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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Title of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which
registered
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Item 2.02. |
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
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Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) |
Exhibits
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Press release of Lincoln Educational Services Corporation dated August 7, 2023
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LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION
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Date: August 7, 2023
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Brian K. Meyers
|
Name: Brian K. Meyers
|
||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
|
||
and Treasurer
|
• |
Revenue grew 9.8% to $88.2 million
|
• |
New student starts increased 17.9%
|
• |
Adjusted EBITDA of $2.4 million
|
• |
Total liquidity of $95 million; No debt outstanding
|
• |
Raising outlook for revenues and earnings for the full year and refining outlook for start growth to the upper end of previous range
|
• |
Revenue increased $7.9
million, or 9.8% to $88.2 million from $80.3 million in the prior year comparable period excluding the Transitional segment. Average revenue per student was 8.6% higher with the continuing roll-out of Lincoln’s hybrid teaching model
along with tuition increases. Lincoln’s hybrid model increases program efficiency and delivers accelerated revenue recognition in certain evening programs. Revenue also benefitted from student population increasing as a result of 17.9%
growth in student starts, resulting from increased investments in marketing, additional admissions initiatives, and improved enrollment to start rates.
|
• |
Educational services and facilities expense increased $3.9 million, or 10.9% to $40.0
million from $36.1 million in the prior year. Instructional expense, facilities expense and books and tools expense were all higher. Instructional expense rose with higher staffing levels and salary increases, as well as additional
costs as the Company transitions to its hybrid teaching model. Facilities expenses included higher utility expense from higher usage and inflation in addition to an increase in real estate taxes. Books and tools expense were driven by
the 17.9% increase in student starts. Partially offsetting the additional costs was a decrease in expenses within the Transitional segment.
|
• |
Selling, general and administrative expense increased $6.0 million, or 13.0% to $51.8 million from $45.8 million in the prior year. Compensation costs including salaries, stock-based
compensation, and performance-based incentives resulting from improved financial performance, were higher. There were also costs associated with our growth in student starts. Partially offsetting the additional costs was a decrease in
expenses within the Transitional segment.
|
• |
Gain on sale of assets was
$30.9 million, resulting from the sale of the Company’s Nashville, Tennessee property. Net proceeds from the sale were approximately $33.3 million.
|
• |
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets was a $4.2 million non-cash charge relating to our Nashville, Tennessee property.
|
• |
Net interest income was $0.5 million compared to minimal interest expense in the prior year as a result of our treasury management and higher interest rates.
|
• |
Provision for income taxes increased to $6.8 million from $0.1 million in the prior year. The gain on the sale of the Nashville, Tennessee property drove an increase in the Company’s pre-tax income. The effective tax rate for both periods remained
essentially flat at 28.2%.
|
• |
Total revenue increased $11.2 million, or 6.8% to $175.9 million, compared to $164.7 million.
|
• |
Campus Operations segment revenue increased $13.4 million, or 8.3% to $174.5 million, compared to $161.1 million.
|
• |
Transitional segment revenue decreased $2.2 million, or 61.7% to $1.4 million, compared to $3.6 million.
|
• |
Revenue in the range of $360 million to $370 million
|
• |
Adjusted EBITDA* in the range of $22 million to $26 million
|
• |
Adjusted Net income* in the range of $10 million to $13 million
|
• |
Student start growth in the range of 6% to 10%
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||||||||
REVENUE
|
$
|
88,646
|
$
|
82,142
|
$
|
175,929
|
$
|
164,697
|
||||||||
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Educational services and facilities
|
40,030
|
36,106
|
78,123
|
72,302
|
||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative
|
51,814
|
45,835
|
102,119
|
92,520
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
(30,933
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
(30,933
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
4,220
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Total costs & expenses
|
65,131
|
81,746
|
153,529
|
164,627
|
||||||||||||
OPERATING INCOME
|
23,515
|
396
|
22,400
|
70
|
||||||||||||
OTHER:
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest income
|
547
|
-
|
1,013
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
(28
|
)
|
(35
|
)
|
(53
|
)
|
(77
|
)
|
||||||||
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
24,034
|
361
|
23,360
|
(7
|
)
|
|||||||||||
PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES
|
6,784
|
102
|
6,219
|
(539
|
)
|
|||||||||||
NET INCOME
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
259
|
$
|
17,141
|
$
|
532
|
||||||||
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
|
-
|
304
|
-
|
608
|
||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
(45
|
)
|
$
|
17,141
|
$
|
(76
|
)
|
||||||
Basic
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
||||||
Diluted
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
30,140
|
25,963
|
30,090
|
25,842
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
30,397
|
25,963
|
30,333
|
25,842
|
||||||||||||
Other data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
|
$
|
2,444
|
$
|
2,302
|
$
|
4,641
|
$
|
5,061
|
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$
|
1,679
|
$
|
1,529
|
$
|
2,933
|
$
|
3,057
|
||||||||
Number of campuses
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
||||||||||||
Average enrollment
|
12,453
|
12,637
|
12,420
|
12,761
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
$
|
2,576
|
$
|
491
|
$
|
3,388
|
$
|
1,730
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
$
|
10,617
|
$
|
4,375
|
$
|
10,403
|
$
|
(9,992
|
)
|
|||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
$
|
16,072
|
$
|
(147
|
)
|
$
|
12,823
|
$
|
(1,192
|
)
|
||||||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
$
|
(610
|
)
|
$
|
(2,842
|
)
|
$
|
(2,945
|
)
|
$
|
(5,138
|
)
|
Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
|
||||
June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
66,356
|
||
Rrestricted cash
|
4,212
|
|||
Short-term investments
|
24,344
|
|||
Current assets
|
137,490
|
|||
Working capital
|
68,828
|
|||
Total assets
|
311,418
|
|||
Current liabilities
|
68,662
|
|||
Total stockholders' equity
|
154,465
|
• |
We define EBITDA as income (loss) before interest expense (net of interest income), provision (benefit) for income taxes, depreciation and amortization.
|
• |
We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus stock compensation expense and adjustments for items not considered part of the Company’s normal recurring operations.
|
• |
We define Adjusted net income as net income plus adjustments for items not considered part of the Company’s normal recurring operations.
|
• |
We define Total liquidity as the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and restricted cash.
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
Consolidated Operations
|
Consolidated Operations
|
|||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
259
|
$
|
17,141
|
$
|
532
|
||||||||
Interest (income) expense, net
|
(519
|
)
|
35
|
(960
|
)
|
77
|
||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
|
6,784
|
102
|
6,219
|
(539
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
1,679
|
1,529
|
2,933
|
3,057
|
||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
25,194
|
1,925
|
25,333
|
3,127
|
||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
2,576
|
491
|
3,388
|
1,730
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
(30,933
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
(30,933
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
4,220
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Severance and other one-time costs
|
505
|
-
|
1,299
|
260
|
||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
478
|
81
|
670
|
139
|
||||||||||||
New campus start-up costs
|
289
|
-
|
549
|
-
|
||||||||||||
FMV of Nashville, Tennessee rent1
|
115
|
-
|
115
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
2,444
|
$
|
2,302
|
$
|
4,641
|
$
|
5,061
|
1 |
The fair market value ("FMV") of Nashville, Tennessee rent relates to non-cash rent expense recognized resulting from the sale of the Nashville,Tennessee property. A prepaid asset was
recognized upon the sale of approximately $2.3 million representing the FMV of rent expense that would have been paid during the 15-month "free-rent" period where the Company will occupy this property.
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
Transitional
|
Corporate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
4,169
|
$
|
8,792
|
$
|
(482
|
)
|
$
|
(88
|
)
|
$
|
13,563
|
$
|
(8,445
|
)
|
|||||||||
Interest (income) expense, net
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(519
|
)
|
35
|
|||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6,784
|
102
|
||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
1,514
|
1,380
|
4
|
7
|
161
|
142
|
||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
5,683
|
10,172
|
(478
|
)
|
(81
|
)
|
19,989
|
(8,166
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,576
|
491
|
||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
4,220
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
New campus start-up costs
|
289
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
FMV of Nashville, Tennessee rent1
|
115
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Loss (gain) on sale of assets
|
6
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
(199
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
-
|
-
|
478
|
81
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Severance and other one-time costs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
505
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
10,313
|
$
|
10,176
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(7,869
|
)
|
$
|
(7,874
|
)
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
Transitional
|
Corporate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
14,278
|
$
|
17,406
|
$
|
(678
|
)
|
$
|
(151
|
)
|
$
|
3,541
|
$
|
(16,723
|
)
|
|||||||||
Interest (income) expense, net
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(960
|
)
|
77
|
|||||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6,219
|
(539
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
2,612
|
2,772
|
8
|
12
|
313
|
273
|
||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
16,890
|
20,178
|
(670
|
)
|
(139
|
)
|
9,113
|
(16,912
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,388
|
1,730
|
||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
4,220
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
New campus start-up costs
|
549
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
FMV of Nashville, Tennessee rent1
|
115
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Loss (gain) on sale of assets
|
6
|
13
|
-
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
(208
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
-
|
-
|
670
|
139
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Severance and other one-time costs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,299
|
260
|
||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
21,780
|
$
|
20,191
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(17,139
|
)
|
$
|
(15,130
|
)
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2023
|
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2023
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2023
|
2022
|
|||||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
259
|
$
|
17,141
|
$
|
532
|
||||||||
Non-recurring adjustments:
|
||||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
(30,933
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
(30,933
|
)
|
(195
|
)
|
||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
4,220
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Performance based catch-up stock compensation
|
1,400
|
-
|
1,400
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Severance and other one time costs
|
1,098
|
-
|
2,071
|
260
|
||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
478
|
81
|
670
|
139
|
||||||||||||
New campus start-up costs
|
289
|
-
|
549
|
-
|
||||||||||||
FMV of Nashville Rent1
|
115
|
-
|
115
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Total non-recurring adjustments
|
(23,333
|
)
|
(114
|
)
|
(21,908
|
)
|
204
|
|||||||||
Income tax effect
|
6,533
|
32
|
6,134
|
(58
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Adjusted net income, non-GAAP
|
$
|
450
|
$
|
177
|
$
|
1,367
|
$
|
678
|
As of
June 30, 2023
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
66,356
|
||
Restricted cash
|
4,212
|
|||
Short-term investments
|
24,344
|
|||
Total Liquidity
|
$
|
94,912
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
88,213
|
$
|
80,349
|
9.8
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
433
|
1,793
|
-75.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
88,646
|
$
|
82,142
|
7.9
|
%
|
||||||
Operating Income (loss):
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
4,169
|
$
|
8,791
|
-52.6
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
(482
|
)
|
(88
|
)
|
-447.7
|
%
|
||||||
Corporate
|
19,828
|
(8,307
|
)
|
338.7
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
23,515
|
$
|
396
|
5838.1
|
%
|
||||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
4,411
|
3,742
|
17.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
110
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
4,411
|
3,852
|
14.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
12,369
|
12,326
|
0.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
84
|
311
|
-73.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
12,453
|
12,637
|
-1.5
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
12,959
|
12,704
|
2.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
45
|
298
|
-84.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,004
|
13,002
|
0.0
|
%
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
174,565
|
$
|
161,130
|
8.3
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
1,364
|
3,567
|
-61.8
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
175,929
|
$
|
164,697
|
6.8
|
%
|
||||||
Operating Income (loss):
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
14,278
|
$
|
17,406
|
-18.0
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
(679
|
)
|
(150
|
)
|
-352.7
|
%
|
||||||
Corporate
|
8,801
|
(17,186
|
)
|
151.2
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
22,400
|
$
|
70
|
31900.0
|
%
|
||||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
7,851
|
6,976
|
12.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
229
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
7,851
|
7,205
|
9.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
12,297
|
12,444
|
-1.2
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
123
|
317
|
-61.2
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
12,420
|
12,761
|
-2.7
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
12,959
|
12,704
|
2.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
45
|
298
|
-84.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,004
|
13,002
|
0.0
|
%
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
3,017
|
2,543
|
18.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
1,394
|
1,309
|
6.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
4,411
|
3,852
|
14.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
8,434
|
8,346
|
1.1
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
4,019
|
4,291
|
-6.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
12,453
|
12,637
|
-1.5
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
9,024
|
8,798
|
2.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
3,980
|
4,204
|
-5.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,004
|
13,002
|
0.0
|
%
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
5,280
|
4,674
|
13.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
2,571
|
2,531
|
1.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
7,851
|
7,205
|
9.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
8,357
|
8,467
|
-1.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
4,063
|
4,294
|
-5.4
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
12,420
|
12,761
|
-2.7
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
9,024
|
8,798
|
2.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
3,980
|
4,204
|
-5.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,004
|
13,002
|
0.0
|
%
|