-----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, PyFDo1RhIa7obEaChpaBl7E8E/vr2whvjbtI2EG444U/68OUnqKfkaeRWjwz0qWx My4qOYBPWhtaog3RDao4dw== 0001104659-09-023211.txt : 20090408 0001104659-09-023211.hdr.sgml : 20090408 20090408164850 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-023211 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090408 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090408 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090408 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000920424 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 133757717 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32722 FILM NUMBER: 09740284 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVE STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125884000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 380 MADISON AVE STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 8-K 1 a09-9678_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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

 

April 8, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32722

 

95-2848406

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

380 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(212) 588-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(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:

 

o

Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17. CFR 230.425)

 

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-2 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

 

Item 8.01  Other Events

 

On April 8, 2009 Investment Technology Group, Inc. issued a press release. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information set forth in the press release is preliminary and may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press release issued by Investment Technology Group, Inc. on April 8, 2009.

 

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.

 

 

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)  

 

 

 

 

 

Date:   April 8, 2009

By:

/s/ Howard C. Naphtali

 

 

Howard C. Naphtali

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and

 

 

Duly Authorized Signatory of Registrant

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release by Investment Technology Group, Inc., dated as of April 8, 2009.

 

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EX-99.1 2 a09-9678_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

ITG RELEASES MARCH 2009 US
TRADING VOLUMES

 

NEW YORK, NY, April 8, 2009 – Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG), a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, today announced that March 2009 US trading volume was 5.1 billion shares and average daily volume (ADV) was 231 million shares. This compares to 4.0 billion shares and ADV of 209 million shares in February 2009 and 4.6 billion shares and ADV of 228 million shares in March 2008.  There were 22 trading days in March 2009, 19 trading days in February 2009 and 20 trading days in March 2008.

 

Although trading volumes were strong, the composition of ITG’s volume has shifted, reflecting the trends identified in the most recent Investment Company Institute (ICI) data on equity mutual funds showing a $25 billion outflow in February and overall redemptions of over $185 billion since September 2008. “We saw our full-service institutional clients retrench this quarter subsequent to significant declines in their assets under management, while our direct market access clients increased business with us,” said Howard Naphtali, Chief Financial Officer at ITG.   These shifts contributed to a sequential decline of approximately 17 percent in average US commissions per share. Given the largely fixed cost structure of ITG’s business model, the decline in average commission rate and related revenues during the quarter pressured margins, although expenses are expected to be below fourth quarter levels.

 

“The ICI fund flow data indicates that substantial investor assets are on the sidelines.  Once a market recovery begins and those assets return to the equity markets, we believe we are well positioned to increase trading volumes, average US commissions per share and related commission revenues, which would provide the significant operating leverage we have shown in the past,” added Mr. Naphtali.  “In the meantime, our business model and balance sheet remain solid and we are aggressively managing our costs, while maintaining critical strategic growth investments.”

 



 

ITG’s non-US revenues for the quarter declined approximately 17-19 percent sequentially, relatively consistent with the double-digit declines in turnover in global markets.

 

ITG US Trading Activity

 

Total US
Shares

 

# of
Trade
Days

 

Total US
Volume

 

Average US
Daily
Volume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March:

 

22

 

5,089,322,485

 

231,332,840

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year-to-Date:

 

61

 

13,104,768,231

 

214,832,266

 

 

Monthly volume statistics reflect commission-generating US volume.  These statistics are preliminary and may be revised in subsequent updates and public filings.  Volume statistics are posted on ITG’s website, www.itg.com, and are available via a downloadable spreadsheet file.

 

ABOUT ITG

 

Investment Technology Group, Inc., is a specialized agency brokerage and financial technology firm that partners with asset managers globally to provide innovative solutions spanning the investment continuum. A leader in electronic trading since launching POSIT in 1987, ITG’s integrated approach now includes a range of products from portfolio management and pre-trade analysis to trade execution and post-trade evaluation. Asset managers rely on ITG’s independence, experience, and agility to help mitigate risk, improve performance and navigate increasingly complex markets.  The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information on ITG, please visit www.itg.com.

 

In addition to historical information, this press release may contain “forward-looking” statements that reflect management’s expectations for the future.  A variety of important factors could cause results to differ materially from such statements.  These factors are noted throughout ITG’s 2008 Annual Report, on its Form 10-K, and on its Form 10-Qs and include, but are not limited to, the actions of both current and potential new competitors, rapid changes in technology, fluctuations in market trading volumes, financial market volatility, changes in commission pricing, evolving industry regulations, errors or malfunctions in our systems or technology, cash flows into or redemptions from equity funds, effects of inflation, customer trading patterns, the success of our products and service offerings, our ability to

 



 

continue to innovate and meet the demands of our customers for new or enhanced products, our ability to successfully integrate companies we have acquired, changes in tax policy or accounting rules, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, as well as general economic, business, credit and financial market conditions, internationally or nationally, and adverse changes or volatility in interest rates.

 

 

ITG Contact:

Maureen Murphy

(212) 444-6323

 

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