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Location

2020 Santa Monica Blvd., 6th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Phone: (310) 315-5500
Fax: (310) 315-5599

Employees (last reported count): 2,316

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·Sector: Financial
·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)

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Index Membership

·S&P 600 SmallCap

Ownership

·	Insider and 5%+ Owners: 19%
·	Over the last 6 months: · 2 insider sells; 5,000 shares
·	Institutional: 34% (42% of float) (183 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Buying: 2.19M shares (+8.40%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary

Fremont General Corp. is a financial services holding company. Fremont manages its business through two operating segments, financial services and property and casualty insurance. Fremont's financial services segment is consolidated within Fremont General Credit Corporation, which is engaged in collateralized commercial and consumer lending nationwide through its California-chartered industrial bank subsidiary, Fremont Investment & Loan. Fremont's property and casualty insurance segment is consolidated within Fremont Compensation Insurance Group and substantially all of its insurance operation is represented by the underwriting of workers' compensation insurance policies. Each segment is managed separately and uses different pricing, distribution and operating methods.

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Financial Summary

FMT is a nationwide insurance and financial services holding company. FMT underwrites workers' compensation insurance and is engaged in commercial and residential real estate lending, commercial finance and premium financing. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues fell 41% to $481.9 million. Net income before extraordinary items totalled $26.4 million vs. a loss of $260.8 million. Results reflect lower premiums earned, offset by decreased loss adjustment and policy acquisition costs.

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Officers

[Insider Trade Data]

	FY2000 Pay

James McIntyre, 68 Chairman, CEO	$1.0K
Louis Rampino, 48 Pres, COO, Director	1.4K
Wayne Bailey, 46 CFO, Exec. VP, Treasurer, Director	1.1K
Raymond Meyers, 54 Sr. VP and CAO	0.5K
John Donaldson, 46 Sr. VP, Controller	0.6K
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 -- NYSE:FMT

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 7-Dec-2000	$`1.50`
Recent Price	$`5.86`
52-Week High on 6-June-2001	$`6.96`
Beta	`0.63`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`154.0K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`152.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y \| 5y \| max]
52-Week Change	`+87.5%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+151.6%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`413.3M`
Shares Outstanding	`70.5M`
Float	`57.1M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)	$`0.08`
Dividend Yield	`1.36%`
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 11-Dec-1998

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)	$`4.14`
Earnings (ttm)	-$`3.69`
Earnings (mrq)	$`0.20`
Sales (ttm)	$`18.08`
Cash (mrq)	$`1.48`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)	`1.42`
Price/Earnings	N/A
Price/Sales (ttm)	`0.32`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`1.24B`
EBITDA	N/A
Income available to common (ttm)	-$`231.5M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`-18.7%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`-20.2%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 31
Most recent quarter	30-June-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`-2.83%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`-65.70%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio	N/A
Debt/Equity (mrq)	`2.00`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`104.5M`
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`1.71M`
Percent of Float	`3.0%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`1.86M`
Short Ratio	`12.60`
Daily Volume	`136.0K`

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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