Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


(Mark One)*

x Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007 or

 

¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from              to             

0-10200

(Commission File Number)

 


SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Pennsylvania   23-1707341

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456-1100

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(610) 676-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 


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  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

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

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of July 31, 2007: 195,823,647 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share.

 



PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.

SEI Investments Company

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

     June 30, 2007    December 31, 2006

Assets

     

Current Assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 246,292    $ 286,948

Restricted cash

     10,250      10,250

Receivables from regulated investment companies

     38,130      37,600

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,610 and $2,730 (Note 4)

     234,835      206,999

Securities owned

     16,302      16,431

Deferred income taxes

     21,880      15,931

Other current assets

     13,212      12,314
             

Total Current Assets

     580,901      586,473
             

Property and Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $122,019 and $113,177 (Note 4)

     136,267      130,732
             

Capitalized Software, net of accumulated amortization of $26,757 and $25,235

     214,154      180,014
             

Investments Available for Sale

     79,463      71,690
             

Investments Held to Maturity

     4,239      4,617
             

Goodwill (Notes 2 and 3)

     22,842      22,842
             

Intangible Assets, net of accumulated amortization of $12,034 and $8,205 (Notes 2 and 3)

     64,007      67,836
             

Other Assets

     16,891      15,501
             

Total Assets

   $ 1,118,764    $ 1,079,705
             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SEI Investments Company

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

(In thousands, except par value)

 

     June 30, 2007    December 31, 2006

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

     

Current Liabilities:

     

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ 9,800    $ 13,100

Accounts payable

     7,024      7,119

Payable to regulated investment companies

     —        258

Accrued liabilities (Note 4)

     129,284      175,044

Deferred revenue

     361      606
             

Total Current Liabilities

     146,469      196,127
             

Long-term Debt

     57,822      67,538
             

Deferred Income Taxes

     90,333      76,148
             

Minority Interest

     127,513      109,380
             

Other Long-term Liabilities (Note 11)

     11,619      —  
             

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)

     

Shareholders’ Equity:

     

Common stock, $.01 par value, 750,000 shares authorized; 196,010 and 98,953 shares issued and outstanding

     1,960      990

Capital in excess of par value

     412,952      363,815

Retained earnings

     259,709      258,069

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net

     10,387      7,638
             

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     685,008      630,512
             

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

   $ 1,118,764    $ 1,079,705
             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SEI Investments Company

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

    

Three Months

Ended June 30,

 
           2007           2006  

Revenues:

        

Asset management, administration and distribution fees

     $ 276,653       $ 222,369  

Information processing and software servicing fees

       55,414         52,410  

Transaction-based and trade execution fees

       11,191         10,239  
                    

Total revenues

       343,258         285,018  

Expenses:

        

Commissions and fees

       43,036         35,773  

Compensation, benefits and other personnel

       88,552         74,795  

Consulting, outsourcing and professional fees

       22,617         19,787  

Data processing and computer related

       10,227         9,330  

Facilities, supplies and other costs

       17,700         19,900  

Depreciation and amortization

       7,451         7,276  
                    

Total expenses

       189,583         166,861  

Income from operations

       153,675         118,157  

Net (loss) gain from investments

       (997 )       602  

Interest and dividend income

       4,882         3,098  

Interest expense

       (1,168 )       (1,448 )

Minority interest

       (47,242 )       (35,171 )

Other

       2,952         —    
                    

Net income before income taxes

       112,102         85,238  

Income taxes

       42,601         27,327  
                    

Net income

       69,501         57,911  
                    

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

        

Foreign currency translation adjustments

       2,491         1,956  

Unrealized holding loss on investments:

        

Unrealized holding losses during the period net of income tax (expense) benefit of $(4) and $260

   (35 )     (378 )  

Less: reclassification adjustment for gains realized in net income, net of income tax expense of $2 and $663

   (2 )     (37 )   (1,402 )     (1,780 )
                            

Other comprehensive income

       2,454         176  
                    

Comprehensive income

     $ 71,955       $ 58,087  
                    

Basic earnings per common share

     $ .35       $ .29  
                    

Diluted earnings per common share

     $ .34       $ .29  
                    

Dividends declared per common share

     $ .07       $ .06  
                    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SEI Investments Company

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

    

Six Months

Ended June 30,

 
           2007           2006  

Revenues:

        

Asset management, administration and distribution fees

     $ 533,051       $ 436,081  

Information processing and software servicing fees

       109,646         102,656  

Transaction-based and trade execution fees

       23,286         23,414  
                    

Total revenues

       665,983         562,151  

Expenses:

        

Commissions and fees

       85,673         71,411  

Compensation, benefits and other personnel

       172,830         150,474  

Consulting, outsourcing and professional fees

       43,496         37,865  

Data processing and computer related

       20,994         17,928  

Facilities, supplies and other costs

       35,260         34,935  

Depreciation and amortization

       14,876         14,530  
                    

Total expenses

       373,129         327,143  

Income from operations

       292,854         235,008  

Net (loss) gain from investments

       (1,313 )       360  

Interest and dividend income

       8,933         5,752  

Interest expense

       (2,429 )       (2,603 )

Minority interest

       (87,976 )       (68,127 )

Other

       2,952         1,588  
                    

Net income before income taxes

       213,021         171,978  

Income taxes

       80,143         59,161  
                    

Net income

       132,878         112,817  
                    

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

        

Foreign currency translation adjustments

       2,325         2,555  

Unrealized holding gain (loss) on investments:

        

Unrealized holding gains (losses) during the period net of income tax (expense) benefit of $(372) and $488

   426       (771 )  

Less: reclassification adjustment for gains realized in net income, net of income tax expense of $2 and $574

   (2 )     424     (1,246 )     (2,017 )
                            

Other comprehensive income

       2,749         538  
                    

Comprehensive income

     $ 135,627       $ 113,355  
                    

Basic earnings per common share

     $ .67       $ .57  
                    

Diluted earnings per common share

     $ .65       $ .56  
                    

Dividends declared per common share

     $ .07       $ .06  
                    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SEI Investments Company

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

    

Six Months

Ended June 30,

 
     2007     2006  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 132,878     $ 112,817  

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

     572       53,219  
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     133,450       166,036  
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Additions to property and equipment

     (15,192 )     (15,390 )

Additions to capitalized software

     (35,662 )     (36,835 )

Purchase of marketable securities

     (17,788 )     (14,782 )

Sale of marketable securities

     11,130       11,334  

Cash received from sale of joint venture

     3,116       —    

Cash received from consolidation of LSV

     —         5,268  

Other

     (224 )     (156 )
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (54,620 )     (50,561 )
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Payments on long-term debt

     (13,016 )     (9,150 )

Purchase and retirement of common stock

     (124,694 )     (68,409 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     29,787       16,468  

Tax benefit on stock options exercised

     14,120       15,476  

Payment of dividends

     (25,683 )     (22,704 )
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (119,486 )     (68,319 )
                

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (40,656 )     47,156  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     286,948       130,128  
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 246,292     $ 177,284  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(all figures are in thousands except per share data)

 

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

SEI Investments Company (the Company), a Pennsylvania corporation, provides investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing solutions to corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and affluent families in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and other various locations throughout the world. Investment processing solutions utilize the Company’s proprietary software system to track investment activities in multiple types of investment accounts, including personal trust, corporate trust, institutional trust, and non-trust investment accounts, thereby allowing banks and trust companies to outsource trust and investment related activities. Revenues from investment processing solutions are recognized in Information processing and software servicing fees on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, except for fees earned associated with trade execution services.

The fund processing solution offers a full range of administration and distribution support services to mutual funds, collective trust funds, hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity funds and other types of investment funds. Administrative services include fund accounting, trustee and custodial support, legal support, transfer agency and shareholder servicing. Distribution support services range from market and industry insight and analysis to identifying distribution opportunities. Revenues from fund processing solutions are recognized in Asset management, administration and distribution fees on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Investment management programs consist of Company-sponsored mutual funds, alternative investments and separate accounts. These include a series of money market, equity, fixed-income and alternative investment portfolios, primarily in the form of registered investment companies. The Company serves as the administrator and investment advisor for many of these products. Revenues from investment management programs are recognized in Asset management, administration and distribution fees on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company changed the names of three of its business segments. The Private Banking and Trust business segment was renamed as Private Banks, the Enterprises business segment was renamed as Institutional Investors, and the Money Managers business segment was renamed as Investment Managers. Additionally, the structure of two of the Company’s business segments changed on January 1, 2007. The investment management programs and services offered to global private banks of the Investments in New Businesses segment was moved to the Private Banks segment. Further information pertaining to the Company’s new business segments is included in Note 10.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, consistent in all material respects with those applied in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. Certain financial information and accompanying note disclosure normally included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K has been condensed or omitted. The interim financial information is unaudited but reflects all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2007, the results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, and cash flows for the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. These interim Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Except as disclosed herein, there have been no significant changes in significant accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents includes $58,404 and $110,663 at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, primarily invested in Company-sponsored open-ended money market mutual funds.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 includes $10,000 segregated in special reserve accounts for the benefit of SIDCO customers in accordance with certain rules established by the Securities and Exchange Commission for broker-dealers and $250 segregated for regulatory purposes related to trade-execution services conducted by our subsidiary located in the United Kingdom.

Capitalized Software

The Company capitalized $35,662 and $36,835 of software development costs during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. As of June 30, 2007, capitalized software placed into service included on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet had a weighted average remaining life of approximately 7.2 years. Amortization expense related to capitalized software was $1,522 and $2,418 during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

In July 2007, the Global Wealth Platform was placed into service. The amount of capitalized software development costs related to the platform was $199,552. These costs will begin to be amortized during the third quarter of 2007 using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 15 years.

In the six month period ended June 30, 2006, the Company determined that the front-end component of the SEI Advisor Desktop did not fully satisfy the expected functionality requirements and would require additional investment. Management decided to discontinue any further development work for this front-end component and wrote-off $3,429 of previously capitalized software development costs. Additionally, $2,265 of previously capitalized software development costs related to other discontinued projects associated with the Global Wealth Platform were written-off in the first half of 2006. The charges for capitalized software development costs written-off are included in Facilities, supplies and other costs on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no capitalized software development costs written-off in the six month period ended June 30, 2007.

Income Taxes

The Company applies the asset and liability approach to account for income taxes pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 (SFAS 109), “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under SFAS 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are individually classified as current and non-current based on their characteristics.

The Company adopted the FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48), effective January 1, 2007. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in financial statements and requires the impact of a tax position to be recognized in the financial statements if that position is more likely than not of being sustained by the taxing authority. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations (See Note 11).

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The book value of current assets and current liabilities is considered to be representative of their fair value because of their short maturities. Held-to-maturity securities are stated at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The book value of long-term debt is considered to be representative

 

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of its fair value based upon an estimation using borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and maturities. The recorded value of these items approximates their fair value at June 30, 2007.

 

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Earnings per Share

The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 are:

 

     For the Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2007
     Income
(Numerator)
   Shares
(Denominator)
   Per Share
Amount
Basic earnings per common share    $ 69,501    197,314    $ .35
            
Dilutive effect of stock options      —      6,290   
              
Diluted earnings per common share    $ 69,501    203,604    $ .34
                  

 

     For the Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2006
     Income
(Numerator)
   Shares
(Denominator)
   Per Share
Amount
Basic earnings per common share    $ 57,911    196,990    $ .29
            
Dilutive effect of stock options      —      5,536   
              
Diluted earnings per common share    $ 57,911    202,526    $ .29
                  

Employee stock options to purchase 3,513,000 and 2,014,000 shares of common stock, with an average exercise price of $29.64 and $24.98, were outstanding during the three month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the effect on diluted earnings per common share would have been anti-dilutive.

The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 are:

 

     For the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2007
     Income
(Numerator)
   Shares
(Denominator)
   Per Share
Amount
Basic earnings per common share    $ 132,878    197,614    $ .67
            
Dilutive effect of stock options      —      6,539   
              
Diluted earnings per common share    $ 132,878    204,153    $ .65
                  

 

     For the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2006
     Income
(Numerator)
   Shares
(Denominator)
   Per Share
Amount
Basic earnings per common share    $ 112,817    197,254    $ .57
            

Dilutive effect of stock options

     —      5,320   
              

Diluted earnings per common share

   $ 112,817    202,574    $ .56
                  

Employee stock options to purchase 3,563,000 and 8,518,000 shares of common stock, with an average exercise price of $29.58 and $22.33, were outstanding during the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the exercise price of the options was greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock, and the effect on diluted earnings per common share would have been anti-dilutive.

 

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Comprehensive Income

Accumulated other comprehensive income consist of:

 

     Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
  

Unrealized
Holding

Gains

on Investments

   Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Gains
Beginning balance (Dec. 31, 2006)    $ 6,446    $ 1,192    $ 7,638
Current period change      2,325      424      2,749
                    
Ending balance (June 30, 2007)    $ 8,771    $ 1,616    $ 10,387
                    

Statements of Cash Flows

For purposes of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, the Company considers investment instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

The following table provides the details of the adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30:

 

     2007     2006  
Net income    $ 132,878     $ 112,817  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:     

Depreciation and amortization

     14,876       14,530  

Distribution from unconsolidated affiliate

     —         16,940  

Undistributed earnings of minority interests

     87,976       68,127  

Distributions to partners of LSV

     (68,982 )     (28,395 )

Stock-based compensation

     13,458       8,082  

Gain on sale of joint venture

     (2,952 )     —    

Gain on partial sale of unconsolidated affiliate

     —         (267 )

Provision for losses on receivables

     (120 )     1,051  

Deferred income tax expense

     7,865       3,388  

Net realized losses (gains) on investments

     1,313       (360 )

Write-off of capitalized software

     —         5,694  

Change in other long-term liabilities

     11,619       —    

Other

     (860 )     (1,511 )

Change in current asset and liabilities

    

Decrease (increase) in

    

Receivables from regulated investment companies

     (530 )     (232 )

Receivables

     (27,716 )     (15,935 )

Other current assets

     (898 )     (1,455 )

Increase (decrease) in

    

Accounts payable

     (95 )     2,413  

Payable to regulated investment companies

     (258 )     (203 )

Accrued liabilities

     (33,879 )     (18,508 )

Deferred revenue

     (245 )     (140 )
                

Total adjustments

     572       53,219  
Net cash provided by operating activities    $ 133,450     $ 166,036  

 

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The following non-cash activities are excluded from the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2006. LSV Employee Group purchased a percentage of LSV from two existing partners for a total purchase price of $92,000. LSV Employee Group contributed $9,200 and borrowed the remaining $82,800 (See Note 2).

 

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New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157 (SFAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for all financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 157 to have a material impact on its financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 159 (SFAS 159), “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” SFAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected be reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective for all financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that SFAS 159 will have on its financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

 

Note 2. LSV and LSV Employee Group

The Company has an investment in the general partnership LSV, a registered investment advisor that provides investment advisory services to institutions, including pension plans and investment companies. LSV is currently an investment sub-adviser for a number of Company-sponsored mutual funds. The Company’s total partnership interest in LSV was approximately 43 percent during 2006 and 2007. LSV Employee Group is owned by several current employees of LSV and was formed in January 2006 for the sole purpose of owning a partnership interest in LSV. The Company does not own any interest in LSV Employee Group.

In January 2006, two partners of LSV, excluding the Company, sold in the aggregate an eight percent interest in LSV to LSV Employee Group. The Company entered into a Guaranty Agreement with LSV Employee Group, LaSalle Bank National Association as administrative agent (the Agent), and certain other lenders in order to facilitate the acquisition of certain partnership interests of LSV by LSV Employee Group. LSV Employee Group obtained financing from the Agent and certain other lenders in the form of a term loan pursuant to the terms of a Credit Agreement (See LSV Employee Group Term Loan below).

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Guaranty Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide an unsecured guaranty to the lenders of all obligations of LSV Employee Group under the Credit Agreement. In the event of default by LSV Employee Group, the lenders have the right to seek payment from the Company of all obligations of LSV Employee Group under the Credit Agreement. As recourse for such payment, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement, including the security interest in the pledged interests transferred to LSV Employee Group.

LSV Employee Group meets the definition of a variable interest entity and the Company is the primary beneficiary. As a result of this transaction, the Company has a controlling financial interest in LSV through its direct ownership of LSV and guaranty of LSV Employee Group’s debt. The Company therefore consolidated the assets, liabilities and operations of LSV and LSV Employee Group in its Consolidated Financial Statements beginning in January 2006. The Company’s percentage of direct ownership in LSV was unchanged (approximately 43 percent) as a result of this transaction. The amount of ownership of the other existing partners (approximately 57 percent) of LSV is included in Minority interest.

In accordance with the terms of the Assignment and Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement), LSV Employee Group only receives their percentage interest in the future earnings of LSV from the date of the Purchase Agreement and did not acquire any right to any of the sellers’

 

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remaining undistributed earnings of LSV. Initially, the Company determined that the entire purchase price of $92,000 was goodwill. In late 2006, the Company revised its determination and allocated a portion of the total purchase price to identifiable intangible assets that require recognition apart from goodwill. The Company determined that $72,220 related to those identifiable intangible assets and the remaining $19,780 was goodwill. The identifiable intangible assets have an estimated life of ten years and are amortized on a straight-line basis. The Company recognized $3,611 in amortization expense during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 which is reflected in Depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations. The amount of amortization expense in 2006 was revised for the identification of intangible assets. Amortization expense recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations associated with the assets of LSV Employee Group was eliminated through Minority interest and had no impact on net income.

 

     June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  

Intangible asset, at cost

   $ 72,220     $ 72,220  

Accumulated amortization

     (10,833 )     (7,222 )
                

Net book value

   $ 61,387     $ 64,998  
                

LSV Employee Group Term Loan

In order to finance a portion of the purchase price, LSV Employee Group obtained financing from LaSalle Bank National Association and certain other lenders in the form of a term loan pursuant to the terms of a Credit Agreement. The principal amount of the term loan is $82,800. The principal amount and interest of the term loan are paid in quarterly installments. The total outstanding principal balance of the term loan must be paid in full by January 2011. LSV Employee Group may prepay the term loan in whole or in part at any time without penalty. As of June 30, 2007, the remaining unpaid principal balance of the term loan was $62,622, of which $8,800 is classified as current and included in Current portion of long-term debt and the remaining $53,822 is included in Long-term debt on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. LSV Employee Group made principal payments of $9,016 and $3,761 during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 on the Consolidated Statements of Operations includes $2,039 and $2,058, respectively, associated with the borrowings of LSV Employee Group which was eliminated through Minority interest and had no impact on net income.

LSV Employee Group made a principal payment of $4,679 in July 2007. The remaining unpaid principal balance of the term loan at July 31, 2007 was $57,943. The Company, in its capacity as guarantor, currently has no obligation of payment relating to the term loan of LSV Employee Group.

 

Note 3. Goodwill and Other Intangible Asset

In June 2003, the Company purchased an additional percentage ownership in LSV. The total purchase price was allocated to LSV’s net tangible and intangible assets based upon their estimated fair values at the date of purchase. The excess purchase price over the value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets was recorded as goodwill. The total amount of goodwill from this transaction amounted to $3,062 and is included on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company identified an intangible asset related to customer contracts that met the contractual-legal criterion for recognition apart from goodwill. The fair value of the intangible asset was determined to be $3,821 with a definite life of eight and a half years. The identified intangible asset is amortized on a straight-line basis. The Company recognized $218 of amortization expense during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, which is reflected in Depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

     June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  

Intangible asset, at cost

   $ 3,821     $ 3,821  

Accumulated amortization

     (1,201 )     (983 )
                

Net book value

   $ 2,620     $ 2,838  
                

 

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Note 4. Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

Receivables

Receivables on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:

 

     June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  

Trade receivables

   $ 56,371     $ 45,242  

Fees earned, not billed

     176,457       154,378  

Other receivables

     4,617       10,109  
                
     237,445       209,729  

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (2,610 )     (2,730 )
                
   $ 234,835     $ 206,999  
                

Fees earned, not billed represents receivables earned but unbilled and results from timing differences between services provided and contractual billing schedules. These billing schedules generally provide for fees to be billed on a quarterly basis.

Receivables from regulated investment companies on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets primarily represent fees receivable for distribution, investment advisory, and administration services to various regulated investment companies sponsored by the Company.

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consists of:

 

     June 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  

Equipment

   $ 60,848     $ 57,746  

Buildings

     117,154       98,615  

Land

     9,529       9,510  

Purchased software

     40,384       38,564  

Furniture and fixtures

     19,529       18,563  

Leasehold improvements

     5,802       5,144  

Construction in progress

     5,040       15,767  
                
     258,286       243,909  

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (122,019 )     (113,177 )
                

Property and Equipment, net

   $ 136,267     $ 130,732  
                

 

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Other Assets

During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company sold its remaining ownership in a joint venture and wrote-off an investment in a private company. Both of these items were previously included in Other assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company sold its interests in the joint venture for $3,116 and recorded a gain of $2,952, which is reflected in Other income and expense items on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company recorded a loss of $475 related to the write-off of the investment, which is reflected in Net (loss) gain from investments on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:

 

     June 30, 2007    December 31, 2006

Accrued compensation

   $ 43,821    $ 68,657

Accrued consulting

     13,830      10,782

Accrued sub-advisor and investment officer fees

     13,580      12,314

Accrued income taxes

     4,323      15,057

Accrued dividend payable

     —        11,881

Other accrued liabilities

     53,730      56,353
             

Total accrued liabilities

   $ 129,284    $ 175,044
             

 

Note 5. Marketable Securities and Derivative Instruments

Investments Available for Sale

Investments available for sale of the Company’s non-broker-dealer subsidiaries consist of:

 

     As of June 30, 2007
     Cost
Amount
   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Fair
Value

Company-sponsored mutual funds

   $ 61,301    $ 355    $ (489 )   $ 61,167

Non-company-sponsored mutual funds

     3,992      76      —         4,068

Debt securities

     4,616      —        (127 )     4,489

Equity securities

     6,957      2,782      —         9,739
                            
   $ 76,866    $ 3,213    $ (616 )   $ 79,463
                            
     As of December 31, 2006
     Cost
Amount
   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
    Fair
Value

Company-sponsored mutual funds

   $ 61,618    $ 268    $ —       $ 61,886

Non-company-sponsored mutual funds

     208      —        —         208

Equity securities

     8,061      1,535      —         9,596
                            
   $ 69,887    $ 1,803    $ —       $ 71,690
                            

The net unrealized holding gains at June 30, 2007 were $1,616 (net of income tax expense of $981) and at December 31, 2006 were $1,192 (net of income tax expense of $611) and are reported as a separate component of Accumulated other comprehensive gains on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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During the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized gross realized gains from available-for-sale securities of $4 and $1,681, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized gross realized gains from available-for-sale securities of $4 and $1,901, respectively. These gains are reflected in Net (loss) gain from investments on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no realized losses recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

The Company holds equity derivatives with a notional amount of $9,497 and an expected maturity date in 2007. Additionally, LSV Employee Group entered into two interest rate swap agreements in 2006 to convert its floating rate long-term debt to fixed rate debt. These swaps have a total notional value of $47,499. Payments are made every 90 days and the termination dates of the swaps are March 2009 and January 2011. The net effect from the interest rate swaps on the Company’s earnings was minimal. The Company recognized net losses of $659 and net gains of $383 in the three month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, from changes in the fair value of derivative instruments. In the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized net losses of $1,104 and $82, respectively, from derivative instruments. These gains and losses are reflected in Net (loss) gain from investments on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Held-to-Maturity Securities

At June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company had investments in federal agency mortgage-backed securities. The Company acquired these securities in order to satisfy certain regulatory requirements associated with the operations of SPTC. The securities had a cost basis of $4,239 and $4,617 at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 and are reported as Investments held to maturity on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The recorded value of these securities approximates their fair value.

Securities Owned

At June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary, SIDCO, had investments in U.S. Treasury securities reflected as Securities owned on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Due to specialized accounting practices applicable to investments by broker-dealers, the securities are reported at fair value and changes in fair value are recorded in current period earnings. The securities had a fair value of $16,302 and $16,431 at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The Company recognized a gain of $256 from the change in fair value of the securities and sales of certain securities during the six months ended June 30, 2007. The change in fair value recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2006 was minimal.

 

Note 6. Lines of Credit

On September 14, 2004, the Company entered into a three-year $200,000 credit facility agreement which was terminated on July 25, 2007. The Company had no borrowings under the facility and was in compliance with all covenants associated with the facility during the entire term of the agreement.

On July 25, 2007 (the Closing Date), the Company entered into a five-year $200,000 Credit Agreement (the Credit Facility). The Credit Facility became available on the Closing Date and terminates in July 2012. The aggregate amount of the Credit Facility may be increased by an additional $100,000 under certain conditions set forth in the agreement. At termination, any aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under the Credit Facility becomes payable in full. Any borrowings made under the Credit Facility will accrue interest at 0.45 percent above the London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”). There is also a commitment fee equal to 0.09 percent per annum on the daily unused portion of the facility. The Credit Facility contains various covenants, none of which negatively affect the Company’s liquidity or capital resources. Both the interest rate and commitment fee prices may increase if the Company’s leverage ratio reaches certain levels. The Company had no borrowings under the facility at July 31, 2007.

The Company’s Canadian subsidiary has a credit facility agreement (the Canadian Credit Facility) for the purpose of facilitating the settlement of mutual fund transactions. The Canadian Credit

 

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Facility has no stated expiration date. The amount of the facility is generally limited to $2,000 Canadian dollars or the equivalent amount in U.S. dollars. The Canadian Credit Facility does not contain any covenants which restrict the liquidity or capital resources of the Company. The Company had no borrowings under the Canadian Credit Facility and was in compliance with all covenants during the six months ended June 30, 2007.

 

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Note 7. Long-term Debt

In February 1997, the Company signed a Note Purchase Agreement authorizing the issuance and sale of $20,000 7.20 percent Senior Notes, Series A, and $15,000 7.27 percent Senior Notes, Series B (collectively, the Notes), in a private offering with certain financial institutions. The Note Purchase Agreement, which was subsequently amended, contains various covenants. Principal payments on the Notes are made annually from the date of issuance while interest payments are made semi-annually. The Company made its scheduled payment of $4,000 in February 2007 which included the final payment for the Series A Senior Notes. The remaining unpaid principal balance of the Notes at June 30, 2007 was $5,000, of which $1,000 is classified as current.

The Company’s long-term debt includes the borrowings of LSV Employee Group (See Note 2).

 

Note 8. Shareholders’ Equity

Stock-Based Compensation

On April 3, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2007 Equity Compensation Plan (the 2007 Plan), which was later approved by the shareholders of the Company on May 23, 2007. The 2007 Plan became effective June 1, 2007 and provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and stock appreciation rights with respect to up to 20 million shares of common stock of the Company, subject to adjustment for stock splits, reclassifications, mergers and other events. Permitted grantees under the 2007 Plan include employees, non-employee directors and consultants who perform services for the Company. The plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. There were no grants of stock options or stock appreciation rights made under the 2007 Plan as of June 30, 2007.

Effective June 1, 2007, the Company discontinued any further grants under the Company’s 1998 Equity Compensation Plan (the 1998 Plan) as a result of the approval of the 2007 Plan. The Company also maintains three additional equity compensation plans which have non-qualified stock options outstanding, but these plans have been terminated. No options are available for grant from these terminated plans, and grants made under these plans continue in effect under the terms of the grant and the applicable plan. All of the Company’s equity compensation plans are administered by the Company’s Compensation Committee.

All outstanding stock options have performance vesting conditions based on the attainment of certain earnings per share targets established at the date of grant. Earnings per share targets are calculated exclusive of stock-based compensation expense, net of tax. The first performance condition determines vesting of 50 percent of the options, and a second performance condition determines the vesting of the remaining 50 percent of the options. The performance conditions are measured annually on December 31. Options granted prior to 2006 also could vest in their entirety seven years from the date of grant. The Company believes that awarding stock options with performance-based vesting schedules better aligns the interests of stockholders and employees.

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense in its Consolidated Financial Statements in the three month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2007     2006  

Stock-based compensation expense

   $ 6,941     $ 3,595  

Less: Deferred tax benefit

     (1,717 )     (1,167 )
                

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax

   $ 5,224     $ 2,428  
                

Basic and diluted earnings per share

   $ .03     $ .01  
                

 

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The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense in its Consolidated Financial Statements in the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2007     2006  

Stock-based compensation expense

   $ 13,458     $ 8,082  

Less: Deferred tax benefit

     (4,041 )     (2,949 )
                

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax

   $ 9,417     $ 5,133  
                

Basic and diluted earnings per share

   $ .05     $ .03  
                

As of June 30, 2007, there was approximately $48,634 of unrecognized compensation cost remaining, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to unvested employee stock options. The Company estimates that compensation cost will be recognized according to the following schedule:

 

Period

   Stock-Based
Compensation
Expense

Remainder of 2007

   $ 13,628

2008

     14,273

2009

     7,229

2010

     3,857

2011

     3,857

2012

     3,815

2013

     1,975
      
   $ 48,634
      

During the three month period ended June 30, 2007, the Company accelerated the recognition of $580 in stock-based compensation expense due to a change in management’s estimate of when certain vesting targets are expected to be achieved.

The Company issues new common shares associated with the exercise of stock options. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2007 was $40,158. The total options outstanding as of June 30, 2007 was 26,725,000.

Common Stock Buyback

The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of the Company’s common stock on the open market or through private transactions of up to an aggregate of $1,328,365, including an additional authorization on July 24, 2007 for $75,000. Through June 30, 2007, a total of 246,032,000 shares at an aggregate cost of $1,235,804 have been purchased and retired. The Company purchased 4,170,000 shares at a total cost of $124,694 during the six months ended

June 30, 2007.

The Company immediately retires its common stock when purchased. Upon retirement, the Company reduces Capital in excess of par value for the average capital per share outstanding and the remainder is charged against Retained earnings. If the Company reduces its Retained earnings to zero, any subsequent purchases of common stock will be charged entirely to Capital in excess of par value.

Stock Split

On May 23, 2007, the Board of Directors approved a two-for-one stock split of the Company’s $.01 par value common stock, effected in the form of a stock dividend which was paid on June 21, 2007 to shareholders of record on June 11, 2007. The par value of the stock remained unchanged. Accordingly, a total of $981 was reclassified from Retained earnings to Common stock. All per-share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the stock split. Amounts of Common stock at December 31, 2006 on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets have not been retroactively adjusted.

 

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Cash Dividend

On May 23, 2007, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $.07 per share on the Company’s common stock, which was paid on June 21, 2007, to shareholders of record on June 8, 2007.

Cash dividends declared during the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were $13,806 and $11,845, respectively.

 

Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

In the normal course of business, the Company is party to various claims and legal proceedings. On September 30, 2004, SIDCO was named as a defendant in a putative consolidated amended class action complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland titled “Stephen Carey v. Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, LTD, et. al.” This complaint was purportedly made on behalf of all persons that purchased or held PBHG mutual funds during the period from November 1, 1998 to November 13, 2003 and related generally to various market timing practices allegedly permitted by the PBHG Funds. The complaint alleged that SIDCO was the named distributor/underwriter from November 1998 until July 2001 for various PBHG funds in which market timing allegedly occurred during that period. In 2006, the plaintiffs submitted a proposed form of order dismissing SIDCO from the action, but the Court has not yet acted on the proposed order. The Company had not made any provision relating to this legal proceeding.

 

Note 10. Business Segment Information

The Company defines its business segments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (SFAS 131), “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” SFAS 131 establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report financial information about business segments in financial statements. SFAS 131 also requires additional disclosures about product and services, geographic areas, and major customers. The accounting policies of the reportable business segments are the same as those described in Note 1.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company changed the names of three of its business segments. The Private Banking & Trust business segment was renamed as Private Banks, the Enterprises business segment was renamed as Institutional Investors, and the Money Managers business segment was renamed as Investment Managers. Additionally, the structure of two of the Company’s business segments changed on January 1, 2007. The investment management programs and services offered to global private banks of the Investments in New Businesses segment was moved to the Private Banks segment. For comparability, the prior period’s results have been reclassified to reflect the realignment of the business segments.

The Company’s reportable business segments are:

Private Banks - provides investment processing and investment management programs to banks and trust institutions worldwide;

Investment Advisors - provides investment management programs to affluent investors through a network of independent registered investment advisors, financial planners and other investment professionals in the United States;

Institutional Investors - provides investment management programs and administrative outsourcing solutions to retirement plan sponsors and not-for-profit organizations worldwide;

 

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Investment Managers - provides investment processing, fund processing and operational outsourcing solutions to investment managers, fund companies and banking institutions located in the United States and to investment managers worldwide of alternative asset classes such as hedge funds, fund of funds, and private equity funds;

Investments in New Businesses - provides investment management programs to affluent families residing in the United States and Europe through the SEI Wealth Network®; and

LSV Asset Management - is a registered investment advisor that provides investment advisory services to institutions, including pension plans and investment companies.

The information in the following tables is derived from the Company’s internal financial reporting used for corporate management purposes. There are no inter-segment revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. Management evaluates Company assets on a consolidated basis during interim periods.

The following tables highlight certain unaudited financial information about each of the Company’s business segments for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

 

     Private
Banks
    Investment
Advisors
    Institutional
Investors
    Investment
Managers
    Investments
In New
Businesses
    LSV     Total  
     For the Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2007        

Revenues

   $ 100,090     $ 65,446     $ 48,911     $ 35,293     $ 1,836     $ 91,682     $ 343,258  

Expenses (1)

     80,829       30,919       30,181       24,302       4,725       56,262       227,218  
                                                        

Operating profit (loss)

   $ 19,261     $ 34,527     $ 18,730     $ 10,991     $ (2,889 )   $ 35,420     $ 116,040  

Profit margin

     19 %     53 %     38 %     31 %     N/A       39 %     34 %

              

(1)    The Private Banks segment includes $1,172 of minority interest of other shareholders relating to a joint venture. LSV includes $48,861 of minority interest of the other partners of LSV.

       

 

     Private
Banks
    Investment
Advisors
    Institutional
Investors
    Investment
Managers
    Investments
In New
Businesses
    LSV     Total  
     For the Three Month Period Ended June 30, 2006        

Revenues

   $ 90,816     $ 55,232     $ 38,523     $ 29,051     $ 1,745     $ 69,651     $ 285,018  

Expenses (2)

     68,622       28,993       26,154       22,554       5,165       42,840       194,328  
                                                        

Operating profit (loss)

   $ 22,194     $ 26,239     $ 12,369     $ 6,497     $ (3,420 )   $ 26,811     $ 90,690  

Profit margin

     24 %     48 %     32 %     22 %     N/A       38 %     32 %

              

(2)    The Private Banks segment includes $1,626 of minority interest of other shareholders relating to a joint venture. LSV includes $36,573 of minority interest of the other partners of LSV.

       

 

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A reconciliation of the total reported for the business segments to income from operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the quarters ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:

 

     2007     2006  

Total operating profit from segments above

   $ 116,040     $ 90,690  

Corporate overhead expenses

     (10,578 )     (8,927 )

Minority interest reflected in segments

     50,033       38,199  

LSV Employee Group (1)

     (1,820 )     (1,805 )
                

Income from operations

   $ 153,675     $ 118,157  
                

    

(1)    For the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, includes $1,806 in amortization expense of intangible assets related to LSV Employee Group.

       

The following tables provide additional information for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 as required by SFAS 131 pertaining to our business segments:

 

     Capital Expenditures    Depreciation and
Amortization
     2007    2006    2007    2006

Private Banks

   $ 15,435    $ 15,623    $ 3,619    $ 3,419

Investment Advisors

     5,504      5,298      770      747

Institutional Investors

     1,153      2,871      366      308

Investment Managers

     1,374      1,623      409      479

Investments in New Businesses

     267      354      84      69

LSV

     583      13      191      170
                           

Total from business segments

   $ 24,316    $ 25,782    $ 5,439    $ 5,192

LSV Employee Group

     —        —        1,820      1,820

Corporate Overhead

     348      1,521      192      264
                           
   $ 24,664    $ 27,303    $ 7,451    $ 7,276
                           

The following tables highlight certain unaudited financial information about each of the Company’s business segments for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

 

    

Private

Banks

   

Investment

Advisors

   

Institutional

Investors

   

Investment

Managers

   

Investments

In New

Businesses

    LSV     Total  
     For the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2007        

Revenues

   $ 197,828     $ 127,009     $ 95,540     $ 69,287     $ 3,466     $ 172,853     $ 665,983  

Expenses (3)

     158,822       60,293       58,354       49,204       9,577       106,159       442,409  
                                                        

Operating profit (loss)

   $ 39,006     $ 66,716     $ 37,186     $ 20,083     $ (6,111 )   $ 66,694     $ 223,574  

Profit margin

     20 %     53 %     39 %     29 %     N/A       39 %     34 %

              

(3)    The Private Banks segment includes $2,092 of minority interest of other shareholders relating to a joint venture. LSV includes $91,533 of minority interest of the other partners of LSV.

       

 

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     Private
Banks
    Investment
Advisors
    Institutional
Investors
    Investment
Managers
    Investments
In New
Businesses
    LSV     Total  
     For the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2006        

Revenues

   $ 179,118     $ 110,529     $ 77,051     $ 56,336     $ 3,432     $ 135,685     $ 562,151  

Expenses (4)

     133,154       55,210       50,604       45,027       10,725       83,778       378,498  
                                                        

Operating profit (loss)

   $ 45,964     $ 55,319     $ 26,447     $ 11,309     $ (7,293 )   $ 51,907     $ 183,653  

Profit margin

     26 %     50 %     34 %     20 %     N/A       38 %     33 %

              

(4)    The Private Banks segment includes $2,949 of minority interest of other shareholders relating to a joint venture. LSV includes $70,866 of minority interest of the other partners of LSV.

       

A reconciliation of the total reported for the business segments to income from operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:

 

     2007     2006  

Total operating profit from segments above

   $ 223,574     $ 183,653  

Corporate overhead expenses

     (20,705 )     (18,849 )

Minority interest reflected in segments

     93,625       73,815  

LSV Employee Group (2)

     (3,640 )     (3,611 )
                

Income from operations

   $ 292,854     $ 235,008  
                

    

(2)    For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, includes $3,611 in amortization expense of intangible assets related to LSV Employee Group.

       

The following tables provide additional information for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 as required by SFAS 131 pertaining to our business segments:

 

     Capital Expenditures    Depreciation and
Amortization
     2007    2006    2007    2006

Private Banks

   $ 31,634    $ 29,970    $ 7,191    $ 6,774

Investment Advisors

     11,409      10,281      1,540      1,515

Institutional Investors

     2,408      5,253      723      629

Investment Managers

     3,040      3,155      828      972

Investments in New Businesses

     563      592      168      142

LSV

     986      23      403      339
                           

Total from business segments

   $ 50,040    $ 49,274    $ 10,853    $ 10,371

LSV Employee Group

     —        —        3,640      3,637

Corporate Overhead

     814      2,951      383      522
                           
   $ 50,854    $ 52,225    $ 14,876    $ 14,530
                           

 

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Note 11. Income Taxes

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48, which did not have a material impact on its financial statements. The Company’s total unrecognized tax benefit as of January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007 was $11,275 and $12,862, respectively, of which approximately $10,980 and $12,177 would affect the effective tax rate if the Company were to recognize the tax benefit. During the six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company has not recognized any material increase or decrease in tax liability for unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the implementation of FIN 48.

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return and income tax returns with various states. Certain subsidiaries of the Company file tax returns in foreign jurisdictions. The Company’s federal income tax return is not currently under examination; however, certain prior year tax returns of the Company’s domestic and foreign subsidiaries are under examination by state and foreign tax authorities. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examination for years before 2003 and is no longer subject to state, local or foreign income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2000.

The portion of unrecognized tax benefit that is anticipated to be paid within 12 months is included in current taxes payable and the remaining amount of $11,619 is included in Other long-term liabilities as of June 30, 2007 on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The amount of unrecognized tax benefit that relates to items in which the related statute of limitation is scheduled to expire within 12 months is $809. However, it is not reasonably possible to estimate the total amount of increase or decrease in these unrecognized tax benefits which may occur in the next 12 months due to the uncertainty of the outcome of examinations from taxing authorities, changes in the interpretation of tax laws resulting from undecided court cases and other factors.

The Company classifies interest and penalties recognized associated with uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. As of January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007, the Company had accrued approximately $1,817 and $1,813 of interest and penalties associated with our uncertain tax positions.

 

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

(In thousands, except asset balances and per share data)

This discussion reviews and analyzes the consolidated financial condition at June 30, 2007 and 2006, the consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and other key factors that may affect future performance. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Overview

Our Business and Business Segments

We are a leading global provider of investment processing, fund processing, and investment management business outsourcing solutions that help corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and affluent families create and manage wealth. Investment processing fees are earned as monthly fees for contracted services including computer processing services, software licenses, and trust operations services, as well as transaction-based fees for providing securities valuation and trade-execution. Fund processing and investment management fees are earned as a percentage of average assets under management or administration. As of June 30, 2007, through our subsidiaries and partnerships in which we have a significant interest, we administer $406.7 billion in mutual fund and pooled assets, manage $198.7 billion in assets, and operate from more than 20 offices in over a dozen countries.

In January 2007, we changed the names of three of our business segments. The Private Banking & Trust business segment was renamed as Private Banks, the Enterprises business segment was renamed as Institutional Investors, and the Money Managers business segment was renamed as Investment Managers. Additionally, we reorganized the structure of two of our business segments. The investment management programs and services offered to global private banks of the Investments in New Businesses segment was moved to the Private Banks segment. For comparability, the prior period’s results have been reclassified to reflect the realignment of these two business segments.

The Company’s reportable business segments are:

Private Banks - provides investment processing and investment management programs to banks and trust institutions worldwide;

Investment Advisors - provides investment management programs to affluent investors through a network of independent registered investment advisors, financial planners and other investment professionals in the United States;

Institutional Investors - provides investment management programs and administrative outsourcing solutions to retirement plan sponsors and not-for-profit organizations worldwide;

Investment Managers - provides investment processing, fund processing and operational outsourcing solutions to investment managers, fund companies and banking institutions located in the United States and to investment managers worldwide of alternative asset classes such as hedge funds, fund of funds, and private equity funds;

Investments in New Businesses - provides investment management programs to affluent families residing in the United States and Europe through the SEI Wealth Network®; and

LSV Asset Management - is a registered investment advisor that provides investment advisory services to institutions, including pension plans and investment companies.

 

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Financial Results

Revenues, Expenses and Income from Operations by business segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 were as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
Revenues:    2007     2006     Percent
Change
    2007     2006     Percent
Change
 

Private Banks

   $ 100,090     $ 90,816     10 %   $ 197,828     $ 179,118     10 %

Investment Advisors

     65,446       55,232     18 %     127,009       110,529     15 %

Institutional Investors

     48,911       38,523     27 %     95,540       77,051     24 %

Investment Managers

     35,293       29,051     21 %     69,287       56,336     23 %

Investments in New Businesses

     1,836       1,745     5 %     3,466       3,432     1 %

LSV

     91,682       69,651     32 %     172,853       135,685     27 %
                                    

Total revenues

   $ 343,258     $ 285,018     20 %   $ 665,983     $ 562,151     18 %

Expenses:

            

Private Banks

     80,829       68,622     18 %     158,822       133,154     19 %

Investment Advisors

     30,919       28,993     7 %     60,293       55,210     9 %

Institutional Investors

     30,181       26,154     15 %     58,354       50,604     15 %

Investment Managers

     24,302       22,554     8 %     49,204       45,027     9 %

Investments in New Businesses

     4,725       5,165     (9 )%     9,577       10,725     (11 )%

LSV

     56,262       42,840     31 %     106,159       83,778     27 %
                                    

Total expenses

   $ 227,218     $ 194,328     17 %   $ 442,409     $ 378,498     17 %

Income from business segments:

            

Private Banks

     19,261       22,194     (13 )%     39,006       45,964     (15 )%

Investment Advisors

     34,527       26,239     32 %     66,716       55,319     21 %

Institutional Investors

     18,730       12,369     51 %     37,186       26,447     41 %

Investment Managers

     10,991       6,497     69 %     20,083       11,309     78 %

Investments in New Businesses

     (2,889 )     (3,420 )   16 %     (6,111 )     (7,293 )   16 %

LSV

     35,420       26,811     32 %     66,694       51,907     28 %
                                    

Total income from business segments

   $ 116,040     $ 90,690     28 %   $ 223,574     $ 183,653     22 %

Corporate overhead

     (10,578 )     (8,927 )   18 %     (20,705 )     (18,849 )   10 %

LSV Employee Group (1)

     (1,820 )     (1,805 )   1 %     (3,640 )     (3,611 )   1 %

Minority interest reflected in segments (2)

     50,033       38,199     31 %     93,625       73,815     27 %
                                    

Income from operations

   $ 153,675     $ 118,157     30 %   $ 292,854     $ 235,008     25 %

(1) Primarily relates to amortization costs of identifiable intangible assets.
(2) Includes $48,861 and $36,573 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $91,533 and $70,866 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, of minority interest of the other partners of LSV.

 

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Asset Balances

This table presents assets of our clients, or of our clients’ customers, for which we provide management or administrative services. These assets are not included in our balance sheets because we do not own them.

 

Asset Balances

(In millions)

   As of June 30,   

Percent

Change

 
   2007    2006   

Assets invested in equity and fixed-income programs

   $ 172,379    $ 134,521    28 %

Assets invested in collective trust fund programs

     12,297      14,002    (12 )%

Assets invested in liquidity funds

     14,066      13,168    7 %
                

Assets under management

     198,742      161,691    23 %

Client proprietary assets under administration

     207,950      172,616    20 %
                

Assets under management and administration

   $ 406,692    $ 334,307    22 %

Assets under management are total assets of our clients or their customers invested in our equity and fixed-income investment programs, collective trust fund programs, and liquidity funds for which we provide asset management services. Assets under management and administration are total assets of our clients or their customers for which we provide administrative services, including client proprietary fund balances for which we provide administration and/or distribution services.

Consolidated Summary

Consolidated revenues increased $58.2 million, or 20 percent, to $343.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006. For the six month period ended, revenues increased $103.8 million, or 18 percent, to $666.0 million compared to the prior year period. Net income increased $11.6 million, or 20 percent, to $69.5 million for the three month period and $20.1 million, or 18 percent, to $132.9 million for the six month period. Diluted earnings per share for the three month period were $.34 per share as compared to $.29 per share a year ago, an increase of 17 percent. In the six month period, diluted earnings per share increased to $.65 per share as compared to $.56 per share a year ago, an increase of 16 percent.

In our opinion, the following items had a significant impact on our financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006:

 

   

Revenue growth across all of our segments was primarily driven by higher asset-based fees from capital market appreciation. Favorable capital market conditions increased the value of assets we manage or administer for our existing clients, resulting in an increase in our base revenues. These market conditions also generated improved profits and operating margins in our Investment Advisors, Institutional Investors, Investment Managers and LSV business segments.

 

   

Sales of new business in our Institutional Investors and Investment Managers business segments as well as positive cash receipts in late 2006 and 2007 from new and existing advisor relationships in our Investment Advisors business segment also contributed to the increase in our revenues and profits.

 

   

We capitalized $35.7 million in software development costs for the Global Wealth Platform in the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $36.8 million in the comparable period of 2006. The Global Wealth Platform was placed into service in July 2007. Capitalized software development costs of $199.6 million will be amortized over 15 years beginning in the third quarter of 2007. We will continue to incur significant development costs as enhancements and upgrades to expand the functionality of the Global Wealth Platform are developed and implemented. We expect to incur costs related to maintenance and training, which will be expensed as incurred, as we enter the operational stage in the development of the platform.

 

   

Consolidated operating margins were negatively affected by increased spending for the development of the necessary infrastructure to deliver and support new company strategies and solutions and to service new clients. A substantial portion of these costs relate to personnel and third-party service providers.

 

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In the six months ended June 30, 2006, we determined that the front-end component of the SEI Advisor Desktop did not meet the expected functionality requirements and would require additional investment. $3.4 million of software development costs was written-off and is reflected in the Investment Advisors segment. Additionally, $2.3 million in previously capitalized software development costs for the Global Wealth Platform was written-off and affected all of our business segments except LSV.

 

   

We continued our stock repurchase program during 2007 and purchased approximately 2,683,000 shares at an average price of approximately $29 per share in the second quarter and 4,170,000 shares at an average price of approximately $30 per share in the six month period.

 

   

In the six month period of 2007, our net income was unfavorably impacted by an increase in our effective tax rate. Our effective tax rate was 37.6 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2007 as compared to 34.4 percent for the similar period of 2006.

Business Segments

Private Banks

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    

June 30,

2007

  

June 30,

2006

  

Percent

Change

   

June 30,

2007

  

June 30,

2006

  

Percent

Change

 
                  

Revenues:

                

Investment processing and software servicing fees

   $ 53,446    $ 50,173    7 %   $ 104,835    $ 98,617    6 %

Asset management, administration & distribution fees

     36,887      31,828    16 %     72,911      62,037    18 %

Transaction-based and trade execution fees

     9,757      8,815    11 %     20,082      18,464    9 %
                                

Total revenues

   $ 100,090    $ 90,816    10 %   $ 197,828    $ 179,118    10 %
                                

Revenues increased $9.3 million, or ten percent, in the three month period and $18.7 million, or ten percent, in the six month period ended June 30, 2007 compared to the prior year corresponding period and were primarily affected by:

 

   

Increased assets under management caused by improved capital market conditions and additional asset funding from new and existing international investment management clients; and

 

   

An increase in recurring revenues in our BSP solution from cross-sales of other services to existing clients; partially offset by

 

   

A decrease in non-recurring revenues in our ASP solution due to implementation fees earned in the prior year period from client acquisitions.

Operating margins declined to 19 percent, as compared to 24 percent in the three month period and to 20 percent, as compared to 26 percent in the six month period. Operating income decreased $2.9 million, or 13 percent, in the three month period and $7.0 million, or 15 percent, in the six month period and was primarily affected by:

 

   

Increased direct expenses associated with higher levels of assets from new and existing international investment management clients;

 

   

Increased personnel expenses, including stock-based compensation expenses, and other operational costs necessary to deliver business outsourcing solutions to existing clients; and

 

   

Increased non-capitalized technology spending and infrastructure buildout related to the Global Wealth Platform; partially offset by

 

   

An increase in revenues.

Investment Advisors

Revenues increased $10.2 million, or 18 percent, in the three month period and $16.5 million, or 15 percent, in the six month period ended June 30, 2007 and were primarily affected by:

 

   

Increased investment management fees from existing clients due to higher assets under management caused by improved capital market conditions and positive cash receipts from new and existing advisor relationships.

 

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Operating margins increased to 53 percent, as compared to 48 percent in the three month period and to 53 percent, as compared to 50 percent in the six month period. Operating income increased by $8.3 million, or 32 percent, in the three month period and increased by $11.4 million, or 21 percent, in the six month period and was primarily affected by:

 

   

An increase in revenues;

 

   

The write-off of the front-end component of the SEI Advisor Desktop for $3.4 million during the second quarter of 2006; partially offset by

 

   

Increased personnel costs, including stock-based compensation expenses, for our investment advisors business and investment management operations;

 

   

Increased non-capitalized technology spending related to the Global Wealth Platform; and

 

   

Increased direct expenses associated with the increase in revenues.

Institutional Investors

Revenues increased $10.4 million, or 27 percent, in the three month period and $18.5 million, or 24 percent, in the six month period ended June 30, 2007 and were primarily affected by:

 

   

Asset funding from new sales of our retirement and not-for-profit solutions;

 

   

Asset funding from existing clients; and

 

   

Increased assets under management from existing clients caused by improved capital market conditions.

Operating margins increased to 38 percent, as compared to 32 percent in the three month period and increased to 39 percent, as compared to 34 percent in the six month period. Operating income increased $6.4 million, or 51 percent, in the three month period and $10.7 million, or 41 percent, in the six month period and was primarily affected by:

 

   

An increase in revenues; less

 

   

Increased direct expenses associated with the increase in revenues;

 

   

Increased personnel costs, including stock-based compensation expenses, for our international institutional business and investment management operations; and

 

   

Increased sales compensation expenses related to sales of new business.

Investment Managers

Revenues increased $6.2 million, or 21 percent, in the three month period and $13.0 million, or 23 percent, in the six month period ended June 30, 2007 and were primarily affected by:

 

   

Asset funding from existing clients of hedge fund, separately managed account and total operational outsourcing solutions;

 

   

Increased assets under administration from existing clients caused by improved capital market conditions; and

 

   

Cash flows from new clients; partially offset by

 

   

Client losses.

Operating margins increased to 31 percent, as compared to 22 percent in the three month period and to 29 percent, as compared to 20 percent in the six month period. Operating income increased $4.5 million, or 69 percent, in the three month period, and $8.8 million, or 78 percent in the six month period, and was primarily affected by:

 

   

An increase in revenues; partially offset by

 

   

Increased personnel costs, including stock-based compensation expenses, and technology costs related to our hedge fund, separate account and total operational outsourcing solutions.

 

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LSV

Revenues increased $22.0 million, or 32 percent, in the three month period and $37.2 million, or 27 percent, in the six month period ended June 30, 2007 and were primarily affected by:

 

   

Increased assets under management from capital market appreciation.

Our total partnership interest in LSV remained at approximately 43 percent during the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006. Operating margins increased to 39 percent, as compared to 38 percent in the three month and six month periods. Operating income increased $8.6 million, or 32 percent, in the three month period, and $14.8 million, or 28 percent in the six month period, and was primarily affected by:

 

   

An increase in revenues as previously described.

Other

Other Income and Expense Items

Other income and expense items on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations consists of the following:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Net gain (loss) from investments

   $ (997 )   $ 602     $ (1,313 )   $ 360  

Interest and dividend income

     4,882       3,098       8,933       5,752  

Interest expense

     (1,168 )     (1,448 )     (2,429 )     (2,603 )

Minority interest

     (47,242 )     (35,171 )     (87,976 )     (68,127 )

Other

     2,952       —         2,952       1,588  
                                

Total other income and expense items, net

   $ (41,573 )   $ (32,919 )   $ (79,833 )   $ (63,030 )
                                

Minority interest includes the amount owned by other shareholders in which we have a significant or controlling interest. The accounts of these entities are included in our consolidated financial statements. Minority interest consists of the following:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

LSV Asset Management

   $ (48,861 )   $ (36,573 )   $ (91,533 )   $ (70,866 )

LSV Employee Group

     2,791       3,028       5,649       5,688  

Other entities

     (1,172 )     (1,626 )     (2,092 )     (2,949 )
                                

Total minority interest

   $ (47,242 )   $ (35,171 )   $ (87,976 )   $ (68,127 )
                                

Net gain (loss) from investments consists of the following:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Realized gain from sales of marketable securities

   $ 4     $ 1,681     $ 4     $ 1,901  

(Decrease) increase in fair value of derivative financial instruments

     (659 )     383       (1,104 )     (82 )

Other realized losses

     (342 )     (1,462 )     (213 )     (1,459 )
                                

Net gain (loss) from investments

   $ (997 )   $ 602     $ (1,313 )   $ 360  
                                

Derivative financial instruments are used to minimize the price risk associated with changes in the fair value of our seed investments in new investment management programs. These derivative financial investments did not qualify for hedge accounting under current accounting rules. As a result, changes in the fair value of these derivative financial instruments were recorded in current period earnings whereas the change in the fair value of the hedged asset will be realized upon sale in future period earnings. Management’s decision to enter into derivative financial instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting may cause volatility in quarterly earnings (See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

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Other realized losses in the three and six month periods of 2007 and 2006 include write-downs of approximately $500 thousand and $1.5 million, respectively, related to an investment in a private company. The write down in 2007 represented the remaining balance of the investment in the company.

Other includes a one-time gain of approximately $3.0 million recognized from the sale of our remaining ownership in a joint-venture.

Interest income is earned based upon the amount of cash that is invested daily. The increase in interest income in the six month period of 2007 compared to 2006 resulted from higher cash balances and an increase in interest rates.

Stock-Based Compensation

Our stock options have performance vesting conditions based on the attainment of certain earnings per share targets established at the date of grant. The first performance condition determines vesting of 50 percent of the options, and a second performance condition determines the vesting of the remaining 50 percent of the options. The performance conditions are measured annually on December 31. Options granted prior to 2006 also could vest in their entirety seven years from the date of grant. The amount of stock-based compensation expense is based upon our estimates of when we believe the earnings per share targets may be achieved. If factors change and we employ different assumptions for estimating stock-based compensation expense in future periods, or if we decide to use a different valuation model, future periods may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period. If our estimate of the attainment of the earnings per share targets proves to be inaccurate, the remaining amount of stock-based compensation expense could be accelerated, spread out over a longer period, or reversed. This may cause volatility in the recognition of stock-based compensation expense in future periods and could materially affect our net income and net income per share. During the three month period ended June 30, 2007, we accelerated the recognition of $580 thousand in stock-based compensation expense due to a change in management’s estimate of when certain vesting targets are expected to be achieved. In the first six months of 2007, we recognized approximately $13.5 million in stock-based compensation expense. Based upon our current view of how many options will vest and when they will vest, we estimate that stock-based compensation expense will be recognized according to the following schedule:

 

Period

   Stock-Based
Compensation
Expense
Remainder of 2007    $ 13,628
2008      14,273
2009      7,229
2010      3,857
2011      3,857
2012      3,815
2013      1,975
      
   $ 48,634
      

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rates were 38.0 percent and 32.1 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, our effective tax rates were 37.6 percent and 34.4 percent, respectively. The increase in effective tax rates was primarily due to an increase in the effective state tax rate. The tax rate in the second quarter of 2006 was favorably impacted from state income tax planning which provided a cumulative benefit in that quarter.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157 (SFAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for all financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS 157 to have a material impact on our financial statements.

 

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In February 2007, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 159 (SFAS 159), “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” SFAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected be reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective for all financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are currently evaluating the impact that SFAS 159 will have on our financial statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

     For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2007     2006  
Net cash provided by operating activities    $ 133,450     $ 166,036  
Net cash used in investing activities      (54,620 )     (50,561 )
Net cash used in financing activities      (119,486 )     (68,319 )
                
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents      (40,656 )     47,156  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period      286,948       130,128  
                
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period    $ 246,292     $ 177,284  
                

Cash requirements and liquidity needs are primarily funded through our cash flow from operations and our capacity for additional borrowing. At June 30, 2007, our unused sources of liquidity consisted of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $246.3 million and the full amount available through a credit facility of $200.0 million which was scheduled to expire in September 2007. In July 2007, we replaced the credit facility. The new credit facility agreement provides for borrowings of up to $200.0 million and expires in July 2012. The availability of the new credit facility is subject to the compliance with certain covenants set forth in the agreement.

Cash flows from operations decreased $32.6 million in 2007 compared to 2006. Cash flows in 2006 were significantly affected by the requirement to consolidate the accounts of LSV and LSV Employee Group, which increased net cash provided by operating activities by $52.1 million. An increase in net income favorably affected cash flows in 2007, but was offset by the net change in our working capital accounts.

Net cash used in investing activities primarily includes the capitalization of costs incurred in developing computer software, purchases and sales of marketable securities, and capital expenditures. Capitalized software development costs were $35.7 million in 2007 as compared to $36.8 million in 2006. The Global Wealth Platform was placed into service in July 2007. Capitalized software development costs of $199.6 million will be amortized over 15 years beginning in the third quarter of 2007. We will continue to incur significant development costs as enhancements and upgrades to expand the functionality of the Global Wealth Platform are developed and implemented. We expect to incur expenses related to maintenance and training as we enter the operational stage in the development of the platform.

We had $6.7 million and $3.4 million in net purchases of marketable securities in 2007 and 2006, respectively. Purchases of marketable securities in 2007 mainly comprised investments for the start-up of new investment products. Capital expenditures in 2007 and 2006 primarily include the expansion of our corporate headquarters. The total cost of the expansion is estimated to be at least $24.4 million and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2007. Through June 30, 2007, we have spent approximately $22.4 million related to the expansion project, of which $7.4 million was spent in the first six months of 2007.

Net cash used in financing activities primarily includes principal payments of our debt, the repurchase of our common stock and dividend payments. Principal payments on our debt were $4.0 million in 2007 and $9.2 million in 2006. Principal payments made by LSV Employee Group for amounts included in our debt were $9.0 million in 2007. We made our final payment for the Series A Senior Notes in the first quarter of 2007. As of June 30, 2007, the outstanding balance on our Senior Notes was $5.0 million, of which $1.0 million is classified as current.

Our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $1.3 billion worth of our common stock. Through

 

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July 31, 2007, we repurchased approximately 245.7 million shares of our common stock at a cost of $1.2 billion and had $87.3 million of authorization remaining for the purchase of our common stock under this program. We spent approximately $124.7 million during the first six months of 2007 and $68.4 million during the first six months of 2006 for the repurchase of our common stock. Currently, there is no expiration date for our common stock repurchase program.

Cash dividends paid were $25.7 million or $.13 per share in the first six months of 2007 and $22.7 million or $.11 per share in the first six months of 2006. Our Board of Directors intends to declare future dividends on a semi-annual basis.

We believe our operating cash flow, available borrowing capacity, and existing cash and cash equivalents should provide adequate funds for continuing operations; continued investment in new products and equipment; our common stock repurchase program; expansion of our corporate campus; future dividend payments; and principal and interest payments on our long-term debt.

Significant Agreement

On January 24, 2006, we entered into a Guaranty and Collateral Agreement with LSV Employee Group, LaSalle Bank National Association and certain other lenders. We entered into the agreement in order to facilitate the acquisition of certain partnership interests of LSV by LSV Employee Group. Additional information pertaining to the agreement is presented in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2006. There have been no material changes in the terms or conditions of the agreement from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2006.

Forward-Looking Information and Risk Factors

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements. Certain information contained in this discussion is or may be considered forward-looking. Forward-looking statements relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that involve certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control or are subject to change. Although we believe our assumptions are reasonable, they could be inaccurate. Our actual future revenues and income could differ materially from our expected results. We have no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Among the risks and uncertainties which may affect our future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments are those risks described in our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K in Part I, Item 1A. These risks include the following:

 

   

changes in capital markets that may affect our revenues and earnings;

 

   

product development risk;

 

   

the performance of the funds we manage;

 

   

consolidation within our target markets, including consolidations between banks and other financial institutions;

 

   

the affect of extensive governmental regulation;

 

   

systems and technology risks;

 

   

data security risks;

 

   

third party approval of our investment products with advisors affiliated with independent broker-dealers or other networks;

 

   

operational risks associated with the processing of investment transactions;

 

   

risk of failure by a third-party service provider;

 

   

changes in, or interpretation of, accounting principles or tax rules and regulations;

 

   

fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and

 

   

retention of senior management personnel.

The Company and our clients are subject to extensive governmental regulation. Our various business activities are conducted through entities which may be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment adviser, a broker-dealer, a transfer agent, an investment company or with the United States Office of Thrift Supervision or state banking authorities as a trust company. Our broker-dealer is also a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and is subject to its rules and oversight. In addition, various subsidiaries of the Company are registered with, and subject to the oversight of, regulatory authorities primarily in

 

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the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Many of our clients are subject to substantial regulation by federal and state banking, securities or insurance authorities or the Department of Labor. Compliance with existing and future regulations and responding to and complying with recent regulatory activity affecting broker-dealers, investment companies and their service providers could have a significant impact on us. We have responded and are currently responding to various regulatory examinations, inquiries and requests. As a result of these examinations, inquiries and requests, we review our compliance procedures and business operations and make changes as we deem necessary. These activities resulted in an increased level of corporate overhead costs. One of these regulatory requests and inquiries relate to the payment by certain of our subsidiaries of expenses related to the marketing and distribution of shares of certain mutual fund clients of our fund administration and distribution business. A similar inquiry recently resulted in an SEC order sanctioning one of our mutual fund administrator competitors. Given the fact-specific nature of the practices relating to the marketing and distribution of fund shares, we cannot infer from the competitor’s order involving the competitor’s practices what the ultimate resolution of this SEC inquiry into the Company’s practices will be.

We offer investment and banking products that also are subject to regulation by the federal and state securities and banking authorities, as well as non-United States regulatory authorities, where applicable. Existing or future regulations that affect these products could lead to a reduction in sales of these products. Directed brokerage payment arrangements offered by us are also subject to the SEC and other federal regulatory authorities. Changes in the regulation of directed brokerage or soft dollar payment arrangements or strategic decisions of our clients regarding these arrangements could affect sales of some services, primarily our brokerage services.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Interest Rate Risk - Our exposure to changes in interest rates primarily relates to our investment portfolio. Our excess cash is principally invested in short-term, highly liquid financial instruments, mainly money market funds, with a substantial portion of such investments having initial maturities of three months or less. Our investment portfolio includes U.S. Treasury securities maturing within one year, a long-term fixed-income mutual fund principally invested in U.S. government agency securities, and a short-term mutual fund principally invested in securities of U.S. and foreign commercial banks and government agencies. We place our investments in financial instruments that meet high credit quality standards. While changes in interest rates could decrease interest income, we do not believe that we have a material exposure to changes in interest rates. We do not undertake any specific actions to cover our exposure to interest rate risk and are not a party to any interest rate risk management transactions.

Additionally, LSV Employee Group entered into two interest rate swap agreements to convert its floating rate long-term debt to fixed rate debt. These swaps have a total notional value of $47.5 million. Payments are made every 90 days and the termination dates of the swaps are March 2009 and January 2011. The net effect from the interest rate swaps on the Company’s earnings was minimal.

Foreign Currency Risk - We transact business in the local currencies of various foreign countries, principally Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and South Korea. The total of all of our foreign operations accounts for approximately 11 percent of total consolidated revenues. Also, most of our foreign operations match local currency revenues with local currency costs. Due to these reasons, we do not, at this time, hedge against foreign operations.

Price Risk - We are exposed to price risk associated with changes in the fair value of investments in marketable securities relating to the startup of new pooled investment offerings. The length of time that our funds remain invested in these new pooled investment offerings is dependent on client subscriptions. We will redeem our investments as clients subscribe to these new investment offerings. To provide protection against potential fair value changes for these investments, we have entered into various derivative financial instruments. As of June 30, 2007, we held derivative financial instruments with a notional amount of $9.5 million and an expected maturity in 2007. Changes in the fair value of the derivative financial instruments are recognized in current period earnings, whereas, the change in the fair value of the investment is recorded on the balance sheet in other comprehensive income. Therefore, changes in the fair value of the derivative financial instrument and changes in the fair value of the investment are not recognized through earnings in the same period. We did not enter into or hold any derivative financial instruments for trading purposes during 2007 or 2006.

Income before income taxes include losses of $1.1 million and $82 thousand in the six month periods of 2007 and 2006, respectively, relating to changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments. The aggregate effect of a hypothetical ten percent change in the fair value of our investments would be:

 

    

Hypothetical

Change

In Value

Investment

  

Mutual Funds

   $ 6,524

Debt securities

     449

Equities securities

     973
      
   $ 7,946
      

In consideration of the hypothetical change in value, our derivative financial instruments related to equities would substantially offset the change in fair value of the equity securities.

 

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. A controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls systems are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

 

(b) Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

On September 30, 2004, SIDCO was named as a defendant in a putative consolidated amended class action complaint (the “PBHG Complaint”) filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland titled “Stephen Carey v. Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, LTD, et. al.” The PBHG Complaint was purportedly made on behalf of all persons that purchased or held PBHG mutual funds during the period from November 1, 1998 to November 13, 2003 and related generally to various market timing practices allegedly permitted by the PBHG Funds. The suit named as defendants some 36 persons and entities, including various persons and entities affiliated with Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd., various PBHG Funds, various alleged market timers, various alleged facilitating brokers, various clearing brokers, various banks that allegedly financed the market timing activities, various distributors/underwriters and others. The PBHG Complaint alleged that SIDCO was the named distributor/underwriter from November 1998 until July 2001 for various PBHG funds in which market timing allegedly occurred during that period. The PBHG Complaint generally alleged that the prospectus for certain PBHG funds made misstatements and omissions concerning market timing practices in PBHG funds. The PBHG Complaint alleged that SIDCO violated Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 34(b) and 36(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and that SIDCO breached its fiduciary duties, engaged in constructive fraud and aided and abetted the breach by others of their fiduciary duties. The PBHG Complaint did not name SIDCO or any of its affiliates as a market timer, facilitating or clearing broker or financier of market timers. The PBHG Complaint sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, disgorgement and restitution. In 2006, the plaintiffs submitted a proposed form of order dismissing SIDCO from the action, but the Court has not yet acted on the proposed order.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Information regarding risk factors appears in Part I - Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2006.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

(c) Our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $1.3 billion worth of our common stock, which includes an additional authorization of $75.0 million on July 24, 2007. Currently, there is no expiration date for our common stock repurchase program.

Information regarding the repurchase of common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2007 is as follows:

 

Period

  

Total Number

of Shares
            Purchased            

  

Average

Price Paid
            per Share            

  

Total Number of
Shares Purchased as

Part of Publicly
        Announced Program        

   Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that
May Yet Be Purchased
        Under the Program         

April 1 – 30, 2007

   129,000    $ 30.87    129,000    $ 42,978,000

May 1 – 31, 2007

   1,288,000      29.65    1,288,000      54,791,000

June 1 – 30, 2007

   1,266,000      29.41    1,266,000      17,561,000
               

Total

   2,683,000      29.60    2,683,000   
               

 

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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 23, 2007, we held our annual meeting of shareholders (the “2007 Annual Meeting”) at our corporate headquarters in Oaks, Pennsylvania. At our 2007 Annual Meeting, the shareholders voted on the matters listed below. All amounts have been adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split.

1. The election of three directors with a term expiring at our 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

 

Name of Director

   Number of Votes
For
  

Number of Votes

Withheld

William M. Doran

   130,966,466    34,734,030

Howard D. Ross

   163,601,366    2,099,130

Alfred P. West, Jr.

   137,113,918    28,586,578

The terms of office of each of the following directors continued after the meeting:

Sarah W. Blumenstein

Richard B. Lieb

Kathryn M. McCarthy

Henry H. Porter, Jr.

Carmen V. Romeo

Thomas W. Smith

2. Approval of SEI 2007 Equity Compensation Plan:

 

Number of Votes

For

 

Number of Votes

Against

 

Number of Votes

Withheld

 

Number of

Broker Non-Votes

94,440,196

  50,187,628   157,052   20,915,620

3. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants to examine SEI’s consolidated financial statements for 2007:

 

Number of Votes

For

 

Number of Votes

Against

 

Number of Votes

Withheld

165,319,164

  179,006   202,326

 

Item 6. Exhibits.

The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of the Form 10-Q.

 

31.1   Rule 13a-15(e)/15d-15(e) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
31.2   Rule 13a-15(e)/15d-15(e) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
32   Section 1350 Certifications.

 

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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.

 

  SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY
Date: August 2, 2007   By:  

/s/ Dennis J. McGonigle

    Dennis J. McGonigle
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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