| Business Summary | | Lifeline
Systems,
Inc.
provides
24-hour
personal
response
monitoring
services
to
its
subscribers,
primarily
elderly
individuals
with
medical
or
age-related
conditions
as
well
as
physically
challenged
individuals.
These
subscribers
communicate
with
the
Company
through
products
it
designs
and
markets,
consisting
principally
of
a
communicator
that
connects
to
the
telephone
line
in
the
subscriber's
home
and
a
personal
help
button,
which
is
worn
or
carried
by
the
individual
subscriber
and
which,
when
activated,
initiates
a
telephone
call
from
the
subscriber's
communicator
to
the
Company's
central
monitoring
facilities.
As
of
December
31,
2000,
Lifeline
was
monitoring
approximately
313,000
subscribers
and
estimates
it
serves,
along
with
its
customers,
more
than
400,000
subscribers
in
a
North
American
personal
emergency
response
services
market
estimated
by
the
Company
to
serve
between
550,000
and
600,000
subscribers
as
of
December
31,
2000. | More
from
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | LIFE
provides
24-hour
personal
response
monitoring
services
to
its
subscribers,
primarily
elderly
individuals
with
medical
or
age-related
conditions
as
well
as
physically
challenged
individuals.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
total
revenues
rose
18%
to
$45.7
million.
Net
income
rose
28%
to
$2.5
million.
Revenues
reflect
higher
number
of
subscribers
and
increased
prices.
Earnings
also
reflect
improved
operating
margin. | More
from
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Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| L. Dennis Shapiro, 67 Chairman | -- | -- | Ronald Feinstein, 55 Pres,
CEO, Director | $406K | -- | Dennis Hurley, 54 CFO,
Sr. VP-Fin., Treasurer | 187K | -- | Richard Reich, 54 Sr.
VP, CIO | 213K | $22K | Donald Strange, 54 Sr.
VP of Sales | 183K | 28K | 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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
| More
from
Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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