UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 

 


 

(Mark One)

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

    For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

    For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission File Number 001-34221

 

 


The Providence Service Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 


 

 

Delaware

 

86-0845127

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

     

64 East Broadway Blvd.,

Tucson, Arizona

 

85701

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(520) 747-6600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

  


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    ☒  Yes    ☐  No

 

 

          Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ☒  Yes   ☐   No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

  Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☒

 

 

  Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ☐

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    ☐  Yes    ☒  No

 

As of November 5, 2015, there were outstanding 15,373,551 shares (excluding treasury shares of 1,763,523) of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share.

 

 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

  

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

 
     

Item 1.

  

Financial Statements

  

3
     
 

  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2015 (unaudited) and December 31, 2014

  

3
     
 

  

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income – Three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

  

4
         
    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014   5
     
 

  

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

  

6
     
 

  

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – September 30, 2015

  

7
     

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  

25
     

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

  

40
     

Item 4.

  

Controls and Procedures

  

41
   

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

  

 
     
     
     

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

  42
         

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

  

43
         

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

  44

 

 
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 Item 1.    Financial Statements.

 

The Providence Service Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share data) 

   

September 30,

   

December 31,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

         
Assets              

Current assets:

               

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 14)

  $ 106,724     $ 135,258  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $5,665 in 2015 and $2,735 in 2014

    186,038       107,565  

Other receivables

    10,242       5,314  

Prepaid expenses and other

    30,045       43,134  

Restricted cash

    3,897       3,234  

Deferred tax assets

    1,859       4,148  

Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale

    75,854       75,993  

Total current assets

    414,659       374,646  

Property and equipment, net

    51,349       42,648  

Goodwill

    340,854       342,297  

Intangible assets, net

    295,602       323,904  

Other assets

    29,713       18,812  

Restricted cash, less current portion

    15,553       14,764  

Non-current assets of discontinued operations held for sale

    48,823       51,863  

Total assets

  $ 1,196,553     $ 1,168,934  

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

               

Current liabilities:

               

Current portion of long-term obligations

  $ 31,000     $ 24,588  

Note payable to related party

    -       65,500  

Accounts payable

    31,961       46,557  

Accrued expenses

    105,681       99,273  

Accrued transportation costs

    79,118       55,492  

Deferred revenue

    28,140       10,743  

Reinsurance liability reserve

    15,337       11,077  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale

    24,222       26,228  

Total current liabilities

    315,459       339,458  

Long-term obligations, less current portion

    451,035       484,525  

Other long-term liabilities

    27,509       25,974  

Deferred tax liabilities

    88,765       96,928  

Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale

    854       635  

Total liabilities

    883,622       947,520  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

               

Mezzanine equity

               

Convertible preferred stock, net: Authorized 10,000,000 shares; $0.001 par value; 805,000 and 0 issued and outstanding; 5.5%/8.5% dividend rate

    77,719       -  

Stockholders' equity

               

Common stock: Authorized 40,000,000 shares; $0.001 par value; 17,136,574 and 16,870,285 issued and outstanding (including treasury shares)

    17       17  

Additional paid-in capital

    273,862       261,155  

Accumulated deficit

    (6,067 )     (13,366 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax

    (14,335 )     (8,756 )

Treasury shares, at cost, 1,029,638 and 1,014,108 shares

    (18,424 )     (17,686 )

Total Providence stockholders' equity

    235,053       221,364  

Non-controlling interest

    159       50  

Total stockholders' equity

    235,212       221,414  

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 1,196,553     $ 1,168,934  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

 
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The Providence Service Corporation

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

   

Three months ended

   

Nine months ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

   

2015

   

2014

 
                                 

Service revenue, net

  $ 432,450     $ 309,474     $ 1,270,517     $ 767,902  
                                 

Operating expenses:

                               

Service expense

    390,878       280,444       1,128,984       690,752  

General and administrative expense

    21,324       20,326       59,084       40,439  

Depreciation and amortization

    13,370       6,256       39,614       11,805  

Total operating expenses

    425,572       307,026       1,227,682       742,996  

Operating income

    6,878       2,448       42,835       24,906  
                                 

Other expenses:

                               

Interest expense, net

    3,809       795       12,734       3,439  

Loss on equity investment

    4,465       -       8,008       -  

Gain on foreign currency translation

    (736 )     (164 )     (1,131 )     (63 )

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

    (660 )     1,817       23,224       21,530  

Provision for income taxes

    3,120       565       16,267       8,966  

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax

    (3,780 )     1,252       6,957       12,564  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    (1,791 )     (986 )     342       660  

Net income (loss)

  $ (5,571 )   $ 266     $ 7,299     $ 13,224  
                                 

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders (Note 9)

  $ (6,687 )   $ 266     $ 3,093     $ 13,224  
                                 

Basic earnings (loss) per common share:

                               

Continuing operations

  $ (0.30 )   $ 0.08     $ 0.17     $ 0.87  

Discontinued operations

    (0.11 )     (0.06 )     0.02       0.05  

Basic earnings (loss) per common share

  $ (0.41 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.19     $ 0.92  
                                 

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:

                               

Continuing operations

  $ (0.30 )   $ 0.08     $ 0.17     $ 0.85  

Discontinued operations

    (0.11 )     (0.06 )     0.02       0.05  

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share

  $ (0.41 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.19     $ 0.90  
                                 

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:

                               

Basic

    16,130,421       14,955,773       16,068,455       14,450,248  

Diluted

    16,130,421       15,176,105       16,220,747       14,723,360  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

 
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The Providence Service Corporation

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands)

 

 

   

Three months ended

   

Nine months ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

   

2015

   

2014

 
                                 

Net income (loss)

  $ (5,571 )   $ 266     $ 7,299     $ 13,224  

Other comprehensive loss:

                               

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax

    (6,290 )     (7,559 )     (5,579 )     (5,182 )

Comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (11,861 )   $ (7,293 )   $ 1,720     $ 8,042  

 

 See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

 
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The Providence Service Corporation

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

 

   

Nine months ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 

Operating activities

               

Net income

  $ 7,299     $ 13,224  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

               

Depreciation

    15,287       8,938  

Amortization

    29,157       7,968  

Provision for doubtful accounts

    2,018       1,770  

Stock based compensation

    8,822       5,375  

Deferred income taxes

    (7,811 )     (3,814 )

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    1,611       607  

Excess tax benefit upon exercise of stock options

    (2,364 )     (2,835 )

Asset impairment charge

    1,593       -  

Loss on equity investment

    8,008       -  

Other non-cash charges

    (433 )     (465 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

               

Accounts receivable

    (87,823 )     (17,296 )

Other receivables

    1,177       1,470  

Restricted cash

    43       168  

Prepaid expenses and other

    12,719       85  

Reinsurance liability reserve

    5,174       3,995  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    (10,556 )     13,475  

Accrued transportation costs

    23,626       6,328  

Deferred revenue

    17,896       628  

Other long-term liabilities

    248       (5,249 )

Net cash provided by operating activities

    25,691       34,372  

Investing activities

               

Purchase of property and equipment

    (23,834 )     (11,623 )

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

    (3,433 )     (59,666 )

Equity investments

    (13,785 )     -  

Net increase in short-term investments

    (14 )     (14 )

Restricted cash for reinsured claims losses

    (1,452 )     (3,812 )

Net cash used in investing activities

    (42,518 )     (75,115 )

Financing activities

               

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of issuance costs

    80,667       -  

Preferred stock dividends

    (2,814 )     -  

Repurchase of common stock, for treasury

    (738 )     (501 )

Proceeds from common stock issued pursuant to stock option exercise

    4,490       10,880  

Excess tax benefit upon exercise of stock options

    2,364       2,835  

Proceeds from long-term debt

    -       115,000  

Repayment of long-term debt

    (92,938 )     (47,500 )

Payment of contingent consideration

    (7,496 )     -  

Debt financing costs

    (287 )     (728 )

Other

    113       36  

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (16,639 )     80,022  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

    (463 )     (1,376 )

Net change in cash

    (33,929 )     37,903  

Cash at beginning of period

    160,406       98,995  

Cash at end of period

  $ 126,477     $ 136,898  
                 

Supplemental cash flow information:

               
Cash included in current assets of discontinued operations held for sale   $ 19,753     $ 26,899  

Cash paid for interest

  $ 12,922     $ 3,930  

Cash paid for income taxes

  $ 16,600     $ 15,714  
Significant noncash investing activities:                
Unfunded future equity investment capital contributions   $ 8,501     $ -  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

 
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 The Providence Service Corporation

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 2015

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

1. Basis of Presentation, Description of Business and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (the “consolidated financial statements”) include the accounts of The Providence Service Corporation (“Providence,” “the Company,” “our,” “we” and “us”), its wholly-owned subsidiaries and entities in which the Company has a voting controlling interest. Investments in non-consolidated entities over which the Company exercises significant influence but does not control are accounted for under the equity method.

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information, and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation have been included. In order to conform to the current year presentation, prior year amounts have been reclassified to show service revenue as one line item, service expense as one line item, and loss on foreign currency translation as a component of other expenses. Additionally, the Company’s legacy workforce development businesses have been reclassified from the Human Services segment to the Workforce Development Services segment.

 

During the quarter ended September 30, 2015, the Human Services segment met the criteria for held-for-sale classification due to the execution of an agreement to sell the segment as of September 3, 2015. Since the disposition will result in a strategic shift, that will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results, it is required to be accounted for as a discontinued operation. The assets and liabilities of the Human Services segment are classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for all periods presented. Additionally, the operating results of this segment are reported as discontinued operations, net of tax in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for all periods presented.

 

The Company has made estimates relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and certain disclosures to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. Management has evaluated events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date and through the date these consolidated financial statements were issued, and considered the effect of such events in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements.

 

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The consolidated financial statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Description of Business

 

The Company provides and manages health and human services through non-emergency transportation, community and behavioral health, workforce development and health assessment offerings. The Company historically operated in four segments, Non-Emergency Transportation Services (“NET Services”), Human Services, Workforce Development Services (“WD Services”) and Health Assessment Services (“HA Services”). As further discussed below, the Company completed the sale of the Human Services segment effective November 1, 2015.

 

 
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The NET Services segment manages transportation networks and arranges for client transportation to health care related facilities and services for state or regional Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations (“MCOs”) and commercial insurers. The WD Services segment provides outsourced employability and legal offender rehabilitation case management services, primarily to the eligible participants in government sponsored programs. The HA Services segment primarily provides comprehensive health assessments (“CHAs”) for members enrolled in Medicare Advantage (“MA”) health plans, in patient’s homes.

 

In the Human Services segment, which has been presented as a discontinued operation, counselors, social workers and behavioral health professionals work with clients, primarily in the client’s home or community, who are eligible for government assistance due to income level, disabilities or court order.

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 (“ASU 2014-09”). This ASU will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and most industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, an entity should apply the following steps: 

 

 

 

Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer.

     
           

 

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

   
         

 

Step 3: Determine the transaction price.

       
             

 

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

 
       

 

Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

 

 

 Publicly held entities must apply the new revenue standard for annual reporting periods (including interim periods within those annual periods) beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption of the standard is permitted, but not before annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2014, the FASB issued ASU No 2014-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share is More Akin to Debt or to Equity (“ASU 2014-16”). This update requires an entity to determine the nature of the host contract by considering the economic characteristics and risks of the entire hybrid financial instrument issued in the form of a share, including the embedded derivative feature that is being evaluated for separate accounting from the host contract when evaluating whether the host contract is more akin to debt or equity. In evaluating the stated and implied substantive terms and features, the existence or omission of any single term or feature does not necessarily determine the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract. Although an individual term or feature may weigh more heavily in the evaluation on the basis of facts and circumstances, an entity should use judgment based on an evaluation of all the relevant terms and features. ASU 2014-16 is effective for publicly held business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2014-16 effective January 1, 2015 and applied the literature to determine the accounting for its convertible preferred stock issued in 2015. The adoption of ASU 2014-16 did not impact the Company’s existing financial instruments.

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”). The amendments in this ASU require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this ASU. For publicly held business entities, the amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The amendments should be applied on a retrospective basis, wherein the balance sheet of each individual period presented should be adjusted to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. Subsequent to the issuance of ASU 2015-03 the SEC staff made an announcement regarding the presentation of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements, which was codified by the FASB in ASU 2015-15. The SEC staff guidance is effective upon adoption of ASU 2015-03. This ASU will impact the Company’s financial statements, as the Company has approximately $2,533 of debt issuance costs, not related to line-of-credit agreements, at September 30, 2015 that are classified as “Other assets” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. The result of the application of this guidance would be to reduce the “Other assets” balance, with a corresponding reduction to “Long-term obligations, less current portion” in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2015-03 on January 1, 2016.

 

 
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In September 2015 the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments (“ASU 2015-16”) which eliminates the requirement for an acquirer to retrospectively adjust the financial statements for measurement-period adjustments that occur in periods after a business combination is consummated. The ASU is effective for public business entities for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015, early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2015-16 on January 1, 2016. The adoption of the ASU will impact the Company’s accounting and disclosures related to future business acquisitions.

 

2. Concentrations

 

Domestic service revenue, net, from continuing operations, totaled 77.2% and 85.2% of service revenue, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Foreign service revenue, net, from continuing operations, totaled 22.8% and 14.8% of service revenue, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Contracts with domestic governmental agencies and other domestic entities that contract with governmental agencies accounted for approximately 54.6% and 73.7% of the Company’s domestic revenue from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Contracts with foreign governmental agencies and other foreign entities that contract with governmental agencies accounted for approximately 95.3% and 84.1% of the Company’s foreign revenue from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Additionally, approximately 42.3% and 57.3% of our WD Services revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, was generated from one foreign payer.

 

At September 30, 2015, approximately $31,667, or 14.8%, of the Company’s net assets from continuing operations were located in countries outside of the US. At December 31, 2014, approximately $40,213, or 33.4%, of the Company’s net assets from continuing operations were located in countries outside of the US.

 

3. Equity Investment

 

The Company entered into a joint venture agreement in November 2014 to form Mission Providence Pty Ltd (“Mission Providence”). Mission Providence delivers employment services in Australia. The Company has a 60% ownership in Mission Providence, and has rights to 75% of Mission Providence’s distributions of cash or profit surplus twice per calendar year. The Company provided and will continue to provide capital contributions to Mission Providence in exchange for its equity interests.

 

The Company determined it has a variable interest in Mission Providence. However, it does not have unilateral power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Mission Providence’s economic performance, which include budget approval, business planning, the appointment of key officers and liquidation and distribution of share capital. As a result, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of Mission Providence. The Company accounts for this investment under the equity method of accounting and the Company’s share of Mission Providence’s losses are recorded as “Loss on equity investment” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Cash contributions made to Mission Providence in exchange for its equity interests are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as “Equity Investments”.

 

 
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The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities included in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet and the maximum loss exposure related to the Company’s interest in Mission Providence at September 30, 2015:

 

 

Assets

   

Liabilities

         
 

Other Assets

   

Accrued

Expenses

   

Maximum

Exposure to

Loss

 
  $ 13,564     $ 8,501     $ 13,564  

 

 

Under the terms of the joint venture agreement, the Company will be required to make future financial contributions. These future expected contributions are included in “Other Assets” and “Accrued Expenses” in the table above.

 

4. Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company determines the fair value of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Below are the three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

The Company may be required to pay additional consideration under certain acquisition agreements based on the achievement of certain earnings targets by the acquired businesses. Acquisition-related contingent consideration is initially measured and recorded at fair value as an element of consideration paid in connection with an acquisition with subsequent adjustments recognized in other operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company determines the fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration, and any subsequent changes in fair value using a discounted probability-weighted approach. This approach takes into consideration Level 3 unobservable inputs including probability assessments of expected future cash flows over the period in which the obligation is expected to be settled and applies a discount factor that captures the uncertainties associated with the obligation. Changes in these unobservable inputs could significantly impact the fair value of the obligation recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of income. The fair value of the Company’s contingent consideration was $2,380 at September 30, 2015, which is included in “Other long-term liabilities” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of the Company’s contingent consideration was $10,549 at December 31, 2014, of which $7,767 was included in “Accrued expenses” and $2,782 was included in “Other long-term liabilities” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The decrease in the contingent consideration since December 31, 2014 is attributable to payments totaling $7,496 made in the first quarter of 2015 and changes in the foreign currency translation rate.

 

 
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5. Long-Term Obligations and Note Payable to Related Party

 

          The Company’s long-term obligations from continuing operations as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

   

September 30,

   

December 31,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
                 

$240,000 revolving loan, LIBOR plus 2.25% - 3.25% (effective rate of 3.24% at September 30, 2015) with interest payable at least once every three months through August 2018

  $ 191,700     $ 201,700  

$250,000 term loan, LIBOR plus 2.25% - 3.25% (effective rate of 3.28% at September 30, 2015), with principal payable quarterly beginning March 31, 2015 and interest payable at least once every three months through August 2018

    235,938       250,000  

$60,000 term loan, LIBOR plus 2.25% - 3.25% (effective rate of 3.28% at September 30, 2015), with principal payable quarterly beginning December 31, 2014 and interest payable at least once every three months, through August 2018

    55,500       58,875  

14.0% unsecured related party, subordinated bridge note with principal due September 30, 2018 and interest payable quarterly

    -       65,500  
      483,138       576,075  

Less unamortized discount on debt

    1,103       1,462  
      482,035       574,613  

Less current portion

    31,000       90,088  

Total long-term obligations, less current portion

  $ 451,035     $ 484,525  

 

In connection with the recent amendment to the Company’s credit facility on September 3, 2015, the Company determined that the terms of its long-term obligations are at current market rates. Therefore, the Company believes that the carrying amount of the long-term obligations approximated the fair values at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

Amendment to Credit Facility

 

On September 3, 2015, the Company entered into the Third Amendment and Consent to the Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) amending its Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, previously amended by that certain First Amendment dated May 28, 2014 and Second Amendment dated October 23, 2014 (“Credit Agreement”). Pursuant to the Third Amendment, the lenders under the Credit Agreement consented to the Company’s sale of the Human Services segment, provided that a minimum amount equal to 50% of the net cash proceeds of the sale, as defined in the Credit Agreement, is applied pro rata to the prepayment of revolving loans and swingline loans under the Credit Agreement. Further, the lenders consented to providing the Company the ability to use 50% of the net cash proceeds of the sale to make restricted payments to repurchase common stock pursuant to the Company’s stock repurchase program.

 

Related party unsecured subordinated bridge note

 

On October 23, 2014, the Company issued to Coliseum Capital Management, LLC and certain of its affiliates (“Coliseum”), a related party, a 14.0% Unsecured Subordinated Note in aggregate principal amount of $65,500 (the “Note”) due September 30, 2018. The Note was repaid in full on February 11, 2015, with the proceeds from a registered rights offering of convertible preferred stock (“Rights Offering”) and a related standby purchase agreement.

 

6. Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements

 

           The Company issues both option awards and restricted stock to employees and non-employee directors. Option awards and restricted stock vest commensurate with the respective award agreements. The fair value expense of option awards was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing formula and amortized over the option’s vesting periods, and the fair value expense of restricted stock grants was determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and is recognized as stock based compensation expense over the vesting period. The following table summarizes the stock option activity:

 

   

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015

 
   

Number of Shares Under

Option

   

Weighted-average

Exercise Price

 

Balance at beginning of period

    813,622     $ 30.77  

Granted

    294,294     $ 44.28  

Exercised

    (202,419 )   $ 22.18  

Forfeited or expired

    (248,130 )   $ 43.60  

Outstanding at September 30, 2015

    657,367     $ 34.62  

 

 

 
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The following table summarizes the activity of the shares and weighted-average grant date fair value of the Company’s restricted common stock:

 

 

   

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015

 
   

Shares

   

Weighted-average Grant

Date Fair Value

 

Non-vested balance at beginning of period

    688,262     $ 37.71  

Granted

    29,959     $ 50.73  

Vested

    (213,099 )   $ 33.83  

Forfeited or cancelled

    (250 )   $ 15.50  

Non-vested at September 30, 2015

    504,872     $ 40.13  

 

 

On August 6, 2015 (the “Award Date”), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Providence adopted the 2015 Holding Company LTI Program (the “HoldCo LTI Program”) under the Providence 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The HoldCo LTI Program is designed to provide long term performance based awards to certain executive officers of Providence. Under the program, executives will receive shares of Providence common stock based on the shareholder value created in excess of an 8.0% compounded annual return between the Award Date (calculated on the basis of the Providence stock price equal to the volume weighted average of the common share price over a 90 day period ending on the Award Date) and December 31, 2017 (calculated on the basis of a similar 90 day volume weighted average) (the “Extraordinary Shareholder Value”). A pool for use in the allocation of awards will be created equal to 8.0% of the Extraordinary Shareholder Value. Participants in the HoldCo LTI Program will receive a percentage allocation of any such pool and, following determination of the size of the pool, will be entitled to a number of shares equal to their pro rata portion of the pool divided by the volume weighted average of the Company’s per share price over the 90 day period ending on December 31, 2017. Of the shares allocated, 60% will be issued to the participant on or shortly following determination of the pool, 25% will vest and be issued on the one year anniversary of such determination date, subject to continued employment, and the remaining 15% will be issued on the second anniversary of the determination date, subject to continued employment. As of September 30, 2015, 75% of the award pool had been granted to executives and approximately $478 of expense is included in “General and administrative expense” in the condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. These awards are equity classified and the fair value of the awards was calculated using a Monte-Carlo simulation valuation model.

 

7. Convertible Preferred Stock, Net

 

The Company completed a rights offering, on February 5, 2015, providing all of the Company’s existing common stock holders the non-transferrable right to purchase their pro rata share of $65,500 of convertible preferred stock at a price equal to $100 per share. The convertible preferred stock is convertible into shares of Providence’s common stock at a conversion price equal to $39.88 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 22, 2014.

 

 
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Stockholders exercised subscription rights to purchase 130,884 shares of the Company's convertible preferred stock. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Standby Purchase Agreement (the “Standby Purchase Agreement”) between Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P., Coliseum Capital Partners II, L.P., Coliseum Capital Co-Invest, L.P. and Blackwell Partners, LLC (collectively, the "Standby Purchasers") and the Company, the remaining 524,116 shares of the Company's preferred stock were purchased by the Standby Purchasers at the $100 per share subscription price. The Company received $65,500 in aggregate gross proceeds from the consummation of the Rights Offering and Standby Purchase Agreement. Additionally, on March 12, 2015, the Standby Purchasers exercised their right to purchase an additional 150,000 shares of the Company’s convertible preferred stock, at a purchase price of $105 per share, of the same series and having the same conversion price as the convertible preferred stock sold in the Rights Offering.

 

The Company may pay a noncumulative cash dividend on each share of convertible preferred stock, when, as and if declared by its Board of Directors, at the rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) per annum on the liquidation preference then in effect. On or before the third business day immediately preceding each fiscal quarter, the Company must determine its intention whether or not to pay a cash dividend with respect to that ensuing quarter and will give notice of its intention to each holder of convertible preferred stock as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

In the event the Company does not declare and pay a cash dividend, the Company will pay paid in kind (“PIK”) dividends by increasing the liquidation preference of the convertible preferred stock to an amount equal to the liquidation preference in effect at the start of the applicable dividend period, plus an amount equal to the liquidation preference then in effect multiplied by eight and one-half percent (8.5%) per annum, computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed from the start of the applicable dividend period to the applicable date of determination. As of September 16, 2015, all holders of the Company’s preferred stock are able to convert their preferred stock to shares of common stock at a rate of approximately 2.51 shares of common stock for each share of preferred stock.

 

Cash dividends are payable quarterly in arrears on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on April 1, 2015, and, if declared, will begin to accrue on the first day of the applicable dividend period. PIK dividends, if applicable, will accrue and be cumulative on the same schedule as set forth above for cash dividends and will also be compounded at the applicable annual rate on each applicable subsequent dividend date. Cash dividends totaling $594, $1,104 and $1,116 were paid to preferred stockholders on April 1, 2015, July 1, 2015, and October 1, 2015, respectively.

 

The convertible preferred stock is accounted for as mezzanine equity as it could be redeemed upon certain change in control events that are not solely in the control of the Company. Dividends are recorded in stockholders equity and consist of the 5.5%/8.5% dividend.

 

Convertible preferred stock, net at September 30, 2015 consisted of the following:

 

 

Original issue price of convertible preferred stock

  $ 81,250  

Less: Issuance costs

    (3,531 )

Total convertible preferred stock, net

  $ 77,719  

 

 
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8. Stockholders’ Equity

 

The following table reflects changes in common stock, additional paid-in capital, accumulated deficit, accumulated other comprehensive loss and treasury stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

 

                                   

Accumulated

                 
                   

Additional

           

Other

                 
   

Common Stock

   

Paid-In

   

Accumulated

   

Comprehensive

   

Treasury Stock

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Capital

   

Deficit

   

Loss

   

Shares

   

Amount

 

Balance at December 31, 2014

    16,870,285     $ 17     $ 261,155     $ (13,366 )   $ (8,756 )     1,014,108     $ (17,686 )

Stock-based compensation

    -       -       8,822       -       -       -       -  

Exercise of employee stock options, including net tax windfall of $2,209

    202,419       -       6,699       -       -       -       -  

Restricted stock issued

    63,870       -       -       -       -       15,530       (738 )

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    -       -       -       -       (5,579 )     -       -  

Beneficial conversion feature related to preferred stock

    -       -       1,071       -       -       -       -  

Convertible preferred stock dividends

    -       -       (2,814 )     -       -       -       -  

Accretion of convertible preferred stock discount

    -       -       (1,071 )     -       -       -       -  

Net income

    -       -       -       7,299       -       -       -  

Balance at September 30, 2015

    17,136,574     $ 17     $ 273,862     $ (6,067 )   $ (14,335 )     1,029,638     $ (18,424 )

 

 
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9. Earnings Per Share

 

           The following table details the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

   

Three months ended

   

Nine months ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

   

2015

   

2014

 

Numerator:

                               

Net income (loss)

  $ (5,571 )   $ 266     $ 7,299     $ 13,224  

Less dividends on convertible preferred stock

    (1,116 )     -       (2,814 )     -  

Less accretion of convertible preferred stock discount

    -       -       (1,071 )     -  

Less income allocated to participating securities

    -       -       (321 )     -  

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders

  $ (6,687 )   $ 266     $ 3,093     $ 13,224  
                                 

Continuing operations

  $ (4,896 )   $ 1,252     $ 2,783     $ 12,564  

Discontinued operations

    (1,791 )     (986 )     310       660  
    $ (6,687 )   $ 266     $ 3,093     $ 13,224  
                                 

Denominator:

                               

Denominator for basic earnings per share -- weighted-average shares

    16,130,421       14,955,773       16,068,455       14,450,248  

Effect of dilutive securities:

                               

Common stock options

    -       203,612       152,292       256,392  

Performance-based restricted stock units

    -       16,720       -       16,720  

Denominator for diluted earnings per share -- adjusted weighted-average shares assumed conversion

    16,130,421       15,176,105       16,220,747       14,723,360  
                                 

Basic earnings (loss) per share:

                               

Continuing operations

  $ (0.30 )   $ 0.08     $ 0.17     $ 0.87  

Discontinued operations

  $ (0.11 )   $ (0.06 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.05  
    $ (0.41 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.19     $ 0.92  

Diluted earnings (loss) per share:

                               

Continuing operations

  $ (0.30 )   $ 0.08     $ 0.17     $ 0.85  

Discontinued operations

  $ (0.11 )   $ (0.06 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.05  
    $ (0.41 )   $ 0.02     $ 0.19     $ 0.90  

 

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, 805,000 and 665,220 shares of convertible preferred stock, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, employee stock options to purchase 65,217 and 21,978 shares of common stock, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share as the exercise prices of these options were greater than the average fair value of the common stock for the period and, therefore, the effect of these options would have been antidilutive. For the three months ended September 30, 2015 employee stock options to purchase 144,051 shares of common stock were not included in the computation of diluted earnings as the Company recorded a net loss available to common stockholders for this period and as such, all potentially dilutive securities were anti-dilutive.

 

The accretion of convertible preferred stock discount in the table above related to a beneficial conversion feature of the Company’s convertible preferred stock that was fully amortized as of June 30, 2015. Income allocated to participating securities is calculated by allocating a portion of net income less dividends on convertible stock and amortization of convertible preferred stock discount to the convertible preferred stock holders on a pro-rata basis; however, the convertible preferred stockholders are not required to absorb losses.

 

 
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10. Income Taxes

 

The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2015 exceeded 100% and the effective tax rate from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 70.0%. The effective tax rate for these periods exceeded the United States federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to foreign net operating losses (including equity investment losses) for which the future income tax benefit currently cannot be recognized, state income taxes, and certain non-deductible expenses. The Company recognized an income tax provision for the three months ended September 30, 2015 despite having a loss from continuing operations before income taxes because of these factors. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 was 31.1% and 41.6%, respectively.

 

11. Commitments and Contingencies

 

On June 15, 2015, a putative stockholder class action derivative complaint was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, (the “Court”), captioned Haverhill Retirement System v. Kerley et al., C.A. No. 11149-VCL.  The complaint names Richard A. Kerley, Kristi L. Meints, Warren S. Rustand, Christopher Shackelton (the “Individual Defendants”) and Coliseum Capital Management, LLC (“Coliseum”) as defendants, and the Company as a nominal defendant.  The complaint purported to allege that the dividend rate increase term originally in the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock was an impermissibly coercive measure that impaired the voting rights of the Company’s stockholders in connection with the vote on the removal of certain voting and conversion caps previously applicable to the preferred stock (the “Caps”), and that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties by approving the dividend rate increase term and attempting to coerce the stockholder vote relating to the Company’s preferred stock, and by failing to disclose all material information necessary to allow the Company’s stockholders to cast an informed vote on the Caps. The complaint also purports to allege derivative claims alleging that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by entering into the subordinated note and standby agreement with Coliseum, and granting Coliseum certain stock options.  The complaint further alleges that Coliseum has aided and abetted the Individual Defendants in breaching their fiduciary duties and that demand on the Board is excused as futile.  The complaint sought, among other things, an injunction prohibiting the stockholder vote relating to the dividend rate increase, a finding that the Individual Defendants are liable for breaching their fiduciary duties to the Company and the Company’s stockholders, a finding that Coliseum is liable for aiding and abetting the Individual Defendant’s breaches of their fiduciary duties, a finding that Coliseum is liable for unjust enrichment, a finding that demand on the Board is excused as futile, a revision or rescission of the terms of the subordinated note and preferred stock as necessary and/or appropriate, a requirement for the Company to reform its corporate governance profile to protect against future misconduct similar to that alleged by the putative stockholder class, a certification of the putative stockholder class, compensatory damages, together with pre- and post-judgment interest, costs and disbursements (including expenses, attorneys’ and experts’ fees), and any other and further relief as is just and equitable.

 

On August 31, 2015, after arms’ length negotiations, the parties reached an agreement in principle and executed a memorandum of understanding providing for the settlement of claims concerning the dividend rate increase term and stockholder vote and related disclosure. The Memorandum of Understanding stated that the Defendants have entered into the partial settlement of the litigation solely to eliminate the distraction, burden, expense, and potential delay of further litigation involving claims that have been settled. Pursuant to the partial settlement, the Company agreed to supplement the disclosures in its definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (“Definitive Proxy Statement”), Coliseum and certain of its affiliates and the Company entered into an amendment to the Exchange Agreement dated as of February 11, 2015 described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, and the Board of Directors of the Company agreed to adopt a policy related to the Board’s determination each quarter as to whether the Company should pay cash dividends or allow dividends to be paid in the form of PIK dividends on the preferred stock, as further described in the supplemental proxy disclosures. On September 2, 2015, Providence issued supplemental disclosures through a Supplement to the Proxy Statement. On September 16, 2015, Providence stockholders approved the removal of the Caps.

 

The settlement provides for, among other things, the release of any claims based on alleged coercion and disclosure related to the stockholder vote on the removal of the Caps. The settlement is subject to court approval. No settlement has been reached as to the derivative claims related to the underlying subordinated note and standby purchase agreement and the options.

 

 
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On September 18, 2015, a former client of Ingeus filed a complaint in the Birmingham County Court, United Kingdom, against Ingeus and two other defendants.  The complaint alleges collusion in the wrongful withholding of a jobseeker’s welfare allowance, discrimination in violation of the Human Rights Act, and harassment.  On October 15, 2015, the plaintiff was awarded a default judgment against Ingeus due to Ingeus’s failure to respond to the complaint within 14 days of the court’s incorrect deemed date of notice.  On October 19, 2015, Ingeus filed an Application notice to have the default judgment set aside because the Birmingham County Court made procedural errors when serving the complaint and did not provide Ingeus with the ability to respond timely to the complaint before the default judgment was made.  On November 2, 2015, the Birmingham County Court set aside the default judgment providing Ingeus with 14 days to file a defense against the plaintiff’s claim against Ingeus of approximately $775.  The Company has not accrued a liability for the plaintiff’s claim as of September 30, 2015 because it believes there are no reasonable grounds for bringing the complaint against Ingeus.

  

The Company is involved in other various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, many of which are covered in whole or in part by insurance. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or liquidity.

 

The Company has two deferred compensation plans for management and highly compensated employees. These deferred compensation plans are unfunded; therefore, benefits are paid from the general assets of the Company. The total of participant deferrals, which is reflected in “Other long-term liabilities” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, was approximately $1,398 and $1,432 at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

 

12. Transactions with Related Parties

 

On October 23, 2014, the Company issued to Coliseum, a related party, a 14.0% Unsecured Subordinated Note in aggregate principal amount of $65,500. Interest from the issuance date to, but excluding, the 120th day after the issuance date, was paid in cash in the amount of $3,015 on the issuance of the Note. Coliseum held approximately 15% of our outstanding common stock as of October 23, 2014 and is the Company’s largest shareholder. Additionally, Christopher Shackelton, who serves as the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and from June 1, 2015 through August 6, 2015 served as interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is also a Managing Partner at Coliseum Capital Management, LLC.

 

The Note was repaid in full on February 11, 2015, with the proceeds from a registered rights offering and related standby purchase commitment described above, which allowed all of the Company’s existing common stockholders the non-transferrable right to purchase their pro rata share of $65,500 of convertible preferred stock at a price of $100 per share, as further described above.

 

In connection with the anticipated Rights Offering, on October 23, 2014, the Company entered the Standby Purchase Agreement with the Standby Purchasers, pursuant to which the Standby Purchasers agreed to purchase, substantially simultaneously with the completion of the Rights Offering, in the aggregate, all of the available preferred stock not otherwise sold in the Rights Offering following the exercise of the subscription privileges of holders of the Company’s common stock. As consideration for entering into the Standby Purchase Agreement, on October 23, 2014, the Company paid the Standby Purchasers a fee of $2,947, which is included in “Convertible Preferred Stock, Net” in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2015. In addition, the Standby Purchasers had the right, exercisable within 30 days following the completion of the Rights Offering, to purchase additional preferred stock valued at $15,000 at a price per share of $105 which was exercised on March 12, 2015. Preferred stock dividends earned by Coliseum during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 totaled $2,678.

 

13. Acquisitions

 

On October 23, 2014, the Company acquired all of the outstanding equity of CCHN Group Holdings, Inc. (“Matrix”), the parent company of Community Care Health Network, Inc. (dba Matrix Medical Network ), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 17, 2014. The purchase price of Matrix is calculated as follows:

 

Cash purchase of common stock (including working capital adjustment)

  $ 354,637  

Equity consideration (valued using October 23, 2014 stock price)

    38,569  

Total purchase price

  $ 393,206  

 

 
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The table below presents Matrix’s net assets based upon the final estimate of the respective fair values:

 

 

Accounts receivable (1)

  $ 21,546  

Other current assets

    11,253  

Property and equipment

    4,293  

Intangibles

    247,500  

Goodwill (2)

    210,071  

Other non-current assets

    3,953  

Deferred taxes, net

    (80,681 )

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    (24,175 )

Other non-current liabilities

    (554 )

Total

  $ 393,206  
   
   

(1) The fair value of trade accounts receivable acquired in this transaction was determined to be approximately $21,546. The gross amount due with respect to these receivables is approximately $22,745, of which approximately $1,199 is expected to be uncollectible.

(2) The goodwill was allocated to the Company's HA Services segment. Goodwill totaling $995 is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill includes the value of the purchased assembled workforce.

 

 

The fair value of intangible assets is as follows:  

 

Type

 

Life (in years)

   

Value

 

Trademarks and trade names

Indefinite Lived

    N/A     $ 25,900  

Customer relationships

Amortizable

    10       181,300  

Developed technology

Amortizable

    5       40,300  
        9.1*     $ 247,500  

*Weighted-average amortization period for intangible assets with definite lives

 

 
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Pro forma information

 

Revenue and net income attributable to Ingeus Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Ingeus”), which the Company acquired on May 30, 2014, and Matrix included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and the pro forma revenue and net income of the combined entity had these acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 2014, are as follows:

 

   

Three months ended September 30,

   

Nine months ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

   

2015

   

2014

 

Ingeus results included in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of income:

                               

Revenue

  $ 95,369     $ 76,176     $ 281,614     $ 105,012  

Net income (loss)

  $ (11,352 )   $ (181 )   $ (14,142 )   $ 521  
                                 

Matrix results included in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of income:

                               

Revenue

  $ 52,882     $ -     $ 165,718     $ -  

Net income

  $ 2,715     $ -     $ 7,231     $ -  
                                 

Consolidated Pro forma:

                               

Revenue

  $ 432,450     $ 366,631     $ 1,270,517     $ 1,071,086  

Net income (loss)

  $ (5,571 )   $ 4,217     $ 7,299     $ 31,982  

Diluted earnings per share

  $ (0.41 )   $ 0.26     $ 0.19     $ 2.00  

 

 

 

 

The pro forma information above for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 includes the elimination of acquisition related costs, adjustments for compensation and stock-based compensation expense related to employment agreements effective upon consummation of the acquisitions, additional interest expense on the debt issued to finance the acquisitions, amortization and depreciation expense based on the estimated fair value and useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment and related tax effects. The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the transactions been consummated on January 1, 2014.

 

14. Discontinued Operations

 

On September 3, 2015, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell all of the membership interests in Providence Human Services, LLC and Providence Community Services, LLC, comprising the Company’s Human Services segment, in exchange for cash proceeds of approximately $200,000, prior to adjustments for estimated working capital, certain seller transaction costs, debt assumed by the Buyer, and a cash payment for the Providence Human Services cash and cash equivalents on hand at closing. See additional discussion of the sale of the Human Services segment in Note 16.

 

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents of $106,724 and $135,258 at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 exclude $19,753 and $25,148, respectively, of cash and cash equivalents pertaining to the Human Services segment which are classified as “Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the amount of the Human Services segment cash and cash equivalents on hand as of the closing date are to remain in the Human Services segment entities as a closing accommodation. The buyer will pay the Company for the Human Services segment cash and cash equivalents at closing in addition to the net cash sale proceeds (see Note 16 - Subsequent Events).

 

In accordance with ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements-Discontinued Operations, a component of an entity is reported in discontinued operations after meeting the criteria for held-for-sale classification if the disposition represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the entity's operations and financial results. The Company analyzed the quantitative and qualitative factors relevant to the Human Services segment disposition and determined that those held for sale conditions for discontinued operations presentation have been met. As such, the historical financial results of the Human Services segment and the related income tax effects have been reclassified into discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 
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The following table summarizes the results of operations classified as discontinued operations, net of tax, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

   

Three months ended

   

Nine months ended

 
   

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

   

2015

   

2014

 
                                 

Service revenue, net

  $ 84,722     $ 84,744     $ 260,701     $ 259,673  
                                 

Operating expenses:

                               

Service expense

    77,890       78,900       233,710       237,658  

General and administrative expense

    6,807       4,841       17,047       14,504  

Asset impairment charge

    1,593       -       1,593       -  

Depreciation and amortization

    1,217       1,778       4,831       5,101  

Total operating expenses

    87,507       85,519       257,181       257,263  

Operating income (loss)

    (2,785 )     (775 )     3,520       2,410  
                                 

Other expenses:

                               

Interest expense, net

    795       578       2,422       780  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes

    (3,580 )     (1,353 )     1,098       1,630  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

    (1,789 )     (367 )     756       970  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

  $ (1,791 )   $ (986 )   $ 342     $ 660  

 

 

In connection with classifying the Human Services segment as a discontinued operation, the Company was required to compare the estimated fair values of each reporting unit of the underlying disposal group, less the costs to sell, to the respective carrying amount. As a result of this analysis, the Company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $1,593 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, which is included in Asset impairment charge in the table above. The impairment charge was related to the Company’s Maple Star reporting unit.

 

We estimated the fair value of each reporting unit within the Human Services segment based on both a market-based valuation approach and an income-based valuation approach. The valuation methodology applied was consistent with our methodology for the 2014, 2013 and 2012 annual goodwill impairment assessments. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is determined using one or more methods based on current values in the market for similar businesses. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is based on the cash flow streams expected to be generated by the reporting unit over an appropriate time period, and then discounting the cash flows to present value using an appropriate discount rate. The income approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions, including estimates of future revenue and expenses, growth rates and discount rates. Inherent in such fair value determinations are certain judgments and estimates relating to future cash flows, including our interpretation of current economic indicators and market valuations, and assumptions about our strategic plans with regard to our operations.

 

The Company allocated interest expense to discontinued operations based on the portion of the revolving line of credit that was required to be paid with the proceeds from the sale of the Human Services segment. The total allocated interest expense was $805 and $2,461, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, and $589 and $810, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, and is included in Interest expense, net in the table above.

 

 
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The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities held for sale in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

 

   

September 30,

   

December 31,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents (a)   $ 19,753     $ 25,148  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,612 in 2015 and $2,770 in 2014

    50,149       43,779  

Other receivables

    1,087       1,552  

Prepaid expenses and other

    3,904       3,023  

Restricted cash

    530       573  

Deferred tax assets

    431       1,918  

Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale

  $ 75,854     $ 75,993  
                 

Property and equipment, net

  $ 14,694     $ 14,500  

Goodwill

    11,636       13,344  

Intangible assets, net

    14,314       16,769  
Deferred tax assets     4,570       3,689  

Other assets

    3,609       3,561  

Non-current assets of discontinued operations held for sale

  $ 48,823     $ 51,863  
                 
                 

Current portion of long-term obligations

  $ 600     $ 600  

Accounts payable

    1,895       1,504  

Accrued expenses

    19,602       22,584  

Deferred revenue

    2,061       1,502  

Reinsurance liability reserve

    64       38  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale

  $ 24,222     $ 26,228  
                 

Other long-term liabilities

  $ 854     $ 635  

Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale

  $ 854     $ 635  

 

(a)   In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the amount of the Human Services segment cash and cash equivalents on hand as of the closing date are to remain in the Human Services segment entities as a closing accommodation. The buyer will pay the Company for the Human Services segment cash and cash equivalents at closing in addition to the net cash sale proceeds (see Note 16 - Subsequent Events).

 

 

The following table presents depreciation, amortization, capital expenditures, and significant operating noncash items of the discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

   

For the nine months ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
                 

Cash flows from discontinued operating activities:

               

Depreciation

  $ 2,376     $ 2,304  

Amortization

  $ 2,455     $ 2,797  

Stock based compensation

  $ 168     $ 30  
Deferred income taxes   $ (2,368 )   $ 653  
                 

Cash flows from discontinued investing activities:

               

Purchase of property and equipment

  $ 2,550     $ 3,963  

 

 
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15. Business Segments

 

The Company’s operations are organized and reviewed by management along its service lines. The Company has historically operated in four segments, NET Services, Human Services, WD Services and HA Services. Effective November 1, 2015, the Company sold the Human Services segment as further discussed in Note 16. NET Services includes managing the delivery of non-emergency transportation services. WD Services primarily includes workforce development, legal offender rehabilitation case management and outsourced employability programs. HA Services primarily includes the provision of CHAs for MA health plans in enrolled members’ homes.

 

Prior to January 1, 2015, the Company reported its segment activities under a full absorption method, where all corporate direct and indirect costs were allocated to the reporting segments. Beginning on January 1, 2015, the Company began analyzing the results of the segments exclusive of the allocation of indirect corporate costs. Corporate costs that represent a direct expense of a segment continue to be allocated to the respective segment. The segment results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 have been recast to reflect management’s current internal method of segment reporting. The Corporate and Other column includes certain general and administrative costs that are not directly attributable to a specific segment, such as executive, accounting, technology, legal and other costs, as well as consolidation and elimination amounts and the activities of the Company’s wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary. Additionally, beginning January 1, 2015, oversight of the Company’s legacy workforce development businesses (those that existed prior to the acquisition of Ingeus) was transferred to the management of the WD Services segment. The financial results of these legacy workforce development businesses have been reclassified from the Human Services segment to the WD Services segment in the table below for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. These legacy workforce development businesses were not sold in connection with the Company’s sale of the Human Services segment.

 

 
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The following table sets forth certain financial information attributable to the Company’s business segments (excluding the Human Services segment which has been classified to discontinued operations) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

 
   

NET Services

   

WD Services

   

HA Services

   

Corporate and

Other

   

Total

 

Service revenue, net

  $ 277,130     $ 102,547     $ 52,882     $ (109 )   $ 432,450  

Service expense

    257,518       95,934       40,134       (2,708 )     390,878  

General and administrative expense

    2,908       8,260       804       9,352       21,324  

Depreciation and amortization

    2,389       3,441       7,488       52       13,370  

Operating income (loss)

  $ 14,315     $ (5,088 )   $ 4,456     $ (6,805 )   $ 6,878  
                                         

Total assets

  $ 287,929     $ 238,097     $ 490,189     $ 55,661     $ 1,071,876  

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2014

 
   

NET Services

   

WD Services

   

HA Services

   

Corporate and

Other

   

Total

 

Service revenue, net

  $ 226,055     $ 83,596     $ -     $ (177 )   $ 309,474  

Service expense

    206,456       73,159       -       829       280,444  

General and administrative expense

    2,136       5,834       -       12,356       20,326  

Depreciation and amortization

    1,926       4,050       -       280       6,256  

Operating income (loss)

  $ 15,537     $ 553     $ -     $ (13,642 )   $ 2,448  
                                         

Total assets

  $ 246,589     $ 221,022     $ -     $ 73,065     $ 540,676  

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

 
   

NET Services

   

WD Services

   

HA Services

   

Corporate and

Other

   

Total

 

Service revenue, net

  $ 802,580     $ 302,340     $ 165,718     $ (121 )   $ 1,270,517  

Service expense

    733,696       273,426       124,541       (2,679 )     1,128,984  

General and administrative expense

    7,959       23,469       2,086       25,570       59,084  

Depreciation and amortization

    6,995       10,089       21,855       675       39,614  

Operating income (loss)

  $ 53,930     $ (4,644 )   $ 17,236     $ (23,687 )   $ 42,835  

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014

 
   

NET Services

   

WD Services

   

HA Services

   

Corporate and

Other

   

Total

 

Service revenue, net

  $ 640,428     $ 127,661     $ -     $ (187 )   $ 767,902  

Service expense

    578,159       110,061       -       2,532       690,752  

General and administrative expense

    6,119       8,563       -       25,757       40,439  

Depreciation and amortization

    5,552       5,443       -       810       11,805  

Operating income (loss)

  $ 50,598     $ 3,594     $ -     $ (29,286 )   $ 24,906  

 

 

 

16. Subsequent Events

 

On October 14, 2015, the Company entered into amendments to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and related Escrow Agreement that governed its acquisition of Matrix (the “Amendments”). The Amendments call for the release from escrow by October 21, 2015 of the 946,723 shares of Providence common stock issued to the former stockholders and option holders of Matrix. One half of the escrowed shares were originally to be released on October 23, 2015 with the remaining shares to be released on October 23, 2016. The escrowed shares were placed in escrow to secure indemnification obligations related to certain representations made to Providence regarding healthcare billing and compliance with the Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules, known as HIPAA. The Amendments terminated these indemnification obligations effective October 14, 2015.

 

 
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On October 14, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement to repurchase 707,318 of its common stock held by former stockholders of Matrix for an aggregate purchase price of $29,000 (or $41.00 per share). The Company funded this purchase through a combination of borrowing on its revolving credit facility and cash on hand. The purchase of these shares was completed on October 30, 2015.

 

Effective November 1, 2015, the sale of the Human Services segment was completed. The Company received approximately $198,377 in net proceeds (including $10,000 held in an indemnity escrow) representing the $200,000 purchase price net of an estimated working capital adjustment, estimated seller transaction costs, debt assumed by the Buyer, and excluding a $24,525 cash payment received for the Providence Human Services cash and cash equivalents on hand at closing. Approximately $6,158 of total estimated seller transaction costs of $8,589 were contingent upon the completion of the sale and, therefore, were expensed subsequent to September 30, 2015. The Company was required to use 50% of the net cash proceeds from the sale to fund a repayment on the revolving loan under its existing credit facility. However, in November 2015, the Company used the full amount of the net proceeds plus the cash payment received for the Providence Human Services cash and cash equivalents on hand at closing to fund a $206,000 repayment on the revolving loan under its existing credit facility.

 

On October 15, 2015, the Company and two executives of Ingeus entered into Settlement Deeds whereby these executives’ employment was terminated by mutual agreement. The termination of the employees’ employment agreements caused the Company to recognize approximately $16,070 in stock compensation expense as of October 15, 2015 related to deferred consideration payable to these two executives in connection with the Share Sale Agreement for the purchase of Ingeus on May 30, 2014. The Company expects to receive approximately $4,866 from escrow representing the non-vested portion of cash that the Company placed into escrow for the payment of estimated income taxes related to the vesting of the common stock deferred consideration while these two executives were employees of the Company.

 

On November 4, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to engage in a common stock repurchase program to repurchase up to $70,000 in aggregate value of the Company’s common stock during the twelve-month period following November 4, 2015. Purchases under the common stock repurchase program may be made from time-to-time through a combination of open market repurchases (including Rule 10b5-1 plans), privately negotiated transactions, and accelerated share repurchase transactions, at the discretion of the Company’s officers, and as permitted by securities laws, covenants under existing bank agreements, and other legal requirements.

  

 
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Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, as well as our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. For purposes of “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” references to Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 mean the three months ended September 30, 2015 and the three months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. In addition, references to YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 mean the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.

 

Overview of our business

 

We arrange for and manage non-emergency transportation (“NET”) services and provide workforce development (“WD”) services and health assessment (“HA”) services. Until the sale of our Human Services segment effective November 1, 2015, we also provided behavioral health and other human services. In response to the large and growing population of eligible beneficiaries of government sponsored services, increasing pressure on governments to control costs and increasing acceptance of privatized human services and managed care solutions, we have grown both organically and through strategic acquisitions, including the acquisitions of Ingeus Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Ingeus”) and CCHN Group Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Matrix”) during the second and fourth quarters, respectively, of 2014.

 

Recent developments

 

On September 3, 2015, we announced that we entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which we would sell all of the membership interests in Providence Human Services, LLC and Providence Community Services, LLC, comprising the Company’s Human Services segment, in exchange for cash proceeds of approximately $200 million prior to adjustments for estimated working capital, certain seller transaction costs, debt assumed by the Buyer, and a cash payment for the Providence Human Services cash and cash equivalents on hand at closing. The sale of Human Services segment was completed effective November 1, 2015. The financial results of the Human Services segment and the related income tax effects are reported within discontinued operations for all periods presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Critical accounting estimates and policies

 

As of September 30, 2015, there has been no change in our accounting policies or the underlying assumptions or methodologies used to fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods covered by this report. For further discussion of our critical accounting policies see management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Results of operations

 

Segment reporting. Our operations are organized and reviewed by management along our service lines. We have historically operated in four segments, NET Services, Human Services, WD Services and HA Services. Effective November 1, 2015, we completed the sale of our Human Services segment. Accordingly, the results of operations discussions set forth below include the NET Services, WD Services and HA Services segments. The Human Services segment results of operations are separately discussed in the Discontinued operations, net of tax, section set forth below.

 

NET Services includes managing the delivery of non-emergency transportation services. WD Services includes workforce development, legal offender rehabilitation case management and outsourced employability programs. HA Services primarily includes the provision of comprehensive health assessments (“CHAs”) for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) health plans in enrolled members’ homes.

 

 
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Prior to January 1, 2015, we reported our segment activities under a full absorption method, where all corporate direct and indirect costs were allocated to the reporting segments. We began analyzing the results of the segments exclusive of the allocation of indirect corporate costs on January 1, 2015. Corporate costs that represent a direct expense of a segment continue to be allocated to the respective segment. The segment results for Q3 2014 and YTD 2014 have been recast to reflect management’s current internal method of segment reporting. The Corporate and Other information includes certain general and administrative costs that are not directly attributable to a specific segment, such as executive, accounting, technology, legal and other costs, as well as consolidation and elimination amounts and the activities of our wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary. Certain reclassifications have been made to the Corporate and Other information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, due to our presentation of discontinued operations. Additionally, beginning January 1, 2015, oversight of our legacy workforce development businesses (those that existed prior to the acquisition of Ingeus) was transferred to the management of the WD Services segment. The financial results of these legacy workforce development businesses have been reclassified from the Human Services segment to the WD Services segment in the tables below for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. These legacy workforce development businesses were not sold in connection with the Company’s sale of the Human Services segment.

 

Consolidated Results. The following table sets forth results of operations and the percentage of consolidated total revenues represented by items in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Three months ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
         

Percentage

of Revenue

       $    

Percentage

of Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    432,450       100.0%       309,474       100.0%  
                                 

Operating expenses:

                               

Service expense

    390,878       90.4%       280,444       90.6%  

General and administrative expense

    21,324       4.9%       20,326       6.6%  

Depreciation and amortization

    13,370       3.1%       6,256       2.0%  

Total operating expenses

    425,572       98.4%       307,026       99.2%  
                                 

Operating income

    6,878       1.6%       2,448       0.8%  
                                 

Non-operating expense:

                               

Interest expense, net

    3,809       0.9%       795       0.3%  

Loss on equity investment

    4,465       1.0%       -       0.0%  

Gain on foreign currency translation

    (736 )     -0.2%       (164 )     -0.1%  

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

    (660 )     -0.2%       1,817       0.6%  

Provision for income taxes

    3,120       0.7%       565       0.2%  

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax

    (3,780 )     -0.9%       1,252       0.4%  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    (1,791 )     -0.4%       (986 )     -0.3%  

Net income (loss)

    (5,571 )     -1.3%       266       0.1%  

 

 

 

Service revenue, net. Consolidated service revenue, net for Q3 2015 increased $123.0 million, or 39.7%, compared to Q3 2014. Revenue for Q3 2015 included revenue attributable to Matrix, which was acquired in October 2014, totaling $52.9 million. Revenue for Q3 2015 also included an increase in revenue attributable to Ingeus of approximately $19.2 million compared to Q3 2014, and an increase in revenue of approximately $51.1 million in our NET Services segment as compared to Q3 2014, which increases are further discussed in the segment discussions below.

 

 
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Total operating expenses. Consolidated operating expenses for Q3 2015 increased $118.5 million, or 38.6%, compared to Q3 2014. Operating expenses for Q3 2015 included expenses attributable to Matrix totaling $48.4 million. Operating expenses for Q3 2015 also included an increase in expenses attributable to Ingeus of approximately $24.6 million compared to Q3 2014, which is further described in the segment discussions below. Additionally, NET service expense increased $51.1 million in Q3 2015 as compared to Q3 2014, as further discussed in the segment discussion below. The remainder of the change from Q3 2014 to Q3 2015 is primarily attributable to decreased Corporate and Other expenses.

 

Operating income. Consolidated operating income increased by approximately $4.4 million from Q3 2014 to Q3 2015. The increase was primarily attributable to Matrix’s operating income of approximately $4.5 million, as well as a decrease in expenses for Corporate and Other of approximately $6.8 million which was substantially offset by a decrease in operating income for our NET Services and WD Services segments as further discussed in the segment discussions below.

 

Interest expense, net. Our current and long-term debt obligations have increased from approximately $191.6 million at September 30, 2014 to $483.1 million at September 30, 2015. The increase in our interest expense, net for Q3 2015 as compared to Q3 2014 primarily resulted from the increase in outstanding debt incurred primarily to fund our acquisition of Matrix, as well as the amortization of deferred financing fees incurred in October 2014.

 

Loss on equity investments. The loss on equity investments relates primarily to our investment in Mission Providence, a joint venture in Australia. Mission Providence began providing services in July 2015, however, it continued to incur start-up and administrative costs during Q3 2015.

 

Gain on foreign currency translation. Gain on foreign currency of approximately $0.7 million and $0.2 million for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014, respectively, were primarily due to translation adjustments on intercompany transactions with our foreign subsidiaries.

 

Provision for income taxes. Our effective tax rate from continuing operations for Q3 2015 exceeded 100%. The effective tax rate exceeded the United States federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to foreign net operating losses (including equity investment losses) for which the future income tax benefit currently cannot be recognized, state income taxes, and certain non-deductible expenses. The Company recognized an income tax provision for Q3 2015 despite having a loss from continuing operations before income taxes because of these factors. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for Q3 2014 was 31.1%.

 

Discontinued operations, net of tax. The following table summarizes the major classes of line items included in income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, and the percentage of service revenue from discontinued operations, for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    84,722       100.0%       84,744       100.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    77,890       91.9%       78,900       93.1%  

General and administrative expense

    6,807       8.0%       4,841       5.7%  

Asset impairment charge

    1,593       1.9%       -       0.0%  

Depreciation and amortization

    1,217       1.4%       1,778       2.1%  

Interest expense, net

    795       0.9%       578       0.7%  

Loss from discontinued operations before provision for income taxes

    (3,580 )     -4.2%       (1,353 )     -1.6%  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

    (1,789 )     -2.1%       (367 )     -0.4%  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    (1,791 )     -2.1%       (986 )     -1.2%  

 

 

The results above include an allocation of interest related to the portion of our revolving line of credit that was prepaid in November 2015 with 50% of the net proceeds from the sale of the Human Services segment, as was required by the lenders under the credit facility. Operating results of the Human Services segment decreased from Q3 2014 to Q3 2015 primarily due to the asset impairment charge on goodwill associated with the Maple Star reporting unit and transaction costs related to the sale of the Human Services segment of approximately $1.9 million. This decrease in operating results was partially offset by improved results in Q3 2015 as compared to Q3 2014 due to the termination of the Texas foster care contract in 2014.

 

 
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YTD 2015 compared to YTD 2014

 

The following table sets forth results of operations and the percentage of consolidated total revenues represented by items in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Nine months ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage

of Revenue

         

Percentage

of Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    1,270,517       100.0%       767,902       100.0%  
                                 

Operating expenses:

                               

Service expense

    1,128,984       88.9%       690,752       90.0%  

General and administrative expense

    59,084       4.7%       40,439       5.3%  

Depreciation and amortization

    39,614       3.1%       11,805       1.5%  

Total operating expenses

    1,227,682       96.6%       742,996       96.8%  
                                 

Operating income

    42,835       3.4%       24,906       3.2%  
                                 

Non-operating expense:

                               

Interest expense, net

    12,734       1.0%       3,439       0.4%  

Loss on equity investment

    8,008       0.6%       -       0.0%  

Gain on foreign currency translation

    (1,131 )     -0.1%       (63 )     0.0%  

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

    23,224       1.8%       21,530       2.8%  

Provision for income taxes

    16,267       1.3%       8,966       1.2%  

Income from continuing operations

    6,957       0.5%       12,564       1.6%  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    342       0.0%       660       0.1%  

Net income

    7,299       0.6%       13,224       1.7%  

 

 

 

Service revenue, net. Consolidated service revenue, net for YTD 2015 increased $502.6 million, or 65.5%, compared to YTD 2014. Revenue for YTD 2015 included revenue attributable to Matrix, which was acquired on October 23, 2014, of approximately $165.7 million, as well as an increase in revenue attributable to Ingeus, which was acquired May 30, 2014, of approximately $176.6 million compared to YTD 2014. Additionally, the NET Services segment experienced an increase in revenue of approximately $162.2 million as further discussed in the segment discussion below.

 

Total operating expenses. Consolidated operating expenses for YTD 2015 increased $484.7 million, or 65.2%, compared to YTD 2014. Operating expenses for YTD 2015 included expenses attributable to Matrix of approximately $148.5 million, as well as an increase in expenses attributable to Ingeus of approximately $183.6 million compared to YTD 2014. Additionally, NET service expense increased $155.5 million in YTD 2015 as compared to YTD 2014 as further discussed in the segment discussion below.

 

Operating income. Consolidated operating income increased by approximately $17.9 million, or 72.0%, from YTD 2014 to YTD 2015. The increase was primarily attributable to Matrix’s operating income of approximately $17.2 million, as well as increased profitability of our NET Services segment of approximately $3.3 million and decreased expenses for Corporate and Other of approximately $5.5 million which were partially offset by a decrease in the operating income of Ingeus in YTD 2015 as compared to YTD 2014, as further discussed in the segment discussions below.

 

Interest expense, net. The increase in our interest expense, net for YTD 2015 as compared to YTD 2014 primarily resulted from the increase in outstanding debt, incurred primarily to fund our acquisitions of Ingeus and Matrix, as well as the amortization of deferred financing fees incurred in October 2014.

 

 
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Loss on equity investments. The loss on equity investments relates primarily to our investment in Mission Providence. Mission Providence began providing services in July 2015 and has incurred start-up and administrative costs to date.

 

Gain on foreign currency translation. Gain on foreign currency of approximately $1.1 million and $0.1 million for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014, respectively, were primarily due to translation adjustments on intercompany transactions with our foreign subsidiaries.

 

Provision for income taxes. Our effective tax rate from continuing operations for YTD 2015 was 70.0%. The effective tax rate exceeded the United States federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to foreign net operating losses (including equity investment losses) for which the future income tax benefit currently cannot be recognized, state income taxes, and certain non-deductible expenses. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for YTD 2014 was 41.6%.

 

Discontinued operations, net of tax. The following table summarizes the major classes of line items included in income for discontinued operations, net of tax, and the percentage of service revenue from discontinued operations, for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    260,701       100.0%       259,673      

100.0%

 
                                 

Service expense

    233,710       89.6%       237,658       91.5%  

General and administrative expense

    17,047       6.5%       14,504       5.6%  

Asset impairment charge

    1,593       0.6%       -       0.0%  

Depreciation and amortization

    4,831       1.9%       5,101       2.0%  

Interest expense, net

    2,422       0.9%       780       0.3%  

Income from discontinued operations before provision for income taxes

    1,098       0.4%       1,630       0.6%  

Provision for income taxes

    756       0.3%       970       0.4%  

Discontinued operations, net of tax

    342       0.1%       660       0.3%  

 

 

The results above include an allocation of interest related to the portion of our revolving line of credit that was prepaid in November 2015 with 50% of the net proceeds from the sale of the Human Services segment, as was required by the lenders under the credit facility. Operating results of the Human Services segment improved in YTD 2015 as compared to YTD 2014 primarily due to the termination of the Texas foster care contract in 2014, however this improvement was offset by the impact of a non-cash goodwill impairment charge related to the Maple Star reporting unit and transaction expenses related to the sale of the Human Services segment of approximately $2.3 million.

 

 

Segment Results. The following analysis includes discussion on each of our segments, except for the Human Services segment, which is described above in Discontinued operations, net of tax. Certain corporate costs have been allocated to the operating segments below which represent costs that directly relate to a specific segment. All other corporate costs, eliminations and the results of our wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary are included below in “Corporate and Other”.

 

 
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NET Services

 

NET Services segment financial results were as follows for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

  

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    277,130       100.0%       226,055       100.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    257,518       92.9%       206,456       91.3%  

General and administrative expense

    2,908       1.0%       2,136       0.9%  

Depreciation and amortization

    2,389       0.9%       1,926       0.9%  

Operating income

    14,315       5.2%       15,537       6.9%  

 

Service revenue, net. Our NET Services segment revenues increased by $51.1 million during Q3 2015, a 22.6% increase compared to Q3 2014. The increase was primarily related to new contracts and increased membership in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Texas, and other states.

 

Service expense, net. Service expense for our NET Services segment included the following for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Payroll and related costs

    36,553       13.2%       28,761       12.7%  

Purchased services

    212,175       76.6%       169,589       75.0%  

Other operating expenses

    8,681       3.1%       7,934       3.5%  

Stock-based compensation

    109       0.0%       172       0.1%  

Total service expense

    257,518       92.9%       206,456       91.3%  

 

 

 

The increase in service expense is primarily attributable to the increase in purchased transportation services as a result of new business as well as increased utilization by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act population as they become more familiar with the availability of covered services.

 

General and administrative expense. Our NET Services segment’s general and administrative expenses included approximately $2.9 million and $2.1 million for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014, respectively, of facility costs, which have increased due to the overall growth of our operations, including the opening of a new call center in Arizona and expanded operations in Nevada and New York.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Our NET Services segment’s depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $0.5 million, yet remained constant at approximately 0.9% of revenue.

 

 
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NET Services segment financial results were as follows for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
         

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    802,580       100.0%       640,428       100.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    733,696       91.4%       578,159       90.3%  

General and administrative expense

    7,959       1.0%       6,119       1.0%  

Depreciation and amortization

    6,995       0.9%       5,552       0.9%  

Operating income

    53,930       6.7%       50,598       7.9%  

 

Service revenue, net. Our NET Services segment revenues increased by $162.2 million during YTD 2015, a 25.3% increase compared to YTD 2014. The increase was primarily related to new contracts and increased membership in California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Texas and Utah as well as work under national managed care organization programs. The increase in revenue was partially offset by the elimination of our contracts in Mississippi and Connecticut.

 

Service expense. Service expense for our NET Services segment included the following for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
         

Percentage of

Revenue

         

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Payroll and related costs

    103,920       12.9%       80,440       12.6%  

Purchased services

    603,399       75.2%       475,913       74.3%  

Other operating expenses

    26,014       3.2%       21,241       3.3%  

Stock-based compensation

    363       0.0%       565       0.1%  

Total service expense

    733,696       91.4%       578,159       90.3%  

 

 

The increase in service expense is primarily attributable to the increase in purchased transportation services. The increase in purchased services as a percentage of revenue is primarily a result of an increase in utilization, partially attributable to less severe winter weather in the first quarter of 2015 versus the first quarter of 2014. Additionally, utilization has increased due to increased usage by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act population as they become more familiar with the availability of NET services and the expansion of existing books of business.

 

General and administrative expense. Our NET Services segment’s general and administrative expenses included approximately $8.0 million and $6.1 million for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014, respectively, of facility costs, which have increased due to the overall growth of our operations, including the opening of a new call center in Arizona and expanded operations in Nevada and New York.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Our NET Services segment’s depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $1.4 million, yet remained constant at approximately 0.9% of revenue.

 

 
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 WD Services

 

WD Services segment information for Q3 2014 and YTD 2014 has been recast to include our legacy workforce development businesses, which existed prior to the acquisition of Ingeus and prior to January 1, 2015 were included in the Human Services segment. WD Services segment financial results were as follows for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
         

Percentage of

Revenue

         

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    102,547       100.0%       83,596       100.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    95,934       93.6%       73,159       87.5%  

General and administrative expense

    8,260       8.1%       5,834       7.0%  

Depreciation and amortization

    3,441       3.4%       4,050       4.8%  

Operating income (loss)

    (5,088 )     -5.0%       553       0.7%  

 

Service revenue, net. Our WD Services segment revenues increased by $19.0 million, or 22.7%, from Q3 2014 to Q3 2015. The increase was attributable primarily to revenue associated with a new rehabilitation and justice program that began in 2015, which was partially offset by a decrease in revenue due to declining referrals and reduced unit pricing under one of the segment’s primary employability programs in the United Kingdom.

 

Service expense. Service expense for our WD Services segment included the following for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Payroll and related costs

    61,138       59.6%       41,022       49.1%  

Purchased services

    20,516       20.0%       20,119       24.1%  

Other operating expenses

    12,723       12.4%       10,580       12.7%  

Stock-based compensation

    1,557       1.5%       1,438       1.7%  

Total service expense

    95,934       93.6%       73,159       87.5%  

 

The increase in service expense in Q2 2015 compared to Q2 2014 was primarily related to the increase of approximately $20.1 million in payroll and related costs. These costs have increased as a result of new programs, primarily a new rehabilitation and justice program. Additionally, a portion of the payroll and related costs are short-term in nature, which has caused an increase in the payroll and related costs as a percentage of revenue. The nature of our services offered by the WD Services segment often requires significant upfront capital and operating cost outlays upon contract award.

 

General and administrative expense. Our WD Services segment’s general and administrative expenses included approximately $8.3 million and $5.8 million for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014, respectively, of facility costs. The increase was primarily attributable to additional facility costs to accommodate the activities of new programs.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Our WD Services segment’s depreciation and amortization expenses for Q3 2015 decreased by approximately $0.6 million compared to Q3 2014 primarily due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

 
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WD Services segment financial results were as follows for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    302,340       100.0%       127,661       100.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    273,426       90.4%       110,061       86.2%  

General and administrative expense

    23,469       7.8%       8,563       6.7%  

Depreciation and amortization

    10,089       3.3%       5,443       4.3%  

Operating income (loss)

    (4,644 )     -1.5%       3,594       2.8%  

 

Service revenue, net. Our WD Services segment revenues increased by $174.7 million from YTD 2014 to YTD 2015. The increase was primarily attributable to the inclusion of the results of Ingeus for the full 2015 nine month period. Ingeus’s operations, acquired on May 30, 2014, comprise the majority of the WD Services segment. Ingeus contributed $281.6 million of revenue for YTD 2015 and $105.0 million of revenue for YTD 2014. Additionally, Ingeus has experienced revenue growth due to new programs that began in 2015, offset by revenue declines associated with declining referrals and reduced unit pricing under one of the segment’s primary employability programs in the United Kingdom.

 

Service expense. Service expense for our WD Services segment included the following for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
         

Percentage of

Revenue

         

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Payroll and related costs

    177,931       58.9%       63,129       49.5%  

Purchased services

    57,387       19.0%       27,953       21.9%  

Other operating expenses

    33,434       11.1%       17,055       13.4%  

Stock-based compensation

    4,674       1.5%       1,924       1.5%  

Total service expense

    273,426       90.4%       110,061       86.2%  

 

 

 

The increase in service expense in YTD 2015 compared to YTD 2014 was primarily related to the inclusion of Ingeus since May 30, 2014. Service expense attributable to Ingeus totaled approximately $255.1 million in YTD 2015 and approximately $91.2 million in YTD 2014. Service expenses also increased as a result of increased payroll and related costs associated with a new rehabilitation and justice program. A portion of these payroll and related costs are start-up in nature, which caused an increase in the payroll and related costs as a percentage of revenue. The nature of our services offered by the WD Services segment often requires significant upfront capital and operating cost outlays upon contract award.

 

General and administrative expense. Our WD Services segment’s general and administrative expenses included approximately $23.5 million and $8.6 million for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014, respectively, of facility costs. The increase was primarily attributable to facility costs for a full YTD 2015 period of activity for Ingeus of approximately $22.1 million for YTD 2015, compared to approximately $7.2 million for YTD 2014. Ingeus has also experienced additional facility costs in 2015 in relation to its new programs.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Our WD Services segment’s depreciation and amortization expenses for YTD 2015 increased by approximately $4.6 million compared to YTD 2014. This increase was primarily attributable to the depreciation and amortization expenses related to a full YTD 2015 period of activity for Ingeus, which increased to $9.8 million in YTD 2015 from $5.1 million in YTD 2014.

 

 
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HA Services

 

HA Services segment (acquired in the Matrix acquisition) financial results were as follows for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    52,882       100.0%       -       0.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    40,134       75.9%       -       0.0%  

General and administrative expense

    804       1.5%       -       0.0%  

Depreciation and amortization

    7,488       14.2%       -       0.0%  

Operating income

    4,456       8.4%       -       0.0%  

 

 

Service revenue, net. Our HA Services segment revenues in Q3 2015 were comprised of revenues of Matrix, which we acquired in October 2014.

 

Service expense. Service expense for our HA Services segment included the following for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Payroll and related costs

    33,449       63.3%       -       0.0%  

Purchased services

    290       0.5%       -       0.0%  

Other operating expenses

    6,345       12.0%       -       0.0%  

Stock-based compensation

    50       0.1%       -       0.0%  

Total service expense

    40,134       75.9%       -       0.0%  

     

General and administrative expense. Our HA Services segment’s general and administrative expenses included approximately $0.8 million of facility costs in Q3 2015.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Our HA Services segment’s depreciation and amortization expenses included approximately $6.6 million of amortization of intangible assets acquired in the Matrix acquisition.

 

HA Services segment financial results were as follows for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

         

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Service revenue, net

    165,718       100.0%       -       0.0%  
                                 

Service expense

    124,541       75.2%       -       0.0%  

General and administrative expense

    2,086       1.3%       -       0.0%  

Depreciation and amortization

    21,855       13.2%       -       0.0%  

Operating income

    17,236       10.4%       -       0.0%  

 

 
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Service revenue, net. Our HA Services segment revenues in YTD 2015 were comprised of revenues of Matrix, which we acquired in October 2014. We expect the HA Services segment revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 to decrease compared to the first and second quarters of 2015 due to the significant number of CHAs that were performed in the first half of the year.

 

Service expense. Service expense for our HA Services segment included the following for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
       $    

Percentage of

Revenue

         

Percentage of

Revenue

 

Payroll and related costs

    101,996       61.5 %     -       0.0 %

Purchased services

    772       0.5 %     -       0.0 %

Other operating expenses

    21,699       13.1 %     -       0.0 %

Stock-based compensation

    74       0.0 %     -       0.0 %

Total service expense

    124,541       75.2 %     -       0.0 %

 

 

General and administrative expense. Our HA Services segment’s general and administrative expenses included approximately $2.1 million of facility costs in YTD 2015.

 

Depreciation and amortization expense. Our HA Services segment’s depreciation and amortization expenses include approximately $19.6 million of amortization of intangible assets acquired in the Matrix acquisition.

 

 

 

Corporate and Other

 

Our Corporate and Other financial results were as follows for Q3 2015 and Q3 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
      $       $  

Service revenue, net

    (109 )     (177 )
                 

Service expense

    (2,708 )     829  

General and administrative expense

    9,352       12,356  

Depreciation and amortization

    52       280  

Operating loss

    (6,805 )     (13,642 )

 

 

Operating loss. Corporate and Other operating loss decreased by approximately $6.8 million in Q3 2015 as compared to Q3 2014, due primarily to decreased expenses. Service expense for Q3 2015 decreased as compared to Q3 2014 due primarily to a favorable actuarial adjustment in 2015 for our estimated self-insured claims incurred but not reported provision of approximately $1.8 million as well as a decrease in payroll and related costs and additional eliminations of insurance expenses due to the transition of Matrix becoming covered by our captive insurance company in Q3 2015. General and administrative expense primarily decreased in Q3 2015 as compared to Q3 2014 due to a decrease in acquisition costs, related primarily to the acquisition of Matrix, of approximately $3.8 million. Additionally, general and administrative expense decreases in stock based compensation of approximately $2.9 million were offset by increased costs of approximately $3.7 million for accounting related fees, legal fees, professional fees and payroll related costs.

 

 
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Our Corporate and Other financial results were as follows for YTD 2015 and YTD 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
      $       $  

Service revenue, net

    (121 )     (187 )
                 

Service expense

    (2,679 )     2,532  

General and administrative expense

    25,570       25,757  

Depreciation and amortization

    675       810  

Operating loss

    (23,687 )     (29,286 )

 

 

Operating loss. Corporate and Other operating loss decreased by approximately $5.6 million in YTD 2015 as compared to YTD 2014, due primarily to decreased expenses. Service expense for YTD 2015 decreased as compared to YTD 2014 due to a favorable actuarial adjustment in 2015 for our estimated self-insured claims incurred but not reported provision of approximately $1.8 million in Q3 2015 as well as a decrease in certain payroll and related costs due to positions that were eliminated in 2014 and additional eliminations of insurance expenses due to the transition of Matrix becoming covered by our captive insurance company in Q3 2015. General and administrative expenses remained relatively consistent between the two periods. However, general and administrative expenses in YTD 2014 included an additional $7.9 million in acquisition costs, related to the acquisitions of Ingeus and Matrix, as compared to YTD 2015. The decrease in acquisition costs captured within general and administrative expense for YTD 2015 as compared to YTD 2014 was offset by additional accounting related fees, legal, recruiting, professional fees and payroll related costs of approximately $5.9 million and expense attributable to stock award modifications in the amount of approximately $0.7 million related to a separation agreement with our former Chief Executive Officer.

 

 Seasonality

 

Our quarterly operating results and operating cash flows normally fluctuate for certain of our business segments as a result of seasonal variations in our business. Our NET Services operating segment experiences fluctuations in demand for its non-emergency transportation services during the summer, winter and holiday seasons. Due to higher demand in the summer months and lower demand in the winter and holiday seasons, coupled with a primarily fixed revenue stream based on a per member, per month payment structure, our NET Services operating segment normally experiences lower operating margins in the summer season and higher operating margins in the winter and holiday seasons.

 

Our Human Services operating segment, reported in discontinued operations, historically experienced lower client demand for its home and community based services during the holiday and summer seasons, generally resulting in lower revenue during those periods. Our operating expenses related to the Human Services operating segment did not vary significantly with these changes in revenue. As a result, our Human Services operating segment typically experienced lower operating margins during the holiday and summer seasons.

 

Our HA and WD Services operating segments typically do not experience seasonal fluctuations in operating results, however, quarterly volatility in revenue and earnings is common due to uneven customer demand in our HA Services segment and the timing of commencement and expiration of certain major contracts in our WD Services segment.

 

Liquidity and capital resources 

 

Short-term capital requirements consist primarily of recurring operating expenses, new contract start-up costs, commitments to fund investments and debt service requirements. We expect to meet these requirements through available cash on hand, the generation of cash from our operating segments and borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility. In November 2015, we used $206.0 million of the net proceeds from the sale of our Human Services segment, and the cash payment received for the Providence Human Services cash and cash equivalents on hand at closing of the sale, to pay down a portion of the outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility (only 50% of our net cash proceeds were required to pay down our credit facility). Subject to additional management evaluation of market and business conditions, share price and other factors, we may reborrow a portion or all of these funds to fund acquisitions, investments in the long-term development of our Company’s other segments, and the return of capital to stockholders through a stock repurchase program. Additionally, in October 2015, we repurchased 707,318 shares of our common stock for approximately $29.0 million from cash on hand and borrowings under our revolving credit facility.

 

 
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Cash flow from operating activities has been our primary source of cash in YTD 2015. Our balance of cash and cash equivalents, including cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations, was approximately $126.5 million and $160.4 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Approximately $57.3 million of cash was held in foreign countries at September 30, 2015, and is not available to fund domestic operations unless the funds are repatriated. The repatriation of funds would be subject to certain taxes and fees that are prohibitive, and as such, we do not currently intend to repatriate funds held internationally. We had restricted cash from continuing operations of approximately $19.4 million and $18.0 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, related to contractual obligations and activities of our captive insurance subsidiaries and other subsidiaries. At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our total debt was approximately $483.1 million and $576.1 million, respectively.

 

We may access capital markets to raise equity or debt financing for various business reasons, including required debt payments and acquisitions. The timing, term, size, and pricing of any such financing will depend on investor interest and market conditions, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any such financing.

 

Cash flows

 

Operating activities. We generated net cash flows from operating activities of approximately $25.7 million for YTD 2015. These cash flows included net income of approximately $7.3 million plus net non-cash depreciation, amortization, amortization of deferred financing costs, provision for doubtful accounts, stock-based compensation, deferred income taxes, loss on equity investment and other items of approximately $55.9 million. The balance of the cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to the net effect of changes in other working capital items, including the following significant items:

 

 

a decrease in cash of approximately $87.8 million primarily related to the increase in accounts receivable of approximately $46.0 million related to our NET Services segment attributable primarily to revenue growth as well as an increase in days outstanding for accounts receivable of two large customers, and increased accounts receivable of approximately $24.2 million in our WD Services segment primarily attributable to receivables associated with our new contracts, and

 

 

an increase in cash of approximately $23.6 million related to the increase in accrued transportation costs resulting from the additional NET Services contracts active during 2015 as well as increased trip volume, and

 

 

an increase in cash of approximately $17.9 million related to the increase in deferred revenue that was primarily attributable to cash received in advance of services being rendered for two large contracts within our WD Services segment.

 

Investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities totaled approximately $42.5 million for YTD 2015. Approximately $23.8 million was used to purchase property and equipment to support the growth of our operations due to new contracts, approximately $13.8 million was used to fund our investment in Mission Providence and approximately $3.4 million was used for the final settlement of purchase price adjustments related to the Ingeus and Matrix acquisitions.

 

Financing activities. Net cash used in financing activities totaled approximately $16.6 million for YTD 2015. Cash provided by financing activities included approximately $80.7 million of net proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock and $4.5 million of cash received from employee stock option exercises. Cash used in financing activities included the repayment of our note payable to a related party totaling $65.5 million, scheduled debt payments under our credit facility of approximately $17.4 million, repayments on our revolving credit facility totaling $10.0 million and the payment of contingent consideration related to the Ingeus acquisition of approximately $7.5 million.

 

Obligations and commitments

 

Credit facility. On August 2, 2013, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and letter of credit issuer, SunTrust Bank, as syndication agent, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers and other lenders party thereto. The Credit Agreement provided us with a senior secured credit facility, or the Credit Facility, in aggregate principal amount of $225.0 million, comprised of a $60.0 million term loan facility and a $165.0 million revolving credit facility. The Credit Facility includes sublimits for swingline loans and letters of credit in amounts of up to $10.0 million and $25.0 million, respectively. On August 2, 2013, we borrowed the entire amount available under the term loan facility and $16.0 million under our revolving credit facility and used the proceeds thereof to refinance certain of our existing indebtedness.

 

 
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On May 28, 2014 we entered into the first amendment (the “First Amendment”) to our Credit Facility. The First Amendment provided for, among other things, an increase in the aggregate amount of the revolving credit facility from $165.0 million to $240.0 million and other modifications in connection with the consummation of the acquisition of Ingeus.

 

On October 23, 2014, we entered into the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement and Consent (the “Second Amendment”) to amend the Credit Facility to (i) add a new term loan tranche in aggregate principal amount of up to $250.0 million to partly finance the acquisition of Matrix, (ii) provide the consent of the required lenders to consummate the acquisition of Matrix, (iii) permit incurrence of additional debt to fund the acquisition of Matrix, (iv) add an excess cash flow mandatory prepayment provision and (v) such other amendments which are beneficial to us and provide greater flexibility for our future operations.

 

On September 3, 2015, we entered into the Third Amendment and Consent to the Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) amending the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Third Amendment, the lenders under the Credit Agreement consented to Providence’s sale of the Human Services segment, provided that a minimum amount equal to 50% of the net cash proceeds, as defined in the Credit Agreement, of the sale is applied pro rata to the prepayment of revolving loans and swingline loans under the Credit Agreement. Further, the lenders consented to our use of 50% of the net cash proceeds of the sale to make restricted payments to repurchase common stock pursuant to a Providence stock repurchase program. The Third Amendment provides for appropriate amendments to the terms of the Credit Agreement to reflect such consents. The Credit Facility defines “net cash proceeds” to include cash proceeds or cash equivalents actually received in a disposition such as the sale, net of direct costs incurred, taxes paid or payable as a result of the disposition, the amount of required payments on indebtedness as a result of the disposition, and the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for contingency payments, such as indemnification obligations.

 

Under the Credit Facility we have an option to request an increase in the amount of the revolving credit facility and/or the term loan facility from time to time (on substantially the same terms as apply to the existing facilities) in an aggregate amount of up to $75.0 million with either additional commitments from lenders under the Credit Agreement at such time or new commitments from financial institutions acceptable to the administrative agent in its reasonable discretion, so long as no default or event of default exists at the time of any such increase. We may not be able to access additional funds under this increase option as no lender is obligated to participate in any such increase under the Credit Facility.

 

The Credit Facility matures on August 2, 2018. We may prepay the Credit Facility in whole or in part, at any time without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the lenders’ breakage and redeployment costs in connection with prepayments of London Interbank Offering Rate, or LIBOR, loans. The unutilized portion of the commitments under the Credit Facility may be irrevocably reduced or terminated by us at any time without penalty.

 

Our obligations under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by all of our present and future domestic subsidiaries, excluding certain domestic subsidiaries, which include our insurance captives and not-for-profit subsidiaries. Our obligations under, and each guarantor’s obligations under its guaranty of, the Credit Facility are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of our respective assets, including a pledge of 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of our domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the issued and outstanding stock of our first tier foreign subsidiaries.

 

Interest on the outstanding principal amount of the loans accrues, at our election, at a per annum rate equal to LIBOR, plus an applicable margin or the base rate plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin ranges from 2.25% to 3.25% in the case of LIBOR loans and 1.25% to 2.25% in the case of the base rate loans, in each case, based on our consolidated leverage ratio as defined in the Credit Agreement. Interest on the loans is payable quarterly in arrears. The interest rate applied to our term loan at September 30, 2015 was 3.28%. In addition, we are obligated to pay a quarterly commitment fee based on a percentage of the unused portion of each lender’s commitment under the revolving credit facility and quarterly letter of credit fees based on a percentage of the maximum amount available to be drawn under each outstanding letter of credit. The commitment fee and letter of credit fee ranges from 0.25% to 0.50% and 2.25% to 3.25%, respectively, in each case, based on our consolidated leverage ratio.

 

 
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The $60.0 million term loan is subject to quarterly amortization payments, commencing on December 31, 2014, so that the following percentages of the term loan outstanding on the closing date plus the principal amount of any term loans funded pursuant to the increase option are repaid as follows: 7.5% between December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2015, 10.0% between December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2016, 12.5% between December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017, 11.25% between December 31, 2017 and June 30, 2018 and the remaining balance at maturity.

 

The $250.0 million term loan is subject to quarterly amortization payments, which commenced on March 31, 2015, so that the following percentages of the term loan outstanding on the closing date plus the principal amount of any term loans funded pursuant to the increase option are repaid as follows: 5.625% between March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, 10.0% between December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2016, 12.5% between December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017, 11.25% between December 31, 2017 and June 30, 2018 and the remaining balance at maturity.

 

The Credit Facility also requires us (subject to certain exceptions to prepay the outstanding loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the net cash proceeds received from certain asset dispositions (or 50% of net cash proceeds in the case of the sale of the Human Services segment), debt issuances, insurance and casualty awards and other extraordinary receipts.

 

The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default. The negative covenants include restrictions on our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, make investments, give guarantees, pay dividends, sell assets and merge and consolidate. We are subject to financial covenants, including consolidated net leverage and consolidated fixed charge covenants. We were in compliance with all covenants as of September 30, 2015.

 

We had $191.7 million of borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of September 30, 2015. $25.0 million of the revolving credit facility is available to collateralize certain letters of credit. As of September 30, 2015, there were eight letters of credit in the amount of approximately $8.3 million collateralized under the revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2015, our available credit under the revolving credit facility was $40.0 million.

 

Contingent obligations. Under The Providence Service Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended, or Deferred Compensation Plan, eligible employees and independent contractors of a participating employer (as defined in the Deferred Compensation Plan) may defer all or a portion of their base salary, service bonus, performance-based compensation earned in a period of 12 months or more, commissions and, in the case of independent contractors, compensation reportable on Form 1099. The Deferred Compensation Plan is unfunded and benefits are paid from our general assets. We also maintain a 409(A) Deferred Compensation Rabbi Trust Plan for highly compensated employees of our NET Services segment. Benefits are paid from our general assets under this plan. The total amounts due under these plans were approximately $1.4 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

Reinsurance and Self-Funded Insurance Programs

 

Reinsurance

 

           We reinsure a substantial portion of our automobile, general and professional liability and workers’ compensation costs under reinsurance programs through our wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary, Social Services Providers Captive Insurance Company, or SPCIC. At September 30, 2015, the cumulative reserve for expected losses since inception of these automobile, general and professional liability and workers’ compensation costs reinsurance programs was approximately $1.3 million, $2.5 million and $10.0 million, respectively. In addition, based on an independent actuarial report, our expected losses related to workers’ compensation and general and professional liability in excess of our liability under our associated reinsurance programs at September 30, 2015 was approximately $6.0 million. Further, SPCIC had restricted cash of approximately $18.8 million and $17.5 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, which was restricted to secure the reinsured claims losses of SPCIC under the automobile, general and professional liability and workers’ compensation reinsurance programs.

 

 
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Health Insurance

 

           We offer our NET Services segment and Human Service segment employees an option to participate in a self-funded health insurance program. The liability for the self-funded health plan of approximately $2.4 million and $2.0 million as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, was recorded in “Reinsurance liability reserve” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, such as any statements about our confidence, strategies or expectations about revenues, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, ability to fund operations, profitability, ability to meet financial covenants, contracts or market opportunities, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our business and our industry. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “will,” “could,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “future,” and “intends” and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

 

The forward-looking statements contained herein are not guarantees of our future performance and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. Some of these risks, uncertainties and other factors are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause our actual results or achievements to differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in the forward-looking statements.

 

All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained above and throughout this report. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. We do not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Foreign currency risk

 

As of September 30, 2015, we conducted business in 11 countries outside the US. As such, our cash flows and earnings are subject to fluctuations from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We do not currently hedge against the possible impact of currency fluctuations. For YTD 2015, we used 11 functional currencies and generated approximately $289.8 million of our net operating revenues from operations outside the US. As we expand further into international markets, we expect the risk from foreign currency exchange rates to increase.

 

A 10% adverse change in the foreign currency exchange rate from the Great British Pound to the US Dollar would have a $23.2 million impact on revenue, but would not significantly impact net income. A 10% adverse change in other foreign currency exchange rates would not have a significant impact on the revenue or operating results of the Company.

 

Interest rate and market risk

 

As of September 30, 2015, we had borrowings under our term loans of $291.4 million and borrowings under our revolving line of credit of $191.7 million. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrued interest at LIBOR plus 3.00% per annum as of September 30, 2015. An increase of 1% in the LIBOR rate would cause an increase in interest expense of up to $12.6 million over the remaining term of the Credit Agreement, which expires in 2018.

 

We assess the significance of interest rate and market risk on a periodic basis and may implement strategies to manage such risk as we deem appropriate. We do not use financial derivative instruments to mitigate these risks.

 

 
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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

 

The Company, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this report (“Disclosure Controls”). Based upon the Disclosure Controls evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Disclosure Controls were effective in reaching a reasonable level of assurance that (i) information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) Changes in internal controls

 

The principal executive officer and principal financial officer also conducted an evaluation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (“Internal Control”) to determine whether any changes in Internal Control occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2015 that have materially affected or which are reasonably likely to materially affect Internal Control. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.

 

In connection with the Company’s integration of the businesses of Ingeus and Matrix, acquired in 2014 with the Company’s legacy operations, the Company has established or enhanced certain internal controls over the period-end close, consolidation, financial reporting processes, and certain significant accounts of these businesses. In advance of the Providence Human Services divestiture, the Company deployed new information technology servers upon which its financial accounting and reporting applications operate, and separated its historically combined databases from those of the divested subsidiary. The Company has implemented or changed information technology controls primarily related to system access and change management controls resulting from these changes in the Company’s internal control environment. These changes to the Company’s internal controls are expected to be completed prior to the year ending December 31, 2015.

  

(c) Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

Control systems, no matter how well conceived and operated, are designed to provide a reasonable, but not an absolute, level of assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. The Company conducts periodic evaluations of its internal controls to enhance, where necessary, its procedures and controls.

 

 
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

  

 

Item 1.     Legal Proceedings

 

On June 15, 2015, a putative stockholder class action derivative complaint was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, (the “Court”), captioned Haverhill Retirement System v. Kerley et al., C.A. No. 11149-VCL.  The complaint names Richard A. Kerley, Kristi L. Meints, Warren S. Rustand, Christopher Shackelton (the “Individual Defendants”) and Coliseum Capital Management, LLC (“Coliseum”) as defendants, and the Company as a nominal defendant.  The complaint purported to allege that the dividend rate increase term originally in the Company’s outstanding convertible preferred stock was an impermissibly coercive measure that impaired the voting rights of the Company’s stockholders in connection with the vote on the removal of certain voting and conversion caps previously applicable to the preferred stock (the “Caps”), and that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties by approving the dividend rate increase term and attempting to coerce the stockholder vote relating to the Company’s preferred stock, and by failing to disclose all material information necessary to allow the Company’s stockholders to cast an informed vote on the Caps. The complaint also purports to allege derivative claims alleging that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by entering into the subordinated note and standby agreement with Coliseum, and granting Coliseum certain stock options.  The complaint further alleges that Coliseum has aided and abetted the Individual Defendants in breaching their fiduciary duties and that demand on the Board is excused as futile.  The complaint sought, among other things, an injunction prohibiting the stockholder vote relating to the dividend rate increase, a finding that the Individual Defendants are liable for breaching their fiduciary duties to the Company and the Company’s stockholders, a finding that Coliseum is liable for aiding and abetting the Individual Defendant’s breaches of their fiduciary duties, a finding that Coliseum is liable for unjust enrichment, a finding that demand on the Board is excused as futile, a revision or rescission of the terms of the subordinated note and preferred stock as necessary and/or appropriate, a requirement for the Company to reform its corporate governance profile to protect against future misconduct similar to that alleged by the putative stockholder class, a certification of the putative stockholder class, compensatory damages, together with pre- and post-judgment interest, costs and disbursements (including expenses, attorneys’ and experts’ fees), and any other and further relief as is just and equitable.

 

On August 31, 2015, after arms’ length negotiations, the parties reached an agreement in principle and executed a memorandum of understanding providing for the settlement of claims concerning the dividend rate increase term and stockholder vote and related disclosure. The Memorandum of Understanding stated that the Defendants have entered into the partial settlement of the litigation solely to eliminate the distraction, burden, expense, and potential delay of further litigation involving claims that have been settled. Pursuant to the partial settlement, the Company agreed to supplement the disclosures in its definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (“Definitive Proxy Statement”), Coliseum and certain of its affiliates and the Company entered into an amendment to the Exchange Agreement dated as of February 11, 2015 described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, and the Board of Directors of the Company agreed to adopt a policy related to the Board’s determination each quarter as to whether the Company should pay cash dividends or allow dividends to be paid in the form of PIK dividends on the preferred stock, as further described in the supplemental proxy disclosures. On September 2, 2015, Providence issued supplemental disclosures through a Supplement to the Proxy Statement. On September 16, 2015, Providence stockholders approved the removal of the Caps.

 

The settlement provides for, among other things, the release of any claims based on alleged coercion and disclosure related to the stockholder vote on the removal of the Caps. The settlement is subject to court approval. No settlement has been reached as to the derivative claims related to the underlying subordinated note and standby purchase agreement and the options.

 

 
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Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

 

 Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

          The following table provides information with respect to common stock repurchased by us during the three months ended September 30, 2015:

 

 

                               
 Period  

Total Number

of Shares of

Common Stock Purchased

     

Average Price

Paid per Share

   

Total Number of 

Shares of Common Stock 

Purchased as Part of

Publicly Announced

Plans or Program

   

Maximum Number of

Shares of Common Stock

that May Yet Be Purchased

Under the Plans or Program (2)

 

Month 1:

                               

July 1, 2015

                               

to

                               

July 31, 2015

    81 (1)   $ 48.26       -       243,900  
                                 

Month 2:

                               

August 1, 2015

                               

to

                               

August 31, 2015

    -     $ -       -       243,900  
                                 

Month 3:

                               

September 1, 2015

                               

to

                               

September 30, 2015

    -     $ -       -       243,900  
                                 

Total

    81     $ 48.26       -       243,900  

 

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(1)

The shares repurchased were acquired from employees in connection with the settlement of income tax and related benefit withholding obligations arising from vesting of restricted stock grants.

 

 

(2)

Our board of directors approved a stock repurchase program in February 2007 for up to one million shares of our common stock. As of September 30, 2015, we spent a cumulative amount of approximately $14.4 million to purchase 756,100 shares of our common stock on the open market under this program.

 

Dividends

 

Our existing debt agreement restricts the payment of dividends by the Company on its common stock.

 

 
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Item 6.    Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

     
     

2.1 (1)

 

Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated September 3, 2015 by and among The Providence Service Corporation, Ross Innovative Employment Solutions Corp. and Molina Healthcare, Inc.

     

10.1(2)

 

Employment Agreement, dated August 6, 2015, by and between The Providence Service Corporation and James Lindstrom

     

10.2 (2)

 

2015 HoldCo LTI Program of Providence Service Corporation

     

10.3 (2)

 

Form of Special Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement

     

10.4 (2)

 

Form of Matching Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement

     

10.5 (1)

 

Third Amendment and Consent to the Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 3, 2015, by and among The Providence Service Corporation, the guarantors named therein, Bank of America, N.A., Sun Trust Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, BMO Harris Bank, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, National Association, the other lenders named therein, Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets.

     
10.6   The Providence Service Corporation 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended
     

31.1

 

Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Chief Executive Officer.

     

31.2

 

Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Chief Financial Officer.

     

32.1

 

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Chief Financial Officer.

     

101. INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

     

101.SCH

 

XBRL Schema Document

     

101.CAL

 

XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document

     

101.LAB

 

XBRL Label Linkbase Document

     

101.PRE

 

XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document

     

101.DEF

 

XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

     
     

(1)

 

Incorporated by reference from an exhibit to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2015.

     

(2)

 

Incorporated by reference from an exhibit to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2015.

 

 
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SIGNATURES

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

         
 

 

THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION

     

Date: November 9, 2015

 

By:

 

/s/ James Lindstrom

 

 

 

 

James Lindstrom

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

     

Date: November 9, 2015

 

By:

 

/s/ David Shackelton

 

 

 

 

David Shackelton

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

     

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

       
         
         

2.1 (1)

 

Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated September 3, 2015 by and among The Providence Service Corporation, Ross Innovative Employment Solutions Corp. and Molina Healthcare, Inc.

     

10.1(2)

 

Employment Agreement, dated August 6, 2015, by and between The Providence Service Corporation and James Lindstrom

     

10.2 (2)

 

2015 HoldCo LTI Program of Providence Service Corporation

           

10.3 (2)

 

Form of Special Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement

     

10.4 (2)

 

Form of Matching Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement

     

10.5 (1)

 

Third Amendment and Consent to the Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 3, 2015, by and among The Providence Service Corporation, the guarantors named therein, Bank of America, N.A., Sun Trust Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, BMO Harris Bank, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, National Association, the other lenders named therein, Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets.

     
10.6   The Providence Service Corporation 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended
         

31.1

 

Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Chief Executive Officer.

   
       

31.2

 

Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Chief Financial Officer.

 
       

32.1

 

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Chief Executive Officer.

   

 

 

 

   

32.2

 

Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of the Chief Financial Officer.

   
         

101. INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

   
         

101.SCH

 

XBRL Schema Document

   
         

101.CAL

 

XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document

   
         

101.LAB

 

XBRL Label Linkbase Document

   
         

101.PRE

 

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(1)

 

Incorporated by reference from an exhibit to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2015.

     

(2)

 

Incorporated by reference from an exhibit to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2015.

 

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

 

THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION

 

2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

(as amended and restated effective June 30, 2015)

 

 

 

1.

DEFINED TERMS

 

Exhibit A, which is incorporated by reference, defines the terms used in the 2006 Plan and sets forth certain operational rules related to those terms.

 

2.

PURPOSE

 

The 2006 Plan has been established to advance the interests of the Company and its stockholders by providing for the grant to Participants of Stock-based and other incentive Awards to (i) enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain Employees, directors, consultants, advisors and others who are in a position to make contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates and (ii) encourage Participants to take into account the long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders through ownership of shares of Stock or the potential to receive performance-based cash bonuses. The Plan was amended and restated, effective upon its approval by the Company’s stockholders at their annual meeting on July 23, 2014, in order both to authorize cash-based Awards that are designed to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), and to extend the term of the Plan until July 23, 2019. The Plan was thereafter amended and restated effective on the date designated above, in order to update its provisions relating to Plan administration, claims, and the definition of a Change in Control.

 

3.

ADMINISTRATION

 

(a)     Generally. The Administrator has discretionary authority, subject only to the express provisions of the 2006 Plan, to interpret the 2006 Plan; determine eligibility for and grant Awards; determine, modify or waive the terms and conditions of any Award (including applicable Performance Periods, Performance Formula(e), and Performance Criteria); prescribe forms, rules and procedures; and otherwise do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of the 2006 Plan. In the case of any Award intended to be eligible for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), the Administrator will only exercise its discretion to the limited extent consistent with qualifying the Award for that exception. Determinations of the Administrator made under the 2006 Plan will be conclusive and will bind all parties.

 

(b)     Specifically. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator’s general authority to administer the Plan shall include, but not be limited to, exercising any and all of the following powers in its sole and absolute discretion:

 

(i)     to determine, from time to time, the fair market value of the Stock subject to associated with the Plan or any Awards;

 

(ii)     to determine, and to set forth in award agreements, the terms and conditions of all Awards, including what type or combination of types of Awards shall be granted, any applicable exercise or purchase price, the installments and conditions under which an Award shall become vested (which may be based on performance), terminated, expired, cancelled, or replaced, and the circumstances for vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and other restrictions and limitations;

 

(iii)     to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any award agreement, to determine the meaning of their terms, to correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or any award agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan or an Award fully effective, and to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and procedures relating to the Plan and its administration;

 

(iv)     to interpret or construe ambiguous, unclear, or implied (but omitted) terms in any fashion it deems to be appropriate, and to make any findings of fact needed in the administration of the Plan or award agreements. (with the Administrator’s prior exercise of its discretionary authority not obligating it to exercise its authority in a like fashion thereafter);

 

 
 

 

 

(v)     to require, as a condition precedent to the grant, vesting, exercise, settlement, and/or issuance of Shares pursuant to any Award, that a Participant agree to execute a general release of claims (in any form that the Committee may require, in its sole discretion, which form may include any other provisions, e.g. confidentiality and restrictions on competition, that are found in general claims release agreements that the Company utilizes or expects to utilize);

 

(vi)     in the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the documentation, granting, settlement, or exercise of Awards, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, to implement paperless documentation, granting, settlement, or exercise of Awards by a Participant may be permitted through the use of such an automated system;

 

(vii)     subject to applicable law and the restrictions set forth in the Plan, to delegate administrative functions associated with the Plan to individuals who are directors or Employees; and

 

(viii)     to make all determinations and to take all other actions that the Administrator may consider necessary or desirable to administer the Plan or to effectuate its purposes.

 

(c)     Local Law Adjustments and Sub-plans. To facilitate the making of any grant of an Award under this Plan, the Administrator may adopt rules and provide for such special terms for Awards to Participants who are located within the United States, foreign nationals, or who are employed by the Company or any Affiliate outside of the United States of America as the Administrator may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding the conversion of local currency, taxes, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with the customs and requirements of particular countries. The Company may adopt sub-plans and establish escrow accounts and trusts, and settle Awards in cash in lieu of shares, as may be appropriate, required or applicable to particular locations and countries.

 

(d)     Action by Committee. The Administrator is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to the Administrator by an officer or other Employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Company’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.

 

(e)     Claims Limitations Periods. Any Participant who believes he or she is being denied any benefit or right under the Plan or under any Award may file a written claim with the Administrator. Any claim must be delivered to the Administrator within forty-five (45) days after the specific event giving rise to the claim. Untimely claims will not be processed and shall be deemed denied. The Administrator or its designee, will notify the Participant of its decision in writing as soon as administratively practicable. Claims not responded to by the Administrator in writing within one hundred and twenty (120) days of the date the written claim is delivered to the Administrator shall be deemed denied. No lawsuit relating to the Plan may be filed before a written claim is filed with the Administrator and is denied or deemed denied, and any lawsuit must be filed within one year of such denial or deemed denial or such claim shall be forever barred.

 

(f)     Deference to Committee Determinations. The Administrator’s interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan, or of any Award or award agreement, and all determinations the Administrator makes pursuant to the Plan shall be final, binding, and conclusive on any and all affected parties. The validity of any such interpretation, construction, decision or finding of fact shall not be given de novo review if challenged in court, by arbitration, or in any other forum, and shall be upheld unless clearly made in bad faith or materially affected by fraud.

 

 
 

 

 

(g)     No Liability; Indemnification. Neither the Board nor any Administrator, nor any person acting at the direction of the Board or the Committee, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan, any Award or any award agreement. The Company shall pay or reimburse anyone acting as the Administrator, as well as any director, Employee, or consultant who in good faith takes action on behalf of the Plan, for all expenses incurred with respect to the Plan, and to the full extent allowable under applicable law shall indemnify each and every one of them for any claims, liabilities, and costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of their good faith performance of duties on behalf of the Plan. The Company and its Affiliates may, but shall not be required to, obtain liability insurance for this purpose.

 

(h)     Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne jointly and severally by the Company and its Affiliates.

 

4.

LIMITS ON AWARDS UNDER THE 2006 PLAN

 

(a)      Number of Shares. The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the 2006 Plan shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 2,900,000 shares of which all shares may be issued under the 2006 Plan pursuant to ISOs. If any Award expires or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or results in any Common Stock not being issued, or if any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award are repurchased by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(a)(2)(B) of this 2006 Plan, the shares of Common Stock covered by such Award that are repurchased or not paid out shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the 2006 Plan. With respect to the issuance of SARs that may be settled in stock, the number of shares available for Awards under the 2006 Plan will be reduced by the total number of SARs granted. SARs that may be settled in cash only will not reduce the number of shares available for award under the 2006 Plan. The limit set forth in this Section 4(a) shall be construed to comply with Section 422 of the Code and regulations thereunder, with 800,000 shares being reserved for Awards in the form of ISOs granted after July 23, 2014. To the extent consistent with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and regulations thereunder, and with other applicable legal requirements (including applicable stock exchange requirements), Stock issued under awards of an acquired company that are converted, replaced, or adjusted in connection with the acquisition will not reduce the number of shares available for Awards under the 2006 Plan.

 

(b)      Type of Shares. Stock delivered by the Company under the 2006 Plan may be authorized but unissued Stock or previously issued Stock acquired by the Company. No fractional shares of Stock will be delivered under the 2006 Plan.

 

(c)      Section 162(m) Limits. The maximum number of shares of Stock for which Stock Options may be granted to any person in any fiscal year and the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to SARs granted to any person in any fiscal year will each be 800,000. The maximum number of shares subject to other Stock-based Awards granted to any person in any fiscal year will be 800,000 shares and the maximum amount payable under cash-based Awards granted to any person in any fiscal year will be U.S. $750,000. The foregoing provisions will be construed in a manner consistent with Section 162(m).

 

5.

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

The Administrator will select Participants from among those key Employees, directors, consultants and advisors to the Company or its Affiliates and others who, in the opinion of the Administrator, are in a position to make a significant contribution to the success of the Company and its Affiliates. Eligibility for ISOs is limited to employees of the Company or of a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” of the Company as those terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code.

 

6.

RULES APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

 

(a) All Awards

 

(1)      Award Provisions. The Administrator will determine the terms of all Awards, subject to the limitations provided herein. By accepting any Award granted hereunder, the Participant agrees to the terms of the Award and the 2006 Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this 2006 Plan to the contrary, awards of an acquired company that are converted, replaced or adjusted in connection with the acquisition may contain terms and conditions that are inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified herein, as determined by the Administrator.

 

(2)      Term of 2006 Plan. No Awards may be made after May 25, 2019, but previously granted Awards may continue beyond that date in accordance with their terms.

 

 
 

 

 

(3)      Transferability. Neither ISOs nor other Awards may be transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution (other than transfers to the Company pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B)), and during a Participant’s lifetime ISOs (and, except as the Administrator otherwise expressly provides), other non-transferable Awards requiring exercise may be exercised only by the Participant.

 

(4)      Dividend Equivalents, Etc. The Administrator may provide for the payment of amounts in lieu of cash dividends or other cash distributions with respect to Stock subject to an Award.

 

(5)      Rights Limited. Nothing in the 2006 Plan will be construed as giving any person the right to continued employment or service with the Company or its Affiliates, or any rights as a stockholder except as to shares of Stock actually issued under the 2006 Plan. The loss of existing or potential profit in Awards will not constitute an element of damages in the event of termination of Employment for any reason, even if the termination is in violation of an obligation of the Company or Affiliate to the Participant.

 

(6)      Section 162(m). This Section 6(a)(6) applies to any Performance Award intended to qualify as performance-based for the purposes of Section 162(m) other than a Stock Option or SAR. In the case of any Performance Award to which this Section 6(a)(6) applies, the 2006 Plan and such Award will be construed to the maximum extent permitted by law in a manner consistent with qualifying the Award for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m). With respect to such Performance Awards, the Administrator will preestablish, in writing, one or more specific Performance Criteria, and the applicable Performance Formula(e) and Performance Period, no later than 90 days after the commencement of the Performance Period of service to which the performance relates (or at such earlier time as is required to qualify the Award as performance-based under Section 162(m)). Once established for a Performance Period, the Performance Criteria and Performance Formula(e) shall not be amended or otherwise modified to the extent such amendment or modification would cause the compensation payable pursuant to the Award to fail to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m). Following the completion of a Performance Period, and prior to grant, vesting or payment of the Performance Award, as the case may be, the Administrator will certify whether the applicable Performance Criteria have been attained and, if so, to calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Awards earned for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Formula(e), and such determination will be final and conclusive. The Committee shall then determine the number of shares or dollar value (as applicable) of each Participant’s Award based on the Performance Formula(e) for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion, if and when it deems appropriate. No Performance Award to which this Section 6(a)(6) applies may be granted after the first meeting of the stockholders of the Company held in 2011 until the listed performance measures set forth in the definition of “Performance Criteria” (as originally approved or as subsequently amended) have been resubmitted to and reapproved by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, unless such grant is made contingent upon such approval.

 

(7)      Section 409A of the Code.

 

(i)      Awards under the 2006 Plan are intended either to be exempt from the rules of Section 409A of the Code or to satisfy those rules and shall be construed accordingly. However, the Company shall not be liable to any Participant or other holder of an Award with respect to any Award-related adverse tax consequences arising under Section 409A or other provision of the Code.

 

(ii)      If any provision of the 2006 Plan or an Award agreement contravenes any regulations or Treasury guidance promulgated under Code Section 409A or could cause an Award to be subject to the interest and penalties under Code Section 409A, such provision of the 2006 Plan or Award shall be modified to maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Code Section 409A. Moreover, any discretionary authority that the Administrator may have pursuant to the 2006 Plan shall not be applicable to an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to the extent such discretionary authority will contravene Section 409A or the regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

(iii)      Notwithstanding any provisions of this 2006 Plan or any Award granted hereunder to the contrary, no acceleration shall occur with respect to any Award to the extent such acceleration would cause the 2006 Plan or an Award granted hereunder to fail to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

(iv)      Notwithstanding any provisions of this 2006 Plan or any applicable Award agreement to the contrary, no payment shall be made with respect to any Award granted under this 2006 Plan to a “specified employee” (as such term is defined for purposes of Code Section 409A) prior to the six-month anniversary of the employee’s separation of service to the extent such six-month delay in payment is required to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

 
 

 

 

(b) Stock Options and SARs

 

(1)      Duration of Options and SARs. The latest date on which an Option or a SAR may be exercised will be the tenth anniversary of the date the Option (fifth anniversary in the case of an ISO granted to a ten percent shareholder within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code) or SAR was granted, or such earlier date as may have been specified by the Administrator at the time the Option or SAR was granted.

 

(2)      Vesting. The Administrator shall fix the term during which each Stock Option or SAR may be exercised, but no Stock Option or SAR shall be exercisable after the tenth anniversary of its date of grant. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7(b) or as expressly provided in an Award agreement, one-third of each Award of Director Stock Option or Stock Option or SAR shall become exercisable upon one-year from the date of grant with the remaining portion of the Award becoming exercisable in equal installments commencing on the second and third one-year anniversaries of the date of grant. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 2006 Plan, the Committee may determine with respect to an Award that the date on which any outstanding Stock Option or SAR or any portion thereof is exercisable shall be advanced to an earlier date or dates designated by the Administrator in accordance with such terms and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Administrator shall specify.

 

(3)      Time and Manner of Exercise. Unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, an Award requiring exercise by the holder will not be deemed to have been exercised until the Administrator receives a notice of exercise (in form acceptable to the Administrator) signed by the appropriate person and accompanied by any payment required under the Award. If the Award is exercised by any person other than the Participant, the Administrator may require satisfactory evidence that the person exercising the Award has the right to do so.

 

(4)      Exercise Price. The exercise price (or in the case of a SAR, the base price above which appreciation is to be measured) of each Award requiring exercise shall be 100% (in the case of an ISO granted to a ten-percent shareholder within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code, 110%) of the fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award, determined as of the date of grant, or such higher amount as the Administrator may determine in connection with the grant. Except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares, or other events described in Section 7(d)(1) and (2)), the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or SARs or cancel outstanding Options or SARS in exchange for cash, other awards or Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or SARs without stockholder approval.

 

(5)      Payment Of Exercise Price. Where the exercise of an Award is to be accompanied by payment, the Administrator may determine the required or permitted forms of payment, subject to the following: all payments will be by cash or check acceptable to the Administrator, or, if so permitted by the Administrator and if legally permissible, (i) through the delivery of shares of Stock that have been outstanding for at least six months (unless the Administrator approves a shorter period) and that have a fair market value equal to the exercise price, (ii) through a broker-assisted exercise program acceptable to the Administrator, (iii) by the Participant’s surrender of shares of Stock otherwise deliverable by the Company pursuant to the Award being exercised, (iv) by other means acceptable to the Administrator, or (v) by any combination of the foregoing permissible forms of payment. The delivery of shares in payment of the exercise price under clause (i) above may be accomplished either by actual delivery or by constructive delivery through attestation of ownership, subject to such rules as the Administrator may prescribe.

 

(c)      Restricted Stock and Other Awards Not Requiring Exercise

 

(1)      Consideration in General. In general, Awards that do not require exercise may be made in exchange for such lawful consideration, including services, as the Administrator determines. Any purchase price payable by a Participant to the Company for Stock under an Award not requiring exercise shall be paid in cash or check acceptable to the Administrator, through the delivery of shares of Stock that have been outstanding for at least six months (unless the Administrator approves a shorter period) and that have a fair market value equal to the purchase price, if and to the extent permitted by the Administrator, by delivery to the Company of a promissory note of the Participant, payable on such terms as are specified by the Administrator, or by any combination of the foregoing permissible forms of payment.

 

 
 

 

 

(2)      Vesting. Restricted Stock shall be granted subject to such restrictions on the full enjoyment of the shares as the Administrator shall specify; which restrictions may be based on the passage of time, satisfaction of performance criteria, or the occurrence of one or more events; and shall lapse separately or in combination upon such conditions and at such time or times, in installments or otherwise, as the Administrator shall specify. The Administrator shall fix the term during which each Award of Restricted Stock vests. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7(b) or as expressly provided in an Award agreement, each Award of Restricted Stock that vests over time shall vest in three equal installments on the first, second and third one-year anniversaries of the date of grant and each Award of Restricted Stock that vests based on the satisfaction of certain performance criteria established by the Administrator shall begin vesting after the first anniversary of the date of grant.

 

7.

EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS

 

(a)      Termination of Employment. In general, the treatment of an Award upon termination of a Participant’s Employment will be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant and specified in the document or documents by which the Award is granted, subject to the authority of the Administrator under Section 3 of the 2006 Plan to modify or waive terms and conditions of the Award. Except as otherwise so determined by the Administrator or otherwise explicitly provided herein, the following will apply in the event of termination of a Participant’s Employment:

 

(1)      Disability or Death. If the termination of Employment is by reason of Disability (as determined by the Administrator) or death:

 

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 7(a)(1)(C) below, or in an Award Agreement, Stock Options and SARs held by the Participant or any permitted transferees of the Participant will immediately become exercisable in full and will remain exercisable until the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of the date on which the Participant’s Employment ceased as a result of Disability or the third anniversary of the date on which the Participant’s Employment ceased as a result of death, and (y) the date on which the Award would have terminated had the Participant remained an Employee.

 

(B) Except as provided in subparagraph 7(a)(1)(C) below, the Participant’s unvested Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will immediately vest and become free of restrictions.

 

(C) If vesting or exercisability of an Award, or the payment of cash pursuant to the Award, is conditioned upon satisfaction of Performance Criteria that have not been satisfied at the time the Participant’s Employment terminates, the Award will terminate unless the Administrator exercises its authority under Section 3 to waive or modify the conditions of the Award.

 

(2)      Other Termination of Employment. If termination of Employment is for any reason other than disability (as determined by the Administrator) or death of the Participant:

 

(A) Stock Options and SARs held by the Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees that were not exercisable immediately prior to cessation of Employment will terminate immediately. Each such Stock Option and SAR that were so exercisable will remain exercisable until the earlier of (x) the date which is three months after the date on which the Participant’s Employment ceased and (y) the date on which the Award would have terminated had the Participant remained an Employee.

 

(B) The Company will have the right to reacquire the Participant’s unvested Restricted Stock at the lower of the Participant’s original purchase price, if any, for such Stock, and the fair market value of the Stock on the date of termination. If there was no purchase price, then the Restricted Stock will be forfeited. Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited.

 

(b)      Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control:

 

(1)      Acceleration of Awards. Except as otherwise provided below: (i) Stock Options and SARs held by the Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees will immediately become exercisable in full, (ii) the Participant’s unvested Restricted Stock will immediately vest and become free of restrictions, and (iii) the delivery of shares of Stock deliverable under each outstanding Award of Stock Units will be accelerated, and such shares will be delivered.

 

 
 

 

 

(2)      Performance Criteria. If vesting or exercisability of an Award, or delivery of Stock or payment of cash under an Award, is conditioned upon satisfaction of Performance Criteria that have not been satisfied at the time of the Change in Control, except as otherwise provided upon grant of the Award, vesting, exercisability and delivery of Stock or payment of cash will not be accelerated by the Change in Control unless the Administrator exercises its authority under Section 3 to waive or modify the conditions of the Award. Any share of Stock delivered as a result of such a waiver or modification may, in the discretion of the Administrator, contain such restrictions, if any, as the Administrator deems appropriate to reflect the Performance Criteria to which the Award was subject. In the case of Restricted Stock the vesting of which is conditioned upon satisfaction of Performance Criteria, the Administrator may require that any amounts delivered, exchanged or otherwise paid in respect of such Stock in connection with the Change in Control be placed in escrow or otherwise made subject to such restrictions as the Administrator deems appropriate to carry out the intent of the 2006 Plan.

 

(3)      Cash-Out of Awards. If the Change in Control is one in which holders of Stock will receive upon consummation a payment (whether cash, non-cash or a combination of the foregoing), the Administrator may provide for payment (a “cash-out”), with respect to some or all Stock-based Awards, equal in the case of each affected Award to the excess, if any, of (i) the fair market value of one share of Stock (as determined by the Administrator in its reasonable discretion) times the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, over (ii) the aggregate exercise price, if any, under the Award (or in the case of an SAR, the aggregate base price above which appreciation is measured), in each case on such payment terms (which need not be the same as the terms of payment to holders of Stock) and other terms, and subject to such conditions, as the Administrator determines.

 

(4)      Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. In the case of an Award providing for the payment of deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, any payment of such deferred compensation by reason of a Change in Control shall be made only if the Change in Control is one described in subsection (a)(2)(A)(v) of Section 409A and the guidance thereunder and shall be paid consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. If any deferred compensation that would otherwise be payable by reason of a Change in Control cannot be paid by reason of the immediately preceding sentence, it shall be paid as soon as practicable thereafter consistent with the requirements of Section 409A, as determined by the Administrator.

 

(c)      Termination of Awards. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, each Award other than Restricted Stock (which, unless subject to Performance Criteria which have not been satisfied, will be treated in the same manner as other shares of Stock) will terminate upon consummation of a Covered Transaction, provided that, if the Covered Transaction follows a Change in Control or would give rise to a Change in Control, no Stock Option or SAR, other than an Award that is cashed out, will be so terminated prior to the Participant’s having been given adequate opportunity, as determined by the Administrator, to exercise Awards that are exercisable or become exercisable as a result of the Change in Control.

 

(d)      Change in and Distributions With Respect to Stock

 

(1)      Basic Adjustment Provisions. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split or combination of shares (including a reverse stock split), recapitalization or other change in the Company’s capital structure, the Administrator will make appropriate adjustments to the maximum number of shares specified in Section 4(a) that may be delivered under the 2006 Plan, to the maximum share limits described in Section 4(c), and to the maximum share limits described in Section 6(c)(2) and will also make appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares of stock or securities subject to Awards then outstanding or subsequently granted, any exercise prices relating to Awards and any other provision of Awards affected by such change.

 

(2)      Certain Other Adjustments. The Administrator may also make adjustments of the type described in Section 7(d)(1) above to take into account distributions to stockholders other than those provided for in Section 7(d)(1), or any other event, if the Administrator determines that adjustments are appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the 2006 Plan and to preserve the value of Awards made hereunder, having due regard for the qualification of ISOs under Section 422 of the Code, for the performance-based compensation rules of Section 162(m), where applicable, and for the deferred compensation rules of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(3)      Continuing Application of 2006 Plan Terms. References in the 2006 Plan to shares of Stock will be construed to include any stock or securities resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 7.

 

 
 

 

 

8.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

The Administrator may at any time or times amend the 2006 Plan or any outstanding Award for any purpose which may at the time be permitted by law, and may at any time terminate the 2006 Plan as to any future grants of Awards; provided, that except as otherwise expressly provided in the 2006 Plan the Administrator may not, without the Participant’s consent, alter the terms of an Award so as to affect adversely the Participant’s rights under the Award, unless the Administrator expressly reserved the right to do so at the time of the Award. Any amendments to the 2006 Plan shall be conditioned upon stockholder approval only to the extent, if any, such approval is required by law (including the Code and applicable stock exchange requirements), as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator may not, without stockholder approval, (i) materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under the 2006 Plan or (ii) materially modify the requirements for participation under the 2006 Plan.

 

9.

OTHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

 

The existence of the 2006 Plan or the grant of any Award will not in any way affect the Company’s right to Award a person bonuses or other compensation in addition to Awards under the 2006 Plan.

 

10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

By accepting an Award under the 2006 Plan, each Participant waives any right to a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim concerning any rights under the 2006 Plan and any Award, or under any amendment, waiver, consent, instrument, document or other agreement delivered or which in the future may be delivered in connection therewith, and agrees that any such action, proceedings or counterclaim shall be tried before a court and not before a jury. By accepting an Award under the 2006 Plan, each Participant certifies that no officer, representative, or attorney of the Company has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the Company would not, in the event of any action, proceeding or counterclaim, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver.

 

11.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a)      No Shareholder Rights. Except as otherwise provided here, the holder of a 2006 Plan Award shall have no rights as a Company shareholder with respect thereto unless, and until the date as of which, shares of Stock are issued upon exercise or payment in respect of such award.

 

(b)      Transferability. Except as the Administrator shall otherwise determine in connection with determining the terms of Awards to be granted or shall thereafter permit, no Award or any rights or interests therein of the recipient thereof shall be assignable or transferable by such recipient except upon death to his or her designated beneficiary or by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, except as aforesaid, during the lifetime of the recipient, an Award shall be exercisable only by, or payable only to such recipient or his or her guardian or legal representative. In no event shall an Award be transferable for consideration.

 

(c)      Award Agreements. All Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Shares and Awards granted under the 2006 Plan shall be evidenced by agreements in such form and containing and/or incorporating such terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the 2006 Plan and applicable domestic and foreign law), in addition to those provided for herein, as the Administrator shall approve. More than one type of Award may be covered by the same agreement.

 

(d)      Securities Restrictions. No shares of Stock shall be issued, delivered or transferred upon exercise or in payment of any Award granted hereunder unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the issuance, delivery or transfer of such shares have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Administrator, and the Company, including, without limitation, compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Act and the applicable requirements of the exchanges on which the Company’s Stock may, at the time, be listed. The Administrator and the Company shall have the right to condition any issuance of shares of Stock made to any Participant hereunder on such Participant’s undertaking in writing to comply with such restrictions on his or her subsequent disposition of such shares as the Administrator and/or the Company shall deem necessary or advisable as a result of any applicable law, regulation or official interpretation thereof, and certificates representing such shares may be legended to reflect any such restrictions.

 

(e)      Taxes. The Company shall have the right to deduct from all Awards hereunder paid in cash any federal, state, local or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such cash awards. In the case of Awards to be distributed in Stock, the Company shall have the right to require, as a condition of such distribution, that the Participant or other person receiving such Stock either (i) pay to the Company at the time of distribution thereof the amount of any such taxes which the Company is required to withhold with respect to such Stock or (ii) make such other arrangements as the Company may authorize from time to time to provide for such withholding including without limitation having the number of the units of the award cancelled or the number of the shares of Stock to be distributed reduced by an amount with a value equal to the value of such taxes required to be withheld.

 

 
 

 

 

(f)      No Employment Right. No employee or director of the Company, nor any Affiliate of the Company, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under this 2006 Plan. Neither this 2006 Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or Affiliate thereof or any director any right to continue as a director of the Company or Affiliate. All Company and Affiliate employees who have or may receive Awards under this 2006 Plan are employed, except to the extent provided by law, at the will of the Company or such Affiliate and in accord with all statutory provisions.

 

(g)      Stock to be Used. Distributions of shares of Stock upon exercise, in payment or in respect of Awards made under this 2006 Plan may be made either from shares of authorized but unissued Stock reserved for such purpose by the Board or from shares of authorized and issued Stock reacquired by the Company and held in its treasury, as from time to time determined by the Committee, the Board, or pursuant to delegations of authority from either. The obligation of the Company to make delivery of Awards in cash or Stock shall be subject to currency or other restrictions imposed by any government.

 

(h)      Expenses of the 2006 Plan. The costs and expenses of administering this 2006 Plan shall be borne by the Company and not charged to any Award or to any employee, director or Participant receiving an Award. However, the Company may charge the cost of any Awards that are made to employees of participating subsidiaries, including administrative costs and expenses related thereto, to the respective participating subsidiaries by which such persons are employed.

 

(i)      2006 Plan Unfunded. This 2006 Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Award under this 2006 Plan and payment of awards shall be subordinate to the claims of the Company’s general creditors.

 

(j)      Governing Law. This 2006 Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and shall be construed for all purposes in accordance with the laws of said State except as may be required by NASDAQ or other applicable exchange requirement or by applicable federal law.

 

 

 

Exhibit A:

 

Definition of Terms

 

The following terms, when used in the Plan, will have the meanings and be subject to the provisions set forth below:

 

“2006 Plan”: The Providence Service Corporation 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan as from time to time amended and in effect.

 

“Administrator”: The Compensation Committee, provided that the Committee shall consist of two or more directors, all of whom are both “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) and “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and provided further, that the Compensation Committee may delegate (i) to one or more of its members such of its duties, powers and responsibilities as it may determine; (ii) to one or more officers of the Company the power to grant rights or options to the extent permitted by Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law; (iii) to one or more officers of the Company the authority to allocate other Awards among such persons (other than officers of the Company) eligible to receive Awards under the 2006 Plan as such delegated officer or officers determine consistent with such delegation and applicable law; provided, that with respect to any delegation described in this clause (iii) the Compensation Committee (or a properly delegated member or members of such Committee) shall have authorized in writing the issuance of a specified number of shares of Stock or other payment under such Awards and shall have specified the consideration, if any, to be paid therefor; and (iv) to such Employees or other persons as it determines such ministerial tasks as it deems appropriate. In the event of any delegation described in the preceding sentence, the term “Administrator” shall include the person or persons so delegated to the extent of such delegation.

 

“Affiliate”: Any corporation or other entity owning, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding Stock of the Company, or in which the Company or any such corporation or other entity owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding capital stock (determined by aggregate voting rights) or other voting interests.

 

 
 

 

 

“Award”: Any or a combination of the following:

 

(i) Stock Options.

 

(ii) SARs.

 

(iii) Restricted Stock.

 

(iv) Unrestricted Stock.

 

(v) Stock Units, including Restricted Stock Units.

 

(vi) Performance Awards, including Stock-based and cash-based Awards.

 

“Board”: The Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Change in Control”: An event or events, in which:

 

(A)      any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) (other than (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or (iv) any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), together with all affiliates and Associates (as such terms are used in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act) of such person, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

 

(B)     the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the holders of voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, having at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) after which no “person” (with the method of determining “beneficial ownership” used in clause (A) of this definition) owns more than 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation; or

 

(C)      the Company consummates its liquidation or sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Awards granted under the 2006 Plan prior to June 30, 2015, “Change in Control” shall mean an event or events, in which:

 

(AA) any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) (other than (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or (iv) any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), together with all affiliates and Associates (as such terms are used in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act) of such person, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

 

(BB1) With respect to awards granted under the 2006 Plan prior to April 19, 2010, the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least 65% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) after which no “person” (with the method of determining “beneficial ownership” used in clause (A) of this definition) owns more than 25% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation; or

 

 
 

 

 

(BB2) With respect to awards granted under the 2006 Plan between April 19, 2010 and June 30, 2015, the Company consummates a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least 65% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) after which no “person” (with the method of determining “beneficial ownership” used in clause (A) of this definition) owns more than 25% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation;

 

(CC) during any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of the 2006 Plan), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has conducted or threatened a proxy contest, or has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in clause (A), (B) or (D) of this definition) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office, who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; or

 

(DD) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

“Code”: The U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as from time to time amended and in effect, or any successor statute as from time to time in effect.

 

“Compensation Committee”: The Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

“Company”: The Providence Service Corporation.

 

“Covered Transaction”: Any of (i) a consolidation, merger, or similar transaction or series of related transactions, including a sale or other disposition of stock, in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s then outstanding common stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons and/or entities acting in concert, (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all the Company’s assets, or (iii) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company. Where a Covered Transaction involves a tender offer that is reasonably expected to be followed by a merger described in clause (i) (as determined by the Administrator), the Covered Transaction shall be deemed to have occurred upon consummation of the tender offer.

 

“Disability” shall mean permanent and total disability of an employee or director participating in the 2006 Plan as determined by the Administrator in accordance with uniform principles consistently applied, upon the basis of such evidence as the Administrator deems necessary and desirable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A, no condition shall constitute a “Disability” for purposes of the 2006 Plan unless such condition also constitutes a disability as defined under Section 409A.

 

“Employee”: Any person who is employed by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

“Employment”: A Participant’s employment or other service relationship with the Company or its Affiliates. Employment will be deemed to continue, unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, so long as the Participant is employed by, or otherwise is providing services in a capacity described in Section 5 to the Company or its Affiliates. If a Participant’s employment or other service relationship is with an Affiliate and that entity ceases to be an Affiliate, the Participant’s Employment will be deemed to have terminated when the entity ceases to be an Affiliate unless the Participant transfers Employment to the Company or its remaining Affiliates or the Administrator expressly determines otherwise.

 

 
 

 

 

“ISO”: A Stock Option intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. Each option granted pursuant to the 2006 Plan will be treated as providing by its terms that it is to be a non-incentive stock option unless, as of the date of grant, it is expressly designated as an ISO.

 

“Negative Discretion”: The discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Administrator to eliminate or reduce the size of an Award; provided that the exercise of such discretion would not cause the Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m). By way of example and not by way of limitation, in no event shall any discretionary authority granted to the Administrator by the Plan including, but not limited to, Negative Discretion, be used to (a) grant or provide payment in respect of Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Criteria and Performance Formula(e) for such Performance Period have not been attained, or (b) increase an Award above the maximum amount payable under the Plan.

 

“Participant”: A person who is granted an Award under the 2006 Plan.

 

“Performance Award”: An Award subject to Performance Criteria. The Committee in its discretion may grant Performance Awards that are intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) and Performance Awards that are not intended so to qualify.

 

“Performance Criteria”: Specified criteria, other than the mere continuation of Employment or the mere passage of time, the satisfaction of which is a condition for the grant, exercisability, vesting or full enjoyment of an Award. For purposes of Awards that are intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), a Performance Criterion will mean an objectively determinable measure of performance relating to any or any combination of the following (measured either absolutely or by reference to an index or indices and determined either on a consolidated basis or, as the context permits, on a divisional, subsidiary, line of business, project or geographical basis or in combinations thereof): sales; revenues; assets; costs; earnings before or after deduction for all or any portion of interest, taxes, depreciation, or amortization, whether or not on a continuing operations or an aggregate or per share basis; return on equity, investment, capital or assets; one or more operating ratios; borrowing levels, leverage ratios or credit rating; market share; capital expenditures; cash flow; stock price; stockholder return or stockholder value; sales of particular products or services; customer acquisition or retention; safety, health or environmental affairs performance; compliance; acquisitions and divestitures (in whole or in part); joint ventures and strategic alliances; spin-offs, split-ups and the like; reorganizations; or recapitalizations, restructurings, financings (issuance of debt or equity) or refinancings. A Performance Criterion and any targets with respect thereto determined by the Administrator need not be based upon an increase, a positive or improved result or avoidance of loss. To the extent consistent with the requirements for satisfying the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), the Administrator may provide in the case of any Award intended to qualify for such exception that one or more of the Performance Criteria applicable to such Award will be adjusted in an objectively determinable manner to reflect events (for example, but without limitation, acquisitions or dispositions) occurring during the performance period that affect the applicable Performance Criterion or Criteria.

 

“Restricted Stock”: Stock subject to restrictions requiring that it be redelivered or offered for sale to the Company if specified conditions are not satisfied.

 

“Restricted Stock Unit”: A Stock Unit that is, or as to which the delivery of Stock or cash in lieu of Stock is, subject to the satisfaction of specified performance or other vesting conditions.

 

“Retirement” shall mean:

 

(A) in the case of an employee Participant, separating from service with the Company or an affiliate, on or after a customary retirement age for the Participant’s location, with the right to begin receiving immediate pension benefits under the Company’s pension plan or under another pension plan sponsored or otherwise maintained by the Company or an affiliate for its employees, in either case as then in effect or, in the absence of such pension plan being applicable to any Participant, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; and

 

(B) in the case of an Eligible Director, (i) resigning from serving as a director, failing to stand for re-election as a director or failing to be re-elected as a director after at least six (6) full years of service as a director of the Company. More than six (6) months’ service during any twelve (12) month period after a director’s first election by the shareholders to the Board shall be considered as a full year’s service for this purpose.

 

“Section 162(m)”: Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

 
 

 

 

“SAR”: A right entitling the holder upon exercise to receive an amount (payable in shares of Stock of equivalent value or cash) equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares of Stock subject to the right over the fair market value of such shares at the date of grant.

 

“Stock”: Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.

 

“Stock Option”: An option entitling the holder to acquire shares of Stock upon payment of the exercise price.

 

“Stock Unit”: An unfunded and unsecured promise, denominated in shares of Stock, to deliver Stock or cash measured by the value of Stock in the future.

 

“Unrestricted Stock”: Stock that is not subject to any restrictions under the terms of the Award.

 

 

 



 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, James Lindstrom, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of The Providence Service Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 9, 2015

 

 
/s/ James Lindstrom

James Lindstrom

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 



 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, David Shackelton, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of The Providence Service Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: November 9, 2015

/s/ David Shackelton

David Shackelton

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 



Exhibit 32.1

 

THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of The Providence Service Corporation (the “Company”) does hereby certify with respect to the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 (the “Report”) that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge:

 

 

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

 

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 

Date: November 9, 2015

 

/s/ James Lindstrom

 

 

 

James Lindstrom

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 
    (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

 



Exhibit 32.2

 

THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of The Providence Service Corporation (the “Company”) does hereby certify with respect to the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 (the “Report”) that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge:

 

 

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

 

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

 

Date: November 9, 2015

 

/s/ David Shackelton

 

 

 

David Shackelton

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

      

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