SEI Investments Company - Form 11-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 11-K

 


(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file Number 0-10200

 


 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

 


 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

SEI Investments Company

1 Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456

 



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SEI Investments Capital

Accumulation Plan

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2006 and 2005


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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Index

December 31, 2006 and 2005


 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Financial Statements

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

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Notes to the Financial Statements

   4–8

Supplemental Schedule

  

Schedule H, Line 4(i)* – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

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* Refers to item number in Form 5500 (Annual Report/Report of Employee Benefit Plan) for the plan period ended December 31, 2006, which items are incorporated herein by reference.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants and Administrator of

SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, PA

June 25, 2007

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2006 and 2005


 

     2006    2005

Assets

     

Investments

     

Investments at fair value (Note 3)

   $ 214,181,770    $ 171,183,301

Receivables

     

Employer contributions

     180,194      63,938

Participant contributions

     297,478      —  

Due from broker for securities sold

     2,045,801      —  

Dividends

     61,073      70,764
             

Total receivables

     2,584,546      134,702
             

Cash

     837,176      —  
             

Total assets

     217,603,492      171,318,003
             

Liabilities

     

Due to broker for securities purchased

     2,882,977      —  
             

Total liabilities

     2,882,977      —  
             

Net assets available for benefits at fair value

   $ 214,720,515    $ 171,318,003
             

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     304,863      34,214
             

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 215,025,378    $ 171,352,217
             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2006


 

Additions to net assets attributed to

  

Investment income

  

Net appreciation in fair value of investments (Note 3)

   $ 24,452,319

Interest

     148,978

Dividends

     9,884,562
      

Investment income

     34,485,859
      

Contributions

  

Participant

     11,700,387

Employer

     4,254,944
      

Total contributions

     15,955,331
      

Total additions

     50,441,190
      

Deductions from net assets attributed to

  

Benefits paid to participants

     6,754,259

Administrative expenses (Note 2)

     13,770
      

Total deductions

     6,768,029
      

Net increase

     43,673,161
      

Net assets available for benefits

  

Beginning of year

     171,352,217
      

End of year

   $ 215,025,378
      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2006 and 2005

 

1. Plan Description

The following description of the SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan Document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that was established effective January 1983 by the Board of Directors of SEI Investments Company (the “Company”). The Plan’s sponsor is the Company. In December, 2005, the Company amended the Plan to provide for automatic rollover provisions for distributions over $1,000 effective with respect to distributions made on or after March 28, 2005.

The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The Plan provides retirement benefits, including provisions for early retirement and disability benefits, as well as a tax-deferred savings feature.

Contributions

Generally, an employee will become eligible to join the Plan after the completion of his or her first hour of employment. However, certain employees are not eligible to become participants in the Plan. These employees include: employees excluded from coverage under the Plan by the terms of any adoption agreement, union employees, unless the collective bargaining agreement provides for participation, non-resident aliens with no U.S. source income from the Company, except to the extent such persons were participants in a tax-qualified plan that was merged into the Plan, any personnel dedicated to the sale of fund products through retail distribution channels for a single bank or other financial institution, and leased employees, unless admitted to the Plan by election of their employer. Individuals designated by their employer as independent contractors are also excluded from participation in the Plan.

Any contribution election will not be effective until a later date as described in the Plan Document. Generally, contribution elections become effective in the first payroll cycle of the month following the receipt of the election form in good order by the Company during the first 15 days of a month. Elections received from participants in good order after the 15th day of a month become effective in the first payroll cycle of the second month after receipt by the Company.

Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan, which consist of registered investment companies and a common collective trust sponsored by the Company and the common stock of the Company. A participant may make tax-deferred contributions to the Plan up to the lesser of 25 percent of eligible compensation or $15,000 for the calendar year 2006. Participant contributions are credited to the participant’s deferral account. In addition, participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year may be eligible to make catch-up contributions.

All Company contributions are discretionary and are made out of available profits of the Company. The Company’s matching contribution may not exceed 60 percent of the participant’s contribution up to five percent of the participant’s annual eligible compensation and are credited to the participant’s matching contribution account. A participant is eligible to receive Company contributions at the point when the participant is eligible to contribute to the Plan. The Company’s matching contributions to the Plan were $4,254,944 for 2006.

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2006 and 2005


 

As of January 1, 1995, participants may no longer make post-tax contributions into the Plan; however, they may withdraw previously contributed post-tax amounts at any time.

Participant Accounts

Each participant account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s matching contribution, and an allocation of the Plan’s earnings (losses) thereon. The Company may also make a profit-sharing contribution that will be allocated among eligible participants in the same proportion that each participant’s compensation bears to the aggregate compensation of all participants. These contributions will be credited to the participant’s profit-sharing account. The Company made no profit-sharing contributions during 2006. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions to the Plan and all employer contributions credited to their accounts, plus any earnings (losses) thereon.

Payment of Benefits

Amounts in participants’ accounts are distributed in the form of installments, a lump-sum amount, or a combination thereof to participants or their beneficiaries upon termination of employment, retirement, death or total disability.

Employee contributions in a participant’s deferral account may be withdrawn during employment after the employee reaches age 59-1/2 or upon showing immediate and substantial financial hardship.

Participant Loans

Under the tax-deferral feature, a participant is eligible for a loan amount not to exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of the participant’s account balance (excluding the voluntary contribution account balance) reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance from the Plan during the preceding 12 months. The minimum loan amount is $1,000. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at rates that range from 8 percent to 9 percent, which are generally at or above local prevailing rates as determined by the Plan Administrator. Terms of the loans range from one to five years, except for loans for the purchase of a primary residence, which can have terms of up to 30 years. As of December 31, 2006, the loans have maturity dates which range from 2007 to 2036. Principal and interest are paid ratably through monthly payroll deductions.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements are prepared using the accrual basis of accounting.

As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position Nos. AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution, Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the "FSP"), investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2006 and 2005


 

attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through a common collective trust. As required by the FSP, the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the fair value of the investment in the common collective trust as well as the adjustment of the investment in the common collective trust from fair value to contract value relating to the investment contracts at December 31, 2006 and 2005. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies are reported at their stated net asset value per share. Common stock of the Company is valued at market value. Participant loans are valued at principal plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. The Plan holds shares of a common collective trust that has investments in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. For purposes of the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, this common collective trust is stated at fair value. As provided in the FSP, an investment contract is generally required to be reported at fair value, rather than contract value, to the extent it is fully benefit-responsive. The fair value of such common collective trust is determined using the market price of the underlying securities and the value of the investment contract. The Plan’s interest in the common collective trust is valued based on information reported by the investment advisor using the audited financial statements of the common collective trust at year-end.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends earned are reinvested into additional shares of the respective fund. Interest income is accrued as earned.

The Plan presents, in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, the net appreciation in the fair value of its investments, which consists of realized gains and losses, and the change in the unrealized appreciation or depreciation of those investments during the Plan year.

Expenses of the Plan

All administrative costs of the Plan, with the exception of loan fees which are paid directly from the accounts of the participants withdrawing loans, are paid by the Company.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2006 and 2005


 

3. Investments

The fair market values of individual assets that represent five percent or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 are as follows:

 

     2006    2005

SEI Stable Asset Fund

   $ 14,408,424    $ 13,414,445

SEI Institutional Managed Trust – Large Cap Value Fund

     31,450,356      28,230,313

SEI Institutional International Trust – International Equity Fund

     12,295,450      8,555,908

SEI Institutional Managed Trust – Small Cap Growth Fund

     22,528,875      21,792,190

SEI Institutional Managed Trust – Large Cap Growth Fund

     24,654,132      25,047,566

SEI Asset Allocation Trust – Market Growth Strategy Fund

     16,943,896      —  

SEI Asset Allocation Trust – Aggressive Strategy Fund

     33,749,027      —  

SEI Asset Allocation Trust – Diversified Global Growth Fund

     —        12,715,384

SEI Asset Allocation Trust – Diversified Global Stock Fund

     —        10,976,039

SEI Investments Company Common Stock

     27,188,783      22,408,976

During 2006, the Plan’s investments, including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year, appreciated in value by $24,452,319 as follows:

 

     Appreciation

Registered Investment Companies

   $ 11,892,391

Common Stock of the Company

     12,559,928
      

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

   $ 24,452,319
      

 

4. Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service issued a determination letter, dated May 18, 2004, stating that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) requirements as of that date. The Plan has subsequently been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan’s administrator and the Company’s management believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.

 

5. Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of whole or partial termination of the Plan, or complete discontinuance of employer contributions, each participant shall receive a total distribution of his or her account.

 

6. Related Party Transactions

SEI Private Trust Company (“SPTC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, serves as the Trustee and Custodian to the Plan through a formal agreement with the Company. SPTC earns an annual fee based upon a percentage of the average net assets in the Plan. During 2006 and 2005, SPTC waived all fees related to this agreement.

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2006 and 2005


 

All investments of the Plan are in registered investment companies and a common collective trust sponsored by the Company and common stock of the Company; therefore, these investments and transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The registered investment companies and common collective trust investment options pay aggregate advisory, administration and trustee fees to the Company at rates between 0.10 percent and 1.70 percent of the average net assets of the funds. Purchases and sales of SEI Investments Company common stock during 2006 totaled $2,061,630 and $9,717,418, respectively. The market value of SEI Investments Company common stock was $27,188,783 at December 31, 2006.

SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SIDCO”) and SEI Investments Management Corporation (“SIMC”), wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, in their capacity as distributor and manager of the registered investment companies available in the Plan, provide distribution, investment advisory, administration and transfer agency services, either directly or through their subsidiaries, to the funds. SEI Trust Company (“STC”), also a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, provides trustee services to the SEI Stable Asset Fund.

 

7. Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan provides for various investment options including the Company’s common stock, registered investment companies and a common collective trust which invest in stocks, bonds, fixed-income securities and other investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

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Supplemental Schedule

 

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SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan

Schedule H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006


 

Description

  

Investment Type

   Current Value

* SEI Stable Asset Fund

   Common/Collective Trust    $ 14,408,424

* SEI Institutional Managed Trust - Core Fixed Income Fund

   Registered Investment Company      7,457,931

* SEI Institutional Managed Trust - High Yield Bond Fund

   Registered Investment Company      2,192,940

* SEI Institutional Managed Trust - Large Cap Value Fund

   Registered Investment Company      31,450,356

* SEI Institutional Managed Trust - Small Cap Value Fund

   Registered Investment Company      6,868,870

* SEI Institutional International Trust - International Equity Fund

   Registered Investment Company      12,295,450

* SEI Institutional Managed Trust - Small Cap Growth Fund

   Registered Investment Company      22,528,875

* SEI Institutional Managed Trust - Large Cap Growth Fund

   Registered Investment Company      24,654,132

* SEI Asset Allocation Trust - Conservative Strategy Fund

   Registered Investment Company      474,923

* SEI Asset Allocation Trust - Moderate Strategy Fund

   Registered Investment Company      1,120,215

* SEI Asset Allocation Trust - Market Growth Strategy Fund

   Registered Investment Company      16,943,896

* SEI Asset Allocation Trust - Aggressive Strategy Fund

   Registered Investment Company      33,749,027

* SEI Institutional International Trust - Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   Registered Investment Company      8,511,307

* SEI Institutional International Trust - Emerging Markets Debt Fund

   Registered Investment Company      2,465,836

* SEI Daily Income Trust - Prime Obligation Fund

   Registered Investment Company      89,533

* SEI Investments Company Common Stock

   Common Stock      27,188,783

* Participants loans

   Interest rates range from 8% to 9% with maturity dates from 2007 to 2036      1,781,272
         
      $ 214,181,770
         

* Party-in-interest

 

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Signatures

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

 

        SEI Investments Company
Capital Accumulation Plan

Date: June 28, 2007

    By:  

/s/ Dennis J. McGonigle

      Dennis J. McGonigle
      Chief Financial Officer

 

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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-41343) of SEI Investments Company of our report dated June 25, 2007 relating to the financial statements and related supplemental schedule of the SEI Investments Capital Accumulation Plan, which appears in this Form 11-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, PA

June 26, 2007

 

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