Exhibit 99.1

 

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Contact:    LeAnne Zumwalt
     Investor Relations
     DaVita Inc.
     310 536-2420

 

DAVITA INC. REPORTS 1st QUARTER 2005 RESULTS

 

El Segundo, California, April 27, 2005 – DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. Net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, was $56.3 million or $0.55 per share compared with $52.9 million or $0.51 per share for the same period of 2004.

 

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 included refinancing charges of $6.9 million and $1 million of additional debt expense incurred as a result of the issuance of the new senior notes, offset by swap valuation gains of $8.4 million.

 

Financial and operating highlights include:

 

  Cash Flow: Operating cash flow for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 was $111 million and free cash flow was $104 million. For the rolling 12-month ended March 31, 2005 operating cash flow was $356 million and free cash flow was $307 million, excluding the tax benefit from stock option exercises and the after-tax benefit of prior years’ Medicare lab recoveries. Including those items, the rolling 12-month operating cash flow was $405 million and free cash flow was $357 million.

 

  Operating Income: Operating income for the first quarter was $106 million.

 

  Volume: Total treatments for the first quarter were 1,868,787 or 24,270 treatments per day, an increase of 13.5% per day compared to the first quarter of last year. Non-acquired treatment growth was 5.6% for the first quarter.

 

  Center Activity: As of March 31, 2005, we operated or provided administrative services at 665 outpatient centers serving approximately 54,900 patients. During the first quarter we acquired one center, opened 10 de novo centers, and closed one center. In addition, the operations of three centers were merged into three other existing centers.

 

Gambro Healthcare Acquisition:

 

The Company continues to be involved in active discussions with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff regarding its planned acquisition of Gambro Healthcare, Inc. Although no agreement with the FTC has yet been reached, based on our discussions to date we expect we will be required to divest approximately 5% of the combined number of Gambro Healthcare and DaVita centers, which represents the same percentage of the combined revenues. However, the final resolution with the FTC could be materially different.


Recent Transactions

 

On March 22, 2005, we issued $500 million of 6 5/8% senior notes due 2013 and $850 million of 7 1/4% senior subordinated notes due 2015. We used the net proceeds along with available cash to repay all outstanding amounts under the Term Loan portions of our existing credit facilities, including accrued interest.

 

Outlook

 

Our 2005 operating income guidance is for operating income to be up 2% to 6% over 2004, exclusive of the effects of the proposed Gambro acquisition and related debt financing. At this time, we expect the Gambro Healthcare acquisition together with the related debt financing to be dilutive to EPS in the first year, neutral in the second year and accretive thereafter.

 

DaVita will be holding a conference call to discuss its first quarter results for 2005 on April 28, 2005, at 11:30 AM Eastern Time. The dial in number is 800-399-4406. A replay of the conference call will be available on DaVita’s official web page, www.davita.com, for the following 30 days.

 

This release contains forward–looking statements. Factors which could impact future results include the uncertainties associated with governmental regulations, general economic and other market conditions, acquisitions and the risk factors set forth in the Company’s SEC filings, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. The forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these risks and uncertainties.

 

These risks and uncertainties include those relating to:

 

    the concentration of profits generated from PPO and private indemnity patients,

 

    possible reductions in private and government reimbursement rates,

 

    changes in pharmaceutical practice patterns or reimbursement policies,

 

    the Company’s ability to maintain contracts with physician medical directors,

 

    legal compliance risks, including our continued compliance with complex government regulations and the ongoing review by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the OIG, the subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, and

 

    the Company’s ability to complete acquisitions of businesses, including the consummation of the Gambro Healthcare acquisition, and the percentage of centers we expect we will be required to divest, terms of the related financing, and subsequent integration of the business.

 

This Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

This release contains non-GAAP financial measures. For reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, see the attached reconciliation schedules.


DAVITA INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

    

Three months ended

March 31,


     2005

   2004

Net operating revenues

   $ 609,958    $ 535,431

Operating expenses and charges:

             

Patient care costs

     409,949      363,429

General and administrative

     54,263      42,604

Depreciation and amortization

     24,848      20,270

Provision for uncollectible accounts

     10,886      9,577

Minority interests and equity income, net

     4,016      2,718
    

  

Total operating expenses and charges

     503,962      438,598
    

  

Operating income

     105,996      96,833

Debt expense

     17,534      11,636

Refinancing charges

     6,872       

Swap valuation gains

     8,392       

Other income

     1,627      1,443
    

  

Income before income taxes

     91,609      86,640

Income tax expense

     35,275      33,775
    

  

Net income

   $ 56,334    $ 52,865
    

  

Earnings per share:

             

Basic

   $ 0.57    $ 0.54
    

  

Diluted

   $ 0.55    $ 0.51
    

  

Weighted average shares for earnings per share:

             

Basic

     99,399,612      98,099,476
    

  

Diluted

     103,150,299      102,883,453
    

  

 

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DAVITA INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

 

    

Three months ended

March 31,


 
     2005

    2004

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                

Net income

   $ 56,334     $ 52,865  

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

                

Depreciation and amortization

     24,848       20,270  

Stock options, principally tax benefits

     15,934       14,389  

Swap valuation gains

     (8,392 )        

Refinancing charges

     6,872          

Deferred income taxes

     (5,814 )     (1,016 )

Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries

     4,410       3,160  

Distributions to minority interests

     (3,518 )     (2,082 )

Non-cash debt expense

     625       484  

Equity investment income

     (394 )     (442 )

Loss on divestitures

     (193 )     (628 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, other than from acquisitions and divestitures:

                

Accounts receivable

     (10,888 )     (12,511 )

Medicare lab recoveries

             19,000  

Inventories

     (2,820 )     6,818  

Other current assets

     (289 )     697  

Other long-term assets

     385       1,592  

Accounts payable

     (4,865 )     8,843  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     5,421       2,393  

Other current liabilities

     9,088       1,779  

Income taxes

     28,500       5,315  

Other long-term liabilities

     (3,838 )     5,190  
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     111,406       126,116  
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Additions of property and equipment, net

     (25,625 )     (24,681 )

Acquisitions and divestitures, net

     (2,501 )     (17,088 )

Investments in and advances to affiliates, net

     2,677       2,191  

Intangible assets

     (395 )     (360 )
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (25,844 )     (39,938 )
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Borrowings

     1,741,183       774,534  

Payments on long-term debt

     (1,748,663 )     (786,791 )

Deferred financing costs

     (29,213 )        

Stock option exercises

     17,031       17,578  
    


 


Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (19,662 )     5,321  
    


 


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     65,900       91,499  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     251,979       61,657  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 317,879     $ 153,156  
    


 


 

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DAVITA INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

     March 31,
2005


    December 31,
2004


 

ASSETS

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 317,879     $ 251,979  

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $60,279 and $58,166

     472,983       462,095  

Inventories

     34,697       31,843  

Other current assets

     44,441       44,210  

Deferred income taxes

     91,917       78,593  
    


 


Total current assets

     961,917       868,720  

Property and equipment, net

     415,713       412,064  

Amortizable intangibles, net

     79,585       60,719  

Investments in third-party dialysis businesses

     3,356       3,332  

Other long-term assets

     28,626       10,898  

Goodwill

     1,160,615       1,156,226  
    


 


     $ 2,649,812     $ 2,511,959  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                 

Accounts payable

   $ 91,366     $ 96,231  

Other liabilities

     166,302       157,214  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     139,340       133,919  

Current portion of long-term debt

     6,346       53,364  

Income taxes payable

     29,507       1,007  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     432,861       441,735  

Long-term debt

     1,362,006       1,322,468  

Other long-term liabilities

     22,473       22,570  

Deferred income taxes

     156,369       148,859  

Minority interests

     57,690       53,193  

Commitments and contingencies

                

Shareholders’ equity:

                

Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued)

                

Common stock ($0.001 par value, 195,000,000 shares authorized; 134,862,283 shares issued)

     135       135  

Additional paid-in capital

     550,987       542,714  

Retained earnings

     667,621       611,287  

Treasury stock, at cost (34,878,913 and 36,295,339 shares)

     (608,040 )     (632,732 )

Accumulated comprehensive income valuations

     7,710       1,730  
    


 


Total shareholders’ equity

     618,413       523,134  
    


 


     $ 2,649,812     $ 2,511,959  
    


 


 

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DAVITA INC.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA

(unaudited)

(dollars in millions, except for per share and per treatment data)

 

     Q1 2005

    Q4 2004

    Q1 2004

 

Financial Results:

                        

Net income

   $ 56.3     $ 56.6     $ 52.9  

Basic EPS

   $ .57     $ .58     $ .54  

EPS assuming dilution

   $ .55     $ .56 *   $ .51  

Operating income

   $ 106     $ 105.2     $ 96.8  

Operating income margin

     17.4 %     17.1 %     18.1 %

Other comprehensive income

                        

Unrealized gain (loss) on securities, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(3.7), $(1.3) and $1.6

   $ 6.0     $ 2.1     $ (2.6 )

Business Metrics:

                        

Volume

                        

Treatments

     1,868,787       1,895,952       1,657,055  

Number of treatment days

     77.0       79.0       77.5  

Treatments per day

     24,270       23,999       21,381  

Per day year over year increase

     13.5 %     14.5 %     8.7 %

Non-acquired growth

     5.6 %     6.0 %     4.1 %

Revenue

                        

Total operating revenue

   $ 610     $ 616     $ 535  

Dialysis revenue per treatment

   $ 310.92     $ 311.22     $ 311.02  

Per treatment change from previous quarter

     (0.1 )%     (0.8 )%     1.5 %

Per treatment change from prior year

     0.0 %     1.6 %     5.0 %

Expenses

                        

A.     Patient care costs

                        

         Percent of revenue

     67.2 %     68.1 %     67.9 %

         Per treatment

   $ 219.37     $ 221.31     $ 219.32  

         Per treatment change from previous quarter

     (0.9 )%     0.6 %     1.5 %

         Per treatment change from previous year

     0.0 %     2.4 %     4.1 %

B.     General & administrative expenses

                        

         Percent of revenue

     8.9 %     8.6 %     8.0 %

         Per treatment

   $ 29.04     $ 28.03     $ 25.71  

         Per treatment change from previous quarter

     3.6 %     0.0 %     6.2 %

         Per treatment change from previous year

     13.0 %     15.8 %     5.0 %

C.    Bad debt expense as a percent of current-period revenue

     1.8 %     1.8 %     1.8 %

D.    Consolidated effective tax rate

     38.5 %     37.4 %     39.0 %

* Earnings per share benefited from a year-to-date reduction in the annualized tax rate that added $0.01 to the fourth quarter of 2004.

 

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DAVITA INC.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA—continued

(unaudited)

(dollars in millions, except for per share and per treatment data)

 

     Q1 2005

    Q4 2004

    Q1 2004

 

Cash Flow

                        

Operating cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries

   $ 111.4     $ 82.3     $ 114.5  

Operating cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries and tax benefit from stock option exercises

   $ 95.5     $ 70.0     $ 100.1  

Free cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries

   $ 103.8     $ 67.4     $ 108.7  

Free cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries and tax benefit from stock option exercises

   $ 87.8     $ 55.1     $ 94.3  

Capital expenditures:

                        

Development

   $ 18.1     $ 25.0     $ 19.2  

Routine maintenance/IT/other

   $ 7.6     $ 14.9     $ 5.8  

Acquisition expenditures, net

   $ 2.5     $ 19.8     $ 17.1  
Accounts Receivable                         

Net receivables

   $ 473     $ 462     $ 400  

DSO

     71       70       70  
Debt/Capital Structure                         

Total debt

   $ 1,368     $ 1,376     $ 1,155  

Net debt, (net of cash balance)

   $ 1,050     $ 1,124     $ 1,002  

Leverage ratio (see Note 1)

     2.0x       2.2x       2.1x  

Share repurchases (in millions)

             .3          

Average repurchase price

           $ 30.14          
Clinical (quarterly averages)                         

Dialysis adequacy - % of patients with Kt/V > 1.2

     94 %     94 %     94 %

Anemia measure - % of patients with HCT > 33

     86 %     86 %     85 %

Patients with arteriovenous fistula

     43 %                

 

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DAVITA INC.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL DATA—continued

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

 

Note 1:

 

The leverage ratio under the Company’s existing senior secured credit agreement is defined as all funded debt plus the face amount of all Letters of Credit issued, minus cash and cash equivalents, divided by “EBITDA”. The leverage ratio determines the interest rate payable by the Company under the credit agreement by establishing the margin over the base interest rate that is applicable. The following Leverage Ratio was calculated using “Consolidated EBITDA” as defined in the indentures governing our recently issued Senior Notes. Such calculation is consistent with the definition of “EBITDA” contained in the existing senior secured credit agreement, except that pro forma incremental “EBITDA” relating to acquisitions is included in the calculation of “EBITDA” under the existing senior secured credit agreement and is not included in the following calculations.

 

     Q1 2005

    Q4 2004

    Q1 2004

 

Net income

   $ 56,334     $ 56,602     $ 52,865  

Debt expense

     17,534       15,777       11,636  

Refinancing charges

     6,872                  

Income taxes

     35,275       33,845       33,775  

Depreciation and amortization

     24,848       23,212       20,270  

Minority interests and equity income, net

     4,016       3,880       2,718  

Swap valuation gains

     (8,392 )                
    


 


 


“Consolidated EBITDA” as defined in the indentures

   $ 136,487     $ 133,316     $ 121,264  
    


 


 


Annualized “Consolidated EBITDA” as defined in the indentures

   $ 545,948     $ 533,264     $ 485,056  
    


 


 


     Q1 2005

    Q4 2004

    Q1 2004

 

Total debt

   $ 1,368,352     $ 1,375,832     $ 1,155,302  

Letters of credit issued

     22,959       22,959       23,738  
    


 


 


       1,391,311       1,398,791       1,179,040  

Less cash and cash equivalents

     (317,879 )     (251,979 )     (153,156 )
    


 


 


     $ 1,073,432     $ 1,146,812     $ 1,025,884  
    


 


 


Annualized “Consolidated EBITDA” as defined in the indentures

   $ 545,948     $ 533,264     $ 485,056  
    


 


 


Leverage Ratio

     2.0x       2.2x       2.1x  
    


 


 


 

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DAVITA INC.

 

RECONCILIATIONS FOR NON-GAAP MEASURES

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

 

1. Operating cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries related to prior years’ services, and tax benefit from stock option exercises:

 

     Q1 2005

    Q4 2004

    Q1 2004

    Rolling 12-
month period
ended Q1 2005


 

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 111,406     $ 87,341     $ 126,116     $ 405,235  

Less: Medicare lab recoveries for prior years’ services

             (8,293 )     (19,000 )     (8,293 )

Related income tax expense

             3,234       7,410       3,234  
    


 


 


 


Operating cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries

     111,406       82,282       114,526       400,176  

Less: Tax benefit from stock option exercises

     (15,934 )     (12,305 )     (14,389 )     (44,315 )
    


 


 


 


     $ 95,472     $ 69,977     $ 100,137     $ 355,861  
    


 


 


 


2. Free cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries related to prior years’ services, and tax benefit from stock option exercises:

 

  

Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less non-development capital expenditures. We believe free cash flow is a useful adjunct to cash flow from operating activities and other measurements under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States since it is a meaningful measure of our ability to fund acquisition and development activities and meet our debt service requirements. Free cash flow is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities as an indicator of cash flows or as a measure of liquidity.       
     Q1 2005

    Q4 2004

    Q1 2004

    Rolling 12-
month period
ended Q1 2005


 

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 111,406     $ 87,341     $ 126,116     $ 405,235  

Less: Expenditures for routine maintenance and information technology

     (7,634 )     (14,883 )     (5,816 )     (48,372 )
    


 


 


 


Free cash flow

     103,772       72,458       120,300       356,863  

Medicare lab recoveries related to prior years’ services

             (8,293 )     (19,000 )     (8,293 )

Related income tax expense

             3,234       7,410       3,234  
    


 


 


 


Free cash flow, excluding Medicare lab recoveries

     103,772       67,399       108,710       351,804  

Less: Tax benefit from stock option exercises

     (15,934 )     (12,305 )     (14,389 )     (44,315 )
    


 


 


 


     $ 87,838     $ 55,094     $ 94,321     $ 307,489  
    


 


 


 


 

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