UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005
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: 001-32307
| Primus Guaranty, Ltd. | ||||||
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||||
| Bermuda | Not Required | |||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||
| Clarendon
House 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda |
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| (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | ||||||
| 441-296-0519 | ||||||
| (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | ||||||
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
No ![]()
Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
No ![]()
As of May 10, 2005, the number of shares outstanding of the issuer's common stock, $0.08 par value, was 43,118,904.
Primus Guaranty,
Ltd.
Form 10-Q
For the quarter ended March 31,
2005
| Part I. | Financial Information | |||||||||
| Item 1. | Financial Statements | |||||||||
| Consolidated
Statements of Financial Condition March 31, 2005 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2004 |
3 | |||||||||
| Consolidated
Statements of Income (Unaudited) Three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 |
4 | |||||||||
| Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) Three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 |
5 | |||||||||
| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 6 | |||||||||
| Item 2. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 17 | ||||||||
| Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information | 26 | |||||||||
| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 27 | ||||||||
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 28 | ||||||||
| Part II. | Other Information | |||||||||
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 28 | ||||||||
| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 28 | ||||||||
| Item 3. | Defaults upon Senior Securities | 29 | ||||||||
| Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | 29 | ||||||||
| Item 5. | Other Information | 29 | ||||||||
| Item 6. | Exhibits | 29 | ||||||||
| Signatures | 29 | |||||||||
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Part
I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial
Statements
Primus Guaranty, Ltd.
Consolidated
Statements of Financial Condition
(dollars in 000s except per
share
amounts)
| March
31, 2005 |
December
31, 2004 |
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| (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 349,627 | $ | 320,989 | ||||||
| Short-term investments | 133,606 | 161,101 | ||||||||
| Accrued interest receivable | 2,128 | 1,381 | ||||||||
| Accrued premiums on credit swaps | 3,162 | 3,349 | ||||||||
| Premiums receivable on credit swaps | 185 | 197 | ||||||||
| Premiums receivable on financial guarantees | 700 | 800 | ||||||||
| Asset management fee receivable | 32 | 15 | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | 715 | 868 | ||||||||
| Unrealized gain on credit swaps, at fair value | 31,017 | 46,517 | ||||||||
| Fixed assets,
less accumulated depreciation of $559 in 2005 and $493 in 2004 |
1,744 | 1,800 | ||||||||
| Internal use
software costs, less accumulated amortization of $6,342 in 2005 and $5,893 in 2004 |
4,014 | 4,297 | ||||||||
| Income tax receivable | 279 | 279 | ||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | 1,143 | 1,125 | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 528,352 | $ | 542,718 | ||||||
| Liabilities and shareholders' equity | ||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 1,691 | $ | 904 | ||||||
| Compensation payable | 1,455 | 5,317 | ||||||||
| Brokerage fees payable | 19 | 14 | ||||||||
| Current state and local taxes payable | 46 | 12 | ||||||||
| Interest payable | 353 | 364 | ||||||||
| Long-term debt | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||||||||
| Unrealized loss on credit swaps, at fair value | 4,292 | 259 | ||||||||
| Deferred rent payable | 450 | 455 | ||||||||
| Deferred financial guarantee premiums | 707 | 806 | ||||||||
| Deferred credit swap premiums | 63 | 69 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | 84,076 | 83,200 | ||||||||
| Preferred securities of subsidiary | 98,521 | 98,521 | ||||||||
| Shareholders' equity: | ||||||||||
| Common stock, $0.08 par value, 62,500,000 shares authorized, 43,062,428 and 42,780,033 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively | 3,533 | 3,535 | ||||||||
| Additional Paid-in-Capital | 263,474 | 264,860 | ||||||||
| Warrants | 612 | 612 | ||||||||
| Retained earnings | 78,136 | 91,990 | ||||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | 345,755 | 360,997 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities, preferred securities of subsidiary and shareholders' equity | $ | 528,352 | $ | 542,718 | ||||||
See accompanying notes.
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Primus Guaranty, Ltd.
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(amounts in 000s except per share
amounts)
| Three
Months Ended March 31, |
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| 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||||
| Net credit swap revenue | $ | (8,198 | ) | $ | (3,030 | ) | ||||
| Premiums earned on financial guarantees | 99 | 99 | ||||||||
| Interest income | 3,693 | 652 | ||||||||
| Rental income | — | 27 | ||||||||
| Asset management fees | 42 | — | ||||||||
| Foreign currency revaluation | (564 | ) | (73 | ) | ||||||
| Total net revenues | (4,928 | ) | (2,325 | ) | ||||||