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Profile - Filene's Basement Corp. (OTC BB:BSMTQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
40 Walnut Street
Wellesley, MA 02181
Phone: (617) 348-7000
Fax: (617) 348-7130
Employees (last reported count): 2,920
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Apparel)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 38%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(8 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 6,000  shares (+15.40%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Filene's Basement Corp. has been operating its business as a debtor-in-possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Massachusetts since filing for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Codes on August 23, 1999. In February 2000, Value City Department Stores, Inc. and Filene's Basement Corp. announced that Base Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Value City, has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Filene's Basement. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Filene's Basement, Inc., operated a chain of off-price specialty stores offering focused assortments of timely, fashionable, branded and private label merchandise at prices significantly below traditional department store prices.
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Financial Summary
Filene's Basement Corp. currently operates as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Formerly, the Company operated a chain of off-price specialty stores. For the 39 weeks ended 10/99, net sales fell 1% to $409.7 million. Net loss totalled $73.2 million, up from $17 thousand. Revenues reflect lower comparable store sales due to insufficient quantities of inventory. Higher loss reflects the inclusion of a $32.3 million reorganization charge.
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Officers
FY1998 Pay

Samuel Gerson, 57
Chairman, CEO
$723K
Steven Siegel, 54
Exec. VP, CFO, Treasurer
345K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Jan-1999 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 -- OTC BB:BSMTQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 5-July-2001
$0.001
Recent Price$0.003
52-Week High
on 18-Sep-2000
$0.03 
Beta0.65 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)9,591 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)8,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-80.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-73.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$63.0K
Shares Outstanding21.0M
Float13.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)-$0.02 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.94 
Earnings (mrq)-$2.47 
Sales (ttm)$27.85 
Cash (mrq*)$0.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$584.4M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$38.9M
Income available to common (ttm)-$82.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-14.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)-6.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 30
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
30-Oct-1999
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Oct-1999
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-40.65%
Return on Equity (ttm)-151.68%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.80 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$621.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Nov-1999
Shares Short3,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
17.0K
Daily Volume0 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Oct-1999, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 30-Oct-1999)

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