Edgar Filing: PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORP

THE PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORPORATION

Date: November 5, 2008

/s/ Michael N. Deitch

Michael N. Deitch

Chief Financial Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2008

The Providence Service Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-50364

86-0845127

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


5524 East Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona		85711
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (520) 747-6600

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The following information is being provided pursuant to Item 2.02. Such information, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, should not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

On November 4, 2008, The Providence Service Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release containing certain financial information for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.06

Material Impairments.

As previously reported on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on October 23, 2008, as a result of the declining market price of the Company’s common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company initiated an analysis of its goodwill to determine if it had an impairment loss as required under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”. The Company had previously anticipated it would record a non-cash impairment charge to earnings of between $90 million and $120 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The Company subsequently determined in the course of preparing its report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008 that, based on a preliminary assessment, the total asset impairment charge amounted to approximately $141 million for this period. The Company chose to record this impairment charge based on a preliminary assessment because there was not sufficient time to complete all of the required valuation analyses prior to the filing date of its report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008. The Company anticipates finalizing its impairment analysis when the Company performs its annual impairment analysis for the year ending December 31, 2008.

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

The following information is being provided pursuant to Item 7.01. Such information, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, should not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The information contained under Item 2.02 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


99.1		Company’s Press Release dated November 5, 2008.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.