Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Our first question comes from line of Kevin Ellich - RBC Capital Markets.
Kevin Ellich - RBC Capital Markets
I guess first, David, could you talk a little bit about the operation cash flow, it looked a little weak and there was definitely a big shift in working capital changes. Can you talk about what’s going on, on that end?
David W. Miles
There are a couple of drivers on the cash flow for the quarter. I will speak to the quarter first and then come back on the year. We had about $15 million of net income and then we had growth in revenues, and we also had an increase of about a day in day sales outstanding, primarily attributable to just a couple of States and one federal agency that we saw cut some delays in. That attributed to about $12 million of cash used during the quarter. We have our semiannual interest payment on the bonds that is due in the fourth quarter that is about $6 million. We had an unusually high estimated tax payment in the fourth quarter due in large part to the credit that we took on the legal reserves, that was another $6 million, offset by DNA. Then there are other factors moving back and fourth, but at the end of the day, it was mostly timing on just the interest and the tax. If you look at the year as a whole, we had an anticipated operating cash flow was between $60 million and $65 million for the year. Taken out the $15 million that we paid on the four legal cases, that brings you back to about the $45 million worth of cash flow that we recorded, so it is in line with our estimates, ex the legal charge.
Kevin Ellich - RBC Capital Markets
So, I guess going forward in 2009, should we expect things to normalize, kind of a reverse trend, since this is kind of a one-time phenomenon?
David W. Miles
Yes, we should. I think that is what we will probably talk about in a bit. We do anticipate experiencing some delays in payments from States, just given the budget issues that many of the States are dealing with despite the stimulus package. We would expect to see some payment delays but nothing that should cause a material impact on cash flows.
Kevin Ellich - RBC Capital Markets
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