0000950123-11-094139.txt : 20111102 0000950123-11-094139.hdr.sgml : 20111102 20111102061614 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-094139 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111102 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20111102 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111102 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Dolan Co. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001396838 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 522065604 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33603 FILM NUMBER: 111172993 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 SOUTH NINTH STREET, SUITE 2300 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 BUSINESS PHONE: (612) 317-9420 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 SOUTH NINTH STREET, SUITE 2300 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Dolan Co DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100527 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Dolan Media CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070418 8-K 1 c24001e8vk.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 2, 2011
The Dolan Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-33603   43-2004527
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
222 South Ninth Street, Suite 2300
Minneapolis, Minnesota
   
55402
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (612) 317-9420
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On November 2, 2011, we issued a press release announcing our financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2011. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto and incorporated by reference in this Item 2.02.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description of Exhibits
  99    
Press Release of the Company dated November 2, 2011

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  THE DOLAN COMPANY
 
 
  By:   /s/ Vicki J. Duncomb    
    Name:   Vicki J. Duncomb   
    Its: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
Dated: November 2, 2011

 


 

Exhibit Index
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description of Exhibits
  99    
Press Release of the Company dated November 2, 2011

 

EX-99 2 c24001exv99.htm EXHIBIT 99 Exhibit 99
Exhibit 99
(THE DOOLAN COMPANY LOGO)
THE DOLAN COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
 
Third quarter revenues decreased 4.0% year-over-year to $75.3 million
 
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company was $3.1 million, or $0.10 per diluted share
 
Cash earnings were $7.1 million, or $0.24 per diluted share (See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below)
 
Adjusted EBITDA was $16.3 million (See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below)
 
Company revises guidance for 2011
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — November 2, 2011 — The Dolan Company (NYSE: DM), a leading provider of professional processing services as well as business information to legal, financial and real estate sectors in the United States, today announced financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2011.
“The third quarter was mixed as we continue to experience a slowdown in our foreclosure processing business, but encouraging growth in our e-discovery business. Regulatory scrutiny and adoption of new procedures have continued to cause mortgage servicers to slow foreclosure referrals,” said James P. Dolan, chairman, chief executive officer and president. He said the slowdown in default referrals directly affected The Dolan Company’s Professional Services Division and also affected its Business Information Division, where default-related public notices have been an important revenue source.
“Although there are some signs of progress, this process has dragged on longer than expected,” Dolan said. “There continues to be an enormous backlog of pending and future foreclosures, and we believe a significant multi-year opportunity still exists.
“Meanwhile, we are very pleased with our recent addition of ACT Litigation Services to our DiscoverReady e-discovery platform. ACT was immediately accretive and the integration is off to a good start. ACT allows us to further rebalance our business mix. It also extends our e-discovery platform into several significant areas of technology and processing development, which allows us to continue to grow our client list and expand our offerings to current clients,” Dolan said.

 


 

“In the third quarter, revenues at our National Default Exchange, or NDeX, declined by 24% year-over-year. Despite difficult industry trends, we believe we held our market share in most of our more mature states and that we continued to see market share gains in some of our newer states. We have worked on reducing our costs, and we will continue to evaluate our cost structure and efficiencies as we strive to improve our margins,” said Dolan.
“Litigation Support Services revenues grew year-over-year by $9.1 million, or 60%, mostly due to the addition of ACT Litigation Services in late July. For comparative purposes, assuming we had owned ACT during the entire third quarters of 2010 and 2011, the Litigation Support Services segment grew by roughly 33% during the quarter. More than ever, we are excited about the growth opportunities for this business and we have made good progress in diversifying DiscoverReady’s customer mix. We are well on our way to our initial goal of building our e-discovery subsidiary into a $100 million operation,” Dolan said.
“Within our Business Information Division, margins continue to be under pressure from the decline in higher-margin public notice revenues related to mortgage defaults. We are well down the path of reorganizing and centralizing some parts of the division to reduce costs and improve margins, and we are seeing some benefit. We are seeing a growing list of new opportunities for DataStream as well as the newly launched Legislative Information Services of America,” Dolan said.
“Previously we were cautious about the third quarter given the foreclosure industry backdrop that exists. Although we have seen some progress, we remain cautious about our foreclosure processing business heading into the fourth quarter, given regulatory activities and other industry factors, but we continue to believe this is a matter of revenue timing. We are convinced that a very large amount of foreclosure work remains to be done, years worth of volume, and that we are extremely well positioned to handle it,” Dolan said.
Full Year 2011 Guidance
Based on third quarter results, the company is revising its full-year financial guidance as follows:
     
    2011 Financial Guidance
    (dollars in millions, except per share numbers)
Total revenues
  $294 – $297
Adjusted EBITDA
  $60 – $62
GAAP EPS
  $0.39 – $0.41
Cash earnings per diluted share
  $0.89 – $0.92
This guidance presumes the following: 1) no significant improvement in the foreclosure market for the remainder of the year; 2) operating expenses as a percent of total revenues are approximately 91%; 3) non-controlling interest of $0.9 to $1.0 million; 4) interest expense is $6.3 to $6.5 million; 5) cash distributions to holders of non-controlling interest are approximately $0.8 million; 6) the tax rate is estimated at 40%; and 7) fully diluted shares outstanding of 30.2 to 30.4 million.

 

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This guidance excludes the effect of any other businesses that may be acquired in the remainder of 2011. It also assumes that there will be no additional material effect on results of operations from current or future foreclosure-related government legislation, programs or investigations, or from lender-based programs or moratoria. These include, but are not limited to, programs, legislation, investigations and moratoria detailed in “Regulatory Environment” and “Risk Factors” in the company’s 2011 quarterly reports and its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC.
Third Quarter 2011
Financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2011, and 2010 are as follows:
                         
    Three Months     Three Months        
    Ended     Ended     Year-over-  
    September 30,     September 30,     Year %  
Dollars in thousands, except per share data   2011     2010     Change  
    (unaudited)     (unaudited)        
Total revenues
  $ 75,294     $ 78,459       (4.0 )%
Professional Services Division revenues
    55,402       56,337       (1.7 )%
Business Information Division revenues
    19,892       22,122       (10.1 )%
Operating income
    7,715       16,430       (53.0 )%
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company
    3,089       9,040       (65.8 )%
Adjusted EBITDA *
    16,304       24,154       (32.5 )%
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company per diluted share
  $ 0.10     $ 0.30       (66.7 )%
Cash earnings *
    7,099       12,352       (42.5 )%
Cash earnings per diluted share *
  $ 0.24     $ 0.41       (41.5 )%
     
*  
Please refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP and why the company believes these are important measures of performance.
Professional Services Division Results
The Professional Services Division provides specialized processing services to the legal profession through its subsidiaries, NDeX, Counsel Press, and DiscoverReady. NDeX is a leading provider of mortgage default processing services in the United States. Together, Counsel Press and DiscoverReady comprise the company’s litigation support services segment. Counsel Press is the largest provider of appellate services in the United States, and DiscoverReady provides outsourced discovery management, including document review and data management services, to major corporations and law firms.

 

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Division revenues for the third quarter were $55.4 million, a decline of 1.7% from $56.3 million in the third quarter of 2010. The decline was the result of much lower NDeX file volume, which was partially offset by increased revenue for DiscoverReady.
NDeX received 77,200 mortgage default files for processing during the third quarter and generated $31.2 million in revenues. This compares to 99,700 files received for processing and $41.2 million in revenues in the third quarter of 2010. The total number of mortgage foreclosure files received decreased by more than 30% in the quarter compared to the third quarter of 2010.
Litigation Support contributed $24.2 million in revenues during the third quarter of 2011, an increase of 60.2% from the third quarter of 2010. The increase is primarily the result of the ACT Litigation Services acquisition by DiscoverReady in July of 2011.
Direct operating expenses within the Professional Services Division increased 11.5% to $25.4 million during the third quarter of 2011, from $22.8 million for the same period in 2010. The increase is mostly due to the ACT acquisition, offset in part by lower direct operating expenses at NDeX, which continues to focus on reducing costs and increasing efficiencies to offset volume declines. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 12.9% on a year-over-year basis to $17.2 million. The increases were largely the result of the ACT acquisition as well as negative operating leverage. Total Professional Services Division operating expenses as a percentage of division revenues increased to 86.6% for the quarter, from 76.4% in the third quarter of 2010. Previous investments made in DiscoverReady and negative operating leverage at NDeX were the primary reasons for the increase. The increase in third quarter operating expenses as a percentage of revenue was partially offset by higher margins at ACT.
Business Information Division Results
The Business Information Division publishes print and electronic business journals, court and commercial media and other highly focused information products and services, operates Web sites and produces events for targeted professional audiences in 21 geographic markets across the United States.
Business Information Division revenues for the third quarter of 2011 were $19.9 million, a 10.1% decrease from $22.1 million in the third quarter of 2010. The addition of DataStream in December 2010 and Federal News Service in August 2010 helped somewhat offset significant weakness in public notice advertising. The company believes that a majority of the weakness in public notice is related to ongoing delays from large mortgage servicers that are deferring foreclosures as previously described.
Total operating expenses within the Business Information Division rose 5.4% to $18.3 million from the third quarter of 2010, due primarily to the additional operating costs associated with the acquisitions of DataStream and Federal News Service. However, total operating expenses from pre-existing business decreased $1.4 million on a year-over-year basis. For the third quarter of 2011, direct operating expenses increased 8.3% to $7.8 million while selling, general and administrative expenses for the division were up 0.3% to $9.0 million.

 

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Balance Sheet and Liquidity
As of September 30, 2011, the company held $2.1 million of cash and cash equivalents, compared to $4.9 million at the end of 2010. During the third quarter of 2011, the company generated $9.7 million of cash from operating activities and $7.4 million of free cash flow, which is defined as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures. Quarterly capital expenditures were $2.3 million. Days sales outstanding were 97.8 days for the third quarter of 2011, which was up from 85.0 days in the third quarter of last year. DSO increased primarily from a slowdown of payments received from NDeX law firm customers as they experience delays in the foreclosure process and taking files to sale.
Total debt outstanding at the end of the third quarter was $187.7 million, of which $46.3 million was under a term loan facility. Net debt was $185.6 million, up $51.3 million from the end of 2010 due primarily to the acquisition of ACT. At September 30, 2011, the combined weighted-average interest rate on the company’s credit facilities was 2.9%. The leverage ratio at the end of the quarter was 2.6 times total debt to trailing twelve month pro forma adjusted EBITDA, up from 1.5 times as of December 31, 2010. We are within our senior debt covenants.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the term used to refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting in the United States. GAAP includes the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions, and in the preparation of financial statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, The Dolan Company reports the following non-GAAP measures:
 
Adjusted EBITDA, defined as GAAP net income attributable to The Dolan Company adjusted for the impact of the following: net interest expense resulting from the company’s net cash or borrowing position, which includes non-cash interest income or expense related to the changes in fair value of interest rate swaps; income tax expense; non-cash expenses, including depreciation and amortization, charges for stock options and restricted stock the company has granted, and fair value adjustments on earnouts recorded in connection with acquisitions; non-recurring items of income or expense, if applicable; non-controlling interest; and distributions paid to holders of non-controlling interest;
 
Cash earnings, defined as GAAP net income attributable to The Dolan Company adjusted for the impact of the following: non-cash expenses, including non-cash interest income or expense related to the changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps, charges for stock options and restricted stock granted, fair value adjustments on earnouts recorded in connection with acquisitions, and amortization; certain non-recurring items of income or expense; and an adjustment to income tax expense related to the above reconciling items at the appropriate then-in-effect tax rate;
 
Cash earnings per diluted share, defined as cash earnings divided by the number of weighted average diluted shares outstanding; and
 
Free cash flow, defined as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures.

 

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The Dolan Company provides these measures because it believes that they are helpful to investors in comparing year-over-year performance in light of certain non-recurring charges, and to better understand its operating performance and profitability, competitive position and future prospects. Non-GAAP measures should be considered in conjunction with the GAAP financial presentation and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP net income attributable to The Dolan Company. In addition, it should be noted that the company’s calculations of adjusted EBITDA, cash earnings, cash earnings per diluted share, and free cash flow may not be comparable to the calculations of such measures by other companies.
The following is a reconciliation of net income attributable to The Dolan Company to adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2011     2010  
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company
  $ 3,089     $ 9,040  
 
Interest expense, net
    1,744       1,361  
Income tax expense
    2,558       5,545  
Amortization of intangibles
    4,939       3,981  
Depreciation expense
    2,104       2,413  
Amortization of Detroit Legal News Publishing intangible
    377       377  
Non-cash compensation expense
    1,007       972  
Non-cash fair value adjustment on earnouts recorded in connection with acquisitions
    253       294  
Non-recurring income
    107       (197 )
Non-controlling interest
    217       681  
Cash distribution to holders of non-controlling interest
    (91 )     (313 )
 
           
 
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 16,304     $ 24,154  
 
           

 

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The following is a reconciliation of net income attributable to The Dolan Company to cash earnings and cash earnings per diluted share (in thousands, except share and per share data):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2011     2010  
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company
  $ 3,089     $ 9,040  
 
Non-cash interest income related to the change in fair value of interest rate swaps
          (228 )
Non-cash compensation expense
    1,007       972  
Non-cash fair value adjustment on earnouts recorded in connection with acquisitions
    253       294  
Amortization of intangibles
    4,939       3,981  
Amortization of Detroit Legal News Publishing intangible
    377       377  
Non-recurring income
    107       (197 )
Adjustment to income tax expense related to reconciling items at effective tax rate
    (2,673 )     (1,887 )
 
           
Cash earnings
  $ 7,099     $ 12,352  
 
           
 
               
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company per diluted share (GAAP)
  $ 0.10     $ 0.30  
Change in redeemable non-controlling interest
    0.09       (0.01 )
 
           
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company common stockholders per diluted share (GAAP)
  $ 0.19     $ 0.29  
 
           
Cash earnings per diluted share
  $ 0.24     $ 0.41  
 
           
 
               
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding
    30,208,472       30,316,660  
Conference Call
The company has scheduled a conference call for November 2, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (7:30 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time). The dial-in number is (888) 517-2513, passcode 7919 254#. The call will be hosted by James P. Dolan, chairman, chief executive officer and president; Scott J. Pollei, executive vice president and chief operating officer; and Vicki J. Duncomb, vice president and chief financial officer. It will be broadcast live over the Internet and will be accessible through the investor relations section of the company’s Web site at www.thedolancompany.com. Interested parties should access the webcast approximately 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to register and download any necessary software needed to listen to the call. Prior to the conference call start, a slide presentation highlighting points discussed in the third quarter conference call will be available through the investor relations section of the company Web site at www.thedolancompany.com. The webcast and slide presentation will be archived online and will be available at the investor relations section of the company Web site for a period of 21 days after the call.

 

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Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include statements related to the company’s “guidance” as well as statements using words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “convinced,” “continue,” “to come,” “will,” “may,” “estimate,” “assume,” “pursue,” “outlook” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the following: our businesses operate in highly competitive markets and depend on the economies and demographics of the legal, financial and real estate markets we serve, and changes in those sectors could have an adverse effect on our revenues, cash flows, and profitability; if the number of files referred to us by our mortgage default processing service law firm customers (or loan servicers and mortgage lenders we serve directly for mortgage default files in California) decreases or fails to increase, or if one or more of our law firm customers fails to pay us for our mortgage default processing services, our operating results and ability to execute our growth strategy could be adversely affected; bills introduced and laws enacted to mitigate foreclosures, voluntary relief programs and voluntary halts or moratoria by servicers or lenders, as well as governmental investigations, enforcement actions, litigation and court orders, may have an adverse effect on our mortgage default processing services and public notice operations; growing our business may place a strain on our management and internal systems, processes and controls, may result in operating inefficiencies, and may negatively impact our operating margins; we intend to continue to pursue acquisition opportunities, which we may not do successfully and which may subject us to considerable business and financial risk or require us to raise additional capital or incur additional indebtedness; we depend on our senior management team and other key leaders of our business segments, and the operation and growth of our business may be negatively impacted if we lose any of their services; revenues of our subsidiary NDeX and our subsidiary DiscoverReady have been very concentrated among a few customers, thus the loss of business from these customers and a failure to attract new customers could adversely affect our operating results; certain key personnel of our subsidiary NDeX, who are also shareholders and principal attorneys of our law firm customers, may at times have interests that differ from or conflict with our interests; and the other risk factors described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2011. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Robert J. Evans, Director of Investor Relations
(612) 317-9430
Bob.evans@thedolancompany.com

 

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The Dolan Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share data)
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2011     2010  
    (unaudited)        
ASSETS
               
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 2,115     $ 4,862  
Accounts receivable, including unbilled services (net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $1,190 and $1,578 as of September 30, 2011, and December 31, 2010, respectively)
    80,788       59,801  
Unbilled pass-through costs
    5,197       7,140  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    4,943       4,186  
Income tax receivable
          4,183  
 
           
Total current assets
    93,043       80,172  
Account receivables, long-term
    2,729        
Investments
    11,881       13,808  
Property and equipment, net
    19,948       17,333  
Finite-life intangible assets, net
    220,463       195,959  
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
    287,696       225,373  
Other assets
    2,702       3,143  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 638,462     $ 535,788  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 7,834     $ 7,578  
Accounts payable
    20,027       15,589  
Accrued pass-through liabilities
    9,557       18,271  
Accrued compensation
    7,640       5,409  
Accrued liabilities
    5,780       5,537  
Due to sellers of acquired businesses
    29,450       3,943  
Deferred revenue
    20,882       21,689  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    101,170       78,016  
Long-term debt, less current portion
    179,890       131,568  
Deferred income taxes
    10,866       7,794  
Other liabilities
    6,159       5,939  
Due to sellers of acquired businesses
    32,383       7,033  
 
           
Total liabilities
    330,468       230,350  
 
           
Redeemable noncontrolling interest
    14,232       26,580  
 
           
Commitments and contingencies
               
Stockholders’ equity
               
Common stock, $0.001 par value; authorized: 70,000,000 shares; outstanding: 30,578,999 and 30,511,408 shares as of September 30, 2011, and December 31, 2010, respectively
    30       30  
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; authorized: 5,000,000 shares; designated: 5,000 shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock; no shares outstanding
           
Other comprehensive loss (net of tax)
    (1,427 )     (1,298 )
Additional paid-in capital
    292,045       286,148  
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    3,114       (6,022 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    293,762       278,858  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 638,462     $ 535,788  
 
           

 

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The Dolan Company
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2011     2010     2011     2010  
Revenues
                               
Professional Services
  $ 55,402     $ 56,337     $ 155,775     $ 168,817  
Business Information
    19,892       22,122       61,507       65,829  
 
                       
Total revenues
    75,294       78,459       217,282       234,646  
 
                       
Operating expenses
                               
Direct operating: Professional Services
    25,416       22,790       71,854       68,841  
Direct operating: Business Information
    7,832       7,229       24,543       21,769  
Selling, general and administrative
    27,671       26,758       82,273       77,585  
Amortization
    4,939       3,981       13,822       11,947  
Depreciation
    2,104       2,413       5,841       7,872  
 
                       
Total operating expenses
    67,962       63,171       198,333       188,014  
Equity in earnings of affiliates
    383       1,142       1,572       3,654  
 
                       
Operating income
    7,715       16,430       20,521       50,286  
 
                       
Non-operating income (expense)
                               
Interest expense, net of interest income
    (1,744 )     (1,589 )     (4,717 )     (4,939 )
Non-cash interest income related to interest rate swaps
          228       286       893  
Other (expense) income
    (107 )     197       287       197  
 
                       
Total non-operating expense
    (1,851 )     (1,164 )     (4,144 )     (3,849 )
 
                       
Income before income taxes
    5,864       15,266       16,377       46,437  
Income tax expense
    (2,558 )     (5,545 )     (6,637 )     (17,208 )
 
                       
Net income
    3,306       9,721       9,740       29,229  
Less: Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests
    (217 )     (681 )     (604 )     (2,400 )
 
                       
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company
  $ 3,089     $ 9,040     $ 9,136     $ 26,829  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per share — basic and diluted:
                               
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company
  $ 0.10     $ 0.30     $ 0.30     $ 0.89  
Decrease (increase) in redeemable noncontrolling interest in NDeX
    0.09       (0.01 )     0.17       0.03  
 
                       
Net income attributable to The Dolan Company common stockholders
  $ 0.19     $ 0.29     $ 0.47     $ 0.92  
 
                       
Weighted average shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    30,141,832       30,174,798       30,125,979       30,139,681  
Diluted
    30,208,472       30,316,660       30,218,680       30,296,544  

 

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The Dolan Company
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2011     2010     2011     2010  
Cash flows from operating activities
                               
Net income
  $ 3,306     $ 9,721     $ 9,740     $ 29,229  
Distributions received from The Detroit Legal News Publishing, LLC
    1,400       1,400       3,500       4,900  
Distributions paid to holders of noncontrolling interests
    (91 )     (313 )     (566 )     (1,374 )
Gain on sale of investment
          (197 )     (394 )     (197 )
Non-cash operating activities:
                               
Amortization
    4,939       3,981       13,822       11,947  
Depreciation
    2,104       2,413       5,841       7,872  
Equity in earnings of affiliates
    (383 )     (1,142 )     (1,572 )     (3,654 )
Stock-based compensation expense
    1,007       972       3,041       2,330  
Deferred income taxes
    258       (463 )     286       (463 )
Change in value of interest rate swap
          (228 )     (286 )     (893 )
Amortization of debt issuance costs
    94       80       280       244  
Non-cash fair value adjustment on earnouts recorded in connection with acquisitions
    253       294       610       882  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of business combinations:
                               
Accounts receivable and unbilled pass-through costs
    (4,643 )     (4,925 )     (9,494 )     (6,958 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    796       (1,326 )     3,995       (1,271 )
Other assets
    97       342       97       360  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    504       (211 )     (4,751 )     (816 )
Deferred revenue and other liabilities
    32       2,254       (660 )     1,884  
 
                       
Net cash provided by operating activities
    9,673       12,652       23,489       44,022  
 
                       
 
                               
Cash flows from investing activities
                               
Acquisitions and investments
    (61,994 )     (2,472 )     (67,065 )     (2,587 )
Capital expenditures
    (2,255 )     (2,685 )     (6,168 )     (6,011 )
Escrow payment received on sale of investment
    0       197       394       197  
Other
    75             77        
 
                       
Net cash used in investing activities
    (64,174 )     (4,960 )     (72,762 )     (8,401 )
 
                       
 
                               
Cash flows from financing activities
                               
Net borrowings (payments) on senior revolving note
    55,300             54,000       (8,000 )
Payments on senior long-term debt
    (1,250 )     (3,550 )     (3,750 )     (9,775 )
Payments on unsecured notes payable
    (609 )     (1,410 )     (1,802 )     (10,986 )
Payments for repurchase of common stock
                (1,691 )      
Proceeds from stock option exercises
                      20  
Other
    (130 )     (102 )     (231 )     (202 )
 
                       
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    53,311       (5,062 )     46,526       (28,943 )
 
                       
 
                               
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    (1,190 )     2,630       (2,747 )     6,678  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
    3,305       6,942       4,862       2,894  
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
  $ 2,115     $ 9,572       2,115       9,572  
 
                       

 

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