Hanger Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2018

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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 9, 2018 –Hanger, Inc. (OTC PINK: HNGR), a leading provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services and solutions, today announced its financial results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2018.

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter of 2018

• Net revenue of $267.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, compared to $263.4 million for the same period in 2017, reflecting net revenue growth of 1.4 percent year-over-year. Both business segments reflected positive growth over the prior year quarter.
  
• GAAP net income of $12.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, compared to $1.6 fmillion for the same period in 2017.
  
• Adjusted EBITDA was $33.6 million in the second quarter of 2018 compared to $36.8 million in the second quarter of 2017, a decline of $3.2 million, or 8.6 percent. The Adjusted EBITDA decline was largely the result of a $2.6 million increase in corporate and other expense year-over-year, relating primarily to investments in growth and other corporate initiatives.
  
• GAAP general and administrative expense includes favorable settlements totaling $2.2 million on a pretax basis. These settlement amounts are excluded for purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted diluted earnings per share.
  
• GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.35 for the second quarter of 2018, compared to earnings of $0.04 per share in the second quarter of 2017. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.28 for the three months ended June 30, 2018, compared to earnings of $0.21 per share for the same period in 2017.
  
• Net cash provided by operating activities was $25.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, compared to $5.3 million for the same period in 2017.

Vinit Asar, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hanger, Inc., stated, “We are pleased to report positive net revenue growth in both the Patient Care and Products & Services business segments during the quarter. In addition, we delivered significantly higher income from operations and net income year-over-year, primarily from lower interest expense resulting from the refinancing we completed in March, as well as lower third party professional fees.”

Mr. Asar continued, “The portfolio of patient care programs and initiatives we are executing to drive sustainable operating growth are yielding promising results. Same clinic revenue growth per day improved to 1.7 percent compared to 1.1 percent in the first quarter. While Adjusted EBITDA declined year-over-year in the quarter, this largely reflects investments we believe will be beneficial to the achievement of our growth objectives, and our year-to-date Adjusted EBITDA is generally consistent with our prior year performance. We are excited about the momentum in our patient care and distribution businesses and look forward to re-listing our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange, which we anticipate will occur in mid-September.”

Complete reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are provided in the tables located at the end of this press release.

Detailed Results: Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

Patient Care Segment

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company’s Patient Care net revenue was $218.2 million, an increase of $1.9 million, or 0.9 percent, compared to the same period of 2017. Net revenue growth was primarily the result of an increase in the rate of same clinic revenue growth.

• Same clinic revenue per day grew 1.7 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2018. This growth was primarily driven by increased revenue from prosthetic services compared to the prior year.
  
• Effective in January of 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”), a new revenue accounting standard. In the second quarter of 2018, this change had the effect of reclassifying $1.3 million of what previously would have been reflected as bad debt expense within the Patient Care segment to be a reduction in revenue.

Income from operations in the Patient Care segment was $35.0 million during the second quarter of 2018, which reflected a decline of $0.2 million, compared to the $35.2 million reported in the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the segment was $41.2 million, which reflected a $0.3 million decline over the prior year period.

• The earnings flow-through resulting from segment revenue growth during the quarter was offset primarily by higher employee salaries, benefits and material costs expenses compared with the prior year quarter. Salary expense comparison to the prior year quarter was negatively impacted by a change in the timing of annual employee salary increases from June in 2017 to April in 2018.

Products & Services Segment

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company’s Products & Services net revenue totaled $48.8 million, which reflected a $1.6 million, or 3.5 percent, increase compared to the same period in 2017.

• Revenue growth for the segment came from increases in the distribution of O&P componentry to independent providers of $2.7 million, which was partially offset by decreases in revenue from therapeutic solutions.

Income from operations for the Products & Services segment increased by $0.3 million to $7.5 million in the second quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA for the Products & Services segment was $9.8 million during the second quarter of 2018, which reflected a $0.3 million decrease compared with the same period of 2017. Earnings flow-through on revenue growth for the segment was offset by increased personnel costs.

Corporate and Other

The loss from operations relating to corporate and other activities decreased by $3.7 million to $22.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. This decrease primarily related to a $4.3 million reduction in professional accounting and legal fees as well as a $2.2 million benefit related to the favorable settlement of two matters:

• The Company’s receipt of a $1.7 million payment for its long-standing damage claims related to the “Deepwater Horizon” disaster, which affected the Company’s operations in 2010.
  
• The Company’s results also reflected a benefit associated with its $2.2 million settlement of outstanding unclaimed property claims with the State of Delaware for periods of 2001 to 2017, which was $0.5 million lower than its historically accrued amount.

Excluding the effect of third party professional fees related to financial statement remediation, the benefit of the settlements, depreciation and amortization, and non-cash equity compensation expense, the net cost of corporate and other activities increased by $2.6 million on an Adjusted EBITDA basis to $17.4 million.

• Increased corporate expenses related primarily to the incurrence of $1.7 million for growth and other corporate initiatives.
  
• Corporate personnel expense grew by $0.9 million as compared to the second quarter of 2017. Comparisons for the quarter were adversely affected by a change in the timing of implementation of annual merit increases from June in 2017 to April in 2018.

Net Income; Interest Expense

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, net income was $12.9 million compared with net income of $1.6 million in the same period of 2017. The improvement in net income compared to the prior year was due primarily to lower interest expense, professional accounting and legal fees, and depreciation and amortization expense.

• Interest expense for the second quarter of 2018 declined to $7.3 million from $14.1 million in the same period of 2017. This $6.8 million decrease resulted primarily from lower interest expense associated with the Company’s debt refinancing in March 2018, as well as a $1.5 million interest expense benefit related to the unclaimed property settlement with the State of Delaware.
  
• Professional accounting and legal fees of $4.2 million reflected a decrease of $4.3 million as compared to the second quarter of 2017. This decrease was the result of a reduction in costs associated with the Company’s ongoing financial statement remediation efforts.

Liquidity

On June 30, 2018, the Company had liquidity of $142.9 million, comprised of $48.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, and $94.1 million in available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility, compared to liquidity of $127.0 million on March 31, 2018. The increase in liquidity of $15.9 from March 31, 2018 resulted from the positive cash flow from operations of $25.4 million generated in the second quarter of 2018.

Financial Highlights for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

• Net revenue of $501.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to $497.1 million for the same period in 2017, reflecting net revenue growth of 0.8 percent year-over-year.
  
  • Patient Care net revenue grew $2.8 million, or 0.7 percent, for the year-to-date, driven by same clinic revenue growth per day of 1.4 percent.
    
  • Year-to-date Products & Services net revenue grew $1.1 million, or 1.2 percent, as a result of growth of $3.5 million in distribution services, offset by a decrease in revenue from therapeutic solutions.
    
• GAAP net loss was $9.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to a $16.1 million net loss for the same period in 2017. Results for the year-to-date ending June 30, 2018 include $17.0 million in pre-tax loss on the extinguishment of debt related to the Company’s March 2018 refinancing.
  
• Adjusted EBITDA of $49.9 million for the first six months of 2018 was generally comparable with the $51.1 million in the prior year period, reflecting a decline of $1.2 million.

2018 Outlook

The Company reaffirms its 2018 outlook, as previously disclosed on May 14^th 2018, that it anticipates net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA to be generally consistent with 2017 results. Guidance for the full year 2018 is subject to material change as the Company continues to evaluate its expectations.

Conference and Webcast Details

Hanger’s management team will host a conference call on Friday, August 10, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the Company’s second quarter 2018 financial results and business outlook.

To participate, dial 877-407-6184 or 201-389-0877 outside the U.S. and Canada, and use conference code number 13682163. A live webcast and replay of the call will be available at the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site at www.hanger.com/investors, and a replay of the webcast will remain available for 90 days.

Accompanying supplemental information will be posted to the Investor Relations section of Hanger’s web site at www.hanger.com/investors.

Additional Notes

A reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP financial results is included in the tables provided at the back of this press release. The Company has provided certain supplemental key statistics relating to its results for certain prior periods. These key statistics are non-GAAP measures used by the Company’s management to analyze the Company’s business results that are being provided for informational and analytical context.

Accompanying supplemental information will be posted to the Investor Relations section of Hanger’s web site at www.hanger.com/investors.

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This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the Company. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein, are “forward‑looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “preliminary,” “intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “views” or similar expressions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk that additional information may arise during the course of the Company’s ongoing financial statement preparation and closing processes that would require the Company to make additional adjustments or revisions to its estimates or financial statements and other financial data, to identify additional material weaknesses, or to take any other necessary action relating to the Company’s accounting practices; the time required to complete the Company’s financial statements and other financial data and accounting review; the time required to prepare its periodic reports for filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the Company’s financial statements; any regulatory review of, or litigation relating to, the Company’s accounting practices, financial statements and other financial data, periodic reports or other corporate actions;changes in the demand for the Company’s O&P products and services; uncertainties relating to the results of operations or recently acquired O&P patient care clinics; the Company’s ability to enter into and derive benefits from managed-care contracts; the Company’s ability to successfully attract and retain qualified O&P clinicians; federal laws governing the health care industry; uncertainties inherent in investigations and legal proceedings; governmental policies affecting O&P operations;  and other risks and uncertainties generally affecting the health care industry. For additional information and risk factors that could affect the Company, see its Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information contained in this press release is made only as of the date hereof, even if subsequently made available by the Company on its website or otherwise.

Investor Relations Contacts:
Thomas Kiraly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Hanger, Inc.
Seth Frank, Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations, Hanger, Inc.
512-777-3690, [email protected]