Brooke Franchise Corporation Announces Selected May Results
June 15 2006 - 10:29AM
PR Newswire (US)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shawn Lowry,
president of Brooke Franchise Corporation, a subsidiary of Brooke
Corporation (NASDAQ:BXXX), announced selected May 2006 results.
Lowry announced that Brooke Franchise Corporation assisted
franchisees in the start up and acquisition of businesses in May in
the states of California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas,
Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and
Washington. Brooke Franchise Corporation added 11 start up
franchise locations and four conversion franchise locations in May,
and received approximately $2,537,000 in fees, consisting of
$2,160,000 in initial franchise fees for basic services, $138,000
for initial fees from buyers assistance programs and $239,000 in
other associated fees. Additionally, Lowry announced Brooke
Franchise Corporation received profit-sharing commissions totaling
approximately $155,000 from insurance companies in May 2006. The
amount of profit-sharing commissions is important to the company
because profit-sharing commissions, like initial franchise fees,
significantly impact Brooke Franchise Corporation's profitability.
Lowry noted Brooke Franchise typically receives a majority of its
profit-sharing commissions during the first quarter of its fiscal
year. Lowry also announced a decrease in combined same-store sales
for seasoned converted franchises and start up franchises of
approximately 3.6 percent for the 12 months ending May 31, 2006 and
a corresponding median growth rate of negative 1.5 percent.
Same-store sales calculations exclude profit-sharing commissions.
Brooke Brokerage Corporation, which provides consulting services
unrelated to the franchise business, received approximately $32,000
in non-franchise related consulting fees during May 2006. About our
company ... Brooke Franchise Corporation distributes insurance and
related services through a network of more than 600 franchise
locations. The Brooke organization was founded on the belief that
local business owners distribute insurance and related services
more efficiently than others if supported by a franchise system.
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Alerts" online. This press release contains forward-looking
statements. All forward- looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, and several factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The
following factors, among others, could cause actual results to
differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements: the
uncertainty that the Company will achieve its short-term and
long-term profitability and growth goals, uncertainties associated
with market acceptance of and demand for the Company's products and
services, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the
dependence on third-party suppliers and their pricing, its ability
to meet product demand, the availability of funding sources, the
exposure to market risks, uncertainties associated with the
development of technology, changes in the law and in economic,
political and regulatory environments, changes in management, the
dependence on intellectual property rights, the effectiveness of
internal controls, and risks and factors described from time to
time in reports and registration statements filed by Brooke
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A more
complete description of Brooke's business is provided in Brooke
Corporation's most recent annual, quarterly and current reports,
which are available from Brooke Corporation without charge or at
http://www.sec.gov/ . DATASOURCE: Brooke Corporation CONTACT: Anita
Larson of Brooke Corporation, , +1-913-661-0123 Web site:
http://www.brookecorp.com/
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