| Ticker: METZ | 520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 500 | |
| Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market | Deerfield, Illinois 60015 | |
| Industry: Service | (847) 945-0001 |
| Type of Shares: | Common Shares | Filing Date: | 7/26/96 | |
| U.S. Shares: | 3,500,000 | Offer Date: | 10/4/96 | |
| Non-U.S. Shares: | 0 | Filing Range: | $14.00 - $16.00 | |
| Primary Shares: | 2,300,000 | Offer Price: | $16.00 | |
| Secondary Shares: | 1,200,000 | Gross Spread: | $1.12 | |
| Offering Amount: | $52,500,000 | Selling: | $0.67 | |
| Expenses: | $750,000 | Reallowance: | $0.10 | |
| Shares Out After: | 10,300,000 |
| Manager | Tier | Phone |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. | Lead Manager | (212) 504-4525 |
| Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick | |||||
| Audited Income | Latest Unaudited Income | Prior Unaudited Income | Balance Sheet | ||
| 12/31/95 | 6/30/96 | 6/30/95 | 6/30/96 | ||
| Revenue: | $13.46 | $10.86 | $5.63 | Assets: | $5.65 |
| Net Income: | $1.19 | $4.04 | -$0.86 | Liabilities: | $2.97 |
| EPS: | $0.12 | $0.20 | Equity: | $2.69 | |
Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year, unaudited figures are partial year | |||||
| Business Description |
| The Metzler Group, Inc. is a leading nationwide provider of consulting services to electric utilities and other energy related businesses. The company offers a wide range of consulting services related to information technology, process / operations management, strategy, and marketing and sales designed to assist its clients in succeeding in a business environment of changing regulation, increasing competition and evolving technology. The company has competed successfully in this environment, having achieved revenue growth of 29% from 1994 to 1995 and 93% from six months ended June 30, 1995 to the corresponding period in 1996. The changing competitive environment in the electric utility industry has forced utility companies to confront an evolving range of strategic options and challenges. In order to deal with these challenges and address these opportunities, electric utilities are formulating and implementing new strategies and tactics, including redesigning business processes, re-engineering work forces, acquiring more effective information technology and adopting or restructuring customer service and marketing programs |
| Use of Proceeds |
| The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for repayment of indebtedness to the company's founder incurred in connection with a redemption of Common Stock and general corporate purposes, including working capital and possible acquisitions of related businesses. |
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