-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PRNuwd9IBd9g67+wnBTr1QIlwG9X3ueIwt/SEYetF+6OoE6/SSwOLQKpudzvgb98 +jpyc5CDu9LaMGq2kqcboA== 0000950138-06-000767.txt : 20061012 0000950138-06-000767.hdr.sgml : 20061012 20061012090127 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950138-06-000767 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061009 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20061012 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061012 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HEARUSA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000821536 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990] IRS NUMBER: 222748248 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1225 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11655 FILM NUMBER: 061141073 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250 NORTHPOINT PARKWAY CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33407 BUSINESS PHONE: 5614788770 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250 NORTHPOINT PARKWAY CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33407 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEARX LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950808 8-K 1 form8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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):   October 9, 2006

 

 

HearUSA, Inc.

 

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

     Delaware     

(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

     001-11655     

(Commission
File Number)

     22-2748248     

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1250 Northpoint Parkway

 

 

West Palm Beach, Florida

 

33407

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

          (561) 478-8770          

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 2.02     Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 9, 2006, HearUSA, Inc. issued a press release relating to the financial results for the fiscal quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)    Exhibits

                99.1       Press release issued October 9, 2006.

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

 

HearUSA, Inc.

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date:  October 12, 2006

By:

/s/ Stephen J. Hansbrough

 

 

Name: Stephen J. Hansbrough

 

 

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit

 

99.1

Press release issued October 9, 2006.

 

 

 

 

EX-99.1 2 exh99-1.htm PRESS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

 


Company Contacts:

 

Paul A. Brown, M.D, Founder & Chairman

Alisa Steinberg (Media)

Stephen J. Hansbrough, President & CEO

Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA

 

 

HearUSA, Inc.

Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Assoc. LLC

(561) 478-8770

Tel. (212) 370-4500 Fax (212) 370-4505

 

HEARUSA REVENUES INCREASE 12% IN THIRD QUARTER

 

West Palm Beach, Florida, October 9, 2006 – HearUSA, Inc. (AMEX: EAR) today reported that revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 increased approximately 12 percent to approximately $22.0 million from $19.6 million in the third quarter a year earlier. Revenue for the first 9 months increased approximately 14 percent to approximately $65.9 million in 2006 from $57.7 million in 2005. The company also announced that during the third quarter the company closed on five acquisitions with total trailing twelve month revenues of approximately $2.8 million.

 

Mr. Stephen J. Hansbrough, President and CEO stated, “Although hearing aid sales were down nationwide early in the quarter, HearUSA sales rebounded to their targeted levels for the month of September.” The company reaffirmed its previously announced targets of $90 million in revenues for 2006 and 12% of income from operations over the longer term.

 

About HearUSA

HearUSA provides hearing care to patients whose health insurance and managed care organizations have contracted with the company for such care and to retail “self-pay” patients. HearUSA Centers, all of which are company owned, are located in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario Canada. In addition, the company has a network of 1,400 affiliated audiologists in 49 states. For further information, click on “investor information” at HearUSA’s website www.hearusa.com.

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to the company’s reaffirmation of previously announced guidance for 2006 and for income from operations over the longer term. These statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include such factors as market demand for the Company’s goods and services; successful implementation of the Company’s acquisition program; changes in the pricing environment; general economic conditions in those geographic regions where the Company’s centers are located; the impact of competitive products; and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the 2005 fiscal year.

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