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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-Q

     
(Mark One)
   
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004
 
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the transition period from           to

Commission file number 1-9550

Beverly Enterprises, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   62-1691861
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

One Thousand Beverly Way

Fort Smith, Arkansas 72919
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(479) 201-2000

Registrant’s website:

www.beverlycorp.com

      Indicate by check mark whether 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 Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes þ          No o

      Indicate by check mark if Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).     Yes þ          No o

Shares of Registrant’s Common Stock, $.10 par value, outstanding, exclusive of

treasury shares, at October 29, 2004 — 108,090,662




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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

      This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and other information we provide from time to time, contains certain “forward-looking” statements as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding our expected future financial position, results of operations or cash flows, continued performance improvements, ability to service, refinance, replace and comply with our debt obligations, ability to finance growth opportunities, ability to control our patient care liability costs, ability to respond to changes in government regulations, ability to execute our three-year strategic plan, and similar statements, including, without limitation, those containing words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” and other similar expressions, are forward-looking statements.

      These forward-looking statements reflect management’s beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by us in those statements. Numerous factors will affect our actual results, some of which are beyond our control. These include, but are not limited to:

  •  national and local economic conditions, including their effect on the availability and cost of labor, utilities and materials;
 
  •  the effect of government regulations and changes in regulations governing the healthcare industry, including our compliance with such regulations;
 
  •  changes in Medicare and Medicaid payment levels and methodologies and the application of such methodologies by the government and its fiscal intermediaries;
 
  •  the effects of adopting new accounting standards;
 
  •  our ability to integrate acquisitions and realize synergies and accretion;
 
  •  liabilities and other claims asserted against us, including patient care liabilities, as well as the resolution of lawsuits brought about by the announcement or settlement of federal government investigations and the announcement of increases in reserves for patient care liabilities;
 
  •  our ability to predict future reserve levels for patient care and workers’ compensation liabilities;
 
  •  our ability to obtain adequate insurance coverage with financially viable insurance carriers, as well as the ability of our insurance carriers to fulfill their obligations;
 
  •  our ability to execute strategic divestitures in a timely manner at fair values;
 
  •  our ability to improve our fundamental business processes and reduce costs throughout the organization;
 
  •  our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
 
  •  the availability and terms of capital to fund acquisitions, capital improvements and ongoing operations;
 
  •  our ability to repurchase our stock and changes in our stock price after any such repurchases;
 
  •  the competitive environment in which we operate;
 
  •  our ability to maintain and increase census (volume of residents) levels; and
 
  •  demographic changes.

      Investors should also refer to “Item 1. Business” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, for a discussion of various governmental regulations and other operating factors relating to the healthcare industry and the risks inherent in them. You should carefully consider the risks described and referred to in this report before making any investment decisions in the Company. There may be additional risks that we do not presently know of or that we currently do not deem

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material. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Given these risks and uncertainties, we can give no assurances that any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report will, in fact, transpire, and, therefore, we caution investors not to place undue reliance on them. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

FORM 10-Q

September 30, 2004

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 Form of Long-Term Incentive Plan Notice
 Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Non-employee Directors Stock Option Plan
 Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan
 Form of Option Agreement for Non-Employment Directors Stock Option Plan
 Form of Option Agreement for 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan
 Acknowledgement Letter of Ernst & Young LLP
 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of CEO
 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of CFO
 Section 1350 Certification of CEO
 Section 1350 Certification of CFO

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PART I

ITEM 1.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)
                     
September 30, December 31,
2004 2003


(Unaudited) (Note)
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 207,360     $ 258,815  
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts: 2004 — $33,326; 2003 — $31,615
    215,338       164,635  
 
Notes receivable, less allowance for doubtful notes: 2004 — $2,300; 2003 — $3,336
    6,499       13,724  
 
Operating supplies
    9,250       10,425  
 
Assets held for sale
    15,128       3,498  
 
Investment in Beverly Funding Corporation
          31,342  
 
Prepaid expenses and other
    39,135       33,377  
     
     
 
   
Total current assets
    492,710       515,816  
Property and equipment, net
    646,860       694,220  
Other assets:
               
 
Goodwill, net
    124,467       57,102  
 
Other, less allowance for doubtful accounts and notes: 2004 — $1,462; 2003 — $2,120
    70,635       79,283  
     
     
 
   
Total other assets
    195,102       136,385  
     
     
 
    $ 1,334,672     $ 1,346,421  
     
     
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
 
Accounts payable
  $ 59,081     $ 67,572  
 
Accrued wages and related liabilities
    95,478       116,717  
 
Accrued interest
    9,066       6,896  
 
General and professional liabilities
    63,422       93,736  
 
Federal government settlement obligations
    14,064       13,125  
 
Liabilities held for sale
    622       672  
 
Other accrued liabilities
    87,143       102,289  
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    11,644       13,354  
     
     
 
   
Total current liabilities
    340,520       414,361  
Long-term debt
    558,488       552,873  
Other liabilities and deferred items
    173,971       141,001  
Commitments and contingencies
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
 
Preferred stock, shares authorized: 25,000,000
           
 
Common stock, shares issued: 2004 — 116,241,478; 2003 — 115,594,806
    11,624       11,559  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    897,476       895,950  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (538,909 )     (560,825 )
 
Treasury stock, at cost: 8,283,316
    (108,498 )     (108,498 )
     
     
 
   
Total stockholders’ equity
    261,693       238,186  
     
     
 
    $ 1,334,672     $ 1,346,421  
     
     
 

Note:  The balance sheet at December 31, 2003 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for complete financial statements.

See accompanying notes.

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
                                       
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Revenues
  $ 508,169     $ 461,201     $ 1,486,304     $ 1,345,030  
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Wages and related
    300,734       275,922       856,406       807,289  
 
Provision for insurance and related items
    29,407       27,892       90,381       82,165  
 
Other operating and administrative
    131,560       116,498       391,449       346,869  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    15,918       14,783       46,241       43,634  
 
Adjustment related to California investigation settlement
                      (925 )
 
Asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items
    (613 )     1,343       1,188       2,672  
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total costs and expenses
    477,006       436,438       1,385,665       1,281,704  
     
     
     
     
 
Income before other income (expenses)
    31,163       24,763       100,639       63,326  
 
Other income (expenses):
                               
   
Interest expense
    (11,122 )     (16,029 )     (35,068 )     (47,761 )
   
Costs related to early extinguishment of debt
    (176 )           (40,430 )      
   
Interest income
    1,246       1,170       4,089       3,554  
   
Net gains on dispositions
    582       2       614       399  
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other expenses, net
    (9,470 )     (14,857 )     (70,795 )     (43,808 )
     
     
     
     
 
Income before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations
    21,693       9,906       29,844       19,518  
Provision for income taxes
    536       1,853       3,038       4,290  
     
     
     
     
 
Income before discontinued operations
    21,157       8,053       26,806       15,228  
Discontinued operations, net of taxes: for the quarters 2004 — $(59) and 2003 — $0; for the nine months 2004 — $286 and 2003 — $0
    3,243       1,930       (4,890 )     24,434  
     
     
     
     
 
Net income
  $ 24,400     $ 9,983     $ 21,916     $ 39,662  
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss) per share of common stock:
                               
Basic:
                               
 
Before discontinued operations
  $ 0.20     $ 0.08     $ 0.25     $ 0.14  
 
Discontinued operations
    0.03       0.01       (0.05 )     0.23  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net income (loss) per share of common stock
  $ 0.23     $ 0.09     $ 0.20     $ 0.37  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Shares used to compute basic net income (loss) per share
    108,039       107,142       107,613       106,356  
     
     
     
     
 
Diluted:
                               
 
Before discontinued operations
  $ 0.19     $ 0.07     $ 0.25     $ 0.14  
 
Discontinued operations
    0.03       0.02       (0.05 )     0.23  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net income (loss) per share of common stock
  $ 0.22     $ 0.09     $ 0.20     $ 0.37  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Shares used to compute diluted net income (loss) per share
    109,061       107,600       108,673       106,510  
     
     
     
     
 

See accompanying notes

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
                         
Nine Months Ended
September 30,

2004 2003


Cash flows from operating activities:
               
 
Net income
  $ 21,916     $ 39,662  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities, including discontinued operations:
               
   
Depreciation and amortization
    47,656       52,845  
   
Provision for reserves on accounts, notes and other receivables, net
    10,772       22,670  
   
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    2,107       3,655  
   
Costs related to early extinguishments of debt
    40,430        
   
Asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items
    3,799       5,224  
   
Gains on dispositions of facilities and other assets, net
    (455 )     (47,254 )
   
Adjustment related to California investigation settlement
          (925 )
   
Insurance related accounts
    (12,833 )     4,189  
   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions:
               
     
Accounts receivable
    (53,955 )     (20,153 )
     
Prepaid expenses
    8,139       (6,635 )
     
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses
    (23,140 )     2,501  
     
Income taxes
    (2,497 )     2,337  
     
Other, net
    (4,219 )     (4,689 )
     
     
 
       
Total adjustments
    15,804       13,765  
     
     
 
       
Net cash provided by operating activities
    37,720       53,427  
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
 
Capital expenditures
    (37,964 )     (29,054 )
 
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
    (71,479 )     (404 )
 
Proceeds from dispositions of facilities and other assets, net
    22,346       173,102  
 
Proceeds from Beverly Funding Corporation investment
    28,956        
 
Collections on notes receivable
    32,268       510  
 
Payments for designated funds, net
    (958 )     (5,320 )
 
Other, net
    (24,316 )     (9,010 )
     
     
 
       
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities
    (51,147 )     129,824  
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
 
Repayments of long-term debt
    (207,479 )     (58,212 )
 
Repayments of off-balance sheet financing
          (69,456 )
 
Proceeds from issuance of new debt
    211,384        
 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    1,399       98  
 
Deferred financing and other costs
    (43,332 )     (2,409 )
     
     
 
       
Net cash used for financing activities
    (38,028 )     (129,979 )
     
     
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (51,455 )     53,272  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    258,815       115,445  
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 207,360     $ 168,717  
     
     
 
Supplemental schedule of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
 
Interest, net of amounts capitalized
  $ 30,969     $ 45,799  
 
Income tax payments, net
    5,821       1,953  

See accompanying notes.

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1. General
 
Basis of Presentation

      References throughout this document to the Company include Beverly Enterprises, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Plain English” guidelines, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been written in the first person. In this document, the words “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer only to Beverly Enterprises, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries and not to any other person.

      We have prepared these condensed consolidated financial statements without audit. In management’s opinion, these condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Although certain information and footnote disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States have been condensed or omitted, we believe that the disclosures in these condensed consolidated financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read along with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, filed with the SEC. Our results of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year.

 
Reclassification

      Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the 2004 financial statement presentation. Assets and liabilities held for sale are reported based on their status as of the balance sheet date.

 
Use of Estimates

      Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States require management to make estimates and assumptions when preparing financial statements that affect:

  •  the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements; and
 
  •  the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

      They also require management to make estimates and assumptions regarding contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 
Transfers of Financial Assets

      During 2003 and through February 29, 2004, we, through our wholly owned subsidiary Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (“BHRS”), sold on a revolving basis certain Medicaid and Veterans Administration (“VA”) accounts receivable to a non-consolidated bankruptcy remote, qualifying special purpose entity, Beverly Funding Corporation (“BFC”), at a discount of 1%. These daily transactions constituted true sales of receivables for which BFC bore the risk of collection. We retained servicing responsibilities for the transferred receivables. We accounted for the transfers of receivables as sales in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities (“SFAS No. 140”).

      In accordance with its medium-term notes agreement, BFC ceased purchasing receivables from BHRS on March 1, 2004. Cash collections on and after March 1, 2004, on receivables purchased by BFC prior to

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1. General — (Continued)

March 1, 2004, were accumulated by BFC to repay its $70.0 million of medium-term notes on June 15, 2004. Upon repayment of the medium-term notes on June 15, 2004, BFC no longer had third-party beneficial owners and, therefore, no longer met the conditions of a qualifying special purpose entity, in accordance with SFAS No. 140. Therefore, during the second quarter of 2004, we reconsolidated the remaining balances of BFC with us.

      At December 31, 2003, we had an investment in BFC of approximately $31.3 million. The investment was recorded at its estimated fair value and was subjected to periodic review for other than temporary impairment. Prior to consolidation, we received $29.0 million of cash from BFC as a return on our investment. The remaining investment balance was recovered through cash collections on the reconsolidated receivables owned by BFC.

      Activities related to the revolving sales structure with BFC were as follows for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30 (in thousands):

                                 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




New receivables sold
  $     $ 207,159     $ 119,360     $ 629,768  
Cash collections remitted
    3,513       212,722       197,123       632,281  
Fees received for servicing
    14       539       658       1,604  
Loss on sale of receivables
          (2,072 )     (1,194 )     (6,298 )

      BHRS provided invoicing and collection services related to the receivables owned by BFC for a market-based servicing fee. BHRS recognized a loss for the 1% discount at the time of sale, which is included in “Other operating and administrative costs and expenses” and in “Net cash provided by operating activities” in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

      Under the revolving sales structure, BFC purchased receivables for cash on a daily basis from BHRS. When BFC ceased its purchases on March 1, 2004, accounts receivable began to increase on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. These Medicaid and VA receivables were collected by BHRS from the respective agencies and relieved from the aging as collected. Our cash flows from operating activities in 2004 have temporarily been negatively impacted since the timing of collections of these receivables is longer than when the receivables were being sold to BFC daily.

 
Revenues

      Our revenues are derived primarily from providing long-term healthcare services. Approximately 80% of our revenues for each of the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were derived from federal and state medical assistance programs (primarily Medicare and Medicaid). We record revenues when services are provided at standard charges adjusted to amounts estimated to be received under governmental programs and other third-party contractual arrangements based on contractual terms and historical experience. These revenues are reported at their estimated net realizable amounts and are subject to audit and retroactive adjustment.

      Retroactive adjustments are estimated in the recording of revenues in the period the related services are rendered. These amounts are adjusted in future periods as adjustments become known or as cost reporting years are no longer subject to audits, reviews or investigations. Due to the complexity of the laws and

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1. General — (Continued)

regulations governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs, there is at least a possibility that recorded estimates will change by a material amount in the near term. Changes in estimates related to third party receivables resulted in an increase in revenues of $3.2 million and $4.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $8.3 million and $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We believe adequate provision has been made to reflect any adjustments that could result from audits of cost reports.

      Compliance with laws and regulations governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs is subject to government review and interpretation, as well as significant regulatory action including fines, penalties, and possible exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In addition, under the Medicare program, if the federal government makes a formal demand for reimbursement, even related to contested items, payment must be made for those items before the provider is given an opportunity to appeal and resolve the issue.

 
Comprehensive Income

      Comprehensive income includes charges and credits to stockholders’ equity not included in net income. Comprehensive income, net of income taxes, in 2003 consisted of unrealized gains on an available-for-sale security of $2.8 million and $3.5 million for the three-month and nine-month periods, respectively. Due to the sale of this security in the fourth quarter of 2003, comprehensive income equaled net income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004. There was no accumulated other comprehensive income at September 30, 2004 or December 31, 2003.

 
Earnings Per Share

      The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

                                     
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Numerator:
                               
 
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per share
  $ 24,400     $ 9,983     $ 21,916     $ 39,662  
     
     
     
     
 
Denominator:
                               
 
Denominator for basic net income per share — weighted average shares
    108,039       107,142       107,613       106,356  
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
   
Employee stock options
    1,022       458       1,060       154  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Denominator for diluted net income per share — weighted average shares and assumed conversions
    109,061       107,600       108,673       106,510  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Basic net income per share
  $ 0.23     $ 0.09     $ 0.20     $ 0.37  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Diluted net income per share
  $ 0.22     $ 0.09     $ 0.20     $ 0.37  
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1. General — (Continued)

      Diluted earnings per share does not include the impact of approximately 1.8 million and 6.9 million of employee stock options outstanding for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, because their effect would have been antidilutive.

      Our $115.0 million of 2.75% convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) are convertible into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $7.45 per share, at the option of the holder, when certain conditions are met prior to maturity. As of September 30, 2004, none of the conversion conditions had been met and, therefore, the common shares into which the Convertible Notes may be converted were not included in the calculation of our diluted earnings per share.

      The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) has ratified Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 04-8, “The Effect of Contingently Convertible Debt on Diluted Earnings per Share,” requiring contingently convertible debt instruments to be included in diluted earnings per share computations, if their effect is dilutive, regardless of whether the conversion trigger has been met. EITF 04-8 will be effective for reporting periods ending after December 15, 2004, and will require restatement of prior period earnings per share amounts presented for comparative purposes. Assuming the Convertible Notes had been included in our diluted per share calculation, our unaudited pro forma diluted net income per share for the three-month period ended September 30, 2004, would have been reduced by $.02 to $.20 per share diluted, based on a total number of shares outstanding of approximately 124,493,000. Per share amounts for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004 would not have changed.

 
Note 2. Insurance

      We believe that adequate provision has been made in the financial statements for liabilities that may arise out of patient care, and related services provided to date, as well as workers’ compensation. These provisions are based primarily upon the results of independent actuarial valuations, prepared by actuaries with healthcare industry experience. These independent valuations are formally prepared twice a year using the most recent trends of claims, settlements and other relevant data. In addition to the actuarial estimate of retained losses, our provision for insurance includes accruals for insurance premiums and related costs for the coverage period

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 2. Insurance — (Continued)

and our estimate of any experience adjustments to premiums. The following table summarizes our provision for insurance and related items (in thousands):

                                   
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




General and professional liability:
                               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 15,422     $ 14,567     $ 51,764     $ 41,223  
 
Discontinued operations
    1,171       6,069       12,074     $ 45,468 (a)
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 16,593     $ 20,636     $ 63,838     $ 86,691  
     
     
     
     
 
Workers’ compensation:
                               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 10,759     $ 9,894     $ 28,883     $ 30,710  
 
Discontinued operations
    615       2,879       2,530       9,580  
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 11,374     $ 12,773     $ 31,413     $ 40,290  
     
     
     
     
 
Other insurance:
                               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 3,226     $ 3,431     $ 9,734     $ 10,232  
 
Discontinued operations
    57       213       245       736  
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 3,283     $ 3,644     $ 9,979     $ 10,968  
     
     
     
     
 
Total provision for insurance and related items:
                               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 29,407     $ 27,892     $ 90,381     $ 82,165  
 
Discontinued operations
    1,843       9,161       14,849       55,784 (a)
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 31,250     $ 37,053     $ 105,230     $ 137,949  
     
     
     
     
 


 
(a) Includes an accrual in 2003 for the purchase of incremental patient care liability insurance on disposed nursing facilities.

      Our insurance liabilities are included in the consolidated balance sheet captions as follows (in thousands):

                   
September 30, December 31,
2004 2003


Current liabilities:
               
 
Accrued wages and related liabilities
  $ 488     $ 2,528  
 
General and professional liabilities
    63,422       93,736  
 
Other accrued liabilities
          10,678  
Long-term liabilities:
               
 
Other liabilities and deferred items
    89,769       52,954  
     
     
 
    $ 153,679     $ 159,896  
     
     
 

      During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we reclassified a portion of our current general and professional liabilities to long-term, primarily due to aggregate limits being reached for certain prior policy

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 2. Insurance — (Continued)

years and adjustments in actuarially projected claim payments for the next twelve months. The decrease in “Other accrued liabilities” resulted from a scheduled payment under the terms of a prior year workers’ compensation insurance policy.

 
Note 3. Asset Impairments, Workforce Reductions and Other Unusual Items

      We recorded pre-tax charges (credits) for asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items as follows (in thousands):

                                 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Asset impairments
  $     $ 972     $ 2,885     $ 1,010  
Workforce reductions
    (1 )     50       97       1,491  
Exit costs and other unusual items
    (237 )     321       (95 )     618  
Reversal of previously recorded charges
    (375 )           (1,699 )     (447 )
     
     
     
     
 
    $ (613 )   $ 1,343     $ 1,188     $ 2,672  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Asset Impairments

      During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004, we recorded asset impairments of $2.9 million primarily related to the write-down of property and equipment on two nursing facilities included in the Nursing Facilities segment. During the first quarter of 2004, management made a determination to close these nursing facilities, which led to an impairment assessment. We estimated the fair market values of these facilities based on salvage values for the land and buildings.

 
Workforce Reductions

      During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004, we recorded $443,000 for workforce reductions, partially offset by $346,000 primarily due to the cancellation of restricted stock. The $443,000 for workforce reductions primarily related to 35 associates who were notified in 2004 that their positions would be eliminated and included $401,000 of cash expenses, $266,000 of which was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

      During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003, we recorded $1.5 million for workforce reductions primarily related to 43 associates who were notified in 2003 that their positions would be eliminated, including the following:

  •  $1.8 million of cash expenses, approximately $1.6 million of which was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2003, with the remaining amount being paid during the year ended December 31, 2003; and
 
  •  non-cash expenses of approximately $125,000 related to the vesting of restricted stock, less approximately $400,000 due to related cancellations of restricted stock.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 3. Asset Impairments, Workforce Reductions and Other Unusual Items — (Continued)
 
Other Unusual Items

      During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004, we recorded an adjustment of $1.3 million resulting from the sale of a previously impaired foreign investment above the carrying value and recorded an adjustment of $375,000 to our Florida disposition costs as a result of collecting a note receivable, received as partial payment for this transaction, above the carrying value. During the nine months ended September 30, 2003, we recorded special pre-tax charges of $618,000 for certain other unusual items and exit costs for retention and severance agreements with employees associated with facilities affected by our divestiture strategy. We also recorded an adjustment of $447,000 primarily resulting from the settlement of a previously impaired asset at a price above the carrying value. The following table summarizes activity in our accruals for estimated workforce reductions and exit costs (in thousands):

                                                                 
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce
Reductions Exit Costs Reductions Exit Costs Reductions Exit Costs Reductions Exit Costs








Balance beginning of period
  $ 1,535     $ 6,667     $ 2,737     $ 5,325     $ 3,029     $ 7,270     $ 5,418     $ 4,991  
Charged to continuing operations
    126       (237 )     202       2,886       553       10       1,643       2,910  
Charged to discontinued operations
          232             12,033             3,032             13,772  
Cash payments
    (364 )     (1,649 )     (356 )     (9,938 )     (2,302 )     (5,299 )     (4,637 )     (11,401 )
Stock transactions
                                        84        
Adjustments
    (127 )           (152 )           (110 )           (77 )     34  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance end of period
  $ 1,170     $ 5,013     $ 2,431     $ 10,306     $ 1,170     $ 5,013     $ 2,431     $ 10,306  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

      Workforce reduction and exit cost accruals are included in “Accrued wages and related liabilities” and “Other accrued liabilities” on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 
Note 4. Discontinued Operations

      During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we recognized net pre-tax losses of $290,000 relating to the following 2004 disposal activities:

  •  15 nursing facilities (1,703 beds) and one assisted living center (32 units) in our Nursing Facilities segment for cash proceeds totaling $9.2 million; and
 
  •  a home medical equipment business in our Home Care segment for cash proceeds totaling $370,000.

      We have included the remaining assets and liabilities of our former Matrix segment, as well as the assets of 24 nursing facilities (2,306 beds) of our Nursing Facilities segment, as held for sale in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2004. The remaining assets and liabilities of our former Matrix segment were included in assets and liabilities held for sale as of December 31, 2003. Long-lived assets classified as held-for-sale were initially measured at the lower of carrying value or fair value less costs to sell. We reassess the fair value less costs to sell of the held-for-sale assets each reporting period. A divestiture plan for these groups of assets has been approved by our Board of Directors and we expect to dispose of these groups in the next three to nine months.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 4. Discontinued Operations — (Continued)

      A summary by operating segment of the asset and liability line items from which the reclassifications have been made at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 is as follows (in thousands):

                                   
2004

2003
Nursing Matrix Total Matrix




Current assets
  $ 512     $ 2,035     $ 2,547     $ 2,042  
Property and equipment, net
    10,774       1,208       11,982       1,100  
Goodwill
          332       332       332  
Other assets
    239       28       267       24  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total assets held for sale
  $ 11,525     $ 3,603     $ 15,128     $ 3,498  
     
     
     
     
 
Current liabilities held for sale
  $     $ 622     $ 622     $ 672  
     
     
     
     
 

      The results of operations of disposed facilities and other assets in the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004, as well as the results of operations of held-for-sale assets, have been reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Also included in discontinued operations are the gains and losses on sales and exit costs relative to these transactions. In addition, discontinued operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003 include the results of operations for all facilities, clinics and businesses disposed of during 2003. A summary of discontinued operations by operating segment is as follows (in thousands):

                                                                 
2004 2003


Home Nursing Home Nursing
Matrix Care Facilities Total Matrix Care Facilities Total








Three Months Ended September 30
                                                               
Revenues
  $ 3,563     $     $ 29,599     $ 33,162     $ 3,314     $ 2,539     $ 115,773     $ 121,626  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)(a)
  $ 211     $ 33     $ 2,075     $ 2,319     $ 228     $ (1,099 )   $ (2,681 )   $ (3,552 )
Gain (loss) on sales and exit costs
    (24 )     366       472       814             309       6,871       7,180  
Impairments and other unusual items
                51       51                   (1,698 )     (1,698 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
  $ 187     $ 399     $ 2,598       3,184     $ 228     $ (790 )   $ 2,492       1,930  
     
     
     
             
     
     
         
Benefit from income taxes
                            (59 )                              
                             
                             
 
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
                          $ 3,243                             $ 1,930  
                             
                             
 


 
(a) Includes net interest expense of $8,000 and $576,000 and depreciation and amortization of $29,000 and $2.3 million for 2004 and 2003, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 4. Discontinued Operations — (Continued)
                                                                 
2004 2003


Home Nursing Home Nursing
Matrix Care Facilities Total Matrix Care Facilities Total








Nine Months Ended September 30
                                                               
Revenues
  $ 10,466     $ 148     $ 115,348     $ 125,962     $ 14,847     $ 20,184     $ 421,607     $ 456,638  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)(a)
  $ 859     $ 1     $ (2,319 )   $ (1,459 )   $ 336     $ (2,092 )   $ (1,002 )   $ (2,758 )
Gain (loss) on sales and exit costs
    (49 )     369       (610 )     (290 )     10,940       929       34,691       46,560  
Impairments and other unusual items(b)
                (2,855 )     (2,855 )           (540 )     (18,828 )     (19,368 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
  $ 810     $ 370     $ (5,784 )     (4,604 )   $ 11,276     $ (1,703 )   $ 14,861       24,434  
     
     
     
             
     
     
         
Provision for income taxes
                            286                                
                             
                             
 
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
                          $ (4,890 )                           $ 24,434  
                             
                             
 


 
(a) Includes net interest expense of $158,000 and $2.7 million and depreciation and amortization of $1.4 million and $9.2 million for 2004 and 2003, respectively.
 
(b) Includes an accrual in 2003 for the purchase of incremental patient care liability insurance on disposed nursing facilities.
 
Note 5. Acquisitions and Dispositions

      On July 30, 2004, we purchased substantially all of the assets of Hospice USA, LLC and its affiliates, which were privately held companies providing hospice services in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, for cash of approximately $69.1 million. At the time of acquisition, Hospice USA, LLC and its affiliates operated 18 hospice locations and had an additional 16 locations under development.

      The acquisition was part of our ongoing strategy to expand our service businesses. The purchase price allocation is preliminary and further adjustments may be made based on a working capital settlement to be finalized during the fourth quarter of 2004. We allocated the purchase price based on estimated fair values. Goodwill related to the Hospice, USA acquisition was $68.0 million as of September 30, 2004.

      The unaudited pro forma condensed statements of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 have been prepared as if the acquisition had taken place on January 1, 2003. The following table summarizes our unaudited pro forma information (in thousands, except per share amounts):

                                 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Revenues
  $ 511,116     $ 469,892     $ 1,505,079     $ 1,367,128  
Income before discontinued operations
    21,657       9,105       29,579       20,012  
Income per share before discontinued operations
    0.20       0.09       0.27       0.19  
Net income
    24,900       11,035       24,689       44,446  
Net income per share
    0.23       0.10       0.23       0.42  

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)

Note 5. Acquisitions and Dispositions — (Continued)

      During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we sold an additional four nursing facilities (639 beds), and certain other assets for cash proceeds of $11.4 million and closed two nursing facilities (182 beds) and one assisted living center (9 units). We did not operate three of the nursing facilities sold, which were previously leased to another nursing home operator. We recognized net pre-tax gains of $614,000, included in “Net gains on dispositions” on the condensed consolidated statements of income, as a result of these disposal activities. These dispositions did not meet the criteria in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“SFAS No. 144”) to be included in discontinued operations.

 
Note 6. Long-Term Debt

      On October 6, 2004, we entered into a $40.0 million letter of credit facility (the “LOC facility”) maturing in October 2008. The LOC facility is secured by certain of our Medicaid and Veterans Administration accounts receivable and contains standard terms and conditions, including a 2.375% fee on outstanding letters of credit. It is our intent to transfer the letters of credit currently under our revolving credit facility to the LOC facility, thereby freeing up the $90.0 million revolving credit facility for future borrowing.

      During June 2004, we commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of our $200.0 million 9 5/8% senior notes due 2009 at an offer price of $1,190 per $1,000 principal amount tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and a solicitation of consents to amend the indenture under which the 9 5/8% senior notes were issued. Holders of $190.6 million of the 9 5/8% senior notes had tendered their notes and delivered consents prior to the July 9, 2004 expiration of the tender offer.

      During June 2004, we issued $215.0 million of 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes due June 15, 2014 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes”). The Senior Subordinated Notes were issued at a discount (98.318% of par) to yield 8.125%. The Senior Subordinated Notes are general unsecured obligations subordinated in right of payment to our existing and future senior unsubordinated indebtedness and are guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries. The Senior Subordinated Notes were issued through a private placement. We filed a registration statement with the SEC on September 23, 2004, in order to affect an exchange offer of these notes for publicly tradable notes. The proceeds from the Senior Subordinated Notes, together with cash on hand, were used to purchase for cash $190.6 million of our 9 5/8% senior notes tendered, as well as to pay related fees and expenses. We recorded a pre-tax charge of $40.4 million related to this transaction, including $36.1 million for the prepayment premium and $3.7 million for the write-off of deferred financing costs on the 9 5/8% senior notes, as well as $681,000 for fees and expenses related to the cash tender offer.

      During the second quarter of 2004, we entered into two amendments to our senior credit facility which, among other things, permitted the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes and the purchase of our 9 5/8% senior notes, reduced the interest rate on the term loan portion of the senior credit facility, increased the size of our revolving credit facility from $75.0 million to $90.0 million and modified certain financial covenant levels.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information

      Our 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes are jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by most of our subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2004, the non-guarantor subsidiaries included Beverly Indemnity, Ltd., our captive insurance subsidiary, and Beverly Funding Corporation, our receivables-backed financing subsidiary. Since the carrying value of the assets of the non-guarantor subsidiaries exceeds three percent of the consolidated assets of Beverly Enterprises, Inc., we are required to disclose consolidating financial statements in our periodic filings with the SEC. Condensed consolidating balance sheets as of September 30, 2004 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                             
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Total





ASSETS
Current assets:
                                       
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 144,845     $ 6,599     $ 55,916     $     $ 207,360  
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
    6,398       200,975       7,965             215,338  
 
Notes receivable, less allowance for doubtful notes
    18       6,481                   6,499  
 
Operating supplies
    108       9,142                   9,250  
 
Assets held for sale
          15,128                   15,128  
 
Prepaid expenses and other
    12,806       10,449       15,880             39,135  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current assets
    164,175       248,774       79,761             492,710  
Property and equipment, net
    5,982       640,878                   646,860  
Other assets:
                                       
 
Goodwill, net
          124,467                   124,467  
 
Other, less allowance for doubtful accounts and notes
    169,622       35,421       161       (134,569 )     70,635  
 
Due from affiliates
    517,684             116,931       (634,615 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total other assets
    687,306       159,888       117,092       (769,184 )     195,102  
     
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 857,463     $ 1,049,540     $ 196,853     $ (769,184 )   $ 1,334,672  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
                                       
 
Accounts payable
  $ 4,964     $ 54,117     $     $     $ 59,081  
 
Accrued wages and related liabilities
    21,928       73,550                   95,478  
 
Accrued interest
    7,780       1,286                   9,066  
 
General and professional liabilities
    20,981             46,065       (3,624 )     63,422  
 
Federal government settlement obligations
          14,064                   14,064  
 
Liabilities held for sale
          622                   622  
 
Other accrued liabilities
    15,220       71,923                   87,143  
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    1,350       10,294                   11,644  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current liabilities
    72,223       225,856       46,065       (3,624 )     340,520  
Long-term debt
    468,134       90,354                   558,488  
Other liabilities and deferred items
    55,413       62,257       56,301             173,971  
Due to affiliates
          634,615             (634,615 )      
Commitments and contingencies
                                       
Stockholders’ equity:
                                       
 
Preferred stock, shares authorized
                             
 
Common stock, shares issued
    11,624       5,908       120       (6,028 )     11,624  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    897,476       357,472       7,556       (365,028 )     897,476  
 
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    (538,909 )     (326,922 )     86,811       240,111       (538,909 )
 
Treasury stock, at cost
    (108,498 )                       (108,498 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total stockholders’ equity
    261,693       36,458       94,487       (130,945 )     261,693  
     
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 857,463     $ 1,049,540     $ 196,853     $ (769,184 )   $ 1,334,672  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating balance sheets as of December 31, 2003 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                             
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Total





ASSETS
Current assets:
                                       
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 223,575     $ 5,351     $ 29,889     $     $ 258,815  
 
Accounts receivable — patient, less allowance for doubtful accounts
          149,108                   149,108  
 
Accounts receivable — non-patient, less allowance for doubtful accounts
    2,481       4,445       8,601             15,527  
 
Notes receivable, less allowance for doubtful notes
    18       13,706                   13,724  
 
Operating supplies
    47       10,378                   10,425  
 
Assets held for sale
          3,498                   3,498  
 
Investment in Beverly Funding Corporation
    31,342                         31,342  
 
Prepaid expenses and other
    10,964       10,604       11,809             33,377  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current assets
    268,427       197,090       50,299             515,816  
Property and equipment, net
    7,134       687,086                   694,220  
Other assets:
                                       
 
Goodwill, net
          57,102                   57,102  
 
Other, less allowance for doubtful accounts and notes
    121,031       45,446             (87,194 )     79,283  
 
Due from affiliates
    421,828             145,240       (567,068 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total other assets
    542,859       102,548       145,240       (654,262 )     136,385  
     
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 818,420     $ 986,724     $ 195,539     $ (654,262 )   $ 1,346,421  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
                                       
 
Accounts payable
  $ 8,123     $ 59,449     $     $     $ 67,572  
 
Accrued wages and related liabilities
    25,104       91,613                   116,717  
 
Accrued interest
    5,733       1,163                   6,896  
 
General and professional liabilities
    41,370             70,425       (18,059 )     93,736  
 
Federal government settlement obligations
          13,125                   13,125  
 
Liabilities held for sale
          672                   672  
 
Other accrued liabilities
    16,502       85,787                   102,289  
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    1,350       12,004                   13,354  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current liabilities
    98,182       263,813       70,425       (18,059 )     414,361  
Long-term debt
    448,313       104,560                   552,873  
Other liabilities and deferred items
    33,739       69,342       37,920             141,001  
Due to affiliates
          567,068             (567,068 )      
Commitments and contingencies
                                       
Stockholders’ equity:
                                       
 
Preferred stock, shares authorized
                             
 
Common stock, shares issued
    11,559       5,908       120       (6,028 )     11,559  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    895,950       364,609       7,556       (372,165 )     895,950  
 
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
    (560,825 )     (388,576 )     79,518       309,058       (560,825 )
 
Treasury stock, at cost
    (108,498 )                       (108,498 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total stockholders’ equity
    238,186       (18,059 )     87,194       (69,135 )     238,186  
     
     
     
     
     
 
    $ 818,420     $ 986,724     $ 195,539     $ (654,262 )   $ 1,346,421  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating statements of income for the three months ended September 30, 2004 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                               
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Total





Revenues
  $ 1,693     $ 506,686     $ 13,805     $ (14,015 )   $ 508,169  
Costs and expenses:
                                       
 
Wages and related
    14,417       286,317                   300,734  
 
Provision for insurance and related items
    2,407       27,000       15,103       (15,103 )     29,407  
 
Other operating and administrative
    7,861       123,948       (235 )     (14 )     131,560  
 
Overhead allocation
    (20,189 )     20,189                    
 
Depreciation and amortization
    1,617       14,301                   15,918  
 
Asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items
    1,421       (2,034 )                 (613 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total costs and expenses
    7,534       469,721       14,868       (15,117 )     477,006  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before other income (expenses)
    (5,841 )     36,965       (1,063 )     1,102       31,163  
 
Other income (expenses):
                                       
   
Interest expense
          (12,216 )           1,094       (11,122 )
   
Costs related to early extinguishments of debt
    (176 )                       (176 )
   
Interest income
    527       452       1,361       (1,094 )     1,246  
   
Net gains on dispositions
          582                   582  
   
Equity in earnings (or losses) of affiliates
    30,426                   (30,426 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other expenses, net
    30,777       (11,182 )     1,361       (30,426 )     (9,470 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations
    24,936       25,783       298       (29,324 )     21,693  
Provision for income taxes
    536                         536  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before discontinued operations
    24,400       25,783       298       (29,324 )     21,157  
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
          3,243                   3,243  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 24,400     $ 29,026     $ 298     $ (29,324 )   $ 24,400  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating statements of income for the three months ended September 30, 2003 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                               
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Total





Revenues
  $ 19     $ 461,182     $ 1,343     $ (1,343 )   $ 461,201  
Costs and expenses:
                                       
 
Wages and related
    14,177       261,745                   275,922  
 
Provision for insurance and related items
    2,659       25,233       3,743       (3,743 )     27,892  
 
Other operating and administrative
    5,073       111,425                   116,498  
 
Overhead allocation
    (21,193 )     21,193                    
 
Depreciation and amortization
    1,740       13,043                   14,783  
 
Asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items
    253       1,090                   1,343  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total costs and expenses
    2,709       433,729       3,743       (3,743 )     436,438  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before other income (expenses)
    (2,690 )     27,453       (2,400 )     2,400       24,763  
 
Other income (expenses):
                                       
   
Interest expense
          (17,506 )           1,477       (16,029 )
   
Interest income
    306       723       1,618       (1,477 )     1,170  
   
Net gains on dispositions
          2                   2  
   
Equity in earnings (or losses) of affiliates
    14,220                   (14,220 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other expenses, net
    14,526       (16,781 )     1,618       (14,220 )     (14,857 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations
    11,836       10,672       (782 )     (11,820 )     9,906  
Provision for income taxes
    1,853                         1,853  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before discontinued operations
    9,983       10,672       (782 )     (11,820 )     8,053  
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
          1,930                   1,930  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 9,983     $ 12,602     $ (782 )   $ (11,820 )   $ 9,983  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                               
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Total





Revenues
  $ 2,907     $ 1,483,607     $ 57,011     $ (57,221 )   $ 1,486,304  
Costs and expenses:
                                       
 
Wages and related
    33,847       822,559                   856,406  
 
Provision for insurance and related items
    7,203       83,178       53,990       (53,990 )     90,381  
 
Other operating and administrative
    19,805       371,893       (235 )     (14 )     391,449  
 
Overhead allocation
    (60,962 )     60,962                    
 
Depreciation and amortization
    5,018       41,223                   46,241  
 
Asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items
    97       1,091                   1,188  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total costs and expenses
    5,008       1,380,906       53,755       (54,004 )     1,385,665  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before other income (expenses)
    (2,101 )     102,701       3,256       (3,217 )     100,639  
 
Other income (expenses):
                                       
   
Interest expense
          (38,502 )           3,434       (35,068 )
   
Costs related to early extinguishments of debt
    (40,430 )                       (40,430 )
   
Interest income
    1,755       1,731       4,037       (3,434 )     4,089  
   
Net gains on dispositions
          614                   614  
   
Equity in earnings (or losses) of affiliates
    65,730                   (65,730 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other expenses, net
    27,055       (36,157 )     4,037       (65,730 )     (70,795 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations
    24,954       66,544       7,293       (68,947 )     29,844  
Provision for income taxes
    3,038                         3,038  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before discontinued operations
    21,916       66,544       7,293       (68,947 )     26,806  
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
          (4,890 )                 (4,890 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 21,916     $ 61,654     $ 7,293     $ (68,947 )   $ 21,916  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                               
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Total





Revenues
  $ 10     $ 1,345,020     $ 10,495     $ (10,495 )   $ 1,345,030  
Costs and expenses:
                                       
 
Wages and related
    39,462       767,827                   807,289  
 
Provision for insurance and related items
    7,995       74,170       7,732       (7,732 )     82,165  
 
Other operating and administrative
    18,832       328,037                   346,869  
 
Overhead allocation
    (61,526 )     61,526                    
 
Depreciation and amortization
    5,141       38,493                   43,634  
 
Adjustment related to California investigation settlement
          (925 )                 (925 )
 
Asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items
    1,419       1,253                   2,672  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total costs and expenses
    11,323       1,270,381       7,732       (7,732 )     1,281,704  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before other income (expenses)
    (11,313 )     74,639       2,763       (2,763 )     63,326  
 
Other income (expenses):
                                       
   
Interest expense
          (53,254 )           5,493       (47,761 )
   
Interest income
    1,094       1,998       5,955       (5,493 )     3,554  
   
Net gains on dispositions
          399                   399  
   
Equity in earnings (or losses) of affiliates
    54,171                   (54,171 )      
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other expenses, net
    55,265       (50,857 )     5,955       (54,171 )     (43,808 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes and discontinued operations
    43,952       23,782       8,718       (56,934 )     19,518  
Provision for income taxes
    4,290                         4,290  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before discontinued operations
    39,662       23,782       8,718       (56,934 )     15,228  
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
          24,434                   24,434  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 39,662     $ 48,216     $ 8,718     $ (56,934 )   $ 39,662  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                     
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Total




Cash flows from operating activities:
  $ (72,473 )   $ 84,115     $ 26,078     $ 37,720  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                               
 
Capital expenditures
    (3,912 )     (34,052 )           (37,964 )
 
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          (71,479 )           (71,479 )
 
Proceeds from dispositions of facilities and other assets, net
    1,324       21,022             22,346  
 
Proceeds from Beverly Funding Corporation
    28,956                   28,956  
 
Collections on notes receivable
          32,268             32,268  
 
Payments for designated funds, net
    (230 )     (728 )           (958 )
 
Other, net
    (10,446 )     (13,870 )             (24,316 )
     
     
     
     
 
   
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
    15,692       (66,839 )           (51,147 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                               
 
Repayments of long-term debt
    (191,623 )     (15,856 )           (207,479 )
 
Repayments of off-balance sheet financing
                       
 
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
    211,384                   211,384  
 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    1,399                   1,399  
 
Deferred financing and other costs
    (43,281 )           (51 )     (43,332 )
     
     
     
     
 
   
Net cash used for financing activities
    (22,121 )     (15,856 )     (51 )     (38,028 )
     
     
     
     
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (78,902 )     1,420       26,027       (51,455 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    223,575       5,351       29,889       258,815  
     
     
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 144,673     $ 6,771     $ 55,916     $ 207,360  
     
     
     
     
 

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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 7. Additional Guarantor Information — (Continued)

      Condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (parent only), the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are as follows:

                                     
Non-
Guarantor Guarantor
Parent Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Total




Cash flows from operating activities:
  $ 47,554     $ (17,573 )   $ 23,446     $ 53,427  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                               
 
Capital expenditures
    (4,493 )     (24,561 )           (29,054 )
 
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          (404 )           (404 )
 
Proceeds from dispositions of facilities and other assets, net
          173,102             173,102  
 
Proceeds from Beverly Funding Corporation investment
                       
 
Collections on notes receivable
    6       504             510  
 
Payments for designated funds, net
    (5,711 )     391             (5,320 )
 
Other, net
    166       (9,176 )           (9,010 )
     
     
     
     
 
   
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
    (10,032 )     139,856             129,824  
Cash flows from financing activities:
                               
 
Repayments of long-term debt
    (1,813 )     (56,399 )           (58,212 )
 
Repayments of off-balance sheet financing
          (69,456 )           (69,456 )
 
Proceeds from issuance of new debt
                       
 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    98                   98  
 
Deferred financing and other costs
    (2,399 )     (10 )           (2,409 )
     
     
     
     
 
   
Net cash used for financing activities
    (4,114 )     (125,865 )           (129,979 )
     
     
     
     
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    33,408       (3,582 )     23,446       53,272  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    86,456       8,516       20,473       115,445  
     
     
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 119,864     $ 4,934     $ 43,919     $ 168,717  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Note 8. Income Taxes

      The provisions for income taxes from continuing operations of $3.0 million and $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, primarily relate to state income taxes. The tax provisions differ from those calculated using the federal statutory rate due to changes in the valuation allowance, established at December 31, 2001, for net deferred tax assets. In 2004, the valuation allowance decreased $19.5 million primarily due to the reversal of temporary differences and the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards to offset taxable income. In 2003, the valuation allowance decreased primarily due to the reversal of temporary differences in conjunction with the Matrix disposition and associated with certain costs related to MK Medical, partially offset by an increase in net operating loss carryforwards.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 9. Stockholders’ Equity

      During July 2004, we filed two registration statements on Form S-8 with the SEC registering 5.3 million shares of our common stock issuable under the 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 450,000 shares of our common stock issuable under our Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan. During March 2004, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 with the SEC relating to 1.0 million shares of our common stock issuable to eligible persons in accordance with the terms of our 401(k) SavingsPlus Plan.

      We currently do not recognize compensation expense for our stock option grants, which are issued at fair market value on the date of grant and are accounted for under the intrinsic value method. We are in compliance with the current accounting rules regarding stock-based compensation. On June 30, 2004, the FASB issued an Exposure Draft, Share-Based Payment, which will require all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be expensed in the statements of income based on their fair values. The FASB currently expects the new standard will be issued during December 2004, with an anticipated effective date for reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2005, and require expensing of all options that remain unvested as of the effective date, among other things.

      For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair market value of all outstanding stock options is amortized to expense over the respective vesting periods. The fair market value has been estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The pro forma effects are not necessarily indicative of the effects on future quarters or future years. The following table summarizes our unaudited pro forma net income and diluted net income per share assuming we accounted for our stock option grants using the fair value method (in thousands, except per share amounts):

                                 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Reported net income(a)
  $ 24,400     $ 9,983     $ 21,916     $ 39,662  
Stock option compensation expense
    1,025       1,801       4,132       5,090  
     
     
     
     
 
Pro forma net income
  $ 23,375     $ 8,182     $ 17,784     $ 34,572  
     
     
     
     
 
Reported diluted net income per share
  $ 0.22     $ 0.09     $ 0.20     $ 0.37  
     
     
     
     
 
Pro forma diluted net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.21     $ 0.08     $ 0.16     $ 0.33  
     
     
     
     
 


 
(a) Includes total charges to our condensed consolidated statements of income related to restricted stock grants for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 of approximately $1.1 million and $619,000, respectively, and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 of approximately $2.7 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
 
Note 10. Contingencies and Legal Proceedings

      We are contingently liable for approximately $12.3 million of long-term debt maturing on various dates through 2019, as well as annual interest on that debt. These contingent liabilities principally arose from previous sales of nursing facilities and assisted living centers. We also guarantee certain third-party operating leases. These guarantees arose from our dispositions of leased facilities, of which the underlying leases have $62.7 million of minimum rental commitments remaining through the initial lease terms. In accordance with the FASB’s Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, we have recorded a liability of approximately

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 10. Contingencies and Legal Proceedings — (Continued)

$660,000 as of September 30, 2004, included in “Other accrued liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, as the estimated fair value of guarantees entered into or modified since January 1, 2003.

      As discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, the following derivative lawsuits were filed in the state court of Arkansas, as well as the federal district court in Arkansas, assertedly on behalf of the Company (collectively, the “Derivative Actions”):

  •  Norman M. Lyons v. David R. Banks, et. al., Case No. OT99-4041, was filed in the Chancery Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas (4th Division) on or about July 29, 1999, and the parties filed an Agreed Motion to Stay the proceedings on January 17, 2000;
 
  •  Badger v. David R. Banks, et. al., Case No. LR-C-99-881, was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (Western Division) on November 30, 1999; and
 
  •  Richardson v. David R. Banks, et. al., Case No. LR-C-99-826, was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (Western Division) on November 4, 1999.

      The Badger and Richardson actions were ordered to be consolidated as In re Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Derivative Litigation and by agreed motion, plaintiffs filed an amended, consolidated complaint on April 21, 2000. On June 1, 2004, the parties filed with the court papers effectuating a settlement for these actions, as well as the Lyons action, which provides that we will incorporate various corporate governance practices that are consistent with our policies. In addition, the directors and officers’ liability insurance carriers, on behalf of the individual defendants, will pay no more than $375,000 for plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees. The court approved the settlement on September 28, 2004, and the actions have been dismissed with prejudice.

      As discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as amended, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, on October 31, 2002, a shareholder derivative action entitled Paul Dunne and Helene Dunne, derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant Beverly Enterprises, Inc. v. Beryl F. Anthony, Jr., et. al. was filed in the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Fort Smith Division (No. CIV-2002-1241). This case was purportedly brought derivatively on our behalf against various current and former officers and directors. The complaint alleges causes of action for breach of fiduciary duty against the defendants based on: (1) allegations that defendants failed to establish and maintain adequate accounting controls such that we failed to record adequate reserves for patient care liability costs; and (2) allegations that certain defendants sold Company stock while purportedly in possession of material non-public information. On May 16, 2003, two additional derivative complaints (Holcombe v. Floyd, et. al. and Flowers v. Floyd, et. al.) were filed and subsequently transferred to the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Fort Smith Division and consolidated with the Dunne action as Holcomb v. Beverly Enterprises, Inc. The Dunnes were subsequently dismissed as plaintiffs.

      On June 9, 2003, pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, the court entered a scheduling order providing, among other things, that plaintiffs had thirty days from a ruling on the motion to dismiss filed by defendants in the securities class action in federal court, In re Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Securities Litigation (Case No. 2:02 cv 2190), to file an amended complaint and that defendants shall have thirty days thereafter to respond to the complaint. The court entered a ruling on the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the federal securities class action on December 23, 2003, and the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal on January 22, 2004. In light of the plaintiffs’ appeal, the parties agreed to a further stay of this derivative action pending resolution of the appeal. The dismissal of the appeal on April 19, 2004, described above, began the thirty-day period for plaintiffs to file an amended complaint in the derivative action, which they declined to do. Defendants’ response to the complaint

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 10. Contingencies and Legal Proceedings — (Continued)

was originally due on June 19, 2004. The court has extended the time for defendants to respond until November 19, 2004. Due to the preliminary state of this action, we are unable to assess the probable outcome of the case and can give no assurance of the ultimate impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

      We are a party to various legal matters relating to patient care, including claims that our services have resulted in injury or death to residents of our facilities. Over the past few years, we have experienced an increasing trend in the number and severity of the claims asserted against us. We believe that there has been, and will continue to be, an increase in governmental investigations of long-term care providers. Adverse determinations in legal proceedings or governmental investigations, whether currently asserted or arising in the future, could have a material adverse effect on us.

      There are various other lawsuits and regulatory actions pending against us arising in the normal course of business, some of which seek punitive damages that are generally not covered by insurance. We do not believe that the ultimate resolution of such other matters will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 
Note 11. Segment Information

      Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, provides disclosure guidelines for segments of a company based on a management approach to defining operating segments. Our operations are organized into three primary segments:

  •  Nursing Facilities, which provide long-term healthcare through the operation of skilled nursing homes and assisted living centers;
 
  •  Aegis, which provides rehabilitation therapy services under contract to our nursing facilities and facilities operated by other care providers; and
 
  •  Hospice/ Home Care, which primarily provides hospice services.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
Note 11. Segment Information — (Continued)

      The following table summarizes certain information for each of our operating segments (in thousands):

                                                   
Nursing Hospice/ Discontinued
Facilities Aegis(1) Home Care All Other(2) Total Operations(3)






Three Months Ended September 30, 2004
                                               
 
Revenues from external customers
  $ 455,684     $ 31,975     $ 19,247     $ 1,263     $ 508,169     $ 33,162  
 
Intercompany revenues
    816       36,946             612       38,374        
 
Depreciation and amortization
    13,484       231       217       1,986       15,918       29  
 
Interest expense
    1,796                   9,326       11,122       1  
 
Interest income
    458       8             780       1,246       (7 )
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
    26,415       9,697       2,863       (17,282 )     21,693       3,184  
 
Goodwill
    44,753             79,714             124,467       332  
 
Total assets
    852,537       31,079       97,526       338,402       1,319,544       15,128  
 
Capital expenditures
    14,529       255       287       717       15,788       263  
Three Months Ended September 30, 2003
                                               
 
Revenues from external customers
  $ 429,082     $ 20,044     $ 10,369     $ 1,706     $ 461,201     $ 121,626  
 
Intercompany revenues
    373       38,572             490       39,435        
 
Depreciation and amortization
    12,275       193       137       2,178       14,783       2,251  
 
Interest expense
    3,154                   12,875       16,029       611  
 
Interest income
    693       8             469       1,170       35  
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
    13,809       12,487       1,841       (18,231 )     9,906       1,930  
 
Goodwill
    44,529             11,724       269       56,522       1,403  
 
Total assets
    892,698       18,983       21,319       258,753       1,191,753       148,624  
 
Capital expenditures
    8,270       352       288       1,721       10,631       1,054  
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
                                               
 
Revenues from external customers
  $ 1,349,160     $ 89,023     $ 42,399     $ 5,722     $ 1,486,304     $ 125,962  
 
Intercompany revenues
    1,902       112,228             1,548       115,678        
 
Depreciation and amortization
    39,147       650       427       6,017       46,241       1,415  
 
Interest expense
    6,034       1             29,033       35,068       178  
 
Interest income
    1,719       13       1       2,356       4,089       20  
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
    68,249       34,530       6,439       (79,374 )     29,844       (4,604 )
 
Goodwill
    44,753             79,714             124,467       332  
 
Total assets
    852,537       31,079       97,526       338,402       1,319,544       15,128  
 
Capital expenditures
    31,919       742       418       3,946       37,025       939  
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2003
                                               
 
Revenues from external customers
  $ 1,257,071     $ 55,444     $ 27,757     $ 4,758     $ 1,345,030     $ 456,638  
 
Intercompany revenues
    416       117,901             878       119,195        
 
Depreciation and amortization
    36,972       619       428       5,615       43,634       9,211  
 
Interest expense
    9,116             8       38,637       47,761       2,705  
 
Interest income
    1,865       25             1,664       3,554       41  
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
    40,531       35,559       3,262       (59,834 )     19,518       24,434  
 
Goodwill
    44,529             11,724       269       56,522       1,403  
 
Total assets
    892,698       18,983       21,319       258,753       1,191,753       148,624  
 
Capital expenditures
    17,099       991       336       6,284       24,710       4,344  


(1)  Pre-tax income (loss) includes profit on intercompany revenues, which is eliminated in “All Other.”
 
(2)  Includes the operations of our corporate headquarters and related overhead, as well as certain non-operating revenues and expenses. Such amounts also include a special pre-tax credit totaling $613,000 and a pre-tax charge of $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and pre-tax charges of $1.2 million and $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, for asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items. (See Note 3.)
 
(3)  In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, the results of operations of certain nursing facilities, clinics and other assets have been reclassified, for all periods presented, as discontinued operations. Pre-tax income (loss) includes net gains on sales and exit costs of $865,000 and net gains on sales of $5.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Pre-tax income (loss) includes net losses on sales and exit costs of $3.1 million and net gains on sales of $27.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The remaining assets and liabilities of our former Matrix segment and the assets of 24 nursing facilities are classified as held for sale at September 30, 2004. (See Note 4.)

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REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP,

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Beverly Enterprises, Inc.

      We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Beverly Enterprises, Inc. as of September 30, 2004, and the related condensed consolidated statements of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 (“Form 10-Q”). These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

      We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), which will be performed for the full year with the objective of expressing an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

      Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

      We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Beverly Enterprises, Inc. as of December 31, 2003 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, not presented in the Company’s Form 10-Q, and in our report dated September 21, 2004, except for Note 16, as to which the date was September 23, 2004, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2003, included in the Company’s Form 10-Q, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

  ERNST & YOUNG LLP SIG

Fort Smith, Arkansas

November 2, 2004

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ITEM 2.     MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

General

 
Overview

      Our results for the third quarter of 2004 were strong, both operationally and financially. Net income from continuing operations totaled $21.2 million (19 cents per share diluted) in the third quarter of 2004, compared to $8.1 million (7 cents per share diluted) in the 2003 third quarter. Revenues from continuing operations for the 2004 third quarter totaled $508.2 million, an increase of more than 10% from the comparable period in 2003. Nursing Facility revenues were up more than 6%, third-party revenues for Aegis were up 60% and Hospice/ Home Care recorded an 86% increase in revenue.

      The revenue increase for Nursing Facilities reflects a 7.2% increase in the overall per diem rate and a continuing improvement in Medicare patients as a percentage of total patient days to 11.4%. Compared with the 2003 third quarter, our Medicare rate rose 9.8%, Medicaid rates increased 5.3% (4.8% net of the cost of provider taxes) and private and managed care rates were up 5.7%.

      Aegis revenues reflect the net addition of 17 new customers during the quarter, as well as continued business expansion among existing customers. Revenues from our core Hospice/Home Care operations were up 33%, with the balance of this segment’s revenue growth coming from our July 30 acquisition of Hospice USA. Our integration of the 18 new hospice locations in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama into our existing hospice business is proceeding as anticipated. This acquisition is expected to contribute $1.8 million of pre-tax income for 2004. Including the acquisition, average daily hospice census for the 2004 third quarter was 1,792.

      These revenue increases — coupled with continued contributions from ongoing cost-control and refinancing initiatives — contributed to a 119% increase in pre-tax income from continuing operations for the 2004 third quarter, compared to the year-earlier period.

      We expect sustained operating improvements and tight cost controls to make 2004 another very strong year for us. We remain committed to maximizing current performance, while continuing to build a solid foundation for further profitable growth in 2005 and beyond.

 
Governmental Regulation

      We are subject to extensive regulation by federal, state and local agencies. Each of our facilities must comply with regulations regarding staffing levels, patient care standards, occupational health and safety, patient confidentiality, billing and reimbursement, as well as environmental and biological hazards, among others. Additionally, government agencies have steadily increased their enforcement activity in this industry over the past several years, particularly with respect to large for-profit, multi-facility providers like us. This regulatory environment may force us to expend considerable resources to ensure compliance and respond to inspections, investigations or other enforcement actions. We believe the government will continue aggressive enforcement in the future.

      On February 3, 2000, we entered into a series of separate agreements with the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). As part of this series of agreements, we entered into a civil settlement agreement pursuant to which we paid the federal government $25.0 million during the first quarter of 2000 and agreed to reimburse the federal government an additional $145.0 million through withholdings from our biweekly Medicare periodic interim payments in equal installments ending in the first quarter of 2008. As of September 30, 2004, the present value of the remaining obligation was $51.8 million. As a result of such withholdings, our cash flows from operations were negatively impacted by $13.9 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004, and are expected to be negatively impacted at an annual rate of $18.1 million.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

      As part of this series of agreements, we entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the OIG, which was subsequently revised in 2002 and 2004. This agreement requires that we monitor our activities, on an ongoing basis, to ensure our compliance with the requirements of participation in federal healthcare programs. It also includes functional and training obligations, audit and review requirements and record keeping and reporting requirements. The 2002 revisions were made to reflect a permanent injunction requiring our nursing facilities in California to conduct additional training programs and to hire an independent quality monitor for our nursing facilities in California, Arizona, Hawaii and Washington to assess our quality care systems. We have divested all of our nursing facilities in Arizona, Washington and Hawaii and a substantial portion of our nursing facilities in California. The 2004 revisions were made to extend the services of the quality monitor to all of our nursing facilities and to reflect a modification of the requirements under the agreement with respect to training and education.

      We believe that we are generally in compliance with the requirements of our Corporate Integrity Agreement and file annual reports with the OIG documenting our compliance. If we fail to comply with our Corporate Integrity Agreement, we may be subject to penalties or exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

      In the ordinary course of business, we periodically receive notices of deficiencies for allegations of failure to comply with various regulatory requirements. We review all such notices and take timely and appropriate corrective action. In most cases, the facility and the government will agree upon steps to be taken to bring the facility into compliance with regulatory requirements. In some cases or upon repeat violations, the government may take a number of adverse actions against the facility or us, including imposition of fines, temporary suspension of admission of new patients, decertification from participation in Medicare or Medicaid programs and licensure revocation. Also in the ordinary course of business, we periodically receive requests for information from various regulatory agencies about our facilities and operations. We review all such requests and take steps to provide timely and appropriate responses to the applicable agencies.

Critical Accounting Policy Update

 
Patient Care Liability and Insurance Risks

      General and professional liability costs for the long-term healthcare industry have become increasingly expensive and difficult to estimate. In addition, insurance coverage for patient care liability and certain other risks, for nursing facilities specifically and companies in general, has become increasingly difficult to obtain. When obtained, insurance carriers are often requiring companies to significantly increase their liability retention levels and pay substantially higher premiums for reduced terms of coverage. We have experienced higher premiums and retention levels in the past. Our insurance covering patient care liability and workers’ compensation was renewed in the second quarter of 2004, with retention levels remaining consistent and premiums being generally the same or less than the prior year. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to renew our insurance coverages in future years on terms as favorable as those we currently have. The majority of our workers’ compensation and auto liability risks are insured through loss-sensitive insurance policies with affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies. For our general and professional liabilities, we are responsible for the first dollar of each claim, up to a self-insurance limit determined by the individual policies, subject to aggregate limits in certain prior policy years.

      Our liabilities for general, professional and workers’ compensation risk are estimated by our independent actuaries twice a year using the most recent trends of claims, settlements and other relevant data. On an undiscounted basis, these liabilities totaled approximately $197.9 million at September 30, 2004. On our financial statements, these liabilities are discounted at 10% to their present value using expected loss payment timing patterns. The discount rate is based upon our best estimate of the incremental borrowing rate that would be required to fund these liabilities with uncollateralized debt. A reduction in the discount rate by one-

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

half of a percentage point would have resulted in an additional pre-tax charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 of approximately $1.7 million. Based on information provided by our independent actuaries, we estimate our range of discounted exposure for these liabilities to be approximately $144.7 million to $164.7 million. At September 30, 2004, our recorded reserves for these liabilities totaled $153.7 million. We believe adequate provision has been made in our condensed consolidated financial statements for patient care, workers’ compensation and other insurance liabilities.

Stock-Based Awards

      See “Item 1. — Note 9” for a summary of our pro forma net income and diluted net income per share assuming we accounted for all of our outstanding stock options using the fair value method in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

      On June 15, 2004, Beverly Funding Corporation (“BFC”) repaid $70.0 million of medium-term notes (the “Medium-Term Notes”). These notes were obligations of BFC, a bankruptcy remote, qualifying special purpose entity, which was not consolidated with us prior to the repayment of the notes. Upon repayment of the Medium-Term Notes, BFC no longer had third-party beneficial owners and no longer met the conditions of a qualifying special purpose entity. Therefore, during the second quarter of 2004, BFC was reconsolidated with us.

      We are contingently liable for approximately $12.3 million of long-term debt maturing on various dates through 2019, as well as annual interest on that debt. These contingent liabilities principally arose from previous sales of nursing facilities and assisted living centers. We also guarantee certain third-party operating leases. Those guarantees arose from our dispositions of leased facilities and the underlying leases have $62.7 million of minimum rental commitments remaining through the initial lease terms. In accordance with the FASB’s Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, we have recorded a liability of approximately $660,000 as of September 30, 2004, included in “Other accrued liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, as the estimated fair value of guarantees entered into or modified since January 1, 2003.

Operating Results

 
Reclassification

      Results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 reflect certain asset dispositions during 2004 and 2003, and assets held for sale as of September 30, 2004, as discontinued operations. (See Item 1. — Note 4.) The following discussions of “Third Quarter 2004 Compared to Third Quarter 2003” and “Nine Months 2004 Compared to Nine Months 2003” reflect this reclassification.

 
Third Quarter 2004 Compared to Third Quarter 2003
 
Results of Operations — Continuing Operations

      We reported income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2004 of $21.2 million, compared to income of $8.1 million for the same period in 2003. The income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2004 included a special pre-tax credit of $613,000 related to the reversal of previously recorded charges (see Item 1. — Note 3). Income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2003 included special pre-tax charges for asset impairments, workforce reductions, exit costs and other unusual items of $1.3 million.

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OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
 
Revenues

      We reported revenues of $508.2 million during the third quarter of 2004, compared to $461.2 million for the same period in 2003. Approximately 90% and 93% of our revenues for the quarters ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, were derived from services provided by our Nursing Facilities segment. The increase in revenues of $47.0 million, or 10.2%, for the third quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period in 2003, is due to the following:

  •  an increase of $40.6 million from facilities we operated during each of the quarters ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and organic growth from our service businesses (“same facility operations”);
 
  •  an increase of $8.8 million primarily due to a nursing facility acquisition, the Hospice USA acquisition, the opening of seven hospice locations and start-up businesses; offset by
 
  •  a decrease of $2.4 million due to dispositions during 2004 and 2003 which did not meet the criteria to be included in discontinued operations.

      The increase in revenues of $40.6 million from same facility operations for the third quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period in 2003, primarily consists of the following:

  •  increase of $11.9 million, $9.3 million and $3.2 million in Medicaid, Medicare and private payment rates, respectively;
 
  •  an increase of $11.9 million due to growth in Aegis’ external therapy business;
 
  •  an increase of $2.8 million due to growth in our Hospice/ Home Care business; offset by
 
  •  a decrease of $1.6 million due to a decline in same facility census.
 
Costs and Expenses

      We reported costs and expenses of $477.0 million during the third quarter of 2004 compared to $436.4 million for the same period in 2003. Excluding special net pre-tax credits of $613,000 in 2004 and a special pre-tax charge of $1.3 million in 2003, discussed above, our costs and expenses increased $42.5 million, or 9.8%, consisting of the following:

  •  an increase of $39.0 million in same facility operations;
 
  •  an increase of $7.5 million primarily due to a nursing facility acquisition, the Hospice USA acquisition, the opening of seven hospice locations and start-up businesses; offset by
 
  •  a decrease of $4.0 million due to dispositions during 2004 and 2003 not reported as discontinued operations.

      The increase in costs and expenses of $39.0 million from same facility operations for the third quarter of 2004, as compared to the same period in 2003, was due primarily to the following:

  •  a net increase of $22.8 million in wages and related expenses, primarily due to a 3.8% increase in our weighted average wage rate and 1.3% increase in nursing hours per patient day;
 
  •  an increase of $3.8 million in contracted services;
 
  •  an increase of $1.5 million in our provision for insurance;
 
  •  an increase of $1.4 million in state-imposed provider taxes; and
 
  •  an increase of $1.1 million in depreciation and amortization expense, primarily due to capital expenditures.

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OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)
 
Interest Expense

      Interest expense decreased 31% to $11.1 million for the third quarter of 2004, as compared to $16.0 million for the same period in 2003, primarily due to the October 2003 refinancing of our credit facility and our 9% senior notes and the reduction of debt using the proceeds from sales of facilities, clinics and other assets in 2003.

 
Results of Operations — Discontinued Operations

      The results of operations of disposed facilities and other assets in the three months ended September 30, 2004, as well as the results of operations of held-for-sale assets, have been reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Also included in discontinued operations are gains and losses on sales, additional impairments and exit costs relative to these transactions. Discontinued operations for the three months ended September 30, 2003 also include the results of operations for facilities, clinics and businesses disposed of during 2003. A summary of discontinued operations by operating segment, is as follows (in thousands):

                                                                 
2004 2003


Home Nursing Home Nursing
Matrix Care Facilities Total Matrix Care Facilities Total








Three Months Ended September 30
                                                               
Revenues
  $ 3,563     $     $ 29,599     $ 33,162     $ 3,314     $ 2,539     $ 115,773     $ 121,626  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)(a)
  $ 211       33     $ 2,075     $ 2,319     $ 228     $ (1,099 )   $ (2,681 )   $ (3,552 )
Gain (loss) on sales and exit costs
    (24 )     366       472       814             309       6,871       7,180  
Impairments and other unusual items
                51       51                   (1,698 )     (1,698 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
  $ 187     $ 399     $ 2,598       3,184     $ 228     $ (790 )   $ 2,492       1,930  
     
     
     
             
     
     
         
Benefit from income taxes
                            (59 )                              
                             
                             
 
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
                          $ 3,243                             $ 1,930  
                             
                             
 


 
(a) Includes net interest expense of $8,000 and $576,000 for 2004 and 2003, respectively. Also includes depreciation and amortization of $29,000 and $2.3 million for 2004 and 2003, respectively.
 
Nine Months 2004 Compared to Nine Months 2003
 
Results of Operations — Continuing Operations

      We reported income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 of $26.8 million, compared to $15.2 million for the same period in 2003. Income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 included pre-tax charges of $40.4 million for the refinancing of our 9 5/8% senior notes (see below) as well as asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items totaling $1.2 million. (See Item 1. — Note 3.) Income from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 included special pre-tax charges for asset impairments, workforce reductions and other unusual items of $2.7 million and the reversal of $925,000 related to a settlement and related costs accrued for the investigation of patient care issues at certain California nursing homes.

 
Revenues

      We reported revenues of $1,486.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2004, compared to $1,345.0 million for the same period in 2003. Approximately 91% and 93% of our revenues for the nine

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months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, were derived from services provided by our Nursing Facilities segment. The increase in revenues of $141.3 million, or 10.5%, consists of the following:

  •  an increase of $127.3 million from facilities we operated during each of the nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and organic growth from our service businesses (“same facility operations”);
 
  •  an increase of $20.5 million primarily due to one nursing facility acquisition, the Hospice USA acquisition, the openings of seven hospice locations and start-up businesses; offset by
 
  •  a decrease of $6.5 million due to the dispositions of certain nursing facilities during 2004 and 2003 which did not meet the criteria to be included in discontinued operations.

      The increase in revenues of $127.3 million from same facility operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, as compared to the same period in 2003, consists primarily of the following:

  •  increases of $43.6 million, $27.3 million and $9.0 million in Medicaid, Medicare and private payment rates, respectively;
 
  •  an increase of $33.6 million due to growth in Aegis’ external therapy business;
 
  •  an increase of $6.4 million due to growth in our Hospice/ Home Care business;
 
  •  an increase of $4.4 million due to one additional calendar day during the first nine months of 2004, as compared to the same period in 2003;
 
  •  an increase of $2.8 million due to a positive shift in our patient mix; offset by
 
  •  a decrease of $6.9 million due to a decline in same facility census.
 
Costs and Expenses

      We reported costs and expenses of $1,385.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared to $1,281.7 million for the same period in 2003. Excluding special net pre-tax charges of $1.2 million and $1.7 million in 2004 and 2003, respectively, discussed above, our costs and expenses increased $104.5 million, or 8.2%, consisting of the following:

  •  an increase of $95.7 million in same facility operations;
 
  •  an increase of $16.2 million primarily due to one nursing facility acquisition, the Hospice USA acquisition, and the openings of seven hospice locations and start-up businesses; offset by
 
  •  a decrease of $7.4 million due to dispositions during 2004 and 2003 that did not meet the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations.

      The increase in costs and expenses of $95.7 million from same facility operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, as compared to the same period in 2003, was due primarily to the following:

  •  a net increase of $49.6 million in wages and related expenses, primarily due to a 3.5% increase in our weighted average wage rate and an increase in nursing hours per patient day, partially offset by an adjustment in reserves related to new employee benefit programs implemented in 2003;
 
  •  an increase of $9.8 million in contracted services;
 
  •  an increase of $8.2 million in our provision for insurance, primarily due to an increase in the estimate of retained losses for prior policy years and an increase in related costs;
 
  •  an increase of $7.6 million in state-imposed provider taxes; and

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  •  an increase of $2.8 million in depreciation and amortization expense, primarily due to capital expenditures.
 
Costs Related to Early Extinguishments of Debt

      During June 2004, we issued $215.0 million of 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes. The proceeds from the senior subordinated notes, together with cash on hand, were used to purchase for cash $190.6 million of our 9 5/8% senior notes tendered and to pay related fees and expenses. In conjunction with these transactions, we paid a prepayment premium of $36.1 million related to the early extinguishments of the 9 5/8% senior notes and wrote off $3.7 million of related deferred financing costs. We also paid $681,000 in fees and expenses related to the cash tender offer for the 9 5/8% senior notes.

 
Interest Expense

      Interest expense decreased 27% to $35.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, as compared to $47.8 million for the same period in 2003, primarily due to the October 2003 refinancing of our credit facility and our 9% senior notes and to the reduction of debt using the proceeds from sales of facilities, clinics and other assets in 2003.

 
Income Taxes

      We recorded a provision for income taxes of $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, including $3.0 million from continuing operations and $286,000 from discontinued operations, primarily related to state income taxes. We decreased the valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets by $19.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 to $149.6 million primarily due to the reversal of temporary differences and the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards to offset taxable income. This valuation allowance is required under the guidance of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, due to our historical operating performance and our reported cumulative net losses. Our realization of the deferred tax benefits, primarily associated with our net operating losses, is dependent upon our achieving sufficient future pre-tax income. Under federal income tax regulations, we have up to 20 years to generate sufficient taxable income to realize the deferred benefits. However, given the size of our pre-tax losses in prior years, a valuation allowance is considered to be appropriate under the more stringent accounting standards for the realization of these deferred tax benefits, which is contingent upon future income in the near term.

 
Results of Operations — Discontinued Operations

      The results of operations of disposed facilities, clinics and other assets in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004, as well as the results of operations of held-for-sale assets, have been reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Also included in discontinued operations are gains and losses on sales, additional impairments and

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exit costs relative to these transactions. A summary of the discontinued operations is as follows (in thousands):

                                                                 
2004 2003


Home Nursing Home Nursing
Matrix Care Facilities Total Matrix Care Facilities Total








Nine Months Ended September 30
                                                               
Revenues
  $ 10,466     $ 148     $ 115,348     $ 125,962     $ 14,847     $ 20,184     $ 421,607     $ 456,638  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)(a)
  $ 859       1     $ (2,319 )   $ (1,459 )   $ 336     $ (2,092 )   $ (1,002 )   $ (2,758 )
Gain (loss) on sales and exit costs
    (49 )     369       (610 )     (290 )     10,940       929       34,691       46,560  
Impairments and other unusual items(b)
                (2,855 )     (2,855 )           (540 )     (18,828 )     (19,368 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Pre-tax income (loss)
  $ 810     $ 370     $ (5,784 )     (4,604 )   $ 11,276     $ (1,703 )   $ 14,861       24,434  
     
     
     
             
     
     
         
Provision for income taxes
                            286                                
                             
                             
 
Discontinued operations, net of taxes
                          $ (4,890 )                           $ 24,434  
                             
                             
 


 
(a) Includes net interest expense of $158,000 and $2.7 million for 2004 and 2003. Also includes depreciation and amortization of $1.4 million and $9.2 million for 2004 and 2003, respectively.
 
(b) Includes an accrual in 2003 for the purchase of incremental patient care liability insurance on disposed nursing facilities.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

      Cash and Cash Flows. At September 30, 2004, we had $207.4 million in cash and cash equivalents. We anticipate that $55.9 million of this cash balance, while not legally restricted, will be utilized primarily to fund certain patient care liabilities and workers’ compensation claims and expenses. At September 30, 2004, we had positive working capital of $152.2 million reflected on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Our cash flows consisted of the following (in thousands):

                                 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,


2004 2003 2004 2003




Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 59,696     $ 32,981     $ 37,720     $ 53,427  
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
    (65,306 )     23,541       (51,147 )     129,824  
Net cash used for financing activities
    (3,493 )     (22,339 )     (38,028 )     (129,979 )
     
     
     
     
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
  $ (9,103 )   $ 34,183     $ (51,455 )   $ 53,272  
     
     
     
     
 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

      Net cash provided by operating activities, under the direct method, for the nine months ended September 30, consists of the following (in thousands):

                 
2004 2003


Cash received from patients and third-party payors
  $ 1,558,311     $ 1,781,515  
Interest received
    4,109       3,595  
Cash paid to suppliers and employees
    (1,487,910 )     (1,683,868 )
Interest paid
    (30,969 )     (45,799 )
Income taxes paid
    (5,821 )     (2,016 )
     
     
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 37,720     $ 53,427  
     
     
 

      With the termination of daily purchases of receivables by BFC from BHRS on March 1, 2004, accounts receivable on our condensed consolidated balance sheet have increased. This also resulted in an $82.0 million detriment to cash from operating activities on our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

      For the nine months ended September 30, 2004, proceeds from dispositions and collections on notes receivable totaling $54.6 million, as well as cash on hand, were used to fund capital expenditures of $38.0 million and the acquisition of Hospice USA.

      Debt Transactions. At September 30, 2004, we had $61.1 million of availability under our $90.0 million revolving credit facility, with $28.9 million being utilized for standby letters of credit primarily in support of certain insurance programs, security deposits, and debt or guaranteed debt obligations. During October 2004, we entered into a $40.0 million letter of credit facility. We expect to transfer our outstanding letter of credit commitments under our revolving credit facility to the new letter of credit facility thereby increasing our availability under the revolving credit facility to the full $90.0 million.

      During June 2004, we commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of our $200.0 million principal amount outstanding 9 5/8% senior notes due 2009 at an offer price of $1,190 per $1,000 principal amount tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and a solicitation of consents to amend the indenture under which the 9 5/8% senior notes were issued. As of September 30, 2004, holders of $190.6 million of the 9 5/8% senior notes had tendered their notes and delivered consents. During June 2004, we issued $215.0 million of 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes due June 15, 2014 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes”). The Senior Subordinated Notes were issued at a discount (98.318% of par) to yield 8.125%. The Senior Subordinated Notes are general unsecured obligations subordinated in right of payment to our existing and future senior unsubordinated indebtedness and are guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries. The Senior Subordinated Notes were issued through a private placement. We filed a registration statement with the SEC on September 23, 2004, to affect an exchange offer of these notes for publicly tradable notes.

      The proceeds from the Senior Subordinated Notes, together with cash on hand, were used to purchase for cash $190.6 million of our 9 5/8% senior notes tendered, as well as to pay related fees and expenses. We recorded a pre-tax charge of $40.4 million related to this transaction, including $36.1 million for the prepayment premium and $3.7 million for the write-off of deferred financing costs on the 9 5/8% senior notes, as well as $681,000 for fees and expenses related to the cash tender offer. Approximately $36.1 million of the pre-tax charge, and $4.1 million of deferred financing costs related to the 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes, were paid out in cash, using $20.6 million of net proceeds from the issuance of the 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes and $19.6 million of cash on hand.

      During the second quarter of 2004, we entered into two amendments to our senior credit facility which, among other things, permitted the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes and the purchase of our

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9 5/8% senior notes, reduced the interest rate on the term loan portion of the senior credit facility, increased the size of our revolving credit facility from $75.0 million to $90.0 million and modified certain financial covenant levels.

      Stock Repurchase Program. In November 2003, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program whereby we may repurchase, from time to time on the open market, up to $20.0 million of our outstanding common stock. The stock repurchase program became effective on December 1, 2003 and remains in effect for one year. As of September 30, 2004, no shares had been repurchased under this authorization and any such repurchases will only occur during open trading windows, if at all.

      Acquisitions and Divestitures. On July 30, 2004, we purchased substantially all of the assets of Hospice USA, LLC, and its affiliates, which were privately held companies providing hospice services in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, for cash of approximately $69.1 million. At the time of acquisition, Hospice USA, LLC and its affiliates operated 18 hospice locations and had an additional 16 locations under development. The acquisition was part of our ongoing strategy to expand our service businesses.

      We expect the successful completion of our divestiture strategy, while resulting in a significant reduction in our revenues, will reduce our patient care liability costs, reduce outstanding debt and strengthen the nursing facility portfolio going forward. We expect to continue the implementation of initiatives to improve our fundamental business processes and reduce costs throughout the organization through 2005. We can give no assurance that we will be able to execute the divestiture strategy in a timely manner at fair values or that we will be able to reduce costs to achieve our objective within the time period projected.

      We currently anticipate that cash on hand, cash flows from operations and availability under our banking arrangements will be adequate to repay our debts due within one year of $11.6 million, to make capital additions and improvements of approximately $80.0 million, to make operating lease and other contractual obligation payments, to make selective acquisitions, including previously leased facilities, to repurchase shares of our common stock and to meet working capital requirements for the twelve months ending September 30, 2005. If cash flows from operations or availability under our existing banking arrangements fall below expectations, we may be required to utilize cash on hand, delay capital expenditures, dispose of certain assets, issue additional debt securities, or consider other alternatives to improve liquidity.

Obligations and Commitments

      On October 6, 2004, we entered into a $40.0 million letter of credit facility maturing in October 2008. The new facility is secured by certain of our Medicaid and Veterans Administration accounts receivable and contains standard terms and conditions, including a 2.375% fee on the outstanding letters of credit under the facility. Our lease guarantees described above in “Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements” increased due to disposition of leased facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

      During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we repaid $190.6 million of our 9 5/8% senior notes due 2009 and BFC repaid its $70.0 million variable rate off-balance sheet obligation. We also issued $215.0 million of fixed rate debt, through the issuance of 7 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due June 15, 2014. Our notes receivable decreased by a net $21.6 million due to collections.

 
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

      We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

      As required by SEC Rule 13a-15(b), we have carried out an evaluation as of September 30, 2004, the end of the period covered by this report, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their evaluation and subject to the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

      There has been no significant change in our internal controls over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

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PART II

BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.

OTHER INFORMATION
September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
 
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

      Information regarding our legal proceedings is set forth in Note 10 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, “Commitments and Contingencies,” in Part I Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
         
Exhibit
Number

  3 .1  
Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Beverly Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Beverly Enterprises, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)
  3 .2  
Form of Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of New Beverly Holdings, Inc., changing its name to Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Beverly Enterprises, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)
  3 .3  
By-Laws of Beverly Enterprises, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Beverly Enterprises, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on June 4, 1997 (File No. 333-28521))
  10 .1  
Credit Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2004, among Beverly Funding Corporation, Merrill Lynch Capital (as agent and lender) and Additional Lenders From Time to Time Party Thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Beverly Enterprises, Inc.’s Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2004)
  10 .2  
Form of Long-Term Incentive Plan Notice
  10 .3  
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
  10 .4  
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  10 .5  
Form of Option Agreement for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
  10 .6  
Form of Option Agreement for Beverly Enterprises, Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  15    
Acknowledgement Letter of Ernst & Young LLP re: Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
  31 .1  
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
  31 .2  
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
  32 .1  
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
  32 .2  
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

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SIGNATURE

      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.

  BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, INC.
  Registrant

  By:  /s/ PAMELA H. DANIELS
 
  Pamela H. Daniels
  Senior Vice President, Controller
  and Chief Accounting Officer

Dated: November 9, 2004

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