BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/21/08 -- The First Marblehead Corporation (NYSE: FMD)
today announced its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2008 and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, the company recorded a net loss of
$235.1 million or $2.46 per diluted share compared to net income of $371.3
million or $3.92 per diluted share for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
For the fourth fiscal quarter, the company recorded a net loss of $56.6
million or $0.57 per diluted share compared to net income of $78 million or
$0.83 per diluted share for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007. Total
revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 were $(28.4) million,
compared to $881 million for the same period last year. Revenues declined
principally as a result of illiquidity in the financing market for private
student loans, leading to the company's inability to complete a
securitization transaction during the last three fiscal quarters. In
addition, adjustments made to certain assumptions used to estimate the fair
value of service receivables, net of time value accretion, resulted in a
$532.9 million pre-tax decrease in their total value. The voluntary
petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code filed
by The Education Resources Institute Inc. (TERI) on April 7, 2008 had a
significant negative impact on the estimate of the fair value of service
receivables for the year ended June 30, 2008.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, facilitated loan volume that was
available to the company for securitization totaled $268 million, down 66%
over the same period last year. The rolling twelve-month facilitated loan
volume increased to $5.0 billion, up 17% for the twelve months ended June
30, 2008.
"Our fiscal results were negatively affected by the unprecedented market
disruptions and TERI's bankruptcy, but the company looks forward to better
results as we continue to adapt our business model to meet the very strong
demand for high quality private student loans. This week's announcement of
the completion of GS Capital Partners' investment of an additional $132.7
million further strengthens the company's balance sheet and positions the
company for success in the future," said Jack L. Kopnisky, First
Marblehead's Chief Executive Officer and President.
First Marblehead plans to host a conference call with investors/analysts in
September.
About The First Marblehead Corporation -- First Marblehead provides
financial solutions that help students achieve their dreams. The company
helps meet the growing demand for private education loans by offering
national and regional financial institutions and educational institutions
an integrated suite of design, implementation and capital market services
for student loan programs. First Marblehead supports responsible lending
and is a strong proponent of the smart borrowing principle, which
encourages students to access scholarships, grants and federally-guaranteed
loans before considering private education loans. For more information, go
to www.firstmarblehead.com.
Statements in this press release, including the tables, regarding First
Marblehead's future financial and operating results, business model and
the demand for private student loans, as well as any other statements that
are not purely historical, constitute forward-looking statements for
purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based upon our
historical performance, the historical performance of the securitization
trusts and on our plans, estimates and expectations as of August 21, 2008.
The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as
a representation by us or any other person that the future results, plans,
estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. You are
cautioned that matters subject to forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties, including economic, legislative,
regulatory, competitive and other factors, which may cause our actual
financial or operational results, including the performance of
securitization trusts and resulting cash flows, facilitated loan volumes or
financing-related revenues, or the timing of events, to be materially
different than those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences
include: our ability to structure securitizations or alternative
financings; the size, structure and timing of any securitizations or
alternative financings; the demand for, and market acceptance of, loan
programs that are not TERI-guaranteed, including our success in providing
such alternatives to former, current and prospective clients; the inability
of TERI to meet its guaranty obligations with regard to loans held by the
securitization trusts; TERI's rejection of its guaranty obligations, or
challenges to the trusts' security interests in segregated reserve accounts
pledged by TERI to the trusts, in the context of TERI's bankruptcy;
degradation of credit quality or performance of the loan portfolios of the
trusts First Marblehead has structured; the estimates we make and the
assumptions on which we rely in preparing our financial statements;
continued variance between the actual performance of securitization trusts
and the key assumptions we have used to estimate the present value of
additional structural advisory fees and residual revenues; and the other
factors set forth under the caption "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in First
Marblehead's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 12, 2008. Important factors that could cause or
contribute to differences between the actual performance of the
securitization trusts and our key assumptions include economic, regulatory,
competitive and other factors affecting prepayment, default and recovery
rates on the underlying securitized loan portfolio; capital market
receptivity to private student loan asset-backed securities; trust
expenses; and interest rate trends, including with regard to auction rate
notes. We disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements
as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.
The First Marblehead Corporation and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three Months and Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2008 and 2007
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three months ended Fiscal years ended
June 30, June 30,
2008 2007 2008 2007
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Service revenues:
Up-front structural
advisory fees $ 56 $ 91,545 $ 179,106 $ 457,352
Additional structural
advisory fees:
From new
securitizations - 9,409 24,304 43,984
Trust updates (22,506) 823 (44,106) 1,363
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Total additional
structural
advisory fees (22,506) 10,232 (19,802) 45,347
Residuals:
From new
securitizations - 43,303 116,972 182,744
Trust updates (37,548) 9,613 (488,832) 29,548
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Total residuals (37,548) 52,916 (371,860) 212,292
Processing fees from TERI 17,683 35,884 126,540 134,845
Administrative and other
fees 1,878 6,496 31,985 21,497
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Total service revenues (40,437) 197,073 (54,031) 871,333
Net interest income 6,664 2,757 25,622 9,371
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Total revenues (33,773) 199,830 (28,409) 880,704
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Non-interest expenses:
Compensation and benefits 17,328 26,470 96,735 111,364
General and administrative
expenses 46,478 41,006 261,812 141,591
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Total non-interest
expenses 63,806 67,476 358,547 252,955
Income (loss) from
Operations (97,579) 132,354 (386,956) 627,749
Other Income - 3 - 16
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Income (loss) before income
taxes (97,579) 132,357 (386,956) 627,765
Income tax expense
(benefit) (40,908) 54,357 (151,880) 256,434
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Net income (loss) $ (56,671) $ 78,000 $ (235,076) $ 371,331
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Net income (loss) per
share, basic $ (0.57) $ 0.83 $ (2.46) $ 3.94
Net income (loss) per
share, diluted (0.57) 0.83 (2.46) 3.92
Cash dividends declared
per share - 0.25 0.395 0.62
Weighted average shares
outstanding, basic 98,878 93,770 95,732 94,296
Weighted average shares
outstanding, diluted 98,878 94,197 95,732 94,845
The First Marblehead Corporation and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007
(Unaudited)
(amounts in thousands)
June 30, 2008 June 30, 2007
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Assets
Cash, cash equivalents and investments $ 140,909 $ 224,587
Federal funds sold 80,215 10,334
Loans held for sale 497,324 37,052
Service receivables:
Structural advisory fees 113,842 133,644
Residuals 293,255 665,115
Processing fees from TERI 4,086 10,909
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Total service receivables 411,183 809,668
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Property and equipment, net 37,681 41,911
Goodwill 1,701 4,878
Intangible assets, net 1,956 2,597
Prepaid income taxes - 49,345
Other prepaid expenses 15,377 26,904
Mortgage loans, held to maturity, net 10,754 -
Other assets 3,798 7,187
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Total assets $ 1,200,898 $ 1,214,463
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits $ 244,113 $ 53,523
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 20,543 59,044
Education loan warehouse facility 242,899 -
Income taxes payable 31,275 -
Net deferred income tax liability 10,385 247,748
Other liabilities 14,071 11,528
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Total liabilities 563,286 371,843
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Total Stockholders' Equity 637,612 842,620
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Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $ 1,200,898 $ 1,214,463
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The First Marblehead Corporation and Subsidiaries
Loan Facilitation Metrics
(Dollars in Millions)
June 30, June 30, % Increase
2008 2007 (Decrease)
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Q4 Volume of Loans Available for
Securitization
Direct-to-Consumer Loans $ 199 $ 703 (72%)
School Channel Loans 67 88 (24%)
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Private Label Loans 266 791 (66%)
GATE Loans 2 1 100%
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Total Loan Facilitation Volume
Available for Securitization $ 268 $ 792 (66%)
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Rolling Twelve Month Volume of Loans
Available for Securitization
Direct-to-Consumer Loans $ 3,726 $ 2,973 25%
School Channel Loans 728 808 (10%)
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Private Label Loans 4,454 3,781 18%
GATE Loans 66 92 (28%)
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Total Loan Facilitation Volume
Available for Securitization $ 4,520 $ 3,873 17%
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Q4 Volume of Loans Not Available for
Securitization
Direct-to-Consumer Loans $ - $ 1 (100%)
School Channel Loans 4 46 (91%)
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Total Loan Facilitation Volume
Not Available for
Securitization $ 4 $ 47 (91%)
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Rolling Twelve Month Volume of Loans
Not Available for Securitization
Direct-to-Consumer Loans $ 2 $ 19 (89%)
School Channel Loans 482 400 21%
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Total Loan Facilitation Volume
Not Available for
Securitization $ 484 $ 419 16%
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Percentage of Loans Available for
Securitization
Q4 99% 94%
Rolling Twelve Months 90% 90%
End of period Principal Balance of
Loans Available for
Securitization but not yet
Securitized(1)
Direct-to-Consumer Loans $ 2,562 $ 401
School Channel Loans 770 429
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Private Label Loans 3,332 830
GATE Loans 67 2
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Total Loan Principal Available
for Securitization but not yet
securitized $ 3,399 $ 832 309%
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(1) Includes $1.125 billion principal amount of loans with respect to
which our purchase rights terminated subsequent to June 30, 2008 in the
context of the TERI reorganization.
The First Marblehead Corporation and Subsidiaries
Balance Sheet Metrics
Roll-forward of Structural Advisory Fees and Residuals Receivables
(Dollars in Thousands)
Three Months
Ended Year Ended
June 30, 2008 June 30, 2008
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Structural Advisory Fees Receivable
Beginning of period balance $ 136,348 $ 133,644
Additions from new securitizations - 24,304
Trust updates:
Passage of time (fair value accretion) 2,538 10,258
Assumption Changes:
Change in timing and average prepayment
rate - (3,535)
Increase in discount rate (29,737) (53,515)
Increase in timing and average default
rate (62) (2,961)
Other factors 4,755 5,647
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Net change (22,506) (44,106)
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End of period balance $ 113,842 $ 113,842
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Residuals Receivable
Beginning of period balance $ 330,803 $ 665,115
Additions from new securitizations - 116,972
Trust updates:
Passage of time (fair value accretion) 11,147 75,070
Assumption Changes:
Change in timing and average prepayment
rate 11,832 (34,765)
Increase in discount rate (36,863) (129,169)
Increase in timing and average default
rate (7,706) (49,929)
Increase in auction rate notes spread - (93,813)
TERI's inability to pay claims - (219,553)
Increase in deliquency and collection
costs (15,946) (15,946)
Other factors (12) (20,727)
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Net change (37,548) (488,832)
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End of period balance $ 293,255 $ 293,255
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Note: Factors affecting the valuation of structural advisory fees and
residuals receivables include changes, if any, to the assumptions we use
in estimating the fair value of these receivables. In light of recent
developments in the asset-backed securities market and our ongoing
evaluation of actual trust performance, we changed certain assumptions
used to determine the fair value of our residual and structural advisory
fee receivables at June 30, 2008. We continue to monitor the performance
of trust assets against our expectations, as well as other inputs
necessary to estimate the present value of our structural advisory fee and
residuals receivables. We will make such additional adjustments to our
estimates as we believe are necessary to value properly our receivables
balances at each balance sheet date.
Contact:
Lee Jacobson
Investor Relations
617.638.2065
Janice Walker
Corporate Communications
617.638.2047
