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Profile - Erie Indemnity Company (NasdaqNM:ERIE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 28Price hit new 52-week high ($38.48)
Location
100 Erie Insurance Place
Erie, PA 16530
Phone: (814) 870-2000
Fax: (814) 870-4040
Email: investor.relations@erieinsurance.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,440
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 65%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 0  shares
 · 2 insider sells; 1,000  shares
·Institutional: 28% (81% of float)
(111 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 497.0K shares (+2.68%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Erie Indemnity Company was formed to be the attorney-in-fact for Erie Insurance Exchange (the Exchange), a Pennsylvania-based reciprocal insurance exchange. The Company's principal business activity consists of managing the affairs of the Exchange, with fees from the Exchange accounting for approximately 74% of the Company's consolidated revenues. The Company also participates in the property/casualty insurance business through its three wholly owned subsidiaries, Erie Insurance Company, Erie Insurance Company of New York and Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company, and through its management of the Flagship City Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Exchange. The Company and Exchange also own common stock interests of 21.6% and 53.5%, respectively, in Erie Family Life Insurance Company, an affiliated life insurance company. Together with the Exchange, the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates operate collectively under the name Erie Insurance Group.
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Financial Summary
ERIE is the attorney-in-fact for Erie Insurance Exchange. The Company's principal business consists of management of the Exchange. The Company also engages in the property/casualty insurance business. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 9% to $423.8 million. Net income rose 4% to $81.9 million. Revenues reflect increased gains in management operations. Net income was partially offset by increasedcommissions to independent agents.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

F. William Hirt, 75
Chairman
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Stephen Milne, 52
Pres, CEO, Director
$1.6M
Philip Garcia, 44
Exec. VP, CFO
543K
Jan Van Gorder, 53
Sr. Exec. VP, Sec., Gen. Counsel, Director
801K
John Brinling, Jr., 65
Exec. VP
536K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:ERIEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Nov-2000
$23.875
Recent Price$36.14 
52-Week High
on 28-Aug-2001
$38.48 
Beta0.38 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)52.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)34.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+22.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+64.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.31B
Shares Outstanding64.0M
Float22.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.61 
Dividend Yield1.69%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 13-May-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$13.12 
Earnings (ttm)$2.17 
Earnings (mrq)$0.66 
Sales (ttm)$11.32 
Cash (mrq)$0.62 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.75 
Price/Earnings (ttm)16.62 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.19 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$810.2M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$155.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)19.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)28.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.14%
Return on Equity (ttm)19.70%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$39.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short66.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
31.0K
Short Ratio1.65 
Daily Volume40.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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