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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

   

[x]

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

   

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

OR

[  ]

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

   

For the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission file number 0-14804

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

     

Delaware

 

06-1109503


(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, CT


(Address of principal executive offices)

 

06927


(Zip Code)

     

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) (203) 357-4000

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [x ]  No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes [ ] No [x ]

At July 31, 2003, 1,064 shares of common stock with a par value of $1,000 were outstanding.

REGISTRANT MEETS THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN GENERAL INSTRUCTION H(1)(a) AND (b) OF FORM 10-Q AND IS THEREFORE FILING THIS FORM 10-Q WITH THE REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT.

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General Electric Capital Services, Inc.

Part I – Financial Information

 

Page

     

     Item 1. Financial Statements

   

          Condensed Statement of Current and Retained Earnings

 

3

          Condensed Statement of Financial Position

 

4

          Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

 

5

     Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

6

     Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

9

     Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

22

     

Part II – Other Information

   
     

     Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

23

     Signatures

 

24

     

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This document includes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors.

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Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Condensed Statement of Current and Retained Earnings
General Electric Capital Services, Inc. and consolidated affiliates

(Unaudited)

 

Second quarter
ended June 30

 

Six months
ended June 30

 
 
 


 

(Dollars in millions)

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Revenues from services

$

15,319

 

$

13,071

 

$

29,699

 

$

26,279

 

Sales of goods

 

568

   

899

   

1,055

   

1,715

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Total revenues

 

15,887

   

13,970

   

30,754

   

27,994

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Interest

 

2,533

   

2,429

   

4,996

   

4,717

 

Operating and administrative

 

4,610

   

3,682

   

8,693

   

7,408

 

Cost of goods sold

 

465

   

822

   

902

   

1,564

 

Insurance losses and policyholder and annuity benefits

 

4,256

   

3,689

   

8,241

   

7,238

 

Provision for losses on financing receivables

 

978

   

785

   

1,738

   

1,447

 

Depreciation and amortization of equipment on operating leases

                       

     (including buildings and equipment)

 

1,121

   

1,012

   

2,232

   

1,963

 

Minority interest in net earnings of consolidated affiliates

 

25

   

40

   

63

   

74

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Total costs and expenses

 

13,988

   

12,459

   

26,865

   

24,411

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Earnings before income taxes and accounting changes

 

1,899

   

1,511

   

3,889

   

3,583

 

Provision for income taxes

 

(297

)

 

(184

)

 

(617

)

 

(599

)

 
 
 
 
 
                         

Earnings before accounting changes

 

1,602

   

1,327

   

3,272

   

2,984

 

Cumulative effect of accounting changes (note 4)

 

   

   

   

(1,015

)

 
 
 
 
 
                         

Net earnings

 

1,602

   

1,327

   

3,272

   

1,969

 
                 

Dividends

 

(159

)

 

(430

)

 

(328

)

 

(961

)

Retained earnings at beginning of period

 

27,825

   

24,789

   

26,324

   

24,678

 
 
 
 
 
 
                         

Retained earnings at end of period

$

29,268

 

$

25,686

 

$

29,268

 

$

25,686

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

                       

See "Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements."

             

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Condensed Statement of Financial Position
General Electric Capital Services, Inc. and consolidated affiliates

(Dollars in millions)

June 30, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 
 
 

(Unaudited)

   
         

Cash and equivalents

$

5,811

 

$

7,918

 

Investment securities

 

109,033

   

116,530

 

Financing receivables:

           

     Time sales and loans, net of deferred income

 

159,655

   

143,309

 

     Investment in financing leases, net of deferred income

 

60,206

   

60,251

 
     
     
 
   

219,861

   

203,560

 

     Allowance for losses on financing receivables

 

(6,104

)

 

(5,500

)

     
   
 

Financing receivables – net

 

213,757

   

198,060

 

Insurance receivables

 

28,865

   

31,585

 

Other receivables – net

 

14,627

   

12,984

 

Inventories

 

181

   

208

 

Equipment on operating leases (at cost) including buildings and
     equipment, less accumulated amortization of $14,710 and      $13,503

 

36,217

   

35,330

 

Intangible assets

 

23,639

   

23,131

 

Other assets

 

72,956

   

64,082

 

Assets held for sale (note 5)

 

22,235

   

 
     
   
 

Total assets

$

527,321

 

$

489,828

 
   
   
 

 

           

Short-term borrowings

$

129,906

 

$

130,126

 

Long-term borrowings

           

     Senior

 

163,185

   

139,573

 

     Subordinated

 

1,182

   

1,263

 

Insurance liabilities, reserves and annuity benefits

 

120,899

   

135,853

 

All other liabilities

 

34,015

   

31,049

 

Deferred income taxes

 

11,025

   

10,590

 

Liabilities associated with assets held for sale (note 5)

 

19,768

   

 
   
   
 
             

Total liabilities

 

479,980

   

448,454

 
   
   
 

 

           

Minority interest in equity of consolidated affiliates

 

4,400

   

4,445

 
   
   
 

Accumulated gains/(losses) – net

           

     Investment securities

 

4,451

   

1,191

 

     Currency translation adjustments

 

82

   

(782

)

     Derivatives qualifying as hedges

 

(3,130

)

 

(2,076

)

   
   
 

Accumulated non-owner changes other than earnings

 

1,403

   

(1,667

)

Capital stock

 

11

   

11

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

12,259

   

12,261

 

Retained earnings

 

29,268

   

26,324

 
   
   
 

Total share owner's equity

 

42,941

   

36,929

 
   
   
 

 

           

Total liabilities and equity

$

527,321

 

$

489,828

 
   
   
 

 

           

See "Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements."

 

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Condensed Statement of Cash Flows
General Electric Capital Services, Inc. and consolidated affiliates

 

Six months ended
June 30 (Unaudited)

 
 
 

(Dollars in millions)

2003

 

2002

 
 
 
 

Cash Flows – Operating Activities

   

 

Net earnings

$

3,272

 

$

1,969

 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided from
     operating activities

           

          Cumulative effect of accounting changes

 

   

1,015

 

          Provision for losses on financing receivables

 

1,738

   

1,447

 

          Depreciation and amortization of equipment on
               operating leases (including buildings and equipment)

 

2,232

   

1,963

 

All other operating activities

 

508

   

2,450

 
 
 
 

Cash from operating activities

 

7,750

   

8,844

 
 
 
 
             

Cash Flows – Investing Activities

           

Increase in loans to customers

 

(110,007

)

 

(88,056

)

Principal collections from customers – loans

 

101,495

   

83,104

 

Investment in equipment for financing leases

 

(9,856

)

 

(11,400

)

Principal collections from customers – financing leases

 

9,954

   

8,939

 

Net change in credit card receivables

 

(1,757

)

 

(270

)

Equipment on operating leases (including buildings and equipment):

           

     – additions

 

(3,202

)

 

(5,090

)

     – dispositions

 

2,509

   

2,714

 

Payments for principal businesses purchased, net of cash acquired

 

(8,083

)

 

(5,244

)

Purchases of securities by insurance and annuity businesses

 

(27,531

)

 

(24,978

)

Dispositions of securities by insurance and annuity businesses

 

25,229

   

21,964

 

All other investing activities

 

(2,555

)

 

(1,454

)

   
   
 

Cash used for investing activities

 

(23,804

)

 

(19,771

)

   
   
 

           

Cash Flows – Financing Activities

           

Net decrease in borrowings (maturities 90 days or less)

 

(4,075

)

 

(35,883

)

Newly issued debt – short-term (91-365 days)

 

738

   

1,710

 

Newly issued debt – long-term senior

 

36,234

   

56,569

 

Proceeds – non-recourse, leveraged lease debt

 

168

   

585

 

Repayments and other reductions – short-term (91-365 days)

 

(16,341

)

 

(12,057

)

Repayments and other reductions – long-term senior debt

 

(1,518

)

 

188

 

Principal payments – non-recourse, leveraged lease debt

 

(521

)

 

(321

)

Proceeds from sales of investment contracts

 

4,443

   

3,817

 

Cash acquired in assumption of liabilities for policy holder benefits

 

   

2,406

 

Redemption of investment contracts

 

(4,237

)

 

(3,860

)

Dividends paid

 

(328

)

 

(961

)

   
   
 

Cash from financing activities

 

14,563

   

12,193

 
   
   
 
             

Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents

 

(1,491

)

 

1,266

 
             

Cash and equivalents at beginning of year

 

7,918

   

7,314

 
   
   
 
             

Cash and equivalents at June 30 (a)

$

6,427

 

$

8,580

 
 
 
 

 

           

(a) Cash and equivalents at June 30, 2003 includes $616 million of cash classified as assets held for sale in the Condensed Statement of Financial Position (see note 5).

See "Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements."

 

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Notes to Condensed, Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

     1. The accompanying condensed, consolidated quarterly financial statements represent the consolidation of General Electric Capital Services, Inc. and all of our affiliates (GECS) – companies that we directly or indirectly control (consolidated affiliates), including General Electric Capital Corporation (GE Capital) and GE Global Insurance Holding Corporation (GE Global Insurance Holding), the parent of Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC). We reclassified certain prior year amounts to conform to the current period presentation.

     2. The condensed, consolidated quarterly financial statements are unaudited. These statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) that we considered necessary to present a fair statement of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows. The results reported in these condensed, consolidated quarterly financial statements should not be regarded as necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year. We label our quarterly information using a calendar convention, that is, first quarter is consistently labeled as ending on March 31, second quarter as ending on June 30, and third quarter as ending on September 30. It is our longstanding practice to establish actual interim closing dates using a "fiscal" calendar, which requires our businesses to close their books on a Saturday in order to normalize the potentially disruptive effects of quarterly closings on business processes. The effects of this practice are modest and only exist within a reporting year. The fiscal closing calendar from 1993 through 2013 is available on our Web site, www.ge.com/en/company/investor/secreports.htm. 

     3. In November 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Financial Interpretation No. (FIN) 45, Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others. Among other things, the Interpretation requires guarantors to recognize, at fair value, their obligations to stand ready to perform under certain guarantees. FIN 45 became effective for guarantees issued or modified on or after January 1, 2003 and had an inconsequential effect on our financial position as of June 30, 2003 and results of operations for the second quarter and the first six months of 2003.

     FIN 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities is effective for us on July 1, 2003. Based on the new criteria in the Interpretation, we will consolidate certain entities in our third quarter financial statements. While FIN 46 represents a significant change in accounting principles governing consolidation, it does not change the economic or legal characteristics of asset sales. Important considerations that differentiate FIN 46 entities from others included in our consolidated statements include the following:

     We will consolidate approximately $36 billion of securitized assets at transition and approximately $15 billion of investment securities related to guaranteed investment contracts. Assets and liabilities in FIN 46 entities differ from other consolidated assets and liabilities, thus our future financial statements will distinguish assets and liabilities that are included solely as a result of FIN 46. Because we will not sell any additional assets to these consolidated FIN 46 entities, these balances will decrease as the assets mature. Our July 1, 2003, consolidation of FIN 46 entities resulted in a $0.4 billion after-tax charge that will be reported as an accounting change in our third quarter results.

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     4. The FASB's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, generally became effective for us on January 1, 2002. Under SFAS 142, goodwill is no longer amortized but is tested for impairment using a fair value methodology. We stopped amortizing goodwill effective January 1, 2002.

     Under SFAS 142, we were required to test all existing goodwill for impairment as of January 1, 2002, on a "reporting unit" basis. A reporting unit is the operating segment unless, at businesses one level below that operating segment (the "component" level), discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by management, in which case such component is the reporting unit.

     A fair value approach is used to test goodwill for impairment. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount, if any, by which the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its fair value. We established fair values using discounted cash flows. When available and as appropriate, we use comparative market multiples to corroborate discounted cash flow results.

     The result of testing goodwill impairment in accordance with SFAS 142, as of January 1, 2002, was a non-cash charge of $1,204 million ($1,015 million after tax), which is reported in the caption "Cumulative effect of accounting changes." Substantially all of the charge relates to the IT Solutions business and the GE Auto and Home business, a direct subsidiary of GE Financial Assurance. Factors contributing to the impairment charge were the difficult economic environment in the information technology sector and heightened price competition in the auto insurance industry. No impairment charge had been required under our previous goodwill impairment policy, which was based on undiscounted cash flows.

Intangibles Subject To Amortization

 

At June 30, 2003

 

At December 31, 2002

 
 
 
 

(Dollars in millions)

Gross
carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 

Gross
carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 
 
 
 
 
 

Present value of future profits (PVFP)

$

4,540

 

$

(2,902

)

$

5,261

 

$

(2,804

)

Capitalized software

 

1,457

   

(621

)

 

1,462

   

(568

)

Servicing assets (a)

 

3,597

   

(3,354

)

 

3,582

   

(3,240

)

Patents, licenses and other

 

980

   

(535

)

 

843

   

(499

)

 
 
 
 
 

Total

$

10,574

 

$

(7,412

)

$

11,148

 

$

(7,111

)

 
 
 
 
 
                         

(a)      Servicing assets, net of accumulated amortization, are associated primarily with serviced residential mortgage loans amounting to $22 billion and $33 billion at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively.

 

     Amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets for the second quarters ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, was $162 million and $451 million, respectively.  Amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets for the first six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, was $460 million and $721 million, respectively. The estimated percentage of the December 31, 2002, net PVFP balance (adjusted for assets held for sale) to be amortized over each of the next five years follows.

2003

   

2004

   

2005

   

2006

   

2007

 

   
   
   
   
 

8.0

%

 

7.6

%

 

7.3

%

 

6.8

%

 

6.4

%

     Amortization expense for PVFP in future periods will be affected by acquisitions, realized capital gains/losses and other factors affecting the ultimate amount of gross profits realized from certain lines of business. Similarly, future amortization expense for other intangibles will depend on acquisition activity and other business transactions.

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Goodwill

Goodwill balances follow:

(Dollars in millions)

Commercial
Finance

 

Consumer
Finance

 

Equipment
Management

 

Insurance

 

All
Other
GECS

 

Total

 
 
 
 
 
 

Balance, December 31, 2002

$

7,987

     

$

5,562

    

$

1,242

    

$

4,176

    

$

127

    

$

19,094

Acquisitions/Purchase
     Accounting Adjustments

 

98

   

919

   

   

47

   

   

1,064

Foreign exchange and other

 

69

   

386

   

82

   

(219

) (a)

 

1

   

319