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Press Releases General Nutrition Centers, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial ResultsPRNewswire PITTSBURGH, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- General Nutrition Centers, Inc. ("GNC" or the "Company"), the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. General Nutrition Centers, Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GNC Parent LLC which was acquired on March 16, 2007 by affiliates of Ares Management LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. As such, the financial results presented in this press release represent the aggregate of the financial results of General Nutrition Centers, Inc. from January 1, 2007 through March 15, 2007, predecessor, and the results from March 16, 2007 to March 31, 2007, successor. For the quarter, the Company reported revenues of $391.9 million, a 1.3% increase over the same quarter in 2006. This increase was the result of increased revenues in the retail segment, which improved by 3.3% on same store sales increases of 0.5% and 10.4% for its company-owned domestic stores, including the internet, and its Canadian stores, respectively, and the addition of 38 net new stores compared to the same quarter in 2006. This increase was partially offset by lower revenues in Franchising and Manufacturing/Wholesale. For the quarter, the Company reported earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $(4.1) million compared to $37.5 million for the same quarter in 2006. The change is EBITDA was primarily the result of transaction costs and related expenses incurred in relation to the acquisition of the Company on March 16, 2007. As a result of the acquisition, $51.3 million of transaction-related costs were recorded in the first quarter operating results, including $34.6 million of transaction fees and expenses; $15.3 million of compensation expenses related to the transaction (including $3.8 million of non-cash stock based compensation resulting from the cancellation of all outstanding stock options), and $1.4 million of non-cash purchase accounting adjustments recorded as a part of cost of sales. Additionally, the Company recorded $0.5 million of non-cash stock-based compensation expense in the quarter. Included as a part of compensation expense for the first quarter of 2006 was $4.8 million of discretionary payments made to stock option holders in conjunction with a distribution made to shareholders in March 2006 and $0.6 million of non-cash, stock-based compensation expense. Excluding the above items, adjusted EBITDA was $47.7 million for the first quarter 2007, 11.1% over adjusted EBITDA of $42.9 million in the same quarter 2006. GNC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional products; including vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products. GNC has more than 4,800 retail locations throughout the United States (including more than 1,000 franchise and 1,250 Rite Aid store-within-a-store locations) and franchise operations in 48 international markets. The company - which is dedicated to helping consumers Live Well - also offers products and product information online at http://www.gnc.com/. GNC has posted today, the first quarter financial results on a form 10-Q equivalent report on its website http://www.gnc.com/. This release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business that is not historical information. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as "subject to," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "may," "will," "should," "can," the negatives thereof, variations thereon and similar expressions, or by discussions of strategy. GNC believes there is a reasonable basis for our expectations and beliefs, but they are inherently uncertain, we may not realize our expectations and our beliefs may not prove correct. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Actual results could differ materially from those described or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that may materially affect such forward- looking statements include, among others: * significant competition in our industry;
* unfavorable publicity or consumer perception of our products;
* the incurrence of material products liability and product recall costs;
* costs of compliance and our failure to comply with governmental
regulations;
* the failure of our franchisees to conduct their operations profitably
and limitations on our ability to terminate or replace under-performing
franchisees;
* economic, political and other risks associated with our international
operations;
* our failure to keep pace with the demands of our customers for new
products and services;
* the lack of long-term experience with human consumption of some of our
products with innovative ingredients;
* disruptions in our manufacturing system or losses of manufacturing
certifications;
* increases in the frequency and severity of insurance claims,
particularly for claims for which we are self-insured;
* loss or retirement of key members of management;
* increases in the cost of borrowings and unavailability of additional
debt or equity capital;
* the impact of our substantial indebtedness on our operating income and
our ability to grow;
* the failure to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property
rights against competitors;
* changes in applicable laws relating to our franchise operations; and
our inability to expand our franchise operations to attract new
franchisees.
Results of Operations
(Dollars in millions and percentages expressed as a percentage of total
net revenues)
Predecessor Successor Combined Predecessor
Period Period
January 1, March 16, Three Three
2007 to 2007 to Months Months
March 15, March 31, Ended March Ended March
2007 2007 31, 2007 31, 2006
Revenues:
Retail $259.3 $45.4 $304.7 77.8% $294.9 76.2%
Franchise 47.2 11.6 58.8 15.0% 60.3 15.6%
Manufacturing /
Wholesale 23.3 5.1 28.4 7.2% 31.7 8.2%
Total net revenues 329.8 62.1 391.9 100.0% 386.9 100.0%
Operating expenses:
Cost of sales,
including
warehousing,
distribution and
occupancy costs 212.2 42.8 255.0 65.1% 256.9 66.4%
Compensation and
related benefits 64.3 10.1 74.4 19.0% 65.9 17.0%
Advertising and
promotion 20.5 0.2 20.7 5.3% 15.8 4.1%
Other selling,
general and
administrative
expenses 16.4 3.0 19.4 4.9% 20.0 5.2%
Amortization expense 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.3% 1.0 0.3%
Foreign currency gain (0.1) - (0.1) 0.0% (0.6) -0.2%
Transaction related
costs 34.6 - 34.6 8.8% - 0.0%
Total operating
expenses 348.7 56.5 405.2 103.4% 359.0 92.8%
Operating (loss)
income:
Retail 28.2 5.3 33.5 8.6% 35.3 9.1%
Franchise 14.5 2.9 17.4 4.4% 16.1 4.2%
Manufacturing /
Wholesale 10.3 2.0 12.3 3.1% 11.2 2.9%
Unallocated corporate
and other (costs)
income:
Warehousing and
distribution
costs (10.7) (2.0) (12.7) -3.2% (12.8) -3.3%
Corporate
costs (61.2) (2.6) (63.8) -16.3% (21.9) -5.7%
Subtotal unallocated
corporate and
other costs net (71.9) (4.6) (76.5) -19.5% (34.7) -9.0%
Total operating (loss)
income (18.9) 5.6 (13.3) -3.4% 27.9 7.2%
Interest expense, net 43.0 4.3 47.3 9.7
(Loss) income before
income taxes (61.9) 1.3 (60.6) 18.2
Income tax (benefit)
expense (10.7) 0.5 (10.2) 6.8
Net (loss) income $(51.2) $0.8 $(50.4) $11.4
Note: The numbers in the above table have been rounded to millions. All
calculations related to the Results of Operations for the year-over-year
comparisons were derived from the table above and could occasionally
differ immaterially if you were to use the unrounded data for these
calculations.
We define EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest expense (net), income tax expense, depreciation, and amortization. Management uses EBITDA as a tool to measure operating performance of the business. We use EBITDA as one criterion for evaluating our performance relative to our competitors and also as a measurement for the calculation of management incentive compensation. Although we primarily view EBITDA as an operating performance measure, we also consider it to be a useful analytical tool for measuring our liquidity, our leverage capacity, and our ability to service our debt and generate cash for other purposes. We also use EBITDA to determine our compliance with certain covenants in our Senior Credit Facility, and the indentures governing our Senior Floating Rate Toggle Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes. The reconciliation of EBITDA as presented below is different than that used for purposes of the covenants under the indentures governing the Senior Floating Rate Toggle Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes. Historically, we have highlighted our use of EBITDA as a liquidity measure and for related purposes because of our focus on the holders of our debt. At the same time, however, management has also internally used EBITDA as a performance measure. EBITDA is not a measurement of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP, or as an alternative to GAAP cash flow from operating activities, as a measure of our profitability or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA is presented as additional information, as management also uses Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the operating performance of the business and as a measurement for the calculation of management incentive calculation. Management believes that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are commonly used by security analysts, lenders, and others; however, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Some of the limitations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are as follows:
* EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash expenditures, future
requirements for capital expenditures, or contractual commitments;
* EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash
requirements for working capital needs;
* EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect interest expense or the cash
requirement necessary to service interest or principal payments on our
debt; although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the
assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in
the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash
requirements for such replacements; and
* EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA reflect the impact of earnings on income
resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of our ongoing
operations, certain of which income we eliminated in our computation of
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.
Because of these limitations, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using EBITDA only for supplemental purposes. For the Predecessor period from January 1, 2007 through March 15, 2007, the Successor period from March 16, 2007 through March 31, 2007, the combined periods ended March 31, 2007 and three months ended March 31, 2006 the following table presents EBITDA reconciled to our net income for such periods and Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to EBITDA for such periods. CASH FROM OPERATIONS RECONCILIATION TO EBITDA
(in millions)
(unaudited) Predecessor Successor Combined Predecessor
Three Three
January 1 March 16 Months Months
- March 15, - March 31, Ended March Ended March
2007 2007 31, 2007 31, 2006
Net cash (used in)
provided by operating
activities $(46.8) $2.2 $(44.6) $12.5
Cash paid for interest
(excluding deferred
financing fees) 38.7 0.1 38.8 8.6
Cash paid for taxes 1.2 0.1 1.3 0.2
(Decrease) increase in
accounts receivable (1.6) 3.5 1.9 7.4
(Decrease) increase
in inventory (0.1) (4.5) (4.6) 41.3
Increase in accounts
payable (3.7) (0.7) (4.4) (25.8)
(Decrease) increase in
other assets (7.8) 8.2 0.4 (2.4)
(Increase) decrease in
other liabilities (8.6) (1.5) 7.1 (4.3)
EBITDA $(11.5) $7.4 $(4.1) $37.5
Transaction costs 34.6 - 34.6 -
Compensation expense
related to transaction 15.3 - 15.3 4.8
Non-cash stock based
compensation expense 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.6
Purchase accounting
adjustments - 1.4 1.4 -
Adjusted EBITDA $38.8 $8.9 $47.7 $42.9
For the Predecessor period from January 1, 2007 through March 15, 2007, the Successor period from March 16, 2007 through March 31, 2007, the combined periods ended March 31, 2007 and three months ended March 31, 2006 the following table presents EBITDA reconciled to our cash from operations for such periods and Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to EBITDA for such periods. NET (LOSS) INCOME RECONCILIATION TO EBITDA
(in millions)
(unaudited) Predecessor Successor Combined Predecessor
Three Three
January 1 March 16 Months Months
- March 15, - March 31, Ended March Ended March
2007 2007 31, 2007 31, 2006
Net (loss) income $(51.2) $0.8 $(50.4) $11.4
Interest expense, net 43.0 4.3 47.3 9.7
Income tax expense (10.7) 0.5 (10.2) 6.8
Depreciation and
amortization 7.4 1.8 9.2 9.6
EBITDA $(11.5) $7.4 $(4.1) $37.5
Transaction costs 34.6 - 34.6 -
Compensation expense
related to transaction 15.3 - 15.3 4.8
Non-cash stock based
compensation expense 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.6
Purchase accounting
adjustments - 1.4 1.4 -
Adjusted EBITDA $38.8 $8.9 $47.7 $42.9
SOURCE: General Nutrition Centers, Inc. CONTACT: Curtis J. Larrimer of General Nutrition Centers, Inc., Web site: http://www.gnc.com/ |
