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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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Press release of Lincoln Educational Services Corporation dated August 8, 2024
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LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION
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Date: August 8, 2024
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Brian K. Meyers
|
Name:
|
Brian K. Meyers | |
Title:
|
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
• |
Revenue grew 16.1% to $102.9 million
|
• |
Student starts increased 12.3%; 11.4% increase in quarter-end student population
|
• |
Net loss of $700,000 and Adjusted EBITDA of $6.2 million
|
• |
Total liquidity of more than $100 million; no debt outstanding
|
• |
New East Point, Georgia Campus student starts to date exceeds full year plan
|
• |
Raised outlook for full year Revenue; raised lower end of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income and student starts; reduced 2024 capital expenditures due to timing
|
• |
Revenue grew by $14.3 million, or 16.1% to
$102.9 million. The increase was primarily due to an 11.7% increase in average student population resulting from entering this quarter with 11.2% more students combined with new student start growth of 12.3%. Revenue per student also
helped drive overall growth in revenue.
|
• |
Benefit for income taxes was $0.5 million resulting from a pre-tax loss and a discrete item, compared to a tax provision
of $6.8 million in the prior year mainly driven by a $30.9 million gain recognized on the sale of the Nashville, Tennessee property.
|
• |
Total revenue increased $30.4 million, or 17.3%, to $206.3 million, compared to $175.9 million.
|
• |
Campus Operations Segment revenue increased $31.7 million, or 18.2% to $206.2 million, compared to $174.5 million.
|
• |
Transitional Segment revenue decreased $1.4 million, or 100% to zero, compared to $1.4 million.
|
2024 Guidance
|
|||||||||||||
(Amounts in millions except for student starts)
|
Low
|
High
|
|||||||||||
Revenue
|
$
|
423
|
-
|
$
|
430
|
||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
39
|
-
|
$
|
42
|
1 |
|||||||
Adjusted net income
|
$
|
14
|
-
|
$
|
17
|
1 |
|||||||
Capital expenditures
|
$
|
45
|
-
|
$
|
55
|
||||||||
Starts
|
9
|
%
|
-
|
12
|
%
|
1
|
The guidance in this release includes references to non-GAAP operating measures. A reconciliation to the midpoint of our guidance can be reviewed below in
the non-GAAP operating measures at the end of this release.
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||
REVENUE
|
$
|
102,914
|
$
|
88,646
|
$
|
206,281
|
$
|
175,929
|
||||||||
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||||||
Educational services and facilities
|
45,561
|
40,030
|
88,584
|
78,123
|
||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative
|
57,865
|
51,814
|
118,359
|
102,119
|
||||||||||||
Loss (gain) on sale of assets
|
604
|
(30,933
|
)
|
913
|
(30,933
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
4,220
|
||||||||||||
Total costs & expenses
|
104,030
|
65,131
|
207,856
|
153,529
|
||||||||||||
OPERATING ( LOSS) INCOME
|
(1,116
|
)
|
23,515
|
(1,575
|
)
|
22,400
|
||||||||||
OTHER:
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest income
|
638
|
547
|
1,336
|
1,013
|
||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
(667
|
)
|
(28
|
)
|
(1,234
|
)
|
(53
|
)
|
||||||||
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
(1,145
|
)
|
24,034
|
(1,473
|
)
|
23,360
|
||||||||||
(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
|
(463
|
)
|
6,784
|
(577
|
)
|
6,219
|
||||||||||
NET (LOSS) INCOME
|
$
|
(682
|
)
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
(896
|
)
|
$
|
17,141
|
||||||
Basic
|
||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income per common share
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
0.57
|
||||||
Diluted
|
||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income per common share
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
0.57
|
||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
30,660
|
30,140
|
30,481
|
30,090
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
30,660
|
30,397
|
30,481
|
30,333
|
||||||||||||
Other data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
|
$
|
6,240
|
$
|
2,444
|
$
|
12,784
|
$
|
4,641
|
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$
|
3,323
|
$
|
1,679
|
$
|
6,288
|
$
|
2,933
|
||||||||
Number of campuses
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
||||||||||||
Average enrollment
|
13,811
|
12,453
|
13,745
|
12,420
|
||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
$
|
8,335
|
$
|
10,617
|
$
|
(6,599
|
)
|
$
|
10,403
|
|||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
$
|
(11,041
|
)
|
$
|
16,072
|
$
|
(3,007
|
)
|
$
|
12,823
|
||||||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
$
|
(82
|
)
|
$
|
(610
|
)
|
$
|
(3,676
|
)
|
$
|
(2,945
|
)
|
Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
|
June 30, 2024
(Unaudited)
|
|||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
66,987
|
||
Current assets
|
119,391
|
|||
Working capital
|
52,499
|
|||
Total assets
|
366,379
|
|||
Current liabilities
|
66,892
|
|||
Total stockholders' equity
|
164,856
|
• |
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,
(Unaudited)
Consolidated Operations
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
(Unaudited)
Consolidated Operations
|
|||||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||
Net (loss) income
|
$
|
(682
|
)
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
(896
|
)
|
$
|
17,141
|
||||||
Interest expense (income), net
|
29
|
(519
|
)
|
(102
|
)
|
(960
|
)
|
|||||||||
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
|
(463
|
)
|
6,784
|
(577
|
)
|
6,219
|
||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
3,323
|
1,679
|
6,288
|
2,933
|
||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
2,207
|
25,194
|
4,713
|
25,333
|
||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
1,045
|
2,576
|
2,103
|
3,388
|
||||||||||||
New campus and campus relocation costs
|
2,623
|
410
|
5,425
|
670
|
||||||||||||
Program expansions
|
365
|
-
|
454
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of Nashville, Tennessee
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
4,220
|
||||||||||||
Severance and other one-time costs
|
-
|
505
|
89
|
1,299
|
||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
-
|
478
|
-
|
670
|
||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
6,240
|
$
|
2,444
|
$
|
12,784
|
$
|
4,641
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
Transitional
|
Corporate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
9,065
|
$
|
4,169
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(482
|
)
|
$
|
(9,747
|
)
|
$
|
13,563
|
||||||||||
Interest expense (income), net
|
565
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(536
|
)
|
(519
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(463
|
)
|
6,784
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
3,148
|
1,514
|
-
|
4
|
175
|
161
|
||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
12,778
|
5,683
|
-
|
(478
|
)
|
(10,571
|
)
|
19,989
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,045
|
2,576
|
||||||||||||||||||
New campus and campus relocation costs
|
2,623
|
410
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Program expansions
|
365
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of Nashville, Tennessee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Severance and other one-time costs
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
505
|
||||||||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
478
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
15,766
|
$
|
10,313
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(9,526
|
)
|
$
|
(7,869
|
)
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
Transitional
|
Corporate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
20,888
|
$
|
14,278
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(678
|
)
|
$
|
(21,784
|
)
|
$
|
3,541
|
||||||||||
Interest expense (income), net
|
1,066
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,168
|
)
|
(960
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(577
|
)
|
6,219
|
|||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
5,922
|
2,612
|
-
|
8
|
366
|
313
|
||||||||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
27,876
|
16,890
|
-
|
(670
|
)
|
(23,163
|
)
|
9,113
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,103
|
3,388
|
||||||||||||||||||
New campus and campus relocation costs
|
5,425
|
670
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Program expansions
|
454
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Severance and other one-time costs
|
89
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,299
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of Nashville, Tennessee
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
670
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
33,844
|
$
|
21,780
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(21,060
|
)
|
$
|
(17,139
|
)
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||
Net (loss) income
|
$
|
(682
|
)
|
$
|
17,250
|
$
|
(896
|
)
|
$
|
17,141
|
||||||
Adjustments to net (loss) income:
|
||||||||||||||||
New campus and campus relocation costs
|
2,623
|
410
|
5,425
|
670
|
||||||||||||
East Point, Georgia depreciation
|
371
|
-
|
511
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Program expansions
|
365
|
-
|
454
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of Nashville, Tennessee
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
-
|
(30,939
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
|
-
|
4,220
|
-
|
4,220
|
||||||||||||
Severance and other one time costs
|
-
|
1,098
|
89
|
2,071
|
||||||||||||
Performance based catch-up stock compensation
|
-
|
1,400
|
-
|
1,400
|
||||||||||||
Transitional segment
|
-
|
478
|
-
|
670
|
||||||||||||
Total non-recurring adjustments
|
3,359
|
(23,333
|
)
|
6,479
|
(21,908
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income tax effect
|
(1,008
|
)
|
6,533
|
(1,944
|
)
|
6,134
|
||||||||||
Adjusted net income, non-GAAP
|
$
|
1,669
|
$
|
450
|
$
|
3,639
|
$
|
1,367
|
As of
June 30, 2024
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
66,987
|
||
Credit facility
|
40,000
|
|||
Total Liquidity
|
$
|
106,987
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
102,914
|
$
|
88,213
|
16.7
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
433
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
102,914
|
$
|
88,646
|
16.1
|
%
|
||||||
Operating Income (loss):
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
9,630
|
$
|
4,169
|
131.0
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
(482
|
)
|
-100.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Corporate
|
(10,746
|
)
|
19,828
|
-154.2
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
(1,116
|
)
|
$
|
23,515
|
-104.7
|
%
|
|||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
4,953
|
4,411
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
4,953
|
4,411
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
13,811
|
12,369
|
11.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
84
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,811
|
12,453
|
10.9
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
14,481
|
12,959
|
11.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
45
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
14,481
|
13,004
|
11.4
|
%
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
206,281
|
$
|
174,565
|
18.2
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
1,364
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
206,281
|
$
|
175,929
|
17.3
|
%
|
||||||
Operating Income (loss):
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
$
|
21,954
|
$
|
14,278
|
53.8
|
%
|
||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
(679
|
)
|
-100.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Corporate
|
(23,529
|
)
|
8,801
|
-367.3
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
(1,575
|
)
|
$
|
22,400
|
-107.0
|
%
|
|||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
8,920
|
7,851
|
13.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
8,920
|
7,851
|
13.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
13,745
|
12,297
|
11.8
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
123
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,745
|
12,420
|
10.7
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Campus Operations
|
14,481
|
12,959
|
11.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Transitional
|
-
|
45
|
-100.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
14,481
|
13,004
|
11.4
|
%
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
3,648
|
3,017
|
20.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
1,305
|
1,394
|
-6.4
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
4,953
|
4,411
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
9,741
|
8,434
|
15.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
4,070
|
4,019
|
1.3
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,811
|
12,453
|
10.9
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
10,482
|
9,024
|
16.2
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
3,999
|
3,980
|
0.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
14,481
|
13,004
|
11.4
|
%
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||
Starts:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
6,330
|
5,280
|
19.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
2,590
|
2,571
|
0.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
8,920
|
7,851
|
13.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Average Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
9,642
|
8,357
|
15.4
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
4,103
|
4,063
|
1.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
13,745
|
12,420
|
10.7
|
%
|
||||||||
End of Period Population:
|
||||||||||||
Transportation and Skilled Trades
|
10,482
|
9,024
|
16.2
|
%
|
||||||||
Healthcare and Other Professions
|
3,999
|
3,980
|
0.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
|
14,481
|
13,004
|
11.4
|
%
|
Adjusted
|
||||||||
EBITDA
|
Net Income
|
|||||||
Net Income
|
$
|
8,000
|
$
|
8,000
|
||||
Interest expense, net
|
600
|
-
|
||||||
Provision for taxes
|
3,600
|
-
|
||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
12,500
|
-
|
||||||
Depreciation1
|
1,300
|
1,300
|
||||||
EBITDA
|
26,000
|
-
|
||||||
New campus and campus relocation costs2
|
7,100
|
7,100
|
||||||
Program expansions
|
2,600
|
2,600
|
||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
4,800
|
-
|
||||||
Tax Effect
|
-
|
(3,500
|
)
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
40,500
|
$
|
15,500
|
||||
2024 Guidance Range
|
$
|
39,000 - $42,000
|
$
|
14,000 - $17,000
|
1
|
Depreciation expense relates to the new East Point, Georgia campus
|
2
|
New campus and campus relocation costs relate to the following locations:
|