The Phoenix Companies Issues Update on Restatement, Filing of GAAP Results

The Phoenix Companies, Inc. PNX today updated the status of its restatement of prior periods and filing of its third quarter 2012 Form 10-Q and its 2012 Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On Nov. 8, 2012, Phoenix announced that it would restate previously issued GAAP financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the interim periods for 2011, and the first and second quarters of 2012. In its announcement, the company said it was delaying filing its third quarter 2012 Form 10-Q pending the filing of restated financial results, which it expected to be prior to the timely filing of its 2012 Form 10-K. Phoenix reported today that it will not meet the previously announced timetable for filing its restated financial information and third quarter 2012 Form 10-Q and will not timely file its 2012 Form 10-K. The company will provide an update on or before April 30, 2013. “We are making substantial progress in completing the restatement and closing the third and fourth quarters of 2012, but even with a significant level of dedicated resources, the scope and breadth of the work involved is much more time consuming than we originally anticipated. Resuming timely and accurate GAAP reporting is a top priority, and we are focused intently on completing this process,” said James D. Wehr, president and chief executive officer. RESTATEMENT UPDATE * Phoenix initiated the restatement to correct certain errors relating to the classification of items on the consolidated statement of cash flows in the prior periods. The company currently estimates consolidated cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2012 will be approximately $210 million, which is approximately $39 million less than previously reported in its second quarter 2012 Form 10-Q. The change is driven by balance sheet reclassifications of assets between cash and other assets or other liabilities. These reclassifications were in the operating subsidiaries, and there was no impact on holding company cash. In addition, there was no impact on consolidated stockholders' equity. * Phoenix is adjusting the financial statements for errors previously identified and recording the adjustments in the appropriate historical period. It also has identified additional errors affecting prior periods including actuarial valuation of certain insurance liabilities and deferred policy acquisition cost assets, accounting for complex reinsurance transactions, and valuation of certain private debt securities and derivative instruments. The current estimated impact of quantified corrections on reported consolidated stockholders' equity as of June 30, 2012 is a reduction of less than 1% of the amount previously reported in Phoenix's second quarter 2012 Form 10-Q. The impact of these corrections on any individual period could be material. Since the restatement work is not complete, the estimated impact on consolidated stockholders' equity and consolidated cash and cash equivalents is subject to additional adjustments that could be material and adverse. * Phoenix continues to assess its disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, and believes it has identified multiple material weaknesses that will be reported in its 2012 Form 10-K. * The company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K/A today that details the current status of the restatement. FULL YEAR 2012 STATUTORY RESULTS FOR PHOENIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Phoenix Life Insurance Company (PLIC), the principal operating subsidiary of The Phoenix Companies, Inc., filed its unaudited statutory financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2012 with the New York Department of Financial Services on March 1, 2013. These statutory results are not indicative of the consolidated GAAP results of the parent company. The following are highlights from that filing: * Statutory surplus and asset valuation reserve was $922.5 million at Dec. 31, 2012, net of the $71.8 million in dividends paid to the holding company during the year and the repurchase of $48.3 million par amount of PLIC's outstanding 7.15% surplus notes due 2034. Statutory surplus and asset valuation reserve was $845.7 million at Dec. 31, 2011. * Risk-based capital ratio was 379% at Dec. 31, 2012. * Statutory net gain from operations was $160.5 million, and statutory net income was $156.2 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2012. FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2012 ESTIMATED OPERATING METRICS FOR THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC. The following are currently estimated operating metrics for the fourth quarter and full year 2012: * Annuity deposits of $193.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 and $830.0 million for full year 2012. * Net annuity flows (deposits less surrenders) of $62.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 and $294.6 million for full year 2012. * Annuity funds under management of $5.0 billion at Dec. 31, 2012. * Life insurance annualized premium of $0.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 and $2.7 million for the full year 2012. Gross life insurance in-force at Dec. 31, 2012 of $113.3 billion. * Fourth quarter 2012 mortality that was $8 million unfavorable to expectations. Full year 2012 mortality that was modestly unfavorable to expectations, and two-year results that were modestly favorable. * Fourth quarter 2012 total individual life surrenders at an annualized rate of 6.2%, and closed block life policies at an annualized rate of 5.8%. Full year 2012 total individual life surrenders at 5.8%, and closed block life policies at 5.4%. * Fourth quarter 2012 annuity surrenders at an annualized rate of 10.5%, and full year 2012 annuity surrenders at 11.1%. * Holding company cash and securities of $144.5 million at Dec. 31, 2012. * Saybrus Partners EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), including inter-company revenues, of $1.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 and $3.3 million of EBITDA for full year 2012.