ABX Air, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Revenues and Earnings.WILMINGTON, Ohio For other places with the same name, see Wilmington (disambiguation). Wilmington is a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,921 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clinton County. -- ABX Air ABX Air (NASDAQ: ABXA) is a cargo airline based in Wilmington, Ohio, USA. It operates scheduled, ad hoc charter and ACMI freight services, including overnight express small-package services and freight in the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. , Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ABXA) reported today improved revenues and earnings for the quarter ended June June: see month. 30, 2005. Highlights of those results as compared with the second quarter of 2004 include: --Revenues up 27.9% to $351.2 million; --Net earnings up 15.9% to $6.8 million, or $0.12 per diluted di·lute tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes 1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water. 2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture. share; --Revenues from customers other than DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature Express (USA), Inc. ("DHL") grew 84.3% to $7.0 million; Earnings from non-DHL sources grew to $1.7 million, a 55.2% increase; --Packages handled increased 27.2% to 157.3 million; "We are encouraged to report continued year-over-year improvement in our revenues and net earnings," said President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Joe Hete. "While our primary focus remains on serving our largest customer, particularly as its main hub consolidation nears, we are continuing to make steady progress at diversifying our revenue stream," stated Hete. For the first six months of 2005, ABX ABX Antibiotics ABX Airborne Express ABX Abstracting ABX Albury, New South Wales, Australia - Albury (Airport Code) ABX Automatic Branch Exchange ABx Non-Antibiotics ABX Asset Backed Securities Index ABX Acoustic Bass Extension Air's net earnings were $13.8 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, on revenues of $697.8 million. Net earnings improved from the first six months of 2004, when ABX Air earned $11.8 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, on revenues of $551.3 million. ABX Air's net earnings from its two commercial agreements with DHL were $10.2 million during the first six months of 2005 and $9.5 million in the first six months of 2004. Results Associated with the DHL Agreements ABX Air has two commercial agreements with DHL: the aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance agreement ("ACMI ACMI Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (wet lease) ACMI Art & Creative Materials Institute ACMI Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation ACMI American College of Medical Informatics ACMI Australian Center for the Moving Image agreement") and a hub and line-haul services agreement ("Hub Services agreement"). Under each agreement, ABX Air earns a base mark-up mark-up Noun an amount added to the cost of something to provide the seller with a profit Verb mark up to increase the cost of something by an amount or percentage in order to make a profit of 1.75% on eligible costs and can earn incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. mark-up for meeting certain quarterly cost-related goals as well as annual cost-related and service goals. Any mark-up earned from attainment of the annual cost-related and service goals is recognized in the fourth quarter. ABX Air's second quarter 2005 net earnings of $5.1 million from the two contracts included $4.6 million from the base mark-up and $0.5 million, or 39.4% of the maximum, cost-related incremental mark-up under the two agreements. Incremental mark-up from the ACMI agreement totaled $0.4 million, or 67.5% of the maximum quarterly mark-up. Incremental mark-up from the Hub Services agreement totaled $0.1 million, or 15.4% of the maximum quarterly mark-up. The $4.7 million earned during the second quarter of 2004 from the two DHL agreements included $3.7 million from the base mark-up and $1.0 million, or 87.6% of the maximum, from attainment of cost-related incremental mark-up. Incremental mark-up from the ACMI agreement totaled $0.5 million, or 85.6% of the maximum quarterly mark-up. Incremental mark-up from the Hub Services agreement totaled $0.5 million, or 90.1% of the maximum quarterly mark-up. The factors contributing to the incremental mark-up decrease under the Hub Services agreement during the second quarter of 2005 as compared to the prior year include the impact of additional labor costs required to process higher than budgeted package volumes and a greater proportion of box shipments, which require more labor to process, as compared to smaller letter shipments. In addition, DHL requested that ABX perform additional package handling processes for which the associated labor hours were greater than budgeted. DHL packages handled during the second quarter of 2005 totaled 157.3 million, a 27.2% increase compared to the second quarter 2004 volume. Results Associated with Sources other than DHL Non-DHL revenues grew 84.3% to $7.0 million in the second quarter of 2005, compared with $3.8 million in the second quarter of 2004. Earnings from non-DHL sources increased to $1.7 million, up 55.2% as compared to the second quarter of 2004 non-DHL earnings of $1.1 million. The increase in non-DHL revenues was primarily the result of an increase in the level of aircraft maintenance services and parts sales, airport-to-airport space available cargo space, as well as revenues associated with ABX Air's operation of a U.S. postal Postal can refer to:
Earnings from non-DHL ACMI flights decreased by $0.5 million as compared to the second quarter of 2004, due primarily to incurring in·cur tr.v. in·curred, in·cur·ring, in·curs 1. To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain: incurred substantial losses during the stock market crash. 2. depreciation cost on two Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. 767 aircraft that were recently assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to non-DHL ACMI operations. These two aircraft experienced low utilization utilization, n 1. the extent to which a given group uses a particular service in a specified period. Although usually expressed as the number of services used per year per 100 or per 1000 persons eligible for the service, utilization rates may be during the start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. period. The reduction in non-DHL ACMI earnings was offset by interest income earned on invested cash balances. "We continue to make strides in growing our non-DHL business. In mid-May n. 1. the middle part of May. Noun 1. mid-May - the middle part of May period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" , we added a second Boeing 767 to our non-DHL ACMI business, and expect the utilization of that aircraft to make a positive contribution to our non-DHL ACMI earnings during the balance of the year," stated Hete. Other Items/Outlook As disclosed dis·close tr.v. dis·closed, dis·clos·ing, dis·clos·es 1. To expose to view, as by removing a cover; uncover. 2. To make known (something heretofore kept secret). by the Company today in an 8-K filing, ABX Air and DHL have agreed to amend the Hub Services agreement to extend the initial term of the agreement by one year in exchange for temporarily placing more of the Company's revenue potential under a cost-related incentive. The amendment temporarily reduces the base mark-up under the agreement from 1.75% to 1.25% during the last six months of 2005. The maximum incremental mark-up that ABX Air can earn from cost incurred during the third and fourth quarters of 2005 from its quarterly cost-related incentives under the agreement was temporarily increased from approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 0.54% to 1.04%. In consideration, the initial term of the agreement was extended for an additional year and will not be subject to annual renewals until August 15, 2007. In 2006, the base mark-up will revert re·vert v. 1. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief. 2. To undergo genetic reversion. to the previous level of 1.75% and the maximum incremental mark-up from the quarterly cost-related incentive will revert to the previous level of approximately 0.54%. As previously reported by the Company, DHL intends to reduce the number of aircraft that ABX Air operates on its behalf by the end of 2005, at which time DHL will have completed its consolidation at the main sort hub in Wilmington, Ohio. ABX Air will host a conference call to review its financial results for the second quarter of 2005 on Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , August 10, 2005, at 10am Eastern Time. Participants should dial (866) 770-7051 and international participants should dial (617) 213-8064 ten minutes before the scheduled start of the call and ask for conference ID #82574149. The call will also be webcast live (listen-only mode) via either www.abxair.com, or via www.earnings.com for individual investors and www.streetevents.com for institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. . ABX Air, Inc. is a cargo airline This article is about the general type of air carrier. For the Israeli cargo airline, see CAL Cargo Air Lines. Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. with a fleet of 115 in-service in-service In-service training adjective Referring to any form of on-the-job training noun In-service training of an employee aircraft that operates out of Wilmington, Ohio, and 18 hubs hubs - hub throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . ABX Air became an independent public company effective August 16, 2003, as a result of the separation from its former parent company, Airborne airborne /air·borne/ (ar´born) suspended in, transported by, or spread by air. airborne, adj carried through the air. In health care settings, viruses or bacteria may become airborne, e.g. , Inc., which was acquired by DHL Worldwide Express B. V. In addition to providing airlift capacity and sort center staffing to DHL Express (USA), Inc., ABX Air provides charter and maintenance services to a diverse group of customers. With over 9,000 employees, ABX Air is the largest employer in a several county area in southwestern south·west n. 1. Abbr. SW The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due south and due west, or 135° west of due north. 2. An area or region lying in the southwest. 3. Ohio. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this release contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. ABX Air's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause ABX Air's actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include but are not limited to a significant reduction in the scope of services under the commercial agreements with DHL, maintaining cost and service level performance, the ability to generate revenues from sources other than DHL and other factors that are contained from time to time in ABX Air's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including ABX Air's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . Readers should carefully review this release and should not place undue reliance on ABX Air's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements were based on information, plans and estimates as of the date of this release. ABX Air undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.
ABX AIR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30 June 30
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2005 2004 2005 2004
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REVENUES $351,237 $274,654 $697,831 $551,340
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Salaries, wages and benefits 143,746 119,326 286,206 239,754
Purchased line-haul 77,273 51,267 151,108 99,223
Fuel 63,549 43,049 122,266 85,427
Maintenance, materials and
repairs 26,243 26,911 54,016 54,395
Depreciation and amortization 10,252 9,262 19,884 18,358
Landing and ramp 4,490 4,116 14,256 11,983
Rent 1,865 1,577 3,964 3,183
Other operating expenses 14,748 11,363 27,885 23,047
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342,166 266,871 679,585 535,370
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EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS 9,071 7,783 18,246 15,970
INTEREST EXPENSE, NET OF INTEREST
INCOME 2,316 1,957 4,408 4,164
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EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES 6,755 5,826 13,838 11,806
INCOME TAX EXPENSE - - - -
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NET EARNINGS $ 6,755 $ 5,826 $ 13,838 $ 11,806
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EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Basic earnings per share $ 0.12 $ 0.10 $ 0.24 $ 0.20
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Diluted earnings per share $ 0.12 $ 0.10 $ 0.24 $ 0.20
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES:
Basic 58,270 58,270 58,270 58,270
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Diluted 58,454 58,270 58,454 58,270
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ABX AIR, INC.
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
June 30, December 31,
2005 2004
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ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 82,099 $ 38,749
Accounts receivable, net 24,655 54,677
Other current assets 18,726 17,595
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Total Current Assets 125,480 111,021
Property and equipment, net 349,188 351,646
Other assets 10,029 10,256
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Total Assets $ 484,697 $ 472,923
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Current Liabilities $ 136,059 $ 142,569
Long-term Obligations 246,800 242,405
Stockholders' Equity 101,838 87,949
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
Equity $ 484,697 $ 472,923
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ABX AIR, INC.
EARNINGS SUMMARY
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30 June 30
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2005 2004 2005 2004
REVENUES
DHL Contracts
ACMI
Base mark-up $121,495 $118,463 $244,193 $238,532
Incremental mark-up 435 538 996 1,003
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Total ACMI 121,930 119,001 245,189 239,535
Hub Services
Base mark-up 142,238 98,951 279,118 195,683
Incremental mark-up 116 473 196 989
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Total Hub Services 142,354 99,424 279,314 196,672
Other Reimbursable 79,933 52,421 159,888 107,895
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Total DHL 344,217 270,846 684,391 544,102
Non-DHL 7,020 3,808 13,440 7,238
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Total
Revenues 351,237 274,654 697,831 551,340
EXPENSES
DHL Contracts
ACMI 119,405 116,426 239,993 234,430
Hub services 139,792 97,248 274,318 192,317
Other Reimbursable 79,933 52,421 159,888 107,895
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Total DHL 339,130 266,095 674,199 534,642
Non-DHL 5,880 2,733 10,649 4,892
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Total
Expenses 345,010 268,828 684,848 539,534
EARNINGS
DHL Contracts 5,087 4,751 10,192 9,460
Non-DHL 1,140 1,075 2,791 2,346
Interest Income 528 - 855 -
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Total
Earnings $6,755 $5,826 $13,838 $11,806
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Note: The results above for customers other than DHL do not
reflect an allocation of overhead costs. The provisions of the
commercial agreements with DHL do not require an allocation of
overhead until such time as ABX derives more than 10% of its total
revenue from non-DHL sources.
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