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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
OR
[_] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 Commission file number 000-22150
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 76-0405386
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1400 POST OAK BLVD.,
SUITE 1010
HOUSTON, TX 77056 (713) 850-1010
(Address of principal executive of- (Registrant's telephone number)
fices)
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT: NONE
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:
COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
(Title of Class)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [_]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to
the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [_]
The aggregate market value of the registrant's voting Common Stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $166,051,650 as of March
29, 1999, based on the NASDAQ National Market System closing price on that
date. For this purpose, all shares held by officers and directors of the
registrant are considered to be held by affiliates, but neither the registrant
nor such persons concede that they are affiliates of the registrants.
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's common stock is
28,865,000 as of March 29, 1999.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The Proxy Statement for the Registrant's 1999 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, to be filed pursuant to regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is incorporated by reference into Part III
of this Form 10-K. Although such Proxy Statement is not currently available,
it will be filed with the Commission within 120 days after December 31, 1998.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE NO.
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PART I.
Item 1. Business............................................... 2
Item 2. Properties............................................. 7
Item 3. Legal Proceedings...................................... 7
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.... 7
PART II.
Item 5. Market For the Registrant's Common Stock and Related
Stockholder Matters.................................... 8
Item 6. Selected Financial Data................................ 9
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.................... 10
Item 7.A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk................................................... 16
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data............ 16
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure.................... 16
PART III.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant..... 17
Item 11. Executive Compensation................................. 17
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management............................................. 17
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions......... 17
PART IV.
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on
Form 8-K............................................... 17
SIGNATURES........................................................ 33
EXHIBIT INDEX..................................................... 34
EXHIBITS..........................................................
This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act,
which are intended to be covered by safe harbors created thereby. Stockholders
are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainty, including without limitation, the ability of the Company to
continue its accelerated expansion strategy, changes in costs of food, labor
and employee benefits, the ability of the Company to acquire prime locations
at acceptable lease or purchase terms, seasonality of results, ability to make
projected capital expenditures, store unit sales and the ability to achieve
projected quarterly results, as well as general market conditions,
competition, and pricing. All statements, other than statements of historical
facts, included or incorporated by reference in this report that address
activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates
will or may occur in the future, including such things as future capital
expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof), business strategy and
measures to implement such strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion
and growth of the Company's business and operations, plans, references to
future success as well as other statements which include words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," and "intend" and other
similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. Although the
Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking
statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be
inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements included in this report will prove to be accurate. In light of the
significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included
herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a
representation by the Company or any other person that the objectives and
plans of the Company will be achieved.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
GENERAL
The Company owns and operates full-service, mid-priced, casual dining,
seafood restaurants located in 26 states, under the restaurant divisional
names "Joe's Crab Shack," "Landry's Seafood House," and "Crab House." As of
March 12, 1999, the Company operated 143 full service restaurants, including
88 Joe's Crab Shack restaurants, 41 Landry's Seafood House division
restaurants and 14 The Crab House restaurants. In addition, the Company
operates three limited-menu take-out service units. Management believes that
the Company's restaurants appeal to a broad range of customers by offering
generous portions of fresh seafood and excellent service in a high-energy
environment at an attractive price-value relationship. The first Landry's
Seafood House restaurant opened in 1980. In 1988, Mr. Tilman J. Fertitta
acquired sole ownership of the two existing Landry's restaurants. The first
Joe's Crab Shack was acquired by the Company in 1994. Following his 1988
acquisition, Mr. Fertitta instituted: (i) new financial, accounting and
reporting systems; (ii) financial incentives for employees; (iii) a system for
training, supervising and retaining employees; (iv) a program for hiring top
management personnel; (v) a site selection and growth strategy; and (vi) an
operating philosophy emphasizing customer service and quality control. As a
result of the implementation of these programs, profitability increased
substantially, and the Company commenced an expansion program.
RESTAURANT CONCEPTS AND STRATEGY
Management believes that the relatively small number of national and
regional chain restaurants competing in the seafood segment of the restaurant
industry, as compared to other restaurant segments, provides the Company a
significant opportunity to capitalize on its high energy, casual dining
seafood restaurant concepts.
The key elements of the Company's restaurant concepts and strategy include
the following:
Variety and Value. The Company's restaurants provide customers an
attractive price-value relationship by serving generous portions of fresh,
high quality seafood at moderate prices. The restaurants feature a wide
variety of broiled, grilled and fried seafood items, including red snapper,
shrimp, crawfish, crab and lump crabmeat, lobster, soft shell crabs,
oysters, scallops, flounder and other traditional seafood items, many with
a choice of unique seasonings, stuffings and toppings. These items are
complemented by unique side dishes, salads, garlic bread, appetizers, and
desserts presented in a visually appealing manner.
Commitment to Customer Satisfaction. The Company is committed to
providing its customers prompt, friendly, efficient service, keeping table-
to-waitstaff ratios low, and staffing each restaurant with an experienced
management team to ensure attentive customer service and consistent food
quality. Through the use of comment cards and a 1-800-telephone number,
senior management receives valuable feedback from customers and, through
prompt responses, demonstrates a continuing interest in customer
satisfaction.
Distinctive Design and Decor and Casual Atmosphere. Each restaurant
concept has a distinctive appearance and a flexible design, which can
accommodate a wide variety of available sites. The Joe's Crab Shack
restaurants are designed to appear like an old fishing camp with a wood
facade, tin roof and a raised outside deck. Many of the Joe's Crab Shack
facilities incorporate a small playground area for children adjacent to
family dining areas. For Landry's Seafood House, the Company has developed
a prototype look that is readily identified by a large theater-style
marquee over the entrance and by a distinctive brick and wood facade
creating the feeling of a traditional old seafood house restaurant. The
Crab House restaurants feature a casual nautical theme, and many include a
fresh seafood salad bar. A casual, energetic dining atmosphere is created
for all of the Company's restaurants through the design and decor of the
dining areas,
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which generally display vibrant, colorful interiors. In many locations, the
Company's restaurants provide outdoor patio service for a more casual,
open-air dining experience and often feature waterfront views.
High Profile Restaurant Locations. The Company's site selection strategy
is to locate its restaurants in markets, which provide a balanced mix of
tourist, convention, business, and residential clientele. A variety of
factors are analyzed in the site selection process, including local market
demographics, site visibility, aesthetics (including waterfront views) and
accessibility and proximity to significant generators of potential
customers such as major retail centers, office complexes, hotel
concentrations, convention and entertainment complexes, historical areas
and entertainment facilities (stadiums, arenas, theaters, etc.). Management
believes that this strategy results in a high volume of new and repeat
customers and provides the Company with increased name recognition in new
markets. The Company's current restaurants are located in areas that
satisfy the Company's site selection strategy.
Commitment to Attracting and Retaining Quality Employees. By providing
extensive training and attractive compensation, the Company fosters a
strong corporate culture and encourages a sense of personal commitment from
its employees. The Company has a monthly cash bonus program establishing
performance goals on a restaurant-by-restaurant basis for each restaurant's
management team pursuant to which management believes restaurant managers
typically earn bonuses equal to between 15% and 25% of their total cash
compensation. The Company has historically utilized a program of extensive
background checks for prospective management employees (including criminal
checks, credit checks and drug screening).
EXPANSION STRATEGY
From 1990 through the latter half of 1998, the Company has pursued an
accelerated expansion strategy through the opening of new restaurants or the
conversion of existing restaurants. The Company opened 38 units in 1998.
However, in the latter part of 1998, as a result of declining average weekly
sales and increases in restaurant management turnover, the Company's per unit
profitability decreased. In addition, for the fourth quarter the Company
announced a loss of $23.2 million and implementation of a program to close a
number of restaurants with marginal performance. In 1999, the Company plans to
open 9 to 12 restaurants of which 5 were opened by March 12, 1999. The 1999
restaurant development was reduced from previous years' strategy as the
Company believes that an increase in focus on the Company's existing
operations is prudent. The number of restaurants actually opened will vary
depending upon, among other things, the Company's ability to locate suitable
restaurant sites, the Company's ability to obtain satisfactory lease or
purchase arrangements for its restaurant locations, the availability of funds
to construct and open such restaurants, the Company's ability to obtain on a
timely basis all necessary governmental permits to construct and operate such
restaurants, the Company's ability to adequately manage the construction or
conversion of such restaurants, the Company's ability to hire, train and
retain skilled management and other restaurant personnel, general economic
conditions and the stability in per unit sales of the Company's existing
restaurants. The Company plans to continue its expansion principally through
the opening of new restaurants. From time-to-time, the Company will evaluate
the strategic acquisition of existing restaurants. The Company will also
consider the conversion of existing restaurant concepts to one of its existing
concepts. From time to time, the Company will evaluate opportunities to
repurchase the Company's outstanding common stock. In November 1998, the
Company announced a program to repurchase up to $50.0 million of its common
stock. Through March 29, 1999, the Company had repurchased 1,478,000 shares of
its common stock, at a gross price of approximately $9.1 million. The amount
and timing of future stock repurchases may influence and/or reduce the
Company's new restaurant growth plans, due to finite Company specific
limitations of investment capital, and available cash flow.
The Company plans to focus expansion efforts primarily in the southern and
midwestern portions of the United States, although the Company has and will
continue to develop or acquire restaurants in cities outside of this area.
Further development of locations in an existing market is likely to occur
where management believes the area can effectively support additional quality
seafood restaurants. In connection with this expansion effort,
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the Company's primary growth will utilize the Joe's Crab Shack concept
although additional restaurants will be built in the Landry's Seafood House
and The Crab House divisions of the Company. The Company believes that the
increased consumption of seafood due to its taste, variety and perceived
health advantages, combined with the excellent unit economics of its
restaurants, support the Company's decision to concentrate its expansion
efforts on quality seafood restaurants in strategically targeted markets. The
Company has designated a team of employees that are responsible for opening
new restaurant locations, including kitchen personnel and other individuals
who are trained as hosts, waiters, floor managers and bartenders. The Company
has enhanced its management-training program to enable assistant general
managers to be promoted to general managers. The Company believes that through
its training program and the hiring of outside personnel it will be able to
support its expansion strategy.
RESTAURANT LOCATIONS
The Company's restaurants range in size from 5,000 square feet to 16,000
square feet, with the average restaurant approximating 8,000 square feet. The
restaurants generally have dining room floor seating for approximately 215
customers, many with patio seating on a seasonal basis, and bar seating for
approximately 10 to 20 additional customers.
The following table provides information with respect to the states in which
the Company's existing full service restaurants were open as of March 12,
1999:
NUMBER
OF
STATE UNITS
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Alabama................. 4
Arizona................. 4
Arkansas................ 1
California.............. 5
Colorado................ 6
Florida................. 16
Georgia................. 2
Illinois................ 5
Indiana................. 5
Kansas.................. 1
Kentucky................ 2
Louisiana............... 4
Michigan................ 3
Minnesota............... 1
NUMBER
OF
STATE UNITS
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Mississippi............... 1
Missouri.................. 3
Nevada.................... 3
New Jersey................ 1
New Mexico................ 1
North Carolina............ 4
Ohio...................... 8
Oklahoma.................. 1
South Carolina............ 6
Tennessee................. 5
Texas..................... 47
Virginia.................. 4
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Total................... 143
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MENU
The Company's restaurants offer a wide variety of high quality, broiled,
grilled, and fried seafood items at moderate prices, including red snapper,
shrimp, crawfish, lump crabmeat, lobster, oysters, scallops, flounder, and
other traditional seafood items, many with a choice of unique seasonings,
stuffings and toppings. The Company's restaurants' menus also include a wide
variety of seafood appetizers, salads, soups and side dishes. In order to
provide an alternative to seafood items, the Company's restaurants also offer
high quality beef, fowl, pastas, and other American food entrees. The
Company's restaurants also feature a unique selection of desserts made fresh
on a daily basis at each location. Many of the Company's restaurants offer
complimentary salad and garlic bread with each entree, as well as certain
lunch specials and lower priced children's entrees.
The Company's restaurants emphasize a complete dining experience, and,
accordingly, full liquor service is available. Alcoholic beverages are
primarily served to complement meals, with sales of alcoholic beverages
accounting for approximately 15% of the Company's revenues in 1998. The
Company's restaurants generally serve both lunch and dinner. The average
dinner entree menu price for the Company's restaurants is between
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$11 and $13, excluding menu entree items which are priced daily "at market,"
based on cost and availability to the Company's restaurants. At certain of the
Company's restaurants there is a separate lunch menu with reduced prices on
selected entrees.
MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
The Company's policy is to staff its restaurants with management that has
significant experience in the restaurant industry. The Company believes its
strong team-oriented culture helps it attract and retain highly motivated
employees who provide customers with a level of service superior to that
normally found in other restaurants. The Company trains its kitchen employees
and waitstaff to take great pride in preparing and serving food in accordance
with the strict standards established by the Company. Restaurant managers and
staff are trained to be courteous and attentive to customer needs, and the
managers, in particular, are instructed to visit each table. Senior corporate
management holds weekly group meetings with restaurant general managers to
discuss individual restaurant performance and customer comments. Moreover, the
Company requires general managers to hold regular staff meetings at their
individual restaurants. Compliance with the Company's quality requirements is
monitored through periodic on-site visits and formal periodic inspections by
the regional field manager and supervisory personnel from the Company's
corporate offices.
The management staff of a typical Company restaurant consists of a five-
person management team (one general manager, two kitchen managers, and two
floor managers) with the general manager having overall responsibility for
restaurant operations. The general managers typically have been promoted after
training in all areas of restaurant level management within the Company. The
kitchen managers in each restaurant supervise kitchen operations, which allows
the general managers to spend most of their time in the dining area of the
restaurant supervising the staff and providing service to customers. Each
restaurant management team is eligible to receive monthly incentive bonuses
subject to achievement of operating performance objectives specifically
tailored for such restaurant for each monthly period. These employees
typically earn between 15% and 25% of their total cash compensation under this
program. In addition, restaurant general managers are typically entitled to
participate in the Company's stock option plans, although the Company is
currently moving away from this practice.
The Company has historically spent considerable effort in screening
prospective employees and training and developing employees, allowing it to
promote from within; however, in recent years the accelerated expansion of
restaurants has caused a reduced effectiveness of such effort. The Company
expects that the closing of certain restaurants and the slowing down of
expansion, will permit the Company to improve its screening and training
programs. The Company requires each employee to participate in a formal
training program that utilizes departmental training manuals, examinations and
a scheduled evaluation process. Newly hired waitstaff are required to spend
from 5 to 10 days in training before they serve customers. The Company has
historically utilized a program of extensive background checks for prospective
management employees such as criminal checks, credit checks, and drug
screening. Management training encompasses three general areas including: (i)
all service positions; (ii) management accounting, personnel management, and
dining room and bar operations; and (iii) kitchen management, which entails
food preparation and quality controls, cost controls, training, ordering and
receiving, and sanitation operations. Due to the Company's enhanced training
program, management training customarily lasts approximately 8 to 12 weeks,
depending upon the trainee's prior experience and performance relative to the
Company's objectives. As the Company expands, it will need to hire additional
management personnel and its continued success will depend in large part on
its ability to attract, train, and retain quality management employees.
As of December 31, 1998, there were approximately 35 individuals involved in
regional management functions. As the Company grows, it plans to increase the
number of regional managers, and to have each regional manager responsible for
a limited number of restaurants within those geographic regions. The Company
plans to promote experienced restaurant level management personnel to serve as
future regional managers as well as hire needed personnel from outside the
Company.
As of December 31, 1998, the Company employed approximately 14,355 persons,
of whom approximately 905 were restaurant managers or manager-trainees,
approximately 285 were corporate and administrative
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employees, and the rest were hourly employees. Each restaurant employs an
average of approximately 70 to 100 people, depending on seasonal needs. The
Company considers its employees to be high quality and believes that its
management level employee turnover is within industry standards, however,
general manager turnover for 1998 may have been slightly higher than industry
averages. None of the Company's employees are covered by a collective
bargaining agreement. The Company considers its relationship with employees to
be satisfactory.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
The Company is committed to providing its customers prompt, friendly,
efficient service, keeping table-to-waitstaff ratios low and staffing each
restaurant with an experienced management team to ensure attentive customer
service and consistent food quality. Through the use of comment cards and a 1-
800-telephone number, senior management receives valuable feedback from
customers and through prompt responses demonstrates a continuing interest in
customer satisfaction. The Company emphasizes availability of the items on its
menu and, if an item is in short supply, restaurant level management is
expected to use its initiative to procure the item immediately.
PURCHASING
The Company strives to obtain consistent quality items at competitive prices
from reliable sources. The Company continually researches and surveys various
products in an effort to obtain the highest quality products possible and to
be responsive to changing customer tastes. In order to maximize operating
efficiencies and to provide the freshest ingredients for its food products
while obtaining the lowest possible prices for the required quality, each
restaurant's management team determines the daily quantities of food items
needed and orders such quantities from major suppliers at prices often
negotiated directly with the Company's corporate office.
The Company currently uses many distributors for obtaining its seafood
products in order to maintain the freshness and quality required by the
Company, all of which are available on short notice from qualified suppliers.
For non-seafood items, the Company generally uses one national distributor in
order to achieve certain cost efficiencies, but such items are available on
short notice from alternative qualified suppliers. The Company has not
experienced any significant delays in receiving its food and beverage
inventories, restaurant supplies or equipment.
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
The Company employs a marketing strategy that utilizes frequent, high
profile advertising in order to attract new customers and establish a high
level of name recognition. The Company relies primarily on word-of-mouth
publicity, billboards with distinctive graphics, travel and hospitality
magazines and print advertising. The Company uses multiple billboards on
highways leading to its restaurants to direct potential customers from the
highways to the restaurants, as well as to build name recognition within each
market. Additionally, many of the restaurants offer facilities for banquets,
meetings and private parties. The Company's advertising expenditures for 1998
were approximately 1.3% of revenues. The Company expects that future
advertising and marketing expenses will increase as a percentage of revenues
and that the Company will utilize more television and radio advertising.
RESTAURANT REPORTING
Financial controls are maintained through management of an accounting and
management information system that is implemented at the restaurant level.
Administrative and management staff prepare daily reports of cash, deposits,
sales, sales mix, labor, and customer counts. Physical inventories of food,
beverage and supply items are taken weekly. Weekly and monthly costs of sales
and profit and loss statements are compiled by the Company's accounting
department and provided to the regional managers for analysis and comparison
to the Company's budgets. The Company closely monitors sales, costs of sales,
labor and restaurant trends. Weekly sales data is used by management to detect
trends from location to location and negative trends are immediately
investigated and remedied where possible. The Company purchases food carefully
and, through tight controls, keeps food and beverage waste and theft to a
minimum. Management believes that its current systems are adequate for its
planned expansion strategy.
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RESTAURANT SECURITY
The Company takes precautions to protect individual restaurant locations
against theft, robbery and other breaches of security through security
procedures and sophisticated alarm and surveillance systems. A component of
the Company's emphasis on restaurant security is the employment of a licensed
peace officer as Director of Security. The Director of Security, who reports
directly to the corporate office, supervises the installation and operation of
individual restaurant security systems and performs random security
inspections to monitor compliance with the Company's policies relating to
theft prevention, employee related security issues and restaurant facility
protection. As a result of the Company's program, it has experienced no
material security problem in its operations.
SERVICE MARKS
Landry's Seafood House and Joe's Crab Shack are each registered as a federal
service mark on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office. The Crab House is a registered design mark. In addition, the
Company has registered numerous other marks related to its business and
advertising.
COMPETITION
The restaurant industry is intensely competitive with respect to price,
service, the type and quality of food offered, location and other factors. The
Company has many well-established competitors, both seafood and non-seafood,
with substantially greater financial resources and a longer history of
operations than the Company. The Company competes with both locally owned
seafood and non-seafood restaurants, as well as national and regional seafood
and non-seafood restaurant chains, some of which may be better established in
the Company's existing and future markets. In particular, Red Lobster, a
national seafood restaurant chain, operates approximately 700 seafood
restaurants nationwide, many of which operate in the Company's existing and
future markets. The Company also competes with other restaurant and retail
establishments for sites. Changes in customer tastes, economic conditions,
demographic trends and the location and number of, and type of food served by,
competing restaurants could adversely affect the Company's business as could
the unavailability of experienced management and hourly employees. Management
believes its restaurants enjoy a high level of repeat business and customer
loyalty due to high food quality, comfortable atmosphere, and friendly
efficient service.
INFORMATION AS TO CLASSES OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
The Company operates in only one industry segment. All significant revenues
and pre-tax earnings relate to retail sales of food and beverages to the
general public through company-owned and company-operated restaurants. The
Company has no operations outside the continental United States.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
RESTAURANT LOCATIONS
For information concerning the location of the Company's restaurants see
Item 1. Business--Restaurant Locations.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is a defendant from time to time in routine lawsuits incidental
to its business. The Company believes that none of the current legal
proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse
effect upon the Company.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders of the Company
during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
The Company effected its initial public offering of Common Stock on August
18, 1993, at a price to the public of $6.00 per share (adjusted for the
Company's 2-for-1 stock split effected in June 1995). Since that date, the
Common Stock has been traded on the NASDAQ National Market. As of March 22,
1999, there were approximately 2,300 stockholders of record of the Common
Stock.
The table below sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sale
prices as reported on the NASDAQ National Market for the Common Stock since
January 1, 1996.
HIGH LOW
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1996
First Quarter............................................... $19.75 $14.00
Second Quarter.............................................. 25.75 17.50
Third Quarter............................................... 28.38 18.75
Fourth Quarter.............................................. 26.25 19.50
1997
First Quarter............................................... $23.25 $15.63
Second Quarter.............................................. 23.00 13.13
Third Quarter............................................... 30.00 20.88
Fourth Quarter.............................................. 32.38 18.00
1998
First Quarter............................................... $31.69 $21.25
Second Quarter.............................................. 31.13 16.50
Third Quarter............................................... 19.00 6.56
Fourth Quarter.............................................. 9.50 5.19
1999
First Quarter (through March 29, 1999)...................... $ 8.13 $ 4.66
DIVIDEND POLICY
The Company's Board of Directors does not anticipate payment of any cash
dividends in the foreseeable future and intends to maintain a policy of
retaining earnings for reinvestment in the Company's operations. The payment
of cash dividends in the future will depend upon the Company's earnings
levels, capital requirements, financial condition, and other factors deemed
relevant by the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the Company's revolving credit
facility with a group of banks headed by Bank of America, the Company is
restricted in paying cash dividends to an amount not to exceed 15% of the
Company's net income for the previous fiscal year.
PUBLIC OFFERING
In March 1998, the Company completed a public offering of 3,810,950 shares
of the Company's common stock. Net proceeds of the common stock offering, of
approximately $102.4 million, has been used to repay outstanding bank loans,
finance expansion and for general corporate purposes.
STOCK REPURCHASE
On November 19, 1998, the Company announced the authorization of an open
market stock buy back program for up to $50.0 million. This program, which
continues until December 31, 1999, unless extended or cancelled, has resulted
in the Company repurchasing approximately 1,478,000 shares of common stock
through March 29, 1999 for approximately $9.1 million.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table contains selected consolidated financial data for each
of the past five fiscal years. All numbers are in thousands, except per share
data.
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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INCOME STATEMENT DATA
(1)
Revenues:
Restaurant............. $ 96,262 $149,737 $232,597 $311,673 $399,548
Processing plant....... 4,511 7,883 3,510 -- --
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Total revenues....... $100,773 $157,620 $236,107 $311,673 $399,548
Operating costs and
expenses:
Cost of sales.......... 31,424 47,978 72,304 95,639 121,082
Restaurant labor....... 23,986 38,595 60,249 80,837 107,976
Other restaurant
operating expenses.... 21,606 31,662 51,077 66,227 86,319
General and
administrative
expenses.............. 6,117 8,437 9,447 10,517 15,222
Restaurant pre-opening
expenses.............. -- -- -- -- 10,439(3)
Merger costs........... -- -- 25,971(2) -- --
Store closings and
special charges....... -- -- -- -- 37,632(4)
Depreciation and
amortization.......... 4,060 7,817 12,978 17,080 18,687
Processing plant cost
of sales and
operating expenses.... 4,328 7,686 3,857 -- --
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Total operating costs
and expenses........ 91,521 142,175 235,883 270,300 397,357
Operating income........ 9,252 15,445 224(2) 41,373 2,191
Other (income) expense:
Interest (income)
expense, net.......... (915) (1,604) (2,379) (1,063) (1,625)
Other, net............. 39 55 318 (394) (843)
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Total other (income)
expense............. (876) (1,549) (2,061) (1,457) (2,468)
Income before income
taxes and cumulative
effect of accounting
change................. 10,128 16,994 2,285(2) 42,830 4,659
Provision for income
taxes.................. 3,520 5,946 779 15,400 1,607
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Income before cumulative
effect of accounting
change................. 6,608 11,048 1,506(2) 27,430 3,052
Cumulative effect of
accounting change...... -- -- -- -- 3,382(3)
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Net income (loss)....... $ 6,608 $ 11,048 $ 1,506(2) $ 27,430 $ (330)
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Earnings (loss) per
share information:
Basic
Net income before
cumulative effect of
accounting change..... $ 0.41 $ 0.58 $ 0.06 $ 1.07 $ 0.10
Cumulative effect of
accounting change..... -- -- -- -- (0.11)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss)...... $ 0.41 $ 0.58 $ 0.06(2) $ 1.07 $ (0.01)
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Weighted average
number of common
shares outstanding.... 16,098 19,051 23,360 25,518 29,400
Diluted
Net income before
cumulative effect of
accounting change..... $ 0.41 $ 0.57 $ 0.06 $ 1.03 $ 0.10
Cumulative effect of
accounting change..... -- -- -- -- (0.11)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss)...... $ 0.41 $ 0.57 $ 0.06(2) $ 1.03 $ (0.01)
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Weighted average
number of common
shares and
common share
equivalents
outstanding........... 16,098 19,300 24,100 26,600 29,900
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT
END OF PERIOD)(1)
Working capital......... $ 23,258 $ 11,279 $ 64,377 $ 35,058 $ 43,960
Total assets............ 99,667 187,866 281,199 382,281 489,949
Short-term notes payable
and current portion of
long-term notes and
other obligations...... 855 2,677 492 72 82
Long-term notes and
other obligations,
noncurrent............. 5,494 16,204 221 50,235 35,153
Stockholders' equity.... $ 82,966 $144,791 $256,447 $296,738 $408,672
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(1) On August 9, 1996, the Company acquired Bayport Restaurant Group, Inc.
("Bayport") pursuant to a merger transaction (the "Bayport Merger"). The
Bayport Merger was accounted for as a pooling of interests and,
accordingly, the consolidated financial statements of the Company include
the accounts and operations of Bayport for all periods represented.
(2) In connection with the Bayport Merger, the Company incurred certain costs.
Without giving effect to such costs, the Company's income before income
taxes, net income, and net income per share (diluted) would have been
approximately $28,257, $18,000 and $0.75, respectively.
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(3) During 1998, the Company early adopted Statement of Position 98-5
"Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities", requiring the expensing
of pre-opening costs as incurred. Additionally, net pre-opening costs
capitalized at December 31, 1997 were required to be expensed effective
January 1, 1998 as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle. The Company had previously capitalized pre-opening costs and
amortized such costs over the first 12 months the applicable restaurants
were open. Pre-opening amortization expense was approximately $1,058,
$1,956, $3,244 and $4,667 in 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
(4) The Company incurred $37,632 in store closings and special charges in the
fourth quarter of 1998. These charges provided an estimated income tax
benefit of $13,000. These charges were the result of the Company's
decisions during the fourth quarter of 1998 to close eleven
underperforming restaurants, the Company's decision not to renew a
restaurant lease upon option renewal and changes in the Company's
strategic growth plan.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The Company owns and operates full-service, casual dining seafood
restaurants. As of March 12, 1999, the Company operated approximately 143
restaurants. In addition, the Company operates three limited menu take-out
service units.
The Company, in the fourth quarter of 1998, decided to close eleven
underperforming restaurants, eight of which were closed in 1998, and three of
which were closed in 1999. The Company is in the process of selling its
leasehold or fee interest and terminating associated lease obligations for all
of such restaurants. In addition, the Company elected to not renew a
restaurant lease upon option renewal. Store closing costs associated with the
write-down of associated property and equipment amounts to estimated
realizable value, and anticipated costs to be incurred related to lease
terminations and employee severance aggregated approximately $33.4 million. In
addition, the Company reevaluated its strategic growth plan and, (i) reduced
future unit growth to 9 to 12 new restaurants per year, (ii) abandoned
numerous potential restaurant sites, and (iii) abandoned efforts to build a
stand-alone office complex in Houston, Texas. These costs aggregated
approximately $4.2 million. These strategic changes resulted in a reduction in
employees, the sale of a duplicate corporate asset and the abandonment of a
strategic corporate transaction (see Results of Operations).
From time to time one or more of the Company's restaurants may be
temporarily closed for remodeling and conversion to one of the Company's other
restaurant concepts in order to improve the consumer appeal.
The Company's operations may be impacted by changes in federal and state
taxes and other federal and state governmental policies which include many
possible factors such as the level of minimum wages, the deductibility of
business and entertainment expenses, levels of disposable income and national
and regional economic growth. The recent enactment of staged increases to
federally mandated minimum wage has increased the Company's labor costs.
The restaurant industry is intensely competitive and is affected by changes
in consumer tastes and by national, regional, and local economic conditions
and demographic trends. The performance of individual restaurants may be
affected by factors such as traffic patterns, demographic considerations,
weather conditions, and the type, number, and location of competing
restaurants. The Company has many well established competitors with greater
financial resources and longer histories of operation than the Company,
including competitors already established in regions where the Company is
planning to expand, as well as competitors planning to expand in the same
regions. The Company faces significant competition from mid-priced, full-
service, casual dining restaurants offering seafood and other types and
varieties of cuisine. The Company's competitors include national, regional,
and local chains as well as local owner-operated restaurants. The Company also
competes with other restaurants and retail establishments for restaurant
sites.
This report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act,
which are intended to be covered by safe harbors created thereby. Stockholders
are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainty, including without limitation, the ability of the Company to
continue its accelerated expansion strategy, changes in costs of food, labor
and employee benefits, the ability of the Company to acquire prime locations
at acceptable lease or purchase terms, seasonality of results, ability to make
projected capital expenditures, store unit sales and the
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ability to achieve projected quarterly results, as well as general market
conditions, competition, and pricing. All statements, other than statements of
historical facts, included or incorporated by reference in this report that
address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or
anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future
capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof), business
strategy and measures to implement such strategy, competitive strengths,
goals, expansion and growth of the Company's business and operations, plans,
references to future success as well as other statements which include words
such as "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," and "intend"
and other similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. Although
the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking
statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be
inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements included in this report will prove to be accurate. In light of the
significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included
herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a
representation by the Company or any other person that the objectives and
plans of the Company will be achieved.
Recent Results
Based on preliminary and forecasted reports, the Company estimates that the
expected earnings for the three months ended March 31, 1999, excluding
expenses of approximately $3.7 million related to a proposed acquisition that
was terminated, will be in the range of $0.07 to $0.10 per share. During the
first quarter of 1999 the Company implemented a menu change for the Joe's Crab
Shack restaurants, a new manager bonus plan, and a new advertising and
marketing campaign. These programs have resulted in positive initial results
in revenues. There can be no assurances that the Company's estimates will be
realized.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Restaurant Profitability
The following table sets forth the percentage relationship to total
restaurant revenues of certain restaurant operating data for the periods
indicated:
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
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1996 1997 1998
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Restaurant revenues.................................. 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Restaurant cost of sales............................. 31.1 30.7 30.3
Restaurant labor..................................... 25.9 25.9 27.0
Other restaurant operating expenses (1).............. 21.9 21.2 21.6
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Restaurant level profit (1).......................... 21.1% 22.2% 21.1%
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(1) Excludes depreciation, amortization and pre-opening expenses.
Year Ended December 31, 1998 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 1997
Revenues increased $87,875,526, or 28.2%, from $311,672,557 to $399,548,083
for the year ended December 31, 1998, compared to the year ended December 31,
1997. The increase in revenues was attributable to revenues from new
restaurant openings. The Company believes than an unseasonably mild winter had
a positive impact on first quarter sales. However, the same store sales of
restaurants open 18 months or more, while relatively flat for the first
quarter, declined 6% in the second quarter, 9% in the third quarter, and 3% in
the fourth quarter. These declines were believed to be caused primarily by,
(i) the extreme heat throughout the South and Southwest, (ii) the Company's
decision to add new units (i.e. back fill) in existing markets, (iii) newer
units entering the same store sales base that are continuing to fall from
their initial or honeymoon sales amounts, and (iv) a relatively large number
of tropical storms affecting the Company's restaurant sales in the third
quarter.
As a primary result of increased revenues, cost of sales increased
$25,441,811, or 26.6%, from $95,639,436 to $121,081,247 in the year ended
December 31, 1998, compared to the prior year. Cost of sales as a percentage
of revenues for the year ended December 31, 1998 decreased to 30.3%, from
30.7% in 1997. The decrease in cost of sales as a percentage of revenues
reflects improved pricing and good inventory management controls in 1998.
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Restaurant labor expenses increased $27,139,240, or 33.6%, from $80,837,054
to $107,976,294 in the year ended December 31, 1998, compared to the same
period in the prior year. Restaurant labor expenses as a percentage of
revenues for the year ended December 31, 1998 increased 1.1% from 25.9% to
27.0%. The Company continues to experience labor cost pressures attributable
in part to increases in federally mandated minimum wages and the tightening of
the restaurant manager job market. In addition, to combat what the Company
believed to be higher general manager turnover than normally experienced by
the Company, the Company raised the base salary of substantially all of its
general managers by approximately $10,000 a person.
Other restaurant operating expenses increased $20,092,030, or 30.3%, from
$66,227,204 to $86,319,234 in the year ended December 31, 1998, compared to
the same period in the prior year, as a result of increased revenues and the
opening of new restaurants since December 31, 1997. Such expenses increased
0.4% as a percentage of revenues to 21.6% from 21.2% in 1997. The Company
anticipates advertising and marketing expenses to increase as a percentage of
revenues in 1999.
During 1998 the Company elected to adopt the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants Statement of Position 98-5 "Reporting on the Costs of
Start-Up Activities (SOP 98-5)". This new accounting standard requires
companies to expense pre-opening costs as incurred and to expense previously
capitalized pre-opening costs as a cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle. As a result of the early adoption of SOP 98-5, the Company expensed
$5,162,500 of net pre-opening costs previously capitalized as of December 31,
1997, effective January 1, 1998. The expense of $5,162,500 is recorded net of
a tax benefit of $1,781,000 as a Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting
Principle in the amount of $3,381,500. Additionally, in connection with the
adoption of SOP 98-5, the Company expensed $10,439,229 of restaurant pre-
opening costs as incurred during 1998. Prior to the adoption of SOP 98-5, the
Company capitalized pre-opening costs and amortized such costs over the first
twelve months the applicable restaurant was open. Following is a summary of
the results of operations as previously reported and as restated to reflect
the adoption of SOP 98-5. All numbers are in thousands, except per share data:
PREVIOUSLY
3 months ended: REPORTED RESTATED
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March 31, 1998
Operating income....................................... $11,347 $11,507
Net income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle.................................. 7,751 7,854
Net income............................................. 7,751 4,473
EPS
--Basic (before cumulative effect of accounting
change).............................................. $ 0.29 $ 0.29
--Basic (after cumulative effect of accounting
change).............................................. $ 0.29 $ 0.17
--Diluted (before cumulative effect of accounting
change).............................................. $ 0.28 $ 0.28
--Diluted (after cumulative effect of accounting
change).............................................. $ 0.28 $ 0.16
June 30, 1998
Operating income....................................... $17,060 $16,191
Net income............................................. 11,644 11,075
EPS--basic............................................. $ 0.38 $ 0.37
EPS--diluted........................................... $ 0.38 $ 0.36
September 30, 1998
Operating income....................................... $11,463 $11,072
Net income............................................. 7,588 7,332
EPS--basic............................................. $ 0.25 $ 0.24
EPS--diluted........................................... $ 0.25 $ 0.24
Depreciation expense and amortization expense for amounts other than pre-
opening expense increased $6,274,204, or 50.5%, from $12,412,304 to
$18,686,508 in the year ended December 31, 1998, compared to the year ended
December 31, 1997. The dollar increase was primarily due to the addition of
new restaurants and purchases of new equipment. Depreciation and amortization
as a percentage of revenues for the year ended December 31, 1998 increased to
4.7% from 3.9%.
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Pre-opening amortization expense in 1997 was $4,667,078. In 1998, the
Company expensed pre-opening expenses as incurred due to the adoption of
Statement of Position 98-5 "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities."
The Company incurred $10,439,229 in pre-opening expenses in 1998.
The Company incurred $37,632,000 in store closing and special charges in the
fourth quarter of 1998. These charges provided an estimated income tax benefit
of $13,000,000. These expenses were the result of the Company's decision in
the fourth quarter of 1998 to close eleven under-performing restaurants, eight
of which were closed in 1998 and three of which were closed in 1999, the
Company's decision not to renew a restaurant lease upon option renewal and
changes in the Company's strategic growth plan.
The Company is in the process of selling its leasehold or fee interest and
is negotiating the termination of the associated lease obligations at nine
locations. As a result of changes in the Company's strategic growth plan, the
Company: (i) reduced future unit growth to 9 to 12 units per year, (ii)
abandoned restaurant development sites, and (iii) abandoned efforts to build a
stand-alone office complex in Houston, Texas. These strategic changes resulted
in a reduction in employees, the sale of a duplicate corporate asset and the
abandonment of a corporate transaction. The store closings and special charges
consist of the following items:
CHARGE IN
4TH QUARTER
1998
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Closure of restaurants and decision not to renew lease:
Write down of property, equipment, leasehold interests and other
assets to estimated net realizable value........................ $25,815,000
Estimated lease termination costs and employee severance on
closed restaurants.............................................. 7,634,000
Charges associated with the changes in the Company's strategic
growth plan:
Abandonment of restaurant development sites and Company plans to
build a stand-alone office complex in Houston, Texas............ 2,910,000
Employee severance and separation costs related to a reduction in
future restaurant unit growth................................... 303,000
Loss on sale of a duplicate corporate asset...................... 400,000
Costs associated with abandoned corporate transaction............ 570,000
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Total.......................................................... $37,632,000
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Store closing and special charges include management's estimate of costs
which will be incurred in future periods based on various factors. Such
factors could change, resulting in additional costs in future periods. The
Company expects the majority of cash payments to occur through 1999. The net
realizable value of the property, equipment and leasehold interests held for
sale, of approximately $3,443,000, is included in other current assets at
December 31, 1998.
General and administrative expenses increased $4,705,891, or 44.7%, from
$10,516,493 to $15,222,384 in the year ended December 31, 1998, compared to
the prior year, and increased as a percentage of revenues to 3.8% from 3.4%.
The dollar increase resulted primarily from increased personnel, salaries and
travel to support the Company's expansion during 1998.
The increase in net interest income of $562,152 and the increase in other
income of $449,119 in the year ended December 31, 1998, as compared to the
prior year, was not deemed significant.
Provision for income taxes decreased by $13,792,377 from $15,399,631 in 1997
to $1,607,254 in 1998 primarily due to the change in the Company's income. The
provision for income taxes as a percentage of income before income taxes
decreased to 34.5% from 36% due to the effect of FICA tax tip credits on
reducing the Company's effective tax rate.
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Year Ended December 31, 1997 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 1996
Revenues increased $75,565,680, or 32.0%, from $236,106,877 to $311,672,557
for the year ended December 31, 1997, compared to the year ended December 31,
1996. The increase in revenues was attributable to revenues from new
restaurant openings offset by a reduction in processing plant revenues. There
was a nominal change in revenues from units opened prior to 1996.
As a primary result of increased restaurant revenues, restaurant cost of
sales increased $23,335,688, or 32.3%, from $72,303,748 to $95,639,436 for the
year ended December 31, 1997 compared to the prior year. Restaurant cost of
sales as a percentage of restaurant revenues for the year ended December 31,
1997 decreased to 30.7% from 31.1% in 1996. The decrease in restaurant cost of
sales as a percentage of restaurant revenues reflects slightly lower product
costs and better management cost controls in 1997.
Restaurant labor expenses increased $20,588,224, or 34.2%, from $60,248,830
to $80,837,054 for the year ended December 31, 1997 compared to the prior
year, primarily as a result of increased openings of new restaurants.
Restaurant labor expenses as a percentage of restaurant revenues for the year
ended December 31, 1997, remained flat in 1997 and 1996 at 25.9%. The Company
continues to experience labor cost pressures attributable in part to increases
in federally mandated minimum wages.
Other restaurant operating expenses increased $15,150,467, or 29.7%, from
$51,076,737 to $66,227,204 for the year ended December 31, 1997, compared to
the prior year, as a result of increased revenues and the opening of new
restaurants. Such expenses decreased as a percentage of restaurant revenues to
21.2% from 21.9% primarily due to revenue growth of newly opened restaurants
exceeding the increase in other restaurant operating expenses.
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $4,101,307, or 31.6%, from
$12,978,075 to $17,079,382 in 1997, compared to the prior year. The dollar
increase was primarily due to the addition of new restaurants and purchases of
new equipment. Depreciation and amortization as a percentage of restaurant
revenue remained flat in 1997 and 1996 at 5.5%. A decrease in pre-opening
amortization expense during the first six months of 1997 was offset by a
subsequent increase in pre-opening expense during the last six months of 1997.
These changes were due to changes in the number of units subject to
amortization and changes in the per unit pre-opening expenses.
General and administrative expenses increased $1,069,952, or 11.3%, from
$9,446,541 to $10,516,493 for the year ended December 31, 1997, compared to
the prior year, and decreased as a percentage of restaurant revenues to 3.4%
from 4.1%. During the first seven months of 1996, Landry's and Bayport
operated as separate companies and were, therefore, incurring separate general
and administrative expenses to support each company's separate growth plans.
However, upon the consummation of the Bayport Merger, Bayport's corporate
offices were closed and substantially all of Bayport's office employees were
terminated. As a result, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage
of revenues, were less than the combined expenses of the separate companies
for 1997, compared to the prior year. The dollar increase resulted primarily
from increased personnel, salaries and travel to support the combined
Company's expansion plans offset by the reduction of Bayport's general and
administrative expenses upon consummation of the Bayport Merger.
Merger costs in 1996 are non-recurring costs related to the merger with
Bayport. The costs primarily include investment banking fees, legal and
accounting fees, printing, filing and related costs, employee severance
payments and the write-off of specific assets which represented duplicative
facilities or non-operating properties.
The decrease in net interest income of $1,317,014 is the result of lower
excess cash balances in 1997, as compared to the prior year. The change in
other expense was not deemed significant.
Provision for income taxes increased due to the increase in the Company's
income.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
For the year ended December 31, 1998 the capital expenditures of the Company
were approximately $138 million which were funded out of existing cash
balances, proceeds from stock offerings, cash flow from operations and
borrowings.
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In March 1998, the Company completed a public offering of 3,810,950 shares
of the Company's common stock. Net proceeds of the common stock offering of
approximately $102 million have been used to repay outstanding bank loans,
finance expansion and for general corporate purposes.
The Company has a $125.0 million line of credit from a syndicate of banks
which expires in June 2000. The line of credit is available for expansion,
acquisitions and general corporate purposes. At December 31, 1998, the Company
had $35 million outstanding under this credit facility at an approximate
interest rate of 6.3% and had cash and cash equivalent balances aggregating
approximately $35.0 million. These borrowings were used to fund capital
expenditures.
The Company's current development plans are to open approximately 9 to 12
restaurants during each of 1999 and 2000. The 1999 restaurant development has
been reduced from previous plans as the Company believes that an increased
focus on the Company's existing restaurant operations is prudent.
During late 1998 the Company substantially completed the majority of
construction on a development plan for a waterfront area in South Houston (the
"Kemah Development"). The Kemah Development includes up to eight restaurant
sites, a 52 room hotel, connected public areas and plaza, four
amusement/entertainment rides, and light retail facilities. The Company
currently operates six restaurants, a 52-room hotel, amusement facilities, and
retail shops, (some of which are leased and operated by third parties). Two
additional restaurants will be constructed over the next two years, one of
which was under construction as of March 22, 1999.
Exclusive of any acquisitions or large real estate purchases, the Company
currently expects to incur capital expenditures of up to $50.0 million in 1999
and 2000 (based upon approximately 9 to 12 new restaurants in each year),
depending upon the actual number and timing of restaurant construction, the
number of land purchases, the amount of expenditures spent on conversions,
remodels, and the mix of leased, owned or conversion type locations. The
Company expects that its average per unit investment, excluding real estate
costs, capitalized interest costs and pre-opening expenses, will approximate
$2.0 million. However, individual unit investment costs can vary from
management's expectations due to a variety of factors. Moreover, average unit
investment costs are dependent upon many factors, including competition for
sites, location, construction costs, unit size and the mix of conversions,
build-to-suit, leased and fee-owned locations. The Company currently
anticipates that it will continue to purchase a portion of its new restaurant
locations, which are expected to be more costly than leased locations. The
Company believes that existing cash balances, cash generated from operations
and potential financing sources will be sufficient to satisfy the Company's
working capital and planned capital expenditures through 1999.
The Company has reviewed possible scenarios which would be intended to
increase shareholder value. On November 19, 1998, the Company announced the
authorization of an open market stock buy back program for up to $50.0
million. This program, which continues until December 31, 1999, unless
extended or cancelled, has resulted in the Company repurchasing approximately
1,478,000 common shares through March 29, 1999. Further, the Company has
engaged in discussions with certain parties who have expressed interests in
acquiring significant amounts of and/or all common shares outstanding.
On March 2, 1999, the Company announced the signing of a definitive merger
agreement to acquire another restaurant company. Such merger agreement was
subsequently terminated on March 8, 1999. The Company incurred an estimated
$3.5 million in connection with the transaction, which as a result of the
termination, will be charged to the income statement in the first quarter of
1999.
Seasonality and Quarterly Results
The Company's business is seasonal in nature, with revenues and, to a
greater degree, operating profits being lower in the first and fourth quarters
than in other quarters due to the Company's reduced winter volumes. The
Company has and continues to open restaurants in highly seasonal tourist
markets and has further noted that the Joe's Crab Shack concept restaurants
tend to experience even greater seasonality and sensitivity to weather. During
the Company's 1998 third quarter, the Company's restaurant operations,
revenues and profitability were negatively affected by a series of four
tropical storms in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States.
The timing of unit openings can and will affect quarterly results. The Company
anticipates decline ("honeymoon") in revenues from the initial volumes of new
units.
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Impact of Inflation
Management does not believe that inflation has had a significant effect on
the Company's operations during the past several years. Management believes
the Company has historically been able to pass on increased costs through menu
price increases, but there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so
in the future. Future increases in restaurant labor costs, land and
construction costs could adversely affect the Company's profitability and
ability to expand.
Year 2000 Date Conversion
The Company recognizes the need to insure that its operation will not be
adversely impacted by Year 2000 software failures. The Company is currently
working to resolve the potential impact of the Year 2000 on the processing of
date-sensitive data by the Company's computerized information systems. In
1998, the Company began to evaluate, test and modify its computer information
systems to ensure proper processing of transactions relating to the Year 2000
and beyond. Since all of the Company's critical business information systems
are vendor-supported software packages, this remediation process involves
performing normal software version upgrades and some related hardware upgrades
on those vendor supported systems that are not already Year 2000 compliant.
The Company expects to complete the required upgrades and modifications by
August 1999.
The amount charged to expense during the twelve months ended December 31,
1998, as well as the amounts anticipated to be charged to expense related to
the Year 2000 computer compliance modifications, have not been and are not
expected to be material to the Company's financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
The Company is taking steps to resolve Year 2000 compliance issues that may
be created by customers, suppliers and financial institutions with whom the
Company does business. However, there can be no guarantee that the systems of
other entities will be converted on a timely basis.
The Company believes that in an emergency it could revert to the use of
manual systems that do not rely on computers and could perform the minimum
functions required to provide information reporting to maintain satisfactory
control of the business. Should the Company have to utilize manual systems, it
is uncertain that it could maintain the same level of operations, and this
could have a material adverse impact on the business. The Company intends to
maintain constant surveillance on this situation and will develop such
contingency plans as are required by the changing environment.
ITEM 7.A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Company is exposed to market risk primarily related to potential adverse
changes in interest rates as discussed below. Management is actively involved
in monitoring exposure to market risk and continues to develop and utilize
appropriate risk management techniques. The Company is not exposed to any
other significant risks from the use of derivative financial instruments.
Management does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or to
speculate on changes in interest rates or commodity prices.
Interest Rate Risk
Total debt at December 31, 1998, included $35.0 million of floating-rate
debt attributed to bank credit facility borrowings at an average interest rate
of 6.3%. As a result, the Company's annual interest cost in 1999 will
fluctuate based on short-term interest rates. The impact on annual cash flow
of a ten percent change in the floating rate (approximately 60 basis points)
would not be material.
At December 31, 1998, the Company's fixed rate debt had a book value and a
fair market value of $35.0 million. The floating-rate debt will mature in June
2000.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The financial statements are set forth herein commencing on page 17.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
During the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998 and through the date of this
report, there have been no changes in the Company's independent public
accountants, nor have any disagreements with such accountants or reportable
events occurred.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Certain information relating to directors and executive officers of the
Company is incorporated by reference herein from the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which
proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not
later than 120 days after the close of the Company's fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Certain information relating to directors and executive officers of the
Company is incorporated by reference herein from the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which
proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not
later than 120 days after the close of the Company's fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Certain information relating to directors and executive officers of the
Company is incorporated by reference herein from the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which
proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not
later than 120 days after the close of the Company's fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Certain information relating to directors and executive officers of the
Company is incorporated by reference herein from the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which
proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not
later than 120 days after the close of the Company's fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) 1.Financial Statements
The following financial statements of the Company are set forth herein
commencing on page 18:
Report of Independent Public Accountants
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31,
1998, 1997 and 1996
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31,
1998, 1997 and 1996
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2.Financial Statement Schedules--Not applicable.
3.Exhibits
A list of exhibits required to be filed as part of this report on Form
10-K is set forth in the "Exhibit Index" which immediately precedes
such exhibits, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(b)Reports on Form 8-K
March 9, 1999 Termination of Proposed CRC Acquisition.
(c)Exhibits
All exhibits required by item 601 are listed in the accompanying
"Exhibit Index" described in (a)3. above.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Landry's
Seafood Restaurants, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of income
(loss), stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of three years in the
period ended December 31, 1998. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Landry's Seafood
Restaurants, Inc., and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of three years in
the period ended December 31, 1998, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Arthur Andersen LLP
Houston, Texas
February 19, 1999, except for Note 11, as to which the date is March 29, 1999
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
-------------------------
1998 1997
------------ ------------
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents.......................... $ 35,183,405 $ 17,234,130
Accounts receivable--trade and other............... 13,678,197 8,381,965
Deferred tax assets................................ 2,330,000 --
Inventory.......................................... 22,839,020 28,224,551
Other current assets............................... 10,816,686 8,361,755
------------ ------------
Total current assets............................. 84,847,308 62,202,401
------------ ------------
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net.......................... 398,568,419 313,341,200
GOODWILL, net of amortization of $1,249,000 and
$1,120,000 in 1998 and 1997, respectively........... 2,844,542 2,933,590
OTHER ASSETS, net.................................... 3,688,971 3,804,294
------------ ------------
Total assets..................................... $489,949,240 $382,281,485
============ ============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable................................... $ 21,216,470 $ 18,050,183
Accrued liabilities................................ 19,588,812 9,022,274
Current portion of long-term notes and other
obligations....................................... 81,672 71,819
------------ ------------
Total current liabilities........................ 40,886,954 27,144,276
------------ ------------
LONG-TERM NOTES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, NET OF CURRENT
PORTION............................................. 35,153,100 50,234,528
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES AND OTHER LIABILITIES.......... 5,237,111 8,164,954
------------ ------------
Total liabilities................................ 81,277,165 85,543,758
------------ ------------
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares
authorized, 0 and 2,702 issued and outstanding,
respectively...................................... 0 27
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares
authorized, 30,345,290 and 26,004,449 issued and
outstanding, respectively......................... 303,453 260,044
Additional paid-in capital......................... 363,156,349 250,935,805
Retained earnings.................................. 45,212,273 45,541,851
------------ ------------
Total stockholders' equity....................... 408,672,075 296,737,727
------------ ------------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity....... $489,949,240 $382,281,485
============ ============
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)
Year Ended December 31,
----------------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
------------ ------------ ------------
REVENUES:
Restaurant........................ $399,548,083 $311,672,557 $232,596,509
Processing plant.................. -- -- 3,510,368
------------ ------------ ------------
Total revenues................... 399,548,083 311,672,557 236,106,877
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Cost of sales..................... 121,081,247 95,639,436 72,303,748
Restaurant labor.................. 107,976,294 80,837,054 60,248,830
Other restaurant operating
expenses......................... 86,319,234 66,227,204 51,076,737
Merger costs...................... -- -- 25,971,815
Store closings and special
charges.......................... 37,631,969 -- --
Depreciation and amortization..... 18,686,508 17,079,382 12,978,075
Processing plant cost of sales and
operating expense................ -- -- 3,857,224
Restaurant pre-opening expenses... 10,439,229 -- --
General and administrative
expenses......................... 15,222,384 10,516,493 9,446,541
------------ ------------ ------------
Total operating costs and
expenses........................ 397,356,865 270,299,569 235,882,970
OPERATING INCOME.................... 2,191,218 41,372,988 223,907
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Interest (income) expense, net...... (1,624,569) (1,062,417) (2,379,431)
Other, net.......................... (843,389) (394,270) 318,314
------------ ------------ ------------
(2,467,958) (1,456,687) (2,061,117)
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES &
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE .............. 4,659,176 42,829,675 2,285,024
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES.......... 1,607,254 15,399,631 779,451
------------ ------------ ------------
NET INCOME BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE.. 3,051,922 27,430,044 1,505,573
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE, NET OF TAX... 3,381,500 -- --
------------ ------------ ------------
NET INCOME (LOSS)................... $ (329,578) $ 27,430,044 $ 1,505,573
============ ============ ============
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
INFORMATION:
BASIC
Net income before cumulative
effect of accounting change...... $ 0.10 $ 1.07 $ 0.06
Cumulative effect of accounting
change........................... (0.11) -- --
------------ ------------ ------------
Net income (loss)................. $ (0.01) $ 1.07 $ 0.06
============ ============ ============
Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding............... 29,400,000 25,518,000 23,360,000
DILUTED
Net income before cumulative
effect of accounting change...... $ 0.10 $ 1.03 $ 0.06
Cumulative effect of accounting
change........................... (0.11) -- --
------------ ------------ ------------
Net income (loss)................. $ (0.01) $ 1.03 $ 0.06
============ ============ ============
Weighted average number of common
and common share equivalents
outstanding...................... 29,900,000 26,600,000 24,100,000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred
Stock Common Stock Additional
--------------- ------------------- Paid-In Retained
Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Earnings Total
------- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----------- ------------
BALANCE, December 31,
1995................... 108,391 $1,084 19,865,027 $198,650 $127,984,583 $16,606,234 $144,790,551
Net income............. -- -- -- -- -- 1,505,573 1,505,573
Issuance of common
stock, net of offering
costs................. -- -- 4,890,000 48,900 105,264,100 -- 105,313,000
Conversion of preferred
stock................. (79,993) (800) 79,993 800 -- -- --
Exercises of stock
options and income tax
benefit............... -- -- 390,336 3,903 4,834,384 -- 4,838,287
------- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----------- ------------
BALANCE, December 31,
1996................... 28,398 284 25,225,356 252,253 238,083,067 18,111,807 256,447,411
------- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----------- ------------
Net income............. -- -- -- -- -- 27,430,044 27,430,044
Conversion of preferred
stock................. (25,696) (257) 25,696 257 -- -- --
Exercises of stock
options and income tax
benefit............... 753,397 7,534 12,852,738 -- 12,860,272
------- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----------- ------------
BALANCE, December 31,
1997................... 2,702 27 26,004,449 260,044 250,935,805 45,541,851 296,737,727
------- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----------- ------------
Net loss............... -- -- -- -- -- (329,578) (329,578)
Conversion of preferred
stock................. (2,702) (27) 2,702 27 --
Issuance of common
stock, net of offering
costs................. -- -- 3,810,950 38,110 102,273,091 -- 102,311,201
Exercises of stock
options and income tax
benefit............... -- -- 527,189 5,272 9,947,453 -- 9,952,725
------- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----------- ------------
BALANCE, December 31,
1998................... 0 $ 0 30,345,290 $303,453 $363,156,349 $45,212,273 $408,672,075
======= ====== ========== ======== ============ =========== ============
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
------------ ------------ -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss).................... $ (329,578) $ 27,430,044 $ 1,505,573
Adjustments to reconcile net income
(loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Merger costs........................ -- -- 17,623,337
Store closings and special charges.. 25,362,773 -- --
Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle............... 5,162,500 -- --
Gain on involuntary conversion of
assets............................. (1,229,043) -- --
Depreciation and amortization....... 18,686,508 17,079,382 12,978,075
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in trade and
other receivables................. (5,296,232) 2,193,909 (7,495,694)
(Increase) decrease in inventory... 5,385,531 (16,158,657) (4,064,313)
(Increase) decrease in other
assets............................ 586,569 (7,619,919) (5,682,060)
Increase (decrease) in accounts
payable and accrued liabilities... 11,475,059 13,890,995 (435,203)
------------ ------------ -----------
Total adjustments................... 60,133,665 9,385,710 12,924,142
------------ ------------ -----------
Net cash provided by operating
activities.......................... 59,804,087 36,815,754 14,429,715
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Property and equipment additions..... (137,950,072) (135,890,725) (64,468,539)
Proceeds from sale of property and
equipment........................... 1,850,000 -- --
Other................................ 52,986 (976,153) (1,253,171)
------------ ------------ -----------
Net cash used in investing
activities........................ (136,047,086) (136,866,878) (65,721,710)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from sale of common
stock............................... 102,294,532 -- 105,313,000
Proceeds from exercise of stock
options............................. 6,969,317 10,182,106 3,564,758
Notes payable borrowings............. 33,000,000 50,000,000 10,747,621
Payments on notes payable and
borrowings.......................... (48,071,575) (164,838) (28,767,119)
------------ ------------ -----------
Net cash provided by financing
activities........................ 94,192,274 60,017,268 90,858,260
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH....... 17,949,275 (40,033,856) 39,566,265
CASH AT BEGINNING OF YEAR............. 17,234,130 57,267,986 17,701,721
------------ ------------ -----------
CASH AT END OF YEAR................... $ 35,183,405 $ 17,234,130 $57,267,986
============ ============ ===========
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest............................ $ 1,834,000 $ 775,000 $ 162,000
Income taxes........................ $ 2,074,000 $ 3,409,000 $ 5,320,000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accompanying financial statements include the consolidated accounts of
Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware holding company (the "Company")
and its wholly owned subsidiaries and partnership. The Company owns and
operates seafood restaurants primarily under the trade names Landry's Seafood
House, Joe's Crab Shack and The Crab House. All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or
market and consist primarily of food and beverages.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Expenditures for major renewals
and betterments are capitalized while maintenance and repairs are expensed as
incurred.
Interest is capitalized in connection with the construction and development
of new and converted restaurants. The capitalized interest is recorded as part
of the asset to which it relates and amortized over the asset's estimated
useful life. During 1998 and 1997, the Company capitalized $1,171,653 and
$1,433,746, respectively, of interest costs.
The Company computes depreciation using the straight-line method. The
estimated lives used in computing depreciation are as follows:
Years
-----
Buildings and improvements............................... 5-40
Furniture, fixtures and equipment........................ 4-10
Leasehold improvements................................... Shorter of 30 years
or lease term
PRE-OPENING COSTS
Pre-opening costs include the direct and incremental costs incurred in
connection with the commencement of each restaurant's operations, which are
substantially comprised of training-related costs. Pre-opening costs have
historically been capitalized and amortized using the straight-line method
over 12 months. Such amounts are included in other current assets on the
consolidated balance sheets and totaled $5,162,500, net of accumulated
amortization as of December 31, 1997. During the fourth quarter of 1998, the
Company elected to adopt the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants Statement of Position 98-5 "Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up
Activities (SOP 98-5)". SOP 98-5 requires companies to expense pre-opening
costs as incurred and to expense previously capitalized pre-opening costs as a
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. SOP 98-5 required the
Company to expense $5,162,500 of pre-opening costs capitalized as of December
31, 1997 during 1998. The expense of $5,162,500 is recorded net of a tax
benefit of $1,781,000 as a Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
in the amount of $3,381,500. Additionally, in connection with the adoption of
SOP 98-5, the Company expensed $10,439,229 of restaurant pre-opening costs as
incurred during 1998.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Certain direct costs are capitalized in conjunction with site selection for
planned future restaurants and for acquiring restaurant properties. Direct and
certain indirect costs, including interest, are capitalized in conjunction
with constructing new restaurants. These costs are included in property and
equipment in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are amortized
over the life of the related building and leasehold interest. Costs related to
abandoned site selections and general site selection costs which cannot be
identified with specific restaurants are charged to operations.
GOODWILL AND NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS
Goodwill and non-compete agreements are amortized over 30 years and 15 years
(or the life of the related agreement), respectively. These amounts are
included in goodwill and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets, respectively.
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Net income per common share has been computed in accordance with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128, "Earnings Per Share". Basic
EPS is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of
shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted EPS is computed
using the average share price for the period in all cases when applying the
treasury stock method to potentially dilutive outstanding options.
CASH FLOW REPORTING
For purposes of the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company
considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three
months or less to be cash equivalents.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results may differ from those estimates.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TRADE AND OTHER
Accounts receivable at December 31, 1998 included an estimated $6,100,000
recoverable from an insurance company related to property damage and business
interruption claims during 1998. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 1998
include an estimated $1,200,000, related to business interruption claims
during 1998. The property damage and business interruption claims relate to a
restaurant destroyed by fire in February 1998, and partial damage to six of
the Company's restaurants caused by Tropical Storm Frances hitting the Texas
Gulf Coast in September 1998. Other income for the year ended December 31,
1998 includes a gain on the involuntary conversion of assets of $1,229,043 as
a result of the restaurant fire. All of the restaurants damaged were reopened
by December 31, 1998.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
2. ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities are comprised of the following:
December 31,
----------------------
1998 1997
----------- ----------
Payroll and related costs............................ $ 3,024,139 $2,166,035
Taxes, other than payroll and income taxes........... 5,146,592 4,001,719
Deferred and state income taxes...................... 442,275 974,279
Store closings and special charges (Note 7).......... 7,513,001 --
Other................................................ 3,462,805 1,880,241
----------- ----------
$19,588,812 $9,022,274
=========== ==========
3. INCOME TAXES
An analysis of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December
31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 is as follows:
1998 1997 1996
----------- ----------- --------
Tax Provision (Benefit) on Income Before
Cumulative Effect of Change in
Accounting Principle:
Current income taxes.................. $ 5,350,808 $ 8,558,391 $300,000
Deferred income taxes................. (3,743,554) 6,841,240 479,451
----------- ----------- --------
Total............................... $ 1,607,254 $15,399,631 $779,451
=========== =========== ========
Tax Provision (Benefit) on Cumulative
Effect of Change in Accounting
Principle:
Deferred income taxes................. $(1,781,000) -- --
----------- ----------- --------
Total provision (benefit)........... $ (173,746) $15,399,631 $779,451
=========== =========== ========
The Company's effective tax rate, for the year ended December 31, 1998, 1997
and 1996, differs from the federal statutory rate as follows:
1998 1997 1996
----- ---- -----
Statutory rate........................................... 35.0% 35.0% 34.0%
FICA credit on tips...................................... (25.4) (2.3) (34.6)
State income/franchise tax, net of federal tax benefit... 9.5 1.2 13.7
Goodwill amortization.................................... -- -- 2.9
Other.................................................... 15.4 2.1 18.1
----- ---- -----
34.5% 36.0% 34.1%
===== ==== =====
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
Deferred income tax liabilities and assets as of December 31 are comprised
of the following:
1998 1997
---------- -----------
Deferred Liabilities:
Current:
Pre-opening costs and other current items........... $ 350,000 $ 674,000
Non-current:
Property and equipment and other assets............. 9,227,000 9,765,000
---------- -----------
$9,577,000 $10,439,000
========== ===========
Deferred Assets:
Current:
Accrued liabilities and other....................... $2,680,000 --
Non-current:
AMT credit, FICA credit carryforward and other...... 3,026,000 636,000
Net operating loss carryforward..................... 961,000 961,000
---------- -----------
6,667,000 1,597,000
---------- -----------
Total............................................. $2,910,000 $ 8,842,000
========== ===========
Accounts receivable, as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 includes income tax
receivables of $2,075,000 and $2,066,000, respectively.
4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment is comprised of the following:
Year Ended December 31,
--------------------------
1998 1997
------------ ------------
Land............................................. $ 70,493,425 $ 60,668,579
Buildings and improvements....................... 92,698,313 45,357,143
Furniture, fixtures and equipment................ 103,047,261 81,430,962
Leasehold improvements........................... 158,770,549 139,672,349
Construction in progress......................... 18,713,281 17,526,136
------------ ------------
$443,722,829 344,655,169
Less--accumulated depreciation................... (45,154,410) (31,313,969)
------------ ------------
Property and equipment, net...................... $398,568,419 $313,341,200
============ ============
Other current assets at December 31, 1998 includes approximately $3,443,000
of property, equipment and leasehold interests held for sale as a result of
the Company's decision to close certain underperforming restaurants (see Note
7) and approximately $4,661,000 of land held for sale (see Note 10).
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
5. DEBT
The Company has a $125.0 million unsecured line of credit from a syndicate
of banks which matures in June 2000, and is available for expansion,
acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes. Interest on the credit
facility is payable quarterly at the Eurodollar rate plus 0.6% or the bank's
base rate. The credit facility is subject to certain financial covenants,
including minimum tangible net worth, a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum
fixed charge coverage ratio. At December 31, 1998 the Company had $35.0
million outstanding under this credit facility at an average interest rate of
6.3%.
Interest (income) expense, net includes the following:
Year Ended December 31,
--------------------------------------
1998 1997 1996
------------ ----------- -----------
Interest expense..................... $ 40,924 $ 55,082 $ 693,376
Interest income...................... (1,665,493) (1,117,499) (3,072,807)
------------ ----------- -----------
$(1,624,569) $(1,062,417) $(2,379,431)
============ =========== ===========
6.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
LEASE COMMITMENTS
The Company has entered into lease commitments for restaurant facilities as
well as certain fixtures, equipment and leasehold improvements. Under most of
the facility lease agreements, the Company pays taxes, insurance and
maintenance costs in addition to the lease payments. Certain facility leases
also provide for additional contingent rentals based on a percentage of sales
in excess of a minimum amount. Rental expense under operating leases was
approximately $17,010,000, $13,212,000 and $10,639,000 during the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997, and 1996, respectively.
The aggregate amounts of minimum operating lease commitments maturing in
each of the five years and thereafter subsequent to December 31, 1998, are as
follows:
1999............................................................ $ 13,627,000
2000............................................................ 13,585,000
2001............................................................ 13,585,000
2002............................................................ 13,436,000
2003............................................................ 12,955,000
Thereafter...................................................... 156,043,000
------------
Total minimum rentals......................................... $223,231,000
============
Minimum lease commitments of approximately $22,200,000 related to the closed
stores (see Note 7) have been excluded from the above table. The Company has
accrued as of December 31, 1998 the estimated cost to exit such leases.
Estimated lease costs until disposition related to these closed stores have
been included as an accrual in connection with the store closing and special
charges (see Note 7).
LITIGATION AND CLAIMS
The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the
ordinary course of its business. Management believes, based on discussions
with its legal counsel and in consideration of insurance coverages and
accruals recorded, that the outcome of all legal actions and claims will not
have a material adverse effect upon the consolidated financial position and
results of operations of the Company.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
INSURANCE
Through July 23, 1997, the Company was self-insured with respect to
potential worker's compensation claims in Texas, but retained excess
employer's indemnity coverage for any claim in excess of $100,000. Commencing
July 24, 1997, the Company subscribed to worker's compensation insurance in
Texas, as it has done in states other than Texas. The Company maintains a
$250,000 aggregate deductible for losses in most states. Management believes
that any claims paid under its worker's compensation program will not have a
material adverse effect upon the consolidated financial position and results
of operations of the Company based upon the Company's historical experience.
7. STORE CLOSINGS AND SPECIAL CHARGES
The Company incurred approximately $37,632,000 in store closings and special
charges in the fourth quarter of 1998. These special charges provided an
estimated income tax benefit of $13,000,000. These expenses were the result of
the Company's decision in the fourth quarter of 1998 to close eleven
underperforming restaurants, eight of which were closed in 1998 and three of
which were closed in 1999, the Company's decision not to renew a restaurant
lease upon option renewal and changes in the Company's strategic growth plan.
The Company is in the process of selling its leaseholds and fee interests in
these closed restaurants and is negotiating the termination of related lease
obligations. As a result of changes in the Company's strategic growth plan,
the Company: (i) reduced planned future unit growth, (ii) abandoned potential
restaurant sites, and (iii) abandoned efforts to build a stand-alone office
complex in Houston, Texas. These strategic changes resulted in a reduction in
employees, the sale of a duplicate corporate asset and the abandonment of a
strategic corporate transaction. The store closing and special charges consist
of the following items:
CHARGE IN
4TH QUARTER
1998
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Restaurant closures and lease terminations:
Write down of property, equipment, leasehold interests and other
assets to estimated net realizable value........................ $25,815,000
Estimated lease termination costs and employee severance on
closed restaurants.............................................. 7,634,000
Charges associated with the changes in the Company's strategic
growth plan:
Abandonment of restaurant development sites and Company plans to
build a stand-alone office complex in Houston, Texas............ 2,910,000
Employee severance and separation costs related to a reduction in
planned future restaurant unit growth........................... 303,000
Loss on sale of a duplicate corporate asset...................... 400,000
Costs associated with abandoned corporate transaction............ 570,000
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Total.......................................................... $37,632,000
===========
The special charge is based on management's estimate of costs to be incurred
related to store closings. Significant estimates included in the special
charge relate to estimated lease exit costs such as rent and lease buyout
costs through final disposition, and estimated proceeds associated with
certain owned properties. These costs have been estimated by management based
upon information from internal and external real estate advisors and
discussions and negotiations with third parties held to date. To the extent
the actual costs differ from these estimates the special charge will be
adjusted accordingly in future periods. The net realizable value of the
property, equipment and leasehold interests held for sale totaled
approximately $3,443,000 and is included in other current assets at December
31, 1998. The accrued expenses at December 31, 1998 related to the store
closings and special charges in the amount of approximately $7,500,000 relates
primarily to anticipated lease termination costs and employee severance. The
Company expects the majority of cash payments to occur during 1999.
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LANDRY'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
8. BUSINESS COMBINATION
On August 9, 1996, the Company, under an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
"Merger Agreement") exchanged 1.8 million newly issued common shares and .1
million newly issued preferred shares for all of the outstanding common and
preferred shares of Bayport Restaurant Group, Inc. ("Bayport"). Accordingly, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company merged with and into Bayport, resulting
in Bayport becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Merger").
The exchange of shares was accounted for as a pooling of interests. Bayport
operated full-service casual dining seafood restaurants under the name "The
Crab House". Bayport's Crab House restaurants are located primarily in
Florida.
Merger costs are non-recurring costs related to the merger with Bayport.
These costs primarily include investment banking fees, legal and accounting
fees, printing, filing and related costs, employee severance payments and the
write-off of specific assets which represented duplicative facilities or non-
operating properties.
9. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
In March 1998, the Company completed a public offering of 3,810,950 shares
of the Company's Common Stock. Net proceeds of the common stock offering were
approximately $102,400,000 and have been used to repay outstanding bank loans,
finance expansion, and for general corporate purposes.
In May 1996, the Company completed a public offering of 4,890,000 shares of
the Company's common stock. Net proceeds of the common stock offering were
approximately $105,300,000. In May 1995, the Company declared a two-for-one
stock split in the form of a dividend on the $.01 par value common stock. The
split was payable to stockholders of record as of June 15, 1995, and was
distributed and effective on June 23, 1995.
In 1993, the Company established two stock option plans (the Stock Option
Plans), as amended, pursuant to which options may be granted to eligible
employees and nonemployee directors of the Company or its subsidiaries for the
purchase of an aggregate of 2,750,000 shares of common stock of the Company.
The Stock Option Plans are administered by the Stock Option Committee of the
Board of Directors (the Committee), which determines at its discretion, the
number of shares subject to each option granted and the related purchase
price, vesting and option periods. The Committee may grant either nonqualified
stock options or incentive stock options, as defined by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
In June 1995, the Company, with stockholder approval, adopted the 1995
Flexible Incentive Plan (Flex Plan) for key employees of the Company. Under
the Flex Plan, as amended, eligible employees may receive stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance awards, performance stock
and other awards, as defined by the Board of Directors or an appointed
committee. The aggregate number of shares of common stock which may be issued
under the Flex Plan (or with respect to which awards may be granted) may not
exceed 2,000,000 shares.
Bayport, prior to the merger, had two Incentive Stock Option Plans under
which options were granted to Bayport employees at an option price which was
equal to or in excess of the market price of the stock on the date of grant.
In addition, various non-qualified options were granted to key Bayport
employees at an option price at least equal to the market price of the stock
on grant date. Stock options granted by Bayport were generally exercisable
over two to five-year periods. Further, Bayport had issued warrants which were
exercisable through January 2002. As a result of the merger, the outstanding
options and warrants of Bayport are exercisable into common stock of Landry's
at the given merger exchange ratios.
The stock option plans are accounted for using APB Opinion No. 25, under
which no compensation expense has been recorded. If compensation costs for the
Company had been determined using the alternative accounting
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
method based on the fair value prescribed by SFAS 123, the Company's proforma
net income (loss) for 1998, 1997 and 1996 would have been approximately
$(4,385,618), $24,055,000, and $(1,511,000), respectively, and the Company's
proforma earnings (loss) per share--basic would have been $(0.15), $0.94, and
$(0.06), and per share--diluted would have been $(0.15), $0.89, and $(0.06),
respectively. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of
grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model; amortization over the
respective vesting periods; no dividends; expected lives of 4.7, 6.8, and 9.5
years for 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively; expected stock price volatility
of approximately 40% and an interest rate of approximately 5% in 1998 and 7%
in 1997 and 1996. The weighted average fair value of options granted during
1998, 1997 and 1996 was $6.37, $7.40, and $9.95, respectively. These proforma
results exclude consideration of options granted prior to January 1, 1995, and
may not be representative of that to be expected in future years.
In connection with Company's stock options, certain stock options
aggregating approximately 800,000 and 650,000 shares, at a weighted average
price of $18.02 and $12.79 were repriced to $12.88 and $7.00 during 1997 and
1998, respectively. Approximately 1,645,000 and 2,212,000 options were granted
to management employees during 1997 and 1998, at approximately $12.88 and
$6.37 per share, respectively.
At December 31, 1998, options for 3,646,741 shares were outstanding (883,151
of which were exercisable) at prices ranging from $6.00 to $24.25 per share.
As of December 31, 1998, all options have been granted at the stock price on
the grant date and are generally exercisable beginning one year from the date
of grant with annual vesting periods.
1998 1997 1996
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Price Price Price
Per Per Per
Shares Share Shares Share Shares Share
---------- -------- ---------- -------- --------- --------
Options outstanding,
beginning of year...... 3,095,619 $13.30 3,262,812 $15.13 2,834,514 $13.99
Granted................. 2,211,951 6.37 1,644,600 12.96 871,357 15.85
Exercised............... (564,223) 12.57 (753,397) 14.78 (390,336) 12.38
Terminated.............. (1,096,606) 13.28 (1,058,396) 18.40 (52,723) 13.99
---------- ------ ---------- ------ --------- ------
Options outstanding,
December 31............ 3,646,741 $ 9.22 3,095,619 $13.30 3,262,812 $15.13
========== ====== ========== ====== ========= ======
Options exercisable,
December 31............ 883,151 $14.10 813,622 $14.86 775,672 $17.89
========== ====== ========== ====== ========= ======
10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In January 1996, Fertitta Hospitality, which is jointly owned by Mr. Tilman
J. Fertitta, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and his
wife, acquired certain properties in Galveston, Texas in connection with the
acquisition of a major resort area. A portion of the property acquired by
Fertitta Hospitality contained a leased restaurant site upon which a Landry's
Seafood Restaurant was located and upon which the terms of the lease relating
to that restaurant had been negotiated in 1993 at arm's-length between
Landry's and the previous unaffiliated third party (the Woodlands Corporation,
a subsidiary of Mitchell Energy and Development Corp.) owner/lessor. Upon the
acquisition by Fertitta Hospitality, Landry's continued to pay rent under the
original terms of the lease. The rent was approved in 1993 by the Company's
Board of Directors at the time of the original lease with the unaffiliated
party. In May 1997 the restaurant property, including land, building and
improvements was purchased by the Company for $3,077,000.
The Company entered into an agreement with 610 Loop Venture, LLC, a company
wholly owned by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Landry's, whereby,
the Company would sell to 610 Loop Venture, a
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
4-acre undeveloped land tract at a third-party appraised value of approximately
$5,360,000 (approximately $700,000 more than the original purchase price paid
by the Company), and 610 Loop Venture would construct a condominium project on
the land. The carrying cost of the land held for sale is included in other
current assets at December 31, 1998. Such condominium project would contain,
among other things, a hotel unit, owned by 610 Loop Venture, and a 4-story,
83,000 square foot office facility. The office facility will be purchased by
Landry's for a third-party appraised value of approximately $14,840,000. At the
completion of the project, a condominium regime agreement will be entered into
between Landry's and 610 Loop Venture, who will operate and manage the project.
Landry's and 610 Loop Venture are currently in discussions to delay
commencement of construction of the condominium project, including the 4-story,
83,000 square foot office facility.
11. STOCK REPURCHASE
On November 19, 1998 the Company announced the authorization of an open
market stock buy back program for up to $50.0 million. This program, which
continues until December 31, 1999, unless extended or cancelled, has resulted
in the Company repurchasing approximately 1,478,000 common shares through
March 29, 1999 for approximately $9.1 million.
12. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
The following is a summary of unaudited quarterly consolidated results of
operations (in thousands, except per share data) for 1998, 1997 and 1996.
Quarterly financial data for 1998 has been restated to reflect the fourth
quarter adoption of SOP 98-5 (Note 1), which the Company adopted effective
January 1, 1998:
March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31,
1998 1998 1998 1998
--------- -------- -------------- -------------
Quarter Ended:
Restaurant revenues............ $90,045 $111,039 $109,353 $ 89,112
Store closings and special
charges....................... $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 37,632
Operating income (loss)........ $11,507 $ 16,191 $ 11,073 $(36,579)
Net income (loss) before
cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle.......... $ 7,854 $ 11,075 $ 7,332 $(23,211)
Net income (loss).............. $ 4,473 $ 11,075 $ 7,332 $(23,211)
Net income (loss) per share
--Basic (before cumulative
effect of accounting change). $ 0.29 $ 0.37 $ 0.24 $ (0.76)
--Basic (after cumulative
effect of accounting change). $ 0.17 $ 0.37 $ 0.24 $ (0.76)
--Diluted (before cumulative
effect of accounting change). $ 0.28 $ 0.36 $ 0.24 $ (0.76)
--Diluted (after cumulative
effect of accounting change). $ 0.16 $ 0.36 $ 0.24 $ (0.76)
March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31,
1997 1997 1997 1997
--------- -------- -------------- -------------
Quarter Ended:
Restaurant revenues............ $64,301 $ 81,182 $ 89,808 $ 76,382
Operating income............... $ 8,578 $ 12,204 $ 13,037 $ 7,554
Net income..................... $ 5,794 $ 8,002 $ 8,574 $ 5,060
Net income per share (basic)... $ 0.23 $ 0.31 $ 0.33 $ 0.20
Net income per share (diluted). $ 0.22 $ 0.30 $ 0.32 $ 0.19
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March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31,
1996 1996 1996 1996
--------- -------- ------------- ------------
Quarter Ended:
Revenues........................ $53,071 $66,285 $ 64,390 $52,361
Merger expenses................. $ -- $ -- $ 25,972 $ --
Operating income (loss)......... $ 5,488 $ 7,564 $(17,672) $ 4,844
Net income (loss)............... $ 3,459 $ 4,978 $(10,579) $ 3,648
Net income (loss) per share
(basic)........................ $ 0.17 $ 0.22 $ (0.42) $ 0.15
Net income (loss) per share
(diluted)...................... $ 0.17 $ 0.22 $ (0.42) $ 0.14
13. MERGER TERMINATION (UNAUDITED)
On March 2, 1999, the Company announced the signing of a definitive merger
agreement. Such merger agreement was subsequently terminated on March 8, 1999
with no further discussions anticipated. The Company estimates that it incurred
approximately $3.7 million in transaction costs in connection with the
definitive merger agreement which will be expensed in the first quarter of
1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 31st
day of March, 1999.
Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
/s/ Tilman J. Fertitta
_____________________________________
Tilman J. Fertitta
Chairman of the Board/President
and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tilman J.
Fertitta, Steven L. Scheinthal and Paul S. West, and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign on his behalf
individually and in each capacity stated below any amendment to this Annual
Report on Form 10-K and any amendment thereto and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
--------- ----- ----
/s/ Tilman J. Fertitta Chairman, President and March 31, 1999
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer,
Tilman J. Fertitta Principal Executive Officer
and Director
/s/ Paul S. West Vice President, Principal March 31, 1999
____________________________________ Financial Officer, Principal
Paul S. West Accounting Officer and
Director
/s/ Steven L. Scheinthal Vice President, Secretary, March 31, 1999
____________________________________ General Counsel and Director
Steven L. Scheinthal
/s/ James E. Masucci Director March 31, 1999
____________________________________
James E. Masucci
/s/ Joe Max Taylor Director March 31, 1999
____________________________________
Joe Max Taylor
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Certain of the exhibits to this report on Form 10-K are hereby incorporated
by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 No. 33-65498
and all amendments thereto ("A") and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 1995 ("B"), May 9, 1995 Proxy Statement ("C"), the June
25, 1997 Form 8-K ("D"), the 1995 Form 10-K ("E"), the May 1996 Form S-4
("F"), the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1998 ("G"),
and the March 9, 1999 Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("H"). Such exhibits are denoted with the letter. Exhibits denoted
by * are filed herewith.
Exhibit
No. Exhibit
------- -------
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. as
filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 23, 1993, as
amended -A-(See Exhibit 3.1) and -B-
3.2 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation -A-
3.3 Bylaws of Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. -A- (See Exhibit 3.2)
4 Specimen Common Stock Certificate, $.01 par value of Landry's Seafood
Restaurants, Inc. -A-
10.1 1993 Stock Option Plan ("Plan") -C-
10.2 Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the Plan -A- (See
Exhibit 10.61)
10.3 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Plan -A- (See
Exhibit 10.62)
10.4 Non-Qualified Formula Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
("Directors' Plan") -A-
10.5 First Amendment to Non-Qualified Formula Stock Option Plan for Non-
Employee Directors -C-
10.6 Form of Stock Option Agreement for Directors' Plan -A- (See Exhibit
10.64)
10.7 Form of Personal Service and Employment Agreement of Tilman J.
Fertitta -A- (See Exhibit 10.65)
10.8 1995 Flexible Incentive Plan -C-
10.9 Form of Consulting Services Agreement between Landry's Management,
L.P. and Fertitta
Hospitality -E-
10.10 Form of Stock Option Agreement between Landry's Seafood Restaurants,
Inc. and Tilman J.
Fertitta -E-
10.11 Business Loan Agreement dated June 19, 1997 between Landry's Seafood
Restaurants, Inc. and Bank of America, Texas, N.A., as Agent, Issuing
Bank and a Bank -D-
*11 Statement regarding computation of per share earnings--fully diluted -
10.12 Contract of Sale and Development Agreement -G-
10.13 Executive Employment Agreements -G-
10.14 First Amendment to Credit Agreement -G-
10.15 Termination Agreement by and among Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
and Consolidated Restaurant Corporation the Cracken Trust, the Katemcy
Trust, Street, and Hartnett -H-
*21 Subsidiaries of Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
*23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
*24 Power of Attorney--(See page 32)
*27 Financial Data Schedule
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