Form 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): November 6, 2008

Corrections Corporation of America


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Maryland   001-16109   62-1763875

 
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
        Identification No.)

10 Burton Hills Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee 37215


(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(615) 263-3000


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On November 6, 2008, Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing its 2008 third quarter financial results. A copy of the release is furnished as a part of this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference. The release contains certain financial information calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, which the Company believes is useful to investors and other interested parties. The Company has included information concerning this non-GAAP information in the release, including a reconciliation of such information to the most comparable GAAP measures, the reasons why the Company believes such information is useful, and the Company’s use of such information for additional purposes.

     The information furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of those sections. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission by the Company as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Item 2.02. The Company does not undertake a duty to update the information in this Current Report and cautions that the information included in this Current Report is current only as of November 6, 2008 and may change thereafter.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d)  The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report pursuant to Item 2.02:

       Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated November 6, 2008

 


 

SIGNATURE

     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.

     
Date: November 6, 2008   CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
 
    By: /s/ Todd J Mullenger

       Todd J Mullenger
       Executive Vice President and
       Chief Financial Officer

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.1   Press Release dated November 6, 2008

 

EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
 
News Release   (LOGO)
     
Contact:
  Investors and Analysts: Karin Demler, CCA at (615) 263-3005
 
  Financial Media: David Gutierrez, Dresner Corporate Services at (312) 780-7204
Corrections Corporation of America Announces
Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
§ Earnings Per Share increased 15.4%
§ California Resumes Ramp-Up At Tallahatchie County Correctional
Facility
§ Provides Updated EPS Guidance; Now Expects Earnings Per
Diluted Share of $1.18 to $1.20 Compared with Previous Range
of $1.21 to $1.24
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — November 6, 2008 — Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (the “Company” or “CCA”), the nation’s largest provider of corrections management services to government agencies, announced today its financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008.
Financial Review
Third Quarter of 2008 Compared with Third Quarter of 2007
  §   Net income increased 13.8% to $37.9 million from $33.3 million
  §   Net income per diluted share increased 15.4% to $0.30 from $0.26
  §   EBITDA increased 14.1% to $98.8 million from $86.6 million
  §   Adjusted Free Cash Flow increased 12.5% to $62.0 million from $55.1 million
  §   1,680 new beds placed into service during the third quarter of 2008
Financial results for the third quarter of 2008 were positively impacted by an increase in average daily inmate populations facilitated by the placement of 6,534 new beds placed into service since the end of the second quarter 2007, combined with rate increases achieved since the third quarter of 2007. Financial results for the third quarter of 2008 compared with the third quarter of 2007 were also positively impacted by the opening and subsequent ramp-up in inmate populations at our 1,896-bed Saguaro Correctional Facility which we completed in June 2007.
Financial results for the third quarter of 2008 reflect the impact of staffing expenses incurred in anticipation of additional inmate populations from the state of California at our Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility and our newly constructed La Palma Correctional Center, which commenced operations in July 2008.
Management revenue from federal customers increased 4.9% to $158.7 million during the third quarter of 2008 from $151.3 million during the third quarter of 2007. Federal revenues increased primarily from an increase in federal inmate and detainee populations at Stewart Detention Center, Webb County Detention
10 Burton Hills Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee 37215, Phone: 615-263-3000
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Center and Leavenworth Detention Center, combined with rate increases achieved since the third quarter of 2007.
Management revenue from state customers increased 15.6% to $214.0 million during the third quarter of 2008 from $185.2 million generated during the third quarter of 2007. The increase in state revenue from the prior year quarter primarily was the result of an 8.9% increase in average daily state inmate populations to 50,025 during the third quarter of 2008 from 45,938 during the prior year period, combined with per diem increases achieved since the third quarter of 2007. Higher inmate populations came primarily from the states of California, Idaho and Colorado.
Our total average daily compensated population increased 5.4% to 77,695 during the third quarter of 2008 from 73,740 during the third quarter of 2007. However, total portfolio occupancy decreased to 95.3% during the third quarter of 2008 from 97.9% during the third quarter of 2007 as a result of an 8.2% increase in the average number of beds available from the third quarter of 2007 due to placing 6,534 new beds into service since the end of the second quarter of 2007.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow increased 12.4% to $62.0 million during the third quarter of 2008 from $55.1 million generated during the same period in 2007. The increase in Adjusted Free Cash Flow was primarily attributable to an improvement in operating performance combined with a decrease in maintenance and technology capital expenditures, partially offset by an increase in income tax payments.
EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the Supplemental Financial Information and related note following the financial statements herein for further discussion and reconciliations of these measures to GAAP financial measures.
Commenting on the financial results, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Ferguson stated, “We are pleased with our third quarter financial results. Total revenue increased approximately 8.9% and earnings per share increased 15.4% as we benefited from the additional inmate populations.”
Operations Highlights
For the quarters ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, key operating statistics for the continuing operations of the Company were as follows:
                         
    Quarter Ended September 30,        
Metric   2008     2007     % Change  
Average Available Beds
    81,505       75,328       8.2 %
Average Compensated Occupancy
    95.3 %     97.9 %     -2.7 %
Total Compensated Man-Days
    7,147,895       6,784,057       5.4 %
Average Daily Compensated Population
    77,695       73,740       5.4 %
 
                       
Revenue per Compensated Man-Day
  $ 57.23     $ 54.94       4.2 %
 
                       
Operating Expense per Compensated Man-Day:
                       
Fixed
    30.50       29.25       4.3 %
Variable
    9.83       9.98       -1.5 %
 
                   
Total
    40.33       39.23       2.8 %
 
                   
 
Operating Margin per Compensated Man-Day
  $ 16.90     $ 15.71       7.6 %
 
                   
 
Operating Margin
    29.5 %     28.6 %     3.1 %
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Total revenue for the third quarter of 2008 increased 8.9% to $411.9 million from $378.3 million during the same period in 2007, as total compensated man-days increased to 7.1 million from 6.8 million, and as revenue per compensated man-day increased to $57.23 from $54.94. The increase in revenue from the prior year period was predominately due to higher inmate populations from the state of California combined with per diem increases from several federal and state contracts.
Total operating expenses per compensated man-day increased 2.8% to $40.33 during the third quarter of 2008 compared with $39.23 during the same period in 2007. The 4.3% increase in fixed expenses per compensated man-day was primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits largely attributable to operating inefficiencies at our new La Palma Correctional Center where inmate populations have not yet reached stabilized occupancy levels, as well as general inflationary increases.
Near the end of the second quarter of 2008, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) suspended the ramp-up of inmate populations at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility so that we could comply with certain medical requirements as set forth by a federal medical receiver appointed to oversee the healthcare delivery within the California correctional system. However, we have continued to receive additional inmates from the state of California at certain of our other facilities. During September 2008, we finalized terms of a corrective action plan with the CDCR and the federal medical receiver, and on November 5, 2008 resumed the ramp-up of California inmate populations at the Tallahatchie facility. At September 30, 2008, we housed approximately 5,100 inmates from the state of California at six of our facilities. On November 1, 2008, we were housing 5,512 California inmates at these same facilities.
Commenting on the CDCR contract at our Tallahatchie facility, John Ferguson, CEO and Chairman stated, “Although negotiations of the corrective action plan have taken longer than anticipated, implementation of the corrective action plan allows inmate transfers to our Tallahatchie facility to resume and has allowed us to establish a positive working relationship with the federal medical receiver’s office.”
Business Development Update
CCA has completed the first two phases consisting of 2,040 beds at our La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona. Phase one consisting of 1,020 beds came on-line in July 2008 and phase two also consisting of 1,020 beds came on-line in October 2008. CCA expects to complete the final 1,020 beds during the first quarter of 2009, resulting in a total design capacity of 3,060 beds at the La Palma facility.
Subsequent to quarter end we entered into an agreement to house U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) inmates at our D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility in the District of Columbia. The agreement does not provide a limit on the number of detainees we may house on behalf of the USMS but is subject to availability of beds at the D.C. facility.
Subsequent to quarter end we also completed two expansion projects. On October 17, 2008, the 660-bed expansion of our Cimarron Correctional Facility located in Oklahoma was completed, increasing the total design capacity of the Cimarron facility to 1,692-beds. We currently believe these beds will ultimately be utilized by the state of Oklahoma or by other customers that may have a need for immediate bed capacity. On October 24, 2008, the final 128-bed expansion of our Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility located in Mississippi was completed, increasing the total design capacity of the Tallahatchie facility to 2,672-beds. These beds are currently under contract by the state of California.
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Pursuant to a re-bid of the management contracts, during September 2008, CCA was notified by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (“TDCJ”) of its intent to transfer the management of the 500-bed B.M. Moore Correctional Center in Overton, Texas and the 518-bed Diboll Correctional Center in Diboll, Texas to another operator, upon the expiration of the management contracts on January 16, 2009. Both of these facilities are owned by the TDCJ. The termination of the management contracts is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial results.
Facility Development Update
Facilities Currently Under Development or Expansion
Based upon our expectation of increased demand for bed capacity on behalf of a number of state and federal agencies, we expect to complete the following expansion and development projects:
                                         
            Total Bed             Estimated        
            Capacity             Remaining        
Facilities under Expansion or   Additional     Following     Estimated     Spend (1)     Potential  
Development
  Beds     Expansion     Completion     (in millions)     Customer(s)  
Owned Facilities:
                                       
 
                                       
Adams County Correctional
Center, Mississippi
    2,232       2,232       Q4 2008     $ 21.8     Federal or
Various States
 
La Palma Correctional Center,
Arizona (2)
    1,020       3,060       Q1 2009       20.8     California (3)
 
Trousdale Correctional Center,
Tennessee
    2,040       2,040       Q1 2010       122.0     Federal or
Various States
 
Nevada Southern Detention
Center, Nevada
    1,072       1,072       Q2 2010       71.0     OFDT(3)
 
                                       
Managed Only Facilities:
                                       
 
                                       
Silverdale Facilities, Tennessee
    128       1,046       Q4 2008       (4)   Hamilton
County
 
                                   
 
Total
    6,492                     $ 235.6          
 
                                   
 
(1)   The total estimated remaining spend on all the expansion and development beds outlined above is $235.6 million. However, we estimate the total cost to construct all of the beds represented in the table above to be $561.5 million.
 
(2)   At September 30, 2008, the La Palma Correctional Center currently had 1,020 beds completed and in service. However an additional 1,020 beds were placed into service on October 1, 2008, and the final 1,020 beds are expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2009. Upon completion of construction of the entire project, the La Palma facility will have a total design capacity of 3,060 beds.
 
(3)   The management contract in place with the stated customer at this facility provides for a limited guaranteed inmate population.
 
(4)   The expansion costs of Silverdale Facilities, managed by CCA but owned by the customer, will be funded by the customer.
In addition to the above listed projects, we continue to pursue additional development and expansion opportunities in order to satisfy increasing demand from existing and potential customers.
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Expansions or Developments Completed During 2007 and 2008
                         
    Additional              
Expansions or New Facilities Completed   Beds     Completed     Customer(s)  
2007
                       
Citrus County Detention Facility, Florida
    360       Q1 2007     Citrus County
Crossroads Correctional Center, Montana
    96       Q1 2007     State of Montana and
 
                  USMS
Saguaro Correctional Facility, Arizona
    1,896       Q2 2007     State of Hawaii
Gadsden Correctional Institution, Florida
    384       Q3 2007     State of Florida
Bay Correctional Facility, Florida
    235       Q3 2007     State of Florida
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, Mississippi
    720       Q4 2007     State of California
North Fork Correctional Facility, Oklahoma
    960       Q4 2007     Various Existing State
 
                  Customers
 
                     
Total 2007 Additional Beds Completed
    4,651                  
 
                     
 
                       
2008
                       
Eden Detention Center, Texas
    129       Q1 2008     BOP
Kit Carson Correctional Center, Colorado
    720       Q1 2008     State of Colorado
Bent County Correctional Facility, Colorado
    720       Q2 2008     State of Colorado
Leavenworth Detention Center, Kansas
    266       Q2 2008     USMS
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, Mississippi
    720       Q2 2008     State of California
La Palma Correctional Center, Arizona
    1,020       Q3 2008     State of California
Davis Correctional Facility, Oklahoma
    660       Q3 2008     State of Oklahoma
 
                  and/or Various States
 
                 
Cimarron Correctional Facility, Oklahoma
    660       Q4 2008     State of Oklahoma
 
                  Federal and/or Various
 
                  States
La Palma Correctional Center, Arizona
    1,020       Q4 2008     State of California
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, Mississippi
    128       Q4 2008     State of California
 
                     
Total 2008 Additional Beds Completed
    6,043                  
 
                     
Total
    10,694                  
 
                     
Liquidity Update
We believe we have the ability to fund our capital expenditure requirements, including all construction projects under development as well as our maintenance and information technology expenditures, working capital, and debt service requirements, with cash on hand, net cash provided by operations, and borrowings available under our $450 million revolving credit facility. None of our outstanding debt requires scheduled principal repayments, and we have no debt maturities until May 2011. We have a strong and flexible balance sheet that we believe will enable us to continue to grow while maintaining a conservative capital structure. At September 30, 2008, our liquidity was provided by cash on hand of $28.7 million and approximately $237.2 million available under our $450.0 million revolving credit facility. During the
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nine months ended September 30, 2008, we generated $222.9 million in cash through operating activities, and as of September 30, 2008, we had net working capital of $78.2 million.
Guidance
We expect diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for the fourth quarter of 2008 to be in the range of $0.30 to $0.32, resulting in full year 2008 EPS to be in the range of $1.18 to $1.20.
During 2008, we expect to invest approximately $508.8 million in capital expenditures, consisting of approximately $465.4 million in prison construction and expansions that have been previously announced, $29.9 million in maintenance capital expenditures and $13.5 million in information technology. We also currently expect to pay approximately $55.0 million in federal and state income taxes during 2008.
We have revised fourth quarter guidance primarily as a result of the following: 1) longer than anticipated delays in state of California inmate transfers to our Tallahatchie County facility, 2) a slower than anticipated ramp-up of state of California inmate populations at other facilities,
3) delays in negotiating the new USMS contract at our D.C. Correctional Treatment Facility and 4) recent and projected reductions in inmate populations from the states of Washington and Minnesota resulting from earlier than anticipated utilization of new, state-owned bed capacity.
Looking forward to the balance of 2008 and into 2009, we are monitoring the challenges faced by our customers as a result of the down-turn in the economy and the unusual financial environment. As most state legislatures are out of session, it is unclear what steps our customers may take to address current and future budget shortfalls. Although this environment increases uncertainty in the short-term, we believe the long-term implications are very positive as states may defer or cancel plans for constructing new state-owned prison bed capacity, which should ensure a continuation of the supply and demand imbalance that has been benefiting the private prison industry.
Supplemental Financial Information and Investor Presentations
We have made available on our website supplemental financial information and other data for the third quarter of 2008. We do not undertake any obligation, and disclaim any duty, to update any of the information disclosed in this report. Interested parties may access this information through our website at www.correctionscorp.com under “Financial Information” of the Investor section.
Management may meet with investors from time to time during the fourth quarter of 2008. Written materials used in the investor presentations will also be available on our website beginning on or about November 18, 2008. Interested parties may access this information through our website at www.correctionscorp.com under “Webcasts” of the Investor section.
Webcast and Replay Information
We will host a webcast conference call at 10:00 a.m. central time (11:00 a.m. eastern time) today, to discuss our third quarter 2008 financial results. To listen to this discussion, please access “Webcasts” on the Investor page at www.correctionscorp.com. The conference call will be archived on our website following the completion of the call. In addition, a telephonic replay will be available today at 2:00 p.m. eastern time through 11:59 p.m. eastern time on November 13, 2008, by dialing 888-203-1112, pass code 4294978.
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About CCA
CCA is the nation’s largest owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States, behind only the federal government and three states. We currently operate 64 facilities, including 42 company-owned facilities, with a total design capacity of approximately 82,000 beds in 19 states and the District of Columbia. We specialize in owning, operating and managing prisons and other correctional facilities and providing inmate residential and prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies. In addition to providing the fundamental residential services relating to inmates, our facilities offer a variety of rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, religious services, life skills and employment training and substance abuse treatment. These services are intended to reduce recidivism and to prepare inmates for their successful re-entry into society upon their release. We also provide health care (including medical, dental and psychiatric services), food services and work and recreational programs.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements as to our beliefs and expectations of the outcome of future events that are forward-looking statements as defined within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties associated with: (i) fluctuations in our operating results because of, among other things, changes in occupancy levels, competition, increases in cost of operations, fluctuations in interest rates and risks of operations; (ii) changes in the privatization of the corrections and detention industry, the public acceptance of our services, the timing of the opening of and demand for new prison facilities and the commencement of new management contracts; (iii) our ability to obtain and maintain correctional facility management contracts, including as the result of sufficient governmental appropriations, inmate disturbances, and the timing of the opening of new facilities and the commencement of new management contracts as well as our ability to utilize current available beds and new capacity as development and expansion projects are completed; (iv) increases in costs to construct or expand correctional facilities that exceed original estimates, or the inability to complete such projects on schedule as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond our control, such as weather, labor conditions and material shortages, resulting in increased construction costs; (v) changes in governmental policy and in legislation and regulation of the corrections and detention industry including, but not limited to, judicial challenges regarding the transfer of California inmates to out-of-state private correctional facilities; (vi) the availability of debt and equity financing on terms that are favorable to us; and (vii) general economic and market conditions. Other factors that could cause operating and financial results to differ are described in the filings made from time to time by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CCA takes no responsibility for updating the information contained in this press release following the date hereof to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or the occurrence of unanticipated events or for any changes or modifications made to this press release.
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CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED AND AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
ASSETS
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 28,736     $ 57,968  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $3,059 and $3,914, respectively
    242,574       241,116  
Deferred tax assets
    14,789       12,250  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    20,700       21,133  
Assets held for sale
          7,581  
Current assets of discontinued operations
    175       615  
 
           
Total current assets
    306,974       340,663  
 
Property and equipment, net
    2,456,949       2,086,980  
 
Restricted cash
    6,669       6,511  
Investment in direct financing lease
    13,698       14,503  
Goodwill
    13,672       13,672  
Other assets
    21,907       23,411  
 
           
 
               
Total assets
  $ 2,819,869     $ 2,485,740  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
  $ 219,021     $ 212,749  
Income taxes payable
    8,905       964  
Current portion of long-term debt
    290       290  
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
    566       728  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    228,782       214,731  
 
Long-term debt, net of current portion
    1,155,460       975,677  
Deferred tax liabilities
    42,884       34,271  
Other liabilities
    39,505       39,086  
 
           
 
Total liabilities
    1,466,631       1,263,765  
 
           
 
Commitments and contingencies
               
 
Common stock - $0.01 par value; 300,000 shares authorized; 125,597 and 124,472 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    1,256       1,245  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,589,572       1,568,736  
Retained deficit
    (237,590 )     (348,006 )
 
           
 
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,353,238       1,221,975  
 
           
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 2,819,869     $ 2,485,740  
 
           
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CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED AND AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
REVENUE:
                               
Management and other
  $ 410,664     $ 377,069     $ 1,193,530     $ 1,085,158  
Rental
    1,221       1,187       3,617       3,375  
 
                       
 
    411,885       378,256       1,197,147       1,088,533  
 
                       
EXPENSES:
                               
Operating
    292,599       273,450       850,220       778,937  
General and administrative
    20,866       18,362       60,222       54,497  
Depreciation and amortization
    23,564       20,074       67,152       57,272  
 
                       
 
    337,029       311,886       977,594       890,706  
 
                       
 
OPERATING INCOME
    74,856       66,370       219,553       197,827  
 
                       
 
OTHER EXPENSES (INCOME):
                               
Interest expense, net
    15,087       13,249       42,671       40,838  
Other income
    (360 )     (200 )     (356 )     (281 )
 
                       
 
    14,727       13,049       42,315       40,557  
 
                       
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    60,129       53,321       177,238       157,270  
 
                               
Income tax expense
    (22,038 )     (20,170 )     (66,765 )     (59,275 )
 
                       
 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    38,091       33,151       110,473       97,995  
 
                               
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes
    (200 )     104       (57 )     432  
 
                       
 
NET INCOME
  $ 37,891     $ 33,255     $ 110,416     $ 98,427  
 
                       
 
EARNINGS PER SHARE:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.30     $ 0.27     $ 0.89     $ 0.81  
 
                       
Diluted
  $ 0.30     $ 0.26     $ 0.87     $ 0.79  
 
                       
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CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(UNAUDITED AND AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
CALCULATION OF ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ 60,129     $ 53,321     $ 177,238     $ 157,270  
Income taxes paid
    (16,702 )     (9,655 )     (39,474 )     (31,331 )
Depreciation and amortization
    23,564       20,074       67,152       57,272  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes
    (200 )     104       (57 )     432  
Income tax expense (benefit) for discontinued operations
    (115 )     64       (26 )     262  
Stock-based compensation reflected in G&A expenses
    2,198       1,579       6,336       4,618  
Amortization of debt costs and other non-cash interest
    940       969       2,900       2,972  
Maintenance and technology capital expenditures
    (7,861 )     (11,353 )     (23,053 )     (32,458 )
 
                       
 
                               
Adjusted Free Cash Flow
  $ 61,953     $ 55,103     $ 191,016     $ 159,037  
 
                       
CALCULATION OF EBITDA
                                 
    For the Three Months     For the Nine Months  
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Net income
  $ 37,891     $ 33,255     $ 110,416     $ 98,427  
Interest expense, net
    15,087       13,249       42,671       40,838  
Depreciation and amortization
    23,564       20,074       67,152       57,272  
Income tax expense
    22,038       20,170       66,765       59,275  
(Income) loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes
    200       (104 )     57       (432 )
 
                       
 
                               
EBITDA
  $ 98,780     $ 86,644     $ 287,061     $ 255,380  
 
                       
NOTE TO SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that these measures are important operating measures that supplement discussion and analysis of the Company’s results of operations and are used to review and assess operating performance of the Company and its correctional facilities and their management teams. The Company believes that it is useful to provide investors, lenders and security analysts disclosures of its results of operations on the same basis as that used by management.
Management and investors review both the Company’s overall performance (including GAAP EPS, net income, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow) and the operating performance of the Company’s correctional facilities (EBITDA). EBITDA is a useful supplemental measure of the performance of the Company’s correctional facilities because it does not take into account depreciation and amortization, tax provisions, or with respect to EBITDA, the impact of the Company’s financing strategies. Because the historical cost accounting convention used for real estate assets requires depreciation (except on land), this accounting presentation assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes at a level rate over time. Because of the unique structure, design and use of the Company’s correctional facilities, management believes that assessing performance of the Company’s correctional facilities without the impact of depreciation or amortization is useful. The calculation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow substitutes capital expenditures incurred to maintain the functionality and condition of the
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Company’s correctional facilities in lieu of a provision for depreciation; Adjusted Free Cash Flow also excludes certain other non-cash expenses that do not affect the Company’s ability to service debt.
The Company may make adjustments to GAAP net income, EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow from time to time for certain other income and expenses that it considers non-recurring, infrequent or unusual, even though such items may require cash settlement, because such items do not reflect a necessary component of the ongoing operations of the Company. Other companies may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow differently than the Company does, or adjust for other items, and therefore comparability may be limited. EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are not measures of performance under GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities, a measure of liquidity or an alternative to net income as indicators of the Company’s operating performance or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. This data should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes included in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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