On August 1, 2019 DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 (Press release, DaVita, AUG 1, 2019, View Source [SID1234538053]).
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Second quarter 2019 financial highlights:
Completed the sale of our DMG division to Optum.
Consolidated revenues of $2,843 million.
Operating income of $462 million.
Cash flows from continuing operations of $574 million.
DaVita Medical Group sale: As previously disclosed, on June 19, 2019, we completed the sale of our DaVita Medical Group (DMG) division to Collaborative Care Holdings, LLC (Optum), a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Inc., for an aggregate purchase price of $4.34 billion, prior to certain adjustments specified in the related purchase agreement, as amended. We recorded a preliminary pre-tax net loss of approximately $23 million related to this divestiture.
Upon the completion of the DMG sale we were required to make mandatory prepayments on debt outstanding under our senior secured credit facility, and we subsequently used the full $4.47 billion in preliminary net proceeds received at closing to prepay term debt outstanding. As a result of these prepayments we recognized a charge of $12 million to write off debt discount and deferred financing costs.
Volume: Total U.S. dialysis treatments for the second quarter of 2019 were 7,520,587, or an average of 96,418 treatments per day, representing a per day increase of 2.6% over the second quarter of 2018. Normalized non-acquired treatment growth in the second quarter of 2019 as compared to the second quarter of 2018 was 2.1%.
Effective income tax rate: Our effective income tax rate on income from continuing operations was 23.5% and 24.6% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively. This effective income tax rate is impacted by the amount of third party owners’ income attributable to non-tax paying entities. The effective income tax rate on income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita Inc. was 28.0% and 29.6% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.
Our effective income tax rate on income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita Inc. for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 was further impacted by the write-off of deferred financing costs and other debt costs and the six months ended June 30, 2019 was also impacted by the goodwill impairment charge recognized in the first quarter of 2019. Excluding these items from the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, our effective income tax rate on adjusted income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita Inc. would have been 27.9% and 28.9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.
Center activity: As of June 30, 2019, we provided dialysis services to a total of approximately 231,700 patients at 2,971 outpatient dialysis centers, of which 2,723 centers were located in the United States and 248 centers were located in nine countries outside of the United States. During the second quarter of 2019, we opened a total of 33 new dialysis centers, acquired three dialysis centers and closed two dialysis centers in the United States. In addition, we acquired five dialysis centers outside of the United States during the second quarter of 2019.
Share repurchases: During the quarter ended June 30, 2019, we repurchased a total of 2,059,976 shares of our common stock for approximately $112 million at an average price of $54.46 per share. We have also repurchased 4,214,205 shares of our common stock for $238 million at an average price of $56.43 per share from July 1, 2019 through July 17, 2019. On July 17, 2019, our Board of Directors terminated all remaining prior share repurchase authorizations available to the Company and approved a new share repurchase authorization in the amount of $2.0 billion.
On July 22, 2019, we commenced a modified "Dutch auction" tender offer for up to $1.2 billion of our common stock at a price per share not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50. The tender offer will expire at 12:00 midnight Eastern time at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless extended or terminated. The tender offer is contingent on successful execution of the bank financing described below on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Debt Transactions: As previously announced, we plan to enter into a new bank financing consisting of a $1.0 billion secured revolving loan facility, a $1.75 billion secured term loan A facility with a delayed draw feature and a $2.5 billion secured term loan B facility. We expect to use the proceeds from the bank financing to pay off the remaining balances outstanding under our Term Loan B and revolving line of credit under our existing senior secured credit facility, to call the Company’s outstanding 5.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (Senior Notes), to fund the tender offer described above, and to add cash to the balance sheet for potential future share repurchases, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes. This press release does not constitute a call notice. The Company expects the call notice for the Senior Notes to be issued following completion of the bank financing.
As of July 31, 2019, $502 million and $650 million remained outstanding on our Term Loan B and revolving line of credit, respectively, under our existing senior secured credit facility.
Outlook:
As previously announced on July 22, 2019, the Company updated its adjusted operating income (a non-GAAP financial measure) guidance for fiscal year 2019 to a range of $1.64 billion to $1.70 billion. The Company’s prior guidance at the time for adjusted operating income for fiscal year 2019 was $1.54 billion to $1.64 billion.