| Metro Information Services, Inc. | |||
| (www.metrois.com) | |||
| Ticker: | MISI | PO Box 8888 | |
| Exchange: | NASDAQ-National Market | Virginia Beach, VA 23450 | |
| Industry: | High-Tech (SIC Code 7371) | (757) 486-1900 | |
| Type of Shares: | Common Shares | Filing Date: | 11/21/96 | |
| U.S. Shares: | 3,100,000 | Offer Date: | 1/29/97 | |
| Non-U.S. Shares: | 0 | Filing Range: | $12.00 - $14.00 | |
| Primary Shares: | 2,300,000 | Offer Price: | $16.00 | |
| Secondary Shares: | 800,000 | Gross Spread: | $1.12 | |
| Offering Amount: | $40,300,000 | Selling: | $0.67 | |
| Expenses: | $900,000 | Reallowance: | $0.10 | |
| Shares Out After: | - |
| Manager | Tier | Phone |
| Robert W. Baird & Company | Lead Manager | (414) 765-3632 |
| J.C. Bradford & Co. | Co-manager | (615) 748-9347 |
| Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc., The | Co-manager | (404) 266-6450 |
| Issuer's Law Firm: | Clark & Stant, P.C. |
| Bank's Law Firm: | Latham & Watkins |
Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data | |||||
| 9 Month Ending Financials | |||||
| Full Year Audited Income | Latest Unaudited Income | Prior Unaudited Income | Balance Sheet | ||
| 12/31/95 | 9/30/96 | 9/30/95 | 9/30/96 | ||
| Revenue: | $85.90 | $83.28 | $62.34 | Assets: | $23.50 |
| Net Income: | $3.00 | $3.95 | $2.58 | Curr Assets: | |
| EPS: | Liabilities: | $12.91 | |||
| Prior EPS: | Curr Liabilities: | ||||
| Cash Flow/Oper: | Equity: | $10.59 | |||
| Cash Flow/Fin: | Cash: | ||||
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| Business Description |
| The company provides a wide range of information technology consulting and custom software development services through 23 offices in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The company's approximately 1,300 consultants, 70% of whom are salaried, work with clients' internal IT departments on all aspects of computer systems and application s development. The company believes its experienced consultants and proprietary systems allow it to deliver high-quality, on-schedule services to its clients in a cost-effective and efficient manner. Services performed by Metro include application systems consulting, project outsourcing and general support services. The company supports all major computer technology platforms and supports client projects using a broad range of software applications. |
| Competition |
| The iT service industry is extremely competitive and highly fragmented. Although the market is consolidating, management believes no one company is dominant. The company's competitors include general IT services firms, temporary staffing and personnel placement companies, general management consulting firms, major accounting firms, divisions of large hardware and software companies and niche providers of IT services. Some of the company's competitors posses substantially greater resources, greater name recognition and a more established client base than the company. |
| Business Plan |
| The company's long-term business strategy is based on its goal to be the "best value" IT services company as articulated in its mission statement: "We will be the 'best value' information technology services company by:" 1) providing excellent information systems professionals that are motivated to perform client projects as specified and on schedule; 2) providing leadership/management support to ensure our consulting staff exceed our clients' expectations; and 3) establishing a business partner relationship with our clients in which we are the preferred choice to support their information technology solutions. |
| Use of Proceeds |
| The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay bank borrowings, open additional offices, make additional capital expenditures for upgrading technology and for working capital and general corporate purposes. |