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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One) 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF 

 

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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  

 

 

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 

 

 

OR 

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

 

 

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

 

 

For the transition period from to 

 

 

Commission file number 0-14820

 

IMMUCOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Georgia 

22-2408354 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 

 

 

3130 GATEWAY DRIVE, P.O. BOX 5625 30091-5625
Norcross, Georgia (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)  

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code, is (770) 441-2051

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) and 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes___ No X ___ 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    

Yes __X__  No ____ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ____No __X___           

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes_ X __ No _____

 

Indicate by a check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    [ X ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “small reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [    ]  

Accelerated filer                [   ] 

 

Non-accelerated filer   [ X] 

Small reporting company [   ] 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes____ No __ X___

 

As of November 30, 2012, there was no established public trading market for the Company’s common stock; therefore, the aggregate market value of the common stock is not determinable.

 

As of August 26, 2014, there were 100 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 
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Table Of Contents 

 

 

 

 

 

Part I 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Item 1. 

Business 

 

Item 1A. 

Risk Factors 

 

Item 1B. 

Unresolved Staff Comments 

 

Item 2. 

Properties 

 

Item 3. 

Legal Proceedings 

 

Item 4. 

[Reserved] 

 

 

 

 

Part II 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Item 5. 

Market For The Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters And Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 

 

Item 6.  

Selected Financial Data 

 

Item 7. 

Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations 

 

Item 7A. 

Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 

 

Item 8.  

Financial Statements And Supplementary Data 

 

Item 9.  

Changes In And Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting And Financial Disclosure 

 

Item 9A. 

Controls And Procedures 

 

Item 9B. 

Other Information 

 

 

 

 

Part III 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Item 10. 

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 

 

Item 11. 

Executive Compensation 

  Item 12. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management And Related Stockholder Matters
  Item 13. Certain Relationships And Related Transactions, And Director Independence

 

Item 14. 

Principal Accountant Fees And Services 

 

 

 

 

Part IV

 

     
     
  Item 15. Exhibits And Financial Statement Schedules
     
  Signatures  
     
  Ex-21 Subsidiaries Of The Registrant
  Ex-31.1 Certificate Of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant To Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Ex-31.2  

Certificate Of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant To Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 

  Ex-32

Certifications Required Under Section 906 Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002

     

 

 
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FORWARD – LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements which include information concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs and other statements that are not related to present facts or current conditions or that are not purely historical. Many of these statements appear, in particular, under the headings “Business” and “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations.” When used in this report, the words “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, our examination of operating trends, are based upon our current expectations and various assumptions. We believe there is a reasonable basis for our expectations and beliefs, but there can be no assurance that we will realize our expectations or that our beliefs will prove correct.

 

 There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ include but are not limited to:

 

 

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our substantial indebtedness;

 

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lower industry blood demand;

 

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lower than expected demand for our instruments;

 

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the decision of customers to defer capital spending;

 

the failure of customers to efficiently integrate our products into their operations;

 

increased competition;

 

product development, manufacturing and regulatory obstacles;

 

the failure to successfully integrate and capitalize on past or future acquisitions;

 

general economic conditions; and

 

other risks and uncertainties discussed in this report, particularly in “Risk Factorsand “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

 There may be other factors of which we are currently unaware or deem immaterial that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.

 

All forward-looking statements attributable to us apply only as of the date they are made and are expressly made subject to the cautionary statements included in this report. Except as may be required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date they were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

Item 1. — Business.

 

Founded in 1982, Immucor, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Immucor” or the “Company”), is a worldwide leader in the transfusion and transplantation in vitro diagnostics markets. Our products perform typing and screening of blood and organs to ensure donor-recipient compatibility. Our offerings are targeted at hospitals, donor centers and reference laboratories around the world.

 

Acquisitions

 

Our Company

 

On August 19, 2011, Immucor was acquired by investment funds sponsored by TPG Capital, L.P. (collectively, the “Sponsor”) and certain co-investors, for a purchase price of approximately $1.9 billion, including the assumption of approximately $1.1 billion of acquisition-related debt and the incurrence of approximately $55.3 million of collective transaction costs that were incurred by Immucor and the Sponsor (the “Immucor Acquisition”). As a result of the Immucor Acquisition, our stock is no longer publicly traded. Currently, the issued and outstanding shares of Immucor are indirectly owned by the Sponsor and certain co-investors.

 

To consummate the Immucor Acquisition, we entered into new debt financing initially consisting of (i) $715.0 million of senior secured credit facilities (the “Senior Credit Facilities”) comprised of: (a) a $100.0 million, 5-year revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), which was undrawn at closing and (b) a $615.0 million, 7-year term loan credit facility (the “Term Loan Facility”), and (ii) $400.0 million of Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”).

  

 
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LIFECODES

 

On March 22, 2013, we acquired the LIFECODES business (“LIFECODES”), one of the market leaders in transplantation diagnostics. LIFECODES manufactures and markets diagnostics products used primarily by hospitals and reference laboratories in a number of tests performed to detect and identify certain properties of human tissue to ensure the most compatible match between patient and donor. These tests are performed for pre-transplant human leukocyte antigen (“HLA”) typing and screening processes as well as for post-transplant patient monitoring to aid in the identification of graft rejection. LIFECODES also offers other immune-monitoring products which are used to identify certain properties commonly found in patients with severe illnesses, and with an immune response to certain drug therapies.

 

Acquiring LIFECODES strengthens our position in the global in vitro diagnostics market by creating a single source for transfusion and transplantation-related testing products, and signals our initial steps in implementing our strategy to become a global leader in transfusion and transplantation medicine. Our goal is to diversify our business into the new and growing market of transplant diagnostics. Such diversification enhances our ability to grow our business, expand our customer reach and better insulate us against market and economic downturns. LIFECODES had approximately 170 employees at the date of acquisition.

 

We paid $86.2 million in cash to acquire LIFECODES financed with a combination of debt and equity. In conjunction with the LIFECODES acquisition, the Term Loan Facility was amended and an additional $50.0 million was issued with the same terms and maturity as the then-existing facility. An equity investment of $42.5 million was contributed by our parent company, IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc. (the “Parent”), to fund the acquisition, including transaction costs and provide additional working capital.

 

LIFECODES Distribution Businesses

 

We completed the acquisition of two LIFECODES distribution businesses on January 31, 2014, one in United Kingdom (“UK”) and one in Italy. These acquisitions enable us to streamline the distribution of our LIFECODES products in Europe. We paid $6.4 million in cash to acquire these distribution businesses which was funded from cash flows from operating activities.

 

 Organ-i  

 

On May 30, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Organ-i, Inc. (“Organ-i”) a privately-held company focused on developing non-invasive tests to monitor and predict organ health for transplant recipients. This acquisition expands our product offering for post-transplant testing and directly complements our existing LIFECODES business. We paid $12.0 million in cash at closing to acquire this business, which was funded from cash flows from operating activities.

 

 

Financial Information about Segments

 

We determine our operating segments in accordance with our internal operating structure, which is organized based upon product groups. Each segment is separately managed and is evaluated primarily upon operating results. The Company has two operating segments, the Transfusion segment and the Transplant & Molecular segment, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment. We aggregate our operating segments because they have similar class of consumer, economic characteristics, nature of products, nature of production and distribution methods.    

 

 

Competitive Strengths

 

Automation – Since 1998, our strategy in transfusion diagnostics (or “immunohematology”) has been to drive automation in the blood bank with the goal of improving operations as well as patient safety. Due to the critical importance of matching patient and donor blood, manual testing is performed by highly educated and skilled technologists. In the U.S. market, we estimate that approximately 60% of customers perform testing on a manual basis without the use of an automated instrument. These customers are primarily in the small- to medium-hospital segment of the market. A significant number of customers in the high volume segment of the U.S. market (large hospitals, donor centers and reference laboratories) are automated. Outside the U.S., a significant portion of customers are automated in the developed international markets while there continues to be need for automation in the developing markets.

 

We believe our customers, whether a hospital, a donor center or a reference laboratory, are able to realize significant economic benefits while improving patient safety from adopting our automation. Automation can allow customers to reduce headcount and/or overtime in the blood bank, which can be beneficial given the current shortage of qualified blood bank technologists in the U.S. Given the reduction in both human and economic capital, we estimate that our instruments have an average payback period of one year or less, depending on the size of the lab. We believe our automated products represent an attractive value proposition for manual customers to switch to automation.

 

Leadership position in niche markets – We estimate the global market for our transfusion and transplantation products is approximately $1.6 billion and we believe we have leadership positions in our focused markets. We believe our transfusion products, ranging from our automated instruments to our proprietary Capture® technology, are widely used and recognized by the immunohematology industry worldwide. In transplantation, our LIFECODES® products leverage the significant installed base of Luminex Corporation (“Luminex”) instruments to enable adoption of our products in HLA labs around the world. We look to maintain our leadership position in these markets by continuing to innovate and introduce high value products for our customers.

  

 
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Product Innovations –We continually seek to improve existing products and develop new products to increase our market share and to improve the operations of our customers. In support of our immunohematology customers, we have launched four generations of automated serology instruments and we continue to develop innovative products, including our offering to support molecular methods, which we believe will be the future of immunohematology. In support of our transplant customers, we continue to launch new assays that support both pre- and post-transplant testing, including monitoring of patients to reduce the probability of transplant rejection.

 

Donor-patient compatibility – Our product offering, whether in transfusion or transplant medicine, is focused on achieving compatibility between donors and patients, which is explained in more detail in “Products” below.

 

Products

 

Our products are used to determine compatibility between a patient and a donor for the purposes of a blood transfusion, organ or stem cells (bone marrow) transplant. Compatibility is determined by performing a “type and screen” for both the patient and the donor.

 

Typing for both transfusions and transplants involves identifying antigens. For transfusion, antigens in the Human Erythrocyte Antigen (“HEA”) system on the surface of red blood cells are identified. For transplant, antigens in the HLA system on the surface white blood cells are identified. Screening for both a transfusion and a transplant determines whether there are any antibodies present that could cause a negative immune response.

 

We sell reagents as well as instruments to allow laboratories – whether in a hospital, a donor center or a reference lab – to perform compatibility testing. Our automated instrument-reagent systems operate on a “razor/razor blade” model, with our instruments serving as the “razors” and our reagents serving as the “razor blades.” For transfusion diagnostics, our instruments are “closed systems,” meaning our proprietary reagents can only be used on our instruments. For transplant diagnostics, our reagents run on Luminex instruments, which are open systems. The “razor/ razor blade” business model generates a recurring revenue stream for us.

 

Transfusion Diagnostics

 

REAGENTS

 

We offer both traditional and proprietary serology reagents. Our serology instruments use both our traditional reagents, as well as our proprietary solid phase technology, marketed under the name Capture, to perform tests.

 

Traditional reagents are used in a manual setting with testing performed via traditional agglutination blood testing techniques in a test tube. Certain traditional reagents are also used on our automated instruments.

 

Capture reagents are used with our instruments to perform antibody screening and identification. Delivered in a microtitration plate, the technology delivers clearly defined, machine-readable test results that are often easier to interpret than the subjective results sometimes obtained from existing agglutination technology (manual method). Also, in batch test mode the solid phase test results can generally be obtained in substantially less time than by traditional agglutination techniques.

 

INSTRUMENTS

 

NEO – Targeted at donor centers, large volume hospitals and reference laboratories, NEO® provides a fully-automated solution to perform all routine blood bank tests, including blood grouping, antibody screening, crossmatch, direct antiglobulin test (DAT) and antibody identification. NEO is our fourth generation automated instrument. NEO’s added functionality includes STAT functionality, a faster turnaround time and improved reliability. NEO can process up to 224 different samples at once, and can perform approximately 60 type-and-screen tests an hour. We believe that NEO has the highest type and screen throughput available in the global market.

 

ECHO – The Echo® is targeted at small- to medium-sized hospitals as well as at integrated delivery networks (both hospital and lab systems) in combination with NEO. Echo has a broad test menu and the capacity to load 20 samples at a time, performing approximately 14 type-and-screen tests an hour. Echo features STAT functionality, exceptional mean time between failures and what we believe is the fastest turnaround time in the industry.

 

CAPTURE WORKSTATION (Semi-automated Processor) – The Capture Workstation has semi-automated components for performing our proprietary Capture assays manually. It is marketed as a back-up system for our fully automated NEO and Echo instruments, or as a standalone test system for small laboratories looking to standardize testing.

  

 
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Transplant and Molecular Diagnostics

 

Our molecular products perform typing for both transfusion and transplantation, including the HEA and HLA systems.

 

For transfusion, our molecular typing assays use our multiplex, polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) technology. Our current offering includes HEA and Human Platelet Antigen (“HPA”) assays as well as our current semi-automated molecular immunohematology instrument, the Array Imaging System and BASIS database.

 

In May 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“ FDA”) approved our PreciseTypeTM HEA test, which is the first FDA-approved molecular immunohematology product on the market. Formerly marketed as the HEA BeadChip™ Test, PreciseType provides clinicians with detailed genetic matching information that can reduce the risk of alloimmunization (antibody production) and serious hemolytic reactions associated with transfusions, which can be especially problematic for patients receiving frequent blood transfusions. With its FDA in-vitro diagnostic approval, PreciseType is now the “test of record” in the U.S. for both patient and donor typing of red blood cells. The test has been CE-marked in Europe for in vitro diagnostics, or IVD, use since 2010.

 

For transplant diagnostics, we deliver our reagents for both typing and screening on Luminex’s xMAP multiplex technology. In addition to other HLA-related testing products, such as serological typing trays, we also sell assays that monitor organ health post-transplant.

 

We also offer platelet-focused products for both transfusion medicine and specialty coagulation.

 

 

Marketing, Distribution and Seasonality

 

Our target customers are donor centers, hospitals and reference laboratories. Our products are distributed globally through both direct affiliate offices and third-party distribution arrangements. No single customer represents 10% or more of our annual consolidated revenue. We believe there is a slight amount of seasonality in our business as fewer blood donations and elective surgical procedures are generally performed in our first fiscal quarter (June-August).

 

Backlog

 

For the majority of our products, the nature and shelf life prohibits us from maintaining a material backlog. For the orders in backlog, it is expected that the majority will be shipped or completed within the following 12 months. At May 31, 2014, our backlog was not material.

 

Suppliers

 

We obtain raw materials from numerous outside suppliers and believe our business relationships with them are good. Some of our products are derived from blood having particular or rare combinations of antibodies or antigens, which are found in a limited number of individuals. To date, we have been able to obtain sufficient quantities of such blood for use in manufacturing our products, but there can be no assurance that a sufficient supply of such blood will always be available to us.

 

We source our transfusion diagnostic instruments from single-source suppliers. Although we currently do not have written contract with our Echo instrument supplier, we generally operate under the terms of past contractual arrangements with that supplier. We believe that our business relationships with these suppliers are good. While these relationships are significant, we believe that other manufacturers could supply these instruments to us after a reasonable transition period. In the event one or more of these suppliers experience financial problems that prevent it from continuing to produce our instruments, we believe it would take in the range of 18 months to 24 months to begin production with a new supplier. While a change in suppliers would disrupt our business during the transition period, we do not believe it would have a material financial impact on our business as a whole.

 

We source our transplant diagnostic instrument as well as certain raw materials from Luminex. Our relationship with Luminex is significant. However, we have a long-term contractual relationship with them and our business relationship is good.

 

Regulation

 

The manufacture and sale of transfusion in vitro diagnostics products is a highly regulated business and is subject to continuing compliance with country-specific statutes, regulations and standards that generally include licensing, product testing, facilities compliance, product labeling, post-market vigilance and consumer disclosure.   In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) regulates the transfusion of human blood as a drug and as a biological product. The FDA regulates all phases of the transfusion process, including donor selection and the collection, classification, storage, handling and transfusion of blood and blood components.

  

 
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In the U.S., an FDA biologics license is issued for an indefinite period of time, subject to the FDA’s right to revoke the license.  As part of its overview responsibility, the FDA makes facility inspections on an unannounced basis.  In addition, each product manufactured by us is subject to formal product submissions and review processes by the FDA and other regulatory bodies, such as Health Canada, a European Union recognized Notified Body and the Japanese Ministry of Health prior to authorization to market. Significant changes to our products or facilities can require additional submission and review prior to implementation. For example, we hold several FDA biologic licenses to manufacture blood grouping reagents, anti-human globulin reagents and reagent red blood cells. We must submit biologic license applications, pre-market approval applications or 510(k) pre-market notifications to the FDA to obtain product licenses, market approval or market clearance for new products or instruments. To accomplish this, we must submit detailed product information to the FDA, perform a clinical trial of the product, and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA that the product meets certain efficacy and safety standards. There can be no assurance that any future product licenses, product clearances or instrument clearances will be obtained by us.

 

Our manufacturing and distribution facilities in the U.S., Germany and Canada are certified to ISO 13485:2003. This is an internationally recognized standard and certification is required in order to continue product distribution in key markets such as the European Union and Canada. In addition, to allow continued marketing of our products in the European Union, we are required to maintain certification under the EC Full Quality Assurance System Assessment in accordance with the requirements of Annex IV of the IVD Medical Devices Directive 98/79/EC. This certification authorizes the use of the CE Mark on our products that allows products free access to all countries within the European Union. We have successfully completed certifications for CE marking of all products manufactured for the European market.

 

There are multiple countries worldwide that also impose regulatory barriers to market entry. We maintain product registrations and approvals necessary to maintain access to certain foreign markets.

 

Environmental

 

Some of our processes generate hazardous waste and we have a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identification number. We believe we are in compliance with applicable portions of the federal and state hazardous waste regulations.

 

Research, Development and Intellectual Property

 

We rely on a combination of patent and trade secret laws, know-how and licensing opportunities to establish and protect our proprietary technologies and products. We enforce our intellectual property rights consistent with our strategic business objectives. We do not believe that we own any single patent or hold any single license (or series of patents or licenses) that is material to the operation of our business, but we consider them in the aggregate to be of material importance to our business.

 

We continually seek to improve our existing products and to develop new ones in order to increase our market share. Prior to sale, any new product requires regulatory approvals, including licensing or pre-market clearance from the FDA in the U.S. and CE marking in Western Europe. For fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, the Successor fiscal 2012 period (August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012), and the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period (June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011), we spent approximately $29.1 million (including $7.8 million for LIFECODES), $21.3 million (including $1.7 million for LIFECODES), $13.9 million, and $4.9 million, respectively, for research and development.

 

We use trademarks on most of the products we sell. These trademarks are protected by registration in the U.S. and other countries where such products are marketed using the trademarks. We consider these trademarks in the aggregate to be of material importance in the operation of our business.

 

Competition

 

Competition in the transfusion and transplantation in vitro diagnostics markets is based on quality of products, pricing, talent of the sales forces, ability to furnish a range of products, reliable technology, skilled and trained technicians, customer service and continuity of product supply. We believe we are well positioned to compete favorably in our markets because of the completeness, reliability and quality of our product lines, our competitive pricing structure and our introduction of innovative products that enhances our competitive position. We also believe that new product introductions and the experience and expertise of our sales technical support personnel will enable us to remain competitive in the market.

 

Our principal competitors worldwide in transfusion diagnostics are Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. In transplantation diagnostics, our primary competitor is Thermo Fisher Scientific.

 

 
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Employees

 

At May 31, 2014, we had approximately 1,090 full-time employees worldwide. We have a low staff turnover rate and consider our employee relations to be good. In addition to our full-time work force, we employ temporary and contract employees. None of our employees are represented by a labor union.

 

 

Available Information

 

We file periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with the SEC. Electronic versions of our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these reports filed or furnished with the SEC may be accessed free of charge through our website at www.immucor.com. The information may also be accessed at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. The reference to our website address does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the website, and the information contain on the website is not part of this document.

 

 
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Item 1A. — Risk Factors.

 

We are subject to various risks and uncertainties relating to or arising out of the nature of our business and general business, economic, financing, legal and other factors or conditions that may affect us. We provide the following cautionary discussion of risks and uncertainties relevant to our business, which we believe are factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could have a material and adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition, or could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected or historical results. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, our operations could also be affected by additional factors that are not presently known to us or that we currently consider to be immaterial to our operations.

 

Risks Relating to Our Company

 

Lower blood demand could negatively impact our financial results.

 

Our transfusion diagnostics products are used to test blood prior to transfusion. Lower demand for blood in the markets in which we operate could result in lower testing volumes. For example, we believe the U.S. market has been experiencing lower demand for blood in our last three fiscal years. Lower blood demand could result from a variety of factors, such as fewer elective surgeries and more efficient blood utilization by hospitals. Blood is a large expense for hospital laboratories and pressure on hospital budgets due to macroeconomic factors and healthcare reform could force changes in the ways in which blood is used. Lower blood demand could negatively impact our revenue, profitability and cash flows.

 

A catastrophic event at our Norcross, Georgia facility would prevent us from producing many of our reagent products.

 

Substantially all our reagent products for transfusion diagnostics are produced in our Norcross facility. While we have reliable supplies of most raw materials, our reagent production is highly dependent on the uninterrupted and efficient operation of the Norcross facility, and we currently have no plans to develop a third-party reagent manufacturing capability as an alternative source of supply. Therefore, if a catastrophic event occurred at the Norcross facility, such as a fire or tornado, many of those products could not be produced until the manufacturing portion of the facility was restored and cleared by the FDA. We maintain a disaster recovery plan to minimize the effects of such a catastrophe, and we have obtained insurance to protect against certain business interruption losses. However, there can be no assurance that such coverage will be adequate or that such coverage will continue to remain available on acceptable terms, if at all.

 

We may not be successful in capitalizing on our acquisitions.

 

The long-term success of our LIFECODES acquisition, our other acquisitions and any additional acquisitions we may complete in the future will depend upon our ability to successfully grow the acquired businesses as well as realize the anticipated benefits from combining the acquired businesses with our business. We may fail to grow the LIFECODES business or realize anticipated benefits for a number of reasons.

 

With the acquisition of LIFECODES, Immucor entered the new markets of transplantation and coagulation in which we do not have significant experience. Our success is dependent on our ability to understand and be effective competitively in these new markets. Problems may arise with our ability to successfully grow and to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies, which may result in us not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected. Acquisitions could cause diversion of management time as well as a shift of focus from operating the businesses to issues related to integration and administration or inadequate management resources available for oversight as well as integration activities. We may face difficulties and inefficiencies in managing and operating businesses in multiple locations or operating businesses in which we have either limited or no direct experience today. In addition, we may not be able to achieve the expected synergies or anticipated growth targets from acquisitions or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies and growth targets. Acquisitions may cause other unexpected costs or liabilities and our failure to realize the anticipated benefits from acquisitions could harm our business and prospects.

 

Our business may be harmed by the contingent earn-out obligations in connection with acquisitions.

 

In connection with some of our acquisitions, we incur obligations to make contingent earn-out payments if certain financial and product development targets of certain acquired businesses are met over specified periods. Contractual provisions relating to the contingent earn-out obligation include covenants to operate the acquired businesses in a manner that may not otherwise be most advantageous to us. These provisions may also result in the risk of litigation relating to the calculation of the earn-out obligation amount due as well as the operation of the acquired businesses. Such litigation could be expensive and divert management attention and resources. We can give no assurance that our contingent obligations, including the associated covenants relating to the operation of the acquired businesses, will not otherwise adversely affect our business, liquidity, capital resources or results of operations.

 

Unforeseen product performance problems could prevent us from selling or result in a recall of the affected products.

 

In the event that we experience a product performance problem with either our instruments or our reagents, we may be required to, or may voluntarily recall or suspend selling the products until the problem is resolved. We have from time to time initiated voluntary recalls of our products. Depending on the product as well as the availability of acceptable substitutes, such a product recall or suspension could significantly impact our operating results.

  

 
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Product performance could increase operating costs and result in the loss of current or future customers.

 

Product performance and reliability is a key factor in satisfying current customers and attracting new customers. Poor performance or unreliability of our products would not only increase maintenance costs, in the case of our instruments, but also could result in losing important current customers and an inability to gain new customers which could adversely affect our financial results.

 

Because we sell our products internationally, we could be adversely affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

 

In the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, revenue outside the U.S. was approximately 38% of total revenue. As a result, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. Dollar could make our products less competitive and affect our revenue and earnings levels. An increase in our revenue outside the U.S. would increase this exposure. We have not historically hedged against currency exchange rate fluctuations.

 

Gross margin volatility may negatively impact our profitability.

 

Our gross margin may be volatile from period to period due to various factors, including instrument sales, product mix, geographic mix and manufacturing costs. As we continue to drive automation in the blood bank marketplace, we may experience increased instrument sales. The probable sales mix (in terms of instrument/reagent sales) could make it difficult for us to sustain the overall gross margins we have generated in the past. The higher margins on the reagents used on our instruments may not be enough to offset the lower margins on the instruments themselves. For our products, margins vary depending upon the type of product. Additionally, market pricing for our products varies by geographic region. Depending upon the product and geographic sales mix, margins could vary significantly from period to period. Our reagent products are manufactured in-house. Margins for these products could be impacted based upon costs of raw materials and labor as well as overhead and the efficiency of our manufacturing operations from period to period. Margins may also be negatively impacted by increased competition. New market entrants or existing market participants seeking to gain market share may foster a competitive environment of pricing pressures and/or increased marketing and other expenditures that could negatively impact profitability.

 

If customers delay integrating our instruments into their operations, the growth of our business could be negatively impacted.

 

From time to time in the past, some of our customers have experienced significant delays between the purchase of an instrument and the time at which it has been successfully integrated into the customer’s existing operations and is generating reagent revenue at its expected annualized run rate. These delays may be due to a number of factors, including staffing and training issues and difficulties interfacing our instruments with the customer’s computer systems. Because our business operates on a “razor/razor blade” model, such integration delays result in delayed purchases of the reagents used with the instrument. Delays of customers successfully integrating instruments into their operations could adversely impact our future revenues, earnings and cash flow.

 

We may not be successful in capitalizing on acquisitions of former distributors or newly established distribution networks outside the U.S.

 

An integral part of our strategy is to sell our products in additional markets outside North America. To further this strategy, in the past we have either acquired third party distribution businesses or have established our own direct distribution organizations. Our ability to grow successfully in overseas markets depends in part on our ability to achieve product acceptance and customer loyalty in these markets. Additionally, our operations in foreign countries present certain challenges and are subject to certain risks not necessarily present in our domestic operations, such as fluctuations in currency exchange rates, shipping delays, changes in applicable laws and regulations and various restrictions on trade. These factors could impact our ability to compete successfully in these markets, which could in turn negatively affect our international expansion goals, and could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

 

Our financial performance is dependent on the timely and successful introduction of new products and services.

 

Our financial performance depends in part upon our ability to successfully develop and market next generation automated instruments and other products in a rapidly changing technological and economic environment. Our market share and operating results would be adversely affected if we fail to successfully identify new product opportunities and timely develop and introduce new products that achieve market acceptance, or if new products or technology are introduced in the market by competitors that could render our products uncompetitive or obsolete. In addition, delays in the introduction of new products due to regulatory, developmental, or other obstacles could negatively impact our revenue, earnings and market share.

  

 
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Industry adoption of alternative technology could negatively impact our ability to compete successfully.

 

Our products are used to test antibodies and DNA to determine a match prior to a transfusion or a transplant as well as for post-transplant monitoring to aid in the determination of graft rejection. Various advances in the treatment and monitoring of patients could cause lower demand for testing with our products. Additionally, customers could adopt alternative technologies for testing, instead of our technology, which could result in lower demand for our products.

 

We may need to develop new technologies for our products to remain competitive. We may have problems in the process of developing and delivering new products to the market, which could cause our financial performance to be negatively impacted.

 

Global economic conditions may have a material adverse impact on our results.

 

We are a global company with customers around the world. General economic conditions impact our customers, particularly hospitals. For our instruments, reduced capital budgets that result from negative economic conditions, such as a global recession, could result in lower instrument sales, which would negatively impact our future revenue, profitability and cash flow. Additionally, global economic conditions may adversely affect the ability of our customers to access funds to enable them to fund their operating and capital budgets. Budget constraints could slow our progress in driving automation in both our customer base and the blood banking industry as a whole, as well as the adoption of new products, which could negatively impact our future revenues, profitability and cash flow.

 

We are highly dependent on our senior management team and other key employees, and the loss of one or more of these employees could adversely affect our operations.

 

Our success is dependent upon the efforts of our senior management and staff, including sales, technical and management personnel, many of whom have very specialized industry and technical expertise that is not easily replaced. If key individuals leave us, we could be adversely affected if suitable replacement personnel are not quickly recruited. Our future success depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. For example, there is intense competition for medical technologists, and in some markets there is a shortage of qualified personnel in our industry. If we are unable to continue to attract or retain highly qualified personnel, the development, growth and future success of our business could be adversely affected.

 

Supply chain interruptions could negatively impact our operations and financial performance.

 

Supply chain interruptions could negatively impact our operations and financial performance. The supply of any of our manufacturing materials may be interrupted because of poor vendor performance or other events outside our control, which may require us, among other things, to identify alternate vendors and could result in lost sales and increased expenses. While such interruption could impact any of our third-party sourced materials, three particular areas of note are our transfusion diagnostic instrument suppliers, our supply sources for rare antibodies or antigen combinations and our supply of raw materials from Luminex, which are described below.

 

We purchase our transfusion diagnostic instruments from single-source suppliers. If the supply of any of our instruments were interrupted, due to the supplier’s financial problems or otherwise, we believe an alternative supplier could be found but that it would take in the range of 18 months to 24 months to transfer the technology and begin production with a new instrument supplier. The disruption of one of these supply relationships could cause us to incur costs associated with the development of an alternative source. Also, we may be required to obtain FDA clearance of the instrument if it is not built to the same specifications as with the previous supplier. The process of changing an instrument supplier could have an adverse impact on future growth opportunities during the transition period if supplies of instruments on hand were insufficient to satisfy demand.

 

Some of our reagent products are derived from blood having particular or rare combinations of antibodies or antigens, which are found in a limited number of individuals. If we had difficulty in obtaining sufficient quantities of such blood and the supply was interrupted, we would need to establish a viable alternative, which may take both time and expense to either identify and/or develop and could have an adverse impact on our operations and financial position.

 

Luminex is our technology partner for our HLA products and we secure certain raw materials from Luminex to manufacture our HLA reagents. A disruption in supply of these raw materials could cause us to not be able to supply products to our customers. Additionally, a long-term disruption of supply from Luminex could result in us having to develop an alternate technology platform on which to deliver our HLA products, which could be both costly and result in a loss of revenue until a new product was brought to market.

 

Interruptions in our production capabilities could increase our production costs or reduce sales.

 

Our manufacturing processes are dependent upon critical pieces of equipment for which there may be only limited or no production alternatives and this equipment may, on occasion, be out of service as a result of unanticipated failures. We may experience periods of reduced production as a result of these types of equipment failures, which could cause us to lose or prevent us from taking advantage of various business opportunities or prevent us from responding to competitive pressures. 

 

Distribution chain interruptions could negatively impact our operations and financial performance.

 

Distribution chain interruptions could negatively impact our operations and financial performance. Our international affiliates get almost all of their reagent products from our U.S. manufacturing facilities. If circumstances arose that disrupted our distribution of U.S.-sourced products internationally, we would need to establish an alternate distribution channel, which may take both time and expense to establish and could have an adverse impact on our operations and financial position.

  

 
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Our molecular diagnostics products may not gain wide commercial acceptance.

 

BioArray’s molecular diagnostics products have slowly gained commercial traction. In May 2014, the FDA approved our PreciseTypeTM HEA test, but even with regulatory approval, these products are new to the marketplace and we will have to develop the nascent market for these products over time. Our molecular transfusion diagnostic business is also subject to risks associated with reimbursement, cannibalization of a portion of our existing serology business and the same macroeconomic factors, such as lower blood demand, that our serology business faces.

 

We may be unable to adequately protect our proprietary technology.

 

We have a substantial patent portfolio of issued patents or pending patent applications supporting our molecular immunohematology offering. We also have patents supporting our transfusion and coagulation products. Our competitiveness depends in part on our ability to maintain the proprietary nature of our owned and licensed intellectual property. Because the law is constantly changing, and unforeseen facts may arise, there is always a risk that patents may be found to be invalid or unenforceable. Therefore, there is no absolute certainty as to the exact scope of protection associated with any intellectual property. We believe our patents, together with our trade secrets and know-how, will prevent any current or future competitors from successfully copying and distributing our products. However, there can be no assurance that competitors will not develop around the patented aspects of any of our current or proposed products or independently develop technology or know-how that is equivalent to or competitive with our technology and know-how. Any damage to our intellectual property portfolio could result in an adverse effect on our current or proposed products, our revenues and our operations.

 

Protecting our intellectual property rights is costly and time consuming. We may need to initiate lawsuits to protect or enforce our patents, or litigate against third-party claims, which would be expensive and, if we lose, may cause us to lose some of our intellectual property rights and reduce our ability to compete in the marketplace. Furthermore, these lawsuits may divert the attention of our management and technical personnel.

 

We may be subject to intellectual property rights infringement claims in the future, which are costly to defend, could require us to pay substantial damages and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.

 

Our commercial success depends, in part, not only on protecting our own intellectual property but on not infringing the patents or proprietary rights of third parties. Were third parties to claim that we infringe on their intellectual property rights, responding to such claims, regardless of their merit, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, divert management’s attention and resources and cause us to incur significant expenses. Our practices, products and technologies, particularly with respect to the field of molecular immunohematology, may not be able to withstand third-party claims, regardless of the merits of such claims.

 

As a result of such potential intellectual property infringement claims, we could be required or otherwise decide it is appropriate to discontinue manufacturing, using, or selling particular products subject to infringement claims or develop other technology not subject to infringement claims, which could be time-consuming and costly or may not be possible. In addition, to the extent potential claims against us are successful, we may have to pay substantial monetary damages or discontinue certain of our practices, products or technologies that are found to be in violation of another party’s rights. We also may have to seek third-party licenses to continue certain of our existing or planned product lines, thereby incurring substantial costs related to royalty payments for such licenses, which could negatively affect our gross margins. Also, license agreements can be terminated under appropriate circumstances. No assurance can be given that efforts to remediate any infringement would be successful or that licenses could be obtained on acceptable terms or that litigation will not occur.

 

In the event there is a temporary or permanent injunction entered prohibiting us from marketing or selling certain of our products, or a successful claim of infringement against us requiring us to pay royalties to a third party and we fail to license such technology on acceptable terms and conditions or to develop or license a substitute technology, our business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

Risks relating to our industry

 

Government regulation may delay or prevent new product introduction and affect our ability to continue manufacturing and marketing existing products.

 

Our instruments, reagents and other products are subject to regulation by governmental and private agencies in the U.S. and abroad, which regulate the testing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, distribution and marketing of medical supplies and devices. Certain international regulatory bodies also impose import and tax restrictions, tariff regulations, and duties on imported products. Delays in agency review can significantly delay new product introduction and may result in a product becoming “outdated” or losing its market opportunity before it can be introduced. Also, the FDA and international agencies have the authority to require a recall or modification of products in the event of a defect.

 

FDA clearance or approval may be required before we can market new instruments or reagents in the U.S. or make significant changes to existing products. The process of obtaining marketing clearances and approvals from regulatory agencies for new products can be time consuming and expensive. There is no assurance that clearances or approvals will be granted or that agency review will not involve delays that would adversely affect our ability to commercialize our products.

  

 
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If any of our products failed to perform in the manner represented during this clearance or approval process, particularly concerning safety issues, one or more of these agencies could require us to cease manufacturing and selling that product, or even recall previously-placed products, and to resubmit the product for clearance or approval before we could sell it again. Depending on the product, and the availability of acceptable substitutes, such an agency action could result in significantly reduced revenues and earnings for an indefinite period.

 

Federal, state and foreign regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of our products are subject to change. We cannot predict what impact, if any, such changes might have on our business. In addition, there can be no assurance that regulation of our products will not become more restrictive in the future and that any such development would not have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

We are subject to a number of existing laws and regulations, non-compliance with which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations, and we are susceptible to a changing regulatory environment.

 

The sales, marketing and pricing of products and relationships that medical device companies have with healthcare providers are under increased scrutiny by federal, state and foreign government agencies. Compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, Physician Payments Sunshine Act and other healthcare related laws, as well as competition, data and patient privacy and export and import laws is under increased focus by the agencies charged with overseeing such activities.

 

U.S. and foreign governments have also increased their focus on the enforcement of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and similar anti-bribery laws. We are expanding internationally into countries that have higher risk profiles for anti-bribery compliance. We have compliance programs in place, including policies, training and various forms of monitoring, designed to address these risks. However, these programs and policies may not always protect us from conduct by individual employees that violate these laws. Violations, or allegations of violations, of these laws may result in large civil and criminal penalties, debarment from participating in government programs, diversion of management time, attention and resources and may otherwise have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The industry and market segments in which we operate are highly competitive, and we may not be able to compete effectively with larger companies with greater financial resources than we have.

 

Our industry and the markets we operate in are highly competitive. Some of our competitors have greater financial resources than we do, making them better equipped to fund research and development, manufacturing and marketing efforts, or license technologies and intellectual property from third parties. We also face risks related to customers finding alternative methods of testing, which could result in lower demand for our products. Our competitors can be expected to continue to improve the design and performance of their products and to introduce new products with competitive price and performance characteristics. Although we believe that we have certain technological and other advantages over our competitors, maintaining these advantages will require us to continue to invest in research and development, sales and marketing and customer service and support. Sufficient resources to continue to make such investments may not be available, or at such levels that would allow us to be successful in maintaining such advantages.

 

Increased competition in the U.S. could negatively impact our revenues and profitability.

 

We could face increased competition in the U.S. market, which historically has had a limited number of market participants. For fiscal 2014, approximately 62% of our revenues were generated in the U.S., and our U.S. operations have higher gross margins than our operations outside the U.S. Additional competition in the U.S. could negatively impact our revenues and/or our profitability.

 

Changes in government policy may have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Changes in government policy could have a significant impact on our business by increasing the cost of doing business, affecting our ability to sell our products and negatively impacting our profitability. Such changes could include modifications to existing legislation, such as U.S. tax policy, or entirely new legislation.

 

We may be exposed to product liability claims resulting from the use of products we sell and distribute.

 

Although product liability claims in our industry are infrequent, the expansion of our business in an increasingly litigious business environment may expose us to product liability claims related to the products we sell. We maintain insurance that includes product liability coverage, and we believe our insurance coverage is adequate for our business. However, there can be no assurance that insurance coverage for these risks will continue to be available or, if available, that it will be sufficient to cover potential claims or that the present level of coverage will continue to be available at a reasonable cost. A partially or completely uninsured successful claim against us could have a material adverse effect on us.

  

 
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Risks related to our indebtedness

 

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and prevent us from fulfilling our debt obligations.

 

We have a significant amount of indebtedness outstanding. The major components of our debt financing consists of (i) the Senior Credit Facilities, as amended, comprised of: (a) a $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility which matures in August 2017, and (b) a $663.3 million Term Loan Facility which matures in August 2018, and (ii) $400.0 million of unsecured 11.125% Notes due in August 2019. As of May 31, 2014, total principal indebtedness outstanding was $1,055.1 million and we had unused commitments of $100.0 million under our Revolving Credit Facility. The terms of the Senior Credit Facilities, as amended, also provide that we can borrow up to an additional $100.0 million (or a greater amount if we meet specified financial ratios), the availability of which is subject to certain conditions including bank approval.

 

Subject to the limits contained in the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture that governs the Notes, we may be able to incur substantial additional debt from time to time to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions, or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our high level of debt could intensify. Specifically, our high level of debt could have important consequences, including:

 

making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt;

 

requiring a substantial portion of our cash flows to be dedicated to debt service payments instead of other purposes, thereby reducing the amount of cash flows available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

 

limiting our ability to obtain additional financing to fund future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general corporate requirements;

 

increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates as certain of our borrowings, including borrowings under our Senior Credit Facilities, are at variable rates of interest;

 

limiting our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in the industry in which we compete;

 

placing us at a disadvantage compared to other, less leveraged competitors;

 

increasing our cost of borrowing; and

 

preventing us from raising the funds necessary to repurchase all the Notes tendered to us upon the occurrence of certain changes of control, which would constitute a default under the indenture governing the Notes and cause a cross-default under the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

In addition, the indenture that governs the Notes and the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities contain restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interest. Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all our debt.

 

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

 

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness.

 

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and could be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to dispose of material assets or operations, seek additional debt or equity capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. We may not be able to affect any such alternative measures on commercially reasonable terms or at all and, even if successful, those alternative actions may not allow us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. The credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing the Notes restrict our ability to dispose of assets and use the proceeds from those dispositions and may also restrict our ability to raise debt or equity capital to be used to repay other indebtedness when it becomes due. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions or to obtain proceeds in an amount sufficient to meet any debt service obligations when due.

 

 In addition, we conduct a substantial portion of our operations through our subsidiaries, many of which are foreign legal entities and are not guarantors of our debt. Accordingly, repayment of our indebtedness is dependent on the generation of cash flow by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available to us, by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Our non-guarantor subsidiaries do not have any obligation to pay amounts due on our debt or to make funds available for that purpose. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness. Each subsidiary is a distinct legal entity, and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries. While the indenture governing the Notes and the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities limit the ability of our subsidiaries to incur contractual restrictions on their ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany payments to us, these limitations are subject to qualifications and exceptions. In the event that we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness.

  

 
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Our inability to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy our debt obligations, or to refinance our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all, would materially and adversely affect our financial position and results of operations and our ability to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness. If we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default and holders of the Notes could declare all outstanding principal and interest to be due and payable, the lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities could terminate their commitments to loan money, the lenders could foreclose against the assets securing their borrowings and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.

 

Despite our current level of indebtedness, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above.

 

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Although the indenture governing the Notes and the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the additional indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. These restrictions also will not prevent us from incurring obligations that do not constitute indebtedness. In addition, as of May 31, 2014, our Senior Credit Facilities had unused revolving debt commitments of $100.0 million, which amount could increase up to an additional $100.0 million (or a greater amount if we meet specified financial ratios), the availability of which is subject to certain conditions, including bank approval. All of those borrowings would be secured indebtedness. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the risks that we face could intensify.

 

The terms of the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing the Notes restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes or to take certain actions.

 

The indenture governing the Notes and the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities contain a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interest, including restrictions on our ability to:

 

incur additional indebtedness;

 

pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase or redeem our capital stock;

 

prepay, redeem or repurchase certain debt;

 

make loans and investments;

 

sell assets;

 

incur liens;

 

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

alter the businesses we conduct;

 

enter into agreements restricting our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends; and

 

consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets.

 

In addition, the restrictive covenants in the credit agreement governing the Revolving Facility portion of our Senior Credit Facilities requires us to maintain a senior secured net leverage ratio of less than 5.25 to 1.00 to be tested on the last day of each fiscal quarter. Our ability to meet this financial covenant can be affected by events beyond our control.

 

A breach of the covenants under the indenture governing the Notes or under the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities could result in an event of default under the applicable indebtedness. Such a default may allow the creditors to accelerate the related debt and may result in the acceleration of any other debt to which a cross-acceleration or cross-default provision applies. In addition, an event of default under the credit agreement governing our Senior Credit Facilities would permit the lenders under our Senior Credit Facilities to terminate all commitments to extend further credit under that facility. Furthermore, if we were unable to repay the amounts due and payable under our Senior Credit Facilities, those lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. In the event our lenders or note holders accelerate the repayment of our borrowings, we and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient assets to repay that indebtedness. As a result of these restrictions, we may be:

 

limited in how we conduct our business;

 

unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to operate during general economic or business downturns; or

 

unable to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities.

 

These restrictions may affect our ability to grow in accordance with our strategy.

  

 
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Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.

 

Borrowings under our Senior Credit Facilities are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness will increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our indebtedness, will correspondingly decrease. Assuming that the entire Revolving Facility was fully drawn, each one-eighth point change in the LIBOR interest rate above the Term Loan Facility’s LIBOR floor of 1.25% would result in a $0.9 million change in annual interest expense on our indebtedness under our Senior Credit Facilities. We have entered into, and may continue to enter into, interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments in order to reduce interest rate volatility. However, we may not maintain interest rate swaps with respect to all of our variable rate indebtedness, and any swaps we enter into may not fully mitigate our interest rate risk.

 

 

Item 1B. — Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 2. — Properties.

 

We own our Canadian manufacturing facility and Belgium sales office. We lease the remainder of our facilities.

 

Our owned properties are not encumbered as security for any loan. We believe that our current facilities are adequate for our current and anticipated needs and do not foresee any difficulty in renewing leases that expire in the near term.

 

 

Item 3. — Legal Proceedings.

 

In 2009, securities litigation was filed in the U.S. District Court of North Georgia against us and certain of our former directors and officers asserting federal securities fraud claims on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of our common stock between October 19, 2005 and June 25, 2009. In June 2011 the Court dismissed the complaint and closed the case and in September 2011 the plaintiffs appealed. We agreed to settle these actions in December 2012 and we received preliminary approval of the settlement in March 2013. Final approval was granted in June 2013. The settlement is covered under the Company’s insurance and did not impact our financial results.

 

And, from time to time, we are a party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. However, we are not currently subject to any other legal proceedings expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

 

Item 4. — [Reserved]

  

 
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PART II

 

Item 5. — Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Prior to the Immucor Acquisition, our common stock was traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol BLUD. Following the Immucor Acquisition, our common stock is privately held. Therefore there is no established trading market.

 

IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc. is the only owner of record of our common stock. The Parent is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of IVD Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”) which was formed by investment funds affiliated with the Sponsor.

 

Dividend Policy

 

With the exception of certain limited circumstances, payment of dividends is restricted under our Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing our Notes. We have never declared cash dividends with respect to our common stock and do not expect to do so in the future. We presently intend to continue to reinvest our earnings in the business. 

 

 
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Item 6. – Selected Financial Data.

 

The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data with respect to our operations. The data should be read in conjunction with “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, located in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” The statement of operations data for each of the periods presented, and the related balance sheet data have been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements (in thousands).

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

                 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

   

Year Ended

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

   

May 31, 2011

   

May 31, 2010

 
                                                 
                                                 

Net sales

  $ 388,056       347,788       261,814       74,910       333,091       329,073  

Cost of sales (exclusive of amortization shown separately below)

    139,634       120,027       105,698       22,955       96,175       95,349  

Gross margin

    248,422       227,761       156,116       51,955       236,916       233,724  
                                                 

Operating expenses:

                                               

Research and development

    29,070       21,313       13,929       4,895       15,900       15,437  

Selling and marketing

    59,057       50,129       32,913       10,510       35,931       36,995  

Distribution

    20,165       18,718       14,333       3,952       16,508       14,831  

General and administrative

    41,603       42,801       36,954       19,312       37,747       36,841  

Amortization expense

    52,965       50,765       39,224       931       4,333       4,278  

Acquisition-related items

    (4,638 )     2,616       1,362       18,863       500       -  

Impairment loss

    160,150       3,500       -       -       -       -  

Certain litigation expenses

    -       -       22,000       -       -       -  

Loss on disposition of fixed assets

    -       1,175       -       -       -       -  

Total operating expenses

    358,372       191,017       160,715       58,463       110,919       108,382  
                                                 

(Loss) income from operations

    (109,950 )     36,744       (4,599 )     (6,508 )     125,997       125,342  
                                                 

Non-operating (expense) income:

                                               

Interest income

    36       28       7       142       706       454  

Interest expense

    (88,304 )     (90,830 )     (77,048 )     -       (70 )     (33 )

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    -       (9,111 )     -       -       -       -  

Other, net

    45       (539 )     447       2,673       3,997       (551 )

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (88,223 )     (100,452 )     (76,594 )     2,815       4,633       (130 )
                                                 

(Loss) income before income taxes

    (198,173 )     (63,708 )     (81,193 )     (3,693 )     130,630       125,212  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

    (15,916 )     (24,566 )     (31,546 )     2,681       41,303       42,629  

Net (loss) income

  $ (182,257 )     (39,142 )     (49,647 )     (6,374 )     89,327       82,583  

 

   

The following data is as of the dates indicated below:

 
                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                                                 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

   

May 31, 2011

   

May 31, 2010

 
                                                 

Working capital

  $ 91,917       87,069       71,295       381,259       378,979       270,939  

Total assets

    1,824,414       2,000,970       1,949,153       652,395       633,127       519,834  

Long-term debt, net of debt discounts

    1,037,183       1,039,278       986,361       -       -       -  

Shareholders’ equity

    468,616       644,706       637,378       576,646       568,872       456,123  

 

 
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Item 7. — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Overview

 

Our Business

 

We operate in the transfusion and transplantation in vitro diagnostics markets. Our products perform typing and screening of blood, organs or stem cells to ensure donor-recipient compatibility. Our offerings are targeted at hospitals, donor centers and reference laboratories around the globe.

 

We have manufacturing facilities in the United States (“U.S.”) and Canada and sell our products through both direct affiliate offices and third-party distribution arrangements.

 

We operate in a highly regulated industry and are subject to continuing compliance with multiple country-specific statutes, regulations and standards. For example, in the U.S. the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) regulates all aspects of the transfusion process, including the marketing of reagents and instruments used to determine compatibility. Additionally, we are subject to government legislation that governs the delivery of healthcare.

 

Our automated instrument-reagent systems operate on a “razor/razor blade” model, with our instruments serving as the “razors” and our reagents serving as the “razor blades.” For transfusion diagnostics, our instruments are “closed systems,” meaning our proprietary reagents can only be used on our instruments. For transplant diagnostics, our reagents run on Luminex instruments, which are open systems. The “razor/ razor blade” business model generates a recurring revenue stream for us.

 

 

Business Highlights of 2014

 

The following is a summary of significant factors affecting our business in fiscal 2014:

 

 

Acquisitions –

 

 

o

LIFECODES – We completed the acquisition of LIFECODES in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. We included the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the acquired business in our consolidated financial statements from their dates of acquisition. Therefore, LIFECODES’ operating results were included in our consolidated financial statements for all of fiscal 2014, but were only included for approximately 2 months of fiscal 2013. LIFECODES contributed $47.3 million and $9.5 million in net sales and reported operating loss before income tax of $1.4 million and $2.6 million for the fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 periods, respectively. These operating results include non-cash charges of approximately $2.4 million and $0.4 million for amortization expense of intangible assets for fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, respectively, and approximately $2.8 million and $1.7 million of amortization expense for fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, respectively, related to a fair value adjustment to inventory that was recorded as of the acquisition date.

 

The LIFECODES purchase agreement included a potential earn-out totaling $10.0 million in cash if the LIFECODES business achieved a certain financial target in calendar 2013. During calendar year 2013, and our fiscal year 2014, management estimated, for accounting purposes, that the likelihood of achieving the financial performance target was lower than previously estimated and decreased the fair value of the related contingent consideration liability from $4.6 million to zero. This decrease in the contingent consideration liability is reflected as a gain in the acquisition-related items in the consolidated statements of operations for fiscal 2014.

 

 

o

Distribution businesses – We completed the acquisition of two distribution businesses of LIFECODES products on January 31, 2014 for $6.4 million in cash, including acquired cash of $1.2 million. These acquisitions enable us to streamline the distribution of our LIFECODES products in Europe. The operating results of these two distribution businesses were included in fiscal 2014 after the date of acquisition, but were not included in the fiscal 2013.

 

 

o

Organ-i – On May 30, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Organ-i, Inc. a privately-held company focused on developing non-invasive tests to monitor and predict organ health for transplant recipients. This acquisition expands our product offering for post-transplant testing and directly complements our existing LIFECODES business. The total cash purchase price of this business was $12.0 million plus a potential earn-out of up to $18.0 million if certain product and financial targets during fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2020 periods are met. Management estimated that the fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement as of the acquisition date was approximately $11.3 million.

  

 
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Goodwill Impairment –

 

 

o

Goodwill is evaluated on a reporting unit basis, therefore, while the overall aggregate value of the Company’s six reporting units exceeds the aggregate carrying amount of goodwill for these units, an impairment was generated for one of the six reporting units. Accordingly, a goodwill impairment charge was recorded for $160.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 for one of our reporting units.

 

 

Notice of Intent to Revoke Lifted –

 

 

o

During December 2013, the FDA conducted an inspection of our Norcross facility and found no significant deviations. As a result, the FDA lifted the notice of intent to revoke (“NOIR”) administrative action effective May 2014.

 

 

PreciseTypeTM FDA Approval –

 

 

o

In May 2014, the FDA approved our PreciseTypeTM HEA test, which is the first FDA-approved molecular immunohematology product on the market. Formerly marketed as the HEA BeadChip™ Test, PreciseType provides clinicians with detailed genetic matching information that can reduce the risk of alloimmunization (antibody production) and serious hemolytic reactions associated with transfusions, which can be especially problematic for patients receiving frequent blood transfusions. With its FDA in-vitro diagnostic approval, PreciseType is now the “test of record” in the U.S. for both patient and donor typing of red blood cells. The test has been CE-marked in Europe for IVD use since 2010.

 

 
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Results of Operations

 

On August 19, 2011, the Company was acquired through a merger transaction with IVD Acquisition Corporation (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc. (the “Parent”). The Parent is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of IVD Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”), which was formed by investment funds affiliated with the Sponsor. The Immucor Acquisition was accomplished through a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving company. As a result of the Immucor Acquisition, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent. Prior to August 19, 2011, the Company operated as a public company with common stock traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

 

In the following financial tables, we have presented the results of operations for the twelve month periods ended May 31, 2014 (the fiscal 2014 period), and May 31, 2013 (the fiscal 2013 period), and have presented separately the results of operations for the period from August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (the Successor fiscal 2012 period) and the period from June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011 (the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period). We have prepared our discussion and analysis of the results of operations and cash flows by comparing the fiscal 2014 period, the fiscal 2013 period, and the results of the combined Predecessor fiscal 2012 period and the Successor fiscal 2012 period, all of which include twelve months of operating activity. We believe this approach provides the most meaningful basis for the analysis and discussion of our results. Combined changes in operating results (i) have not been prepared on a pro forma basis as if the Immucor Acquisition occurred on the first day of the period, (ii) may not reflect the actual results we would have achieved absent the Immucor Acquisition, and (iii) may not be predictive of future results of operations. The operating results presented in the table below are in thousands of dollars, except percentages.

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

   

Change

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

                                 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

                                 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

   

Amount

   

%

   

Amount

   

%

 
                                                                 

Net sales

  $ 388,056       347,788       261,814       74,910     $ 40,268       11.6     $ 11,064       3.3  

Cost of sales (*)

    139,634       120,027       105,698       22,955       19,607       16.3       (8,626 )     (6.7 )

Gross margin

    248,422       227,761       156,116       51,955       20,661       9.1       19,690       9.5  
                                                                 

Operating expenses:

                                                               

Research and development

    29,070       21,313       13,929       4,895       7,757       36.4       2,489       13.2  

Selling and marketing

    59,057       50,129       32,913       10,510       8,928       17.8       6,706       15.4  

Distribution

    20,165       18,718       14,333       3,952       1,447       7.7       433       2.4  

General and administrative

    41,603       42,801       36,954       19,312       (1,198 )     (2.8 )     (13,465 )     (23.9 )

Amortization expense

    52,965       50,765       39,224       931       2,200       4.3       10,610       26.4  

Acquisition-related items

    (4,638 )     2,616       1,362       18,863       (7,254 )     **       (17,609 )     (87.1 )

Impairment loss

    160,150       3,500       -       -       156,650       **       3,500       **  

Certain litigation expenses

    -       -       22,000       -       -       **       (22,000 )     (100.0 )

Loss on disposition of fixed assets

    -       1,175       -       -       (1,175 )     **       1,175       **  

Total operating expenses

    358,372       191,017       160,715       58,463       167,355       87.6       (28,161 )     (12.8 )
                                                                 

(Loss) income from operations

    (109,950 )     36,744       (4,599 )     (6,508 )     (146,694 )     **       47,851       **  
                                                                 

Non-operating (expense) income:

                                                               

Interest income

    36       28       7       142       8       28.6       (121 )     (81.2 )

Interest expense

    (88,304 )     (90,830 )     (77,048 )     -       2,526       (2.8 )     (13,782 )     17.9  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    -       (9,111 )     -       -       9,111       **       (9,111 )     **  

Other, net

    45       (539 )     447       2,673       584       **       (3,659 )     **  

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (88,223 )     (100,452 )     (76,594 )     2,815       12,229       (12.2 )     (26,673 )     36.2  
                                                                 

Loss before income taxes

    (198,173 )     (63,708 )     (81,193 )     (3,693 )     (134,465 )     211.1       21,178       (24.9 )

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

    (15,916 )     (24,566 )     (31,546 )     2,681       8,650       (35.2 )     4,299       (14.9 )

Net loss

    (182,257 )     (39,142 )     (49,647 )     (6,374 )   $ (143,115 )     365.6     $ 16,879       (30.1 )

 

(*) Cost of sales is exclusive of amortization expense which is shown separately within operating expenses.

(**) Calculation is not meaningful.

 

 
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 Years Ended May 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

Net sales were $388.1 million in fiscal 2014 as compared with $347.8 million in fiscal 2013, an increase of $40.3 million, or 11.6%. This increase in net sales is described in the discussion of net sales by product group below. Net sales by product group are presented in the following table (in thousands except percentages):

 

   

Year Ended

    Change  
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

Amount

   

%

 

Net sales by product group:

                               

Transfusion

  $ 330,547       330,931       (384 )     (0.1 )

Transplant & Molecular

    57,509       16,857       40,652       241.2  

Total

  $ 388,056       347,788       40,268       11.6  

 

 

Transfusion: Net sales of our transfusion products in fiscal 2014 were $330.5 million as compared with $330.9 million in fiscal 2013, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 0.1%. The decrease in net sales was primarily due to fewer ship cycles partially offset by the favorable effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on our international operations in fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013. The increase in revenue generated from a higher number of instrument placements in fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013 was offset by the impact of a disruption in the production of certain transfusion products in fiscal 2014 resulting in lost sales. After adjusting for the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and ship cycles, net sales in fiscal 2014 were comparable with the net sales of fiscal 2013.

 

Transplant & Molecular: Net sales of our transplant and molecular products for fiscal 2014 were $57.5 million as compared with $16.8 million for the fiscal 2013 periods, an increase of $40.7 million, or over 200%. This increase was primarily due to additional net sales from our newly acquired product lines from the LIFECODES acquisition completed on March 22, 2013.

 

Gross margin increased by $20.7 million for fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013, or 9.1%, mainly due to the higher net sales generated in 2014. Gross margin as a percentage of consolidated net sales was approximately 1.5% lower in fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013. The lower gross margin percentage was primarily due to a less favorable product mix, a lower gross margin percentage on our transfusion products, and additional amortization of the adjustment in fair value of inventory of $1.5 million related to recent acquisitions that was included in fiscal 2014 that was not included in fiscal 2013. The lower gross margin percentage on our transfusion products was mainly due to the production disruption in fiscal 2014 resulting in lost sales. Gross margin as a percentage of consolidated net sales was also lower due to the medical device excise tax that became effective in January 2013 which increased our production costs by approximately $1.2 million.  These decreases in gross margin percentage were partially offset by lower depreciation expense of approximately $6.3 million in fiscal 2014 related to a change in the anticipated benefit period of our instrument equipment assets as discussed in the section entitled “Change in Estimates” below.

 

Research and development expenses were $29.1 million in fiscal 2014 as compared with $21.3 million in the fiscal 2013 periods. The overall increase of $7.8 million, or 36.4%, was primarily due to additional expenses related to LIFECODES and continued investment in development projects. One of the most significant projects underway is our new molecular blood typing assay (now marketed as the PreciseTypeTM HEA test). This new product is an in vitro diagnostic test and is our core molecular test for extended typing of red blood cell antigens which was approved by the FDA in May 2014. We anticipate introducing this new product to the market in the near term.

 

Selling and marketing expenses were $59.0 million in fiscal 2014 as compared with $50.1 million in fiscal 2013. The increase of $8.9 million, or 17.8%, was primarily due to additional costs related to LIFECODES.

 

Distribution expenses were $20.2 million in fiscal 2014 as compared with $18.7 million in fiscal 2013, an increase of $1.4 million, or 7.7%. The increase was primarily due to additional costs related to LIFECODES.

 

General and administrative expenses were $41.6 million in the fiscal 2014 period as compared with $42.8 million in the fiscal 2013 periods, a decrease of $1.2 million, or 2.8%. The decrease was primarily due to cost reduction efforts made by management in fiscal 2014, synergies achieve from our LIFECODES acquisition, and a reduction in bad debt expense of $1.9 million resulting from a change in estimate of the allowance for doubtful accounts as discussed in the section entitled “Change in Estimates” below. These decreases in costs were partially offset by additional expenses related to LIFECODES.

 

Amortization expense was $53.0 million for fiscal 2014 as compared with $50.8 million for fiscal 2013, an increase of $2.2 million, or 4.3%. The increase was primarily due to a full year of amortization of intangible assets related to the LIFECODES acquisition in fiscal 2014 as compared with two months of amortization in fiscal 2013.

  

 
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Acquisition-related items was a gain of $4.6 million for fiscal 2014 resulting from a decrease in the contingent consideration liability related to the acquisition of LIFECODES. Based upon information available in fiscal 2014, management determined that the likelihood of the LIFECODES business achieving the financial performance target was lower than previously estimated and decreased the fair value of the related contingent consideration liability by $4.6 million to zero in fiscal 2014. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information related to the LIFECODES acquisition.

 

An impairment loss on goodwill of $160.0 million was recorded for one of our reporting units in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. The Company has six reporting units with goodwill from prior acquisitions reported on the balance sheet at May 31, 2014. The annual evaluation for impairment utilizes the financial projections of the next fiscal year and the five year strategic plans that are prepared in the fourth quarter and reflect Management’s continuing knowledge of the operations and the markets in which the reporting units operate. Because goodwill is evaluated on a reporting unit basis, an impairment was generated for one of the six reporting units, although the overall aggregate value of the Company’s six reporting units exceeds the aggregate carrying amount of goodwill for these units. (See Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the goodwill impairment). In addition, an impairment loss on an in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) project of $0.2 million was recorded in fiscal 2014. It was determined that a project related to our transplant and molecular diagnostics business was no longer economically feasible and therefore was abandoned and its costs were fully written-off.

 

Non-operating expense was $88.2 million in the fiscal 2014 period and $100.4 million in the fiscal 2013 periods, a decrease of $12.2 million. The most significant component of non-operating expense is interest expense from our long-term debt which was first issued at the time of the Immucor Acquisition, in August 2011. The decrease in non-operating net expense for fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013 was mainly due to a $9.1 million loss on the extinguishment of debt incurred from refinancing of our Senior Credit Facilities twice during fiscal 2013 that did not reoccur in fiscal 2014. Non-operating net expense was also lower in fiscal 2014 due to a decrease in interest expense of $2.5 million on our outstanding debt. The lower interest expense was mainly due to a lower interest rate, partially offset by a higher average long-term debt balance in fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013. The higher average debt balance was mainly a result of the acquisition of LIFECODES during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

 

The effective tax rate for the fiscal 2014 period and the fiscal 2013 period was 8.0% and 38.6%, respectively.  The effective tax rate for fiscal 2014 was lower as compared with the effective tax rate for the fiscal 2013 periods primarily because the impairment of goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.  Other items that impacted the lower rate are the fact that the acquisition-related items are not taxable, the impact of lower foreign income tax rates, discrete tax items recognized during the fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013 period, and the expiration of the statute of limitations of the benefits associated with uncertain tax positions. 

 

Years Ended May 31, 2013 and 2012:

 

Net sales were $347.8 million in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with $336.7 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, an increase of $11.1 million, or 3.3%. This increase in net sales is described in the discussion of net sales by product group below. Net sales by product group are presented in the following table (in thousands except percentages):

 

           

Successor

   

Predecessor

   

Change

 
           

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

                 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

                 
   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

   

Amount

   

%

 

Net sales by product group:

                                       

Transfusion

  $ 330,931       257,046       73,632       253       0.1  

Transplant & Molecular

    16,857       4,768       1,278       10,811       178.8  

Total

  $ 347,788       261,814       74,910       11,064       3.3  

 

Transfusion: Net sales of our transfusion products for fiscal 2013 were $330.9 million as compared with $330.7 million for the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, an increase of $0.2 million, or 0.1%. This increase in net sales was mainly due to increased revenue generated from higher instrument placements partially offset by a lower number of ship cycles included in fiscal 2013 as compared with the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, and a lower industry demand for reagent products reflecting the challenging global economic climate. The year-over-year change in net sales also reflects the unfavorable effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on our international operations in fiscal 2013, and a reduction in deferred revenue of $0.9 million related to the Immucor Acquisition in the 2012 fiscal year. After adjusting for the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, ship cycles, and the reduction in deferred revenue, revenue in fiscal 2013 increased by 2.0 % when compared with the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods.

 

Transplant & Molecular: Net sales of our transplant and molecular products for fiscal 2013 were $16.8 million as compared with $6.0 million for the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, an increase of $10.8 million, or approximately 180%. This increase was primarily due to $9.5 million of additional net sales from our newly acquired product lines from the LIFECODES acquisition completed on March 22, 2013 as well as $1.3 million of organic growth in net sales in our existing product lines in fiscal 2013. Net sales of our existing molecular products increased in fiscal 2013 as compared with the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods mainly due to increased market acceptance of those products in the U.S. and Latin America.

   

 
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Gross margin as a percentage of consolidated net sales was approximately 3.7% higher in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods. The higher gross margin percentage in fiscal 2013 was mainly due to items recorded in fiscal 2012 related to the Immucor Acquisition that negatively impacted the overall gross margin percentage in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods that were not included in fiscal 2013 (primarily driven by the $24.4 million of amortization of the fair value of inventory) partially offset by a higher percentage of net sales generated from distributors in fiscal 2013, which have a lower gross margin than direct sales, and a less favorable product mix in fiscal 2013. The less favorable product mix was mainly a result of lower shipments of our reagent products coupled with a higher volume of instrument placements, which typically have a lower gross margin percentage than our reagent products. In addition, the gross margin percentage in fiscal 2013 also included net sales of $9.5 million from our LIFECODES product line, which has a lower margin than our existing product lines.

 

Research and development expenses were $21.3 million in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with $18.8 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods. The overall increase of $2.5 million, or 13.2%, was primarily due to additional expenses related to LIFECODES and continued investment in development projects.

 

Selling and marketing expenses were $50.1 million in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with $43.4 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods. The increase of $6.7 million, or 15.4%, was primarily due to additional costs related to LIFECODES, and investments in personnel and associated expenses in our commercial sales and marketing infrastructure in the U.S. and to develop an infrastructure in the emerging markets to drive future growth. These increases were partially offset by additional compensation expense in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods of $1.3 million related to the vesting of all share-based awards in conjunction with the Immucor Acquisition that is non-recurring.

 

Distribution expenses were relatively unchanged in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods.

 

General and administrative expenses were $42.8 million in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with $56.3 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, a decrease of $13.5 million, or 23.9%. The decrease was primarily due to $10.2 million of compensation expense recognized in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period related to the vesting of all share-based awards in conjunction with the Immucor Acquisition and reduced project costs partially offset by additional expenses related to LIFECODES.

 

Amortization expense was $50.8 million in the fiscal 2013 period as compared with $40.2 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, an increase of $10.6 million, or 26.4%. The increase was due to a full year of amortization of intangible assets related to the Immucor Acquisition, as well as the additional amortization of intangible assets related to LIFECODES.

 

An impairment loss on in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) projects of $3.5 million was recorded in the fiscal 2013 period. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, we decided that a certain IPR&D project related to our molecular immunohematology business was no longer economically feasible. The project was therefore abandoned and fully written-off.

 

Acquisition-related charges were $2.6 million in fiscal 2013. These charges were primarily for professional fees for legal, due-diligence, and valuation services for the acquisition of our LIFECODES business. Acquisition-related charges were $20.2 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods. These charges were primarily for professional fees for legal, due-diligence, and valuation services related to the Immucor Acquisition.

 

We recognized a disposition loss of $1.2 million in 2013 to reduce certain capital work-in-progress equipment assets associated with a high-speed filling project to its estimated salvage value. The project was determined to no longer be economically viable and management therefore decided to dispose of the equipment in fiscal 2013.

 

Non-operating expense was $100.5 million in the fiscal 2013 period and $73.8 million in the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods, an increase of $26.7 million. The most significant component of non-operating expense is interest expense from our long-term debt which was first issued at the time of the Immucor Acquisition, in August 2011. The year-over-year increase in non-operating expense was mainly due to higher interest expense of $13.7 million resulting from the impact of outstanding debt for the full year of fiscal 2013 as compared to 9.5 months in fiscal 2012, a $9.1 million loss on the extinguishment of debt incurred from the refinancings of our Senior Credit Facilities, and a foreign exchange gain of $2.9 million related to the settlement of intercompany balances realized in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period.

  

 
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The effective tax rate for the fiscal 2013 period, the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period was 38.6%, 38.9% and (72.6)%, respectively. The effective tax rate for fiscal 2013 was higher as compared with the effective tax rate for the combined Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods primarily due to the impact of lower foreign income tax rates, discrete tax items recognized during the fiscal 2013 period as a result of changes in enacted tax laws and the expiration of the statute of limitations of the benefits associated with uncertain tax positions.

 

 

Change in Estimates

 

Change in the Provision for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

During fiscal 2014, we reviewed the valuation method used to determine the estimate of our allowance for doubtful accounts and determined that a change in estimate was needed to better reflect our actual bad debt experience. As a result, we revised our valuation method, effective November 30, 2013, and reduced the estimate of our allowance for doubtful accounts on uncollected receivables in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The effect of this change in estimate was a reduction in bad debt expense of $1.9 million, and a decrease in net loss of approximately $1.1 million in fiscal 2014.

 

Change in Depreciable Lives of Property and Equipment

 

In accordance with our policy, we review the estimated useful lives of our fixed assets on an ongoing basis. During fiscal 2014, this review indicated that the actual lives of our instrument equipment were longer than the estimated useful lives used for depreciation purposes in our financial statements. As a result, we changed our estimates of the useful lives of our instrument equipment, effective June 1, 2013, to better reflect the estimated periods during which these assets will remain in service. As a result, the estimated useful lives of these assets increased from approximately 5 years to 10 years. The effect of this change in estimate was a reduction in depreciation expense of $6.3 million and a decrease in net loss of approximately $3.6 million for fiscal 2014, respectively.

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash flow

 

Our principal source of liquidity is our operating cash flow. This cash-generating capability is one of our fundamental strengths and provides us with substantial financial flexibility in meeting our operating, investing and financing requirements.

 

In fiscal 2014, our cash and cash equivalents decreased by $5.8 million to $23.6 million as of May 31, 2014. The decrease was primary due to net cash used for acquisitions totaling $16.0 million, for the purchase of additional property and equipment of $9.2 million, and to repay $6.7 million of long-term debt. These decreases in cash and cash equivalents were partially offset by positive cash flow contributed by our operating activities. There were no borrowings from the Revolving Facility during fiscal 2014. The cash balance at May 31, 2014 includes cash of $19.2 million that is held by our subsidiaries outside of the United States. We are not permanently reinvested in our subsidiaries and can repatriate these funds, if needed, to support future debt payments.

 

Operating activities

 

Operating activities provided cash of $25.6 million in fiscal 2014 as compared with $24.5 in fiscal 2013. The increase was mainly due to improved operating results exclusive of non-cash adjustments, partially offset by higher working capital requirements. The higher working capital requirements in fiscal 2014 were primarily due to an increase in inventory levels partially offset by a decrease in collections of accounts receivable, and lower interest payments in fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013. Interest payments were lower in the fiscal 2014 as compared with fiscal 2013 due to the refinancing of our long-term debt twice during fiscal 2013 which reduced the interest rate of our Senor Credit Facilities; we made interest payments of $79.8 million in fiscal 2014 and $85.0 million in fiscal 2013. The favorable impact of a lower interest rate on our long-term debt was partially offset by the impact of higher average borrowings on our interest payments made in fiscal 2014. The higher average borrowings were primarily due to the acquisition of LIFECODES in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

 

Investing activities

 

 

During the fiscal 2014, we used cash of $17.2 million to acquire new businesses as compared with using $84.8 million of cash in fiscal 2013 to acquire the LIFECODES business. We received cash of $1.1 million in fiscal 2014 from the seller of LIFECODES as a result of finalizing certain purchase price adjustments. We also used $9.2 million of cash to purchase property and equipment, including the upgrade of certain financial systems, in fiscal 2014 as compared with $9.6 million of cash used for property and equipment purchases in fiscal 2013.

  

 
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Financing activities

 

In fiscal 2014, we used cash for financing activities of $6.7 million for repayments of our long-term debt and had no amounts outstanding under our Revolving Facility during fiscal 2014. In fiscal 2013, net cash provided by financing activities was $80.8 million. The LIFECODES acquisition in fiscal 2013 was funded by additional borrowings of $50.0 million under the Term Loan Facility and an equity investment of $42.5 million from our Parent. The excess of the cash received over the purchase price was used to pay transaction expenses and provided an additional $2.1 million of working capital.

 

In addition to the borrowings for the LIFECODES acquisition, we refinanced our Senior Credit Facilities twice in fiscal 2013. In connection with these refinancings, we received cash proceeds of $288.1 million including the $6.0 million of additional term loan debt, and we repaid long term debt of $282.1 million. We also made scheduled principal payments on the Term Loan Facility of $6.2 million and paid debt issuance costs of $11.4 million that resulted from the refinancing of our Senior Credit Facilities during fiscal 2013 and the LIFECODES acquisition.

 

The first refinancing arrangement completed in August 2012 lowered the interest rate on our Term Loan Facility by 1.50%, including lowering the LIBOR floor on the term debt from 1.50% to 1.25%, lowered the interest rate on the revolving debt and extended the maturity date of the Revolving Facility to August 2017. In February 2013, we refinanced our Senior Credit Facilities again which lowered our interest rates on the Term Loan Facility by 0.75%. The refinancing completed in February 2013 also lowered the interest rate on the Revolving Facility and modified the financial covenant per the Senior Credit Facilities to only apply to the Revolving Facility.

 

Contingencies

 

We record contingent liabilities resulting from asserted and unasserted claims against us when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. We disclose contingent liabilities when there is a reasonable possibility that the ultimate loss will exceed the recorded liability. Estimating probable losses requires analysis of multiple factors, in some cases including judgments about the potential actions of third-party claimants and courts. Therefore, actual losses in any future period are inherently uncertain. We are currently not involved in any material legal proceedings. (See Part I, Item 3 – Legal Proceedings for further discussion.) Although we believe we have meritorious defenses to the claims and other issues asserted in such matters, one or more of such matters or any future legal matters may have an adverse effect on the Company or our financial position. Contingent liabilities are described in Note 22 to the audited consolidated financial statements included herein.

 

Future Cash Requirements and Restrictions

 

Our Term Loan Facility requires quarterly principal payments equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the loan with the balance due and payable on August 19, 2018. Required principal and interest payments related to our Term Loan Facility are $6.6 million and $33.1 million, respectively, for the next 12 months. Required interest payments related to the Notes is $44.5 million for the next 12 months. The Senior Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of our U.S. subsidiaries and the pledge of 65% of the stock of our foreign subsidiaries. As of May 31, 2014, we had principal of $1,055.0 million of long-term borrowings outstanding under our Term Loan Facility and the Notes. Our net total available borrowings under our Revolving Facility was $100 million as of May 31, 2014.

 

We expect that recurring capital expenditures during fiscal 2015 will range from $10 million to $15 million. These expenditures will be used to purchase equipment that increases or enhances capacity and productivity, and to upgrade certain financial systems.

 

 

Management believes that existing cash and cash equivalent balances, cash provided from operations, and borrowings available under the Revolving Facility of our Senior Credit Facilities will provide sufficient liquidity to meet the operating and capital expenditure needs for existing operations during the next twelve months.

 

 
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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

 

Contractual obligations and commercial commitments for the next five years are detailed in the table below:

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Payments Due by Period

 
                                         
   

Total

   

Less than 1 year

   

1-3 years

   

4 - 5 years

   

After 5 years

 

Senior Credit Facilities (1) (2)

  $ 655,044       6,632       13,264       635,148       -  

Notes (2)

    400,000       -       -       -       400,000  

Purchase obligations

    46,253       20,773       10,619       8,011       6,850  

Operating and capital leases

    31,866       4,345       7,877       6,730       12,914  

Acquisition costs for earn-out provision (4)

    11,300       -       4,490       6,797       13  

Interest (3)

    390,816       78,985       156,108       133,473       22,250  

Total contractual cash obligations

  $ 1,535,279       110,735       192,358       790,159       442,027  

   

 

(1)

The Senior Credit Facilities are comprised of a $655.0 million Term Loan Facility and a $100.0 million Revolving Facility. These are minimum scheduled payments of the Term Loan Facility.

(2)

Amounts shown do not include interest.

(3)

Interest on the Term Loan Facility is computed based on the scheduled loan balance multiplied by the minimum rate currently required for a LIBOR loan under the credit agreement. Interest on the Notes is computed using the stated interest rate.

(4)

This earn-out provision is calculated using the present value of the expected (probability-weighted) payments based on the likelihood of achieving each of the financial performance targets. The total cash payments will total $18.0 million assuming that the full earn-out amount is achieved.

 

In addition to the obligations in the table above, approximately $14.5 million of unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest of $1.6 million, have been recorded as liabilities in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, “Income Taxes”, and we are uncertain as to if or when such amounts may be settled.  However, as none of these amounts are expected to be settled within the current period, all amounts are classified as long-term. We recorded $4.1 million as an offset to long-term deferred tax liabilities and $10.4 million in other long-term liabilities.

 

The expected timing of payment of the obligations discussed above is estimated based on current information. The timing of payments and actual amounts paid may differ depending on the timing of receipt of services, or, for some obligations, changes to agreed-upon amounts. 

 

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet financial arrangements as of May 31, 2014.

 

 
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Non-GAAP Disclosures

 

 

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are both non-GAAP financial measures and are presented in this report because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and believe that they are frequently used by interested parties in the evaluation of companies in the industry. EBITDA, as we use it, is net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We believe that the presentation of EBITDA enhances an investor’s understanding of our financial performance. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated in a similar manner as EBITDA except that certain non-cash charges, unusual or non-recurring items and other items that we believe are not representative of our core business are excluded. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is also a useful financial metric to assess our operating performance from period to period. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not purport to be an alternative to net income as a measure of operating performance or to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

 

   

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect all cash expenditures, future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, working capital needs;

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt; and

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA can differ significantly from company to company depending on long-term strategic decisions regarding capital structure, the tax jurisdictions in which companies operate and capital investments, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

 

Because of these limitations, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on the GAAP results and using EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as supplemental information. Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, May 31, 2013 and for fiscal 2012 separated into the Successor and Predecessor periods is calculated as follows:   

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
   

Year Ended

   

August 20, 2011 to

   

June 1, 2011 to

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

Net loss

  $ (182,257 )     (39,142 )     (49,647 )     (6,374 )

Interest expense (income), net

    88,268       90,802       77,041       (142 )

Income tax (benefit) expense

    (15,916 )     (24,566 )     (31,546 )     2,681  

Depreciation and amortization*

    71,287       71,746       53,650       4,264  
                                 

EBITDA

    (38,618 )     98,840       49,498       429  
                                 

Adjustments to EBITDA:

                               

Stock-based compensation (i)

    1,512       1,423       753       16,233  

Acquisition expenses, net (ii)

    (2,397 )     3,072       665       15,906  

Sponsor fee (iii)

    3,916       4,390       3,055       106  

Non-cash impact of purchase accounting (iv)

    3,284       2,119       22,183       2,379  

Impairments

    160,150       3,500       -       -  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    -       9,111       -       -  

Certain non-recurring expenses and other (v)

    13,903       17,368       32,953       2,771  

Adjusted EBITDA

  141,750       139,823       109,107       37,824  

 

 

* Depreciation and amortization related to purchase accounting is reflected below on the line titled Non-cash impact of purchase accounting (v).

 

 

i.

Represents non-cash stock-based compensation.

 

ii.

Represents non-recurring items related to acquisition activities including legal, accounting and other costs. The items included in fiscal 2014 also include the non-cash gains resulting from decreases in the contingent consideration liability related to the LIFECODES acquisition.

 

iii.

Represents management fees and other charges associated with a management services agreement with the Sponsor.

 

iv.

Represents non-cash expenses, such as inventory valuation adjustments, primarily incurred as a result of the LIFECODES acquisition.

 

v.

Represents non-recurring or non-cash items not included in captions above including personnel and business optimization costs, and the effect of the change in estimate in the allowance for doubtful accounts recorded in fiscal 2014 which decreased the adjustment for non-recurring expenses and non-cash items by $1.9 million for that period.

  

 
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In fiscal 2014, we revised the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to include all of the depreciation and amortization expense on a single line and to exclude the adjustment for deferred revenue related to the acquisition of Immucor that was previously included in item v. of the calculation for all periods presented. The deferred revenue adjustment increased Adjusted EBITDA to reflect certain revenue items that were written-off in fiscal 2012 as a result of the acquisition of Immucor to increase the comparability of Adjusted EBITDA reported in fiscal 2012 with that reported in fiscal 2011. Management has determined that this adjustment is not as relevant for comparability purposes on a go-forward basis, and has therefore excluded it from the Adjusted EBITDA presentation. The following table is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA that was previously reported and that presented in the table above for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013 and for fiscal 2012 separated into the Successor and Predecessor periods are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

           

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
    Year Ended    

August 20, 2011 to

   

June 1, 2011 to

 
   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                         

Adjusted EBITDA as previously presented

  142,656       112,093       37,969  

Less: Deferred revenue adjustment

    2,833       2,986       145  

Adjusted EBITDA as presented in the table above

  139,823       109,107       37,824  

 

Under the Revolving Facility, the senior secured leverage ratio is the sole financial covenant. The senior secured leverage ratio is defined by our credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities as consolidated senior secured net debt divided by the total of the last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA used in this leverage ratio is calculated in a similar manner to that included in the table presented above, except that it includes certain additional adjustments such as projected cost savings and synergies calculated on a pro forma basis that we expect to realize in future periods related to actions already taken or expected to be taken within twelve months of the end of the applicable period, including the LIFECODES acquisition and related initiatives, and the deferred revenue adjustment described above. As of May 31, 2014, we were in compliance with our senior secured net leverage ratio covenant.

 

 
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

General

 

We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our financial statements. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations are discussed throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see the notes to the consolidated financial statements included with this report. We believe that our most critical accounting policies and estimates relate to the following:

 

 

i.

Revenue recognition

 

ii.

Trade accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts

 

iii.

Inventories

 

iv.

Goodwill

 

v.

Income taxes

 

i) Revenue Recognition

 

Revenue is recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic No. 605, “Revenue Recognition,” when the following four basic criteria have been met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services are rendered; (3) the fee is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.

 

We enter into arrangements in which we commit to delivering multiple products or services to our customers. In these cases, total arrangement consideration is allocated to all deliverables, which primarily include the delivery of products such as reagents and part kits, instrument (sold and leased) and the performance of services such as training and general support services, based on their relative selling prices. The following hierarchy is used to determine the selling price to be used for allocating revenue to deliverables: (i) vendor specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value for reagents and general support services, (ii) third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”), and (iii) management’s best estimate of selling price (“MBESP”) for all other deliverables. VSOE generally exists only when we sell the deliverable separately and it is the price actually charged by us for that deliverable. TPE represents the selling price of a similar product or service by another vendor. MBESPs reflect management’s best estimates of what the selling prices of elements would be if they were sold regularly on a stand-alone basis.

 

ii) Trade Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

The allowance for doubtful accounts represents a reserve for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to pay their debts. The collectability of trade receivable balances is regularly evaluated based on a combination of factors such as customer credit-worthiness, past transaction history with the customer, current economic industry trends and changes in customer payment patterns. If it is determined that a customer will be unable to fully meet its financial obligation, such as in the case of a bankruptcy filing or other material events impacting its business, a specific allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded to reduce the related receivable to the amount expected to be recovered.

 

iii) Inventories

 

Typically inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable value) net of reserves. We record adjustments to the carrying value of inventory based upon assumptions about historic usage, future demand, and market conditions.

 

In connection with the Acquisition of Immucor on August 19, 2011, a fair value adjustment of approximately $24.4 million increased inventory to fair value, which was greater than replacement cost. As of May 31, 2012, all of the fair value adjustment had been expensed through cost of sales in the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and the inventory was again stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable value) net of reserves.

 

In connection with the LIFECODES acquisition on March 22, 2013, a fair value adjustment of approximately $4.5 million increased inventory to fair value, which was greater than replacement cost. As of May 31, 2013, approximately $1.7 million of the fair value adjustment was expensed through cost of sales in the fiscal 2013 period. The remaining fair value adjustment was expensed through cost of sales by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2014, at which time inventories were again stated at the lower of cost or market, net of reserves.

 

 
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iv) Goodwill

 

Consistent with ASC 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other,” goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. Intangible assets that have finite lives are amortized over their useful lives.

 

We evaluate the carrying value of goodwill during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and between annual evaluations if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such circumstances could include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (2) unanticipated competition, or (3) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. When evaluating whether goodwill is impaired we first assesses qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not (defined as 50% or more) that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, no additional steps are taken. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, we then compare the fair value of the reporting unit to which the goodwill is assigned to the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill. The fair value of the reporting unit is estimated using primarily the income, or discounted cash flows, approach. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the amount of the impairment loss must be measured. The impairment loss would be calculated by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill to its carrying amount. In calculating the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill, the fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of the other assets and liabilities of that unit based on their fair values. The excess of the fair value of a reporting unit over the amount assigned to its other assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value.

 

v) Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method. We record the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, as well as operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. The value of our deferred tax assets assumes that we will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions, based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record additional valuation allowances against deferred tax assets resulting in additional income tax expense in our consolidated statements of operations. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, and we consider the Company’s history of taxable income (loss), the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, carry-back opportunities, and tax-planning strategies in making this assessment. Management assesses the need for additional valuation allowances quarterly.

 

The calculation of tax liabilities involves significant judgment in estimating the impact of uncertainties in the application of complex tax laws. Although ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” provides clarification on the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements, the threshold and measurement attribute will continue to require significant judgment by management. Resolution of these uncertainties in a manner inconsistent with our expectations could have a material impact on our results of operations.

 

Effective with the Immucor Acquisition, our taxable income or loss is included in the consolidated income tax returns of Holdings. Current and deferred income taxes are allocated to the members of the consolidated group as if each member were a separate taxpayer.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

Accounting Changes Recently Adopted

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Topic 210) (“ASU 2011-11”) which requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to ensure that the users of our financial statements can understand the effect that offsetting has on our financial position. The adoption of ASU 2011-11 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU No. 2013-01, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (“ASU 2013-01”), which clarifies which instruments and transactions are subject to the offsetting disclosure requirements originally established by ASU 2011-11. The new ASU addresses preparer concerns that the scope of the disclosure requirements under ASU 2011-11 was overly broad and imposed unintended costs that were not commensurate with estimated benefits to financial statement users. In choosing to narrow the scope of the offsetting disclosures, the FASB determined that it could make them more operable and cost effective for preparers while still giving financial statement users sufficient information to analyze the most significant presentation differences between financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and those prepared under IFRSs. The adoption of ASU 2013-01 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

  

 
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In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU No. 2013-02: Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“ASU 2013-02”) which adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The adoption of ASU 2013-02 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU No. 2013-10, Inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes ("ASU 2013- 10"). ASU 2013-10 permits the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate to be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes, in addition to the United States Treasury rate and London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). In addition, the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges is removed. The adoption of ASU 2013-10 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In the second quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405): Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date (“ASU 2013-04”). The amendments in ASU 2013-04 provide guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this update is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in U.S. GAAP. The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The guidance in this update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The adoption of ASU 2013-04 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In the second quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU No. 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) (“ASU 2013-05”). ASU 2013-05 clarifies that when a parent reporting entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity, the parent is required to apply the guidance in ASC 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The adoption of ASU 2013-05 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In the second quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (“ASU 2013-11”). ASU 2013-11 amends accounting guidance on the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exists. This new guidance requires entities, if certain criteria are met, to present an unrecognized tax benefit, or portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward when such items exist in the same taxing jurisdiction. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2014, we adopted the FASB ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. The update revises the definition of discontinued operations by limiting discontinued operations reporting to disposals of components of an entity that represent strategic shifts that have (or will have) a major effect on an entity's operations and financial results, removing the lack of continuing involvement criteria and requiring discontinued operations reporting for the disposal of an equity method investment that meets the definition of discontinued operations. The update also requires expanded disclosures for discontinued operations, including disclosure of pretax profit or loss of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations reporting. We elected early adoption of this standard for disposals subsequent to May 31, 2014.  The adoption of ASU 2014-08 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Accounting Changes Not Yet Adopted

 

In May 2014, the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board issued their converged standard on revenue recognition, ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”). This standard outlines a single comprehensive model for companies to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the revenue model is that revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of a good or service. A customer obtains control when it has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the benefits from the good or service. Transfer of control is not the same as transfer of risks and rewards, as it is considered in current guidance. We will also need to apply new guidance to determine whether revenue should be recognized over time or at a point in time. This standard will be effective for the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, which corresponds to our first quarter of fiscal 2018. No early adoption is permitted under this standard, and it is to be applied either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. We are evaluating the effect of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements.

  

 
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Item 7A. — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

We are exposed to market risks for foreign currency exchange rates. Our financial instruments that can be affected by foreign currency fluctuations and exchange risks consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, and trade receivables and trade payables denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. We attempt to manage our exposure primarily by balancing assets and liabilities and maintaining cash positions in foreign currencies only at levels necessary for operating purposes. It has not been our practice to actively hedge our foreign subsidiaries’ assets or liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. To manage these risks, we regularly evaluate our exposure and, if warranted, may enter into various derivative transactions when appropriate. We do not hold or issue derivative instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. As part of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity, we recorded a foreign currency translation gain of $4.3 million in fiscal 2014, gain of $1.6 million in fiscal 2013, and losses of $18.4 million in the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and $2.2 million in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period.

 

We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with our long-term debt. Our principal interest rate risk relates to the term loan outstanding under our Senior Credit Facilities. We have approximately $655.1 million outstanding under our Senior Credit Facilities, bearing interest at variable rates. A 0.125% increase in these floating rates applicable to the indebtedness outstanding under our Senior Credit Facilities would increase should interest rates exceed the 1.25% floor our pro forma annual interest expense by approximately $0.8 million, assuming there are no borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Senior Credit Facilities also allow up to an aggregate of $100.0 million (or a greater amount if we meet specified financial ratios) in uncommitted incremental facilities, the availability of which are subject to our meeting certain conditions, bearing interest at variable rates. We have interest rate swaps on approximately 37% of our outstanding Term Loan Facility. These swaps reduce the risk of variability in the interest rates by fixing a portion of the interest costs. We consider these swaps to be effective hedges and they are marked-to-market with the changes in other comprehensive income.

 

 
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Item 8. — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

 

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 Page

 

 

 

 

Report of Grant Thornton LLP Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

 35

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of May 31, 2014 and as of May 31, 2013 

 36

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, periods August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (Successor), and June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011 (Predecessor) 

 37

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, periods August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (Successor), and June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011 (Predecessor) 

 38

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, periods August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (Successor), and June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011 (Predecessor) 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, periods August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (Successor), and June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011 (Predecessor) 

 40

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 

 41

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule 

 87

 

 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

Board of Directors and Shareholder

Immucor, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Immucor, Inc. (a Georgia corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of May 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended May 31, 2014, 2013, and the periods from August 20, 2011 through May 31, 2012 (Successor) and June 1, 2011 through August 19, 2011 (Predecessor). Our audits of the basic consolidated financial statements included the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 8. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits 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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also 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, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Immucor, Inc. and subsidiaries as of May 31, 2014 and 2013, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013, the periods from August 20, 2011 through May 31, 2012 (Successor) and June 1, 2011 through August 19, 2011 (Predecessor), in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

 

 

 

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

August 26, 2014

 

 
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ITEM 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


(Amounts in thousands, except share data)

 

 

   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

 
                 

ASSETS

               
                 

CURRENT ASSETS:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 23,621       29,388  

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $898 and $815 at May 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively

    69,629       68,086  

Inventories

    49,151       45,941  

Deferred income tax assets, current portion

    8,251       5,290  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    12,582       11,577  

Total current assets

    163,234       160,282  
                 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

    76,311       76,381  

GOODWILL

    851,563       1,003,463  

INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net

    692,870       714,603  

DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS, net

    33,116       39,449  

OTHER ASSETS

    7,320       6,792  

Total assets

  $ 1,824,414       2,000,970  
                 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

               
                 

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

               

Accounts payable

  $ 15,665       13,638  

Accrued interest and interest rate swap liability

    19,605       20,084  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    23,716       26,654  

Income taxes payable

    4,927       3,873  

Deferred revenue, current portion

    2,813       2,252  

Current portion of long-term debt, net of debt discounts

    4,591       6,712  

Total current liabilities

    71,317       73,213  
                 

LONG-TERM DEBT, net of debt discounts

    1,037,183       1,039,278  

DEFERRED REVENUE

    86       161  

DEFERRED INCOME TAX LIABILITIES

    223,379       231,040  

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

    23,833       12,572  

Total liabilities

    1,355,798       1,356,264  

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 22)

               

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

               

Common stock, $0.00 par value, 100 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of May 31, 2014 and May 31, 2013, respectively

    -       -  

Additional paid-in capital

    753,147       751,635  

Accumulated deficit

    (271,264 )     (89,007 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (13,267 )     (17,922 )

Total shareholders' equity

    468,616       644,706  

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

  $ 1,824,414       2,000,970  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

  

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


(in thousands)

 

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

NET SALES

  $ 388,056       347,788       261,814       74,910  

COST OF SALES (exclusive of amortization shown separately below)

    139,634       120,027       105,698       22,955  

GROSS MARGIN

    248,422       227,761       156,116       51,955  
                                 

OPERATING EXPENSES

                               

Research and development

    29,070       21,313       13,929       4,895  

Selling and marketing

    59,057       50,129       32,913       10,510  

Distribution

    20,165       18,718       14,333       3,952  

General and administrative

    41,603       42,801       36,954       19,312  

Amortization expense

    52,965       50,765       39,224       931  

Acquisition-related items

    (4,638 )     2,616       1,362       18,863  

Impairment loss

    160,150       3,500       -       -  

Certain litigation expenses

    -       -       22,000       -  

Loss on disposition of fixed assets

    -       1,175       -       -  

Total operating expenses

    358,372       191,017       160,715       58,463  
                                 

(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

    (109,950 )     36,744       (4,599 )     (6,508 )
                                 

NON-OPERATING (EXPENSE) INCOME

                               

Interest income

    36       28       7       142  

Interest expense

    (88,304 )     (90,830 )     (77,048 )     -  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    -       (9,111 )     -       -  

Other, net

    45       (539 )     447       2,673  

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (88,223 )     (100,452 )     (76,594 )     2,815  
                                 

LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES

    (198,173 )     (63,708 )     (81,193 )     (3,693 )

(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

    (15,916 )     (24,566 )     (31,546 )     2,681  

NET LOSS

  $ (182,257 )     (39,142 )     (49,647 )     (6,374 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME


(in thousands)

 

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

NET LOSS

  $ (182,257 )     (39,142 )     (49,647 )     (6,374 )
                                 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) , net of tax:

                               

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    4,315       1,644       (18,385 )     (2,153 )
                                 

Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges:

                               

Portion of cash flow hedges recognized in other comprehensive income

    (313 )     (535 )     (2,003 )     -  

Less: reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income

    653       712       645       -  

Net changes in fair value of cash flow hedges

    340       177       (1,358 )     -  
                                 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

    4,655       1,821       (19,743 )     (2,153 )
                                 

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

  $ (177,602 )     (37,321 )     (69,390 )     (8,527 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY


(in thousands)

 

                                   

Accumulated

         
                   

Additional

   

 

   

Other

   

Total

 
   

Common Stock

   

Paid-In

   

Retained

   

Comprehensive

   

Shareholders’

 
   

Shares

   

Amount

   

Capital

    Earnings    

Income (Loss)

   

Equity

 
Predecessor:                                    

BALANCE, MAY 31, 2011

    70,367     $ 7,037       45,729       499,152       16,954       568,872  

Shares issued under employee stock plan

    415       41       485       -       -       526  

Share-based compensation expense

    -       -       16,233       -       -       16,233  

Stock repurchases and retirements

    (103 )     (10 )     (448 )     -       -       (458 )

Net loss

    -       -       -       (6,374 )     -       (6,374 )

Other comprehensive loss (net of taxes):

                                               

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    -       -       -       -       (2,153 )     (2,153 )

BALANCE, August 19, 2011

    70,679     $ 7,068       61,999       492,778       14,801       576,646  
                                                 

Successor:

                                               

BALANCE, AUGUST 20, 2011

    -     $ -       -       -       -       -  

Capital contribution from Parent, net of costs (1)

    100       -       706,233               -       706,233  

Other

    -       -       -       (218 )     -       (218 )

Share-based compensation expense

    -       -       753       -       -       753  

Net loss

    -       -       -       (49,647 )     -       (49,647 )

Other comprehensive loss (net of taxes):

                                               

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    -       -       -       -       (18,385 )     (18,385 )

Cash flow hedges, net of tax

    -       -       -       -       (1,358 )     (1,358 )

BALANCE, MAY 31, 2012

    100       -       706,986       (49,865 )     (19,743 )     637,378  

Capital contribution from Parent, net of costs

    -       -       42,500               -       42,500  

Share-based compensation expense

    -       -       1,423       -       -       1,423  

Net loss

    -       -       -       (39,142 )     -       (39,142 )

Tax benefit from tax deduction contributed by Holdings

    -       -       726       -       -       726  

Other comprehensive loss (net of taxes):

                                               

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    -       -       -       -       1,644       1,644  

Cash flow hedges, net of tax

    -       -       -       -       177       177  

BALANCE, MAY 31, 2013

    100       -       751,635       (89,007 )     (17,922 )     644,706  

Share-based compensation expense

    -       -       1,512       -       -       1,512  

Net loss

    -       -       -       (182,257 )     -       (182,257 )

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    -       -       -       -       4,315       4,315  

Cash flow hedges, net of tax

    -       -       -       -       340       340  

BALANCE, MAY 31, 2014

    100     $ -       753,147       (271,264 )     (13,267 )     468,616  

 

 

(1)

In connection with the Immucor Acquisition, the Sponsor incurred certain costs, aggregating to $28.9 million in fiscal 2012, which were either (i) paid for on behalf of the Sponsor or (ii) reimbursed to the Sponsor by the Company. The costs that were reimbursed to the Sponsor are reflected as a reduction of stockholders’ equity in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


(in thousands)

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

                               

Net loss

  $ (182,257 )     (39,142 )     (49,647 )     (6,374 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

                               

Depreciation and amortization

    71,287       71,746       54,745       4,321  

Noncash interest expense

    8,761       7,471       5,656       -  

Inventory fair value adjustment

    2,889       1,745       24,439       -  

Loss on disposition and retirement of fixed assets

    93       1,306       417       135  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    -       9,111       -       -  

Asset impairment loss

    160,150       3,500       -       -  

(Recoveries) provision for doubtful accounts

    (1,666 )     203       612       185  

Share-based compensation expense

    1,512       1,423       753       16,233  

Deferred income taxes

    (21,059 )     (28,573 )     (36,423 )     (3,976 )

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

    (4,638 )     104       -       -  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:

                               

Accounts receivable, trade

    2,154       7,665       (5,347 )     (3,938 )

Income taxes

    (179 )     1,976       (414 )     3,317  

Inventories

    (15,589 )     (9,774 )     (12,220 )     (3,242 )

Other assets

    (1,301 )     105       (2,469 )     6,459  

Accounts payable

    1,700       (305 )     5,601       (4,023 )

Deferred revenue

    413       (651 )     (910 )     (920 )

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    3,331       (3,376 )     5,614       17,411  

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    25,601       24,534       (9,593 )     25,588  
                                 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

                               

Purchases of property and equipment

    (9,193 )     (9,639 )     (5,964 )     (2,265 )

Receipt from acquisition of business related to finalizing certain working capital adjustments

     1,151       -       -       -  

Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

    (17,151 )     (84,762 )     -       -  

Acquisition of Immucor, Inc., net of cash acquired

    -       -       (1,939,387 )     -  

Purchase of licensing agreement

    -       -       (99 )     -  

Cash used in investing activities

    (25,193 )     (94,401 )     (1,945,450 )     (2,265 )
                                 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

                               

Proceeds from long-term debt

    -       338,076       991,406       -  

Proceeds from capital contributions, net of costs

    -       42,500       706,233       -  

Payment of debt issuance costs

    -       (11,412 )     (42,474 )     -  

Repayments of long-term debt

    (6,674 )     (288,332 )     (3,075 )     -  

Proceeds from Revolving Credit Facility

    -       49,000       11,000       -  

Repayments of Revolving Credit Facility

    -       (49,000 )     (11,000 )     -  

Repurchase of common stock

    -       -       -       (458 )

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

    -       -       -       524  

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (6,674 )     80,832       1,652,090       66  
                                 

EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

    499       (155 )     (1,432 )     (3,029 )

(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

    (5,767 )     10,810       (304,385 )     20,360  

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    29,388       18,578       322,963       302,603  

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

  $ 23,621       29,388       18,578       322,963  
                                 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

                               

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

  $ 5,423       4,161       8,918       3,414  

Interest paid

    79,762       85,033       50,366       -  

NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

                               

Movement from inventory to property and equipment of instruments placed on rental agreements

  $ 10,383       12,037       12,392       1,618  

Exchange of debt instruments due to debt amendment August 2012

    -       468,241       -       -  

Exchange of debt instruments due to debt amendment February 2013

    -       467,406       -       -  

Tax benefit from tax deductions contributed by IVD Holdings Inc.

    -       726       -       -  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.

NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

Nature of Business – Founded in 1982, Immucor, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Immucor” or the “Company”), develops, manufactures and sells transfusion and transplantation diagnostics products used by hospitals, donor centers and reference laboratories around the world. Our products are used in a number of tests performed in the typing and screening of blood, organs or stem cells to identify certain properties of the cell and serum components of human blood and tissue to ensure donor-recipient compatibility for blood transfusion, and organ transplantations. The Company operates manufacturing facilities in North America with both direct affiliate offices and third-party distribution arrangements worldwide.

 

Basis of Presentation – The Company (Immucor, Inc. together with its wholly owned subsidiaries) was acquired on August 19, 2011 through a merger transaction with IVD Acquisition Corporation (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc. (the “Parent”). The Parent is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of IVD Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”) which was formed by investment funds affiliated with TPG Capital, L.P. (“the Sponsor”). The acquisition was accomplished through a merger of the Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving company (the “Immucor Acquisition”). As a result of the merger, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Prior to August 19, 2011, the Company operated as a public company with common stock traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

 

The Company continued as the same legal entity after the Immucor Acquisition, however, a new accounting basis was established upon accounting for the merger as a business combination. The accompanying consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows are presented for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, and fiscal 2012 which is presented in two periods: the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period (June 1, 2011 to August 19, 2011) and the Successor fiscal 2012 period (August 20, 2011 to May 31, 2012), which relate to the period preceding the Immucor Acquisition and the period succeeding the Immucor Acquisition, respectively. Although the accounting policies followed by the Company are consistent for the Predecessor and Successor periods, financial information for such periods has been prepared under two different historical-cost bases of accounting and is therefore not comparable. The results of the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for future periods. Certain reclassifications have been made to the fiscal 2013 consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2014 presentation. We have also performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

Consolidation Policy – The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its subsidiaries. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Share-Based Compensation – Consistent with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation,” compensation cost for grants of all share-based payments is based on the estimated grant date fair value. The value of share-based compensation is attributed to expense over the requisite service period using the straight-line method.

 

The fair value of the Company’s share-based payment awards for the Successor periods is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The Monte Carlo method is used to calculate the fair value of an option with multiple sources of uncertainty by creating random price paths for the underlying share and expected future value, then discounting the average of those paths to determine the fair value. Key input assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options and stock appreciation rights include the initial value of common stock, expected term until the exercise of the equity award, the expected volatility of the equity, risk-free rates of return and dividend yields, if any.

 

The fair value of the Company’s share-based payment awards for the Predecessor periods was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (the “Black-Scholes model”). The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. The Black-Scholes model requires the input of certain assumptions, and changes in the assumptions could have materially affected the fair value estimates.

 

The Company calculated its additional paid in capital pool (“APIC pool”) based on the actual income tax benefits received from exercises of share-based compensation awards granted after the effective date of ASC 718 using the long method. As of the date of the Immucor Acquisition, the APIC pool was reset to zero. 

  

 
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Concentration of Credit Risk – Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. In order to mitigate the concentration of credit risk, the Company places its cash and cash equivalents with multiple financial institutions. Cash and cash equivalents were $23.6 million and $29.4 million at May 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Cash and cash equivalents located in the U.S. were approximately 19% and 38% at May 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

 

Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable are limited because a large number of geographically diverse customers make up the Company’s customer base, thus spreading the trade credit risk. At May 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, no single customer represented more than 10% of total consolidated net sales or trade accounts receivable. The Company controls credit risk through credit limits and monitoring procedures. At May 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company’s net trade accounts receivable balances were $69.6 million and $68.1 million, respectively, with about 50% and 50% of these accounts being of foreign origin, respectively, predominantly European. Companies and government agencies in some European countries require longer payment terms as a part of doing business. This may subject the Company to a higher risk of uncollectibility. This risk is considered when the allowance for doubtful accounts is evaluated. The Company generally does not require collateral from its customers.

 

During fiscal 2014, the Company reviewed the valuation method used to determine the estimate of our allowance for doubtful accounts and determined that a change in estimate was needed to better reflect the actual bad debt experience. As a result, the Company revised its valuation method, effective November 30, 2013, and reduced the estimate of allowance for doubtful accounts on uncollected receivables. The effect of this change in estimate was a reduction in bad debt expense of $1.9 million, and a decrease in net loss of approximately $1.1 million in fiscal 2014.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company considers deposits and investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash and cash equivalents. Generally, cash and cash equivalents held at financial institutions are in excess of insurance limit. The Company limits its exposure to credit loss by placing its cash and cash equivalents in liquid investments with high quality financial institutions.

 

Inventories, net – Typically inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable value) net of reserves. The Company records adjustments to the carrying value of inventory based upon assumptions about historic usage, future demand, and market conditions.

 

In connection with the Immucor Acquisition on August 19, 2011, a fair value adjustment of approximately $24.4 million increased inventory to fair value which was greater than replacement cost. As of May 31, 2012, all of the fair value adjustment had been expensed through cost of sales in the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and the inventory was again stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable value) net of reserves.

 

In connection with the LIFECODES acquisition on March 22, 2013, a fair value adjustment of approximately $4.5 million increased inventory to fair value which was greater than replacement cost. As of May 31, 2013, approximately $1.7 million of the fair value adjustment has been expensed through cost of sales in the fiscal 2013 period. The remaining fair value adjustment was expensed through cost of sales by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2014, at which time inventories were again stated at the lower of cost or market net of reserves.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments – The Company measures fair value using a three-level hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used. This hierarchy maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are explained in Note 15 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities approximate fair value because of their short-term nature.

 

Derivative Instruments – The Company may from time to time use derivatives as a risk management tool to mitigate the potential impact of interest rate and foreign exchange risk. All derivatives are carried at fair value in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company does not enter into speculative derivatives. The derivatives are cash flow hedges which are considered effective. Changes in fair value are recognized through other comprehensive income. Any portion considered ineffective is recognized directly into operating income.

 

Property and Equipment, net – Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for replacements are capitalized, and the replaced items are retired. Normal maintenance and repairs are charged to operations. Major maintenance and repair activities that significantly enhance the useful life of the asset are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired, sold, or otherwise disposed of, the asset’s carrying amount and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the related assets ranging from three to thirty years. Carrying values of these assets are evaluated if impairment indicators arise. On August 19, 2011, in connection with the Immucor Acquisition, property and equipment was adjusted to reflect fair value.

 

The Company reviews the estimated useful lives of its fixed asses on an ongoing basis. During fiscal 2014, this review indicated that the actual lives of the Company's instrument equipment were longer than the estimated useful lives for depreciation purposes in our financial statements. As a result, the Company changed its estimates of the useful lives of its instrument equipment, effective June 1, 2013, to better reflect the estimated periods during which these assets will remain in service. As a result, the estimated useful lives of these assets increased from approximately 5 years to 10 years. The effect of this change in estimate was a reduction in depreciation expense of $6.3 million and a decrease in net loss of approximately $3.6 million for fiscal 2014, respectively.

 

Deferred Financing Costs, net – Deferred financing costs are capitalized and are amortized over the life of the related debt agreements using the effective interest rate method, except the Revolving Facility which uses the straight line method. The amortization expense is included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

  

 
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Goodwill – Consistent with ASC 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other,” goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. Intangible assets that have finite lives are amortized on a straight line basis over their useful lives.

 

The Company evaluates the carrying value of goodwill as of March 1st of each fiscal year and between annual evaluations if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. Such circumstances could include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant adverse change in legal factors or in business climate, (2) unanticipated competition, or (3) an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. When evaluating whether goodwill is impaired the Company first assesses qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not (defined as 50% or more) that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, no additional steps are taken. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the Company then compares the fair value of the reporting unit to which the goodwill is assigned to the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill. The fair value of the reporting unit is estimated using primarily the income, or discounted cash flows, approach. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, then the amount of the impairment loss must be measured. The impairment loss would be calculated by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill to its carrying amount. In calculating the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill, the fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of the other assets and liabilities of that unit based on their fair values. The excess of the fair value of a reporting unit over the amount assigned to its other assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. The Company’s evaluation of goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives completed during fiscal years 2013 and 2012 resulted in no impairment charges, and resulted in $160.0 million in impairment charges in fiscal 2014. Refer to Footnote 7 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for additional information.

 

Other Intangible Assets, net – Other intangible assets primarily include customer relationships, deferred licensing costs, existing technology and trade names. These other intangible assets are amortized over their anticipated benefit period. Carrying values of these assets are evaluated when impairment indicators arise. There was no impairment charge related to other intangible assets in fiscal years 2014, 2013 or 2012.

 

In-process research and development (“IPR&D”) is also included in other intangible assets. IPR&D has an indefinite life until the completion or abandonment of the individual project. When a project is completed, its value will be amortized over the useful life. If a project is abandoned, its value is written off. The carrying value of IPR&D is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. An impairment charge of $0.2 million and $3.5 million was recorded in fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, respectively, for IPR&D projects that were determined not to be economically feasible, and therefore were abandoned. There was no impairment charge related to IPR&D during fiscal 2012. 

 

Foreign Currency Translation – The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. Dollars in accordance with ASC 830-30, “Translation of Financial Statements”. The financial position and results of operations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the foreign subsidiary’s local currency as the functional currency. Revenues and expenses of such subsidiaries have been translated into U.S. Dollars at average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Assets and liabilities have been translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date. The resulting translation gain and loss adjustments are recorded directly as a separate component of shareholders’ equity, unless there is a sale or complete liquidation of the underlying foreign investments.

 

Gains and losses that result from foreign currency transactions are included in “other non-operating (expense) income” in the consolidated statements of operations.

  

Revenue Recognition — The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition,” when the following four basic criteria have been met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services are rendered; (3) the fee is fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.

 

The Company enters into arrangements in which the Company commits to delivering multiple products or services to its customers. In these cases, total arrangement consideration is allocated to all deliverables based on their relative selling prices. The following hierarchy is used to determine the selling price to be used for allocating revenue to deliverables: (i) vender specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value, (ii) third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”), and (iii) management's best estimate of selling price (“MBESP”). VSOE generally exists only when the Company sells the deliverable separately and is the price actually charged by the Company for that deliverable. TPE represents the selling price of a similar product or service by another vendor. MBESPs reflect management's best estimates of what the selling prices of elements would be if they were sold regularly on a stand-alone basis. In determining MBESP, the Company considers the following: (1) pricing practices as they relate to future price increases, (2) the overall economic conditions, and (3) competitor pricing.

 

The significant deliverables included in the Company's arrangements are the delivery of products such as reagents and part kits, instrument (sold and leased) and the performance of services such as training and general support services. Each of these significant deliverables qualify as separate units of accounting.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from product sales, such as reagents and part kits, when the goods are shipped or when the goods are delivered, title passes, and risk of loss passes to the customer. The products selling price, which is used to allocate the total arrangement consideration to each deliverable, is based on either VSOE or MBESP. The revenue from instrument sales or leases is recognized when the instrument has been installed and accepted by the customer. The selling price of instrument sales or leases is based on MBESP. Training revenue is recognized as the training services are provided. The selling price of training is based on MBESP. General support service revenue is recognized over the term of the agreement. The selling price of general support services is based on VSOE by reference to the price our customers are required to pay for the general support services when sold separately as renewal agreements.

 

 
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Shipping and Handling Charges and Sales Tax – The amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling of orders are classified as revenue and reported in the statements of operations as net sales. The costs of handling and shipping customer orders are reported in the operating expense section of the consolidated statements of operations as distribution expense. For fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period, these costs were $20.2 million, $18.7 million, $14.3 million, and $4.0 million, respectively. Sales taxes invoiced to customers and payable to government agencies are recorded on a net basis with the sales tax portion of a sales invoice directly credited to a liability account and the balance of the sales invoice credited to a revenue account.

 

Trade Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts –The allowance for doubtful accounts represents a reserve for estimated losses resulting from the inability of the Company’s customers to pay their debts. The collectability of trade accounts receivable balances is regularly evaluated based on a combination of factors such as customer credit-worthiness, past transaction history with the customer, current economic industry trends and changes in customer payment patterns. If it is determined that a customer will be unable to fully meet its financial obligation, such as in the case of a bankruptcy filing or other material events impacting its business, a specific allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded to reduce the related receivable to the amount expected to be recovered. On August 19, 2011, in connection with the Immucor Acquisition, trade accounts receivables were written down to the amount expected to be recovered and the allowance for doubtful accounts was set to zero.

 

Research and Development costs – Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and are disclosed as a separate line item in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Loss contingencies – Certain conditions may exist as of the date the financial statements are issued that may result in a loss to the Company, but which will only be determined and resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company’s management and its legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.

 

If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss is likely to occur and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, would be disclosed.

 

Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not accrued or disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the nature of the guarantee would be disclosed. Legal costs relating to loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

 

Income Taxes – Effective with the Immucor Acquisition, the Company’s taxable income or loss is included in the consolidated income tax returns of Holdings. Current and deferred income taxes are allocated to the members of the consolidated group as if each member were a separate taxpayer.

 

Deferred income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method. The Company records the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, as well as operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. The value of the Company’s deferred tax assets assumes that the Company will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income in applicable tax jurisdictions, based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and related assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record additional valuation allowances against its deferred tax assets resulting in additional income tax expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, and the Company considers the Company’s history of taxable income (loss), the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, carry-back opportunities, and tax-planning strategies in making this assessment. Management assesses the need for additional valuation allowances quarterly.

 

The calculation of tax liabilities involves significant judgment in estimating the impact of uncertainties in the application of complex tax laws. Although ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” provides clarification on the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements, the threshold and measurement attribute will continue to require significant judgment by management. Resolution of these uncertainties in a manner inconsistent with the Company’s expectations could have a material impact on its results of operations.

  

 
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Business Combinations – Transactions classified as an acquisition of a business are recognized in accordance with ASC 805, “Business Combinations.” Results of operations of acquired companies are included in the Company’s results of operations as of the respective acquisition dates. The purchase price of each acquisition is allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities based on estimates of their fair values at the date of the acquisition. Contingent consideration is recognized at the estimated fair value on the acquisition date. Subsequent changes to the fair value of contingent payments are recognized in earnings. Any purchase price in excess of these acquired assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. The allocation of purchase price in certain circumstances may be subject to revision based on the final determination of fair values during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date.

 

 

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards –

 

Adopted by the Company in fiscal 2014

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Topic 210) (“ASU 2011-11”) which requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to ensure that the users of the Company’s financial statements can understand the effect that offsetting has on the Company’s financial position. The adoption of ASU 2011-11 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2013-01, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (“ASU 2013-01”), which clarifies which instruments and transactions are subject to the offsetting disclosure requirements originally established by ASU 2011-11. The new ASU addresses preparer concerns that the scope of the disclosure requirements under ASU 2011-11 was overly broad and imposed unintended costs that are not commensurate with estimated benefits to financial statement users. In choosing to narrow the scope of the offsetting disclosures, the FASB determined that it could make them more operable and cost effective for preparers while still giving financial statement users sufficient information to analyze the most significant presentation differences between financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and those prepared under IFRSs. The adoption of ASU 2013-01 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2013-02: Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“ASU 2013-02”) which adds new disclosure requirements for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The adoption of ASU 2013-02 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In the first quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU 2013-10, Inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes ("ASU 2013- 10"). ASU 2013-10 permits the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate to be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes, in addition to the United States Treasury rate and London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). In addition, the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges is removed. The adoption of ASU 2013-10 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In the second quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405): Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date (“ASU 2013-04”). The amendments in ASU 2013-04 provide guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this update is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in U.S. GAAP. The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The guidance in this update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The adoption of ASU 2013-04 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In the second quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) (“ASU 2013-05”). ASU 2013-05 clarifies that when a parent reporting entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity, the parent is required to apply the guidance in ASC 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The adoption of ASU 2013-05 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

  

 
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In the second quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (“ASU 2013-11”). ASU 2013-11 amends accounting guidance on the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exists. This new guidance requires entities, if certain criteria are met, to present an unrecognized tax benefit, or portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward when such items exist in the same taxing jurisdiction. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2014, we adopted FASB ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. The update revises the definition of discontinued operations by limiting discontinued operations reporting to disposals of components of an entity that represent strategic shifts that have (or will have) a major effect on an entity's operations and financial results, removing the lack of continuing involvement criteria and requiring discontinued operations reporting for the disposal of an equity method investment that meets the definition of discontinued operations. The update also requires expanded disclosures for discontinued operations, including disclosure of pretax profit or loss of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations reporting. The Company elected early adoption of this standard for disposals subsequent to May 31, 2014.  The adoption of ASU 2014-08 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Accounting Changes Not Yet Adopted

 

In May 2014, the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board issued their converged standard on revenue recognition, Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”). This standard outlines a single comprehensive model for companies to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the revenue model is that revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of a good or service. A customer obtains control when it has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the benefits from the good or service. Transfer of control is not the same as transfer of risks and rewards, as it is considered in current guidance. The Company will also need to apply new guidance to determine whether revenue should be recognized over time or at a point in time. This standard will be effective for the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, which corresponds to the Company’s first quarter of fiscal 2018. No early adoption is permitted under this standard, and it is to be applied either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is evaluating the effect of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

2.

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

Business combinations completed in fiscal 2014:

 

Acquisition of Organ-i – On May 30, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of Organ-i, Inc. (“Organ-i”) a privately-held company focused on developing non-invasive tests to monitor and predict organ health for transplant recipients. This acquisition expands our product offering for post-transplant testing and directly complements our existing LIFECODES business. The total cash purchase price of this business was $12.0 million plus a potential earn-out of up to $18.0 million if certain product and financial targets during fiscal years 2015 through 2020 are met. Management estimated that the fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement as of the acquisition date was approximately $11.3 million. This was determined by applying a form of the income approach, based on the probability-weighted projected payment amounts discounted to present value at a rate appropriate for the risk of achieving the performance targets. The key assumptions were the earn-out period payment probabilities and an appropriate discount rate. These assumptions are considered to be level 3 inputs by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, which is not observable in the market. Including the contingent consideration, the aggregate estimated fair value of the consideration paid was approximately $23.3 million. The other identifiable intangible assets including existing technology, IPR&D and non-competition agreements are valued at $26.7 million. Goodwill is valued at $5.8 million and the long-term deferred tax liability is valued at $9.1 million. The purchase price allocation for this acquisition is preliminary as of May 31, 2014 and is subject to material valuation adjustments or tax matters that may be identified within the measurement period. The goodwill arising from this acquisition is not deductible for tax purpose. The operating results of the acquired business are not reflected in the Company’s consolidated results of operations since the acquisition occurred on the last business day of fiscal 2014. The contingent consideration liability is considered long-term and is included in long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of May 31, 2014.

 

Acquisition of LIFECODES distribution businesses – The Company completed the acquisition of both the LIFECODES distribution businesses in the United Kingdom (“UK”) and Italy on January 31, 2014. These acquisitions enable Immucor to streamline the distribution of its LIFECODES products in Europe.

  

 
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The Company acquired the stock of the UK distribution business for a total cash purchase price of $4.0 million, including acquired cash of $1.2 million. The Company acquired the assets of the Italy distribution business for a total cash purchase price of $2.4 million. In total, the Company acquired other identifiable intangible assets of $3.5 million and $1.1 million of goodwill in these acquisitions.  The other identifiable intangible assets are mainly customer relationships, which represent the fair value of the existing customer base. The tangible assets acquired in these acquisitions were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. All of the goodwill arising from the Italy asset acquisition is deductible for income tax purposes.  The goodwill arising from the UK acquisition is not deductible for tax purpose. The operating results of the acquired businesses have been included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations since their dates of acquisition.

 

Business combinations completed in fiscal 2013:

 

Acquisition of LIFECODES – The Company completed the acquisition of the LIFECODES business on March 22, 2013. This acquisition enables Immucor to enter the field of transplantation diagnostics – a close adjacency to our current business of transfusion medicine. The LIFECODES business specializes in pre-transplant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing and screening to ensure the most compatible match between patient and donor, as well as post-transplant patient monitoring to aid in the identification of graft rejection. LIFECODES also offers other immune-monitoring products.

 

Purchase Price Allocation

 

The total cash purchase price of the LIFECODES business was $86.2 million, of which $87.3 was paid in fiscal 2013, and $1.1 million was returned by the seller in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 as a result of finalizing certain purchase price adjustments. The purchase agreement included a contingent consideration arrangement for a potential earn-out totaling $10.0 million in cash based upon the LIFECODES business attaining certain operating targets for fiscal year 2013. Management estimated that the fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement as of the acquisition date was approximately $4.4 million. This was determined by applying a form of the income approach, based on the probability-weighted projected payment amounts discounted to present value at a rate appropriate for the risk of achieving the performance targets. The key assumptions were the earn-out period payment probabilities, and an appropriate discount rate. These assumptions are considered to be level 3 inputs which are not observable in the market. Including the contingent consideration, the aggregate estimated fair value of the consideration was approximately $90.6 million. The contingent consideration liability was included in current liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of May 31, 2013.

 

During fiscal 2013, the Company recognized accretion of $0.1 million of the fair value amount which increased the contingent consideration liability to $4.5 million as of May 31, 2013. This fair value adjustment was included in interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations.

During fiscal 2014, the fair value of the contingent consideration liability was decreased to zero to reflect a change in the earn-out payment probabilities, and the accretion of the fair value amount. These decreases in the contingent consideration liability are reflected as a gain of $4.6 million in the acquisition-related items in the consolidated statements of operations in fiscal 2014. The LIFECODES acquisition was recorded under the acquisition method of accounting by the Company and pushed-down to the acquired businesses by allocating the purchase consideration of $90.6 million to the cost of the assets acquired, including intangible assets, based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The allocation of purchase price was based on management’s judgment after evaluating several factors including valuation assessments of tangible and intangible assets. The excess of the total purchase price over the fair value of assets acquired and the liabilities assumed of $36.9 million was recorded as goodwill. The goodwill resulting from the LIFECODES acquisition is largely attributable to the synergies it is expected to achieve with the existing Immucor business, future technologies management expects to develop, and the value of its assembled workforce.

  

 
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The fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed along with the contingent consideration liability recorded at the date of acquisition is included in the reconciliation of the total consideration as follows (in thousands):

 

Cash on hand

  $ 2,558  

Accounts receivable

    7,697  

Inventories

    16,800  

Property and equipment

    13,432  

Intangible assets

    33,240  

Goodwill

    36,889  

Current liabilities

    (4,669 )

Deferred tax assets and liabilities - net

    (15,197 )

Other assets and liabilities - net

    (146 )

Total consideration paid

    90,604  

Less: Contingent consideration liability

    (4,400 )

Total cash purchase price

  $ 86,204  

 

 

The Company has acquired identifiable intangible assets, not including goodwill, totaling approximately $33.2 million in the LIFECODES acquisition.  Identifiable intangible assets of $31.8 million are subject to amortization over their anticipated benefit period, as indicated in the table below. The Company did not incur costs to renew or extend the term of acquired intangible assets during the period ended May 31, 2013. IPR&D assets of $1.4 million are not subject to amortization until the projects are complete or abandoned. The amortization of these intangibles is not deductible for tax purposes and hence the Company recorded a deferred tax liability of approximately $12.7 million to offset the future book amortization related to these intangibles.  Substantially all of the $36.9 million of goodwill resulting from the LIFECODES acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

 

The valuation method and assumptions used to determine fair value of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in accordance with ASC Topic 820 are as follows:

 

 

Cash, receivables, current liabilities, and other assets and liabilities, net – The carrying amounts of each of these items approximated fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

 

Inventories were valued on the basis of estimated selling prices less the sum of (a) costs of disposal and (b) a reasonable profit allowance on the selling effort. The inventory values were established separately for raw materials and supplies (including instruments and genotyping inventories), work-in-process, and finished goods.

 

 

Property and equipment were valued based on a cost and market approach. The cost approach quantifies value by examining either the historical cost to reproduce or the estimated current cost to replace at a given level of functionality and estimated physical deterioration. A physical deterioration factor was considered for the loss in value brought about by wear and tear of the elements, disintegration, use in service, and physical factors that reduce the life and serviceability of the property. In addition to the cost approach, certain assets were valued through a market approach. The market approach measures the value of an asset through an analysis of recent sales.

 

 

Intangible assets were valued primarily through application of the income approach. The income approach is a valuation technique that provides an estimation of the fair value of an asset based on the cash flows that an asset can be expected to generate over its remaining useful life. The Company used a variation of the income approach called the Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method (the “Excess Earnings Method”) to estimate the fair value of the Customer Relationships and the IPR&D projects. In estimating the fair value of the Existing Technology and the Trade Name intangible assets, a variation of the income approach, the relief from royalty method, was applied. In addition, the analysis provides an estimate for the remaining useful life of acquired intangible assets. For intangible assets without any contractual terms, the employment of certain statistical approaches to the economic pattern of asset utilization and qualitative assessments was used.

 

 

Goodwill results from the application of ASC Topic 805 since it requires that the acquirer subsume into goodwill the value of any acquired intangible asset that is not identifiable and the value attributed to items that do not qualify for separate recognition as assets at the acquisition date.

  

 
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Deferred tax assets and liabilities were determined in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. Since this business combination was a stock acquisition, the assets are not adjusted to fair value for income tax reporting purposes. Therefore, deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected for the expected income tax effects of the difference in bases for financial reporting and income tax purposes that result from applying the acquisition method of accounting for financial reporting purposes.

 

 

Contingent consideration liability was calculated based on the expected (probability-weighted) payment based on the likelihood of achieving the financial performance target. Information as of March 22, 2013 was used to determine the likelihood of achievement. Assumptions included in the calculation were cumulative probability of success, discount rate and time of payment. The present value of the expected payment considers the time at which the obligation will be settled and a discount rate that reflects the risk associated with the performance payment.

 

 

 

Identifiable Intangible Assets

 

In performing the purchase price allocation, the Company considered, among other factors, the intended future use of acquired assets, analyses of historical financial performance and estimates of future performance. The following table sets forth the components of intangible assets as of the date of the LIFECODES acquisition (in thousands):

 

           

Useful Life

 

Intangible Asset

 

Fair Value

   

in Years

 
                 

Customer relationships

  $ 16,000       20  

Existing technology

    13,250       10  

Trade name

    2,250       22  

Below market leasehold interests

    340       2 to 12  

In-process research and development

    1,400    

n/a

 
    $ 33,240          

 

 

Customer relationships represent the fair value of the existing customer base.

 

Existing technologies relate to existing intellectual property related to patents, trade secrets and accumulated know-how, from which LIFECODES derives a competitive advantage, market share and/or pricing margin.

 

Trade name represents the LIFECODES® company brand. LIFECODES is well recognized by customers as a company that provides a selection of quality products including products that are not available elsewhere in the marketplace.

 

Below market leasehold interests represents the Company’s interest in the current leases, which provide for payments below comparable leases obtainable contemporaneously with the LIFECODES acquisition.

 

Useful lives of the amortizable intangible assets were based on estimated economic useful lives and are being amortized using the straight-line method.

 

In-process research and development (“IPR&D”) relates primarily to the development of products that detect certain types of antibodies. IPR&D is not amortized, but will be evaluated on a periodic basis to determine which projects remain in process. When a project is completed, its value will be amortized over its useful life. If a project is abandoned, its value is written off.

  

 
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Sources and Uses of Funds

 

The sources and uses of funds in connection with the LIFECODES acquisition are summarized below (in thousands): 

 

Sources:

       

Proceeds from Term Loan

  $ 50,000  

Proceeds from equity contributions

    42,500  
    $ 92,500  
         

Uses:

       

Equity purchase price

  $ 86,204  

Transaction costs

    4,161  

Additional working capital

    2,135  
    $ 92,500  

 

 

The acquisition was funded by additional borrowings of $50.0 million of Term B-2 Loans under the terms of the Amended and Restated Amendment No. 2 to the Senior Credit Facilities and an equity investment of $42.5 million from the Parent including a $39.0 million investment by the Sponsor. The incremental funding was used to fund transaction costs of $4.2 million and to provide additional working capital of $2.1 million.

 

Transaction costs include legal and accounting fees, deferred financing costs related to the additional borrowings, and other external costs directly related to the LIFECODES acquisition. Of the $4.2 million of transaction costs paid at closing, $1.6 million was deferred financing costs that were capitalized and the remaining $2.6 million was incurred by the Company and included in acquisition-related charges in the consolidated statement of operations in fiscal 2013.

 

Financial Information

 

The Company included the operating results of LIFECODES in the consolidated statement of operations since the acquisition date on March 22, 2013. The results for fiscal 2013 included net sales of $9.5 million and a loss before income taxes of $2.6 million.

 

 
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Pro forma Financial Information

 

The financial information in the table below summarizes the results of operations of the Company on a pro forma basis, as though the LIFECODES acquisition had occurred at June 1, 2012. The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the LIFECODES acquisition had taken place at the beginning of the earliest period presented. Such pro forma financial information is based on the historical financial statements of the Company. This pro forma financial information is based on estimates and assumptions, which have been made solely for purposes of developing such pro forma information, including, without limitation, purchase accounting adjustments. The pro forma financial information presented below also includes depreciation and amortization based on the valuation of the Company’s tangible assets and identifiable intangible assets, and interest expense resulting from the LIFECODES acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information presented below does not reflect any synergies or operating cost reductions that may be achieved, or pro forma financial information from the UK or Italy distribution businesses or the Organ-i business acquired in fiscal 2014. These businesses are not reflected in the unaudited pro forma financial information below because the impact of these businesses was not significant to the Company’s consolidated net sales or results of operations. Also included in the table below are our actual results for fiscal 2014 (in thousands):

 

   

Twelve Months Ended

 
   

May 31

 
   

2013

   

2012

 
   

(Unaudited)

 
                 

Net sales

  $ 385,916       382,368  

Net loss

  $ (39,326 )     (61,121 )

 

 

Business combinations completed in fiscal 2012:

 

Acquisition of Immucor – The Company was acquired on August 19, 2011 (the “Immucor Acquisition Date”) as described in Note 1.

 

Purchase Price Allocation

 

The Immucor acquisition was recorded under the acquisition method of accounting by the Parent and pushed-down to the Company by allocating the purchase consideration of $1.9 billion to the cost of the assets acquired, including intangible assets, based on their estimated fair values at the Immucor Acquisition Date. The allocation of purchase price is based on management’s judgment after evaluating several factors, including, but not limited to, valuation assessments of tangible and intangible assets. The excess of the total purchase price over the fair value of assets acquired and the liabilities assumed of $972.3 million is recorded as goodwill. The goodwill arising from the Immucor acquisition consists largely of the commercial potential of the Company and the value of the assembled workforce.

 

The following sets forth the Company’s purchase price allocation (in thousands):

 

Cash on hand

  $ 322,963  

Accounts receivable

    66,781  

Inventories

    60,000  

Property and equipment

    64,683  

Intangible assets

    779,860  

Goodwill

    972,295  

Current liabilities

    (53,429 )

Deferred revenue

    (4,107 )

Deferred tax assets and liabilities - net

    (273,962 )

Other assets and liabilities - net

    4,303  

Total purchase price allocation:

  $ 1,939,387  

 

 

The Company has acquired intangible assets, not including goodwill, totaling approximately $779.9 million in the Immucor Acquisition.  The amortization of these intangibles is not deductible for tax purposes and hence the Company has recorded a deferred tax liability of approximately $291.9 million as of the acquisition date to offset the future book amortization related to these intangibles. None of the goodwill of approximately $972.3 million resulting from the Immucor acquisition is deductible for tax purposes.

 

 
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Identifiable Intangible Assets

 

In performing the purchase price allocation, the Company considered, among other factors, the intended future use of acquired assets, analyses of historical financial performance and estimates of future performance. The following table sets forth the

components of intangible assets as of the date of the Immucor acquisition (in thousands):  

 

           

Useful Life

 

Intangible Asset

 

Fair Value

   

in Years

 
                 

Customer relationships

  $ 455,000       20  

Existing technology and trade names

    266,000       11  

Corporate trade name

    40,000       15  

Below market leasehold interests

    860       5  

In-process research and development

    18,000    

n/a

 
    $ 779,860          

 

 

Customer relationships represent the fair value of the existing customer base.

 

Existing technologies relate to the serology instrument platforms (Galileo, NEO, and Echo); the Company’s proprietary Capture reagent technology; and the molecular immunohematology testing technology.

 

Corporate trade name represents the Immucor® company brand. Immucor is well recognized by customers as a company that provides an extensive selection of quality products including products that are not available elsewhere in the marketplace.

 

Below market leasehold interests represents the Company’s interest in the current leases, which provide for payments below comparable leases obtainable contemporaneously with the Immucor acquisition.

 

Useful lives of the amortizable intangible assets were based on estimated economic useful lives and are being amortized using the straight-line method.

 

In-process research and development relates primarily to the molecular immunohematology business. The other projects valued relate to technological improvements for the serology instrument platforms, and generally are applicable to the current NEO and Echo instruments, and thus will be able to yield a cash flow impact relatively quickly upon approval and launch. In-process research and development is not amortized, but will be evaluated on a periodic basis to determine which projects remain in process. When a project is completed, its value will be amortized over its useful life. If a project is abandoned, its value is written off.

 

Sources and Uses of Funds

 

The sources and uses of funds in connection with the Immucor acquisition are summarized below (in thousands): 

 

Sources:

       

Proceeds from Term Loan

  $ 596,550  

Proceeds from Notes

    394,856  

Proceeds from equity contributions

    735,187  

Company cash used in transaction

    301,053  
    $ 2,027,646  
         

Uses:

       

Equity purchase price

  $ 1,939,387  

Transaction costs

    88,259  
    $ 2,027,646  

 

 

Acquisition-related transaction costs include investment banking, legal and accounting fees, and other external costs directly related to the Immucor acquisition. Transaction costs paid at closing totaled $88.3 million and include $42.5 million that was capitalized as deferred financing costs and $16.9 million which was incurred by the Company and included in general and administrative expense in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period. The remaining $28.9 million was incurred by the Parent but paid by the Company out of equity proceeds. These costs have been reflected on the balance sheet as a reduction of the capital contribution from the Parent. In addition, the Company paid $2.0 million of transaction costs prior to closing that is also included in general and administrative expense in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period.

  

 
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Pro forma Financial Information

 

The financial information in the table below summarizes the results of operations of the Company on a pro forma basis, as though the Immucor Acquisition had occurred at June 1, 2011. The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the Immucor Acquisition had taken place at the beginning of the earliest period presented. Such pro forma financial information is based on the historical financial statements of the Company. This pro forma financial information is based on estimates and assumptions, which have been made solely for purposes of developing such pro forma information, including, without limitation, purchase accounting adjustments. The pro forma financial information presented below also includes depreciation and amortization based on the valuation of the Company’s tangible assets and identifiable intangible assets, interest expense and management fee resulting from the Immucor Acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information presented below does not reflect any synergies or operating cost reductions that may be achieved.

 

 

   

Twelve Months Ended

 
   

May 31, 2012

   

May 31, 2011

 
   

(in thousands)

 
   

Unaudited

 
                 

Revenue

  $ 336,724       333,091  

Net loss

  $ (55,140 )     (3,858 )

 

 

 

3.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In connection with the acquisition of Immucor in fiscal 2012, the Company entered into a management services agreement with TPG Capital, L.P. (the “Sponsor”) pursuant to which the Sponsor received on the closing date an aggregate transaction fee of $18.0 million in cash, of which $8.0 million was capitalized as deferred financing costs relating to the commercial banking services that the Sponsor provided in conjunction with negotiating the debt arrangements. The remaining $10.0 million was incurred by the Parent but paid by the Company out of equity proceeds. In addition, pursuant to such agreement, and in exchange for on-going consulting and management advisory services that will be provided to the Company, the Sponsor receives an aggregate annual monitoring fee of approximately $3.0 million.  In the fiscal 2014 and 2013 periods, approximately $3.9 million, and $4.4 million, respectively, was recorded for monitoring fees, additional services provided by the Sponsor, and out-of-pocket expenses and is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. At May 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company owed $0.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively, to the Sponsor for these fees and expenses.

 

 
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4.

INVENTORIES

 

Typically inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable value). However, in relation to the Immucor Acquisition on August 19, 2011, and the LIFECODES acquisition on March 22, 2013, fair value adjustments of approximately $24.4 million and $4.5 million, respectively, increased inventory to fair value as of those dates which was greater than replacement cost. As of May 31, 2012, the fair value adjustment related to the Immucor Acquisition had been expensed through cost of sales. As of May 31, 2013, approximately $1.7 million of the fair value adjustment related to the LIFECODES acquisition has been expensed through cost of sales in the fiscal 2013 period. As of May 31, 2014, the remaining fair value adjustment related to the LIFECODES acquisition had been expensed through cost of sales, and inventories were again stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable value). The following table is in thousands of dollars:

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Raw materials and supplies

  $ 12,110       14,880  

Work in process

    9,146       8,356  

Finished goods

    27,895       22,705  
    $ 49,151       45,941  

 

 

5.

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Income tax prepayments

  $ 5,736       4,899  

Prepaid expenses

    5,677       4,805  

Other receivables

    1,169       1,873  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  $ 12,582       11,577  

 

 

6.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

 

Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Land

  $ 290       301  

Buildings and improvements

    2,966       3,034  

Leasehold improvements

    24,693       20,170  

Capital work-in-progress

    3,927       5,139  

Furniture and fixtures

    3,656       3,282  

Machinery, equipment and instruments

    88,057       75,388  
      123,589       107,314  

Less accumulated depreciation

    (47,278 )     (30,933 )

Property and equipment, net

  $ 76,311       76,381  

  

 
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Depreciation expense was $18.3 million in fiscal 2014, $21.0 million in fiscal 2013, $15.5 million in Successor fiscal 2012 period, and $3.4 million in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period. Depreciation expense is primarily included in cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Company reviews the estimated useful lives of its fixed assets on an ongoing basis. During fiscal 2014, this review indicated that the actual lives of the Company's instrument equipment were longer than the estimated useful lives used for depreciation purposes in our financial statements. As a result, the Company changed its estimates of useful lives of its instrument equipment, effective June 1, 2013, to better reflect the estimated periods during which these assets will remain in service. As a result, the estimated useful lives of these assets increased from approximately 5 years to 10 years. The effect of this change in estimate was a reduction in depreciation expense of $6.3 million and a decrease in net loss of approximately $3.6 million for fiscal 2014, respectively. 

 

During fiscal 2013, the Company recognized a disposition loss of $1.2 million to reduce certain capital work-in-progress equipment associated with a high-speed filling project to its estimated salvage value. The project was determined to be no longer economically viable during fiscal 2013 and management therefore decided to dispose of the equipment.

 

For the year ended May 31, 2013, certain amounts within property and equipment have been reclassified to be consistent with the May 31, 2014 presentation. However, there has been no change in total property and equipment or accumulated depreciation.

 

 

7.

GOODWILL

 

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

For the Years Ended May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 1,003,463       966,338  

Additions:

               

Acquisition of businesses

    6,912       36,889  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    1,188       236  

Impairment loss

    (160,000 )     -  

Balance at end of period

  $ 851,563       1,003,463  

 

An impairment loss on goodwill is recognized to the extent that a reporting unit’s carrying amount of goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill of such reporting unit, determined in accordance with ASC Topic 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350”). Goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually as of March 1st, and between annual tests if a triggering event or a change in circumstances indicates that the goodwill might be impaired.

 

ASC 350 requires that if the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill, further analysis is required to measure the amount of the impairment loss, if any. The amount by which the reporting unit’s carrying amount of goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill, determined in accordance with ASC 350, is to be recognized as an impairment loss.

 

The Company has six reporting units with goodwill from prior acquisitions reported on the balance sheet at May 31, 2014. The annual evaluation for impairment utilizes the financial projections of the next fiscal year and the five year strategic plans that are prepared in the fourth quarter and reflects Management’s continuing knowledge of the operations and the markets in which the reporting units operate. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, while completing the annual evaluation based on these plans and projections, the estimated fair value of five of the Company’s six reporting units with goodwill exceeded the carrying amount. For each of the five reporting units that passed step one as of March 1, 2014, the percentage by which the estimated fair value exceeded the carrying amount of the reporting units ranged from 45% to 123%.

  

For one of the Company’s reporting units, the estimated fair value that reflects Management’s continuing knowledge of the operations and the markets in which the reporting unit operates did not exceed the carrying amount. Therefore, the Company completed step two of the impairment testing process to measure the amount of the impairment loss. The impairment loss on goodwill was determined to be $160.0 million and was recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014. This impairment loss represented 18% of the carrying amount of goodwill for this reporting unit. There were no accumulated impairment losses for the Company’s goodwill as of May 31, 2013. After the impairment loss recorded on one of the reporting unit’s goodwill in fiscal year 2014, the Company had $160.0 million of accumulated impairment losses on goodwill as of May 31, 2014.

 

The Company estimated the fair value of each of its reporting units in a manner similar to the method used in a business combination. The Company utilized the income approach in the determination of fair value. Under the income approach, estimated fair value is based on the discounted cash flow method. The key assumptions that drive the estimated fair value of the reporting units under the income approach are level 3 inputs and include future cash flows from operations and the discount rate applied to those future cash flows, determined from a weighted-average cost of capital calculation. The future cash flows include additional key assumptions relating to revenue growth rates, margins and costs.

 

 
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8.

OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net

 

Other intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

 

           

As of May 31

 
           

2014

   

2013

 
   

Weighted Average Life (years)

   

Cost

   

Accumulated Amortization

   

Net

   

Cost

   

Accumulated Amortization

   

Net

 
                                                         

Intangible assets subject to amortization:

                                                       

Customer relationships

    20     $ 470,679       (63,989 )     406,690       465,909       (40,392 )     425,517  

Existing technology / trade names

    11       314,350       (71,246 )     243,104       291,250       (44,526 )     246,724  

Corporate trade name

    15       40,000       (7,421 )     32,579       40,000       (4,754 )     35,246  

Below market leasehold interests

    7       1,200       (449 )     751       1,200       (313 )     887  

Other intangibles

    4       399       (53 )     346       99       (20 )     79  

Total amortizable assets

            826,628       (143,158 )     683,470       798,458       (90,005 )     708,453  
                                                         

Intangible assets not subject to amortization:

                                                       

In-process research and development

            9,400       -       9,400       6,150       -       6,150  

Total non-amortizable assets

            9,400       -       9,400       6,150       -       6,150  
                                                         

Intangible assets, net

          $ 836,028       (143,158 )     692,870       804,608       (90,005 )     714,603  

 

The weighted average life for below market leasehold interests changed from 6 to 8 years as of August 31, 2013 as a result of the renewal of certain lease agreements which extended the lease terms of existing leases. The costs associated with the new leases were treated as operating expenses as incurred.

 

In fiscal 2014, it was determined that an in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) project related to our transplant and molecular diagnostics business was no longer economically feasible. And, in fiscal 2013, an IPR&D project related to our molecular immunohematology business was determined to no longer be economically feasible. These projects were therefore abandoned and fully written-off in those years. As a result, a loss of $0.2 million and $3.5 million was recorded in fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, respectively, and included in impairment loss on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

 

Also during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, certain IPR&D projects related to the development of products that detect certain types of antibodies in our serology business and a new software product suite designed specifically for transfusion medicine were completed and placed in service. As a result, $9.8 million of costs related to those projects were reclassed from the IPR&D category of other intangible assets to the existing technologies / trade names category in the table presented above. The Company began amortizing these costs over their anticipated benefit periods of approximately 10 years.

 

A portion of the Company’s customer relationships is held in functional currencies outside the U.S. Therefore, the stated cost as well as the accumulated amortization is affected by the fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates. Amortization of other intangible assets amounted to $53.0 million in fiscal 2014, $50.8 million in fiscal 2013, $39.2 million in the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and $0.9 million in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period. The following table presents an estimate of amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years (in thousands):   

 

Year Ending May 31:

       

2015

    54,772  

2016

    54,736  

2017

    54,580  

2018

    54,464  

2019

    50,541  

 

 
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DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS, net

 

Changes in deferred financing costs, net for the fiscal 2014 and 2013 periods were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

For the Years Ended May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 39,449       38,769  

Debt issuance costs

    -       11,412  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    -       (5,625 )

Amortization

    (6,333 )     (5,107 )

Balance at end of period

  $ 33,116       39,449  

 

 

Deferred financing costs are capitalized and are amortized over the life of the related debt agreements using the effective interest rate method, except the Revolving Facility which uses the straight line method.

 

Debt issuance costs, loss on extinguishment of debt, and the Revolving Facility are further detailed in Note 12.

 

 

10.

ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Salaries and wages

  $ 11,410       11,319  

Sales and other taxes payable

    4,880       5,080  

Contingent consideration liability

    -       4,504  

Other accruals

    3,381       3,411  

Royalties

    1,572       1,029  

Pricing discount to dealers

    197       363  

Professional fees and dealer commission

    1,389       948  

Medical claims liability

    887       -  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

  $ 23,716       26,654  

 

 
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DEFERRED REVENUE

 

The additions to and recognition of deferred revenue for the year ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in thousands): 

 

   

For the Years Ended May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 2,413       3,037  

Additions to deferred revenue from new contracts

    8,658       7,843  

Revenue recognized during the year

    (8,246 )     (8,496 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    74       29  

Balance at end of year

    2,899       2,413  

Less current portion

    (2,813 )     (2,252 )

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

  $ 86       161  

 

 

12.

LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands): 

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Term Loan Facility, net of $9,435 and $11,384 debt discounts, respectively

  $ 645,609       650,293  

Notes, net of $3,862 and $4,370 debt discounts, respectively

    396,138       395,630  

Capital lease agreements

    27       67  
      1,041,774       1,045,990  

Less current portion, net of discounts

    (4,591 )     (6,712 )

Long-term debt, net of current portion

  $ 1,037,183       1,039,278  

 

 

Senior Secured Credit Facilities, Security Agreement and Guaranty

 

In connection with the Immucor Acquisition on August 19, 2011, the Company entered into a credit agreement and related security and other agreements for (1) a $615.0 million senior secured term loan facility with Term B Loans (the “Original Term Loan Facility”) and (2) a $100.0 million senior secured revolving loan facility (the “Revolving Facility,” and together with the Original Term Loan Facility, the “Original Senior Credit Facilities”) with certain lenders, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and collateral agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the other agents party thereto. In addition to borrowings upon prior notice, the Revolving Facility includes borrowing capacity in the form of letters of credit and borrowings on same-day notice, referred to as swing line loans, in each case, up to $25.0 million, and is available in U.S. dollars, Euros, British Pounds, Japanese Yen, Canadian dollars and in such other currencies as the Company and the Administrative Agent under the Revolving Facility may agree (subject to a sublimit for such non-U.S. currencies).

 

On August 21, 2012, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the various lenders party thereto modified the Original Senior Credit Facilities by entering into Amendment No. 1 which replaced the existing Term B Loans with a new class of Term B-1 Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $610.4 million and lowered the interest rate on the Original Senior Credit Facilities, as amended. Amendment No. 1 also extended the maturity date of the Revolving Facility to August 19, 2017.

 

As a result of Amendment No. 1, the Company recognized a $6.7 million loss on debt extinguishment in the first quarter of the 2013 fiscal year with regards to certain portions of the deferred financing costs ($4.0 million) and original issuance discount (“OID”) ($2.7 million) related to the Original Term Loan Facility. Amendment No. 1 had no significant impact related to the Revolving Facility, as there was no change in the lenders or decrease in the Revolving Facility borrowing capacity. In addition, the Company capitalized $2.5 million of deferred financing costs associated with Amendment No. 1.

 

On January 25, 2013, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the various lenders party thereto further modified the Original Senior Credit Facilities, as previously amended, by entering into Amendment No. 2 to the credit agreement governing the Original Senior Credit Facilities. Amendment No. 2 was to become effective on the date of the closing of the LIFECODES acquisition and provided for an incremental $50.0 million of Term B-1 Loans with the same terms as the original Term Loan Facility.

  

 
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On February 19, 2013, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the various lenders party thereto modified the Original Senior Credit Facilities, as previously amended, by entering into Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 to the credit agreement governing the Original Senior Credit Facilities. Amendment No. 3 replaced the existing Term B-1 Loans with a new class of Term B-2 Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $613.3 million (the “Term Loan Facility”), including the issuance of an additional $6.0 million of Term B-2 Loans. Amendment No. 3 also lowered the interest rates on the Term B-2 Loans and removed the financial debt covenant requirement. The Term B-2 Loans mature August 19, 2018, the same maturity date as the previous Term B-1 Loans. Amendment No. 4 lowered the interest rates on the Revolving Facility. There were no other substantive changes to the Revolving Facility. The Term Loan Facility, as amended, together with the Revolving Facility, as amended, is referred to as the “Senior Credit Facilities.”

 

As a result of Amendment No. 3, the Company recognized a $2.4 million loss on debt extinguishment in the third quarter of the 2013 fiscal year with regards to certain portions of the deferred financing costs ($1.7 million) and OID ($0.7 million) related to the Original Term Loan Facility, as previously amended. Amendment No. 4 had no significant impact related to the Revolving Facility, as there was no change in the lenders or decrease in the Revolving Facility borrowing capacity. In addition, the Company capitalized $7.3 million of deferred financing costs associated with Amendments No. 3 and No. 4.

 

On February 19, 2013 and concurrent with Amendments No. 3 and No. 4, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the various lenders party thereto modified the Original Senior Credit Facilities, as previously amended, by entering into Amended and Restated Amendment No. 2. The Amended and Restated Amendment No. 2 became effective on March 22, 2013, the date of the closing of the LIFECODES Acquisition. On that date, the Company issued an additional $50.0 million in Term B-2 Loans with the same terms and maturity date as the existing Term Loan Facility. In addition, the Company capitalized $1.6 million of deferred financing costs associated with Amended and Restated Amendment No. 2.

 

The credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities provides that, subject to certain conditions, the Company may request additional tranches of term loans and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Facility and/or the Term Loan Facility and/or add one or more incremental revolving credit facility tranches (provided there are no more than three such tranches with different maturity dates outstanding at any time) in an aggregate amount not to exceed (a) $100.0 million plus (b) an unlimited amount at any time, subject to compliance on a pro forma basis with a senior secured first lien net leverage ratio of no greater than 4.00 to 1.00. Availability of such additional tranches of term loans or revolving credit loans and/or increased commitments is subject to, among other conditions, the absence of any default under the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities and the receipt of commitments by existing or additional financial institutions.

 

The Company is required to make scheduled principal payments on the last business day of each calendar quarter equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of loans under the Term Loan Facility as most recently amended with the balance due and payable on August 19, 2018. Currently scheduled principal payments are $1.7 million per quarter. The Company is also required to repay loans under the Term Loan Facility based on annual excess cash flows as defined in the credit agreement governing the Term Loan Facility and upon the occurrence of certain other events set forth in the Term Loan Facility.

 

Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bear interest at a rate per annum equal to an applicable margin plus, at the Company’s option, either (a) in the case of borrowings in U.S. dollars, a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the prime rate of Citibank, N.A., (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (3) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for U.S. dollar deposits for an interest period of one month adjusted for certain additional costs, plus 1.00% or (b) in the case of borrowings in U.S. dollars or another currency, a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for U.S. dollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs, which, in the case of the Term Loan Facility only, shall be no less than 1.25%. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Term Loan Facility is 2.75% with respect to base rate borrowings and 3.75% with respect to LIBOR borrowings. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Revolving Facility is 2.75% with respect to base rate borrowings and 3.75% with respect to LIBOR borrowings. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Revolving Facility is subject to a 0.25% step-down, when the Company’s senior secured net leverage ratio at the end of a fiscal quarter is less than or equal to 3:00 to 1:00. The interest rate on the Term Loan Facility was 5.00% as of May 31, 2014 and 2013. Including the amortization of deferred financing costs and the original issue discount, the effective interest rate on the Term Loan Facility is 6.0% for the year ended May 31, 2014. At May 31, 2014, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Facility and no outstanding letters of credit.

  

Prior to Amendment No. 1, the interest rates on the Original Term Loan Facility had a LIBOR floor of 1.50% and the applicable margin was 5.75%. The Revolving Facility’s interest rates had an applicable margin of 4.75% with respect to base rate loans and 5.75% with respect to LIBOR loans. The interest rate on the Original Term Loan Facility for all periods prior to the effective date of Amendment No. 1 was 7.25%.

  

 
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Prior to Amendments No. 3 and No. 4, the interest rates on the Original Term Loan Facility, as amended, had a LIBOR floor of 1.25% and the applicable margin was 4.50%. The Revolving Facility’s interest rates had an applicable margin of 3.50% with respect to base rate loans and 4.50% with respect to LIBOR loans. The interest rates on the Original Term Loan Facility, as amended, for all periods after the effective date of Amendment No. 1 and prior to the effective date of Amendment No. 3 was 5.75%.

 

All obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent and certain of the Company’s existing and future wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (such subsidiaries collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and are secured, subject to certain exceptions, by substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the Parent and Subsidiary Guarantors, including, in each case subject to customary exceptions and exclusions:

 

  

a first-priority pledge of all of the Company’s capital stock directly held by Parent and a first-priority pledge of all of the capital stock directly held by the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors (which pledge, in the case of the capital stock of each (a) domestic subsidiary that is directly owned by the Company or by any Subsidiary Guarantor and that is a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes and that has no material assets other than equity interests in one or more foreign subsidiaries that are controlled foreign corporations for United States federal income tax purposes or (b) foreign subsidiary, is limited to 65% of the stock of such subsidiary); and

 

  

a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the Parent’s, the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantor’s other tangible and intangible assets. Parent has no material operations or assets other than the capital stock of the Company.

 

The Senior Credit Facilities include restrictions on the Company’s ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, pay dividends (including to Parent) on or redeem or repurchase capital stock, make certain acquisitions or investments, materially change its business, incur or permit to exist certain liens, enter into transactions with affiliates or sell its assets to, or merge or consolidate with or into, another company or prepay or amend subordinated or unsecured debt.

 

Although the Parent is not generally subject to the negative covenants under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Parent is subject to a passive holding company covenant that limits its ability to engage in certain activities other than (i) owning equity interests in the Company and holding cash or property received by the Company, (ii) maintaining its legal existence and engaging in administrative matters related to being a holding company, (iii) performing its obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Senior Notes due 2019 (“Notes”) and other financings not prohibited by the Senior Credit Facilities, (iv) engaging in public offerings of its securities and other equity issuances and financing activities permitted under the Senior Credit Facilities, (v) providing indemnifications to officers and directors and (vi) engaging in activities incidental to the activities described above.

 

Amendment No. 3 also modified the financial covenant of the Senior Credit Facilities such that the financial covenant is no longer applicable to the Term Loan Facility and is only applicable to the Revolving Facility. The Company is required to comply on a quarterly basis with a maximum senior secured net leverage ratio covenant of 5.25 to 1.00 only if there are amounts outstanding under the Revolving Facility. Remedies for default under such covenant may only be exercised by the lenders under the Revolving Facility.

 

Prior to Amendment No. 3, the covenant, which applied to the Term B Loans and subsequent Term B-1 Loans, required the Company to comply with a maximum senior secured net leverage ratio financial maintenance covenant of 5.25 to 1.00, tested on the last day of each fiscal quarter. A breach of this covenant was subject to certain equity cure rights. If an event of default had occurred, the lenders could have declared all amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities immediately due and payable. In such event, the lenders could have exercised any rights and remedies they may have had by law or agreement, including the ability to cause all or any part of the collateral securing the Senior Credit Facilities to be sold.

 

The credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities also contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and provisions relating to events of default, including upon change of control and a cross-default to any other indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount of $20 million or more.

  

Indenture and the Senior Notes Due 2019

 

On August 19, 2011, the Company (as successor by merger to the Merger Sub), issued $400 million in principal amount of Notes. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 11.125% per annum, and interest is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year. Including the amortization of deferred financing costs and the original issue discount, the effective interest rate on the Notes is 11.6% for the year ended May 31, 2014. The Notes mature on August 15, 2019.

  

 
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Subject to certain exceptions, the Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s current and future wholly owned domestic restricted subsidiaries (and non-wholly owned subsidiaries if such non-wholly owned subsidiaries guarantee the Company’s or another guarantor’s other capital market debt securities) that is a guarantor of certain debt of the Company or another guarantor, including the Senior Credit Facilities. The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness that is not expressly subordinated in right of payment thereto. The Notes will be senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment thereto and effectively junior to (a) the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness, including the Senior Credit Facilities described above, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness and (b) all existing and future liabilities of the Company’s non-guarantor subsidiaries.

 

The Indenture governing the Notes contains certain customary provisions relating to events of default and covenants, including without limitation, a cross-payment default provision and cross-acceleration provision in the case of a payment default or acceleration according to the terms of any indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount of $25 million or more, restrictions on the Company’s and certain of its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur or guarantee indebtedness; pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase capital stock; prepay, redeem or repurchase certain debt; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; make investments; issue certain disqualified or preferred equity; create liens; enter into transactions with the Company’s affiliates; designate the Company’s subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; enter into agreements restricting the Company’s restricted subsidiaries’ ability to (1) pay dividends, (2) make loans to the Company or any restricted subsidiary that is a guarantor or (3) sell, lease or transfer assets to the Company or any restricted subsidiary that is a guarantor; and consolidate, merge, or transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The covenants are subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications. Certain of these covenants, excluding without limitation those relating to transactions with the Company’s affiliates and consolidation, merger, or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, will be suspended during any period of time that (1) the Notes have investment grade ratings and (2) no default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture. In the event that the Notes are downgraded to below an investment grade rating, the Company and certain subsidiaries will again be subject to the suspended covenants with respect to future events.

 

The Company is not aware of any violations of the covenants pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Notes or the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

 
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Future Commitments

 

The following is a summary of the combined principal maturities of all long-term debt and principal payments to be made under the Company’s capital lease agreements for each of the fiscal years presented in the table below (in thousands):

  

For the Year Ended May 31:

       

2015

  $ 6,653  

2016

    6,638  

2017

    6,632  

2018

    6,632  

2019

    628,516  

Thereafter

    400,000  
    $ 1,055,071  

 

Interest Expense

 

The significant components of interest expense are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

Notes, including OID amortization

  $ 45,008       44,951       35,058       -  

Term Loan Facility, including OID amortization

    35,298       38,780       37,108       -  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    6,333       5,107       3,705       -  

Interest rate swaps

    1,018       1,021       751       -  

Revolving Facility fees and interest

    507       855       425       -  

Interest accreted on contingent consideration liability

    134       -       -       -  

Other interest

    6       116       1       -  

Interest expense

  $ 88,304       90,830       77,048       -  

 

 

13.

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

 

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Unrecognized tax benefits

  $ 10,399       10,178  

Contingent consideration liability

    11,300       -  

Severance indemnity for employees

    1,384       1,222  

Interest rate swap liability

    626       1,057  

Deferred leasehold improvement incentive

    124       115  

Other long-term liabilities

  $ 23,833       12,572  

 

 
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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

In August 2011, during the Successor Period, the Company entered into floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreements for an aggregate notional amount of $320 million related to a portion of the Company’s floating rate indebtedness. The purpose of entering into these swaps was to eliminate all but small movements (due to possible differences in reset timing between the swap and the debt) in future debt interest payments and to protect the Company from variability in cash flows attributable to changes in LIBOR interest rates. The Company’s strategy is to use a pay fixed, receive floating swap to convert the current or any replacement floating rate credit facility where LIBOR is consistently applied into a USD fixed rate obligation. The only variable piece remaining is the difference in actual reset date when the swap and debt are not lined up. Consistent with the terms of the Original Term Loan Facility, these swaps included a LIBOR floor of 1.50%. These swap agreements, effective in August 2011, hedged a portion of contractual floating rate interest commitments through the expiration of the agreements in September of each year 2013 through 2016. As a result of entering into the swap agreements, the LIBOR rate associated with the hedged amount of the Company’s indebtedness was fixed at a weighted average rate of 1.80% through September 28, 2012.

 

In August 2012, the Company amended the interest rate swap agreements noted above effective on September 28, 2012. The purpose of entering into these swap agreements is to match the LIBOR floor in the swaps with the terms of the Term Loan Facility, as amended. Consistent with the terms of the Company’s Term Loan Facility, these amended swaps include a LIBOR floor of 1.25%. These swap agreements hedge a portion of contractual floating rate interest commitments through the expiration of the agreements in September of each year through 2016. As a result of the amended swap agreements, the LIBOR rate associated with the hedged amount of the Company’s indebtedness has been fixed at 1.59% after September 28, 2012.

 

As of May 31, 2014, the Company has interest rate swap agreements to hedge $240.0 million of its future interest commitments resulting from the Company’s Term Loan Facility, and to protect the Company from variability in cash flows attributable to changes in LIBOR interest rates. The purpose of entering into these swap agreements is to match the LIBOR floor in the swaps with the terms of the Term Loan Facility. Consistent with the terms of the Company’s Term Loan Facility, these swaps include a LIBOR floor of 1.25%. These swap agreements hedge a portion of contractual floating rate interest commitments through the expiration of the agreement in September of each year through 2016. As a result of these agreements, the LIBOR rate associated with the hedged amount of the Company’s indebtedness has been fixed at 1.67% until September 30, 2014.

 

The Company designated the interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges. As cash flow hedges, unrealized gains are recognized as assets while unrealized losses are recognized as liabilities. The interest rate swap agreements are highly correlated to the changes in interest rates to which the Company is exposed. Unrealized gains and losses on these swaps are designated as effective or ineffective. The effective portion of such gains or losses is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, while the ineffective portion of such gains or losses will be recorded as a component of interest expense. Future realized gains and losses in connection with each required interest payment will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to interest expense.

 

The changes in fair values of derivatives that have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss and are reclassified into interest expense in the same period the hedged item affects earnings. Due to the high degree of effectiveness between the hedging instruments and the underlying exposures being hedged, fluctuations in the value of the derivative instruments are generally offset by changes in the fair values or cash flows of the underlying exposures being hedged. The changes in the fair values of derivatives that do not qualify as effective are immediately recognized in earnings.

 

The gains and losses on derivative contracts that are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to current period earnings are included in the line item in which the hedged item is recorded in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. As of May 31, 2014, approximately $0.9 million of the deferred net loss on derivative instruments accumulated in other comprehensive income or loss is expected to be reclassified as interest expense during the next twelve months. This expectation is based on the expected timing of the occurrence of the hedged forecasted transactions.

  

 
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The fair values of the interest rate swap agreements are estimated using industry standard valuation models using market-based observable inputs, including interest rate curves (level 2). A summary of the recorded liabilities included in the consolidated balance sheets is as follows (in thousands):

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Interest rate swaps (included in other liabilities)

  $ (1,357 )     (1,906 )

  

 

The loss from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) was reclassified to the consolidated statement of operations and appears as follows (in thousands): 

 

   

Twelve Months Ended

 

 

 

2014

   

2013

 
Location of (loss) gain reclassified from AOCI into income            
                 

(Losses) gains on cash flow hedges:

               

Interest expense (effective portion)

  $ (1,001 )     (1,017 )

Interest income (expense) (ineffective portion)

  $ (10 )     (9 )

 

 

15.

FAIR VALUE

 

The Company uses a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

 

 

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

 

Level 2—Observable inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

 

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

 

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis 

 

   

As of May 31, 2014

 
   

Fair Value Measurements of Assets (Liabilities) Using

   

Carrying

 
   

(Level 1)

   

(Level 2)

   

(Level 3)

   

Amount

 
   

(in thousands of dollars)

 
                                 

Derivative instruments

  $ -       (1,357 )     -       (1,357 )

Contingent consideration liability

  $ -       -       (11,300 )     (11,300 )

 

 

   

As of May 31, 2013

 
   

Fair Value Measurements of Assets (Liabilities) Using

   

Carrying

 
   

(Level 1)

   

(Level 2)

   

(Level 3)

   

Amount

 
   

(in thousands of dollars)

 
                                 

Derivative instruments

  $ -       (1,906 )     -       (1,906 )

Contingent consideration liability

  $ -       -       (4,504 )     (4,504 )

  

 
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The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. Of the $23.6 million and $29.4 million of cash and cash equivalents at May 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, approximately 19% and 38% was located in the U.S., respectively.

 

The Company uses derivative financial instruments, primarily in the form of floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreements, in order to mitigate the risks associated with interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s floating rate indebtedness. The estimated fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments is based on quoted market prices for similar instruments (a level 2 input) and are reflected at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets. The level 2 inputs used to calculate fair value were interest rates, volatility and credit derivative markets. The Company’s current and long-term derivative financial instrument liabilities are included in accrued interest and interest rate swap liability and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

The fair value of the Company’s Notes and the Term Loan Facility (collectively referred to as the Company’s debt instruments) is estimated to be $446.3 million and $656.7 million at May 31, 2014, respectively, based on recent trades of these instruments. The fair value of the Notes and the Term Loan Facility was estimated to be $452.3 million and $669.1 million at May 31, 2013, respectively, based on the fair value of these instruments at that time.

 

Management believes that these liabilities can be liquidated without restriction.

 

The Company had a contingent consideration liability for an earn-out provision resulting from the LIFECODES acquisition completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. The fair value of this contingent consideration liability was estimated to be $4.4 million as of the acquisition date, and was determined by applying a form of the income approach (a level 3 input), based upon the probability weighted projected payment amounts discounted to present value at a rate appropriate for the risk of achieving the financial performance target. Assumptions included in the calculation were the cumulative probability of success, discount rate and time of payment. The present value of the expected payment considers the time at which the obligation was expected to be settled and a discount rate that reflects the risk associated with the performance payment. Based upon information available during fiscal 2014, management determined that the likelihood of achieving the financial performance target was lower than previously estimated and therefore the fair value of this contingent consideration liability decreased by $4.4 million in fiscal 2014. The adjustment to the estimated fair value amounts is reflected as a gain in the acquisition related items on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The contingent consideration liability was included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of May 31, 2013.

 

The Company has a contingent consideration liability for earn-out provisions resulting from the Organ-i acquisition completed on May 30, 2014. The fair value of this contingent consideration liability was estimated to be $11.3 million as of the acquisition date, and was determined by applying a form of the income approach (a level 3 input), based upon the probability weighted projected payment amounts discounted to present value at a rate appropriate for the risk of achieving the financial performance target. Assumptions included in the calculation were the cumulative probability of success, discount rate and time of payment. The present value of the expected payments considers the time at which the obligations are expected to be settled and a discount rate that reflects the risk associated with the performance payment. The contingent consideration is record as other long-term liabilities.

 

These changes in the contingent consideration liability are summarized in the following table:

 

    Twelve Months Ended  
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

 

Balance at the beginning of the period

  $ (4,504 )     -  

Additions due to acquisitions

    (11,300 )     (4,400 )

Change in fair value

    4,638       -  

Accretion of fair value

    (134 )     (104 )

Balance at the end of the period

  $ (11,300 )     (4,504 )

  

 
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16.

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is included in the Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity. The changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Pretax

   

Tax

   

After Tax

 

Year Ended May 31, 2014

                       

Foreign exchange translation adjustment

  $ 4,528       213       4,315  

Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges

    550        210       340  
    $ 5,078       423       4,655  
                         

Year Ended May 31, 2013

                       

Foreign exchange translation adjustment

  $ 1,644       -       1,644  

Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges

    287       110       177  
    $ 1,931       110       1,821  
                         

Sucessor:

                       

Period August 20, 2011 through May 31, 2012

                       

Foreign exchange translation adjustment

  $ (18,717 )     (332 )     (18,385 )

Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges

    (2,198 )     (840 )     (1,358 )
    $ (20,915 )     (1,172 )     (19,743 )
                         

Predecessor:

                       

Period June 1, 2011 through August 19, 2012

                       

Foreign exchange translation adjustment

  $ (2,153 )     -       (2,153 )
    $ (2,153 )     -       (2,153 )

 

 

At August 19, 2012, the foreign exchange translation amount included within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) was eliminated as a result of the Immucor Acquisition.

 

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (in thousands):

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
   

As of

   

As of

   

As of

   

As of

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment

  $ (12,427 )     (16,742 )     (18,385 )     14,801  

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax

    (840 )     (1,180 )     (1,358 )     -  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

  $ (13,267 )     (17,922 )     (19,743 )     14,801  

 

 
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17.

SHARE–BASED COMPENSATION

  

Successor share-based compensation

 

Plan summary

 

The IVD Holdings Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) was established in December 2011 by Holdings.  Under the 2011 Plan, awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, unrestricted stock, stock units, performance awards and any other awards that are convertible into or based on stock can be granted as incentive or compensation to employees, non-employee directors, consultants or advisors of the Company and Holdings.  The share-based compensation expense relating to awards to those persons has been pushed down from Holdings to the Company. 

 

A maximum of 514,631 shares of Holdings stock may be delivered in satisfaction of, or may underlie, awards under the 2011 Plan. Stock option awards are granted with service-based vesting conditions, and performance-based or market-based vesting conditions.  The service-based vesting options typically vest over a five year period (20% per year).  The performance-based or market-based options vest in tranches upon the achievement of certain performance or market objectives, which are measured over a three or four year period.  The stock appreciation rights vest only on the occurrence of a liquidity event.  These awards have a 10 year term.  Restricted stock unit awards typically vest over a two year period (50% per year) and do not expire. Upon vesting, restricted stock units are settled in shares of Holdings’ common stock.

 

Valuation method used and assumptions

 

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and stock appreciation rights using a Monte Carlo simulation approach. Key input assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options and stock appreciation rights include the initial value of common stock, expected term until the exercise of the equity award, the expected volatility of the equity value, risk-free rates of return and dividend yields, if any. The Company estimated the fair value of options and stock appreciation rights at the grant date using the following weighted average assumptions:

 

   

Year Ended

May 31, 2014

   

Year Ended

May 31, 2013

   

Year Ended

May 31, 2012

 
                         

Risk-free interest rate (1)

    0.42%     0.24%       0.24%  

Expected volatility (2)

    45.00%       50.00%       50.00%  

Expected life (years) (3)

    3.50       4.70       4.70  
Expected dividend yield (4)     None       None       None  

 

 

 

1.

Based on the U.S. Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT) curve in effect at the time of award.

 

2.

Expected stock price volatility is based on the average historical volatility of the Company when it was publicly traded and weekly stock returns of comparable companies during the period corresponding to the expected life of the options and stock appreciation rights.

 

3.

Represents the period of time options are expected to remain outstanding.

 

4.

The Company has not paid dividends on its common stock and does not expect to pay dividends on its common stock in the near future.

 

 
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Stock options

 

Service-based vesting conditions

  

The Company has granted awards that contain service-based vesting conditions.  These awards contain tiered vesting terms over the service period. The compensation cost for these options is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods. Activity for the service-based vesting options was as follows for the year ended May 31, 2014:

 

   

Number of Shares

   

Weighted Average Exercise Price

   

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)

   

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

(1)

 
                                 

Service-based options outstanding at June 1, 2014

    148,429     $ 100.00                  

Granted

    4,250       100.00                  

Exercised

    -       -                  

Forfeited

    (7,200 )     100.00                  

Expired or cancelled

    (4,200 )     100.00                  

Service-based options outstanding at May 31, 2014

    141,279       100.00       7.8     $ -  
                                 

Exercisable at May 31, 2014

    51,661       100.00       7.6       -  

 

 

 

(1)

The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table represents the total pre-tax amount that a participant would receive if the option had been exercised on the last day of the respective fiscal year. Options that are underwater are not included in the intrinsic value amount.

 

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of share options granted during the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 were $26.93, $27.73, and $27.73, respectively.

 

As of May 31, 2014, there was $2.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested service-based stock option awards. This compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.7 years.

 

Performance-based or market-based vesting conditions

 

The Company has granted awards that contain either performance-based or market-based conditions. Compensation cost for the performance-based or market-based stock options is recognized based on either the achievement of the performance conditions, if they are considered probable, or if they are not considered probable, on the achievement of the market based condition. Awards granted which vest upon either the satisfaction of the performance or market conditions were measured based upon the achievement of the market condition during fiscal 2014 since the Company believes that the achievement of the performance conditions are not probable. Activity for the performance-based or market-based options was as follows for the year ended May 31, 2014:

 

 
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Number of Shares

   

Weighted Average Exercise Price

   

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)

   

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

(1)

 
                                 

Performance or market-based options outstanding at June 1, 2014

    141,529     $ 100.00                  

Granted

    4,250       100.00                  

Exercised

    -       -                  

Forfeited

    (9,500 )     100.00                  

Expired or cancelled

    -       -                  

Performance or market-based options outstanding at May 31, 2014

    136,279       100.00       7.8     $ -  
                                 

Exercisable at May 31, 2014

    -       -       -       -  

 

 

 

(1)

The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table represents the total pre-tax amount that a participant would receive if the option had been exercised on the last day of the respective fiscal year. Options that are underwater are not included in the intrinsic value amount.

 

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of share options granted during the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 were $16.79, $20.59, and $20.59, respectively.

 

As of May 31, 2014, there was $1.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested performance-based or market-based stock option awards. This compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.2 years.

 

Restricted stock units

 

The fair value of restricted stock is estimated using the Monte Carlo simulation approach described above and is then discounted due to non-marketability. The following is a summary of the changes in unvested restricted stock units for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014:

 

   

Number of

Shares

   

Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value

 

Nonvested restricted stock units outstanding at June 1, 2014

    2,900     $ 78.64  

Granted

    1,600       90.72  

Vested

    (2,100 )     78.64  

Forfeited

    -       -  

Nonvested restricted stock units outstanding at May 31, 2014

    2,400       86.93  

 

As of May 31, 2014, there was $0.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock awards. This compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the weighted average period of approximately 1.4 years.

 

Stock appreciation rights

 

The stock appreciation rights granted contain both a performance and a market condition and are cash settled so require liability classification.  The market condition is a defined return to investors and was incorporated into the grant date fair value calculation.  The performance condition is only met upon a liquidity event. As of May 31, 2014, management has determined that the satisfaction of that performance condition is not considered probable. Therefore, no expense or liability has been recognized.

 

 
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The following is a summary of the changes in cash-settled stock appreciation rights for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014:

 

   

Number of

Shares

   

Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value

 

Stock appreciation rights outstanding at June 1, 2014

    127,300     $ 20.59  

Granted

    47,200       16.79  

Vested

    -       -  

Forfeited

    (27,300 )     16.79  

Cancelled/Expired

    -       -  

Stock appreciation rights outstanding at May 31, 2014

    147,200       16.79  

 

As of May 31, 2014, the fair value of the liability relating to cash settled stock appreciation rights was $2.5 million.

 

Shares available for future grants

 

As of May 31, 2014, a total of 84,573 shares were available for future grants under the 2011 Plan.

 

 

Predecessor share-based compensation

 

Plan summary

 

The Company had a Long-Term Incentive Plan that was approved by the shareholders in 2005 (the “2005 Plan”). Under the 2005 Plan, the Company was able to award stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred stock, and other performance-based awards as incentive and compensation to employees and directors. The 2005 Plan provided for accelerated vesting of option and restricted stock awards if there was a change in control, as defined in the 2005 Plan. The 2005 Plan was terminated effective upon the Immucor Acquisition and no awards are currently outstanding or may be granted in the future under the 2005 Plan.

 

Plan activity

 

In an annual group grant in June 2011, the Company issued 162,535 performance based units and 228,890 restricted stock units with a grant date fair value of $19.85. These units had an original vesting period of three years.

 

 

Compensation expense of predecessor and successor

 

Share-based compensation of the Predecessor reflects the fair value of employee share-based awards, including options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance units, which were typically recognized as expense on a straight line basis over the requisite service period of the award.

 

Immediately prior to the Immucor Acquisition, all outstanding awards became fully vested and the unrecognized compensation expense was recognized.

 

Share-based compensation of the Successor reflects the fair value of employee share-based awards, including both performance and service vested. For service- vested awards, the expense is typically recognized on a straight line basis over the requisite service period. For performance-vested awards, the expense is recognized when the achievement of the performance conditions is considered probable.

  

 
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A summary of share-based compensation recorded in the Successor and Predecessor statements of operations is as follows (in thousands):

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
    Year Ended    

Through

   

Through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

Share-based compensation

  $ 1,512     $ 1,423       753       16,233  

Tax benefit

    (584 )     (549 )     (264 )     (5,682 )

Share-based compensation, net

    928       874       489       10,551  

 

 

18.

INCOME TAXES

 

As a result of the Immucor Acquisition, effective on August 20, 2011, the Company is included in the consolidated income tax returns of Holdings. In accordance with GAAP, allocation of the consolidated income tax expense (benefit) is necessary when separate financial statements are prepared for affiliates. The Company uses a method that allocates current and deferred taxes to members of the consolidated group by applying the liability method to each member as if it were a separate taxpayer. As of May 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had no amounts due to or from Holdings related to income taxes.

 

Also, as a result of the Immucor Acquisition, the Company had a short tax year that coincided with the Predecessor period ending August 19, 2011. As such, the income tax provision for the Predecessor period reflects the income tax results that were expected to be reported on the short period income tax returns for the tax year ending August 19, 2011.

 

The following is a geographic breakdown of (loss) income before income taxes (in thousands):

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

Domestic operations

  $ (210,354 )     (74,451 )     (69,012 )     (10,820 )

Foreign operations

    12,181       10,743       (12,181 )     7,127  

(Loss) income before income taxes

  $ (198,173 )     (63,708 )     (81,193 )     (3,693 )

 

 
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The (benefit) provision for income taxes is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 

Current:

                               

Federal

  $ 321       403       700       3,161  

State and Local

    914       69       143       673  

Foreign

    4,107       4,434       3,706       2,823  
      5,342       4,906       4,549       6,657  
                                 

Non-Current:

                               

Federal

    (298 )     (899 )     328       -  

State and Local

    -       -       -       -  

Foreign

    -       -       -       -  
      (298 )     (899 )     328       -  
                                 

Deferred:

                               

Federal

    (19,030 )     (26,319 )     (31,946 )     (3,429 )

State and Local

    (1,092 )     (1,522 )     (1,639 )     (494 )

Foreign

    (838 )     (732 )     (2,838 )     (53 )
      (20,960 )     (28,573 )     (36,423 )     (3,976 )

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

  $ (15,916 )     (24,566 )     (31,546 )     2,681  

 

 

The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate as follows:

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 
                                 

Federal statutory tax rate

    35.0 %     35.0       35.0       35.0  

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

    0.8       3.7       1.5       1.5  

Foreign taxes

    (0.1 )     (0.9 )     (0.9 )     (37.2 )

Incremental U.S. benefit related to foreign dividends

    0.4       0.8       3.5       (9.8 )

Tax Credits

    0.2       1.9       0.4       3.1  

Permanent items

    (0.3 )     (1.3 )     (0.2 )     (66.7 )

Impairment of Goodwill

    (28.3 )     -       -       -  

Acquistion-related items

    0.8       -       -       -  

Change in analysis of uncertain income tax positions

    (0.1 )     0.9       (0.3 )     1.5  

Valuation Allowance

    (0.4 )     (1.5 )     -       -  

Other

    -       -       (0.1 )     -  

Effective tax rate

    8.0 %     38.6       38.9       (72.6 )

 

The difference between the federal statutory rate of 35% and the effective tax rate for fiscal 2014 primarily relates to the following: (1) the impairment of Goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes, (2) the gain on acquisition-related item is not taxable, (3) a portion of the Company’s income is subject to tax in various tax jurisdictions with tax rates which differ from the U.S. statutory tax rate, (3) the impact of recording U.S. income taxes associated with current and future distributions of foreign earnings, (4) changes in discrete tax items recognized during the period based on enacted tax laws, and (5) the expiration of the statute of limitations for the benefits associated with uncertain tax positions.

 

The difference between the federal statutory rate of 35% and the effective tax rate for fiscal 2013 primarily relates to state income taxes and tax credits net of the changes in the valuation allowance.

 

The difference between the federal statutory rate of 35% and the effective tax rate for the Successor fiscal 2012 period primarily relates to state income taxes, foreign dividends and foreign tax credits. The difference between the federal statutory rate and the effective tax rate for the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period primarily relates to the income taxes associated with the repatriation of foreign earnings in excess of foreign tax credits earned, the non-deductibility of certain transaction costs, and state income taxes.

  

 
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Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of: (a) temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and income tax purposes; and (b) net operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. In accounting for the Immucor Acquisition, the Company recorded deferred tax liabilities of approximately $291.9 million associated with acquired intangible assets that have no income tax basis. These liabilities were offset by deferred tax assets primarily associated with net operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. In accounting for LIFECODES acquisition, the Company recorded deferred tax liabilities of approximately $12.7 million associated with acquired intangible assets that have no income tax basis. These liabilities were offset by deferred tax assets primarily associated with reserves and state tax credit carry-forwards. In accounting for the Organ-i acquisition, the Company recorded deferred tax liabilities of approximately $10.2 million primarily associated with acquired intangible assets that have no income tax basis. These liabilities were offset by deferred tax assets primarily associated with net operating loss carry-forwards.

 

The significant items comprising the Company’s net deferred tax assets (liabilities) as of May 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Years Ended May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

               

Intangibles

  $ (260,981 )     (269,972 )

Interest expense

    (11,291 )     (13,685 )

Property and equipment

    (2,224 )     (4,765 )

Transfer pricing

    (238 )     (2,022 )

Prepaids and other

    (492 )     (309 )

Deferred tax assets:

               

Tax credit carry-forwards

    32,632       30,797  

Capitalized research

    15,122       -  

Net operating loss carry-forwards

    6,793       27,532  

Compensation expense

    3,543       3,002  

Inventory

    3,351       1,894  

Reserves not currently deductible

    1,110       1,194  

Other

    1,526       3,640  
      (211,149 )     (222,694 )

Valuation Allowance

    (3,962 )     (3,234 )

Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)

  $ (215,111 )     (225,928 )

 

 

As of May 31, 2014 and 2013, net deferred tax liabilities located in countries outside the U.S. were $10.7 million and $10.9 million, respectively.

 

The Company is subject to taxation in the U.S. and various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Company’s largest foreign tax jurisdictions are Canada, Germany and Italy. The Company’s U.S. tax returns for all fiscal years beginning after May 31, 2009 remain subject to examination by various tax authorities. As of May 31, 2014, $8.7 million of Federal net operating loss carry-forwards were available to reduce future U.S. Federal taxable income. These net operating loss carry-forwards begin to expire in fiscal 2025. The Company has $25.7 million of foreign tax credit carry-forwards which expire between fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2024. The Company has $4.1 million of research and development credits which expire between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2034. Certain portions of the Federal net operating loss and certain tax credit carry-forwards are subject to annual limitations on their usage resulting from the BioArray acquisition in fiscal 2008 and the Organ-i acquisition in fiscal 2014.

 

In September 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations addressing the acquisition, production and improvement of tangible property, and also proposed regulations addressing the disposition of property. These regulations are effective for tax years beginning after January 1, 2014. The Company has analyzed the expected impact of these regulations on the Company and concluded that the expected impact is minimal. The Company will continue to monitor the impact of any future changes to these regulations and any changes will be reported prospectively.

  

 
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In the Predecessor period, the Company considered its investment in foreign subsidiaries to be permanently invested. Accordingly, no deferred tax liabilities were provided for its investments in foreign subsidiaries. Subsequent to the Immucor Acquisition, the Company no longer considers itself to be permanently reinvested with respect to its accumulated and unrepatriated earnings as well as the future earnings of each foreign subsidiary. During fiscal 2014, the Company recorded a deferred tax liability associated with unremitted foreign earnings of certain subsidiaries. At May 31, 2013, the Company’s unremitted foreign earnings resulted in a net deferred tax asset. Accordingly, the Company did not provide for any deferred income taxes related to unremitted foreign earnings during fiscal 2013. The Company considers its equity investment in each foreign subsidiary to be permanently reinvested and thus has not recorded a deferred tax liability on such amounts.

 

The Company has net operating loss carry-forwards of $3.4 million in Belgium and $1.2 million in France. The net operating loss carry-forwards for Belgium and France do not expire. Prior to August 19, 2011, the Company had provided a full valuation allowance against these net operating loss carry-forwards. As a result of the Immucor Acquisition, deferred tax liabilities were recorded in both Belgium and France for certain intangible assets that are deductible for accounting purposes but not for income tax purposes. As a result, a portion of the valuation allowance in Belgium and the full valuation allowance in France was released through purchase accounting.

 

Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized. The Company’s valuation allowances are primarily related to deferred tax assets generated from certain foreign net operating losses, state net operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. Current evidence does not suggest the Company will realize sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character within the carry-forward period to allow us to realize these deferred tax benefits. If the Company were to identify tax planning strategies that become available in the future to recover these deferred tax assets or generate sufficient income of the appropriate character in these jurisdictions in the future, it could lead to the reversal of these valuation allowances and a reduction of income tax expense. The Company believes that it will generate sufficient future taxable income to realize the tax benefits related to the remaining net deferred tax assets.

 

An analysis of the Company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance is as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Years Ended May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Balance, beginning of period

  $ 3,234       1,888  

Change due to acquisitions

    -       362  

Additions

    1,111       984  

Reductions

    (367 )     -  

Other

    (16 )     -  

Balance, end of period

  $ 3,962       3,234  

 

 

The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total tax liability for unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

 

   

Years Ended May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 
                 

Balance, beginning of period

  $ 12,729       13,597  

Change due to Acquisitions

    -       324  

Gross (decreases)increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period

    (35 )     172  

Gross increases(decreases) in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during current period

    788       1,690  

Reductions to unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the applicable statute of limitations

    (619 )     (3,054 )

Balance, end of period

  $ 12,863       12,729  

 

 

The Company does not anticipate that within the next twelve months the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease. The total balance of unrecognized tax benefits at May 31, 2014 is $14.5 million, including accrued interest. Of this amount, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized, is $14.2 million.

  

 
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Approximately $10.4 million of the unrecognized tax benefit is reflected as a non-current liability as it is unlikely to require payment during the twelve-month period ending May 31, 2015. The remaining $4.1 million is included in non-current deferred tax liabilities. At May 31, 2013, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest, of $10.2 million was included as a non-current liability and $3.8 million was included in non-current deferred tax liabilities.

 

As of May 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had recorded accrued interest related to the unrecognized tax benefits of $1.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively. During fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, the Successor period ended May 31, 2012 and the Predecessor period ended August 19, 2011, the Company recognized income tax expense of $0.3 million, $0.1 million, $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, due to the increase in the reserves for interest. The Company has not accrued penalties since adoption of the update to ASC 740, “Income Taxes.”

 

At May 31, 2014 and 2013, other assets in the consolidated balance sheets include $6.7 million and $6.2 million, respectively, of competent authority offsets related to transfer pricing. Competent authority offsets represent anticipated refunds from bilateral agreements between the taxing authorities of two countries which eliminates double taxation by treaty. For Immucor, this competent authority offset represents anticipated refunds by taxing authorities that will offset potential uncertain tax positions related to transfer pricing.

 

 

19.

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

 

The Company determines operating segments in accordance with its internal operating structure, which is organized based upon product groups. Each segment is separately managed and is evaluated primarily upon operating results. The Company has two operating segments, the Transfusion segment and the Transplant & Molecular segment, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment.

 

The Company manufactures and markets a complete line of diagnostics products and automated systems used primarily by hospitals, donor centers and reference laboratories in a number of tests performed to detect and identify certain properties of human blood and human tissue to ensure the most compatible match between patient and donor. These tests are performed for the purpose of blood transfusion, pre-transplant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing and screening processes as well as post-transplant patient monitoring to aid in the identification of graft rejection.

 

The Company operates in various geographies. These geographic markets are comprised of the United States, Europe, Canada and other international markets. Major international markets include the BRIC region (countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China), the Asia Pacific region, and Mexico. These products are marketed globally, both directly to the end user and through established distributors.

 

Accounting policies for segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

 

The following segment data is presented for the twelve months ended May 31, 2014, May 31, 2013, and May 31, 2012 (separated into Predecessor and Successor periods) as follows (in thousands):

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
   

Year Ended

   

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 

Net sales by product group:

                               

Transfusion

  $ 330,547       330,931       257,046       73,632  

Transplant & Molecular

    57,509       16,857       4,768       1,278  

Total

  $ 388,056       347,788       261,814       74,910  

 

 
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Following is a summary of enterprise-wide information (in thousands):

 

                   

Successor

   

Predecessor

 
                   

August 20, 2011

   

June 1, 2011

 
    Year Ended    

through

   

through

 
   

May 31, 2014

   

May 31, 2013

   

May 31, 2012

   

August 19, 2011

 

Net sales to customers by geography are as follows:

                               

United States

  $ 239,204       229,944       173,918       50,988  

Europe (A)

    79,219       63,643       49,486       14,180  

Canada

    19,127       19,985       14,349       3,907  

Other

    50,506       34,216       24,061       5,835  

Total

  $ 388,056       347,788       261,814       74,910  

 

Net sales are attributed to individual countries based on the customer's country of origin at the time of the sale and where the  Company has an operating entity.

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 

Long-lived assets (excluding goodwill and intangibles) by geography:

               

United States

  $ 54,066       57,184  

Europe (B)

    15,725       13,399  

Canada

    4,517       4,511  

Other (C)

    2,003       1,287  

Total

  $ 76,311       76,381  

 

   

As of May 31

 
   

2014

   

2013

 

Concentration of net assets by geography:

               

United States

  $ 299,948       485,968  

Europe

    123,095       114,740  

Canada

    32,802       32,910  

Other (C)

    12,771       11,088  

Total

  $ 468,616       644,706  

 

(A) – Net sales to any individual country within Europe were not material to the Company’s consolidated net sales.

(B) – Long-lived assets located in any individual country within Europe were not material to the Company's consolidated long-lived assets.

(C) – Primarily Japan and India.

 

Sales to an individual customer did not exceed more than 10% of our annual net sales during any of the years ended May 31, 2014, May 31, 2013, or the Successor and Predecessor fiscal 2012 periods.

 

 

20.

RETIREMENT PLAN

 

The Company maintains a 401(k) retirement plan covering its U.S. employees who meet the plan requirements. The Company matches a portion of employee contributions, which vest immediately. The Company matched contributions to the plan of $1.9 million during fiscal 2014, $1.6 million during fiscal 2013, $1.0 million during the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and $0.4 million during the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period.

 

The Company’s Canadian affiliate maintains a defined contribution pension plan covering all Canadian employees, except temporary employees. The Company matches a portion of employee contributions to the plan, and each employee vests in the Company’s matching contributions once they have been a participant continuously for two years. The Company’s matching contributions to the plan were $0.1 million for fiscal 2014, $0.1 million for fiscal 2013, and less than $0.1 million for each of the Successor fiscal 2012 period and the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period.

  

 
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21.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES

 

The Company has certain outstanding indebtedness that is guaranteed by its U.S. subsidiaries. However, the indebtedness is not guaranteed by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. The guarantor subsidiaries are all wholly owned and the guarantees are made on a joint and several basis and are full and unconditional. Separate consolidated financial statements of the guarantor subsidiaries have not been presented because management believes that such information would not be material to investors. However, condensed consolidating financial information is presented. The condensed consolidating financial information of the Company is as follows:

 

 

Balance Sheets 

 

IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

May 31, 2014


(in thousands)

 

   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantors

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

ASSETS

                                       
                                         

CURRENT ASSETS:

                                       

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 4,863       (409 )     19,167       -       23,621  

Accounts receivable, net

    29,558       5,137       34,934       -       69,629  

Intercompany receivable

    57,167       15,058       6,548       (78,773 )     -  

Inventories

    20,733       17,358       13,184       (2,124 )     49,151  

Deferred income tax assets, current portion

    4,160       2,807       464       820       8,251  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    6,228       470       5,884       -       12,582  

Total current assets

    122,709       40,421       80,181       (80,077 )     163,234  
                                         

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

    37,963       16,103       22,245       -       76,311  

INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES

    247,567       5,021       3,114       (255,702 )     -  

GOODWILL

    743,512       47,877       60,174       -       851,563  

OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net

    586,243       63,474       43,153       -       692,870  

DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS, net

    33,116       -       -       -       33,116  

OTHER ASSETS

    6,721       260       339       -       7,320  

Total assets

  $ 1,777,831       173,156       209,206       (335,779 )     1,824,414  
                                         

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

                                       
                                         

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

                                       

Accounts payable

  $ 6,805       5,945       2,915       -       15,665  

Intercompany payable

    99       69,999       8,675       (78,773 )     -  

Accrued interest and interest swap liability

    19,605       -       -       -       19,605  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    8,681       4,950       10,085       -       23,716  

Income taxes payable

    30,785       (29,698 )     3,840       -       4,927  

Deferred revenue, current portion

    1,269       12       1,532       -       2,813  

Current portion of long-term debt, net of debt discounts

    4,580       11       -       -       4,591  

Total current liabilities

    71,824       51,219       27,047       (78,773 )     71,317  
                                         

LONG-TERM DEBT, net of debt discounts

    1,037,168       15       -       -       1,037,183  

DEFERRED REVENUE

    14       -       72       -       86  

DEFERRED INCOME TAX LIABILITIES

    201,184       10,157       12,038       -       223,379  

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

    11,025       11,425       1,383       -       23,833  

Total liabilities

    1,321,215       72,816       40,540       (78,773 )     1,355,798  

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

                                       

Total shareholders' equity

    456,616       100,340       168,666       (257,006 )     468,616  

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

  $ 1,777,831       173,156       209,206       (335,779 )     1,824,414  

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS

May 31, 2013


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantors

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

ASSETS

                                       
                                         

CURRENT ASSETS:

                                       

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 6,971       4,107       18,310       -       29,388  

Accounts receivable, net

    26,517       5,552       36,017       -       68,086  

Intercompany receivable

    54,443       7,961       4,313       (66,717 )     -  

Inventories

    18,551       15,897       12,978       (1,485 )     45,941  

Deferred income tax assets, current portion

    3,098       1,097       533       562       5,290  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    6,360       483       4,734       -       11,577  

Total current assets

    115,940       35,097       76,885       (67,640 )     160,282  
                                         

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

    40,124       17,060       19,197       -       76,381  

INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARIES

    248,150       5,743       4       (253,897 )     -  

GOODWILL

    903,802       41,763       57,898       -       1,003,463  

OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net

    634,194       39,523       40,886       -       714,603  

DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS, net

    39,449       -       -       -       39,449  

OTHER ASSETS

    6,203       184       405       -       6,792  

Total assets

  $ 1,987,862       139,370       195,275       (321,537 )     2,000,970  
                                         

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

                                       
                                         

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

                                       

Accounts payable

  $ 7,587       3,315       2,736       -       13,638  

Intercompany payable

    424       59,347       7,440       (67,211 )     -  

Accrued interest and interest rate swap liability

    20,084       -       -       -       20,084  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    11,653       5,290       9,711       -       26,654  

Income taxes payable

    30,879       (30,457 )     3,451       -       3,873  

Deferred revenue, current portion

    1,086       6       1,160       -       2,252  

Current portion of long term debt, net of debt discounts

    6,673       39       -       -       6,712  

Total current liabilities

    78,386       37,540       24,498       (67,211 )     73,213  
                                         

LONG TERM DEBT, net of debt discounts

    1,039,250       28       -       -       1,039,278  

DEFERRED REVENUE

    62       -       99       -       161  

DEFERRED INCOME TAX LIABILITIES

    214,222       4,861       11,957       -       231,040  

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

    11,236       114       1,222       -       12,572  

Total liabilities

    1,343,156       42,543       37,776       (67,211 )     1,356,264  

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

                                       

Total shareholders' equity

    644,706       96,827       157,499       (254,326 )     644,706  

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

  $ 1,987,862       139,370       195,275       (321,537 )     2,000,970  

 

 
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Statements of Operations Year to Date

 

IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended May 31, 2014


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantors

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

NET SALES

  $ 251,079       55,457       149,725       (68,205 )     388,056  

COST OF SALES (exclusive of amortization shown separately below)

    82,485       32,936       92,418       (68,205 )     139,634  

GROSS MARGIN

    168,594       22,521       57,307       -       248,422  
                                         

OPERATING EXPENSES:

                                       

Research and development

    13,514       15,180       376       -       29,070  

Selling and marketing

    24,701       9,188       25,168       -       59,057  

Distribution

    11,199       1,484       7,482       -       20,165  

General and administrative

    25,412       7,362       8,829       -       41,603  

Amortization expense

    47,883       2,700       2,382       -       52,965  

Acquisition-related items

    (4,638 )     -       -       -       (4,638 )

Impairment loss

    160,000       150       -       -       160,150  

Total operating expenses

    278,071       36,064       44,237       -       358,372  
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

    (109,477 )     (13,543 )     13,070       -       (109,950 )
                                         

NON-OPERATING (EXPENSE) INCOME:

                                       

Interest income

    -       8       84       (56 )     36  

Interest expense

    (88,314 )     -       (46 )     56       (88,304 )

Other, net

    819       153       (927 )     -       45  

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (87,495 )     161       (889 )     -       (88,223 )
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

    (196,972 )     (13,382 )     12,181       -       (198,173 )

(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

    (14,381 )     (5,060 )     3,525       -       (15,916 )

NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE EARNINGS OF CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

    (182,591 )     (8,322 )     8,656       -       (182,257 )

Net (loss) income of consolidated subsidiaries

    334       -       -       (334 )     -  

NET (LOSS) INCOME

  $ (182,257 )     (8,322 )     8,656       (334 )     (182,257 )

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended May 31, 2013


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantors

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

NET SALES

  $ 256,676       15,835       124,465       (49,188 )     347,788  

COST OF SALES (exclusive of amortization shown separately below)

    84,320       11,056       73,839       (49,188 )     120,027  

GROSS MARGIN

    172,356       4,779       50,626       -       227,761  
                                         

OPERATING EXPENSES:

                                       

Research and development

    13,428       7,850       35       -       21,313  

Selling and marketing

    25,611       3,632       20,886       -       50,129  

Distribution

    11,599       421       6,698       -       18,718  

General and administrative

    26,143       6,673       9,985       -       42,801  

Amortization expense

    47,820       663       2,282       -       50,765  

Acquisition-related items

    2,616       -       -       -       2,616  

Impairment loss

    3,500       -       -       -       3,500  

Loss on disposition of fixed assets

    1,175       -       -       -       1,175  

Total operating expenses

    131,892       19,239       39,886       -       191,017  
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

    40,464       (14,460 )     10,740       -       36,744  
                                         

NON-OPERATING (EXPENSE) INCOME:

                                       

Interest income

    -       -       97       (69 )     28  

Interest expense

    (90,875 )     (2 )     (22 )     69       (90,830 )

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    (9,111 )     -       -       -       (9,111 )

Other, net

    (1,043 )     (84 )     588       -       (539 )

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (101,029 )     (86 )     663       -       (100,452 )
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

    (60,565 )     (14,546 )     11,403       -       (63,708 )

(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

    (23,783 )     (4,773 )     3,990       -       (24,566 )

NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE EARNINGS OF CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

    (36,782 )     (9,773 )     7,413       -       (39,142 )

Net (Loss) Income of consolidated subsidiaries

    (2,360 )     -       -       2,360       -  

NET (LOSS) INCOME

  $ (39,142 )     (9,773 )     7,413       2,360       (39,142 )

  

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

August 20, 2011 through May 31, 2012


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Successor

 
   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantor

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

NET SALES

  $ 195,377       4,087       97,528       (35,178 )     261,814  

COST OF SALES (exclusive of amortization shown separately below)

    73,109       3,844       63,923       (35,178 )     105,698  

GROSS MARGIN

    122,268       243       33,605       -       156,116  
                                         

OPERATING EXPENSES:

                                       

Research and development

    7,724       6,113       92       -       13,929  

Selling and marketing

    17,868       1,654       13,391       -       32,913  

Distribution

    8,697       137       5,499       -       14,333  

General and administrative

    26,850       1,682       9,784       -       38,316  

Amortization of intangibles

    37,173       161       1,890       -       39,224  

Certain litigation expenses

    22,000       -       -       -       22,000  

Total operating expenses

    120,312       9,747       30,656       -       160,715  
                                         

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS

    1,956       (9,504 )     2,949       -       (4,599 )
                                         

NON-OPERATING (EXPENSE) INCOME:

                                       

Interest income

    -       -       89       (82 )     7  

Interest expense

    (77,066 )     -       (64 )     82       (77,048 )

Other, net

    406       -       41               447  

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (76,660 )     -       66       -       (76,594 )
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

    (74,704 )     (9,504 )     3,015       -       (81,193 )

(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

    (29,426 )     (3,275 )     1,155       -       (31,546 )

NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE EARNINGS OF CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

    (45,278 )     (6,229 )     1,860       -       (49,647 )

Net (Loss) Income of consolidated subsidiaries

    (4,369 )     -       -       4,369       -  

NET (LOSS) INCOME

  $ (49,647 )     (6,229 )     1,860       4,369       (49,647 )

 

 

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

June 1, 2011 through August 19, 2011


(in thousands)

 

   

Predecessor

 
   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantor

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

NET SALES

  $ 55,063       980       26,648       (7,781 )     74,910  

COST OF SALES (exclusive of amortization shown separately below)

    17,070       722       12,944       (7,781 )     22,955  

GROSS MARGIN

    37,993       258       13,704       -       51,955  
                                         

OPERATING EXPENSES:

                                       

Research and development

    2,390       2,471       34       -       4,895  

Selling and marketing

    5,321       568       4,621       -       10,510  

Distribution

    2,331       34       1,587       -       3,952  

General and administrative

    33,903       657       3,615       -       38,175  

Amortization of intangibles

    117       757       57       -       931  

Total operating expenses

    44,062       4,487       9,914       -       58,463  
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

    (6,069 )     (4,229 )     3,790       -       (6,508 )
                                         

NON-OPERATING (EXPENSE) INCOME:

                                       

Interest income

    46       -       117       (21 )     142  

Interest expense

    -       -       (21 )     21       -  

Other, net

    (246 )     14       2,905       -       2,673  

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (200 )     14       3,001       -       2,815  
                                         

(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

    (6,269 )     (4,215 )     6,791       -       (3,693 )

(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

    1,497       (1,598 )     2,782       -       2,681  

NET (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE EARNINGS OF CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

    (7,766 )     (2,617 )     4,009       -       (6,374 )

Net (Loss) Income of consolidated subsidiaries

    1,392       -       -       (1,392 )     -  

NET (LOSS) INCOME

  $ (6,374 )     (2,617 )     4,009       (1,392 )     (6,374 )

 

 
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Statements of Cash Flows

 

IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING CASH FLOW INFORMATION

For the Year Ended May 31, 2014


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Successor

 
   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantors

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 15,530       (1,540 )     12,221       (610 )     25,601  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    1,209       (14,972 )     (11,233 )     (197 )     (25,193 )

Net cash used in financing activities

    (6,633 )     (40 )     (786 )     785       (6,674 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (179 )     -       656       22       499  

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    9,927       (16,552 )     858       -       (5,767 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    6,971       4,107       18,310       -       29,388  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 16,898       (12,445 )     19,168       -       23,621  

 

  

IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING CASH FLOW INFORMATION

For the Year Ended May 31, 2013


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Successor

 
   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantors

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 4,690       6,423       13,534       (113 )     24,534  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (86,490 )     (2,164 )     (5,747 )     -       (94,401 )

Net cash provided by ( used in) financing activities

    80,840       (8 )     -       -       80,832  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    (162 )     -       (106 )     113       (155 )

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

    (1,122 )     4,251       7,681       -       10,810  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    8,093       (144 )     10,629       -       18,578  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 6,971       4,107       18,310       -       29,388  

  

 
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IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING CASH FLOW INFORMATION

August 20, 2011 through May 31, 2012


(in thousands)

 

 

   

Successor

 
   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantor

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

  $ (15,073 )     903       18,080       (13,503 )     (9,593 )

Net cash used in investing activities

    (1,943,229 )     (814 )     (1,407 )     -       (1,945,450 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    1,652,091       -       (14,003 )     14,002       1,652,090  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    -       -       (789 )     (643 )     (1,432 )

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

    (306,211 )     89       1,881       (144 )     (304,385 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    314,304       (89 )     8,748       -       322,963  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 8,093       -       10,629       (144 )     18,578  

 

 

 

 

IMMUCOR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING CASH FLOW INFORMATION

June 1, 2011 through August 19, 2011


(in thousands)

 

   

Predecessor

 
   

Immucor, Inc.

   

Guarantor

   

Non-Guarantors

   

Eliminations

   

Total

 
                                         

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 64,243       144       (13,821 )     (24,978 )     25,588  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (393 )     (153 )     (1,719 )     -       (2,265 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    68       -       (25,085 )     25,083       66  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    -       -       (2,924 )     (105 )     (3,029 )

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    63,918       (9 )     (43,549 )     -       20,360  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    250,386       (80 )     52,297       -       302,603  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 314,304       (89 )     8,748       -       322,963  

 

 
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22.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Lease Commitments

 

In the U.S., the Company leases office, warehousing and manufacturing facilities under several operating lease agreements expiring at various dates through fiscal 2026 with a right to renew for an additional term in the case of most of the leases. Certain of these leases contain escalation clauses. Outside the U.S., the Company leases foreign office and warehouse facilities under operating lease agreements expiring at various dates through fiscal 2020. The total leasing expense for the Company was $5.5 million in fiscal 2014, $5.8 million in fiscal 2013, $3.1 million in the Successor fiscal 2012 period, and $0.9 million in the Predecessor fiscal 2012 period.

 

The following is a schedule of approximate future annual lease payments under all operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms as of May 31, 2014 (in thousands):

 

Year Ended May 31:

       

2015

  $ 4,345  

2016

    4,102  

2017

    3,774  

2018

    3,601  

2019

    3,129  

Thereafter

    12,915  
    $ 31,866  

 

Purchase Commitments

 

Purchase commitments made in the normal course of business were $46.3 million as of May 31, 2014. These purchases were primarily for inventory items. The following is a schedule of approximate future payments for purchase commitments as of May 31, 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended May 31:

       

2015

  $ 21,640  

2016

    6,823  

2017

    3,799  

2018

    3,928  

2019

    4,083  

 

Legal Proceedings

 

In 2009, securities litigation was filed in the U.S. District Court of North Georgia against the Company and certain of the Company’s former directors and officers asserting federal securities fraud claims on behalf of a putative class of purchasers of our common stock between October 19, 2005 and June 25, 2009. In June 2011 the Court dismissed the complaint and closed the case and in September 2011 the plaintiffs appealed. The Company agreed to settle these actions in December 2012 and has received preliminary approval of the settlement in March 2013. Final approval was granted in June 2013. The settlement is covered under the Company’s insurance and did not impact our financial results.

 

And, from time to time, the Company is a party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. However, the Company is not subject to any other legal proceedings expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Self-Insurance Costs

 

In fiscal 2014, the Company entered into a program to self-insure its costs related to U.S. medical employee benefits. Liabilities are recognized based on claims filed and an estimate of claims incurred but not reported. The liabilities for medical claims are accounted for on an undiscounted basis. The Company has purchased stop-loss coverage to limit its exposure on a per claim basis. The Company is insured for covered costs in excess of these per claim limits. As of May 31, 2014 the self-insured liability was approximately is $0.9 million and was included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

 
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23.

SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

 

The quarterly financial data included in the tables below are in thousands:

 

                   

Income

         

Fiscal Year

 

Net

   

Gross

   

from

   

Net

 

Ended

 

Sales

   

Margin

   

Operations

   

Loss

 
                                 

May 31, 2014

                               
                                 

First Quarter

  $ 96,044       59,993       9,990       (7,760 )

Second Quarter

    100,203       65,521       20,030       (787 )

Third Quarter

    90,979       58,620       8,834       (7,355 )

Fourth Quarter

    100,830       64,288       (148,804 )     (166,355 )
    $ 388,056       248,422       (109,950 )     (182,257 )

 

                   

Income

         

Fiscal Year

 

Net

   

Gross

   

from

   

Net

 

Ended

 

Sales

   

Margin

   

Operations

   

Loss

 
                                 

May 31, 2013

                               
                                 

First Quarter

  $ 85,154       58,053       13,942       (10,635 )

Second Quarter

    82,056       54,890       8,299       (10,399 )

Third Quarter

    86,192       56,195       12,844       (5,913 )

Fourth Quarter

    94,386       58,623       1,659       (12,195 )
    $ 347,788       227,761       36,744       (39,142 )

 

 
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Item 8. — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

 

B.

Supplementary Financial Information

 

Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule

 

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

 

Years ended May 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(in thousands)

 

   

Beginning

Balance

   

Additions

to Expense

   

Deductions

(1)

   

Other

(2)

   

Ending

Balance

 
                                         

2014

                                       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  $ 815       268       (1,934 )     1,749       898  

Deferred income tax valuation allowance

    3,234       1,111       (383 )     -       3,962  
                                         

2013

                                       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

    612       180       23        -       815  

Deferred income tax valuation allowance

    1,888       984       362        -       3,234  
                                         

Successor

                                       

2012

                                       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

    -       689       (77 )     -       612  

Deferred income tax valuation allowance

    2,312       -       (424 )     -       1,888  
                                         

Predecessor

                                       

2012

                                       

Allowance for doubtful accounts

    2,157       183       (52 )     -       2,288  

Deferred income tax valuation allowance

    2,467       -       (155 )     -       2,312  

 

 

(1)

Includes deductions, allowances written-off during the period less recoveries of accounts previously written-off, as well as the effects of changes in foreign exchange rates and changes in estimates. In 2013, the $362,000 of deferred income tax valuation allowance represents the beginning balances acquired in the LIFECODES acquisition.

(2) Represents valuation allowance to show gross receivables and related allowances at their net fair value at the time of acquisition, now reversed as the related receivables have been collected.

 

 

 

Item 9. — Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

Not applicable.

  

 
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Item 9A. — Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Based on their evaluation as of May 31, 2014, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

 

(b) Changes in Internal Control

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended May 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

(c) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

The management of Immucor is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2014. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation, and may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Immucor’s management performed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2014, using the criteria described in “Internal Control—1992 Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). The objective of this assessment is to determine whether the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of May 31, 2014. Immucor’s management has concluded that, as of May 31, 2014, its internal control over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of its financial reporting and the preparation of its financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

 

Item 9B. — Other Information.

 

Not applicable.

  

 
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PART III

 

Item 10. — Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

Board of Directors

 

The board of directors of IVD Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”), the indirect parent of the Company, manages the affairs of the Company. All references to the “Board of Directors” refer to the board of directors of Holdings. Set forth below are the names, ages and biographical information of the current directors of Holdings. William Hawkins, Jeffrey Rhodes and Todd Sisitsky are also directors of the Company.

 

Name of

Director

 

Age

Position and Biographical information

Jeffrey K. Rhodes

 

39

Mr. Rhodes has been a director of Holdings and the Company since August 2011.   Mr. Rhodes was a Principal at the Sponsor beginning 2005 and became a Partner in 2014. He serves on the board of directors of Biomet, EnvisionRX, Par Pharmaceutical Companies, IMS Health and Surgical Care Affiliates. We believe Mr. Rhodes is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his financial expertise as well as his experience as a director of other privately held companies in the healthcare industry.

       

Todd B. Sisitsky

 

42

Mr. Sisitsky has been a director of Holdings and the Company since August 2011. Mr. Sisitsky has been a Partner of the Sponsor since 2007 and was an Investor at the Sponsor from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Sisitsky serves on the board of directors of Biomet, Healthscope, IASIS Healthcare Corp., Surgical Care Affiliates, IMS Health, Aptalis Pharma and Par Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Sisitsky also serves on the board of directors of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and on the Dartmouth Medical School Board of Overseers. We believe Mr. Sisitsky is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his financial expertise as well as his experience as a director of other privately held companies in the healthcare industry.

       

William A. Hawkins

 

60

Mr. Hawkins, a director of Holdings and the Company since October 2011, has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since he joined the Company in October 2011. From 2002 to June 2011, Mr. Hawkins served in a variety of executive capacities, including Chairman and CEO, at Medtronic, Inc. Mr. Hawkins serves on the board of KeraNetics, Thoratec and AdvaMedDx. Mr. Hawkins also serves on the Duke University Board of Trustees and the board of the Duke University Health System. We believe Mr. Hawkins is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive experience, executive leadership and management experience in other companies in the healthcare industry.

       

Scott Garrett 

 

64

Mr. Garrett has been a director of Holdings since January 2012. Mr. Garrett is a Senior Operating Partner with Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. From 2005 to 2010 Mr. Garrett was the Chief Executive Officer of Beckman Coulter, a leading biomedical testing company.  Mr. Garrett currently serves on the boards of Hologic, Inc., Oregentec, Inc., MarketLab, Inc. and AdvaMedDx. Until 2010 Mr. Garrett served on the boards of Beckman Coulter, AdvaMed and InHealth. We believe Mr. Garrett is qualified to serve as a director given his extensive healthcare and industry experience.

       

David A. Kessler, M.D.

 

63

Dr. Kessler has been a director of Holdings since January 2012. Dr. Kessler is currently Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Kessler was Commissioner of the FDA from 1990-1997. He was Dean of the School of Medicine and the Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs at UCSF from 2003 through 2007. Dr. Kessler has served on the board of directors of Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since 2009. We believe Dr. Kessler is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive healthcare and regulatory experience.

  

 
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Sean Murphy

 

61

Mr. Murphy, a director of Holdings since January 2012, serves as a senior advisor to Evercore Partner, a New York based investment bank. Mr. Murphy served in a variety of executive capacities, including Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Abbott from 1979 to 2010. Mr. Murphy serves on the board of directors for Nordion. We believe Mr. Murphy is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive healthcare experience and because of his background in finance and accounting.

       
       

Sharad Mansukani

 

45

Dr. Mansukani, a Director of Holdings since January 2012, serves as a senior advisor of the Sponsor, and serves on the faculty at both the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Mansukani previously served as a senior advisor to the Administrator of CMS from 2003 to 2005. Dr. Mansukani serves on the board of directors of Envision RX, Iasis Healthcare, Surgical Care Affiliates and IMS Health. We believe Dr. Mansukani is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his medical expertise and leadership experience.

       
       

 

 

Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Mr. Murphy and Mr. Rhodes are the current members of the Company’s Audit Committee. In light of our status as a privately held company and the absence of a public listing or trading market for our common stock, we are not required to have an “audit committee financial expert.” However, we have determined that Messrs. Murphy and Rhodes are each an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by applicable SEC rules. Although the Board of Directors has not made an official determination, Mr. Murphy would likely be considered independent under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market.  The Audit Committee performs its duties pursuant to a written Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board of Directors. 

 

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

We have adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to all our employees, including our executive officers. A copy of the Code of Conduct is available on the Company’s website at www.immucor.com. Certain amendments to or waivers of the Code of Conduct will be promptly posted on the Company’s website or in a report on Form 8-K, as required by applicable laws.

 

Executive Officers

 

Set forth below are the names, ages, existing positions and biographical information of the current executive officers.

 

Name of Executive

Officer

 

Age

 

Position and Biographical information

Since

William (Bill) Hawkins

 

60

 

Mr. Hawkins has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since October 2011. Please see biography above under “Board of Directors.”

2011

           

Dominique Petitgenet

 

52

 

Mr. Petitgenet has served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President and of the Company since February 2012. In May 2014, Mr. Petitgenet’s role was expanded to include oversight of the international operations for the Company’s Transfusion Diagnostics business as well as the finance function for the Company. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Petitgenet was the Chief Financial Officer of Merial, Inc. Mr. Petitgenet was the Executive Director of Planning & Financial Evaluations at Merial, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.

2012

  

 
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance 

 

None.

 

 

Item 11. — Executive Compensation.

 

Compensation Discussion and Analysis 

 

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the material elements of compensation awarded to Named Executive Officers for our 2014 fiscal year. It should be read in conjunction with the Summary Compensation Table, related tables and the narrative disclosure under the heading “Executive Compensation.” The compensation committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) consists primarily of representatives from the Sponsor.  

 

The Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2014 were:

 

 

William (Bill) Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2011 to the present;

 

 

Dominique Petitgenet, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from March 2012 to the present;

 

 

Overview

 

The Committee has responsibility over matters relating to compensation of executives, including cash incentive and other benefit plans, including reviewing the performance of management in achieving the Company’s goals and objectives and for setting the annual compensation of the Company’s executive officers. The Committee also has responsibility over the administration of the Holdings’ equity incentive plan.

 

Cash bonuses paid to executive officers for fiscal year 2014 were conditioned on the achievement of certain revenue and Adjusted EBITDA targets and Company objectives and on meeting individual goals.  Long-term equity incentives are awarded to executive officers when they are hired, but are not generally awarded on an annual basis.

 

No independent executive compensation consultants advised the Committee on fiscal year 2014 compensation matters. The Committee has sought input from management, but no executive officer has participated directly in any Committee meetings relating to his or her compensation.

 

Our Compensation Philosophy

 

Immucor Executive Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

 

Immucor’s executive compensation program is designed to help achieve superior performance of Immucor’s executive officers and management team by accomplishing the following objectives:

 

 

Attracting, retaining and rewarding highly-qualified employees;

 

Relating compensation to both company and individual performance;

 

Encouraging and rewarding the achievement of our short and long-terms goals and operating plans

 

Establishing compensation levels that are internally equitable and externally competitive; and

 

Aligning the interest of our executives with the financial strategic objectives of our shareholders.

 

 

Total Compensation

 

We seek to achieve the objectives of our executive compensation program by offering a compensation package that uses three key elements: (1) base salary, (2) annual cash incentives, and (3) long-term equity incentives.

  

  

• 

  

Base Salaries. We seek to provide competitive base salaries factoring in the responsibilities associated with the executive’s position, the executive’s skills and experience, and the executive’s performance as well as other factors

   

 
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• 

  

Annual Cash Incentives. The aim of this element of compensation is to reward individual and group contributions to the Company’s annual operating performance based upon the achievement of pre-established performance standards in the most recent completed fiscal year.

  

  

• 

  

Long-Term Equity Incentives. The long-term element of our compensation program consists of the opportunity for our executive officers to participate directly as equity owners of the Company, combined with an up-front grant of stock options. The equity component is the most significant element of our executive compensation program because we believe that a meaningful equity interest by our executive officers and management team will provide a strong incentive to drive top line growth, increase margins and pursue growth opportunities, which we believe will lead to increased equity value and returns to our Sponsors.

 

Elements of Compensation for Fiscal 2014

 

The following section outlines the components of compensation and how we established pay levels for each of these components in fiscal 2014. 

 

Base Salary

 

The base salary paid to Mr. Hawkins for fiscal 2014 was governed by the terms of his employment agreement with us. The base salary paid to Mr. Petitgenet was governed by the terms of the Offer Letter between Mr. Petitgenet and the Company dated February 12, 2012.   These agreements contain the general terms of each Named Executive Officer’s employment and establish the minimum compensation that such Named Executive Officers are entitled to receive, but do not prohibit, limit or restrict our ability to pay additional compensation, whether in the form of base salary, bonus, stock options or otherwise. The Committee reviews base salaries of our executive officers annually.

 

The table below shows the base salary for each Named Executive Officer for fiscal 2014.

 

William Hawkins

President and Chief Executive Officer

$800,000

Dominique Petitgenet

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

$400,000

 

Annual Cash Incentives --- Annual Bonus Plan

 

The purpose of our annual cash bonus plan is to motivate and reward executives for achieving our shorter-term financial goals and strategic goals, and to provide competitive total compensation opportunities.  Each executive’s annual bonus opportunity has been designed with reference to the bonus opportunities of comparable positions at our peer companies, while also balancing the cost implications to us.  

 

The Compensation Committee approved the Annual Bonus Plan in August 2013.  Under the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan, the Compensation Committee may establish performance goals and award opportunities at its discretion. For fiscal 2014, the Compensation Committee determined that the Company’s executive officers were eligible for bonuses based on four components:

 

  Revenue Component (25%): actual revenue compared to fiscal 2014 target net revenue;
  Adjusted EBITDA Component (35%): actual Adjusted EBITDA compared to fiscal 2014 target Adjusted EBITDA;
 

Corporate Goals Component (20%): the achievement of corporate goals established by the Compensation Committee for fiscal 2014; and

 

Individual Component (20%): individual goals to support key corporate objectives.

 

The Committee retains the ability to provide for bonuses for outstanding individual performance even when targeted metrics for overall Company performance are not achieved. Annual bonuses can increase if we exceed targeted revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and corporate or individual goals. 

 

 
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The table below shows the performance factors that could be applied depending on the extent to which each of the components listed above are achieved. Executive officers can earn bonus awards on a prorated basis for levels of achievement in between the performance factors listed below.  No awards are paid if achievement of the bonus components is less than 50% of target.

 

 

Below Minimum

Minimum

 

Target

Maximum

  

Performance Factor

0%

50%

100%

200%

 

 

 

 The applicable performance factor will be applied to a percentage of each Named Executive Officer’s base compensation as follows:

 

William Hawkins

100%

Dominique Petitgenet

50%

 

For fiscal 2014, Target Revenue was $402.2 million and Target Adjusted EBITDA was $154.3 million. Our actual revenue for fiscal 2014 was approximately $385.9 million and actual Adjusted EBITDA was approximately $142.2 million. We therefore achieved below the minimum for each of our revenue and Adjusted EBITDA targets. We achieved approximately 22.5% of the corporate goals component. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Petitgenet each achieved 100% of their individual goals component. If they are employed by the Company at the time of payment, Messrs. Hawkins and Petitgenet will be eligible to receive the bonuses (including discretionary amounts) listed below under the Annual Bonus Plan.  

 

William Hawkins

$ 340,000

Dominique Petitgenet

$ 105,000

 

Stock-Based Long-Term Incentives --- 2011 Stock Incentive Plan

 

Our Named Executive Officers’ compensation is heavily weighted in long-term equity because we believe that a meaningful equity interest by our executive officers and management team will provide a strong incentive to drive top line growth, increase margins and pursue growth opportunities, which we believe will lead to increased equity value and returns to our Sponsors.

 

On December 12, 2011 Holdings adopted the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) pursuant to which shares of the stock of Holdings were reserved for issuance to senior management of the Company, the non-employee directors of Holdings and other consultants or advisors to the Company. Consistent with the Board’s view of long-term equity incentives as an important part of an ownership culture that encourages a focus on long-term performance by our Named Executive Officers and other key associates, each of the Named Executive Officers were awarded stock options when they joined the Company. The number of options awarded to each individual was “front-loaded” and intended to represent a long-term equity opportunity. The options will vest upon meeting certain time- and performance-based conditions. The Committee does not expect to make equity awards on an annual basis, but the Committee has discretion to grant awards at any time. The grant date fair value of these options is shown in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table below.

  

 
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Investment Opportunity

 

We believe that executive officers should have a meaningful ownership stake in the Company to underscore the importance of linking executive and investor interests, and to encourage an owner-manager and long-term perspective in managing the business. This ownership stake has been achieved through the award of Holdings stock options and the opportunity for additional equity investment in Holdings. Our executive officers and certain key members of management were provided the opportunity to purchase shares of Holdings. As a result, Mr. Hawkins purchased 10,000 shares of Holdings at $100 per share, 5,000 shares in both January 2012, and July 2012.

 

Benefits

 

Our executives receive benefits consistent with our general employee population.

 

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

The members of the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company who served during fiscal year 2014 are Messrs. Sisitsky, Murphy, Garrett and Hawkins. Other than Mr. Hawkins, none of these committee members were officers or employees of the Company during fiscal year 2014, were formerly Company officers or had any relationship otherwise requiring disclosure. There were no interlocks or insider participation between any member of the Board of Directors or compensation committee and any member of the Board or compensation committee of another company.

 

 

Report of the Compensation Committee

 

The Compensation Committee has reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and discussed it with management. Based on its review and discussions with management, the Committee recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this report for filing with the SEC.

 

 Submitted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors:

 

Todd Sisitsky

Scott Garrett

Sean Murphy

William Hawkins

  

 
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Executive Compensation

 

Compensation Summary

 

The following table sets forth the compensation earned by the Named Executive Officers for services rendered in all capacities to the Company for each of the fiscal years presented.

 

Name and Principal Position

Year

 

Salary

   

Bonus

   

Stock

Award

   

Option

Awards

(1)

   

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

(2)

   

All Other

Compensation

(3)

   

Total

 
      ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)  

William A. Hawkins

2014

    808,146       -       -       -       340,000       158,597       1,306,743  
Executive Vice President

2013

    830,769       -       -       -       312,000       265,415       1,408,184  
Chief Executive Officer

2012

    516,621       -       -       3,108,377       317,600       7,931       3,950,529  
                                                           

Dominique G. Petitgenet

2014

    412,468       -       -       -       105,000       175,334       692,802  
Vice President

2013

    389,423       -       -       60,400       90,625       22,117       562,565  
Chief Financial Officer

2012

    75,000       -       -       483,200       94,438       2,308       654,946  

 

  

(1)  

The amounts in these columns reflect the aggregate grant date fair value, as computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 718, of awards pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts for awards granted in fiscal year 2014 are included in Note 16, “Share-Based Compensation”, to the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, included in the this Annual Report on Form 10-K filed. All the awards listed above were equity awards and consequently aggregate grant date fair value is fixed.

 

(2)  

Represents the discretionary bonus and annual cash incentive awards earned under the Annual Bonus Plan. We will pay bonuses for fiscal 2014 at the beginning of fiscal 2015 based on the achievement of financial, corporate and individual goals established under the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan. The Annual Bonus Plan is described in greater detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this report.

   

(3)

All Other Compensation consisted of the following:

 

 

Name

 

Year

 

Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits (1)

   

Insurance Premiums

   

Company Contributions to Retirement and 401(k) Plans

   

Severance

Payments /

Accruals

   

Total

 
        ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)  

William A. Hawkins (1)

 

2014

    140,000       7,797       10,800       -       158,597  
Executive Vice President  

2013

    239,820       5,795       19,800       -       265,415  
Chief Executive Officer  

2012

    7,931       -       -       -       7,931  
                                             

Dominique G. Petitgenet

 

2014

    155,855       8,856       10,623       -       175,334  
Vice President  

2013

    -       8,079       14,038       -       22,117  
Chief Financial Officer  

2012

    -       -       2,308       -       2,308  

 

 

(1)

Mr. Hawkins is a party to an agreement with our Sponsors dated December 12, 2011, pursuant to which Mr. Hawkins is entitled to at least $140,000 per calendar year from the Sponsor or its portfolio companies. The Company paid Mr. Hawkins $140,000 for calendar year 2012 in August 2013. Mr. Petitgenet is entitled to at least $150,000 per calendar year from the Sponsor or its portfolio companies. The Company paid Mr. Petitgenet $150,000 for calendar year 2012 in August 2013. In addition, the Company reimbursed Mr. Petitgenet relocation expenses.

  

 
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards

 

The following table includes information with respect to grants of plan-based awards to our Named Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014.

 

 

                                        All Other     All Other                    
         

Estimated Future Payouts

Under Non-Equity

Incentive Plan Awards (1)

             

Stock

Awards:

Number of

Shares of

 

Option

Awards:

Number of

Securities

 

Exercise or

Base Price

 

Closing

Price on

 

Grant Date Fair
Value of

Stock

 

Name

 

Grant

Date

   

Threshold

   

Target

   

Maximum

  Target   Maximum  

Stock or

Units (2)

 

Underlying

Options

 

of Option

Awards

 

Grant

Date

  and Option Awards  
          ($)     ($)     ($)   (#)   (#)   (#)   (#)   ($ / Sh)   ($ / Sh)   ($ / Sh)  

William A. Hawkins

            -       800,000       1,600,000       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  

Executive Vice President

Chief Executive Officer

                                                                                       
                                                                                         

Dominique G. Petitgenet

            -       400,000       800,000       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  

Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

                                                                                       

(1)  

Actual payouts in fiscal 2015 to the Named Executive Officers under the Annual Bonus Plan are reported under the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation column in the Summary Compensation Table. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this report explains in greater detail the methodology used for calculating bonuses.

 

(2)  

Represents options granted under the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. Service-based options are vested 20% annually beginning on the second anniversary date of the grant date. Performance-based options are vested upon achievement of certain performance objectives.

 

 

  

 
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

 

The following table shows outstanding equity awards to the Named Executive Officers at May 31, 2014:

 

   

Option Awards (1)

 

Stock Awards

 

 

 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options

   

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options

   

Equity

Incentive

Plan Awards:

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Unearned

   

Option

Exercise

 

Option

Expiration

 

Equity

Incentive

Plan Awards:

Number of

Unearned Shares, Units, or Other Rights That

Have Not

   

Equity

Incentive

Plan Awards:

Market or Payout Value of

Unearned Shares, Units, or Other Rights That

Have Not

 
 Name  

Exercisable

   

Unexercisable

    Options     Price   Date    Vested     Vested  
    (#)     (#)     (#)     ($)       (#)     ($)  
                                                   

William A. Hawkins

    25,731       38,598       -       100.00  

12/12/2021

    -       -  
Executive Vice President     -       -       64,329       100.00  

12/12/2021

    -       -  
Chief Executive Officer                                                  
                                                   

Dominique G. Petitgenet

    4,000       6,000       -       100.00  

3/1/2022

    -       -  
Vice President     -       -       10,000       100.00  

3/1/2022

    -       -  
Chief Financial Officer     250       1,000       -       100.00  

4/25/2023

    -       -  
      -       -       1,250       100.00  

4/25/2023

    -       -  

 

(1)  

Option awards vest 20% annually beginning on the second anniversary of the grant date.

 

 
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Option Exercises and Stock Vested

 

There were no options exercised or restricted shares vested during the 2014 fiscal year for any of the Named Executive Officers.

 

   

Option Awards

   

Stock Awards

 

Name

 

Number of

Shares

Acquired on

Exercise

   

Value Realized

on Exercise

   

Number of

Shares

Acquired on

Vesting

   

Value Realized

on Vesting

 
    (#)     ($)     (#)     ($)  

William A. Hawkins

                               
Executive Vice President                                
Chief Executive Officer     -     $ -       -     $ -  
                                 

Dominique G. Petitgenet

                               
Vice President                                
Chief Financial Officer     -     $ -       -     $ -  

 

 

 

Employment Agreements

 

We have a written employment agreement with Mr. Hawkins that provides for severance benefits in the event of termination without cause or by the employee for good reason in connection with a change in control. Mr. Petitgenet does not have a written employment agreement with the Company, but is a participant in the Company’s Key Employee Severance Plan.

 

Mr. Hawkins

 

Mr. Hawkins entered into an employment agreement with the Company on October 17, 2011.

 

If Mr. Hawkins’s employment is terminated prior to the end of the initial five year term or any subsequent one year extension term without cause or by Mr. Hawkins for good reason (each as defined in the agreement), Mr. Hawkins will receive, among other things (i) a payment equal to any accrued but unpaid base salary as of the date of termination, the value of any accrued vacation pay, and the amount of any expenses properly incurred by Mr. Hawkins prior to the termination date and not yet reimbursed, (ii) a payment equal to two years’ base salary, (iii) a payment equal to Mr. Hawkins’ annual bonus for the prior fiscal year to the extent then unpaid, (iv) a payment equal to the pro-rated annual bonus that Mr. Hawkins would have earned for the year in which his termination occurs, based on the actual achievement of applicable performance objectives in the performance year in which the termination date occurs; and (v) the immediate vesting of all equity awards previously granted to Mr. Hawkins that remain outstanding as of the termination date. In addition, if Mr. Hawkins’s employment is terminated within two years after a change of control, Mr. Hawkins will also receive a payment equal to two times his target annual bonus.

 

Mr. Petitgenet

 

Mr. Petitgenet is a participant in the Company’s Key Employee Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”). The Severance Plan provides that if the Company terminates the employee’s employment without cause or the employee terminates his employment for good reason (each, a “qualifying termination”), then the Company must pay the employee an amount equal to his base salary plus the employee cost of twelve (12) months of health benefits. Upon a qualifying termination, the portion of the severance that meets the requirements of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)(A) will be paid in approximately equal monthly installments over the one year following a qualifying termination and the excess will be paid in a lump sum within sixty (60) days after the qualifying termination.

 

If a qualifying termination occurs within two (2) years after a change in control and the employee was not a party to an employment agreement with the Company on the date of the Immucor Acquisition, then the Company must pay the employee a lump sum cash payment equal to two times his base salary plus twelve (12) months of health benefits.

  

 
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The Severance Plan includes a “best net” provision, pursuant to which benefits will be reduced or “cut back” to the extent necessary to avoid an excise tax, if that would result in a better net after-tax benefit for the employee (taking into account the excise taxes the employee would pay on an unreduced benefit).

 

A release of claims is required to receive the payments under the Severance Plan. The release of claims must include an 18 month post-employment non-solicitation and non-competition restriction.

 

Quantification of Potential Amounts Payable on Termination

 

The table below sets forth the estimated payments that would be made to each of the Named Executive Officers upon involuntary termination before or after a change of control based on each person’s base salary as of May 31, 2014 and cash bonus paid with respect to fiscal 2014.  The actual amounts to be paid out can only be determined at the time of such Named Executive Officer’s separation from the Company. The information set forth in the table assumes, as necessary:

 

The termination and/or the qualified change in control event occurred on May 31, 2014 (the last business day of our last completed fiscal year);

The price per share of our common stock on the date of termination is less than $100.

  

       

Before Change in

Control

   

After Change in

Control

 

Name

 

Benefit

 

Termination

w/o Cause

   

Termination

w/o Cause

 
                     

William A. Hawkins

 

Severance

  $ 1,920,000     $ 3,520,000  
Executive Vice President  

Stock Options (1)

    -       -  
Chief Executive Officer                    
   

TOTAL

  $ 1,920,000     $ 3,520,000  
                     

Dominique G. Petitgenet

 

Severance

  $ 421,105     $ 821,105  
Vice President  

Stock Options (1)

    -       -  
Chief Financial Officer                    
   

TOTAL

  $ 421,105     $ 821,105  

 

 

(1)   As of May 31, 2014 all stock options were underwater and therefore would have no value when vested upon termination.

 

 
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Compensation of Directors

 

The following table provides information concerning the compensation of the Company’s non-employee directors for fiscal 2014. Directors who are employees of the Company receive no compensation for their services as directors.

 

Name

 

Fees Earned or

Paid in Cash (1)

   

Stock Awards

(2) (3)

   

All Other Compensation (1)

   

Total

 
    ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)  

Scott Garrett

    40,000       36,288       2,394       78,682  

David Kessler

    40,000       36,288       3,476       79,764  

Sharad Mansukani

    40,000       36,288       -       76,288  

Sean Murphy

    40,000       36,288       1,670       77,958  

Jeffrey Rhodes (4)

    -       -       -       -  

Todd Sisitsky (4)

    -       -       -       -  

 

 

(1)  

Non-employee directors receive an annual retainer of $40,000 and are reimbursed for all travel expenses to and from meetings of the Board of Directors.

   

(2)  

Non-employee directors receive an annual grant of 400 restricted stock units.

 

(3)

The amounts in these columns reflect the aggregate grant date fair value, as computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 718, of awards pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts for awards granted in fiscal year 2014 are included in Note 16, “Share-Based Compensation”, to the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. All the awards listed above were equity awards and consequently aggregate grant date fair value is fixed.

   

(4)

Our Board includes representatives from our Sponsors and these directors are not individually compensated by the Company.

 

 
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Item 12. — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

All outstanding shares of common stock of the Company are held indirectly by Holdings.

 

The following table describes the beneficial ownership of Holdings’ common stock as of May 31, 2014 by (i) each director, (ii) each Named Executive Officer of the Company, (iii) each person known to the Company to own more than 5% of the outstanding shares, and (iv) all of the executive officers and directors of the Company as a group. This information provided is as of May 31, 2014, and the beneficial ownership percentages are based on a total of 7,781,016 shares issued and outstanding on May 31, 2014.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

(and address for those owning more than five percent)

 

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership (1)

   

Percent

of Class

           

5% Shareholders

         

TPG Partners VI, L.P.

 

6,217,231 

   

79.9%

Affiliates of TPG

 

1,524,635 

   

19.6%

           

Directors and Executive Officers

         

Scott Garrett

 

5,000 

   

*

David Kessler

 

   

*

Sharad Mansukani

 

 - 

   

*

Sean Murphy

 

2,500 

   

*

Jeffrey Rhodes

 

(2)

 

*

Todd Sisitsky

 

(2)

 

*

Dominique Petitgenet

 

   

*

William A. Hawkins

 

10,000 

   

*

           

All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group

 

21,650 

   

*

           

* Represents less than one percent of the Company's outstanding Common Stock

         

 


(1)

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of our directors and executive officers is c/o Immucor, Inc., 3130 Gateway Drive, Norcross, Georgia, 30071. A person is considered to beneficially own any shares: (a) over which the person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or (b) of which the person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days (such as through the exercise of stock options). Unless otherwise indicated, voting and investment power relating to the above shares is exercised solely by the beneficial owner or shared by the owner and the owner’s spouse or children. Amounts include restricted shares, both vested and unvested, which have voting rights.

   

(2)

Jeffrey K. Rhodes is a Principal and Todd Sisitsky is a Partner of TPG Capital, L.P., an affiliate of the TPG Funds. Neither Mr. Rhodes nor Mr. Sisitsky has voting or investment power over and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the TPG Funds. The business address of each of Messrs. Rhodes and Sisitsky is c/o TPG Capital, L.P., 301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

    

 
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Item 13. — Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors monitors the occurrence of related party transactions in connection with its general responsibility to oversee the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s accounting, financial controls and internal controls over financial reporting, including the Company’s systems to monitor and manage business risk and legal and ethical compliance programs. The Committee relies principally on the Company’s management to identify transactions that are related party transactions. Any such transactions identified are considered not later than the Audit Committee’s next regularly-scheduled meeting, at which meeting the Audit Committee will determine what, if any, action may be warranted. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities are generally stated in its Charter, although its practices concerning potentially-reportable transactions are not specifically stated in the Charter. 

 

The Company’s Code of Conduct requires that employees avoid conflicts of interest, which are defined broadly to include transactions between the Company and the employee, a family member or an affiliated company.  Any conflict of interest is required to be brought to the immediate attention of the Company’s General Counsel.  A violation of the Code of Conduct may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.  A copy of the Code of Conduct is available on the Company’s website at www.immucor.com.

 

Management Services Agreement 

 

In connection with the Immucor Acquisition, we entered into a management services agreement with the Sponsor (the “Manager”), pursuant to which the Manager will provide us with certain management services until December 31, 2021, with evergreen one year extensions thereafter. The management services agreement provides that the Manager will receive an aggregate annual retainer fee equal to approximately $3 million. The management services agreement provides that the Manager will be entitled to receive fees in connection with certain subsequent financing, acquisition, disposition and change of control transactions equal to customary fees charged by internationally-recognized investment banks for serving as financial advisor in similar transactions. The management agreement also provides for reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Manager or its designees after the consummation of the Immucor Acquisition. Additional services may also be provided by the Sponsor and charged to the Company.

 

The management services agreement includes customary exculpation and indemnification provisions in favor of the Manager, its designees and its affiliates. The management services agreement may be terminated by the Manager, the board of directors of Holdings or upon an initial public offering or change of control unless the Manager determines otherwise. In the event the management services agreement is terminated, we expect to pay the Manager or its designees all unpaid fees plus the sum of the net present values of the aggregate annual retainer fees that would have been payable with respect to the period from the date of termination until the expiration date in effect immediately prior to such termination.

 

Management Stockholders’ Agreement

 

In connection with the Immucor Acquisition, Holdings entered into a Management Stockholders’ Agreement with management stockholders, including all of the current executive officers. The stockholders’ agreement contains certain restrictions on such stockholders’ transfer of Holdings’ equity securities, contains rights of first refusal upon disposition of shares, contains standard tag-along and drag-along provisions, and generally sets forth the respective rights and obligations of the stockholders who are parties to that agreement.

 

Director Independence 

 

Messrs. Sisitsky, Rhodes, Hawkins and Dr. Mansukani are not independent because Messrs. Sisitsky and Rhodes are employees of the Sponsor, Mr. Hawkins is an employee of the Company and Dr. Mansukani is an advisor to the Sponsor. Although the Board of Directors has not made an official determination, Messrs. Garrett and Murphy and Dr. Kessler would likely be considered independent under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market.

 

 
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Item 14. — Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Audit Fees and Services 

 

The following table summarizes certain fees billed by Grant Thornton, LLP for the fiscal years 2014 and 2013:

 

Fee Category:

 

2014

   

2013

 

Audit fees

  $ 1,298,155       1,348,460  

Audit-related fees

    16,110       16,568  

Tax fees

 

   

 

All other fees

 

 

   

 

Total fees

  $ 1,314,265       1,365,028  

 

Set forth below is a description of the nature of the services that Grant Thornton provided to us in exchange for such fees.

 

Audit Fees

 

Audit fees represent fees Grant Thornton billed us for the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of our quarterly financial statements and for services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. 

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

Audit-related fees represent fees Grant Thornton billed us for audit-related services, including services relating to the audit of employee benefit plan financial statements.

 

The Audit Committee pre-approved all of the above audit and audit-related fees of Grant Thornton, as required by the pre-approval policy described below. The Audit Committee concluded that the provision of the above services by Grant Thornton was compatible with maintaining Grant Thornton’s independence.

 

Tax Fees

 

During fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, there were no fees billed to us for professional services rendered by Grant Thornton for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

 

All Other Fees

 

During fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, there were no fees billed to us for professional services rendered by Grant Thornton for other products or services.

 

Policy for Pre-Approval of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Pursuant to our policy on Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services, we discourage the retention of our independent registered public accounting firm for non-audit services. We will not retain our independent registered public accounting firm for non-audit work unless:

 

 

In the opinion of senior management, the independent registered public accounting firm possesses unique knowledge or technical expertise that is superior to that of other potential providers;

 

 

The approval of the Chair of the Audit Committee is obtained prior to the retention; and

 

 

The retention will not affect the status of the independent registered public accounting firm as “independent accountants” under applicable rules of the SEC, PCAOB and NASDAQ Stock Market.

 

During fiscal 2014 and 2013, all of the services provided by Grant Thornton for the services described above under the heading “Audit-Related Fees” were pre-approved using the above procedures, and none were provided pursuant to any waiver of the pre-approval requirement.

  

 
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PART IV

 

Item 15. — Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a)

Documents filed as part of this report:

 

 

1.

Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements, Notes thereto, and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon are included in Part II, Item 8 of this report.

 

 

2.

Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule included in Part II, Item 8 of this report.

 

 

 

Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.

 

 

 

Other financial statement schedules are omitted as they are not required or not applicable.

 

 

3.

Exhibits.

 

 

 

See Item 15(b) below.

 

 

(b)

Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or hereby incorporated by reference to exhibits previously filed with the SEC:

 

 

2.1

Stock Purchase Agreement by and between the Company and Gen-Probe Incorporated dated January 3, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on January 3, 2013).

 

 

3.1.1

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated August 19, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on August 25, 2011).

 

 

3.2.1

Amended and Restated Bylaws dated August 19, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-K filed on August 25, 2011).

 

 

4.1

Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2011 among IVD Acquisition Corporation, which on August 19, 2011 was merged with and into the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).     

 

 

4.2

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2011 among the Company, BioArray Solutions Ltd. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

4.4

Form of 11.125% Senior Notes due 2019 (included in Exhibit 4.1) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

4.5

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2011 among IVD Acquisition Corporation, which on August 19, 2011 was merged with and into the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (as defined therein) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

4.6

Registration Rights Agreement Joinder, dated as of August 19, 2011 among the Company, BioArray Solutions Ltd. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (as defined therein) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

10.1

Credit Agreement dated as of August 19, 2011 among IVD Acquisition Corporation, which on August 19, 2011 was merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger as the Borrower, IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., as Holdings, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other Lenders and Agents party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

  

 
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10.2

Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2012, by and among Immucor, Inc., IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, CitiBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on August 24, 2012).

 

 

10.3

Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2013, by and among Immucor, Inc., IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, CitiBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on January 31, 2013).

 

 

10.4

Amended and Restated No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among Immucor, Inc., IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, CitiBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on February 22, 2013).

 

 

10.5

Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among Immucor, Inc., IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, CitiBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed on February 22, 2013).

 

 

10.6

Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013, by and among Immucor, Inc., IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, CitiBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 8-K filed on February 22, 2013).

 

 

10.7

Security Agreement dated as of August 19, 2011 among IVD Acquisition Corporation, which on August 19, 2011 was merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger as the Borrower, IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., as Holdings, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto from time to time, and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

10.9

Guaranty dated as of August 19, 2011 among IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., as Holdings, the other guarantors party thereto from time to time, and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

10.11

Management Services Agreement, entered into as of August 19, 2011, between IVD Acquisition Corporation, IVD Intermediate Holdings A Inc., IVD Intermediate Holdings B Inc., IVD Holdings Inc. and TPG Capital, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Form S-4 filed November 22, 2011).

 

 

10.12-1**

Amended and Restated Office Lease Agreement [2990 Building], dated January 26, 2007, between the Company and Business Park Investors Group, successor in interest to AP-Southeast Realty LP, successor by name change to Crocker Realty Trust, L.P., successor in interest to Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1-11 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007), as amended by the Seventh Amendment to Office Lease Agreement dated July 1, 2013, between the Company and MLCFC 2007-7 Norcross Park Limited Partnership .

 

 

10.12-2**

Lease Agreement dated August 1, 2013 between the Company and Kennesaw Wall I, LLC.

 

 

10.13*

Employment Agreement by and among the Company, IVD Holdings Inc. and William Hawkins, executed as of December 8, 2011 and effective as of October 17, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Amendment No. 1. to Form S-4 filed on December 9, 2011).

 

 

10.14*

Letter Agreement between TPG Capital, L.P. and William Hawkins, dated December 12, 2011.

 

 

10.15*

Offer Letter between Immucor, Inc. and Dominique Petitgenet dated February 12, 2012 (incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 11, 2012).

  

 
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10.16*

Form of Management Stockholders’ Agreement, by and among the Company, Holdings and the Managers and Investors named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Amendment No. 1. to Form S-4 filed on December 9, 2011).

 

 

10.17*

2012 Key Employee Severance Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-K filed on July 27, 2012.

 

 

10.18*

Annual Bonus Plan for fiscal year 2014, executed as of August 6, 2013 and effective as of June 1, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2013).

 

 

14

Immucor Code of Conduct (available at Immucor.com/compliancehotline).

 

 

21**

Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

 

 

31.1**

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

31.2**

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.     

 

 

32.1**

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.     

 

 

32.2**

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.     

 

 

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document **

 

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema **

 

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation **

 

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition **

 

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label **

 

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation **

 

* XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

 

 

 

*

Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

 

**

Filed or furnished herewith

 

 

(c)

Financial Statement Schedule

 

No financial statement schedules are filed herewith because (1) such schedules are not required or (2) the information has been presented in Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K.

 

 
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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

IMMUCOR, INC.

 

By: 

/s/ William A. Hawkins 

 

 

William Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer) 

 

 

August 26, 2014 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ William A. Hawkins 

 

William A. Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer 

 

August 26, 2014 

 

 

 

/s/ Dominique Petitgenet 

 

Dominique Petitgenet, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, International, Transfusion Diagnostics  

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 

 

August 26, 2014 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey K. Rhodes 

 

Jeffrey K. Rhodes, Director 

 

August 26, 2014 

 

 

 

/s/Todd B. Sisitsky 

 

Todd B. Sisitsky, Director 

 

August 26, 2014 

 

 

 

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