Convergys Q4 results - Net Income growth in 56%; this is great news
CINCINNATI, Jan. 25 (Reuters) - In Millions Except Per Share Amounts (Unaudited) Fourth Quarter Change 1999 1998 Amount % Revenues: - Information Mgmt. Grp. $ 179.8 $ 164.1 $ 15.7 10 - Customer Mgmt. Group 315.5 249.5 66.0 26 - Eliminations & Other (8.6) (8.9) 0.3 (3) --Total 486.7 404.7 82.0 20 Operating Income: - Information Mgmt. Grp. 37.0 33.0 4.0 12 - Customer Mgmt. Group 30.3 (b) 22.7 7.6 33 - Eliminations & Other (1.1) (1.9) 0.8 (42) --Total 66.2 53.8 12.4 23 Net Income 32.1 (c) 34.1 (2.0) (6) Earnings Per Common Share (c) (d) - Basic 0.21 0.22 (0.01) (5) - Diluted 0.21 0.22 (0.01) (5) Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (d) - Basic 151.5 152.0 (0.5) - Diluted 155.2 152.6 2.6 Twelve Months Change 1999 1998 Amount % Revenues: - Information Mgmt. Grp.$ 687.1 $ 602.0 $ 85.1 14 - Customer Mgmt. Group 1,110.9 869.9 241.0 28 - Eliminations & Other (35.1) (24.7) (10.4) 42 --Total 1,762.9 1,447.2 315.7 22 Operating Income: - Information Mgmt. Grp. 132.3 (a) 116.5 15.8 14 - Customer Mgmt. Group 108.7 (b) 25.6 (a) 83.1 - - Eliminations & Other (5.8) (2.2) (3.6) 164 --Total 235.2 139.9 95.3 68 Net Income 137.0 (c) 81.0 (a) 56.0 69 Earnings Per Common Share (c)(d) - Basic 0.90 0.57 0.33 58 - Diluted 0.89 0.57 0.32 56 Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding (d) - Basic 151.6 142.7 8.9 - Diluted 154.5 142.9 11.6 NOTE: (a) Includes purchased research and development costs of $2.0 (before and after tax) at IMG for the twelve months ended Dec. 31,1999 and of $42.6 ($26.4 after tax) at CMG for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 1998. (b) Includes facility consolidation costs of $6.9 ($4.3 after tax) for the three and twelve months ended Dec. 31, 1999. (c) Net income includes the special items included in operating income above as well as $12.4 ($7.8 after tax) in one time charges associated with the Company's interest in a cellular partnership and a non-recurring realized investment gain of $1.9 ($1.2 after tax) in the three months ended Dec. 31, 1999. Excluding these special items, earnings per diluted common share were $0.97 and $0.75 for the twelve months ended Dec. 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, and $0.28 for the three months ended Dec. 31, 1999. (d) Effective Aug. 4, 1998, the Company approved a share split, which increased the number of then outstanding common shares to 137.0 million. On Aug. 13, 1998, the Company issued an additional 14,950,000 common shares to the public in an initial public offering. Basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods prior to the initial public offering have been calculated using the 137.0 million common share total.
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