares to which he or she is entitled unless the
Board of Directors authorizes the issuance of some or all shares without
certificates. Any such authorization shall not affect shares already represented
by certificates until the certificates are surrendered to the corporation. If
the Board of Directors authorizes the issuance of any share without
certificates, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of any such
shares, the corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of the
information required by the Act or these bylaws to be set forth on certificates,
including any restrictions on transfer. Certificates representing shares of the
corporation shall be in such form, consistent with the Act, as shall be
determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed (either
manually or facsimile) by the President or any Vice President or any other
persons designated by the Board of Directors and may be sealed with the seal of
the corporation or a facsimile thereof. All certificates for shares 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. Unless the Board of Directors authorizes shares without
certificates, all certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall
be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate
for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except as
provided in these bylaws with respect to lost, destroyed, or stolen
certificates. The validity of a share certificate is not affected if a person
who signed the certificate (either manually or in facsimile) no longer holds
office when the certificate is issued.
Section 7.3 Transfer of Shares.
Prior to due presentment of a certificate for shares for registration of
transfer, the corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the
person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications, and otherwise to
have and exercise all the rights and power of an owner. Where a certificate for
shares is presented to the corporation with a request to register a transfer,
the corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other person suffering
loss as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on or with
the certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no duty
to inquire into adverse claims or has discharged any such duty. The corporation
may require reasonable assurance that such endorsements are genuine and
effective and compliance with such other regulations as may be prescribed by or
under the authority of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.4 Restrictions on Transfer.
The face or reverse side of each certificate representing shares shall bear a
conspicuous notation as required by the Act of any restriction imposed by the
corporation upon the transfer of such shares.
Section 7.5 Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Certificates.
Unless the Board of Director authorizes shares without certificates, where the
owner claims that certificates for shares have been lost, destroyed, or
wrongfully taken, a new certificate shall be issued in place thereof if the
owner (a) so requests before the corporation has notice that such shares have
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, (b) files with the corporation a
sufficient indemnity bond if required by the Board of Directors or any principal
officer, and (c) satisfies such other reasonable requirements as may be
prescribed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.6 Stock Regulations.
The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such
further rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as they may deem
expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of shares of the
corporation.
ARTICLE 8
Seal
Section 8.1 Seal
Directors may provide for a corporate seal for the corporation.
ARTICLE 9
Books and Records
Section 9.1 Books and Records
(1) The corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of
all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions
taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, and a record
of all actions taken by a committee of the Board of Directors in place of the
Board of Directors on behalf of the corporation.
(b)The corporation shall maintain accurate accounting records.
(c) The corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of
the shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and
addresses of all shareholders in alphabetical order by class of shares showing
the number and series of shares held by each.
(d) The corporation shall keep a copy of all written
communications within the preceding three years to all shareholders generally or
to all shareholders of a class or series, including the financial statements
required to be furnished by the Act, and a copy of its most recent annual report
delivered to the Department of State.
Section 9.2 Shareholders' Inspection Rights.
Shareholders are entitled to inspect and copy records of the corporation as
permitted by the Act.
Section 9.3 Distribution of Financial Information.
The corporation shall prepare and disseminate financial statements to
shareholders as required by the Act.
Section 9.4 Other Reports.
The corporation shall disseminate such other reports to shareholders as are
required by the Act, including reports regarding indemnification in certain
circumstances and reports regarding the issuance or authorization for issuance
of shares in exchange for promises to render services in the future.
ARTICLE 10
Indemnification
Section 10.1 Provision of Indemnification.
The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted or required by the Act,
including any amendments thereto (but in the case of any such amendment, only to
the extent such amendment permits or requires the corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than prior to such amendment), indemnify its Directors
against any and all Liabilities, and advance any and all reasonable Expenses,
incurred thereby in any Proceeding to which any such Director is a Party or in
which such Director is deposed or called to testify as a witness because he or
she is or was a Director of the corporation. The rights to indemnification
granted hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
indemnification against Liabilities or the advancement of Expenses which a
Director may be entitled under any written agreement, Board resolution, vote of
shareholders, the Act, or otherwise. The corporation may, but shall not be
required to, supplement the foregoing rights to indemnification against
Liabilities and advancement of Expenses by the purchase of insurance on behalf
of any one or more of its Directors whether or not the corporation would be
obligated to indemnify or advance Expenses to such Director under this Article.
For purposes of this Article, the term "Directors" includes former directors and
any directors who are or were serving at the request of the corporation as
directors, officers, employees, or agents of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including, without limitation, any
employee benefit plan (other than in the capacity as agents separately retained
and compensated for the provision of goods or services to the enterprise,
including, without limitation, attorneys-at-law, accountants, and financial
consultants). All other capitalized terms used in this Article and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 607.0850, Florida
Statutes (1997). The provisions of this Article are intended solely for the
benefit of the indemnified parties described herein, their heirs and personal
representatives and shall not create any rights in favor of third parties. No
amendment to or repeal of this Article shall diminish the rights of
indemnification provided for herein prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE 11
Amendments
Section 11.1 Power to Amend.
These bylaws may be amended or repealed by either the Board of Directors or the
shareholders, unless the Act reserves the power to amend these bylaws generally
or any particular bylaw provision, as the case may be, exclusively to the
shareholders or unless the shareholders, in amending or repealing these bylaws
generally or any particular bylaw provision, provide expressly that the Board of
Directors may not amend or repeal these bylaws or such bylaw provision, as the
case may be.
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<CAPTION>
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
------------------------------ ----------------------------
June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Basic net income per common share computation:
Income available to common shareholders $ 37,576 $ 25,689 $ 59,130 $ 48,776
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
Average common shares outstanding 110,301 106,118 109,701 105,634
============= ============= ============ ============
Basic net income per common share $ 0.34 $ 0.24 $ 0.54 $ 0.46
============= ============= ============ ============
Diluted net income per common share computation
Income available to common shareholders $ 37,576 $ 25,689 $ 59,130 $ 48,776
Interest paid on convertible debt, net of tax 928 928 1,856 1,856
benefit
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
Income available to common shareholders and
assumed conversions $ 38,504 $ 26,617 $ 60,986 $ 50,632
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
Average common shares outstanding 110,301 106,118 109,701 105,634
Incremental shares from assumed conversions:
Convertible debt 7,599 7,599 7,599 7,599
Stock options 3,984 3,382 3,815 3,458
------------- ------------- ------------ ------------
Diluted average common shares outstanding 121,884 117,099 121,115 116,691
------------- ============= ============ ============
Diluted net income per common share $ 0.32 $ 0.23 $ 0.50 $ 0.43
============= ============= ============ ============
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<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<S> <C>
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> Dec-31-1998
<PERIOD-START> Apr-01-1998
<PERIOD-END> Jun-30-1998
<PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS
<CASH> 29,247
<SECURITIES> 0
<RECEIVABLES> 492,954
<ALLOWANCES> 11,852
<INVENTORY> 0
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 612,520
<PP&E> 102,070
<DEPRECIATION> 43,906
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,691,505
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 250,403
<BONDS> 0
0
0
<COMMON> 1,109
<OTHER-SE> 923,177
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 1,691,505
<SALES> 737,861
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 737,861
<CGS> 549,355
<TOTAL-COSTS> 549,355
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 0
<LOSS-PROVISION> 1,566
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 8,647
<INCOME-PRETAX> 60,121
<INCOME-TAX> 22,545
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 37,576
<DISCONTINUED> 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
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