UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C.  20549

 

FORM 10-Q/A
 

Amendment No. 1

 

x

 

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

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended April 19, 2008

 

 

 

o

 

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 000-24990

 

WESTAFF, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

94-1266151

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(I.R.S. employer

of incorporation or organization)

 

identification number)

 

298 North Wiget Lane
Walnut Creek, California  94598-2453
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices, including zip code)
 

(925) 930-5300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

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  x     No  o

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer  o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company  o

(Do not check if a 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  o     No  x

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

 

Class

 

Outstanding at June 5, 2008

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

 

16,697,010 shares

 

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Westaff, Inc. (the “Registrant”) amends the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 19, 2008 that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2008 (the “Original Filing”).  This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to make the following changes:

 

·       Part I, Item 1 – Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 1 — We changed the reclassification table’s “Net loss” from $29 to the correct amount of $(261) for the 24 weeks ended April 14, 2007 for the columns labeled “As originally reported as adjusted for discontinued operations” and “As reclassified” in order to agree to the amount as presented on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Note 4 — We changed the “Operating loss from discontinued operations for the 12 weeks ended April 14, 2007” from $(216) to the correct amount of $(210) to correct a footing error.

 

Note 4 — We changed the Balance sheet of discontinued operations as of April 14, 2007 to the balance sheet as of November 3, 2007 as is required by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.

 

 

 

From:

 

To:

 

 

 

April 14, 2007

 

November 3, 2007

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,722

 

$

1,335

 

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

5,939

 

7,848

 

Prepaid expenses

 

549

 

484

 

Property and equipment, net

 

959

 

901

 

Other current assets

 

103

 

64

 

Assets of discontinued operations

 

$

9,272

 

$

10,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

356

 

$

131

 

Accrued expenses

 

3,102

 

4,177

 

Other liabilities

 

20

 

17

 

Liabilities of discontinued operations

 

$

3,478

 

$

4,325

 

 

Note 6 — We removed the table of “Unamortized intangible assets as of April 19, 2008 and November 3, 2007” and the table of “Estimated amortization expense for the fiscal years 2008 and 2009” since the information was included in sentence format below the table.

 

Note 7 — We changed the amount of  “Other” from $4,552 to the correct amount of $4,559 to correct a footing error to reconcile the amount of Accrued Expenses to the financial statements.

 

·       Part I, Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations:  Results of Operations – 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 and April 14, 2007

 

 Selling and administrative expenses — We changed the sentence from “Our professional fees increased by $1.6 million” to “Our professional fees increased by $1.8 million” to agree to the financial statements.

 

Net interest expense — We changed the sentence “Net interest expense increased by $0.6 million or 58.7% to $1.6 million (previously stated as $1.7 million)” to agree to the financial statements.

 

·       Part I, Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

We changed the following sentences to reconcile to the financial statements:

 

“A change of two percentage points in the interest rates would cause a change in interest expense of approximately $0.1 million (previously stated as $0.2 million) on an annual basis.”

 

“For the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, our international operations comprised 25.9% of our gross revenue and, as of the end of that period 19.3% (previously stated as 17.0%) of our total assets.”

 

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No other changes have been made to the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 does not amend or update any other information set forth in the Original Filing including the information contained in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and cash flows as of April 19, 2008 and for the 12 and 24 weeks then ended, and the Registrant has not updated disclosures contained therein to reflect any events subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 consists solely of the preceding cover page, this explanatory note, Item 1 (as amended), Item 2 (as amended), Item 3 (as amended), the signature page and the certifications required to be filed as exhibits hereto.

 

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Part l.  Financial Information

Item 1.  Financial Statements

Westaff, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

 

 

 

April 19,

 

November 3,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands, except

 

 

 

per share amounts)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

7,424

 

$

3,277

 

Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,414 and $1,019

 

55,928

 

76,098

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

9,688

 

Prepaid expenses

 

2,564

 

4,059

 

Other current assets

 

1,634

 

1,833

 

Total current assets

 

67,550

 

94,955

 

Property and equipment, net

 

12,601

 

16,186

 

Deferred income taxes

 

1,200

 

12,076

 

Goodwill

 

12,658

 

12,628

 

Intangible assets

 

3,685

 

3,695

 

Other long-term assets

 

1,876

 

1,752

 

Total Assets

 

$

99,570

 

$

141,292

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowing under revolving credit facilities

 

$

4,393

 

$

6,837

 

Current portion of capital lease obligations

 

582

 

544

 

Note payable to related party

 

2,000

 

2,000

 

Accounts payable

 

2,550

 

2,226

 

Accrued expenses

 

24,279

 

34,147

 

Short-term portion of workers compensation

 

9,350

 

9,897

 

Income taxes payable

 

89

 

113

 

Total current liabilities

 

43,243

 

55,764

 

Long-term capital lease obligations

 

471

 

752

 

Long-term portion of workers compensation

 

15,400

 

16,000

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

1,734

 

2,881

 

Total liabilities

 

60,848

 

75,397

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; authorized and unissued: 1,000,000 shares Common stock, $0.01 par value; authorized: 25,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 16,697,010 at April 19, 2008 and November 3, 2007

 

167

 

167

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

39,574

 

39,561

 

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

 

(2,753

)

24,355

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

1,734

 

1,812

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

38,722

 

65,895

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

$

99,570

 

$

141,292

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Westaff, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

 

12 Weeks Ended

 

24 Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

102,811

 

$

120,114

 

$

210,888

 

$

240,801

 

Costs of services

 

86,531

 

99,134

 

176,464

 

199,273

 

Gross profit

 

16,280

 

20,980

 

34,424

 

41,528

 

Franchise agents’ share of gross profit

 

3,361

 

3,518

 

6,757

 

7,058

 

Selling and administrative expenses

 

15,527

 

16,938

 

30,506

 

32,017

 

Restructuring benefit

 

 

 

(150

)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,875

 

787

 

3,116

 

1,645

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) income from continuing operations

 

(4,483

)

(263

)

(5,805

)

808

 

Interest expense

 

902

 

520

 

1,664

 

1,091

 

Interest income

 

(40

)

(47

)

(63

)

(82

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

 

(5,345

)

(736

)

(7,406

)

(201

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

20,347

 

(246

)

19,724

 

(230

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations

 

(25,692

)

(490

)

(27,130

)

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(704

)

(174

)

(1,160

)

(290

)

Gain on sale, net of income taxes of $820

 

1,183

 

 

1,183

 

 

Total discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

479

 

(174

)

23

 

(290

)

Net loss

 

$

(25,213

)

$

(664

)

$

(27,107

)

$

(261

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations - basic and diluted

 

$

(1.54

)

$

(0.03

)

$

(1.62

)

$

0.00

 

Discontinued operations - basic and diluted

 

$

0.03

 

$

(0.01

)

$

0.00

 

$

(0.02

)

Loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(1.51

)

$

(0.04

)

$

(1.62

)

$

(0.02

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

16,697

 

16,608

 

16,697

 

16,599

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Westaff, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

 

 

24 Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(27,107

)

$

(261

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

(1,183

)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

3,116

 

1,794

 

Stock-based compensation

 

13

 

139

 

Provision for losses on doubtful accounts

 

465

 

173

 

Amortization of deferred gain on sale-leaseback

 

(344

)

(344

)

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

480

 

130

 

Deferred income taxes

 

20,512

 

(258

)

Amortization of deferred gain from sales of affiliate operations

 

(618

)

(75

)

Loss on sale or disposal of assets

 

33

 

8

 

Tax benefits from employee stock plans

 

 

12

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

14,812

 

3,489

 

Other assets

 

1,298

 

2,890

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(6,968

)

(3,227

)

Income taxes payable

 

(825

)

(289

)

Other liabilities

 

(838

)

299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

2,846

 

4,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(171

)

(1,588

)

Proceeds from sales of affiliate operations

 

 

21

 

Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of cash acquired by purchaser of $1,104

 

5,375

 

 

Expenses relating to sale of discontinued operations

 

(204

)

 

Other, net

 

26

 

(124

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

5,026

 

(1,691

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net repayments under line of credit agreements

 

(2,499

)

(2,040

)

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

 

(243

)

(153

)

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

(895

)

(65

)

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock

 

 

172

 

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(3,637

)

(2,083

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

(88

)

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

4,147

 

801

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

3,277

 

3,545

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

7,424

 

$

4,346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental dislosures of cash flow information

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

940

 

$

1,996

 

Income taxes paid, net

 

1,043

 

1,189

 

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Receivable proceeds from sale of discontinued operations

 

197

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Westaff, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1.      Company background

 

Westaff, Inc. (together with its domestic and foreign subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Westaff”) provides staffing services primarily in suburban and rural markets (“secondary markets”), and in certain major urban centers (“primary markets”) in the United States (“US”), Australia and New Zealand.  In March 2008, the Company sold its United Kingdom (“UK”) subsidiary operation. The Company provides staffing solutions, including permanent placement, replacement, supplemental and on-site temporary programs to businesses and government agencies through its network of Company-owned, franchise agent and licensed offices. Westaff’s primary focus is on recruiting and placing clerical/administrative and light industrial personnel. Its corporate headquarters provides support services to the field offices in marketing, human resources, risk management, legal, strategic sales, accounting, and information technology.

 

Basis of Presentation and Going Concern Considerations

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Westaff, Inc. and its domestic and foreign subsidiaries, as of April 19, 2008 and for the 12-week and 24-week periods ended April 19, 2008 and April 14, 2007 are unaudited.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.  The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of November 3, 2007 presented herein, has been derived from the audited balance sheet included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2007.

 

The Company has a financing agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary with U.S. Bank which provides for a five year revolving credit facility for up to $50.0 million.  The Company is currently in default under certain covenants of this financing arrangement.  While the Company is negotiating with its lenders for a waiver or forbearance under this default, there can be no assurances that a waiver or forbearance can be obtained.  If such an agreement cannot be obtained on acceptable terms, the Company may be unable to access the funds needed to support its liquidity needs.  In that case, its business and operating results would be adversely affected and the Company might be unable to continue its operations as a going concern.

 

The Company’s critical accounting policies are described in Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s previously-filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2007.  Except as disclosed herein, there were no changes to these policies during the 24-week period ended April 19, 2008. Certain financial information normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States that is not required for interim reporting purposes has been condensed or omitted. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2007.

 

The Company’s fiscal year is a 52 or 53-week period ending the Saturday nearest the end of October. For interim reporting purposes, the first three fiscal quarters comprise 12 weeks each, while the fourth fiscal quarter consists of 16 or 17 weeks. The results of operations for the 12-week and 24-week periods ended April 19, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or for any future period.

 

On March 31, 2008, the Company sold the Westaff U.K. subsidiary.  The results of operations of the discontinued operations are separately stated in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the 12-week and 24-week periods ended April 19, 2008 and for the same periods of fiscal 2007. The assets and liabilities of these discontinued operations have not been reclassified in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and related notes. The cash flows from discontinued operations are not separately classified in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

Accounts receivable as originally reported on the November 3, 2007 balance sheet have been increased by $962,000 to reflect unbilled amounts to customers related to services performed in the United Kingdom previously included in other current assets.  The Company’s policy is to record as trade accounts receivables, the amounts earned for the final week of the period but not billed to customers.

 

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The Company has included as part of interest expense certain amounts paid to GE Capital for letters of credit issued to the Company’s insurance carrier to secure liabilities reflected on the balance sheet. These costs are charged based on a percentage of the outstanding letters of credit. These costs during the fiscal year 2007 that were originally classified as selling and administrative expenses have been reclassified to interest expense to conform to the fiscal year 2008 presentation. The reclassifications had no change to net income or earnings per share and are shown below:

 

 

 

12 weeks ended

 

24 weeks ended

 

 

 

April 14,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2007

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

As originally
reported as adjusted for
discontinued
operations

 

As
reclassified

 

Change

 

As originally
reported as adjusted for
discontinued
operations

 

As
reclassified

 

Change

 

Selling and administrative expenses

 

$

17,190

 

$

16,938

 

$

(252

)

$

32,521

 

$

32,017

 

$

(504

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) income from continuing operations

 

$

(515

)

$

(263

)

252

 

304

 

808

 

504

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

$

268

 

$

520

 

$

252

 

$

587

 

$

1,091

 

$

504

 

Net loss

 

$

(664

$

(664

$

 

$

(261

)

$

(261

)

$

 

 

2.    Out of period adjustment

 

During the current fiscal quarter, the Company recorded $880,000 in depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation, relating to assets purchased prior to fiscal year 2004, which should have been depreciated over a 4 year period.  The depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation, however, were not previously recorded.  The Company reviewed this additional expense and considered the impact of the adjustment under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99 “Materiality”.  The Company concluded that reporting the $880,000 as an adjustment to current period depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation is not material to the current fiscal year 2008 or prior fiscal years.

 

3.    Adoption of recent pronouncement

 

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. (“FIN”) 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”) effective November 4, 2007.  FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

 

As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company made a comprehensive review of its portfolio of uncertain tax positions in accordance with recognition standards established by FIN 48, and concluded that there were no material uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in our financial statements at adoption or as of April 19, 2008. The Company performed evaluations for the tax years ended 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004, which were subject to examination by tax authorities.  Upon implementation of FIN 48, the Company adopted a methodology for recognition of interest and penalties accruals related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties within its provision for income taxes.  The Company had no such interest and penalties accrued at April 19, 2008.

 

4.              Discontinued Operations

 

In March 2008, the Company sold its United Kingdom (“UK”) subsidiary operation to Fortis Recruitment Group Limited, a recruiting and staffing company headquartered in England, for approximately $6.7 million. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain of $2.0 million ($1.2 million net of tax).  Cash payments received totaled $6.5 million and transaction costs totaled $204,000.  The sale of the UK subsidiary was an important part of the Company’s strategy of reviewing existing operations and selectively divesting non-core assets.

 

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In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” the gain recognized in conjunction with the sale of the UK, as well as the results of operations for the current and prior periods, have been reported as discontinued operations in the Company’s statements of operations. Summarized financial data on discontinued operations is as follows:

 

 

 

12 Weeks Ended

 

24 Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

6,458

 

$

9,716

 

$

15,215

 

$

18,978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating loss from discontinued operations

 

(713

)

(210

)

(1,184

)

(377

)

Plus: Income taxes benefit and net interest income

 

9

 

36

 

24

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

(704

)

(174

)

(1,160

)

(290

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of discontinued operations

 

2,003

 

 

2,003

 

 

Less: Income taxes

 

820

 

 

820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax

 

1,183

 

 

1,183

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

$

479

 

$

(174

)

$

23

 

$

(290

)

 

 

 

November 3,
2007

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,335

 

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

7,848

 

Prepaid expenses

 

484

 

Property and equipment, net

 

901

 

Other current assets

 

64

 

Assets of discontinued operations

 

$

10,632

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

131

 

Accrued expenses

 

4,177

 

Other liabilities

 

17

 

Liabilities of discontinued operations

 

$

4,325

 

 

5.               Income Taxes and Related Valuation Allowance

 

For the second quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company had an income tax provision from continuing operations of approximately $20.3 million on a pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $5.3 million. The income tax provision resulted primarily from the establishment of a valuation allowance of $23.2 million in the current quarter against deferred tax assets.  These allowances were recorded against the deferred tax assets because the Company has recently reassessed the potential for their realization in future years.  The Company recorded a valuation allowance in the current quarter due to cumulative losses in recent periods and revised projections indicating continued losses for the remainder of fiscal 2008.  The Company has not set up a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets of $0.8 million from the estimated federal net operating loss generated for fiscal 2007 because it believes it can realize this asset by carrying the net operating loss back to a prior tax period.  The Company has not established a valuation allowance against its foreign deferred tax assets of $0.4 million because it believes these deferred tax assets are more likely than not of being realized.  These foreign deferred tax assets relate to net operating losses in jurisdictions which have not experienced cumulative losses in recent periods.  As of April 19, 2008 the Company had deferred tax assets of $24.4 million offset by a valuation allowance of $23.2 million, for a net deferred tax asset balance of $1.2 million.  Although it is possible these deferred tax assets could still be realized in the future, the Company believes it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized in the foreseeable future.  The Company intends to reevaluate its projections and the valuation allowance position periodically.

 

Absent the valuation allowance recognized, for the 12 week period ended April 19, 2008 the Company had an income tax benefit from continuing operations of $2.9 million, which represents an effective tax benefit rate of 53.6%.  The rate benefit was primarily generated from the generation of Work Opportunity Tax Credits (WOTC), offset by other permanent adjustments.

 

6.              Goodwill and Intangibles

 

The Company follows the provisions of SFAS 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS 142 provides that goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are evaluated for impairment at a reporting unit level by applying a fair-value based test. The primary other identifiable intangible assets of the Company with indefinite lives are reacquired franchise rights. The

 

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Company determined its reporting units as its operating segments under SFAS 131 “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”.

 

The first step in the impairment test compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying value, including goodwill and other non amortizing intangibles. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step of the impairment test is performed to determine the amount of any impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill with the respective carrying value. This test is generally performed by the Company during its fourth fiscal quarter or more frequently if the Company believes impairment indicators are present.

 

During the Company’s second quarter several factors led management to consider whether its goodwill and other intangibles might be impaired. These factors included three possible indicators of impairment, including: a) a decline in the market capitalization of the company to a level below the book carrying value of its equity; 2) the sale of its UK subsidiary below the fair value as determined at September 1, 2007; and 3) unexpected revenue declines for its US Domestic Reporting Unit through the end of its second fiscal quarter. As a result of these conditions, the Company performed the first step in the impairment test required by SFAS 142 which compares the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying value, including goodwill and intangibles which in this case totaled $11,369,000 assigned to its US Domestic Services Reporting Unit. To perform this test, the Company used assumptions about future cash flows and growth rates based upon budgets and long term plans. Such assumptions, including associated discount rates used in the analysis, are based upon the Company’s assessment of the risks inherent in those plans and projections. The Company concluded that the fair value of its US Domestic Reporting Unit exceeded carrying value and market capitalization which indicated that the Company’s goodwill was not impaired. Therefore the Company did not perform the second step of the impairment test and no impairment charge was recorded in second quarter. The Company intends to seek an independent valuation of its goodwill during next quarter. Should revenues continue to decline in future periods or other indicators suggest that an impairment may have taken place, all or a portion of the recorded goodwill may need to be written off in future periods.

 

The following table shows the change to goodwill during the first two quarters of fiscal 2008.

 

 

 

Domestic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Services

 

Australia

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Balance at November 3, 2007

 

$

11,369

 

$

1,259

 

$

12,628

 

Effect of foreign currency translation

 

 

30

 

30

 

Balance at April 19, 2008

 

$

11,369

 

$

1,289

 

$

12,658

 

 

The following table shows the change to the definite life intangible assets during the first two quarters ended April 19, 2008.

 

 

 

Domestic Business Services

 

 

 

Gross Carrying

 

Accumulated

 

Net

 

 

 

Amount

 

Amortization

 

Amount

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortized intangible assets - Non-compete Agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at November 3, 2007

 

$

177

 

$

(140

)

$

37

 

Amortization

 

 

(10

)

(10

)

Balance at April 19, 2008

 

177

 

(150

)

27

 

 

Total estimated amortization expense for fiscal year 2008 is $20,000 and for fiscal year 2009 is $17,000.  Unamortized intangible assets include franchise rights which as of April 19, 2008 and November 3, 2007 total $3,658,000.

 

7.  Accrued Expenses

 

 

 

April 19,

 

November 3,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued payroll and payroll taxes

 

$

12,912

 

$

16,356

 

Accrued insurance

 

1,943

 

3,151

 

Checks outstanding in excess of book cash balances

 

287

 

4,753

 

Taxes other than income taxes

 

3,164

 

4,120

 

Franchise commisions payable

 

965

 

1,599

 

Restructuring accrual (Note 14)

 

449

 

1,146

 

Other

 

4,559

 

3,022

 

 

 

$

24,279

 

$

34,147

 

 

8.               Credit Agreements

 

On February 14, 2008, Westaff (USA), Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower”), and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a financing agreement (the “Financing Agreement”) with U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”)

 

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and Wells Fargo Bank National Association (collectively the “Banks”) which provides for a new five year $50.0 million revolving credit facility.  On February 28, 2008, the Borrower was advanced credit in the form of letters of credit issued and loans advanced in an aggregate amount of approximately $29.6 million under the Financing Agreement.  The Borrower used the proceeds from the extension of credit to repay amounts outstanding under the then-existing Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2002, among the Company, the Borrower, certain other subsidiaries of the Company, certain lenders party thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as amended, to replace or cash collateralize letters of credit issued under such Multicurrency Credit Agreement, and for working capital needs.

 

The Financing Agreement provides for a five-year $50.0 million revolving credit facility, which includes a letter of credit sub-limit of $35.0 million. The Company and its following subsidiaries are guarantors under the new credit facility: Westaff (USA), Inc., Westaff Support, Inc., and MediaWorld International (together with the Company, collectively, the “Guarantors”). The maximum borrowing availability under the Financing Agreement is based upon a percentage of certain eligible billed and unbilled accounts receivables. Borrowings under the Financing Agreement bear interest, at the Company’s election, at either U.S. Bank’s prime rate or at LIBOR plus an applicable LIBOR rate margin ranging from 1.25% to 2.00%. A default rate would apply on all loan obligations in the event of default under the Credit Documents, at a rate per annum of 2.0% above the applicable interest rate. Interest is payable on a monthly basis. The credit obligations under the financing agreement are secured by a first priority security interest in the assets of the Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors, with certain exceptions set forth in the Financing Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Financing Agreement may be used by the Borrower for any lawful purpose.

 

The financial covenants under the Financing Agreement include a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Financing Agreement) requirement, measured as of the end of each fiscal quarter, and a minimum liquidity (as defined in the Financing Agreement) measured until the Company’s financial statements for the second fiscal quarter are delivered to U.S. Bank.

 

On May 23, 2008, the Company received a notice of default from U.S. Bank stating that (1) an Event of Default (as defined in the Financing Agreement) had occurred due to the Borrower’s failure to achieve a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Financing Agreement) for the fiscal period ended April 19, 2008; and (2) as a result of the Event of Default, effective May 21, 2008, U.S. Bank increased the rate of interest to the default rate of interest on the borrowings outstanding under the Financing Agreement.  Unless waived by U.S. Bank, the Event of Default gives U.S. Bank the right to prohibit additional borrowing under the Financing Agreement, accelerate the Company’s indebtedness thereunder, and take other actions as provided for in the Financing Agreement.

 

The Company is currently in discussions with U.S. Bank in order to seek a waiver or forbearance of the Event of Default.  There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain a waiver or forbearance or that such a waiver or forbearance would be on terms acceptable to the Company.  If the Company is unable to obtain a waiver from U.S. Bank and the Bank elects to pursue remedies under the Financing Agreement, such as limiting or terminating the Company’s right to borrow under the agreement, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

In addition, the Company’s Australian subsidiary maintains a A$12 million Australian dollar facility agreement (the “A$ Facility Agreement”) with GE Capital, as primary agent, expiring in May 2009.  The agreement includes a letter of credit sub-facility.

 

During the second quarter, the Company recorded a charge to earnings for the previously capitalized costs associated with the former credit facility of approximately $0.4 million.

 

9.               Related Party Transactions

 

The Company has an unsecured subordinated promissory note in an amount of $2.0 million, dated May 17, 2002 and payable to the former Chairman of the Board of Directors. The note, matured on August 18, 2007, is now past due and has an interest rate equal to an indexed rate as calculated under the Company’s credit facilities plus seven percent, compounded monthly and payable 60 calendar days after the end of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters. The effective interest rate on April 19, 2008 was 12.25%. Payment of interest is contingent on the Company meeting minimum availability requirements under its credit facilities. Additionally, payments of principal or interest are prohibited in the event of any default under the credit facilities.  Following our default at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2007, the former lender exercised their right to prohibit repayment of the note at its maturity.  U.S. Bank has also exercised their right to prohibit repayment of the note during the second quarter of fiscal 2008.  Accrued and unpaid interest at April 19, 2008 was $234,000, included under Accrued Expenses.

 

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10.        Commitments and Contingencies

 

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is periodically threatened with or named as a defendant in various lawsuits, including, among other, litigation brought by former franchisees or licensees, and administrative claims and lawsuits brought by employees or former employees, etc. The Company insures itself to cover principal risks like workers’ compensation, general liability, automobile liability, property damage, alternative staffing errors and omissions, fiduciary liability and fidelity losses.

 

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company was notified by the California Employment Development Department (“EDD”) that its domestic operating subsidiaries unemployment tax rates would be increased retroactively for both calendar years 2005 and 2004, which would result in additional unemployment taxes of approximately $0.9 million together with interest at applicable statutory rates. Management believes that it has properly calculated its unemployment insurance tax and is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Company has timely appealed the ruling by the EDD and is working with outside counsel to resolve this matter.  A hearing officer has been assigned to the matter and a confirmation of a hearing date from the EDD is awaited.  Management believes the resolution of this matter will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

11.        Workers’ Compensation

 

Domestically, the Company is responsible for and pays workers’ compensation costs for its temporary and regular employees and is self-insured for the deductible amount related to workers’ compensation claims. The Company accrues the estimated costs of workers’ compensation claims based upon the expected loss rates within the various temporary employment categories provided by the Company.  At least annually, the Company obtains an independent actuarial valuation of the estimated costs of claims reported but not settled, and claims incurred but not reported (IBNR), and adjusts the accruals based on the results of the valuations.  The following summarizes the workers’ compensation liability as of April 19, 2008 and November 3, 2007:

 

 

 

April 19, 2008

 

November 3, 2007

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Current portion

 

$

9.4

 

$

9.9

 

Long-term portion

 

15.4

 

16.0

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

24.8

 

$

25.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-insurance deductible (per claim)

 

$

0.75

 

$

0.50

 

Letters of Credit (1)

 

$

27.3

 

$

28.4

 

 

As of April 19, 2008 and November 3, 2007, the current liabilities include $0.2 and $0.5 million respectively, in workers compensation expense related to Australia.

 


(1)The insurance carrier requires the Company to collateralize its recorded obligations through the use of irrevocable letters of credit, surety bonds or cash.

 

12.  Stock-Based Compensation

 

Stock Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan .  The Company has a stock incentive plan and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Please refer to Note 14 of the Company’s financial statements, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 3, 2007, for additional information related to these stock-based compensation plans.

 

Stock-based compensation .  Effective with the beginning of the first quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) Share-Based Payment (“SFAS 123(R)”) using the modified prospective method of adoption.

 

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For the 12-week and 24-week periods ended April 19, 2008 and April 14, 2007, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense as follows:

 

 

 

12 Weeks Ended

 

24 Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Stock-based compensation

 

$

(87

)

$

97

 

$

13

 

$

139

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense is included in selling and administrative expenses.

 

The determination of the fair value of stock options, using the Black-Scholes model, is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions as to the Company’s expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behavior, the risk-free interest rate, and expected dividends.

 

The Company estimates the volatility of the common stock by using historical volatility over a period equal to the award’s expected term. The risk-free interest rates that are used in the valuation models are based upon yields of the U.S. Treasury constant maturities at the time of grant having a term that approximates the expected life of the options. Dividend yield is zero as the Company did not declare or pay dividends during fiscal 2008 or fiscal 2007, and its current credit facilities prohibit payment of dividends.  The Company does not currently have plans to declare dividends in future years.

 

SFAS 123(R) requires companies to estimate future expected forfeitures at the date of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. In previous years, the Company had recognized the impact of forfeitures as they occurred. Under SFAS 123(R), the Company uses historical data to estimate pre-vesting forfeiture rates in determining the amount of stock-based compensation expense to recognize. During the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008, the Company revised its forfeiture rate from 5.0% to 21.9% by analyzing historic forfeiture rates and reviewing outstanding unvested option grants.  The change in forfeiture rate resulted in an adjustment to reduce $99,000 of stock-based compensation expense.

 

All stock-based compensation awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards.

 

13.        (Loss) earnings per share

 

Basic loss per share of common stock is computed as loss divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted loss per share of common stock is computed as loss divided by the weighted average number of common shares and potentially dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur from common stock issuances as a result of stock option exercises. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share:

 

 

 

12 Weeks Ended

 

24 Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) income from continuing operations

 

$

(25,692

)

$

(490

)

$

(27,130

)

$

29

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

479

 

(174

)

23

 

(290

)

Net (loss)

 

$

(25,213

)

$

(664

)

$

(27,107

)

$

(261

)

Denominator for basic and diluted loss per share - weighted average shares

 

16,697

 

16,608

 

16,697

 

16,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and Diluted earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(1.54

)

$

(0.03

)

$

(1.62

)

$

0.00

 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

0.03

 

(0.01

)

0.00

 

(0.02

)

Loss per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(1.51

)

$

(0.04

)

$

(1.62

)

$

(0.02

)

Anti-dilutive weighted shares excluded from diluted earnings per share

 

397

 

125

 

409

 

259

 

 

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14.        Company Restructuring

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company approved a restructuring plan to, among other things, reduce its workforce and consolidate facilities. Restructuring charges have been recorded to align the Company’s cost structure with changing market conditions and to create a more efficient organization. The Company’s restructuring charges have been comprised primarily of: (i) severance and termination benefit costs related to the reduction of our workforce; and (ii) lease termination costs and costs associated with permanently vacating certain facilities.

 

The Company accounted for each of these costs in accordance with FASB. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.” In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company started a series of changes to its operations that management believes will significantly reduce its costs. The Company terminated 86 positions at field and corporate offices and closed 26 branch offices. The customers served by these closed offices have been transferred to other offices within the proximity of the closed offices. The detail is as follows :

 

 

 

24 weeks ended

 

 

 

April 19, 2008

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

Facilities

 

Restructuring accrual - November 3, 2007

 

 

 

Rent expense under non-cancellable leases reduced by estimated sublease income

 

 

 

 

$

1,146

 

Rents paid reduced by sublease income

 

(547

)

Restructuring benefit

 

(150

)

Restructuring accrual - April 19, 2008

 

$

449

 

 

During the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, the Company successfully negotiated early termination agreements for eight locations and entered into a sublease for two locations, the effects of which resulted in a $150,000 reduction in accrual.  The Company is still responsible for lease payments on 14 locations and is actively negotiating early terminations, where possible, and sublease opportunities to mitigate its obligation.  The restructuring accrual, representing rent expense under non-cancellable leases has been reduced by the current estimated future sublease income.

 

15.        Comprehensive loss

 

Comprehensive loss consists of the following:

 

 

 

12 Weeks Ended

 

24 Weeks Ended

 

 

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

April 19,

 

April 14,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(25,213

)

$

(664

)

$

(27,107

)

$

(261

)

Currency translation adjustments

 

(492

)

421

 

(78

)

868

 

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(25,705

)

$

(243

)

$

(27,185

)

$

607

 

 

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16.  Operating Segments

 

The following table summarizes reporting segment data:

 

 

 

Domestic

 

 

 

New

 

 

 

 

 

Business Services

 

Australia

 

Zealand

 

Total

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

12 Weeks Ended April 19, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

75,245

 

$

25,738

 

$

1,828

 

$

102,811

 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(4,699

)

$

182

 

$

34

 

$

(4,483

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 Weeks Ended April 14, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

98,329

 

$

20,135

 

$

1,650

 

$

120,114

 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(328

)

$

61

 

$

4

 

$

(263

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 Weeks Ended April 19, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

156,292

 

$

51,242

 

$

3,354

 

$

210,888

 

Operating income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(6,304

)

$

443

 

$

56

 

$

(5,805

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 Weeks Ended April 14, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

195,531

 

$

41,847

 

$

3,423

 

$

240,801

 

Operating income from continuing operations

 

$

521

 

$

208

 

$

79

 

$

808

 

 

17.        Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.”  SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, the FASB having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.  On November 14, 2007 the FASB partially deferred the effective date of the standard for certain non-financial assets and liabilities.   In February 2008, the FASB issued Final FASB staff Position, or FSP 157-2.  The FSP which was effective upon issuance, delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value at least once a year, to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on its operating income or net earnings.

 

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.”  SFAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Companies are not allowed to adopt SFAS 159 on a retrospective basis unless they choose early adoption.  The Company is evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of SFAS 159 will have on its operating income or net earnings.

 

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), “Business Combinations.”   SFAS 141(R) requires all business combinations completed after the effective date to be accounted for by applying the acquisition method (previously referred to as the purchase method). Companies applying this method will have to identify the acquirer, determine the acquisition date and purchase price and recognize at their acquisition-date fair values the identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interests in the acquiree. In the case of a bargain purchase the acquirer is required to reevaluate the measurements of the recognized assets and liabilities at the acquisition date and recognize a gain on that date if an excess remains. SFAS 141(R) is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 141(R).

 

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements” (an Amendment of ARB 51).  SFAS 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards for the non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. The statement requires consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and the non-controlling interest. It also requires disclosure on the face of the consolidated statement of income, of the amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the non-controlling interest. In addition this statement establishes a single method of accounting for changes in a parent’s ownership

 

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interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation and requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. SFAS 160 becomes effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 160.

 

18.        Subsequent Events

 

Effective May 15, 2008, Dawn M. Jaffray and the Controller each resigned from their respective positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President and Controller.  The Company subsequently engaged Financial Leadership Group, LLC to provide interim senior financial personnel while the Company completes its search for full time replacements for Ms. Jaffray and the Controller.

 

Effective May 22, 2008, Jeffrey A. Elias resigned from his position as Senior Vice President, Corporate Services.  Pursuant to an agreement reached with Mr. Elias, the Company will pay Mr. Elias $125,000 spread over 26 week period and also pay for his health insurance benefits over that period.

 

On June 6, 2008, the Company announced the appointment of Mark Bierman as its Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

 

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

 

The following discussion is intended to assist in the understanding and assessment of significant changes and trends related to the results of operations and financial condition of Westaff, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2007.

 

References in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to the “Company,” “Westaff,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Westaff, Inc., its predecessor and their respective subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Except for statements that are purely historical, all statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on those statements. You can also identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to current facts and use words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “target,” “forecast,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. The forward-looking statements include, without limitation our ability to achieve better people and process efficiencies as a result of changes to our operational structure, our ability to enhance the profitability of our accounts through hiring industry-proven placement consultants, and our ability to reduce selling and administrative costs.  These statements are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially. The forward-looking statements provide our current expectations or forecasts of future events. These forward-looking statements are made based on information available as of the date of this report and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results and financial position to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements and to be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors. Investors should bear this in mind as they consider forward-looking statements.

 

These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties faced by us.

 

The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable laws and regulations.

 

Company Overview

 

We provide staffing services primarily in suburban and rural markets (“secondary markets”), as well as in the downtown areas of certain major urban centers (“primary markets”) in the United States (“US”), Australia and New Zealand through our network of Company-owned, franchise agent and licensed offices. In March 2008, the Company sold its United Kingdom (“UK”) subsidiary operation, as described in Note 4 to the financial statements. We offer a wide range of staffing solutions, including permanent placement, replacement, supplemental and on-site temporary programs to businesses and government agencies. Our primary focus is on recruiting and placing clerical/administrative and light industrial personnel.  We have 60 years of experience in the staffing industry and, as of April 19, 2008, operated through 177 offices in 46 states and two foreign countries. As of April 19, 2008, 64% of these offices were Company-owned and operated and 36% were operated by franchise agents. Our corporate headquarters provides support services to the field offices, in areas such as marketing, human resources, risk management, legal, strategic sales, accounting, and information technology.

 

To complement our service offerings, which include temporary staffing, permanent placement, temp-to-hire services, payroll services and on-location programs; we utilize a number of tools focused on increasing our pool of qualified candidates. Additionally, we employ a robust, targeted marketing program as well as a consultative sales process, and both of these tools assist in our sales efforts to new and existing customers.  Management believes all of these tools enhance our competitive edge and position us to effectively pursue high growth market niches.

 

The staffing industry is highly competitive with generally few barriers to entry, which contributes to significant price competition as competitors attempt to maintain or gain market share.  On a prospective basis, we believe our focus on increasing clerical and administrative sales, improving results from underperforming field offices and prudently managing costs will permit us to improve our operating margins.

 

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Our business tends to be seasonal with sales for the first fiscal quarter typically lower than other fiscal quarters due to it containing traditional holidays as well as varying degrees of customer closures for the holiday season. These closures and post-holiday season declines in business activity negatively impact orders received from customers, particularly in the light industrial sector. Demand for staffing services historically tends to grow during the second and third fiscal quarters and has historically been greatest during the fourth fiscal quarter due largely to customers’ planning and business cycles. The recent economic downturn in the first half of fiscal 2008 has negatively impacted this expected historical growth, reducing demand for temporary employees and adversely affecting our sales, particularly during the second quarter.  We anticipate that we may continue to experience weaker demand for temporary employees through the remainder of fiscal 2008.

 

Domestically, payroll taxes and related benefits fluctuate with the level of payroll costs, but tend to represent a smaller percentage of revenue and payroll costs later in our fiscal year as federal and state statutory wage limits for unemployment are exceeded on a per employee basis.  Workers’ compensation expense, which is incurred domestically and in Australia, generally varies with both the frequency and severity of workplace injury claims reported during a quarter. Adverse and positive loss development of prior period claims during a subsequent quarter may also contribute to the volatility in our estimated workers’ compensation expense.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions affecting the amounts and disclosures reported within those financial statements. These estimates are evaluated on an ongoing basis by management and generally affect revenue recognition, workers’ compensation costs, collectibility of accounts receivable, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, contingencies, litigation and income taxes. Management’s estimates and assumptions are based on historical experiences and other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results under circumstances and conditions different than those assumed could result in differences from the estimated amounts in the financial statements.

 

Our critical accounting policies are described in the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s previously-filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2007.  During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, we adopted the provisions of FIN 48 effective November 4, 2007. Please see Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except for the adoption of the provisions of FIN 48, there were no changes to these policies during the 24-week period ended April 19, 2008.

 

Executive Overview

 

Our gross revenues for the 12 week period ended April 19, 2008 were $102.8 million, a decline of $17.3 million from gross revenues for the same period last year, and gross revenues for the 24 week period ended on that date were $210.9 million, a decline of $29.9 million from the prior year.  The decline in revenues was attributable to a softening economy during the first half of fiscal 2008, our closing of a number of branch offices in fiscal 2007, the termination of a number of unprofitable customer accounts, and the disruption in billing caused by our implementation of a new Pay/Bill system during the first quarter.

 

Our loss from continuing operations for the 12-week period ended April 19, 2008 was $25.7 million compared to a loss of $0.5 million for the same period last year. The loss from continuing operations for the 24-week period ended April 19, 2008 was $27.1 million compared to income from continuing operations of $0.03 million for the same period last year.

 

We have made changes in our Domestic operational structure to achieve better people and process efficiencies. We have developed metrics reporting which has enhanced our ability to more quickly gain insight into performances and take timely corrective actions.  We are committed to enhancing the profitability of our accounts through hiring industry-proven placement consultants whom we expect will increase market share.  We have had some successes in reducing our selling and administrative costs in total, however, as a percent of total revenue we believe that there are additional opportunities for savings.  Further, we have divested unprofitable international subsidiaries in order to concentrate on our core business.

 

On February 28, 2008, we finalized a new five-year $50.0 million credit facility syndicated through U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.  The facility is available for general corporate purposes, working capital needs and acquisitions. The agreement consists of a $50.0 million credit facility with a $35.0 million sub-limit for stand-by letters of credit.  The borrowings are secured based upon a percentage of certain eligible billed and unbilled accounts receivables. This new facility replaced our previous revolving credit facility with GE Capital and Bank of America, N.A.  We believe the new facility is both more favorable in its terms and that it will provide us with the financing structure that will meet both our short-term and long-term financial objectives .  As of April 19, 2008, the Company was in default with its U.S. Bank covenants.  Please see Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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As a result of termination of old financing facility, we have written off $0.4 million of previously capitalized costs associated with the former facility in the second quarter of fiscal 2008.

 

Earnings from discontinued operations include the second quarter operating results, net of tax, for Westaff U.K., which was sold on March 31, 2008.  Additionally, earnings from discontinued operations for the second quarter of 2008 include $1.2 million gain, net of tax, on the sale of the UK. The loss from discontinued operations totaled $0.7 million for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 and a loss of $0.3 million for the 12 weeks ended April 14, 2007.

 

Going Concern and Credit Agreements

 

The Company has incurred operating losses and negative operating cash flow since the second quarter of fiscal 2007, offset by a slight operating income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007.  The Company may incur additional losses in the future, particularly because of current soft economic conditions.

 

The Company’s operations, even if they perform in accordance with management’s expectations, may not generate sufficient cash flow to finance the Company’s operations at this level, or to permit the Company to expand its business.  As a result the Company expects to continue to rely on borrowing to finance its operations because equity financing is not likely to be available.

 

The Company has a financing agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary with U.S. Bank which provides for a five year revolving credit facility for up to $50.0 million.  The Company is currently in default under certain covenants of this financing arrangement.  While the Company is negotiating with its lenders for a waiver or forbearance under this default, there can be no assurances that a waiver or forbearance can be obtained.  If such an agreement cannot be obtained on acceptable terms, the Company may be unable to access the funds needed to support its liquidity needs.  In that case, its business and operating results would be adversely affected and the Company might be unable to continue its operations as a going concern.

 

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Results of Operations – 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 and April 14, 2007

 

Revenue

 

Gross revenue from continuing operations declined by $17.3 million or 14.4% to $102.8 million for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Domestic revenue declined by $23.1 million or 23.5% to $75.2 million driven largely by a 26.1% decrease in billed hours. This decrease was a result of lower billings for several of our larger customers in the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008.  Total billings for the top 20 customers in the second fiscal quarter of 2008 declined by $3.4 million or 15.4% to $18.8 million compared to the same period for fiscal 2007.  Our average bill rate on a per hour basis for temporary services increased 3.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2008 compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2007.  

 

Internationally, gross revenue increased by $5.8 million or 26.5% to $27.6 million for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increase was predominantly attributable to Australia primarily resulting from new business totalling $3.4 million . Australia accounted for $5.6 million of the increase and New Zealand accounted for $178,000.

 

Costs of services and gross margin

 

Costs of services include hourly wages of temporary employees, employer payroll taxes, state unemployment and workers’ compensation costs and other temporary employee-related costs. Costs of services from continuing operations decreased $12.6 million or 12.7% to $86.5 million for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year.  The larger percentage decrease in gross revenue than in direct costs caused consolidated gross margin percentage to decrease slightly to 15.8% in the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 compared to 17.4% compared to the same period in the prior year.  Domestic gross margin decreased to 16.9% in the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 compared to 18.0% in the same period in the prior year.

 

The gross margin in Australia including permanent placements, in local currency, decreased to 11.9% in the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 from 14.0% in the same period in the prior year.  This decrease primarily results from a decrease in permanent placement business. The gross margin for temporary labor in Australia, in local currency, increased slightly from 10.8% in the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 to 11.1% compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

Franchise agents’ share of gross profit

 

Franchise agents’ share of gross profit represents the net distribution paid to franchise agents based either on a percentage of the sales or gross profit generated by the franchise agents’ operations. Franchise agents’ share of gross profit decreased $0.2 million or 4.5% to $3.4 million which was slightly less than the decline in overall franchise owned gross revenue.  Franchisees generally receive a greater share of permanent placement revenue which declined at a lesser rate than the overall decline in permanent placement revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2008.  As a percentage of consolidated revenue, franchise agents’ share of gross profit increased slightly from 2.9% for the fiscal 2007 quarter to 3.3% for the fiscal 2008 quarter.  The increase was a result of franchisee revenue not dropping as significantly as the total decline in Domestic revenue.

 

Selling and administrative expenses

 

Selling and administrative expenses decreased $1.4 million or 8.3% to $15.5 million for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year . This decrease is primarily attributable to decreased salary and related costs of $1.5 million, as a result of decreased headcount following the restructuring in the third quarter of fiscal 2007.  We achieved cost savings in Domestic operations in the areas of facilities, advertising and promotion and supplies totaling $0.7 million as we consciously looked at opportunities to reduce spending in light of the significant decline in gross revenue.  In addition, we incurred lower communications and services costs, largely due to improvements made in our information systems infrastructure.   We achieved a $0.2 million reduction in bad debt expense due to management closely monitoring slow paying customers in light of the slow down in the Domestic economy and management being more proactive in reserving for those amounts in the early stages of identifying concerns.

 

Our professional fees increased by $1.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2008 over the second quarter of fiscal 2007.  Several factors caused the increase including additional unanticipated accounting fees for our fiscal 2007 audit, together with continued costs incurred towards our required compliance with the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley.  We also incurred significant post system implementation costs associated with the conversion of our Pay-Bill system.

 

As a percentage of revenue, selling and administrative expenses were 15.1% for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008, compared to 14.1% for same period in the prior year. The increase as a percent of sales is primarily due to the decreased level of sales as total selling and administrative costs declined for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

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Depreciation and amortization

 

Depreciation and amortization increased $1.1 million or 138.2% to $1.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, as compared to fiscal 2007.  This increase is primarily attributable to an out of period adjustment as discussed in Note 2 of $0.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2008, resulting in additional depreciation that should have been depreciated in prior periods.  In addition, the increase was caused by the new Pay-Bill system implementation costs, which were previously capitalized during pre-launch stages and now are amortized to income concurrent with the launch of the system in the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

 

Net interest expense

 

Net interest expense increased by $0.4 million or 82.2% to $0.9 million for the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the first 12 weeks of fiscal 2007.  The increase is primarily attributable to the early termination of our credit facility with General Electric Capital Corporation in the second quarter of fiscal 2008, resulting in additional amortization expense of $0.4 million from the write-off of deferred debt issue costs.

 

Income taxes

 

For the 12 weeks ended April 19, 2008, we recorded a consolidated income tax expense on continuing operations of $20.3 million on pre-tax loss of $5.3 million.  The difference between the current quarter tax provision of $20.3 million and the prior year quarter’s tax benefit of $0.2 million relates primarily to the establishment of a valuation allowance against a significant portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets in the quarter.  The Company recorded a valuation allowance in the current quarter due to cumulative losses in recent periods and revised projections indicating continued losses for the remainder of fiscal 2008.  Although it is possible these deferred tax assets could still be realized in the future, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized in the foreseeable future.  The Company Intends to reevaluate in position with respect to the valuation allowance periodically.

 

Net loss

 

The result of the aforementioned items was a loss from continuing operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 of $25.7 million, or $1.54 per share, as compared with net loss of $0.5 million, or $0.03 per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2007.

 

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Results of Operations – 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 and April 14, 2007

 

Revenue

 

Gross revenue from continuing operations declined by $29.9 million or 12.4% to $210.9 million for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Domestic revenue declined by $39.2 million or 20.1% to $156.3 million driven largely by a 22.3% decrease in billed hours. This decrease was a result of lower billings for several of our larger customers.  Total billings for the top 20 customers in the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 declined by $4.6 million or 10.2% to $40.5 million compared to the same period for fiscal 2007.  Our average bill rate on a per hour basis for temporary services increased 3.0% in the 24 weeks ended fiscal 2008 compared with the same period in the prior year. 

 

Internationally, gross revenue increased by $9.3 million or 20.6% to $54.6 million for the 24 week ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year.  $9.4 million of this increase was attributed to Australia, offset by a $69,000 decrease attributed to New Zealand.

 

Costs of services and gross margin

 

Costs of services include hourly wages of temporary employees, employer payroll taxes, state unemployment and workers’ compensation costs and other temporary employee-related costs. Costs of services from continuing operations decreased $22.8 million or 11.4% to $176.5 million for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year.  The larger percentage decrease in gross revenue than in direct costs caused consolidated gross margin percentage to decrease slightly to 16.3% in the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 from 17.2% compared to the same period in the prior year.  Domestic gross margin increased slightly to 17.4% in the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 from 17.8% compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

The gross margin in Australia, in local currency, decreased to 12.1% in the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 from 13.6 % compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

Franchise agents’ share of gross profit

 

Franchise agents’ share of gross profit represents the net distribution paid to franchise agents based either on a percentage of the sales or gross profit generated by the franchise agents’ operations. Franchise agents’ share of gross profit decreased $0.3 million or 4.3% to $6.8 million which was slightly greater than the decline in overall franchise owned gross revenue.  Franchisees generally receive a greater share of permanent placement revenue which declined as a lesser rate than the overall decline in permanent placement revenue in the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2008.  As a percentage of consolidated revenue, franchise agents’ share of gross profit increased slightly from 2.9% for the fiscal 2007 quarters to 3.2% for the fiscal 2008 quarters.  The increase was a result of franchisee revenue not dropping as significantly as the total decline in Domestic revenue.

 

Selling and administrative expenses

 

Selling and administrative expenses decreased $1.5 million or 4.7% to $30.5 million for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year . This decrease is primarily attributable to decreased salary and related costs of $2.1 million, as a result of decreased headcount following the restructuring in the third quarter of fiscal 2007. We experienced a decrease of $2.2 million of salary and related costs in our Domestic operations which were offset by an increase internationally of approximately $0.1 million.

 

We achieved cost savings in Domestic operations in the areas of facilities, advertising and promotion and supplies totaling $1.2 million as we consciously looked at opportunities to reduce spending in light of the significant decline in gross revenue.  In addition, we incurred lower communications and services costs, largely due to improvements made in our information systems infrastructure.   These reductions were offset by an increase in bad debt expense from less than $0.2 million in the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2007 to $0.3 million in the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2008.  Management is also closely monitoring slow paying customers in light of the slow down in the Domestic economy and is more proactive in reserving for those amounts in the early stages of identifying concerns.

 

Our professional fees increased by $1.8 million in the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2008 over the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2007.  Several factors caused the increase including additional unanticipated accounting fees for our fiscal 2007 audit together with continued costs incurred towards our required compliance with the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley.  We also incurred significant post system implementation costs associated with the conversion of our Pay-Bill system which went live during the first quarter of 2008.

 

We also benefited from the recognition of $0.6 million of previously deferred gain in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 related as a result of the termination of our guarantee on a bank note payable related to sale of one of our franchise locations during fiscal 2005.

 

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As a percentage of revenue, selling and administrative expenses were 14.45% for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, compared to 13.3% for the second fiscal quarter of 2007. The increase as a percent of sales is primarily due to the decreased level of sales as total selling and administrative costs declined for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

Restructuring benefit

 

We recorded restructuring charges in the third and fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 related to reduction in force and closure of several branch offices.  In connection with the closure we recorded an expense in the third and fourth quarter for severance payments and an estimate for lease termination costs calculated for the remainder of the lease term reduced by an estimate for sublease income.  During the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, the Company successfully negotiated early termination agreements for eight locations and entered into a sublease for two locations, the effects of which resulted in a $150,000 reduction in accrual.  The Company is still responsible for lease payments on 14 locations and is actively negotiating early terminations, where possible, and sublease opportunities to mitigate its obligation.  The restructuring accrual, representing rent expense under non-cancellable leases has been reduced by the current estimated future sublease income.

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

Depreciation and amortization increased $1.5 million or 89.4% to $3.1 million for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year .  This increase is primarily attributable to an out of period adjustment as discussed in Note 2 of $0.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2008, resulting in additional depreciation that should have been depreciated in prior periods.  In addition, the increase was caused by the new Pay-Bill system implementation costs, which were previously capitalized during pre-launch stages and now are amortized to income concurrent with the launch of the system in the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

 

Net interest expense

 

Net interest expense increased by $0.6 million or 58.7% to $1.6 million for the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2008 as compared to the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2007.  The increase is primarily attributable to the early termination of our credit facility with General Electric Capital Corporation in the second quarter of fiscal 2008, resulting in additional amortization expense of $0.4 million from the write-off of deferred debt issue costs.

 

Income taxes

 

For the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, we recorded a consolidated income tax expense on continuing operations of $19.7 million on a pre-tax loss of $7.4 million.  The difference between the year to date tax provision of $19.7 million and the prior period year to date benefit of $0.2 million relates primarily to the establishment of a valuation allowance against a significant portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets in the current quarter.  The Company recorded a valuation allowance in the current quarter due to cumulative losses in recent periods and revised projections indicating continued losses for the remainder of fiscal 2008.  Although it is possible these deferred tax assets could still be realized in the future, the Company believes that is it more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized in the foreseeable future.  The Company intends to reevaluate its position with respect to the valuation allowance periodically.

 

 

Net loss

 

The result of the aforementioned items was a net loss for the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2008 of $27.1 million, or $1.62 per share, as compared with net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.00 per share in the same period of fiscal 2007.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We require significant amounts of working capital to operate our business and to pay expenses relating to employment of temporary employees. Our traditional use of cash is for financing of accounts receivable, particularly during periods of economic upswings and growth, when sales are seasonally high. Temporary personnel are typically paid on a weekly basis while payments from customers are generally received 30 to 60 days after billing.

 

We finance our operations primarily through cash generated by our operating activities and borrowings under our revolving credit facilities. Net cash provided from operations was $2.8 million for the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, compared to cash provided of $4.5 million for the same period in the prior year. This $1.7 million decrease is primarily a result of a net loss of $27.1 million compared with a net loss of $0.3 million for the same period in the prior year, offset by the change in deferred income taxes.  Additionally, UK subsidiary operations were sold effective March 31, 2008 resulting in a gain, net of tax, of $1.2 million.  Collections of accounts receivable was the largest significant source of cash providing $14.8 million during the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 as compared to $3.5 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

We saw a decrease in our domestic days sales outstanding, measured by dividing our ending net accounts receivable balance by total sales multiplied by the number of days in the fiscal quarter, (DSO) to 44.1 days at April 19, 2008 compared to 46.2 days at April 14, 2007.  This decrease was offset slightly by our Australian DSO increasing to 49.4 days at April 19 2008 compared to 47.7 days at April 14, 2007.  New Zealand accounts receivable are not a significant driver of our consolidated DSO.

 

Cash provided by investing activities was $5.0 million in the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, as compared to cash used for investing activities of $1.7 million for the same period in the prior year.  Capital expenditures, which are primarily for information system initiatives both domestically and internationally, represented the majority of this decrease from $1.6 million in the 24 weeks ended April 14, 2007 compared to $0.2 million in the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008.  As noted above in Discontinued Operations, effective March 31, 2008 the Company sold its UK subsidiary operations for net proceeds of approximately $5.4 million.

 

Cash used for financing activities was $3.6 million in 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008 compared with cash used for financing activities of $2.1 million for the same period in the prior year.  We paid down our line of credit by $2.5 million primarily as a result of our increase in accounts receivable collections.

 

On February 14, 2008, Westaff (USA), Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower”), and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a financing agreement (the “Financing Agreement”) with U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”) and Wells Fargo Bank National Association (collectively the “Banks”) which provides for a new five year $50.0 million revolving credit facility.  On February 28, 2008, the Borrower was advanced credit in the form of letters of credit issued and loans advanced in an aggregate amount of approximately $29.6 million under the Financing Agreement.  The Borrower used the proceeds from the extension of credit to repay amounts outstanding under the then-existing Multicurrency Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2002, among the Company, the Borrower, certain other subsidiaries of the Company, certain lenders party thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as amended, to replace or cash collateralize letters of credit issued under such Multicurrency Credit Agreement, and for working capital needs.

 

The Financing Agreement provides for a five-year $50.0 million revolving credit facility, which includes a letter of credit sub-limit of $35.0 million. The Company and its following subsidiaries are guarantors under the new credit facility: Westaff (USA), Inc., Westaff Support, Inc., and MediaWorld International (together with the Company, collectively, the “Guarantors”). The maximum borrowing availability under the Financing Agreement is based upon a percentage of certain eligible billed and unbilled accounts receivables. Borrowings under the Financing Agreement bear interest, at the Company’s election, at either U.S. Bank’s prime rate or at LIBOR plus an applicable LIBOR rate margin ranging from 1.25% to 2.00%. A default rate would apply on all loan obligations in the event of default under the Credit Documents, at a rate per annum of 2.0% above the applicable interest rate. Interest is payable on a monthly basis. The credit obligations under the financing agreement are secured by a first priority security interest in the assets of the Borrower, the Company and the other Guarantors, with certain exceptions set forth in the Financing Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Financing Agreement may be used by the Borrower for any lawful purpose.

 

The financial covenants under the Financing Agreement include a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Financing Agreement) requirement, measured as of the end of each fiscal quarter, and a minimum liquidity (as defined in the Financing Agreement) measured until the Company’s financial statements for the second fiscal quarter are delivered to U.S. Bank.

 

On May 23, 2008, the Company received a notice of default from U.S. Bank stating that (1) an Event of Default (as defined in the Financing Agreement) had occurred due to the Borrower’s failure to achieve a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Financing Agreement) for the fiscal period ended April 19, 2008; and (2) as a result of the Event of Default, effective May 21, 2008,

 

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U.S. Bank increased the rate of interest to the default rate of interest on the borrowings outstanding under the Financing Agreement.  Unless waived by U.S. Bank, the Event of Default gives U.S. Bank the right to prohibit additional borrowing under the Financing Agreement, accelerate the Company’s indebtedness thereunder, and take other actions as provided for in the Financing Agreement.

 

The Company is currently in discussions with U.S. Bank in order to seek a waiver or forbearance of the Event of Default.  There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain a waiver or forbearance or that such a waiver or forbearance would be on terms acceptable to the Company.  If the Company is unable to obtain a waiver from U.S. Bank and the Bank elects to pursue remedies under the Financing Agreement, such as limiting or terminating the Company’s right to borrow under the agreement, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

In addition, the Company’s Australian subsidiary maintains a A$12 million Australian dollar facility agreement (the “A$ Facility Agreement”) with GE Capital, as primary agent, expiring in May 2009.  The agreement includes a letter of credit sub-facility.

 

During the second quarter, the Company recorded a charge to earnings for the previously capitalized costs associated with the former credit facility of approximately $0.4 million.

 

The Company has an unsecured subordinated promissory note in an amount of $2.0 million, dated May 17, 2002 and payable to the former Chairman of the Board of Directors. The note, matured on August 18, 2007, is now past due and has an interest rate equal to an indexed rate as calculated under the Company’s credit facilities plus seven percent, compounded monthly and payable 60 calendar days after the end of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters. The effective interest rate on April 19, 2008 was 12.25%. Payment of interest is contingent on the Company meeting minimum availability requirements under its credit facilities. Additionally, payments of principal or interest are prohibited in the event of any default under the credit facilities.  Following our default at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2007, the former lender exercised their right to prohibit repayment of the note at its maturity.  U.S. Bank has also exercised their right to prohibit repayment of the note during the second quarter of fiscal 2008.  Accrued and unpaid interest at April 19, 2008 was $234,000.

 

We work to balance our worldwide cash needs through dividends from and loans to our international subsidiaries. These loans and dividends are limited by the cash availability and needs of each respective subsidiary, restrictions imposed by our senior secured debt facilities and, in some cases, statutory regulations of the subsidiary. The U.S. operations cannot directly draw on the excess borrowing availability of the Australian operations; however, we may request repayments on its intercompany loan to Australia, along with intercompany interest and royalties, although remittances from Australia may be limited by certain covenants under the terms of the Australia credit facility. Outstanding principal on the intercompany loan to Australia was approximately $5.1 million as of April 19, 2008.  An additional $1.5 million was outstanding from New Zealand to the U.S.

 

We are responsible for and pay workers’ compensation costs for our domestic temporary and regular employees and are self-insured for the $750,000 deductible amount related to workers’ compensation claims for fiscal 2008 claims. Typically, each policy year the terms of the agreement with the insurance carrier are renegotiated. The insurance carrier requires us to collateralize our obligations through the use of irrevocable standby letters of credit, surety bonds or cash.

 

For our 2008 policy year insurance program, we anticipate total cash premium payments of $4.2 million will be paid during fiscal 2008 in equal monthly installments, which commenced on November 1, 2007, as compared to $4.8 million paid during fiscal 2007. Cash payments for 2008 policy year claims will be paid directly by us up to our deductible which was increased from $500,000 per claim to $750,000 per claim for fiscal 2008 claims. As of April 19, 2008, we had outstanding $27.3 million of letters of credit to secure all estimated outstanding obligations under our workers’ compensation program for all years except 2003, which is fully funded although subject to annual retroactive premium adjustments based on actual claims activity. We will also make ongoing cash payments for claims for all other open policy years (except for 2003 as noted above).

 

We calculate the estimated liabilities associated with these programs based on our estimate of the ultimate costs to settle known claims as well as claims incurred but not yet reported to us (“IBNR claims”) as of the balance sheet date. Our estimated liabilities are not discounted and are based on information provided by our insurance brokers, insurers and actuary, combined with our judgment regarding a number of assumptions and factors, including the frequency and severity of claims, claims development history, case jurisdiction, applicable legislation and our claims settlement practices. We maintain stop-loss coverage with third party insurers to limit our total exposure for each of these programs. Significant judgment is required to estimate IBNR amounts as parties have yet to assert such claims. If actual claims trends, including the severity or frequency of claims, differ from our estimates, our financial results could be impacted.  We continue to evaluate other opportunities to further strengthen our financial position. However, we believe that our current financing provides us with sufficient borrowing capacity, together with cash generated through our operating performance, to meet our working capital needs for the foreseeable future.  As of April 19, 2008, the Company was in default with its U.S. Bank covenants.  Please see Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

We are exposed to certain market risks from transactions that are entered into during the normal course of business. Our primary market risk exposure relates to interest rate risk. At April 19, 2008, our outstanding debt under variable-rate interest borrowings was approximately $6.4 million. A change of two percentage points in the interest rates would cause a change in interest expense of approximately $0.1 million on an annual basis. Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates is not significant with respect to interest income, as our investment portfolio is not material to our consolidated balance sheet. We currently have no plans to hold an investment portfolio that includes derivative financial instruments.

 

For the 24 weeks ended April 19, 2008, our international operations comprised 25.9% of our gross revenue and, as of the end of that period, 19.3% of our total assets. We are exposed to foreign currency risk primarily due to our investments in foreign subsidiaries.  The Company’s Australian subsidiary maintains a A$12 million Australian dollar facility agreement, which allows our Australian subsidiary to borrow in local currency and partially mitigates the exchange rate risk resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency denominated net investments in these subsidiaries in relation to the U.S. dollar. We do not currently hold any market risk sensitive instruments entered into for hedging risks related to foreign currencies. In addition, we have not entered into any transactions with derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

 

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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.

 

 

WESTAFF, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2, 2008

 

 

 

/s/ Michael T. Willis

 

Date

 

 

 

Michael T. Willis

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer
and acting principal financial officer*

 


* Mr. Willis is also acting as the Registrant’s principal financial officer as of the date of this filing.

 

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