EX-99.1 3 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE CORPORATION ON 04/15/2003 Press release issued by the Corporation on 04/15/2003

Exhibit 99.1

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Contact

Paul L. Audet:

  

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BlackRock, Inc. Reports 12% Increase in Net Income for the First Quarter to $35.3 Million,

Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.54 and Assets Under Management of $274 Billion

 

New York, April 15, 2003 – BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) today reported net income of $35.3 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003, a 12% increase compared with $31.4 million earned in the first quarter of 2002 and a 4% increase compared with $33.8 million earned in the fourth quarter of 2002. Diluted earnings per share for the first quarter were $0.54 compared with $0.48 and $0.52 for the first and fourth quarter of 2002, respectively. The impact of a lower effective tax rate partially offset by higher weighted average shares resulting from the treasury stock impact of stock option awards under the new retention and incentive plan added approximately $0.01 to diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2003. Operating income of $54.1 million increased $4.1 million or 8% compared with $49.9 million earned in the first quarter of 2002 and decreased $0.9 million or 2% compared with $55.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2002. The decrease in operating income from fourth quarter 2002 largely reflects a $1.8 million increase in employee benefit costs for payroll taxes and 401(k) expense associated with incentive compensation payments and severance expense incurred in connection with the restructuring of the Company’s equity products.

 

Assets under management (“AUM”) at March 31, 2003 were $273.6 billion, a 15% increase compared with $238.1 billion at March 31, 2002 and a 0.3% increase compared with the $272.8 billion reported at December 31, 2002. Since year-end 2002, long-dated (fixed income, equity and alternative investment) assets increased $11.3 billion, while liquidity assets declined $10.5 billion amid continuing volatility. New business success reflected continued strength in our core fixed income products, as well as solid growth in global bond mandates and inflows in equity separate accounts.

 

“Our first quarter results represent solid business performance in a challenging marketplace,” commented Laurence D. Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock. “We continue to see robust new business opportunities in our fixed income and BlackRock Solutions products and have experienced a number of positive developments in the equity business. Our results are particularly gratifying as our profit grew even as the firm made significant new investments in our equity business, our institutional and private client mutual fund business and our high net worth business.”

 

 

First Quarter Highlights

 

v   Net new business in fixed income totaled $10.0 billion, including $3.2 billion of net fundings from tax-exempt institutions (net of approximately $2.2 billion in rebalancing outflows) and $5.8 billion of net inflows from insurance clients. In addition, we benefited from growing momentum in mutual fund distribution, which contributed $1.1 billion in net new assets. Investment performance remained competitive, with at least 98% of taxable bond mutual fund assets ranked in the top two Lipper quartiles for the 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years ended March 31, 2003.

 

v   BlackRock Solutions® had a strong first quarter, adding three new risk management and investment accounting assignments. We also won one new system outsourcing mandate, which is currently in contract negotiation. In addition, the level of inquiry in our risk management and system services has increased, although prospects remain cautious about significant technology commitments and, as a result, extended sales cycles are expected to persist.

 

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v   Liquidity assets ended the quarter down $10.5 billion due to redemptions in the BlackRock Provident Institutional Funds (“BPIF”) and offshore money market funds. Despite the decline in assets, increased cross-selling success helped us maintain our market share in institutional money market funds. Asset flows remain highly volatile and, given market conditions, balances are expected to continue to trend down over the course of the year. All money market funds ranked in the top two Lipper quartiles for the 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years ended March 31, 2003.

 

v   Global equity markets sustained further declines, but our equity business showed ongoing signs of improvement. For example, net new business in equity separate accounts totaled $174 million, led by wins in domestic equities. In addition, 7 of 11 domestic actively managed equity funds outperformed their benchmark and 70% of domestic equity mutual fund assets ranked in the top two Lipper quartiles for the quarter. In February, we completed the restructuring of our equity business, hiring an experienced quantitative equity team to lead our domestic large cap effort. We believe that these products, which feature a disciplined investment process and rigorous risk management, will offer strong cross-selling potential over time.

 

v   We achieved positive returns for the first quarter in our alternative investment products, including our fixed income and equity hedge funds, and have several new products in development. Yesterday, we announced that BlackRock has agreed to acquire HPB Management, LLC, a $150 million fund of funds manager founded by industry veteran, Howard Berkowitz, who will join BlackRock and lead our combined fund of hedge funds effort. These products represent a natural extension of our institutional alternative investment offerings and enhance our ability to serve high net worth investors, an effort we initiated last year.

 

v   Our new business pipeline remains robust, with $5.9 billion of wins to be funded and a substantial number of fixed income and equity searches in process at quarter-end. Over the past 15 months, we have made significant investments to enhance our product and marketing capabilities, but it will take time to capitalize on these investments. In addition, weak economic conditions, volatile markets and rapidly shifting geopolitical risks continue to pose significant challenges for the investment management industry as a whole. We are not immune from these challenges and, accordingly, we remain highly focused on both our investment and business management discipline.

 

Total revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 decreased $3.4 million or 2% compared with the first quarter of 2002. Solid growth in separate account base fees, closed-end fund and BPIF revenue, and other income were insufficient to overcome sharp decreases in open-end fund revenue and fixed income hedge fund performance fees. Specifically, mutual fund revenue decreased $6.5 million or 12% compared to the first quarter of 2002, with equity market declines and equity fund redemptions contributing significantly to a $9.5 million or 37% decline in revenues earned on the BlackRock Funds. The revenue decline in BlackRock Funds was partially offset by increases in closed-end fund and BPIF revenues. New closed-end fund issuances over the last 12 months added $2.7 billion in assets under management, which contributed to a $1.8 million or 19% increase in closed-end fund revenue even after giving effect to the December 2002 maturity of the $.6 billion BlackRock Strategic Term Trust, which earned $.8 million of revenue in the first quarter of 2002. BPIF revenue increased $1.1 million or 6%, as a result of higher average balances and fees compared with first quarter 2002. Based on current asset levels, BPIF revenue for the second quarter could decline by 5% or more from first quarter 2003 results. Separate account base fees increased $12.0 million or 19% compared to first quarter 2002, driven primarily by a $43.8 billion or 35% increase in fixed income separate account assets. The increase in base fees was partially offset by a $10.9 million reduction in performance fees. The Company’s 2003 earnings outlook currently anticipates very limited recognition of performance fees on the Company’s fixed income hedge fund, which

 

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generated $30.4 million of such fees in 2002. Finally, the increase in other income was due to strong revenue growth in BlackRock Solutions and earnings growth in our joint venture, Nomura BlackRock Asset Management.

 

    

Three months ended
M arch 31,

   

Variance

  
    

2003

   

2002

   

Amount

     

%

  

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

                              

Mutual funds revenue

                              

BlackRock Funds

   

$

16,187

   

$

25,694

   

($

9,507

)

   

(37.0

%)

Closed-end Funds

   

 

11,312

   

 

9,488

   

 

1,824

 

   

19.2

 

BPIF

   

 

20,999

   

 

19,875

   

 

1,124

 

   

5.7

 

STIF

   

 

242

   

 

202

   

 

40

 

   

19.8

 

    
  
  
  

Total mutual funds revenue

   

 

48,740

   

 

55,259

   

 

(6,519

)

   

(11.8

%)

    
  
  
  

Separate accounts revenue

                              

Separate accounts base fees

   

 

74,514

   

 

62,499

   

 

12,015

 

   

19.2

 

Separate accounts performance fees

   

 

3,111

   

 

14,017

   

 

(10,906

)

   

(77.8

)

    
  
  
  

Total separate accounts revenue

   

 

77,625

   

 

76,516

   

 

1,109

 

   

1.4

 

    
  
  
  

Total investment advisory and administration fees

   

 

126,365

   

 

131,775

   

 

(5,410

)

   

(4.1

)

    
  
  
  

Other income

   

 

16,386

   

 

14,338

   

 

2,048

 

   

14.3

 

    
  
  
  

Total revenue

   

$

142,751

   

$

146,113

   

($

3,362

)

   

(2.3

%)

    
  
  
  

 

 

The operating margin for the first quarter of 2003 was 40.1% compared with 37.6% for the first quarter of 2002. The increase in operating margin was driven primarily by a reduction in expenses for the first quarter of $7.5 million or 8% to $88.7 million compared with $96.2 million for the first quarter of 2002. Total expense declined as a result of reductions in compensation and benefits and fund administration and servicing costs of $5.0 million and $5.2 million, respectively, which was partially offset by an increase in general and administration expense of $2.7 million. The decrease in compensation and benefits primarily reflects lower incentive compensation expense due to the substantial decline in performance fees on the Company’s fixed income hedge fund, which was partially offset by higher salary and benefit expenses associated with increased headcount related to business growth and the restructuring of the Company’s equity products. Due to the significant increase in non-affiliated fund servicing fees associated with new closed-end fund issuances, these expenses, which were previously included in marketing and promotional costs, are now being reported as a separate income statement line item. In total, fund administration and servicing costs declined by $5.2 million, consisting of a $6.2 million drop in affiliated servicing costs resulting from lower PNC-related investments in BlackRock products and a $1.0 million increase in new closed-end fund servicing provided by third parties. General and administration expense increases primarily reflect higher marketing and promotional costs related to new product launches, New York City leasehold escalations for real estate taxes and operating expenses and higher sub-advisory fees and insurance premiums.

 

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Three months ended March 31,

   

Variance

  
    

2003

   

2002

   

Amount

   

%

  

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

                            

General and administration expense:

                            

Marketing and promotional

   

$

6,667

   

$

5,917

   

$

750

   

12.7

%

Occupancy

   

 

5,612

   

 

4,722

   

 

890

   

18.8

 

Technology

   

 

4,579

   

 

4,396

   

 

183

   

4.2

 

Other general and administration

   

 

8,251

   

 

7,377

   

 

874

   

11.8

 

    
  
  
  

Total general and administration expense

   

$

25,109

   

$

22,412

   

$

2,697

   

12.0

%

    
  
  
  

 

 

Non-operating income in the first quarter of 2003 increased $0.5 million compared with the first quarter of 2002 as a result of increased interest and dividend income primarily due to higher balances of corporate cash and investments. In addition, the company’s effective tax rate declined to 38.5% compared with 40.5% in 2002. The reduction in the company’s effective tax rate increased net income by approximately $1.0 million due to a previously disclosed decision that BlackRock will file certain combined and unitary state income tax returns with PNC Bank, N.A., and/or one or more PNC Bank subsidiaries.

 

Operating margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 of 40.1% declined in comparison with 42.6% reported in the fourth quarter of 2002. Revenue in the first quarter increased $5.7 million while expenses increased $6.7 million compared with the fourth quarter of 2002. Revenue increases were driven by higher separate account base fees associated with strong growth in fixed income separate account assets of $11.2 billion and an increase in performance fees on certain separate accounts. The increase in expenses was largely the result of higher compensation and benefit expense of $3.1 million, which included $1.8 million of benefit and severance expense specific to the first quarter, and an increase in general and administration expense of $3.5 million. General and administration expense increases reflect higher marketing costs related to the closing of the Preferred Opportunity Trust, a closed-end fund issued in the first quarter, increased occupancy costs related to real estate tax and operating expense escalations for the New York headquarters space and higher intercompany service charges. Non-operating income in the first quarter of 2003 increased $1.5 million compared with the fourth quarter of 2002 as a result of negative impact of impairment charges and investment gains that were recorded in the fourth quarter of 2002.

 

The Company acquired 248,100 common shares in open market purchases at a total cost of $10.2 million during the three month period ended March 31, 2003. Total share repurchases at March 31, 2003 under a one million share Board of Director authorization totaled 293,700 shares at a total cost of $12.0 million.

 

Outlook. Based on current conditions, management expects full year 2003 and second quarter diluted earnings per share to be in a range of $2.28-$2.34 and $0.55-$0.57, respectively.

 

Mutual Funds Performance Notes: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance data assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and reflects the performance of the Institutional Class, except that Investor B Class performance of the Government Income Portfolio of BlackRock Funds is used. BlackRock waives fees, without which performance would be lower. Lipper rankings are based on total returns with dividends and distributions reinvested and do not reflect sales charges. Funds with returns among the top 25% of a peer group of funds with comparable objectives are in the first quartile and funds with returns in the next 25% of a peer group are in the second quartile. Some funds have less than ten years of performance.

 

The BlackRock Provident Institutional Funds TempFund and TempCash are in the Institutional Money Market Lipper peer group, and Federal Trust Fund and FedFund are in the Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Lipper peer group. T-Fund and Treasury Trust Fund are in the Institutional U.S. Treasury Lipper peer group. MuniCash and MuniFund are in the Institutional Tax-Exempt Money Market Lipper peer group. California Money Fund and New York Money Fund are in the California Tax-Exempt and New York Tax-Exempt Money Market Lipper peer groups, respectively. The BlackRock Funds Money Market, U.S. Treasury Money Market, Municipal Money Market, New Jersey Municipal Money Market, Ohio Municipal Money Market, Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market and Virginia Money Market Portfolios are in the Money Market Lipper peer group.

 

The BlackRock Funds International Bond, High Yield Bond, Intermediate Bond, Intermediate Government Bond, GNMA, Government Income and Low Duration Bond Portfolios are in the International Income, High Current Yield, Short-Intermediate Investment Grade Debt, Intermediate U.S. Government, GNMA, General U.S. Government and Short Investment Grade Debt Lipper peer groups, respectively. The BlackRock Funds Core Bond Total Return, Core PLUS Total Return and Managed Income Portfolios are in the Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Lipper peer group.

 

The BlackRock Funds Select Equity, Small Cap Value, Mid-Cap Growth, Large Cap Growth, Mid-Cap Value, International Opportunities and Balanced Portfolios are in the Large Cap Core, Small Cap Core, Mid Cap Growth, Large Cap Growth, Mid Cap Value, International Small Cap and Balanced Lipper peer groups, respectively. Benchmarks for the Portfolios are generally the index for the asset class.

 

Investments in money market funds are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. government and there is no assurance that a fund will maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

 

About BlackRock. BlackRock is one of the largest publicly traded investment management firms in the United States with $274 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2003. BlackRock manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual investors worldwide through a variety of equity, fixed income, liquidity and alternative investment products. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management and investment system services to a growing number of institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions name. Clients are served from the Company’s headquarters in New York City, as well as

 

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offices in Boston, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Tokyo and Wilmington. BlackRock is majority-owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) and by BlackRock employees.

 

Forward Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act with respect to BlackRock’s outlook for full year 2003 earnings, fixed income hedge fund investment performance, potential new business opportunities, liquidity asset levels and other future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “potential,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or similar expressions.

 

BlackRock cautions that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and BlackRock assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance.

 

In addition to factors previously disclosed in BlackRock’s Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) reports and those identified elsewhere in this press release, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: (1) the introduction, withdrawal, success and timing of business initiatives and strategies; (2) changes in political, economic or industry conditions, the interest rate environment or financial and capital markets, which could result in changes in demand for products or services or in the value of assets under management; (3) the investment performance of BlackRock’s advised or sponsored investment products and separately managed accounts; (4) the impact of increased competition; (5) the impact of capital improvement projects; (6) the impact of future acquisitions; (7) the unfavorable resolution of legal proceedings; (8) the extent and timing of any share repurchases; (9) the impact, extent and timing of technological changes and the adequacy of intellectual property protection; (10) the impact of legislative and regulatory actions and reforms and regulatory, supervisory or enforcement actions of government agencies relating to BlackRock or PNC; (11) terrorist activities and international hostilities, which may adversely affect the general economy, financial and capital markets, specific industries, and BlackRock; and (12) the ability to attract and retain highly talented professionals.

 

BlackRock’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and BlackRock’s subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, accessible on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, discuss these factors in more detail and identify additional factors that can affect forward-looking statements.

 

 

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TABLE 1

 

BlackRock, Inc.

Financial Highlights

($ in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

 

    

Three months ended

     

Variance vs.

  
    

March 31,

     

December 31,

2002

     

March 31, 2002

     

December 31, 2002

  
    

2003

     

2002

        

Amount

     

%

     

Amount

     

%

  

Total revenue

   

$

142,751

 

   

$

146,113

 

   

$

137,037

 

   

$

(3,362

)

   

-2

%

   

$

5,714

 

   

4

%

Total expense

   

$

88,685

 

   

$

96,178

 

   

$

82,034

 

   

$

(7,493

)

   

-8

%

   

$

6,651

 

   

8

%

Operating income

   

$

54,066

 

   

$

49,935

 

   

$

55,003

 

   

$

4,131

 

   

8

%

   

$

(937

)

   

-2

%

Net income

   

$

35,320

 

   

$

31,399

 

   

$

33,848

 

   

$

3,921

 

   

12

%

   

$

1,472

 

   

4

%

Diluted earnings per share

   

$

0.54

 

   

$

0.48

 

   

$

0.52

 

   

$

0.06

 

   

13

%

   

$

0.02

 

   

4

%

Average diluted shares outstanding

   

 

65,867,032

 

   

 

65,219,988

 

   

 

65,336,460

 

   

 

647,044

 

   

1

%

   

 

530,572

 

   

1

%

Operating margin (a)

   

 

40.1

%

   

 

37.6

%

   

 

42.6

%

                                

Assets under management ($ in millions)

   

$

273,599

 

   

$

238,116

 

   

$

272,841

 

   

$

35,483

 

   

15

%

   

$

758

 

   

0

%

 

(a)   Operating income divided by total revenue less fund administration and servicing costs. Computations for all periods presented include affiliated and non-affilated fund administration and servicing expense reported as a separate income statement line item and are derived from the Company’s consolidated financial statements, as follows:

 

    

Three months ended

  
    

March 31,

     

December 31, 2002

  
    

2003

     

2002

     

Operating income, as reported

   

$

54,066

 

   

$

49,935

 

   

$

55,003

 

    
  
  

Revenue, as reported

   

 

142,751

 

   

 

146,113

 

   

 

137,037

 

Less: fund administration and servicing costs

   

 

(7,958

)

   

 

(13,178

)

   

 

(7,962

)

    
  
  

Revenue used for operating margin measurement

   

 

134,793

 

   

 

132,935

 

   

 

129,075

 

    
  
  

Operating margin

   

 

37.9

%

   

 

34.2

%

   

 

40.1

%

Add back: Impact of excluding fund administration and servicing costs

   

 

2.2

 

   

 

3.4

 

   

 

2.5

 

    
  
  

Operating margin, as reported

   

 

40.1

%

   

 

37.6

%

   

 

42.6

%

    
  
  

 

We believe that operating margin, as reported, is an effective indicator of management’s ability to effectively employ the Company’s resources. Fund administration and servicing costs have been excluded from operating margin because these costs are a fixed, asset-based expense which can fluctuate based on the discretion of a third party.

 

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TABLE 2

 

BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

 

    

Three months ended

     

Variance vs.

  
    

March 31,

     

December 31,

     

March 31, 2002

     

December 31, 2002

  
    

2003

     

2002

     

2002

     

Amount

     

Percent

     

Amount

     

Percent

  

Revenue

                                                           

Investment advisory and administration fees

                                                           

Mutual funds

   

$

48,740

 

   

$

55,259

 

   

$

50,210

 

   

$

(6,519

)

   

–11.8

%

   

$

(1,470

)

   

–2.9

%

Separate accounts

   

 

77,625

 

   

 

76,516

 

   

 

71,531

 

   

 

1,109

 

   

1.4

 

   

 

6,094

 

   

8.5

 

    
  
  
  
         
      

Total investment advisory and administration fees

                                                           
    

 

126,365

 

   

 

131,775

 

   

 

121,741

 

   

 

(5,410

)

   

(4.1

)

   

 

4,624

 

   

3.8

 

    
  
  
  
         
      

Other income

   

 

16,386

 

   

 

14,338

 

   

 

15,296

 

   

 

2,048

 

   

14.3

 

   

 

1,090

 

   

7.1

 

    
  
  
  
         
      

Total revenue

   

 

142,751

 

   

 

146,113

 

   

 

137,037

 

   

 

(3,362

)

   

(2.3

)

   

 

5,714

 

   

4.2

 

Expense

                                                           

Employee compensation and benefits

   

 

55,386

 

   

 

60,387

 

   

 

52,262

 

   

 

(5,001

)

   

(8.3

)

   

 

3,124

 

   

6.0

 

Fund administration and servicing costs

                                                           

Affilates

   

 

6,943

 

   

 

13,178

 

   

 

7,379

 

   

 

(6,235

)

   

(47.3

)

   

 

(436

)

   

(5.9

)

Other

   

 

1,015

 

   

 

—  

 

   

 

583

 

   

 

1,015

 

   

NM

 

   

 

432

 

   

74.1

 

General and administration

   

 

25,109

 

   

 

22,412

 

   

 

21,589

 

   

 

2,697

 

   

12.0

 

   

 

3,520

 

   

16.3

 

Amortization of intangible assets

   

 

232

 

   

 

201

 

   

 

221

 

   

 

31

 

   

15.4

 

   

 

11

 

   

5.0

 

    
  
  
  
         
      

Total expense

   

 

88,685

 

   

 

96,178

 

   

 

82,034

 

   

 

(7,493

)

   

(7.8

)

   

 

6,651

 

   

8.1

 

    
  
  
  
         
      

Operating income

   

 

54,066

 

   

 

49,935

 

   

 

55,003

 

   

 

4,131

 

   

8.3

 

   

 

(937

)

   

(1.7

)

Non-operating income (expense)

                                                           

Investment income

   

 

3,529

 

   

 

3,020

 

   

 

2,049

 

   

 

509

 

   

16.9

 

   

 

1,480

 

   

72.2

 

Interest expense

   

 

(164

)

   

 

(183

)

   

 

(164

)

   

 

19

 

   

10.4

 

   

 

—  

 

   

—  

 

    
  
  
  
         
      
    

 

3,365

 

   

 

2,837

 

   

 

1,885

 

   

 

528

 

   

18.6

 

   

 

1,480

 

   

78.5

 

    
  
  
  
         
      

Income before income taxes

   

 

57,431

 

   

 

52,772

 

   

 

56,888

 

   

 

4,659

 

   

8.8

 

   

 

543

 

   

1.0

 

Income taxes

   

 

22,111

 

   

 

21,373

 

   

 

23,040

 

   

 

738

 

   

3.5

 

   

 

(929

)

   

(4.0

)

    
  
  
  
         
      

Net income

   

$

35,320

 

   

$

31,399

 

   

$

33,848

 

   

$

3,921

 

   

12.5

%

   

$

1,472

 

   

4.3

%

    
  
  
  
         
      

Weighted-average shares outstanding

                                                           

Basic

   

 

65,056,537

 

   

 

64,648,511

 

   

 

64,848,221

 

   

 

408,026

 

   

0.6

%

   

 

208,316

 

   

0.3

%

Diluted

   

 

65,867,032

 

   

 

65,219,988

 

   

 

65,336,460

 

   

 

647,044

 

   

1.0

%

   

 

530,572

 

   

0.8

%

Earnings per share

                                                           

Basic

   

$

0.54

 

   

$

0.49

 

   

$

0.52

 

   

$

0.05

 

   

10.2

%

   

$

0.02

 

   

3.8

%

Diluted

   

$

0.54

 

   

$

0.48

 

   

$

0.52

 

   

$

0.06

 

   

12.5

%

   

$

0.02

 

   

3.8

%

 

NM=Not meaningful

 

 

7

TABLE 3

 

BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

March 31, 2003

     

December 31, 2002

Assets

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   

$

191,214

    

   

$

255,234

Accounts receivable

   

 

115,527

 

   

 

114,070

Investments

   

 

244,637

 

   

 

208,743

Property and equipment, net

   

 

92,215

 

   

 

93,923

Intangible assets, net

   

 

182,855

 

   

 

182,827

Other assets

   

 

9,949

 

   

 

9,391

    
  

Total assets

   

$

836,397

 

   

$

864,188

    
  

Liabilities

                

Accrued compensation

   

$

92,581

 

   

$

173,047

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

 

55,930

 

   

 

37,963

Acquired management contract obligation

   

 

6,578

 

   

 

6,578

Other liabilities

   

 

13,106

 

   

 

11,946

    
  

Total liabilities

   

 

168,195

 

   

 

229,534

Stockholders’ equity

   

 

668,202

 

   

 

634,654

    
  

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   

$

836,397

 

   

$

864,188

    
  

 

 

8

TABLE 4

BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

    

Period ended March 31,

  
    

2003

     

2002

  

Cash flows from operating activities

                  

Net income

   

$

35,320

 

   

$

31,399

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:

                  

Depreciation and amortization

   

 

5,295

 

   

 

5,001

 

Stock-based compensation

   

 

2,614

 

   

 

2,348

 

Deferred income taxes

   

 

1,101

 

   

 

3,722

 

Tax benefit from stock-based compensation

   

 

4,167

 

   

 

5,882

 

Purchase of investments, trading, net

   

 

(17,836

)

   

 

(17,350

)

Net gain on investments

   

 

(248

)

   

 

(325

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                  

Increase in accounts receivable

   

 

(1,231

)

   

 

(8,538

)

Increase in receivable from affiliate

   

 

(226

)

   

 

(9,253

)

(Increase) decrease in other assets

   

 

(558

)

   

 

830

 

Decrease in accrued compensation

   

 

(75,071

)

   

 

(65,262

)

Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

 

16,866

 

   

 

11,465

 

Increase in other liabilities

   

 

1,160

 

   

 

904

 

    
  

Cash used in operating activities

   

 

(28,647

)

   

 

(39,177

)

    
  

Cash flows from investing activities

                  

Purchase of property and equipment

   

 

(3,355

)

   

 

(13,710

)

Purchase of investments

   

 

(17,368

)

   

 

(14,402

)

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

   

 

(260

)

   

 

—  

 

    
  

Cash used in investing activities

   

 

(20,983

)

   

 

(28,112

)

    
  

Cash flows from financing activities

                  

Issuance of class A common stock

   

 

562

 

   

 

328

 

Purchase of treasury stock

   

 

(16,463

)

   

 

(8,942

)

Reissuance of treasury stock

   

 

1,866

 

   

 

1,691

 

    
  

Cash used in financing activities

   

 

(14,035

)

   

 

(6,923

)

    
  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   

 

(355

)

   

 

(411

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   

 

(64,020

)

   

 

(74,623

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

   

 

255,234

 

   

 

186,451

 

    
  

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   

$

191,214

 

   

$

111,828

 

    
  

 

 

9

TABLE 5

BlackRock, Inc.

Assets Under Management

(Dollar amounts in millions)

(unaudited)

 

    

March 31,

   

December 31, 2002

    

2003

   

2002

   

All Accounts

                     

Fixed income

   

$

188,058

   

$

140,253

   

$

175,586

Liquidity

   

 

67,978

   

 

74,979

   

 

78,512

Equity

   

 

12,165

   

 

17,343

   

 

13,464

Alternative investment products

   

 

5,398

   

 

5,541

   

 

5,279

    
  
  

Total

   

$

273,599

   

$

238,116

   

$

272,841

    
  
  

Separate Accounts

                     

Fixed income

   

$

167,778

   

$

123,983

   

$

156,574

Liquidity

   

 

6,040

   

 

5,441

   

 

5,491

Liquidity-Securities lending

   

 

6,344

   

 

9,544

   

 

6,433

Equity

   

 

8,995

   

 

9,445

   

 

9,736

Alternative investment products

   

 

5,398

   

 

5,541

   

 

5,279

    
  
  

Subtotal

   

 

194,555

   

 

153,954

   

 

183,513

    
  
  

Mutual Funds

                     

Fixed income

   

 

20,280

   

 

16,270

   

 

19,012

Liquidity

   

 

55,594

   

 

59,994

   

 

66,588

Equity

   

 

3,170

   

 

7,898

   

 

3,728

    
  
  

Subtotal

   

 

79,044

   

 

84,162

   

 

89,328

    
  
  

Total

   

$

273,599

   

$

238,116

   

$

272,841

    
  
  

 

 

Component Changes in Assets Under Management

(Dollar amounts in millions)

(unaudited)

 

    

Period ended March 31,

  
    

2003

     

2002

  

All Accounts

                  

Beginning assets under management

   

$

272,841

 

   

$

238,584

 

Net redemptions

   

 

(788

)

   

 

(311

)

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

1,546

 

   

 

(157

)

    
  

Ending assets under management

   

$

273,599

 

   

$

238,116

 

    
  

Separate Accounts

                  

Beginning assets under management

   

$

183,513

 

   

$

151,986

 

Net subscriptions

   

 

9,521

 

   

 

1,889

 

Market appreciation

   

 

1,521

 

   

 

79

 

    
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

194,555

 

   

 

153,954

 

    
  

Mutual Funds

                  

Beginning assets under management

   

 

89,328

 

   

 

86,598

 

Net redemptions

   

 

(10,309

)

   

 

(2,200

)

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

25

 

   

 

(236

)

    
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

79,044

 

   

 

84,162

 

    
  

Total

   

$

273,599

 

   

$

238,116

 

    
  

 

10

BlackRock, Inc.

Assets Under Management

Quarterly Trend

(Dollar amounts in millions)

(unaudited)

 

    

Quarter Ended

  
    

2002

     

2003

  
    

March 31

     

June 30

     

September 30

     

December 31

     

March 31

  

Separate Accounts

                                             

Fixed Income

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

$

119,488

 

   

$

123,983

 

   

$

140,738

 

   

$

145,839

 

   

$

156,574

 

Net subscriptions

   

 

4,437

 

   

 

12,270

 

   

 

281

 

   

 

7,455

 

   

 

8,889

 

Market appreciation

   

 

58

 

   

 

4,485

 

   

 

4,820

 

   

 

3,280

 

   

 

2,315

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

123,983

 

   

 

140,738

 

   

 

145,839

 

   

 

156,574

 

   

 

167,778

 

    
  
  
  
  

Liquidity

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

6,831

 

   

 

5,441

 

   

 

5,516

 

   

 

5,438

 

   

 

5,491

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(1,395

)

   

 

80

 

   

 

(92

)

   

 

42

 

   

 

541

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

5

 

   

 

(5

)

   

 

14

 

   

 

11

 

   

 

8

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

5,441

 

   

 

5,516

 

   

 

5,438

 

   

 

5,491

 

   

 

6,040

 

    
  
  
  
  

Liquidity—Securities lending

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

10,781

 

   

 

9,544

 

   

 

6,435

 

   

 

5,693

 

   

 

6,433

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(1,237

)

   

 

(3,109

)

   

 

(742

)

   

 

740

 

   

 

(89

)

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

9,544

 

   

 

6,435

 

   

 

5,693

 

   

 

6,433

 

   

 

6,344

 

    
  
  
  
  

Equity

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

9,577

 

   

 

9,445

 

   

 

10,119

 

   

 

8,322

 

   

 

9,736

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(80

)

   

 

884

 

   

 

598

 

   

 

867

 

   

 

174

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(52

)

   

 

(210

)

   

 

(2,395

)

   

 

547

 

   

 

(915

)

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

9,445

 

   

 

10,119

 

   

 

8,322

 

   

 

9,736

 

   

 

8,995

 

    
  
  
  
  

Alternative investment products

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

5,309

 

   

 

5,541

 

   

 

5,368

 

   

 

5,490

 

   

 

5,279

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

164

 

   

 

64

 

   

 

312

 

   

 

(217

)

   

 

6

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

68

 

   

 

(237

)

   

 

(190

)

   

 

6

 

   

 

113

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

5,541

 

   

 

5,368

 

   

 

5,490

 

   

 

5,279

 

   

 

5,398

 

    
  
  
  
  

Total Separate Accounts

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

151,986

 

   

 

153,954

 

   

 

168,176

 

   

 

170,782

 

   

 

183,513

 

Net subscriptions

   

 

1,889

 

   

 

10,189

 

   

 

357

 

   

 

8,887

 

   

 

9,521

 

Market appreciation

   

 

79

 

   

 

4,033

 

   

 

2,249

 

   

 

3,844

 

   

 

1,521

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

$

153,954

 

   

$

168,176

 

   

$

170,782

 

   

$

183,513

 

   

$

194,555

 

    
  
  
  
  

Mutual Funds

                                             

Fixed Income

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

$

15,754

 

   

$

16,270

 

   

$

17,175

 

   

$

18,471

 

   

$

19,012

 

Net subscriptions

   

 

644

 

   

 

565

 

   

 

950

 

   

 

677

 

   

 

1,104

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(128

)

   

 

340

 

   

 

346

 

   

 

(136

)

   

 

164

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

16,270

 

   

 

17,175

 

   

 

18,471

 

   

 

19,012

 

   

 

20,280

 

    
  
  
  
  

Liquidity

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

62,141

 

   

 

59,994

 

   

 

58,648

 

   

 

52,426

 

   

 

66,588

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(2,147

)

   

 

(1,347

)

   

 

(6,223

)

   

 

14,160

 

   

 

(10,995

)

Market appreciation   

   

 

—  

 

   

 

1

 

   

 

1

 

   

 

2

 

   

 

1

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

59,994

 

   

 

58,648

 

   

 

52,426

 

   

 

66,588

 

   

 

55,594

 

    
  
  
  
  

Equity

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

8,703

 

   

 

7,898

 

   

 

5,779

 

   

 

4,184

 

   

 

3,728

 

Net redemptions

   

 

(697

)

   

 

(1,198

)

   

 

(630

)

   

 

(698

)

   

 

(418

)

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(108

)

   

 

(921

)

   

 

(965

)

   

 

242

 

   

 

(140

)

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

7,898

 

   

 

5,779

 

   

 

4,184

 

   

 

3,728

 

   

 

3,170

 

    
  
  
  
  

Total Mutual Funds

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

86,598

 

   

 

84,162

 

   

 

81,602

 

   

 

75,081

 

   

 

89,328

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(2,200

)

   

 

(1,980

)

   

 

(5,903

)

   

 

14,139

 

   

 

(10,309

)

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(236

)

   

 

(580

)

   

 

(618

)

   

 

108

 

   

 

25

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

$

84,162

 

   

$

81,602

 

   

$

75,081

 

   

$

89,328

 

   

$

79,044

 

    
  
  
  
  

 

11

BlackRock, Inc.

Assets Under Management

Quarterly Trend

(Dollar amounts in millions)

(unaudited)

 

    

Quarter Ended

  
    

2002

     

2003

  
    

March 31

     

June 30

     

September 30

     

December 31

     

March 31

  

Mutual Funds

                                             

BlackRock Funds

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

$

24,195

 

   

$

22,176

 

   

$

20,264

 

   

$

18,484

 

   

$

18,115

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(1,830

)

   

 

(1,123

)

   

 

(976

)

   

 

(604

)

   

 

18

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(189

)

   

 

(789

)

   

 

(804

)

   

 

235

 

   

 

(120

)

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

22,176

 

   

 

20,264

 

   

 

18,484

 

   

 

18,115

 

   

 

18,013

 

    
  
  
  
  

BlackRock Global Series

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

149

 

   

 

247

 

   

 

208

 

   

 

188

 

   

 

211

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

95

 

   

 

(52

)

   

 

(4

)

   

 

9

 

   

 

287

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

3

 

   

 

13

 

   

 

(16

)

   

 

14

 

   

 

2

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

247

 

   

 

208

 

   

 

188

 

   

 

211

 

   

 

500

 

    
  
  
  
  

BPIF

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

53,167

 

   

 

52,534

 

   

 

51,127

 

   

 

45,328

 

   

 

59,576

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(633

)

   

 

(1,407

)

   

 

(5,799

)

   

 

14,248

 

   

 

(11,087

)

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

52,534

 

   

 

51,127

 

   

 

45,328

 

   

 

59,576

 

   

 

48,489

 

    
  
  
  
  

Closed End

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

8,512

 

   

 

8,611

 

   

 

9,393

 

   

 

10,425

 

   

 

10,771

 

Net subscriptions

   

 

149

 

   

 

586

 

   

 

830

 

   

 

487

 

   

 

380

 

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(50

)

   

 

196

 

   

 

202

 

   

 

(141

)

   

 

143

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

8,611

 

   

 

9,393

 

   

 

10,425

 

   

 

10,771

 

   

 

11,294

 

    
  
  
  
  

Short Term Investment Funds (STIF)

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

575

 

   

 

594

 

   

 

610

 

   

 

656

 

   

 

655

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

19

 

   

 

16

 

   

 

46

 

   

 

(1

)

   

 

93

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

 

594

 

   

 

610

 

   

 

656

 

   

 

655

 

   

 

748

 

    
  
  
  
  

Total Mutual Funds

                                             

Beginning assets under management

   

 

86,598

 

   

 

84,162

 

   

 

81,602

 

   

 

75,081

 

   

 

89,328

 

Net subscriptions (redemptions)

   

 

(2,200

)

   

 

(1,980

)

   

 

(5,903

)

   

 

14,139

 

   

 

(10,309

)

Market appreciation (depreciation)

   

 

(236

)

   

 

(580

)

   

 

(618

)

   

 

108

 

   

 

25

 

    
  
  
  
  

Ending assets under management

   

$

84,162

 

   

$

81,602

 

   

$

75,081

 

   

$

89,328

 

   

$

79,044

 

    
  
  
  
  

 

 

12