The International Securities Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ISE): Fourth
Quarter Financial Highlights -- Diluted earnings per share of $0.26
on a GAAP basis, $0.27 excluding non-operating charges -- Net
income increases 64.5% to $10.0 million -- Average daily volume of
2.1 million equity and index options contracts -- Revenues up 15.3%
to $40.1 million -- Pre-tax margin of 46.7% on a GAAP basis, 48.2%
excluding non-operating charges The International Securities
Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ISE) today reported that net income for the
quarter ended December 31, 2005 increased 64.5% to a record $10.0
million, or $0.26 per share on a fully diluted basis. This compares
to $6.1 million, or $0.18 per share on a fully diluted basis, in
the same period in 2004. Included in net income for the fourth
quarters of 2005 and 2004 were non-operating charges of $0.6
million, or $0.01 per share, related to the Company's secondary
offering and its reorganization into a holding company structure.
Excluding these charges, ISE's operating net income increased 59.7%
to $10.6 million, or $0.27 per share on a fully diluted basis. A
full reconciliation of our non-operating items is included in this
release. Total revenues for the quarter increased 15.3% to $40.1
million versus $34.8 million in the prior year. The average daily
volume of equity and index options contracts traded increased 29.5%
to 2.1 million contracts as compared to 1.6 million contracts in
the year-ago quarter. "We posted record results across the board
and traded more than two million contracts per day on average for
the quarter," said David Krell, ISE's President and Chief Executive
Officer. "Our core business continues to expand at double-digit
rates as equity options and other derivative products are
increasingly embraced by investors as integral components of their
investment and risk management strategies. Our expertise in
delivering unique products, as well as our price leadership and
exceptional customer service, have once again made us the
destination of choice for retail and institutional investors," said
Krell. "Our exceptional trading platform distinguishes us from the
competition and has enabled us to remain the market leader in what
is unquestionably the most dynamic and innovative segment of the
financial services industry today," continued Krell. "As we look
ahead in 2006, opportunities in the institutional sector of our
business together with our initiatives in information-market data
and index options will enable us to further leverage and grow our
business." Fourth Quarter Results Revenues Total revenues for the
fourth quarter of 2005 increased 15.3% to $40.1 million principally
due to increased trading volumes. This compares to revenues of
$34.8 million in the same period last year. -- Transaction fee
revenues increased 27.2% to $28.9 million in the fourth quarter
from $22.7 million last year due to increased trading volumes. --
Other member fees decreased 10.7% to $5.6 million from $6.3 million
last year due to lower interest on installment sales of our Class
B-2 memberships. -- Market data revenues declined 7.5% to $4.3
million as compared to $4.6 million in the fourth quarter 2004 due
to a decrease in our share of trades printed which is the basis for
the allocation of OPRA market data revenues. -- Other revenues
increased 13.2% to $1.4 million as compared to $1.2 million last
year primarily due to higher interest income on higher cash
balances. Expenses Total expenses for the fourth quarter of 2005
decreased 6.2% to $21.4 million as compared to $22.8 million in the
fourth quarter last year. -- Compensation and benefits expenses
decreased 13.9% to $9.1 million primarily due to lower incentive
compensation partially offset by increased headcount. -- Technology
and communications expenses decreased 24.1% to $3.4 million
primarily due to lower expenses for our trading system and network.
-- Occupancy expenses increased 4.2% to $1.2 million primarily due
to higher operating costs associated with our business continuity
site. -- Professional fees increased 50.0% to $2.5 million
primarily due to $0.6 million of non-operating expenses associated
with our secondary offering. We also incurred $0.4 million of legal
fees arising from ongoing litigation associated with our decision
to trade certain exchange traded funds without a license. Revenues
that we have earned trading these products have more than offset
these legal fees. -- Marketing and business development expenses
decreased 1.5% to $1.1 million. -- Depreciation and amortization
expenses were essentially unchanged at $1.5 million. -- Other
expenses increased 48.5% to $2.6 million primarily due to fees we
pay for trading licensed products. Fees that we incur to trade
licensed products increased $0.4 million to $1.4 million for the
quarter. These fees are more than offset by surcharges we charge
members for trading licensed products which are included in our
transaction fee revenues. -- Reorganization costs for the quarter
were $34.0 thousand as compared to $559.0 thousand in the fourth
quarter of 2004. Income, Margins and Taxes Pre-tax income increased
56.0% to $18.7 million versus $12.0 million last year. Our pre-tax
margin for the fourth quarter increased to 46.7% from 34.5% last
year. Our operating pre-tax margins, which exclude our
non-operating charges, increased to 48.2% in the fourth quarter of
2005 from 36.1% a year ago. Our tax rate decreased to 46.8% for the
fourth quarter as compared to 49.6% last year. Our tax rate was
significantly higher last year due to higher levels of
non-deductible reorganization expenses. Net income for the fourth
quarter increased 64.5% to $10.0 million from $6.1 million in the
prior year quarter. Full Year 2005 Results For the year, average
daily volume of equity and index options increased 24.3% to 1.8
million contracts traded as compared to 1.4 million equity and
index options contracts traded in the prior year. Revenues
increased 16.4% to $145.9 million from $125.4 million last year.
Net income increased 35.1% to $35.3 million as compared to $26.2
million in the same period in 2004. Earnings per share on a fully
diluted basis were $0.93 as compared to $0.77 per share on a fully
diluted basis in the prior year. Excluding our non-operating
charges, diluted earnings per share for 2005 were $0.96 as compared
to $0.83 in the year ago period. Included in 2005 results are
non-operating charges of $1.2 million, or $0.03 per share, related
to the Company's secondary offering and its reorganization into a
holding company structure. Included in 2004 results are
non-operating charges of $2.1 million, or $0.06 per share, related
to the Company's reorganization into a holding company structure.
Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2005, ISE had cash and cash
equivalents of $170.9 million, total assets of $280.5 million, and
stockholders' equity of $185.0 million. There were approximately
37.0 million shares of common stock outstanding. Fourth Quarter
Business Highlights -- ISE was the largest equity options exchange
for the fourth quarter of 2005 based on total equity options
trading. -- ISE set a new monthly average daily volume record of
2.3 million equity and index options contracts traded for the month
of October and a new average daily volume record of 2.1 million
equity and index options contracts traded for the quarter. -- On
December 8, 2005, ISE completed its secondary offering of Class A
common stock. The offering consisted of 8,000,000 shares of Class A
common stock priced at $30.00 per share. All of the shares were
sold by existing stockholders. ISE did not receive any proceeds
from this offering. -- On November 10, 2005, ISE announced that it
intends to pay a regular quarterly cash dividend on its Class A
common stock for fiscal year 2006. The amount of the dividend will
be announced during the first quarter of 2006. -- On November 10,
2005, ISE announced its intent to join the Consolidated Tape
Association and Consolidated Quotation Plans, or CTA/CQ Plans, and
the Over-the-Counter/Unlisted Trading Privileges Plan, or OTC/UTP
Plan, in order to be able to report stock transactions to the
ticker-tape. On November 17, 2005, ISE joined the OTC/UTP Plan; its
CTA/CQ membership is still pending. -- On November 8, 2005, ISE and
SuperDerivatives(R) announced a marketing and sales alliance to
jointly promote their products and services. -0- *T INTERNATIONAL
SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (in
thousands, except per share amounts) Three Months Ended Year Ended
December 31, December 31, 2005 2004 2005 2004 ------- -------
-------- -------- (un- (un- (un- audited) audited) audited)
Revenues: Transaction fees $28,852 $22,677 $102,046 $ 83,081 Other
member fees 5,634 6,308 21,739 22,875 Market data 4,260 4,606
18,039 17,211 Other 1,395 1,232 4,063 2,206 ------- -------
-------- -------- Total revenues 40,141 34,823 145,887 125,373
Expenses: Compensation and benefits 9,141 10,620 36,567 33,507
Technology and communications 3,412 4,497 13,648 16,266 Occupancy
1,164 1,117 4,492 4,026 Professional fees 2,477 1,651 6,886 4,048
Marketing and business development 1,113 1,130 3,949 3,685
Depreciation and amortization 1,489 1,504 6,017 3,980 Other 2,573
1,733 8,859 6,044 Reorganization 34 559 339 2,107 ------- -------
-------- -------- Total expenses 21,403 22,811 80,757 73,663 Income
before provision for income taxes 18,738 12,012 65,130 51,710
Provision for income taxes 8,778 5,958 29,783 25,547 -------
------- -------- -------- Net income $ 9,960 $ 6,054 $ 35,347 $
26,163 ======= ======= ======== ======== Earnings per share: Basic
$ 0.27 $ 0.19 $ 0.99 $ 0.81 Diluted $ 0.26 $ 0.18 $ 0.93 $ 0.77
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: Basic 36,803 32,139
35,849 32,139 Diluted 38,976 33,921 37,947 33,921 *T -0- *T
INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION (in thousands, except per share amounts)
December 31, December 31, 2005 2004 ------------- -------------
(unaudited) ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $
170,927 $ 44,847 Accounts receivable, net 35,048 29,787 Income tax
receivable - 11,332 Securities owned 9,890 4,980 Other current
assets 2,745 6,655 ------------ ------------ Total current assets $
218,610 $ 97,601 Securities owned 7,244 22,199 Accounts receivable
587 6,426 Fixed asset, net 29,205 32,757 Deferred tax asset, net
22,333 15,835 Other assets 2,517 2,761 ------------ ------------
Total assets 280,496 177,579 ============ ============ LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY LIABILITIES Current liabilities: Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities 15,406 8,434
Compensation and benefits payable 8,371 14,520 Deferred revenue
4,687 4,365 Income taxes payable 372 - Payment for order flow
payable 12,233 13,258 ------------ ------------ Total current
liabilities 41,069 40,577 Deferred revenue 50,238 50,594 Other
liabilities 4,211 4,949 ------------- ------------ Total
liabilities 95,518 96,120 ------------- ------------- STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY 184,978 81,459 ------------ ------------ -------------
------------- Total liabilities & stockholders' equity $
280,496 $ 177,579 ============ ============ *T -0- *T INTERNATIONAL
SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In
thousands) Year Ended December 31, 2005 2004 -------- --------
(unaudited) Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $
35,347 $ 26,163 Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash
provided by/(used in) operating activities: Depreciation and
amortization 6,017 3,980 Stock based compensation 4,825 85 Deferred
taxes (6,498) (8,943) Unrealized (gain)/loss on securities owned
and available for sale securities, net (357) (1,030) Excess tax
benefits from share-based payment arrangements (4,011) -
(Increase)/decrease in operating assets: Accounts receivable, net
578 6,666 Income tax receivable 11,332 (9,237) Securities owned
5,398 (5,975) Other assets 4,084 (4,711) Increase/(decrease) in
operating liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses 6,972
(118) Compensation and benefits payable (6,149) 7,272 Income tax
payable 4,383 - Deferred revenue (34) 15,502 Payment for order flow
payable (1,025) 651 Marketing fund payable - (519) Other
liabilities (738) 1,231 -------- -------- Net cash provided by
operating activities 60,124 31,017 -------- -------- Cash flows
from investing activities: Purchase of fixed assets (2,395)
(26,079) Sale of fixed assets - 252 Purchase of available for sale
securities - (39,855) Maturities of available for sale securities
4,990 24,895 -------- -------- Net cash provided by/(used in)
investing activities 2,595 (40,787) -------- -------- Cash flows
from financing activities: Dividend (11,784) (11,070) Net proceeds
from initial public offering 70,739 - Proceeds from common stock
395 Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements 4,011
- -------- -------- Net cash provided by/(used in) financing
activities 63,361 (11,070) -------- -------- Increase in cash and
cash equivalents 126,080 (20,840) Cash and cash equivalents,
beginning of period 44,847 65,687 -------- -------- Cash and cash
equivalents, end of period $170,927 $ 44,847 ======== ======== *T
-0- *T INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC. KEY STATISTICAL
INFORMATION Three Months Ended Year Ended December 31, December 31,
2005 2004 2005 2004 ------- ------- ------- ------- Trading Days 63
64 252 252 -----------------------------------------------------
---------------- Average daily trading volume: (1) (2) Equity
Options -------------------------------------- Total U.S. industry
equity options traded (in thousands) 6,387 4,699 5,433 4,300 Our
equity options traded (in thousands) 2,035 1,590 1,763 1,432 Our
market share of equity options traded 31.9% 33.8% 32.4% 33.3% Index
Options -------------------------------------- Total U.S. industry
index options traded (in thousands) 619 422 536 390 Our index
options traded (in thousands) 24 - 18 - Our market share of index
options traded 3.9% - 3.4% -
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---------------- Our member total trading volume (sides, in
thousands): (3) Customer 105,679 84,156 370,772 282,367 Firm
proprietary 25,579 15,278 84,288 53,464 Market maker 128,142
104,167 442,332 385,875 ------- ------- ------- -------- Total
Sides 259,400 203,601 897,392 721,706
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---------------- Our market share of total industry trading: (4)
Customer 30.7% 30.4% 30.3% 27.5% Firm proprietary 22.7% 20.5% 22.0%
20.1% Market maker 30.1% 34.3% 31.5% 36.1%
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---------------- Revenue: Average transaction fee per side (5)
$0.11 $0.11 $0.11 $0.12 Average transaction fee per revenue side
(6) $0.17 $0.18 $0.18 $0.18
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---------------- Our trades: (7) Average contracts per trade 18.1
16.3 17.8 17.3 Average trades per day (in thousands) 114.0 97.4
100.3 82.8 Total trades (in thousands) 7,183 6,232 25,269 20,858
Our market share of industry trade volume 32.7% 36.8% 33.8% 35.0%
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---------------- Our listed issues: (8) Average number of issues
traded during the period 795 678 743 655
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---------------- Our Members (average number trading during period)
PMMs 10 10 10 10 CMMs 138 135 136 135 EAMs 97 93 95 95 -------
------- ------- -------- Total 245 238 241 240
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---------------- Employees at end of period 185 151 185 151
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---------------- (1) Represents single counted contract volume. For
example, a transaction of 500 contracts on our exchange is counted
as a single 500 contract transaction for purposes of calculating
our volumes, even though we may receive transaction fees from
parties on both sides of the transaction, one side of a
transaction, or in some cases, neither side of a transaction. (2)
Our market share is calculated based on the number of contracts
executed on our exchange as a percentage of total industry contract
volume. (3) Represents each side of a buy or sell transaction. For
example, a transaction of 500 contracts on our exchange is counted
as two sides of 500 contracts, representing a buy and a sell
transaction. We do not currently receive transaction fees from
non-broker-dealer customer sides, except for options on our premium
products. (4) Represents our market share of total U.S. industry
equity and index trading for members trading on our exchange based
on contract trading volume. (5) Average transaction fee per side is
calculated by dividing our transaction fees by the total number of
sides executed on our exchange. We have charged our members for
executing non-broker-dealer customer orders on our exchange except
for options on our premium products. Comparing our average
transaction fee per side to our average transaction fee per revenue
side reflects the negative effect of our fee waivers or reductions
on our revenues, on a per side basis. For the three months ended
December 31, 2005 and 2004, we have waived and discounted $7,767
and $6,494 of our fees, respectively. For the year ended December
31, 2005 and 2004, we have waived and discounted $27,502 and
$21,551 of our fees, respectively. (6) Our average transaction fee
per revenue side reflects the transaction fee we charge to our
market participants per our publicly available pricing schedules.
These schedules were part of rule proposals that became effective
upon filing pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The
Securities and Exchange Commission may abrogate such rule proposals
within 60 days of filing if it determines that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection
of investors or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the
Exchange Act. (7) Members can have several contracts per trade.
Trades represent the number of trades cleared through The Option
Clearing Corporation, or the OCC. Market data revenue is generated
on a per trade basis, not on a contract basis. (8) By "issues" we
mean the number of securities underlying our options. We trade
multiple options series on each underlying security. *T GAAP to
Non-GAAP Reconciliation In an effort to provide investors with
additional information regarding the Company's results as
determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or
GAAP, the Company also discloses certain non-GAAP information which
management believes provides useful information to investors.
Management reviews this non-GAAP financial measurement when
evaluating the Company's financial performance and results of
operations; therefore, we believe it is useful to provide
information with respect to these non-GAAP measurements so as to
share this perspective of management. Non-GAAP measurements do not
have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be
comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. These
non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in the context
with our GAAP results. Within this press release, the Company has
disclosed its net income amounts excluding certain non-operating
charges. These non-operating charges relate to expenses incurred in
connection with its reorganization into a holding company structure
as well as professional fees incurred related to its secondary
offering. The Company did not sell any additional shares in the
secondary offering; therefore, any cost incurred is treated as an
expense. In addition, its reorganization and secondary offering
costs are not-deductible for tax purposes; thereby, increasing its
effective tax rate. -0- *T INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, INC.
GAAP TO NON GAAP RECONCILIATION (in thousands, except per share
amounts) (unaudited) Three Months Ended Year Ended December 31,
December 31, 2005 2004 2005 2004 ------- ------- -------- --------
GAAP Net income, as reported $ 9,960 $ 6,054 $ 35,347 $ 26,163 Add
back reorganization costs 34 559 339 2,107 Add back secondary
offering costs (included in professional fees) 569 - 902 - -------
------- -------- -------- Operating net income, as adjusted 10,563
6,613 36,588 28,270 ------- ------- -------- -------- GAAP Diluted
earnings per share, as reported $ 0.26 $ 0.18 $ 0.93 $ 0.77 Add
back non-operating charges 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.06 ------- -------
-------- -------- Operating diluted earnings per share, as adjusted
$ 0.27 $ 0.19 $ 0.96 $ 0.83 ------- ------- -------- -------- GAAP
Income before provision for income taxes, as reported 18,738 12,012
65,130 51,710 Add back reorganization costs 34 559 339 2,107 Add
back secondary offering costs (included in professional fees) 569 -
902 - ------- ------- -------- -------- Operating income before
provision for income taxes, as adjusted 19,341 12,571 66,371 53,817
Total revenues 40,141 34,823 145,887 125,373 GAAP Operating pre-tax
margins, as reported 46.7% 34.5% 44.6% 41.2% Operating pre-tax
margins, as adjusted 48.2% 36.1% 45.5% 42.9% *T Activity Assessment
and SEC Activity Remittance The Company, through The Options
Clearing Corporation, or OCC, pays the SEC fees pursuant to Section
31 of the Exchange Act. These fees are designed to recover the
costs to the government for supervision and regulation of
securities markets and securities professionals. The Company,
through OCC, in turn, collects these fees from its members.
Currently, the Company records the amount receivable from its
members and payable to the SEC on a gross basis on its consolidated
statements of financial condition and records these fees on a net
basis on its consolidated statements of income as it has no impact
to net income. Going forward, the Company intends to show these
fees on a gross basis on its consolidated statements of income.
Earnings Conference Call ISE will host a conference call to discuss
its fourth quarter and full year 2005 results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern
Time today. The conference call will be web cast and can be
accessed on the Investor Relations section of ISE's web site at
www.iseoptions.com. An investor presentation that will be
referenced during the call will be posted to the web site.
Investors can also listen to the conference call by calling (866)
825-3308 and dialing the participant passcode 35235128. An archived
recording of the call will be available from 1:00 p.m. on January
31, 2006 until midnight on February 1, 2006 and can be accessed by
calling (888) 286-8010 and dialing the participant passcode
38362840. An archived replay of the call will be available on the
Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at
www.iseoptions.com. ISE Background The International Securities
Exchange, the world's largest equity options exchange, was founded
on the principle that technology fosters and infuses new
efficiencies and operational innovations into securities trading.
After developing an innovative market structure that integrated
auction market principles into an advanced screen-based trading
system, ISE launched the first fully electronic US options exchange
in May 2000. ISE continually enhances its trading systems to
provide investors with the best marketplace to execute their
options orders. For more information about ISE, its products and
its technology, visit www.iseoptions.com. This press release
contains "forward looking statements." These statements relate to
future events or our future financial performance, and involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements to be materially different from those contemplated by
the forward looking statements. We undertake no ongoing obligation,
other than that imposed by law, to update these statements. Factors
that could affect our results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements and cause them to materially differ from those
contained in the forward looking statements can be found in our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our
registration statements on Form S-1, current reports on Form 8-K
and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as amended.
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