Service Corporation International Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financi...(ial items and net cash provided by opera...),Health

Date:11/4/2009

ial items, and net cash provided by operating activities excluding special items are non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation to net income, diluted earnings per share, and net cash provided by operating activities computed in accordance with GAAP can be found later in this press release under the headings "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Cash Flow and Capital Spending."

Quarter Highlights:

• Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations excluding special items was $0.13 in the third quarter 2009 compared to $0.09 in the prior year third quarter. These results exceeded our internal expectations as cost reduction initiatives, better than expected trust fund performance, and better than expected preneed cemetery production more than offset lower funeral services performed in the quarter.
• Funeral gross profit increased $9.5 million, or 16.0%, and funeral gross margin percentage improved to 20.9% from 16.9% as significant efficiencies obtained from cost control initiatives more than offset declines in funeral services performed.
• Cemetery gross profit increased $9.4 million, or 40.7%, and cemetery gross margin percentage improved to 19.3% from 13.9% due to an increase in preneed cemetery property sales, higher cemetery trust fund income and reductions in costs compared to prior year levels, which were partially offset by lower atneed revenues in the third quarter.
• Net cash provided by operating activities excluding special items for the quarter was $94.2 million, a decrease of $22.7 million compared to the prior year, reflecting the impact of partially funding an October payroll in the current quarter, disbursements for mid-year incentive compensation and lower receipts on preneed receivables, which were partially offset by higher earnings.
  

Tom Ryan, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented on the third quarter of 2009:

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