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Profile - Laidlaw, Inc. (OTC BB:LDWIF.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
3221 North Service Road
POB 5028, Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3Y8, Canada
Phone: (905) 336-1800
Fax: (905) 336-3976
Email: tawatson@laidlaw.com
Employees (last reported count): 95,800
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 ·Sector: Transportation
 ·Industry: Misc. Transportation
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 6% (6% of float)
(97 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 6.38M shares (+54.44%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Laidlaw, Inc. provides passenger services, including school busing and inter-city and municipal transit services, in the United States and Canada and emergency healthcare services, including patient transportation and emergency department management services, in the United States. In March 1999, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Greyhound Lines, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $800 million. Greyhound is the only nationwide provider of scheduled inter-city bus transportation services in the United States. On September 13, 1999, the Company announced its plan to divest its United States healthcare operations. In June 2001, the Company and five of its subsidiary holding companies filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
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Financial Summary
LDWIF provides passenger services, including school bus and public transit services; healthcare transportation services; and management of physicians' services in the U.S. and Canada. For the nine months ended 5/31/01, revenues rose 4% to $2.41 billion. Net loss from continuing operations applicable to Common decreased 86% to $114.3 million. Revenues reflect route additions in the Education Services. Lower loss benefitted from the absence a $663.8 million impairment losses.
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Officers

Position
Peter Widdrington, 70Chairman
John Grainger, 51Pres, CEO
Stephen Cooper, 54Vice Chairman and CRO
I. CairnsSr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
Geoff MannVP, Treasurer
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:LDWIF.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-June-2001
$0.04 
Recent Price$0.085
52-Week High
on 9-Nov-2000
$0.813
Beta1.52 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)0 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)0 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-75.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-66.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$27.7M
Shares Outstanding325.9M
Float322.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.16 
Dividend Yield188.24%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$1.52 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.84 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.07 
Sales (ttm)$9.37 
Cash (mrq)$0.78 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.01 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.02B
EBITDA (ttm)$356.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$274.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-9.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 31
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-6.66%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.16 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$255.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Dec-2000
Shares Short36.0K
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
26.0K
Short Ratio0.05 
Daily Volume758.0K
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 31-May-2001)

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