-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UIhB0JO38KcIdqrbBf5bCnNiv/Rf9Jv0gZbRBrxjt5/Nm2PzJ2S4KQ6tB90mCtNb MCrZjPJfQydn7SoOxWp6NA== 0000950116-06-001481.txt : 20060505 0000950116-06-001481.hdr.sgml : 20060505 20060505102450 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950116-06-001481 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060505 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060505 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060505 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOLL BROTHERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000794170 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 232416878 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09186 FILM NUMBER: 06811007 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 GIBRALTAR ROAD CITY: HORSHAM STATE: PA ZIP: 19044 BUSINESS PHONE: 2159388000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 GIBRALTAR ROAD CITY: HORSHAM STATE: PA ZIP: 19044 8-K 1 b413115-8k.htm Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2006

TOLL BROTHERS, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

  DELAWARE

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
001-09186

(Commission
File Number)
23-2416878

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
  


 

250 GIBRALTAR ROAD, HORSHAM PA 19044

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 938-8000

Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 

Item 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On May 5, 2006, Toll Brothers, Inc. issued a press release which contained preliminary information about its revenues and new contracts signed for the three-month and six-month periods ended April 30, 2006, as well as preliminary information about the value of its backlog at April 30, 2006. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Item

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release of Toll Brothers, Inc. dated May 5, 2006.



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

TOLL BROTHERS, INC

 

Dated: May 5, 2006

By: 


Joseph R. Sicree

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Senior Vice President,
Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Item

 

 

 

99.1*

 

Press release of Toll Brothers, Inc. dated May 5, 2006.


*Filed electronically herewith.



EX-99 2 b413115ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2006

CONTACT: Frederick N. Cooper (215) 938-8312
fcooper@tollbrothersinc.com
Joseph R. Sicree (215) 938-8045
jsicree@tollbrothersinc.com

TOLL BROTHERS REPORTS PRELIMINARY 2ND QTR FY 2006 TOTALS FOR HOME BUILDING

REVENUES, BACKLOG AND CONTRACTS

Horsham, PA, May 5, 2006 — Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today reported that for the period ended April 30, 2006, record second-quarter home building revenues rose 18% to approximately $1.44 billion, record second- quarter-end backlog rose 3% to approximately $6.07 billion and second-quarter signed contracts of approximately $1.56 billion declined 29%, compared to FY 2005’s record second quarter results.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2006, home building revenues of approximately $2.78 billion increased 25% while signed contracts of approximately $2.70 billion declined 26% versus FY 2005’s record six-month results. Based on its six-month deliveries and current backlog, the Company believes it will deliver between 9,000 and 9,700 homes in FY 2006, a reduction of 200 homes from its previous guidance range. The Company’s results are preliminary and unaudited. The Company will announce final totals when it releases second-quarter and six-month earnings results on May 23, 2006, at which time it will update earnings guidance.

Robert I. Toll, chairman and chief executive officer, stated: “We are entering our ninth month of slower sales in most of our markets. Looking at the market in general, I offer the following comments: Speculative buyers are no longer fueling demand; instead they’re putting the homes they’ve recently acquired back on the market or are canceling contracts in mid-construction. Additional supply is also coming from speculative homes started by other builders, as well as from their “non-spec-buyer” cancellations. Much of the oversupply described above is now being aggressively discounted by others. Generally we do not sell to speculators nor build spec homes, but we have certainly been impacted by the overall increase in supply.

“Ordinary demand has also slackened as the typical buyer worries about the direction of home prices. Our cancellation rate was 8.5% in the second quarter, which, although higher than our historic average of approximately 7%, is still, we believe, the lowest among the major public home builders.

“We believe the excess supply on the market is a short-term phenomenon and that relatively soon the imbalance between tight supply and growing demand will return. The demographics of the luxury market remain strong with growing numbers of affluent households. Approval processes are getting tougher and more expensive; this is limiting new lot supply.

*more*



“It is quite difficult and takes years to gain approvals for well-located communities. The ground that we have optioned is generally located in neighborhoods of influential and active people who do not want more development. We have created substantial value by securing approvals to build communities in these desirable locations. Our main priority is to prudently preserve and enhance the value of these communities rather than simply focus on revenues. We believe this best serves our homeowners’ and shareholders’ interests. We currently control approximately 89,000 sites either under development or in the approval pipeline, which we believe give us an increasingly valuable base for growth.

“We continue to opportunistically repurchase our stock. In the past nine months, we have bought back approximately 3.9 million shares, which represent approximately 2.5% of our outstanding shares, including approximately 1.3 million shares repurchased in our second quarter.

“We expect to partially offset softer demand with an increasing community count. Over the next six months, we expect to open approximately 80 new communities while closing approximately 60; we project to end FY 2006 with approximately 295 selling communities compared to 230 at FYE 2005. Newer communities generally offer greater choice, shorter delivery times and, historically, greater value appreciation for our customers, which we believe will help increase our sales. Based on our community count and strong land position, we continue to look to the future with cautious optimism.”

Toll Brothers’ preliminary financial highlights for the three-month and six-month periods ended April 30, 2006 (unaudited):

The Company’s FY 2006 second-quarter contracts of approximately $1.56 billion declined by 29% over FY 2005’s second-quarter contracts of $2.20 billion, the second-quarter record. In addition, in FY 2006’s second quarter, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest signed contracts of approximately $15.9 million.

FY 2006’s six-month contracts of approximately $2.70 billion declined by 26% over FY 2005’s six-month total of $3.65 billion, the six-month record. In addition, in FY 2006’s six-month period, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest signed contracts of approximately $32.7 million.

In FY 2006, second-quarter-end backlog of approximately $6.07 billion increased 3% over FY 2005’s second-quarter-end backlog of $5.87 billion, the previous second-quarter record. In addition, at April 30, 2006, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest had a backlog of approximately $7.7 million.

FY 2006’s second-quarter home building revenues of approximately $1.44 billion increased 18% over FY 2005’s second-quarter home building revenues of $1.23 billion, the previous second-quarter record. Revenues from land sales totaled approximately $2.1 million for FY 2006’s second quarter, compared to $9.8 million in FY 2005’s second quarter.

*more*



FY 2006’s six-month home building revenues of approximately $2.78 billion increased 25% over FY 2005’s six-month home building revenues of $2.22 billion, the previous six-month record. FY 2006 revenues from land sales for the six-month period totaled approximately $6.8 million, compared to $11.0 million in the same period in FY 2005.

In addition, in the Company’s fiscal 2006 second-quarter and six-month periods, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest delivered approximately $29.0 million and $81.0 million, respectively, compared to $38.4 million and $64.9 million, respectively, in the same periods of FY 2005. The Company’s share of the profits from the delivery of these homes is included in ‘Equity Earnings in Unconsolidated Entities’ on the Company’s Income Statement.

During the second quarter of FY 2006, the Company bought back 1.3 million shares of its stock at an average price of $30.49. For the first six months of FY 2006, the Company bought back 1.94 million shares of its stock at an average price of $31.83.

Toll Brothers will be broadcasting live via the Investor Relations section of its website, www.tollbrothers.com, a conference call hosted by chairman and chief executive officer Robert I. Toll at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) today, May 5, 2006, to discuss these results and our outlook for the remainder of FY 2006. To access the call, enter the Toll Brothers website, then click on the Investor Relations page, and select “Conference Calls”. Participants are encouraged to log on at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the presentation to register and download any necessary software. The call can be heard live with an on-line replay which will follow and continue through May 22, 2006.

Toll Brothers, Inc. is the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Exchange under the symbol “TOL”. The Company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home home buyers and operates in 21 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Toll Brothers builds luxury single-family detached and attached home communities, master planned luxury residential resort-style golf communities and urban low-, mid- and high-rise communities, principally on land it develops and improves. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and management, home security, landscape, cable T.V. and broadband Internet delivery subsidiaries. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, and house component assembly and manufacturing operations.

*more*



Toll Brothers, a FORTUNE 500 Company and #102 on the Forbes Platinum 400 based on five-year annualized total return performance, is the only publicly traded national home building company to have won all three of the industry’s highest honors: America’s Best Builder from the National Association of Home Builders, the National Housing Quality Award, and Builder of the Year. Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other philanthropic pursuits, the Company now sponsors the Toll Brothers - Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world. For more information, visit tollbrothers.com.

Certain information included herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations is forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements concerning anticipated operating results, financial resources, changes in revenues, changes in profitability, interest expense, growth and expansion, anticipated income to be realized from our investments in unconsolidated entities, the ability to acquire land, the ability to secure governmental approvals and the ability to open new communities, the ability to sell homes and properties, the ability to deliver homes from backlog, the average delivered price of homes, the ability to secure materials and subcontractors, the ability to maintain the liquidity and capital necessary to expand and take advantage of future opportunities, and stock market valuations. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect actual results and cause them to differ materially from expectations expressed herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations. These risks and uncertainties include local, regional and national economic conditions, the demand for homes, domestic and international political events, uncertainties created by terrorist attacks, the effects of governmental regulation, the competitive environment in which the Company operates, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in home prices, the availability and cost of land for future growth, the availability of capital, uncertainties and fluctuations in capital and securities markets, changes in tax laws and their interpretation, legal proceedings, the availability of adequate insurance at reasonable cost, the ability of customers to finance the purchase of homes, the availability and cost of labor and materials, and weather conditions.



 

 

 

Three Months Ended April 30,

 

#’s are preliminary

 

UNITS

 

$ (MILL)

 

 


 


 

HOME BUILDING REVENUES

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 


 


 


 


 


 

Northeast   (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)

 

351

 

254

 

225.2

 

140.3

 

Mid-Atlantic     (DE, MD, PA, VA)

 

687

 

759

 

454.5

 

458.7

 

Midwest             (IL, MI, MN, OH)

 

115

 

141

 

82.3

 

89.1

 

Southeast          (FL, NC, SC)

 

392

 

197

 

208.9

 

105.4

 

Southwest         (AZ, CO, NV, TX)

 

378

 

305

 

266.6

 

188.9

 

West   (CA)

 

140

 

256

 

163.1

 

243.6

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total traditional

 

2,063

 

1,912

 

1,400.6

 

1,226.0

 

Percentage of completion*

 

 

 

 

40.0

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total consolidated

 

2,063

 

1,912

 

1,440.6

 

1,226.0

 

Unconsolidated entities

 

45

 

87

 

29.0

 

38.4

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

2,108

 

1,999

 

1,469.6

 

1,264.4

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

CONTRACTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northeast   (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)

 

311

 

435

 

211.7

 

289.3

 

Mid-Atlantic     (DE, MD, PA, VA)

 

643

 

1,177

 

412.5

 

784.1

 

Midwest             (IL, MI, MN, OH)

 

171

 

212

 

110.6

 

144.4

 

Southeast          (FL, NC, SC)

 

307

 

462

 

193.0

 

260.8

 

Southwest         (AZ, CO, NV, TX)

 

434

 

579

 

332.2

 

403.5

 

West   (CA)

 

210

 

255

 

218.0

 

291.4

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total traditional

 

2,076

 

3,120

 

1,478.0

 

2,173.5

 

Percentage of completion*

 

91

 

61

 

86.3

 

31.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total consolidated

 

2,167

 

3,181

 

1,564.3

 

2,204.5

 

Unconsolidated entities

 

25

 

123

 

15.9

 

85.2

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

2,192

 

3,304

 

1,580.2

 

2,289.7

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

At April 30,

 

 

 

UNITS

 

$ (MILL)

 

 

 


 


 

BACKLOG

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 


 


 


 


 


 

Northeast    (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)

 

1,202

 

1,299

 

827.6

 

825.9

 

Mid-Atlantic      (DE, MD, PA, VA)

 

2,153

 

2,767

 

1,444.4

 

1,782.3

 

Midwest              (IL, MI, MN, OH)

 

457

 

534

 

313.7

 

360.6

 

Southeast           (FL, NC, SC)

 

1,792

 

1,159

 

1,012.5

 

672.5

 

Southwest          (AZ, CO, NV, TX)

 

1,872

 

1,743

 

1,356.8

 

1,162.7

 

West    (CA)

 

643

 

940

 

696.9

 

964.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total traditional

 

8,119

 

8,442

 

5,651.9

 

5,768.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Percentage of completion*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undelivered

 

620

 

119

 

516.0

 

98.4

 

Less, revenue recognized

 

 

 

 

 

(97.6)

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Net percentage of completion

 

620

 

119

 

418.4

 

98.4

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total consolidated

 

8,739

 

8,561

 

6,070.3

 

5,866.4

 

Unconsolidated entities

 

12

 

183

 

7.7

 

111.7

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

8,751

 

8,744

 

6,078.0

 

5,978.1

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


*more*



 

 

Six Months Ended April 30,

 

#’s are preliminary

 

UNITS

 

$ (MILL)

 

 

 


 


 

HOME BUILDING REVENUES

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 


 


 


 


 


 

Northeast    (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)

 

659

 

483

 

421.3

 

263.6

 

Mid-Atlantic      (DE, MD, PA, VA)

 

1,276

 

1,422

 

848.1

 

845.6

 

Midwest              (IL, MI, MN, OH)

 

224

 

236

 

157.9

 

146.1

 

Southeast           (FL, NC, SC)

 

789

 

352

 

421.7

 

189.7

 

Southwest          (AZ, CO, NV, TX)

 

718

 

553

 

513.9

 

344.8

 

West    (CA)

 

276

 

456

 

316.4

 

425.3

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total traditional

 

3,942

 

3,502

 

2,679.3

 

2,215.1

 

Percentage of completion*

 

 

 

 

 

97.6

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total consolidated

 

3,942

 

3,502

 

2,776.9

 

2,215.1

 

Unconsolidated entities

 

144

 

150

 

81.0

 

64.9

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

4,086

 

3,652

 

2,857.9

 

2,280.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

CONTRACTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northeast    (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)

 

509

 

754

 

347.0

 

490.0

 

Mid-Atlantic      (DE, MD, PA, VA)

 

1,099

 

1,944

 

726.0

 

1,255.5

 

Midwest              (IL, MI, MN, OH)

 

238

 

324

 

152.7

 

222.4

 

Southeast           (FL, NC, SC)

 

561

 

841

 

357.1

 

463.2

 

Southwest          (AZ, CO, NV, TX)

 

741

 

945

 

561.6

 

657.8

 

West    (CA)

 

323

 

483

 

343.2

 

524.7

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total traditional

 

3,471

 

5,291

 

2,487.6

 

3,613.6

 

Percentage of completion*

 

240

 

63

 

216.7

 

34.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total consolidated

 

3,711

 

5,354

 

2,704.3

 

3,647.6

 

Unconsolidated entities

 

53

 

159

 

32.7

 

100.7

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

3,764

 

5,513

 

2,737.0

 

3,748.3

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


*Mid- and High-Rise projects that are accounted for under the percentage of completion accounting method. See details below.

*more*



PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION

 

 

 

Three Months ended April 30,

 

 

 


 

#’s are preliminary

 

UNITS

 

$ (MILL)

 

 

 


 


 

HOME BUILDING REVENUES

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 


 


 


 


 


 

Northeast

 

 

 

 

 

22.5

 

N/A

 

Southeast

 

 

 

 

 

15.2

 

 

 

Southwest

 

 

 

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

40.0

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

CONTRACTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                 

Northeast

 

71

 

60

 

64.9

 

29.5

 

Mid-Atlantic

 

5

 

 

 

1.7

 

 

 

Southeast

 

4

 

1

 

11.5

 

1.5

 

Southwest

 

11

 

 

 

8.2

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total

 

91

 

61

 

86.3

 

31.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

At April 30,

 

 

 


 

 

 

UNITS

 

$ (MILL)

 

 

 


 


 

BACKLOG

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 


 


 


 


 


 

Northeast

 

473

 

60

 

364.0

 

29.5

 

Mid-Atlantic

 

48

 

 

 

20.0

 

 

 

Southeast

 

76

 

59

 

114.3

 

68.9

 

Southwest

 

23

 

 

 

17.7

 

 

 

Less, revenue recognized

 

 

 

 

 

(97.6

)

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total-Net

 

620

 

119

 

418.4

 

98.4

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

 

Six Months ended April 30,

 

 

 


 

 

 

UNITS

 

$ (MILL)

 

 

 


 


 

HOME BUILDING REVENUES

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 


 


 


 


 


 

Northeast

 

 

 

 

 

62.2

 

N/A

 

Southeast

 

 

 

 

 

33.1

 

 

 

Southwest

 

 

 

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

97.6

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

CONTRACTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                 

Northeast

 

202

 

60

 

181.2

 

29.5

 

Mid-Atlantic

 

18

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

Southeast

 

4

 

3

 

16.3

 

4.5

 

Southwest

 

16

 

 

 

12.2

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

Total

 

240

 

63

 

216.7

 

34.0

 

 

 


 


 


 


 

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