Stericycle, Inc. Reports Results for Third Quarter 2009

October 27, 2009 4:03 PM EDT

LAKE FOREST, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL), today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2009.

Revenues for the quarter ending September 30, 2009 were $297.8 million, up 7.5% from $277.1 million in the same quarter last year. Acquisitions less than 12 months old contributed approximately $19.3 million to the growth in revenues for the quarter. Revenues increased 11.1% compared to the third quarter of 2008 when adjusted for unfavorable foreign exchange impacts of $10.1 million. Regulated returns management services revenues for the quarter were $16.0 million compared with $16.1 million for the third quarter of 2008. Gross profit was $140.9 million, up 14.5% from $123.0 million in the same quarter last year. Gross profit as a percent of revenue was 47.3% compared with 44.4% in the third quarter of 2008.

Net income for the third quarter of 2009 was $46.5 million or $0.54 per diluted share compared with net income of $39.2 million or $0.45 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2008. Net income for the third quarter of 2008 included the effect of $0.1 million of charges related to an arbitration settlement, and net income for the third quarter of 2009 included the effect of $3.3 million of transactional expenses related to acquisitions offset by $1.8 million net release of prior years' tax reserves. Adjusted for these charges, earnings per diluted share increased from $0.45 in the third quarter of 2008 to $0.55 in the third quarter of 2009 or up 23.6% (see table below).

For the nine months ending September 30, 2009, revenues were $864.2 million, up 6.7% from $809.7 million in the same period last year. Revenues increased 11.7% compared with the prior year-to-date when adjusted for unfavorable foreign exchange impacts of $40.6 million. Regulated returns management services revenues were $54.0 million compared with $58.6 million in the same period last year. Gross profit was $405.3 million, up 12.6% from $359.8 million in the same period last year. Gross profit as a percent of revenues was 46.9% versus 44.4% in the same period in 2008. Earnings per diluted share increased 22.0% to $1.51 from $1.24 per diluted share in the same period last year. Net income for the nine months of 2008 included the effect of $3.5 million of charges related to an arbitration settlement, and net income for the nine months of 2009 included the effect of $4.8 million of transactional expenses related to acquisitions offset by $1.8 million net release of prior years' tax reserves. Adjusted for these charges, the earnings per diluted share increased from $1.28 to $1.54, or 21.0% (see table below):


Table to reconcile GAAP EPS to non-GAAP EPS

                Three month ended September 30,  Nine months ended September 30,

                                Change  Change                   Change  Change
                2009     2008                    2009     2008
                                $       %                        $       %

GAAP EPS        $0.54    $0.45  $0.09   20.1 %   $1.51    $1.24  $0.27   22.0 %

Transactional
expenses        0.04     -                       0.06     -
related to
acquisitions

Arbitration     -        -                       -        0.04
settlement

Net release of
prior years'    (0.02 )  -                       (0.02 )  -
tax reserves

Non-GAAP EPS    $0.55    $0.45  $0.09   23.6 %   $1.54    $1.28  $0.27   21.0 %
(adjusted)



Cash flow from operations was $213.9 million for the first nine months of 2009. Cash flow and increased loan balances were used to strengthen our business by acquisitions, to fund share repurchases and capital expenditures.

For more information about Stericycle, please visit our website at www.stericycle.com.

Conference call to be held October 27, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. Central time - Dial 866-516-6872 at least 5 minutes before start time. If you are unable to participate on the call, a replay will be available through November 27th by dialing 800-642-1687, access code 30587273. To hear a live simulcast of the call over the internet on www.earnings.com, or to access an audio archive of the call, go to the Investors page on Stericycle's website at www.stericycle.com.

Safe Harbor Statement: Statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control (for example, general economic conditions). Our actual results could differ significantly from the results described in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include changes in governmental regulation of medical waste collection and treatment and increases in transportation and other operating costs, as well as the other factors described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, past financial performance should not be considered a reliable indicator of future performance, and investors should not use historical trends to anticipate future results or trends. We make no commitment to disclose any subsequent revisions to forward-looking statements.


STERICYCLE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)

                                                 September 30,    December 31,

                                                 2009             2008

                                                 (unaudited)      (audited)

ASSETS

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents                      $ 14,286         $ 9,095

Short-term investments                           1,519            1,408

Accounts receivable, less allowance for
doubtful

accounts of $7,358 in 2009 and $6,616 in 2008    167,946          168,598

Deferred income taxes                            10,482           16,821

Other current assets                             29,101           28,508

Total Current Assets                             223,334          224,430

Property, plant and equipment, net               227,327          207,144

Other assets:

Goodwill                                         1,222,025        1,135,778

Intangible assets, less accumulated
amortization of

$16,923 in 2009 and $14,116 in 2008              227,718          170,624

Other                                            29,063           21,322

Total other assets                               1,478,806        1,327,724

Total Assets                                   $ 1,929,467      $ 1,759,298

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities:

Current portion of long-term debt              $ 58,001         $ 38,880

Accounts payable                                 33,412           33,612

Accrued liabilities                              99,464           93,487

Deferred revenues                                14,202           13,663

Total Current Liabilities                        205,079          179,642

Long-term debt, net of current portion           768,041          753,846

Deferred income taxes                            165,373          147,287

Other liabilities                                4,179            7,885

Shareholders' Equity:

Common stock (par value $0.01 per share,
120,000,000 shares

authorized, 84,297,521 issued and outstanding
in 2009,

85,252,879 issued and outstanding in 2008)       843              852

Additional paid-in capital                       23,011           67,776

Treasury stock                                   -                -

Accumulated other comprehensive income           (13,696   )      (32,075   )

Retained earnings                                765,010          633,927

Total Stericycle, Inc. Shareholders' Equity      775,168          670,480

Noncontrolling Interest                          11,627           158

Total Shareholders' Equity                       786,795          670,638

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity     $ 1,929,467      $ 1,759,298




STERICYCLE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)

                     Three Months Ended                              Nine Months Ended

                     September 30,                                   September 30,

                     (unaudited)                                     (unaudited)

                       2009                    2008                    2009                    2008

                       $            % of       $            % of       $            % of       $            % of
                                    Rev                     Rev                     Rev                     Rev

Revenues             $ 297,836      100.0 %  $ 277,098      100.0 %  $ 864,194      100.0 %  $ 809,668      100.0 %

Cost of revenues       156,919      52.7  %    154,069      55.6  %    458,940      53.1  %    449,895      55.6  %

Gross profit           140,917      47.3  %    123,029      44.4  %    405,254      46.9  %    359,773      44.4  %

Selling, general
and administrative     56,190       18.9  %    50,115       18.1  %    162,277      18.8  %    148,073      18.3  %
expenses

Amortization           1,434        0.5   %    1,100        0.4   %    3,820        0.4   %    2,944        0.4   %

Total SG&A expense     57,624       19.3  %    51,215       18.5  %    166,097      19.2  %    151,017      18.7  %
and amortization

Income from
operations before
acquisition            83,293       28.0  %    71,814       25.9  %    239,157      27.7  %    208,756      25.8  %
integration and
other expenses

Transactional
expenses related to    3,478        1.2   %    -            0.0   %    5,418        0.6   %    -            0.0   %
acquisitions

Arbitration
settlement and         -            0.0   %    96           0.0   %    -            0.0   %    5,595        0.7   %
related costs

Acquisition
integration            282          0.1   %    210          0.1   %    466          0.1   %    1,239        0.2   %
expenses

Income from            79,533       26.7  %    71,508       25.8  %    233,273      27.0  %    201,922      24.9  %
operations

Other income
(expense):

Interest income        48           0.0   %    185          0.1   %    271          0.0   %    744          0.1   %

Interest expense       (9,262     ) -3.1  %    (8,618     ) -3.1  %    (25,561    ) -3.0  %    (24,885    ) -3.1  %

Other expense, net     (683       ) -0.2  %    (611       ) -0.2  %    (2,412     ) -0.3  %    (1,572     ) -0.2  %

Total other income     (9,897     ) -3.3  %    (9,044     ) -3.3  %    (27,702    ) -3.2  %    (25,713    ) -3.2  %
(expense)

Income before          69,636       23.4  %    62,464       22.5  %    205,571      23.8  %    176,209      21.8  %
income taxes

Income tax expense     23,110       7.8   %    23,237       8.4   %    74,488       8.6   %    66,633       8.2   %

Net income           $ 46,526       15.6  %  $ 39,227       14.2  %  $ 131,083      15.2  %  $ 109,576      13.5  %

Earnings per         $ 0.54                  $ 0.45                  $ 1.51                  $ 1.24
share-diluted

Weighted average
number of common       86,794,118              87,864,210              86,827,626              88,578,506
shares
outstanding-diluted




STERICYCLE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

                                                      For the nine months ended

                                                      September 30,

                                                      2009           2008

                                                      (unaudited)    (unaudited)

Operating Activities:

Net income                                          $ 131,083      $ 109,576

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash

provided by operating activities:

Write-off of note receivable related to joint         -              798
venture

Stock compensation expense                            10,861         8,880

Excess tax benefit of stock options exercised         (357     )     (6,165   )

Depreciation                                          24,643         22,344

Amortization                                          3,820          2,944

Deferred income taxes                                 20,718         18,729

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net
of

effect of acquisitions and divestitures:

Accounts receivable                                   8,115          (13,976  )

Accounts payable                                      (4,502   )     (10,205  )

Accrued liabilities                                   20,452         24,451

Deferred revenues                                     252            2,299

Other assets                                          (1,158   )     (3,398   )

Net cash provided by operating activities             213,927        156,277

Investing Activities:

Payments for acquisitions and international

investments, net of cash acquired                     (107,079 )     (46,564  )

(Purchases)/proceeds from maturity of short-term      (58      )     37
investments

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment          640            -

Capital expenditures                                  (29,644  )     (35,729  )

Net cash used in investing activities                 (136,141 )     (82,256  )

Financing Activities:

Repayment of long-term debt                           (10,443  )     (7,868   )

Net repayments on senior credit facility              (213,027 )     (52,184  )

Proceeds from term loan                               215,000        -

Proceeds from private placement of long-term notes    -              100,000

Payments of deferred financing costs                  (3,620   )     (236     )

Principal payments on capital lease obligations       (255     )     (130     )

Purchase/cancellation of treasury stock               (69,986  )     (140,306 )

Proceeds from other issuances of common stock         11,726         14,688

Excess tax benefit of stock options exercised         357            6,165

Net cash used in financing activities                 (70,248  )     (79,871  )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash               (2,347   )     (4,215   )

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash              5,191          (10,065  )
equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period      9,095          17,108

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period          $ 14,286       $ 7,043

Non-cash activities:

Net issuances of notes payable for certain          $ 32,116       $ 58,977
acquisitions




    Source: Stericycle, Inc.


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