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EXHIBIT 99.1
ABM INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER FISCAL
2007 FINANCIAL RESULTS
Company Achieves Second Quarter Record Net Income of $16.7 Million
Up 60.9% on Sales of $697.9 Million
Company Increases its 2007 Fiscal Year Net Income Guidance
SAN FRANCISCO—June 5, 2007—ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), a leading facility services contractor in the United States, today reported net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 of $16.7 million ($0.33 per diluted share), up 60.9%, compared to $10.4 million ($0.21 per diluted share) for the prior year second quarter.
Sales and other income for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 were $697.9 million, up 5.7% from $660.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2006.
“We are very pleased with our second quarter financial performance, which was at the high end of our expectations,” commented Henrik Slipsager, ABM’s president and chief executive officer. “Our focus on key strategic initiatives resulted in new business and the expansion of services to existing customers across the country. We experienced an increase in sales across all of our segments and achieved an organic growth rate of 4.6% for the second quarter of 2007. During the quarter, we also purchased the assets of HealthCare Parking Systems of America (HPSA), which provides an important and strategic expansion into the growing healthcare segment of the parking industry.”
Mr. Slipsager continued, “Despite a $7.1 million cash outlay for HPSA, we ended the second quarter with approximately $99 million in cash and cash equivalents, approximately $345 million in working capital and no debt. In addition to our strong financial position, our breadth of services and talented pool of employees are the main drivers for our continued growth and we believe that these aspects of our business have positioned ABM to continue to expand its leadership position in facility services. In addition, in fiscal 2007, we are taking actions to increase operating efficiencies, including the establishment of a Shared Services Center consolidating certain back office functions in Houston, Texas.”
The net income of $16.7 million for second quarter of 2007, which as previously announced, includes a $5.0 million ($3.0 million after-tax) gain from the sale of an airport parking garage lease, partially offset by $1.9 million ($1.2 million after-tax) of additional share-based compensation expense due to the acceleration of price vested employee stock options. The second quarter of 2006 included an additional $2.4 million ($1.5 million after-tax) of professional fees for the Audit Committee’s independent investigation of 2005 accounting at Security Services of America (SSA), a Company subsidiary.

 


 

The Company reported net income during the six months ended April 30, 2007 of $25.4 million ($0.51 per diluted share) on sales of $1.4 billion, compared to $14.4 million ($0.29 per diluted share) on sales of $1.3 billion for the same period last year.
Guidance
The Company expects net income for the third quarter to be $0.25 to $0.29 per diluted share. The Company’s net income for the third quarter of 2006 of $0.35 per diluted share included $7.9 million ($4.8 million after-tax or $0.10 per diluted share) of favorable development to the beginning of the period insurance reserves. The Company is increasing its fiscal 2007 guidance of net income to $1.05 to $1.10 per diluted share, which includes a $0.02 per diluted share impact from the increase in shares outstanding as a result of recent exercises of employee stock options and $0.03 per diluted share for certain costs associated with the Company’s implementation of new IT systems.
Conference Call
On Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 6:00 a.m. (PT), ABM will host a live webcast of remarks by President and Chief Executive Officer Henrik C. Slipsager, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer George B. Sundby. The webcast will be accessible at http://www.irconnect.com/primecast/07/q2/abm2q2007.html. Listeners are asked to be online at least fifteen minutes early to register, as well as to download and install any complimentary audio software that might be required. Following the call, the webcast will be available at this URL for a period of three months.
In addition to the webcast, a limited number of toll-free telephone lines will also be available for listeners who are among the first to call 800-524-4293 within fifteen minutes before the event. Telephonic replays will be accessible during the period from two hours to seven days after the call by dialing 800-642-1687, and then entering ID #2896077.
About ABM Industries
ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2006 revenues in excess of $2.7 billion and more than 75,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security Services; ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering; and Amtech Lighting Services.

 


 

Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that set forth management’s anticipated results based on management’s plans and assumptions. Any number of factors could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (1) inadequate technology systems that cannot support the growth of the business; (2) transition to a Shared Services Center could create disruption in functions affected; (3) a change in the frequency or severity of claims against the Company, a deterioration in claims management, the cancellation or non-renewal of the Company’s primary insurance policies or a change in our customers’ insurance needs; (4) a change in estimated claims costs that causes an unanticipated change in insurance reserves; (5) acquisition activity slows or is unsuccessful; (6) labor disputes that lead to a loss of sales or expense variations; (7) a decline in commercial office building occupancy and rental rates lowers sales and profitability; (8) financial difficulties or bankruptcy of a major customer; (9) the loss of long-term customers; (10) intense competition that lowers revenue or reduces margins; (11) an increase in costs that the Company cannot pass on to customers; (12) natural disasters or acts of terrorism that disrupt the Company in providing services; (13) significant accounting and other control costs that reduce the Company’s profitability; and (14) other issues and uncertainties that may include: unanticipated adverse jury determinations, judicial rulings or other developments in litigation to which the Company is subject, new accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting policies, changes in U.S. immigration law that raise the Company’s administration costs, labor shortages that adversely affect the Company’s ability to employ entry level personnel, legislation or other governmental action that detrimentally impacts the Company’s expenses or reduces sales by adversely affecting the Company’s customers, a reduction or revocation of the Company’s line of credit that increases interest expense and the cost of capital, low levels of capital investments by customers, which tend to be cyclical in nature, that adversely impact the results of the Company’s Lighting segment; and the resignation, termination, death or disability of one or more of the Company’s key executives that adversely affects customer retention or day-to-day management of the Company. Additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties the Company faces is contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other reports it files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
ABM Industries Incorporated
George B. Sundby
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(415) 733-4000

 


 

Financial Schedules
GAAP Basis

(In thousands, except per share data)
BALANCE SHEET SUMMARY
                 
    April 30,     October 31,  
    2007     2006  
 
 
  (UNAUDITED)        
Assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 98,685     $ 134,001  
Trade accounts receivable, net
    376,160       383,977  
Other current assets
    136,446       113,763  
 
Total current assets
    611,291       631,741  
Goodwill, net
    253,794       247,888  
Other intangible assets, net
    25,542       23,881  
All other assets
    115,552       112,764  
 
Total assets
  $ 1,006,179     $ 1,016,274  
 
Liabilities
               
Current liabilities
  $ 266,688     $ 319,285  
Non-current liabilities
    157,688       155,742  
 
Total liabilities
    424,376       475,027  
Stockholders’ Equity
    581,803       541,247  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,006,179     $ 1,016,274  
 
SELECTED CASH FLOW INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
                 
    Three Months Ended April 30,  
    2007     2006  
 
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities
  $ 7,044     $ 14,368  
 
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
  $ (9,354 )   $ (4,704 )
 
Common stock issued
  $ 16,293     $ 2,610  
Stock buyback
          (13,942 )
Dividends paid
    (5,963 )     (5,421 )
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities
  $ 10,330     $ (16,753 )
 
                 
    Six Months Ended April 30,  
    2007     2006  
 
Net Cash (Used In) Provided by Operating Activities
  $ (28,965 )   $ 2,452  
 
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
  $ (15,101 )   $ (15,524 )
 
Common stock issued
  $ 20,568     $ 6,057  
Stock buyback
          (13,942 )
Dividends paid
    (11,818 )     (10,830 )
 
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities
  $ 8,750     $ (18,715 )
 

 


 

INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)
                         
    Three Months Ended April 30,     Increase  
    2007     2006     (Decrease)  
   
Revenues
                       
Sales and other income
  $ 697,851     $ 660,108       5.7 %
Expenses
                       
Operating expenses and cost of goods sold
    619,313       592,322       4.6 %
Selling, general and administrative
    51,601       49,530       4.2 %
Amortization of intangible assets
    1,331       1,493       (10.9 )%
Interest
    109       121       (9.9 )%
 
Total expenses
    672,354       643,466       4.5 %
 
Income before income taxes
    25,497       16,642       53.2 %
Income taxes
    8,775       6,250       40.4 %
 
Net Income
  $ 16,722     $ 10,392       60.9 %
 
Net Income Per Common Share
                       
Basic
  $ 0.34     $ 0.21       61.9 %
Diluted
  $ 0.33     $ 0.21       57.1 %
Average Common And Common Equivalent Shares
                       
Basic
    49,385       49,226       0.3 %
Diluted
    50,754       49,812       1.9 %
Dividends Declared Per Common Share
  $ 0.12     $ 0.11       9.1 %
                         
    Six Months Ended April 30,     Increase  
    2007     2006     (Decrease)  
 
Revenues
                       
Sales and other income
  $ 1,401,400     $ 1,326,709       5.6 %
Expenses
                       
Operating expenses and cost of goods sold
    1,249,418       1,198,498       4.2 %
Selling, general and administrative
    110,214       102,423       7.6 %
Amortization of intangible assets
    2,671       3,071       (13.0 )%
Interest
    242       244       (0.8 )%
 
Total expenses
    1,362,545       1,304,236       4.5 %
 
Income before income taxes
    38,855       22,473       72.9 %
Income taxes
    13,429       8,091       66.0 %
 
Net Income
  $ 25,426     $ 14,382       76.8 %
 
Net Income Per Common Share
                       
Basic
  $ 0.52     $ 0.29       79.3 %
Diluted
  $ 0.51     $ 0.29       75.9 %
Average Common And Common Equivalent Shares
                       
Basic
    49,075       49,205       (0.3 )%
Diluted
    50,245       49,949       0.6 %
Dividends Declared Per Common Share
  $ 0.24     $ 0.22       9.1 %

 


 

SALES AND OPERATING PROFIT BY SEGMENT (UNAUDITED)
                         
    Three Months Ended April 30,     Increase  
    2007     2006     (Decrease)  
 
Sales and Other Income
                       
Janitorial
  $ 399,518     $ 382,604       4.4 %
Parking
    118,521       106,063       11.7 %
Security
    77,549       75,278       3.0 %
Engineering
    72,044       68,101       5.8 %
Lighting
    28,923       27,248       6.1 %
Corporate
    1,296       814       59.2 %
 
 
  $ 697,851     $ 660,108       5.7 %
 
Operating Profit
                       
Janitorial
  $ 23,758     $ 20,959       13.4 %
Parking
    7,967       3,011       164.6 %
Security
    (434 )(1)     287        
Engineering
    2,896       3,762       (23.0 )%
Lighting
    590       249       136.9 %
Corporate expenses
    (9,171 )(2)     (11,505 )     (20.3 )%
 
Operating Profit
    25,606       16,763       52.8 %
Interest expense
    (109 )     (121 )     (9.9 )%
 
Income before income taxes
  $ 25,497     $ 16,642       53.2 %
 
 
    (1) Includes litigation settlement expense of $1,703.
 
    (2) Includes a $1,370 reduction in a litigation loss provision, which was recorded in the first quarter of 2007, that arose from settlement of a lawsuit affecting the Security segment.
                         
    Six Months Ended April 30,     Increase  
    2007     2006     (Decrease)  
 
Sales and Other Income
                       
Janitorial
  $ 799,744     $ 768,958       4.0 %
Parking
    233,327       211,784       10.2 %
Security
    158,367       153,574       3.1 %
Engineering
    146,822       135,040       8.7 %
Lighting
    59,980       56,144       6.8 %
Corporate
    3,160       1,209       161.4 %
 
 
  $ 1,401,400     $ 1,326,709       5.6 %
 
Operating Profit
                       
Janitorial
  $ 40,600     $ 35,655       13.9 %
Parking
    11,007       4,650       136.7 %
Security
    666 (1)     462       44.2 %
Engineering
    5,970       6,950       (14.1 )%
Lighting
    1,265       584       116.6 %
Corporate expenses
    (20,411 )     (25,584 )     (20.2 )%
 
Operating Profit
    39,097       22,717       72.1 %
Interest expense
    (242 )     (244 )     (0.8 )%
 
Income before income taxes
  $ 38,855     $ 22,473       72.9 %
 
 
    (1) Includes litigation settlement expense of $1,703.