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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

Commission file number: 001-09972

HOOPER HOLMES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

New York
22-1659359
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
170 Mt. Airy Road
 
Basking Ridge, NJ
07920
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 766-5000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock ($.04 par value per share)
NYSE MKT

Securities registered pursuant to Section 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 o No S

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 o No S

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 and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes S No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes S No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendments to this Form 10-K.   S

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 “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.   (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer o
Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filer o
Smaller Reporting Company S
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)
Yes o No S
The aggregate market value of the shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (63,789,417), based on the closing price of these shares on June 30, 2012 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) on the NYSE MKT, was $38,273,650.

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock as of February 28, 2013 was 69,835,387.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III incorporate by reference information from the Registrant’s proxy statement for the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 29, 2013 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the Registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.




Table of Contents
 
 
 
PART I
 
 
 
 
 





Mine Safety Disclosures

 
 
 
PART II
 
 
 








 
 
 
PART III
 
 
 





 
 
 
PART IV
 
 
 

 
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FORM 10K
PART 1

In this Report, the terms “Hooper Holmes,” “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Hooper Holmes, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this "Report") contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including, but not limited to, statements about our plans, strategies and prospects. When used in this Report, the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “intends,” “could,” “will,” “may” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These are statements that relate to future periods and include statements as to our operating results, revenues, sources of revenues, cost of revenues, gross margins, operating and net profits/losses, our new IT systems, our new Portamedic delivery model and changes in certain service line offerings.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to customer concerns about our financial health, our liquidity and ability to comply with financial covenants in our Loan and Security Agreement, declines in our business, our competition, and our ability to successfully implement our new Portamedic delivery model and its related impact on revenue, along with other cost reduction initiatives, as well as risks discussed in Item 1A - Risk Factors, below. Investors should consider these factors before deciding to make or maintain an investment in our securities. The forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on information available to us as of the date of this Report. We expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.


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ITEM 1
Business

Overview

Our Company was founded in 1899. We are a publicly-traded New York corporation whose shares of common stock are listed on the NYSE MKT.  Our corporate headquarters are located in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Over the last 40 years, our business focus has been on providing health risk assessment services.  We are currently engaged in the following service lines:

Portamedic – performs paramedical and medical examinations of individuals, primarily on behalf of insurance companies in connection with the offering or rating of insurance coverage (mainly life insurance), along with medical examinations of health plan participants in order to provide medical information on plan members to the plan sponsors;

Heritage Labs – performs tests of blood, urine and oral fluid specimens, primarily generated in connection with the paramedical exams and wellness screenings performed by our Portamedic and Health & Wellness service lines, respectively, and assembles and sells specimen collection kits;

Health & Wellness – performs risk assessment and risk management services, including biometric screenings, health risk assessments and onsite wellness coaching for health and care management companies, including wellness companies, disease management organizations, clinical research organizations, health plans and others; and

Hooper Holmes Services – provides telephone interviews of insurance candidates, retrieval of medical records and inspections, risk management solutions and underwriting services for simplified issue products and products requiring full underwriting.

The table below provides a breakdown of our revenues by service line for each of the three most recently completed fiscal years. 
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
 
2012
 
% of Total
 
2011
 
% of Total
 
2010
 
% of Total
Portamedic
 
$
95,815

 
65.5
 %
 
$
106,626

 
67.7
 %
 
$
118,555

 
71.3
 %
Heritage Labs
 
13,153

 
9.0
 %
 
13,663

 
8.7
 %
 
13,682

 
8.2
 %
Health & Wellness
 
21,349

 
14.6
 %
 
18,441

 
11.7
 %
 
14,343

 
8.6
 %
Hooper Holmes Services
 
18,065

 
12.4
 %
 
20,735

 
13.2
 %
 
21,859

 
13.1
 %
Subtotal
 
148,382

 
 
 
159,465

 
 
 
168,439

 
 
Intercompany eliminations (a)
 
(2,127
)
 
(1.5
)%
 
(1,976
)
 
(1.3
)%
 
(2,069
)
 
(1.2
)%
Total
 
$
146,255

 
 
 
$
157,489

 
 
 
$
166,370

 
 

(a)
represents intercompany sales from Heritage Labs to Portamedic

Description of Services

Portamedic

Life insurance underwriting decisions are based, in part, on statistical probabilities of mortality (death) and morbidity (illness or disease), such that insurance companies generally require quantitative data reflecting an insurance applicant’s general health.  We assist insurance companies, their affiliated agents, independent agents and brokers, in gathering these data.

We perform paramedical and medical examinations of applicants for insurance (primarily life insurance) throughout the United States under the Portamedic trade name, the results of which are used by our clients in processing applications for insurance.  We provide our paramedical examination services through our network of health professionals, consisting largely of phlebotomists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed practical nurses, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other medically trained professionals.  A paramedical exam typically consists of asking questions about an applicant’s medical history and taking measurements of the applicant's height and weight, blood pressure and pulse.  Our health professionals also typically collect blood and urine specimens to be tested by a laboratory – in many cases, our Heritage Labs laboratory.

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When our customers require a medical examination beyond the capacity of our health professionals, we contract with physicians who are licensed and in good standing and practice in a specialty specified by the customer.  Insurance companies have different guidelines for determining when a more specialized medical examination is required and the scope of such examination.  The likelihood that an insurance company will require a more specialized examination of an applicant is primarily influenced by the applicant’s age and the amount of insurance coverage he or she is seeking.  In general, insurance companies insist upon more stringent underwriting standards as the age of the applicant and amount of coverage increase.

Heritage Labs

Heritage Labs performs tests of blood, urine and oral fluid specimens and assembles and sells kits used in the collection and transportation of such specimens to its lab facility. The results of these tests are used primarily in connection with the life insurance underwriting process and, to a lesser extent, in connection with biometric screening and health insurance underwriting activities.  

Approximately 65% of the total volume of specimens tested by Heritage Labs originates from Portamedic paramedical exams or Health & Wellness screenings. The other specimens Heritage Labs tests are generated by third-party health information service providers, including other paramedical exam providers and health insurers.

Heritage Labs performs a defined group of standard tests (referred to as “panels”) on the specimens tested, as well as a secondary level of additional reflex tests that can be used to supplement the basic panels.  Heritage Labs provides testing services that consist of certain specimen profiles designed to provide its customers with specific information of relevance to the assessment of a person's health profile, such as:

the presence of antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);

cholesterol and related lipids;

liver or kidney disorders;

the presence of antibodies to hepatitis;

prostate specific antigens;

immune disorders;

tobacco/nicotine use; and

the use of certain medications, cocaine and other drugs.
 
In addition to performing lab testing services, Heritage Labs assembles blood/urine kits, urine-only kits and oral fluid kits.  The kits are primarily sold to paramedical examination companies, including our Portamedic and Health & Wellness service lines, which then bill their customers for the kits they use.  Heritage Labs also assembles kits for a number of other companies. Heritage Labs has registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") as a medical device assembler.

Health & Wellness

We formed our Health & Wellness service line in 2007 in order to expand the use of our existing assets and services in the growing health and care management market.  See the discussion under the caption “Market Conditions and Strategic Initiatives” below.

Our Health & Wellness service line performs risk assessment and risk management services via biometric screenings, health risk assessments and onsite wellness coaching for health and care management companies including wellness companies, disease management organizations, clinical research organizations and health plans.   The information collected from our services is used by our customers to measure the populations they manage, to identify risks in those populations, to target interventional programs, to promote positive lifestyle behaviors and to measure the results of their health and care management programs.

Our Health & Wellness services include:

scheduling of individual and group screenings;

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provision and fulfillment of needed supplies (e.g., examination kits, blood pressure cuffs, stadiometers, scales, centrifuges, etc.) at screening events;

end-to-end biometric screening management;

biometric screenings (e.g., height, weight, body mass index, the taking of a person’s hip, waist and neck measurements, as well as his or her pulse and blood pressure) and blood draws via venipuncture or fingerstick, all performed by our wellness certified health professionals;

lab testing of blood specimens utilizing our Heritage Labs laboratory;

data processing and transmission; and

analytics to identify critical values of lab tests and notification services to individuals and customers to better manage risk.

Our Health & Wellness service line also offers Hooper Holmes OnSitesm, a face-to-face, on-premises health coaching service for work locations. The service is delivered by specially trained "Health Champions", many of whom are physical therapists, personal trainers and nutritionists. We believe OnSite is an important addition to our service line because this service better enables our customers to deliver behavior change and motivation.

Hooper Holmes Services

Our Hooper Holmes Services line provides four categories of service: Health Information Services, Health Risk Analytics, Consumer Services and Business Entity Services.

Health Information Services - collects and provides applicant health information to insurance company underwriters.

Medical Record Retrieval: We obtain medical records of an applicant for life insurance. Medical records provide an insurance company with information that will help determine whether the applicant is insurable and, if so, the appropriate rate class.

Inspection Report: We conduct personal health interviews over the telephone during which we gather information about an insurance applicant's health, as well as financial and employment history.

Health Risk Assessment / Physicians Information Line (“PIL”): We request detailed information from an insured’s physician about a single disease state or multiple impairments. Insurance carriers also use PILs to assess a proposed insured’s cognitive state.

Record and Database Check and Employment Verification: We collect a variety of information available from public records and private database sources, such as motor vehicle reports, real estate owned and criminal history.

Health Risk Analytics - provides risk management consultative support and underwriting services to insurance carriers and reinsurance companies active in the life, annuity and health insurance markets.

Full Underwriting: We assess health and lifestyle data associated with a prospective insured and then make an evaluation about insurability and appropriate rate class to be used by the insurance carrier consistent with its product pricing, risk tolerances and reinsurance agreements.

Simplified Underwriting: We review information about a proposed insured’s general health to evaluate insurability for products having predetermined benefit limits. This service provides for limited medical and non-medical data collection when compared to fully underwritten applications.

Medical Record Summarization: We review medical records of an insurance applicant. Our underwriters provide an analysis of the records and provide an indication of general insurability and indicative rate class.

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Impaired Risk Underwriting Services: We gather information, review medical records and review lab test results on proposed insureds attempting to purchase life insurance or long-term care insurance who have known health or lifestyle conditions that may affect insurability. We assess the degree of impairment, project life expectancy and make recommendations about insurability and the appropriate rate class.

Consumer Services – gathers information via telephonic interviews with insurance applicants to complete all or a portion of an insurance application, verifies information provided by the applicant, gathers information regarding an applicant's general cognitive state and assists the insurance carrier to facilitate the insurance purchase process.

Business Entity Services – helps an insurance company assess the quality of decisions made by the carrier's underwriting group, determine adherence to the carrier's underwriting policies, evaluates benefit claims, both pre and post-payment, and ensures that underwriting files are complete and accurate.

Market Conditions and Strategic Initiatives

Our operating results for the past several years (discussed more fully in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 7 of this Report) reflect both the challenging market conditions we have experienced in our business and the challenges of making needed improvements in our systems and delivery of Portamedic services.

Portamedic

The number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was negatively impacted by a continuing weak economy, loss of market share and a reduction in life insurance applications requiring a paramedical exam, which we have continued to experience over the past few years. The number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was also negatively impacted by implementation issues regarding our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders, along with the June 2012 deployment of our new Portamedic service delivery model and the related transitional/operational issues associated with the implementation of this new model. The implementation of our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders was completed in the second quarter of 2012, and the implementation issues were resolved during the third quarter of 2012. Although the new Portamedic delivery model resulted in a lower cost structure (branch office closures and centralized services), given the complexity of the new delivery model, we are continuing to address certain sales and operational issues related to the new model in an effort to reduce the decline in sales and improve future sales. Further optimization of our delivery model is expected in 2013.

We believe that the market for Portamedic's services continues to offer attractive opportunities to a company that can provide its services efficiently and distinguish itself from its competitors. In 2012, we continued with a series of initiatives which, when completed, are expected to reduce the decline and ultimately increase orders for Portamedic services from insurance agents, gain new insurance carrier and broker customers, and regain market share from our competitors:

We deployed our new Portamedic service delivery model. The introduction of this new program is expected to enable us to expand and improve our current service delivery model and provide greater operational performance and service quality, while reducing operating costs in our current branch office structure.

We added a new Vice-President of Portamedic Provider Relations. This position is dedicated to building our network of health professionals for both our Portamedic service line, and our Health and Wellness service line.

We reorganized our Portamedic service line into 14 regions, with a leader and customer service team assigned to each. We replaced over 100 local administrative offices with 60 integrated customer service centers strategically located across the 14 regions. Administrative functions such as imaging and billing have been centralized. In addition, every job in our Portamedic service line from senior management to customer service representative has a new position description tied to quality measures that we believe directly align with customer expectations.

We established a team of 14 Health Professional Managers to recruit, educate and mentor our national health professional network.

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We entered into an agreement to become RSA Medical's exclusive, national provider of paramedical exams outside of RSA Medical's home state of Illinois. RSA Medical is a leading provider of medical assessment and medical management for patients interacting with the life and health insurance companies. The agreement gives Hooper Holmes access outside of Illinois to RSA Medical's nationwide examiner network, MedLink, to augment Hooper Holmes' own network of local health professionals nationwide. As part of the agreement, and to support RSA Medical's exam business in Illinois, Hooper Holmes will be able to use RSA Medical's health professionals to complete exams in Illinois, will provide laboratory testing kits to RSA Medical and will perform billing services to life insurance companies at the request of RSA Medical when it is appropriate. Hooper Holmes will also train and equip RSA Medical's examiners to use Hooper Holmes' iParamed e-Exam for eligible RSA Medical customers.

We are working with our customers to better understand their business needs thus enabling us to provide solutions. For example, we initiated special tracking, measurement and reporting of service quality for one of our larger customers which resulted in Portamedic providing additional services to this customer. We completed a consultative service study with another of our larger customers which resulted in new vendor management services provided by Portamedic which includes overseeing all of this customers, paramedical service vendors. We integrated our on-line scheduling tool into the call center operations of another of our larger customers, as well as the operations of a new customer.

We entered into an agreement with a national insurance brokerage firm to provide efficient data acquisition and processing solutions. Using the full breadth of our service capabilities, we expect to improve this brokerage's insurance e-application process.

We promoted and hired new field sales managers during 2012. We introduced new field sales and regional operations incentive compensation plans and performance measurement systems, while implementing a new Customer Relationship Management system for our sales teams.

We launched a new Portamedic web portal to make it easier for customers to order our services.

We implemented a new warehouse management and inventory control system to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in distributing lab kits to our health professionals.

We expanded our iParamed e-Exam platform, deploying over 1,000 iParamed-equipped netbooks to health professionals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We are working with potential new customers to better understand their business needs in order to adapt our iParamed e-Exam platform for use by these life insurance carriers. In 2013, our goal is to provide this service to five additional life insurance carriers.

We continue to promote the integrated services provided by Hooper Holmes. We have reached an agreement for these integrated services with a new larger customer that we expect will generate revenue between $1 million and $2 million in 2013.
 
We completed the rollout of our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders (known as Partnerlink), which is expected to improve customer service, while lowering future operating costs.

We installed our Portamedic ordering platform into two large call centers operated by the direct sales organization of one of our larger life insurance carrier customers.
 
We believe that the steps we have taken to improve our selling ability, and the quality and speed of our services, will enable us to reduce the rate of decline in revenue experienced in the last several years.  However, there is no guarantee that the Portamedic delivery model, or these other initiatives, will reverse the decline in revenues or that our cost reduction actions will generate the savings necessary to offset revenue declines, operating losses and uses of cash.

Heritage Labs

Because 65% of the total volume of specimens tested by Heritage Labs originate from a Portamedic paramedical exam or Health & Wellness screening, Heritage Labs is affected by the same market conditions as Portamedic, noted earlier.

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Heritage Labs continues to focus on data modeling to gain a better understanding of the true mortality consequences of the laboratory tests that we provide to the insurance industry. Our objective is to assist our clients in their ability to develop new insurance products and establish more accurate premium rating or pricing techniques using the lab mortality data that we have developed. We have developed risk scores to help our insurance clients better understand the mortality implications between and among interactions of multiple tests related to specific disease states. We believe that the mortality data we are providing are unique and more complex than the data being provided by our competitors. We believe we will be able to leverage the value of the data we supply to gain new business opportunities.

Heritage Labs continues to market its kit assembly products and services. Heritage Labs also assembles collection kits used in paramedical exams and by a variety of independent customers.

Health & Wellness

The health and care management industry continues to grow. Our Health & Wellness service line supports health and care management companies including health plans, disease management organizations, reward administrators, third party administrators, brokers and wellness companies, who generally focus on employers as their customers in providing total population health management services. According to the Aon Hewitt 2011 Health Care Survey, the top five healthcare outcomes identified by employers are all related to improving health, lowering cost, lowering participant health risks, increasing awareness, and improving participation in disease management programs. Barriers identified with achieving these goals include motivating participants to change, reluctance to change, and unpredictability of cost, followed by government regulations and managing the health of an aging workforce. Through our risk assessment and risk management services, we help these companies identify and stratify risk of individuals for enrollment in care management programs, tailor and personalize interventions, promote positive lifestyle behavior changes, and measure and reward risk reduction.

During 2012, Health & Wellness successfully developed and introduced new products and services. We began reengineering operations to continuously improve service quality and support future growth. New technology capabilities were added to support future growth from government markets.

We completed technology integration, staffing and training, and developed new standard operating procedures required to serve Westat, Inc. in support of the largest government study of tobacco use ever conducted in the United States, a landmark collaboration between the National Institute of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

We achieved compliance with certain levels of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 ("FISMA"), to support future Government contracts.

We developed and launched myCheck-In, a new feature designed to engineer, manage and track the on-time performance of group health screenings.

We began work to reengineer our operations team in Olathe, Kansas to improve service quality, and developed a new VoIP phone system.

We introduced venipuncture engagement counseling, a new service expected to meet with increased customer acceptance in 2013.

We expanded our new business sales team, increasing our pipeline of new business opportunities to support growth in 2013.

We added a new service for screening remote individuals or small groups by accessing physician records.

Hooper Holmes Services

Competitive pressures in the insurance industry are pushing insurance carriers to examine their operating models and services that they provide in-house. Many carriers are deciding to outsource processes completed in the underwriting process in an effort to reduce costs. Hooper Holmes Services continues to market services which address these carriers needs, including tele-underwriting services, medical record retrieval services and outsourced underwriting services used by carriers in their underwriting decisions and risk assessments.

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Loan and Security Agreement

As of December 31, 2012, we maintained a loan and security agreement (the "2009 Loan and Security Agreement") with TD Bank, N.A. ("TD Bank"), which was scheduled to expire on March 8, 2013. On February 28, 2013, in conjunction with entering into a new three year Loan and Security Agreement (the "2013 Loan and Security Agreement") with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP ("Keltic Financial"), we terminated the 2009 Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides us with a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which does not exceed 85% of "Eligible Receivables" (as defined in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event can the aggregate amount of the revolving credit loans at any time exceed $10 million. We may also request a revolving credit limit increase, not to exceed $5 million, subject to certain terms and conditions and at the sole discretion of Keltic Financial.

Sales and Marketing

Portamedic

Our Portamedic service line generally requires a two-step sales process for the business we do for life insurance companies.  First, our corporate sales representatives negotiate with the national office of a life insurance company to get on its list of approved outside risk assessment service providers.  Second, our field sales personnel must sell to the insurance company’s local agents and to the community of independent brokers and agents that sell the insurer's products.  Success at the local level requires establishing, maintaining and nurturing relationships with the agents and brokers.  We have taken steps to coordinate localized marketing campaigns, develop on-line sales training programs for new sales personnel, and otherwise provide better support for local field sales personnel. 

We promoted and hired new field sales managers during the third quarter of 2012. We introduced new field sales and regional operations incentive compensation plans and performance measurement systems, while implementing a new Customer Relationship Management system for our sales teams.

Heritage Labs

One of our main strategies is to gain new business by leveraging the value of our mortality data and by marketing new services to the insurance industry.  Steps to execute this strategy have included:

We have developed a "risk score" methodology to help our insurance clients better understand the mortality implications between and among interactions of multiple tests related to specific disease states. We believe that the mortality data we are providing are unique and more complex than the data being provided by our competitors. We have shared our risk score data set and design approach with major re-insurers to validate our methodology to risk scoring. Our objective has been to assist our clients in their ability to develop new insurance products and establish more accurate premium rating or pricing techniques using the lab mortality data that we have developed.

We have developed sales initiatives designed to increase the number of paramedical examinations completed by our Portamedic service line that generate lab testing orders for Heritage Labs. We have also developed sales initiatives designed to increase the volume of lab test orders for Heritage Labs that are not generated by Portamedic exams.

Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness services include event scheduling, provision and fulfillment of all supplies (e.g., examination kits, blood pressure cuffs, stadiometers, scales, centrifuges, lab coats, bandages, etc.) at screening events, event management, biometric screenings (height, weight, body mass index, hip, waist, neck, pulse, blood pressure), blood draws via venipuncture or finger stick, lab testing, participant and aggregate reporting, data processing and data transmission, and analytics and information services to communicate to individuals and our clients about results and risks. Heritage Labs does all of the testing on the venipuncture samples we collect at health and wellness screenings. Our key market advantages are our ability to screen both individuals and groups in every major jurisdiction in the U.S. using a variety of screening methods, as well as end to end control of the service delivery model that provides greater transparency and quality over data and supply chain management.

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Sales and marketing milestones in our Health & Wellness business include:

We completed technology integration, staffing and training, and developed new standard operating procedures required to serve Westat, Inc. in support of the largest government study of tobacco use ever conducted in the United States, a landmark collaboration between the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

During 2012, we added three new sales positions, along with new operations and account manager positions. In order to increase our pipeline of new business opportunities to support growth in 2013, we expanded our new business sales team.

We believe that we are well-positioned to capture a significant share of the health and care management market given our Company’s unique set of assets, including Heritage Labs, our proprietary Health & Wellness IT system, and our network of certified health professionals.   However, the success of Health & Wellness will also depend in part upon the success of our sponsors and their health and care management initiatives to employers. 

Hooper Holmes Services

Hooper Holmes Services markets its services and products through our team of sales professionals, each with established relationships with key customer decision makers, and through our distribution sales team. Aimed at insurance distribution organizations, this team offers a range of products available through our integrated order platform.

Information Technology

Information technology systems are used extensively in virtually all aspects of our business.  We have made substantial investments in our IT systems, believing that IT capability is or can be a competitive differentiator.

In 2012, we launched a new web site, integrated with our back end operations, to make it easier for Portamedic customers to enter orders and track order status. We believe that this web site will increase customer satisfaction, and will eventually be extended to facilitate the ordering and status of all of our risk assessment services.

We completed the rollout of our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders (known as Partnerlink), which is expected to improve customer service, while lowering future operating costs. As of December 31, 2012, the total cost of the system, including implementation and training costs, totaled approximately $5.5 million of which $1.8 million was incurred in 2012. During 2012, triggered by Portamedic's revenue declines, we performed an impairment test and we recorded impairment charges of $4.9 million related to Partnerlink and other Portamedic assets. While these impairment charges include the impairment of Partnerlink, Partnerlink is an essential part of our Portamedic strategy and we expect it will continue to be utilized by Portamedic in the foreseeable future.

In 2012, we successfully completed our annual SOC II engagement (formerly SAS 70 Type II), a third-party review of our IT processes and procedures for handling customer data. We believe this review gives customers confidence in our information controls, information security and technology management processes.

In 2012, we expanded our iParamed offering with a new technology designed to improve underwriting accuracy and that requires only "one touch" with the applicant. The iParamed platform delivers a complete, digital case file for any life insurance applicant, sending structured data into our customers' underwriting or workflow systems. We believe iParamed will help our customers place more business faster, and has the potential to significantly reduce our customers' total cost of underwriting. We expanded our iParamed e-Exam platform, deploying over 1,000 iParamed-equipped netbooks to health professionals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We are working with potential new customers to better understand their business needs in order to adapt our iParamed e-Exam platform for use by these life insurance carriers. In 2013, our goal is to provide this service to five additional life insurance carriers.

Our Health & Wellness service line utilizes a customer order, tracking and scheduling IT system which is separate and distinct from our Portamedic system.

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Competition

Portamedic

Our Portamedic service line is one of four national providers whose businesses encompass arranging paramedical examinations, providing specimen analysis, conducting interviews of insurance applicants and collecting medical records for life insurers.  In addition, a significant number of regional and local firms also compete in this industry.  Most of our customers use two or more risk assessment service providers.  Pricing is a primary basis of competition for the business of certain of these insurance carriers.

Heritage Labs
 
There are two other major laboratories providing testing services to the life and health industries. We estimate that Heritage Labs is the smallest of the three, measured by market share. With the smallest market share, we believe there is room to grow and capture additional market share.  Most large insurance companies tend to use more than one lab, while many small or medium-sized companies may use only a single lab.

Health & Wellness
 
Our Health & Wellness service line markets mostly to health and care management companies, which in turn serve large employers. We believe this customer focus is a competitive advantage, as it minimizes our marketing costs and positions us to screen large populations. We believe our additional competitive advantages include our:

complete ownership of every phase of the wellness screening process, including an internal lab testing capability through Heritage Labs;

ability to screen both individuals and groups of all sizes;

ability to conduct screenings via venipuncture, fingerstick or self-collection blood draws;

ability to conduct screenings in every major jurisdiction in the United States;

fulfillment capability based in part on our access to collection kits assembled by Heritage Labs; and

wellness health professionals certification process, an online training program.

Our Health & Wellness service line needs to continually refine and enhance its value proposition to maintain its advantage and capitalize on the evolving nature of the wellness market.

Hooper Holmes Services

Hooper Holmes Services competes with a number of companies that offer services and products similar to ours. They range from small local service providers to companies with a national presence. When competing for market share, we believe we are the only provider that offers full underwriting, simplified underwriting, and impaired risk services, in addition to medical record retrieval, inspections, and telephone application and interview services.

Hooper Holmes Services maintains a qualified workforce made up of approximately 34 underwriters and two physicians.  We also employ nurses, health care professionals and individuals with experience in the life and health insurance industry. We believe that we have a competitive advantage in our targeted market due to the experienced underwriting staff which we employ and the current scarcity of qualified insurance underwriters.

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Governmental Regulation

All of our service lines (particularly paramedical examinations, health screenings and lab services) are subject to federal and state regulation.  The health professionals we utilize are subject to certain licensing and certification requirements and regulations with respect to the drawing of blood and needle disposal.  We are subject to federal and state regulations relating to the transportation, handling and disposal of the various specimens obtained in the course of a paramedical or medical examination or wellness screening.  The FDA regulates certain aspects of Heritage Labs’ business, including the assembly and marketing of specimen collection kits and other devices.  In addition, many of the services we provide are subject to certain provisions of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (“HIPAA”), and other federal and state laws relating to the privacy of health and other personal information.

Employees

We employ approximately 1,510 persons in our Company, of whom approximately 745 are full time employees. Approximately 80 employees are located in our corporate headquarters in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

General Information
 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. is a New York corporation.  Our principal executive offices are located at 170 Mt. Airy Road, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920.  Our telephone number is (908) 766-5000.  Our website address is www.hooperholmes.com.  We have included our website address as an inactive textual reference only.  The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Report.

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.  You may read and copy any document that we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.  The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-732-0330.  The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding companies that file electronically with the SEC.  The SEC’s website is www.sec.gov.  We also make available free of charge, through our website, our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K, our proxy statements, the Form 3, 4 and 5 filings of our directors and executive officers, and all amendments to these reports and filings, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with the SEC.


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ITEM 1A
Risk Factors

You should carefully consider all the information included in this Report, particularly the following risk factors, before deciding to invest in our shares of common stock.  The risk factors set forth below are not the only risks we face.  Additional risks not presently known to or understood by us may also negatively affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
Continued reduction in cash flow from operations in 2013 may limit our ability to make the desired level of investment in our businesses and may lead to liquidity issues.
 
While we do not believe we are facing any immediate or near-term liquidity issues in light of our current cash position and available borrowing under our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, we experienced revenue declines in 2012 and recent prior years. Although we are taking steps to address and correct the primary causes of the revenue decline, especially in Portamedic, it is likely that the decline will continue in 2013. We used approximately $4.2 million of cash from continuing operations in 2012.  If we continue to experience decline in our consolidated revenues as we have experienced for the past several years or we are unable to maintain our current collection results, it could become difficult to adequately make needed investments in our businesses, or comply with our debt covenants and maintain borrowing capacity under our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement.
 
Our liquidity may be adversely affected by the terms of our new Loan and Security Agreement.
 
We will likely need to borrow in the future under our new 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, entered into on February 28, 2013.  We have an available borrowing base of 85% of "Eligible Receivables" (as defined in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement) up to $10 million under this facility as of the inception date of this new agreement.  The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, contains financial covenants which require us to achieve a minimum EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization) beginning with the twelve months ending June 30, 2014 as the first measurement date. In addition, we have limitations on the maximum amount of our unfunded capital expenditures for each fiscal year of the three year 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. Our failure to comply with these financial covenants may limit or eliminate our borrowing capability under the terms of our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, which would negatively impact our financial condition.

Continued weakness in the economy in general, or the financial health of the life insurance and healthcare industries in particular, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
We derive a significant percentage of our revenues from customers in the life insurance industry.  If the condition of the U.S. economy continues to remain weak or weakens further in certain areas, such as unemployment rates, demand for life insurance products may decline in the future more steeply, resulting in less business for our Company.  If some of our life insurance company customers fail or curtail operations in the life insurance industry, such failures or curtailments of operations would result in less business for our Company.  Either event would negatively affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our business results would be adversely affected if we were alleged or found to have violated certain regulatory requirements.

Each of our service lines is subject to varying degrees of state and federal regulation. For example, Health & Wellness and Portamedic are subject to regulations regarding licensing (supervision of phlebotomists and the conduct of certain specimen draws). Heritage Labs is subject to FDA regulation of device assembly and marketing. All of our service lines are subject to federal and state laws, including HIPAA, regarding security and privacy of personal health information and other personal information. Although the Company devotes substantial effort to comply with these regulatory requirements, major violations could subject the Company to significant liability and/or damage our relationship with our customers.

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Our business results may be adversely affected if we are unable to attract, retain and deploy health professionals and other medical personnel.

We believe a key to growth in both our Portamedic and Health & Wellness service lines is maintaining and managing a network of highly trained medical personnel who can meet our customers' needs in key markets nationwide. Although many of our health professionals also work for competitors, our goal is to offer them equal or greater opportunities so that they will be available to provide services to our customers. If we are unable to recruit and retain an appropriate base of health professionals, it may limit our ability to maintain and/or grow our exam and screening business.
  
Future claims arising from the sale of one business unit (discontinued operations) could negatively impact our results of operations.
 
We sold our Claims Evaluation Division ("CED") business in 2008.  In regard to this sale, we retained potential liability for certain types of claims pertaining to periods prior to the sale of this unit.  For example, we have recorded a liability of $0.1 million as of December 31, 2012 representing the present value of a potential liability on a long-term lease for the CED.  If additional claims for which we may be liable arise related to this discontinued operation in the future, this may result in additional cost to us which could negatively impact our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
We may continue to experience declines in Portamedic unit volumes.
 
We have experienced period-over-period declines in Portamedic unit volumes for the past several years. In June 2012, we restructured our Portamedic service line, which included the development of a new model for delivering paramedical exam services which we are in the process of deploying. The restructure has resulted in, among other things, the closure of branch offices, headcount reductions, the elimination of both fixed and variable costs and the consolidation of certain services into centralized customer service centers. We are monitoring the impact of the new Portamedic delivery model as we continue to modify and implement the model. Although the new Portamedic delivery model is expected to positively impact Portamedic revenues and unit volumes in the long term, it is likely that these revenues and volumes will continue to decline in 2013 as the new model is being deployed.

If the new Portamedic delivery model is not successful and unit volumes continue to decline, operating losses may continue, further impairment charges may be incurred and we may not have sufficient liquidity. There is no guarantee that the new Portamedic delivery model will reverse the decline in unit volumes or that our cost reduction actions will generate the savings necessary to offset revenue declines, operating losses and uses of cash.

Additionally, because 65% of the total volume of specimens tested by Heritage Labs originate from a Portamedic paramedical exam or Health & Wellness screening, continued declines in Portamedic unit volumes could have a negative impact on Heritage Labs specimen testing volumes.
 
Because each of our service lines derives a significant percentage of its revenues from a limited number of customers, a loss of some or all of the business of one or more customers could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
Each of our service lines, including our core Portamedic service line, derives a significant percentage of its revenues from a limited number of customers.  Losing some or all of the business of one or more of these customers can result in a significant reduction in the revenues of the applicable service line.  If this were to occur, we would face significant challenges in replacing the lost revenues.  Further, the loss of business from key customers can negatively affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
A number of circumstances could prompt the loss of one or more of our key customers or a substantial portion of its or their business.  For example, if one of our customers were to be acquired by or merged into another company for whom we do not provide services, we could lose the acquired company’s business.  Additionally, we could lose one or more significant customers if they perceive one or more of our competitors to be superior in price or quality.
 

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If we cannot successfully implement, maintain and upgrade our information technology platforms so that we can meet customer requirements, the competitiveness of our businesses will suffer.
 
In each of our businesses, the speed and accuracy with which we make information available to our customers is critical.  As a result, we are dependent on our information technology platforms and our ability to store, retrieve, process, manage and enable timely customer access to the health-related and other data we gather on behalf of our customers.  Disruption of the operation of our IT systems for any extended period of time, loss of stored data, programming errors or other system failures could cause customers to turn elsewhere to address their service needs. In addition, we must continue to enhance our IT systems – potentially at substantial cost – to meet our customers’ demands for service and product enhancements.  Our ability to enhance these systems may be limited by the financial covenants and other provisions of our credit facility.
 
Allegations of negligent or improper actions by our health professionals or other personnel could result in claims against us and/or our incurring expenses to indemnify our clients.
 
Allegations of negligent or improper actions by our health or other medical professionals could result in claims against us, require us to indemnify our clients for any harm they may suffer, or damage our reputation and relationships with important clients.  Our clients rely on the accuracy of the medical data we gather on their behalf – whether derived from a Portamedic paramedical exam, a Hooper Holmes Services tele-interview, a Health & Wellness screening, a Heritage Labs specimen test, or our Hooper Holmes Services underwriting resources – in connection with their insurance underwriting, interventional programs, patient treatment and other decisions.  As a result, we face exposure to claims that may arise or result from the decisions of our customers based on allegedly inaccurate data or faulty analysis of such data.  We maintain professional liability insurance and such other coverage as we believe appropriate, but such insurance may prove insufficient.  Regardless of insurance, any such claims could damage our reputation and relationships with important clients.
 
 Our classification of most of our health professionals in many states as independent contractors, rather than employees, exposes us to possible litigation and legal liability.
 
In the past, some state agencies have claimed that we improperly classified our health professionals as independent contractors for purposes of state unemployment and/or workers compensation tax laws and that we were therefore liable for taxes in arrears, or for penalties for failure to comply with such state agencies’ interpretations of the laws.  In some states, our classification of health professionals has been upheld and in others it has not.  However, there are no assurances that we will not be subject to similar claims in other states in the future.

Our operations could be adversely affected by the effects of a natural disaster or an act of terrorism.
 
Our operations, including those of Heritage Labs' laboratory based in Kansas and our IT customer service center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, would be adversely affected in the event of a natural disaster, such as a tornado or hurricane, or an act of terrorism.  While Heritage Labs has a back-up lab facility available  (also located in Kansas) and a disaster recovery plan, damage to its primary laboratory or to its available back-up lab facility could nonetheless disrupt its ability to provide its testing services, which could have a material adverse effect on its operations and business.
 
ITEM 1B
Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

ITEM 2
Properties

We own our corporate headquarters located at 170 Mt. Airy Road, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, approximately 35 miles west of New York City. Of approximately 53,000 total square feet of office space, we maintain our operations in approximately 45,000 square feet and the balance is leased or available for lease to several tenants.  We have agreed to mortgage our corporate headquarters as collateral under our asset-based lending facility provided by Keltic Financial Partners II, LP.

We lease our laboratory facility, regional operations centers, and our approximately 60 Portamedic branch offices, with the term of such branch office leases typically being three years.

We also lease 9,200 square feet in Allentown, PA for a business continuity and customer service operations center.


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We believe that, in general, our facilities are suitable and adequate for our current and anticipated future levels of operations and are adequately maintained.  We believe that if we were unable to renew a lease on any of our facilities, we could find alternative space at competitive market rates and relocate our operations to such new location without material disruption to our business.

ITEM 3
Legal Proceedings

On April 23, 2012, a complaint was filed against the Company in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of a purported class of employee examiners alleging, among other things, that the Company had failed to pay overtime compensation to certain employees as required by federal law. On May 24, 2012, a related complaint was filed against the Company in the same court alleging, among other things, that the Company similarly failed to pay overtime compensation to a purported class of certain independent contractor examiners who, the complaint alleges, should be treated as employees for purposes of federal law. The complaints seek award of an unspecified amount of allegedly unpaid overtime wages to certain examiners. The Company believes the allegations in the cases are without merit, has filed answers in both cases denying the substantive allegations therein. By Consent Order filed March 11, 2013, the court approved a settlement between the Company and the named plaintiffs in the employee case, and the case was dismissed with prejudice. Preliminary discovery and motion practice are being conducted in the contractor case.

The Company is a party to a number of other legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business. In the opinion of management, the Company has substantial legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to all of its pending legal actions. Accordingly, none of these actions is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, its consolidated results of operations or its consolidated financial position.


ITEM 4
 
 
 
Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable

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PART II

ITEM 5
Market For Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is traded on the NYSE MKT stock exchange under the symbol “HH.”

Common Stock Price Range

The following table shows, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock based on published financial sources (dollars):

 
 
2012
 
2011
Quarter
 
High
 
Low
 
High
 
Low
First
 
$0.80
 
$0.60
 
$0.87
 
$0.55
Second
 
$0.70
 
$0.53
 
$1.17
 
$0.65
Third
 
$0.71
 
$0.57
 
$1.10
 
$0.60
Fourth
 
$0.64
 
$0.33
 
$0.80
 
$0.57

Holders

According to the records of our transfer agent, Registrar and Transfer Company, Cranford, New Jersey, as of February 28, 2013, there were 1,047 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

No dividends were paid in 2012 or 2011.

We are precluded from declaring or making any dividend payments or other distributions of assets with respect to any class of our equity securities under the terms of our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP, which was effective as of February 28, 2013 (See Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements).

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.     

Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchaser

We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.


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ITEM 6
Selected Financial Data

The following table of selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Report. The statement of operations data set forth below for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2012, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, have been derived from, and are qualified by reference to, our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Report. The statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, are derived from the Company’s consolidated financial statements that are not included in this Report.

(in thousands except for share data and footnotes)
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
Statement of operations data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
146,255

 
$
157,489

 
$
166,370

 
$
182,401

 
$
198,233

 
Operating (loss) income from continuing operations
(17,352
)
(a) 
(3,487
)
(b) 
234

(c) 
(1,013
)
(e) 
(1,428
)
(g) 
Interest expense
10

 
18

 
12

 
17

 
3

 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
(17,663
)
 
(3,586
)
 
1,421

(d) 
37

(f) 
(1,559
)
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
65

 
62

 
55

 
(41
)
  
(326
)
(h) 
Net (loss) income
(17,598
)
 
(3,524
)
 
1,476

 
(4
)
 
(1,885
)
 
Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

 
$

 
$
(0.02
)
 
Discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 
Net (loss) income
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

 
$

 
$
(0.03
)
 
Cash dividends per share
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
Weighted average shares:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
Basic
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,437,710

 
68,692,176

 
68,657,975

 
Diluted
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,896,969

 
69,392,243

 
68,657,975

 
Balance sheet data (as of December 31):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Working capital
$
16,970

 
$
28,323

 
$
32,321

 
$
30,102

 
$
24,135

 
Total assets
$
36,418

 
$
53,281

 
$
57,479

 
$
56,702

 
$
59,669

 
Stockholders’ equity
$
23,861

 
$
40,749

 
$
43,626

 
$
41,426

 
$
40,768

 

(a) Includes impairment charges of $5.3 million and restructuring charges of $2.4 million.
(b)
Includes restructuring charges totaling $0.1 million, and a reduction of cost of operations totaling $0.5 million relating to a refund received from a supplier pertaining to improperly charged sales tax on purchased materials.
(c)
Includes restructuring charges totaling $1.0 million.
(d)
Includes reversal of $1.6 million relating to previously accrued interest and penalties associated with a state unclaimed property matter for which the audit period has lapsed.
(e)
Includes restructuring and other charges totaling $1.2 million.
(f)
Includes a $1.5 million federal tax benefit resulting from carrying back net operating losses from 2008 of $4.3 million.
(g)
Includes restructuring and other charges totaling $1.6 million.
(h)
Includes a $0.9 million net gain on the sale of the CED.




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ITEM 7               Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements.  See page 1 of this Report for information regarding our use of forward-looking statements in this Report.  This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 8 of this Report.

Overview

As discussed in greater detail in Item 1 (“Business”), we currently engage in the following service lines:

Portamedic – performs paramedical and medical examinations of individuals, primarily on behalf of insurance companies in connection with the offering or rating of insurance coverage (mainly life insurance), along with medical examinations of health plan participants in order to provide medical information on plan members to the plan sponsors;

Heritage Labs – performs tests of blood, urine and oral fluid specimens, primarily generated in connection with the paramedical exams and wellness screenings performed by our Portamedic and Health & Wellness service lines, respectively, and assembles and sells specimen collection kits;

Health & Wellness – performs risk assessment and risk management services, including biometric screenings, health risk assessments and onsite wellness coaching for health and care management companies, including wellness companies, disease management organizations, clinical research organizations, health plans and others; and

Hooper Holmes Services – provides telephone interviews of insurance candidates, retrieval of medical records and inspections, risk management solutions and underwriting services for simplified issue products and products requiring full underwriting.

Our core Portamedic paramedical examination service line accounted for approximately 66%, 68% and 71% of our total consolidated revenues in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. As a provider of health risk assessment services to the insurance industry, our business is subject to seasonality, with third quarter sales typically dropping below the other quarters due to the decline in activity typically experienced by the insurance industry during the summer months.

2012 Highlights and Business Outlook for 2013

Consolidated Financial Performance for 2012

For the year ended December 31, 2012, consolidated revenues totaled $146.3 million, representing a decline of approximately 7.1% from the prior year.  

Our gross margin declined approximately 341 basis points to 21.4% primarily due to the 10.1% year-over-year revenue decline in our Portamedic service line. Our selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $40.9 million in 2012 representing a decrease of $1.3 million, or 3.2%, from the prior year.  We reported a loss from continuing operations of $17.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, which included restructuring and impairment charges of approximately $7.8 million.

Restructure of Portamedic Operations

In January 2011, we began a business transformation of our Portamedic service line. The first phase of the transformation consisted of our investment of approximately $5.0 million in new systems and technology that served as the foundation for the second phase of Portamedic's transformation, a new model for delivering paramedical exams. These new systems, now deployed, include (i) a new workflow system for our Portamedic operations, known as Partnerlink; (ii) ePortamedic.com, a new ordering and status website for insurance agents that diagnoses service requirements based on insurance company rules; (iii) a new Life Application Processing Platform that makes it easier for financial advisors and brokers to sell life insurance; (iv) the latest version of our iParamed e-Exam, which allows electronic exams to be completed even in areas with poor wireless connections; and (v) a new direct-to-examiner inventory and tracking system for laboratory testing kits.

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In June 2012, we began the second phase of our Portamedic service line transformation, which included the deployment of our new model for delivering paramedical exam services. The service model is a new optimized approach for ordering, scheduling and delivering paramedical exams in the applicant's home or office any time, anywhere in the U.S. Over 100 local administrative offices have been consolidated into 60 integrated customer service centers located across 14 Company-defined regions. These service centers are designed to take advantage of our existing call center capabilities and IT investments to enable us to provide better levels of service, which we expect will lead to improved sales of Portamedic exams. In addition, the new model for delivering exam services has enabled us to reduce our facilities footprint and reduce labor costs previously associated with performing certain administrative and management tasks in each of our over 100 offices. We expect that, on an annual basis, the changes we have implemented have reduced the Company's cost structure by approximately $8.0 million beginning in the third quarter of 2012, primarily attributable to a reduction in the number of local branch offices and the related lease expense, headcount reductions resulting from centralizing administrative functions such as imaging and billing, and reduced operating expenses, including lower shipping expenses resulting from our new direct-to-examiner inventory system.
For the three years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company's consolidated revenues totaled $146.3 million, $157.5 million and $166.4 million, respectively, representing declines of 7.1% and 5.3% and 8.8%, respectively, from the prior year periods which were primarily attributable to the Portamedic service line. The number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was negatively impacted by a continuing weak economy, loss of market share and a reduction in life insurance applications requiring a paramedical exam, which we have continued to experience over the past few years. The number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was also negatively impacted by implementation issues regarding our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders, along with the June 2012 deployment of our new Portamedic service delivery model and the related transitional/operational issues associated with the implementation of this new model. The implementation of our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders was completed in the second quarter of 2012, and the implementation issues were resolved during the third quarter of 2012. Although the new Portamedic delivery model resulted in a lower cost structure (branch office closures and centralized services), given the complexity of the new delivery model, we are continuing to address certain sales and operational issues related to the new model in an effort to improve future sales. Further optimization of our delivery model is expected in 2013.

If the new Portamedic delivery model is not successful and revenues continue to decline, operating losses will continue, further asset impairments may occur and the Company will be required to take additional actions to further reduce or delay expenses and uses of cash. This would also reduce our cash reserves and would require us to borrow against our new 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. There is no guarantee that the Portamedic delivery model will reverse the decline in revenues or that our cost reduction actions will generate the savings necessary to offset revenue declines, operating losses and uses of cash.

In connection with our Portamedic business transformation and deployment of the new service delivery model in June 2012, we recorded restructuring charges totaling $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. These restructuring charges consisted of employee severance totaling $1.4 million and branch office closure costs totaling $1.0 million. In the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing in 2013, Portamedic revenue declines continued at higher rates compared to pre-June 2012 revenue declines, thus triggering us to perform an impairment evaluation of the long-lived assets primarily associated with the Portamedic new model for delivering paramedical exam services. The evaluation resulted in an impairment charge associated with the above described new systems and technology totaling $4.9 million, in addition to $0.2 million related to the impairment of fixed assets for the closed branch offices and $0.2 million related to the impairment of Hooper Holmes Services long-lived assets.

At December 31, 2012, $0.5 million of restructuring charges are recorded in accrued expenses in the Company's consolidated balance sheet. Cash payments related to the above described restructuring charges are expected to be completed within the next twelve months, except for certain long-term branch office closure costs of $0.2 million, which are recorded in other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2012.
These changes comprise a large-scale operational transformation designed to give Hooper Holmes the competitive advantages of faster and more accurate service delivery and lower operating costs. We believe that this restructuring and capital investment is necessary to meet the needs of customers in the paramed industry for consistent service, accurate scheduling, and timely completion of exams.


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Loan and Security Agreement

As of December 31, 2012, we maintained a loan and security agreement (the 2009 Loan and Security Agreement) with TD Bank, which was scheduled to to expire on March 8, 2013. On February 28, 2013, in conjunction with entering into a new three year 2013 Loan and Security Agreement (the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement) with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP (Keltic Financial), we terminated the 2009 Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides us with a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which does not exceed 85% of Eligible Receivables (as defined in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event can the aggregate amount of the revolving credit loans at any time exceed $10 million. We may also request a revolving credit limit increase, not to exceed $5 million, subject to certain terms and conditions and at the sole discretion of Keltic Financial. On March 28, 2013, we entered into the First Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement with Keltic Financial. See note 9 to the consolidated financial statements.

 Portamedic

For the year ended December 31, 2012, Portamedic revenues totaled $95.8 million, a decrease of 10.1% in comparison to the prior year.  We continue to believe that achieving acceptable profitability levels will require top-line revenue growth and reversing past revenue declines. Although we have contracts or billing approvals with over 90% of the insurance carriers in the marketplace, the number of paramedical examinations we complete on life insurance applicants continued to decline.  The rate of decline in completed examinations for 2012 was 10.4% compared to 2011, with a 6.5% decline in 2011 compared to 2010. As noted previously, the number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was negatively impacted by a continuing weak economy, loss of market share and a reduction in life insurance applications requiring a paramedical exam, which we have continued to experience over the past few years. The number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was also negatively impacted by implementation issues regarding our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders, along with the June 2012 deployment of our new Portamedic service delivery model and the related transitional/operational issues associated with the implementation of this new model.

  In order to reverse our decline in completed examinations, we are taking the following steps to achieve greater sales success with local agents, brokers, direct marketers and insurance carriers:

We deployed our new Portamedic service delivery model. The introduction of this new program is expected to enable us to expand and improve our current service delivery model and provide greater operational performance and service quality, while reducing operating costs in our current branch office structure.

We added a new Vice-President of Portamedic Provider Relations. This position will be dedicated to building our network of health professionals for both our Portamedic service line, and our Health and Wellness service line.

We reorganized our Portamedic service line into 14 regions, with a leader and customer service team assigned to each. We replaced over 100 local administrative offices with 60 integrated customer service centers strategically located across the 14 regions. Administrative functions such as imaging and billing have been centralized. In addition, every job in our Portamedic service line from senior management to customer service representative has a new position description tied to quality measures that we believe directly align with customer expectations.

We established a team of 14 Health Professional Managers to recruit, educate and mentor our national health professional network.

We entered into an agreement to become RSA Medical's exclusive, national provider of paramedical exams outside of RSA Medical's home state of Illinois. RSA Medical is a leading provider of medical assessment and medical management for patients interacting with the life and health insurance companies. The agreement gives Hooper Holmes access outside of Illinois to RSA Medical's nationwide examiner network, MedLink, to augment Hooper Holmes' own network of local health professionals nationwide. As part of the agreement, and to support RSA Medical's exam business in Illinois, Hooper Holmes will provide laboratory testing kits to RSA Medical and will perform billing services to life insurance companies at the request of RSA Medical when it is appropriate. Hooper Holmes will also train and equip RSA Medical's examiners to use Hooper Holmes' iParamed e-Exam for eligible RSA Medical customers.

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We are working with our customers to better understand their business needs thus enabling us to provide solutions. For example, we initiated special tracking, measurement and reporting of service quality for one of our larger customers which resulted in Portamedic providing additional services to this customer. We completed a consultative service study with another of our larger customers which resulted in new vendor management services provided by Portamedic which includes overseeing all of this customers paramedical service vendors. We integrated our on-line scheduling tool into the call center operations of another of our larger customers, as well as the operations of a new customer.

We entered into an agreement with a national insurance brokerage firm to provide efficient data acquisition and processing solutions. Using the full breadth of our service capabilities, we expect to improve this brokerage's insurance e-application process.

We promoted and hired new field sales managers during 2012. We introduced new field sales and regional operations incentive compensation plans and performance measurement systems, while implementing a new Customer Relationship Management system for our sales teams.

We launched a new Portamedic web portal to make it easier for customers to order our services.

We implemented a new warehouse management and inventory control system to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in distributing lab kits to our health professionals.

We expanded our iParamed e-Exam platform, deploying over 1,000 iParamed-equipped netbooks to health professionals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We are working with potential new customers to better understand their business needs in order to adapt our iParamed e-Exam platform for use by these life insurance carriers. In 2013, our goal is to provide this service to five additional life insurance carriers.

We continue to promote the integrated services provided by Hooper Holmes. We have reached an agreement for these integrated services with a new larger customer that we expect will generate revenue between $1 million and $2 million in 2013.
 
We completed the rollout of our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders (known as Partnerlink), which is expected to improve customer service, while lowering future operating costs.

We installed our Portamedic ordering platform into two large call centers operated by the direct sales organization of one of our larger life insurance carrier customers.

We believe that the steps we have taken to improve our selling ability, and the quality and speed of our services, will enable us to reduce the rate of decline in revenue experienced in the last several years.  However, there is no guarantee that the Portamedic delivery model, or these other initiatives, will reverse the decline in revenues or that our cost reduction actions will generate the savings necessary to offset revenue declines, operating losses and uses of cash.

Heritage Labs

For the year ended December 31, 2012, Heritage Labs revenues totaled $13.2 million, a decrease of 3.7% in comparison to the prior year.  Revenue from lab testing declined 4.2% compared to 2011, and revenues from lab kit assembly declined 3.1% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Heritage Labs services consist principally of performing tests of blood, urine and oral fluid specimens and the assembly and sale of kits used in the collection and transportation of such specimens to its lab facility.  In 2012, approximately 59% of Heritage Labs revenue came from lab testing and 41% came from the sale of assembled lab specimen kits. In 2011 and 2010, approximately 60% of Heritage Labs revenue came from lab testing and 40% came from the sale of assembled lab specimen kits.


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Although Heritage Labs lost several customers in 2012 which will reduce 2013 revenue, Heritage Labs has taken the following steps to reverse these declines and identify new customers:

Heritage Labs continues to focus on data modeling to gain a better understanding of the true mortality consequences of the laboratory tests that we provide to the insurance industry. Our objective is to assist our clients in their ability to develop new insurance products and establish more accurate premium rating or pricing techniques using the lab mortality data that we have developed. We have developed risk scores to help our insurance clients better understand the mortality implications between and among interactions of multiple tests related to specific disease states. We believe that the mortality data we are providing are unique and more complex than the data being provided by our competitors. We believe we will be able to leverage the value of the data we supply to gain new business.

We have developed sales initiatives designed to increase the number of paramedical examinations completed by our Portamedic service line that generate lab testing orders for Heritage Labs. We have also developed sales initiatives designed to increase the volume of lab test orders for Heritage Labs that are not generated by Portamedic exams.

Health & Wellness

Our Health & Wellness service line recorded revenues of approximately $21.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, an increase of $2.9 million, or approximately 15.8%, from the prior year.  In 2012, we performed approximately 411,000 health screenings, compared to approximately 348,000 screenings in 2011. We have conducted screening events in every state in the U.S. as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  Currently, we have certified approximately 3,000 of the examiners in our network to be "wellness certified" examiners.

Health & Wellness services include event scheduling, provision and fulfillment of all supplies (e.g., examination kits, blood pressure cuffs, stadiometers, scales, centrifuges, lab coats, bandages, etc.) at screening events, event management, biometric screenings (height, weight, body mass index, hip, waist, neck, pulse, blood pressure), blood draws via venipuncture or finger stick, lab testing, participant and aggregate reporting, data processing and data transmission.  Heritage Labs does all of the testing on the venipuncture samples we collect at health and wellness screenings.  

We believe the market for health and wellness is likely to grow over the next three to five years, and that we are well positioned to increase revenues from our biometric screening and other related services. Key highlights for 2012 include:

We completed technology integration, staffing and training, and developed new standard operating procedures required to serve Westat, Inc. in support of the largest government study of tobacco use ever conducted in the United States, a landmark collaboration between the National Institute of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

We developed and launched myCheck-In, a new feature designed to engineer, manage and track the on-time performance of group health screenings.

We began work to reengineer our operations team in Olathe, Kansas to continuously improve service quality, and developed a new VoIP phone system.

We achieved compliance with certain levels of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 ("FISMA"), to support future Government contracts.

We expanded our new business sales team, increasing our pipeline of new business opportunities to support growth in 2013.

We added a new service for screening remote individuals or small groups by accessing physician records.

We believe that we are well-positioned to capture a significant share of the health and care management market given our Company’s unique set of assets, including Heritage Labs, our proprietary Health & Wellness IT system, and our network of certified health professionals.   However, the success of Health & Wellness will also depend in part upon the success of our sponsors and their health and care management initiatives to the employers.  


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Hooper Holmes Services

For the year ended December 31, 2012, Hooper Holmes Services revenues totaled $18.1 million, a decrease of 12.9% in comparison to the prior year.  A significant contributing factor to this decrease was a decline in our 2012 attending physician statement ("APS") retrieval and physicians information line ("PIL") revenue as compared to 2011. Also contributing to the decrease in Hooper Holmes Services revenue was a decline in our 2012 Consumer Services revenue as compared to 2011.  

Key Financial and Other Metrics Monitored by Management

In our periodic reports filed with the SEC, we provide certain financial information and metrics about our businesses, and information that our management uses in evaluating our performance and financial condition.   Our objective in providing this information is to help our shareholders and investors generally understand our overall performance and assess the profitability of and prospects for our business.

In 2012, we primarily focused on tracking our actual results relative to our forecasts and budgets, and measuring the degree of success of our efforts to align our costs with lower revenue levels.  We monitored the following metrics in 2012:

the number of paramedical examinations performed by Portamedic;

the average revenue per paramedical examination;

time service performance, from examination order to completion;

the number of cases scheduled by our centralized Portamedic exam scheduling center;

the number of health screenings completed by Health & Wellness;

the number of tele-interviewing/underwriting reports we generate;

the number of specimens tested by Heritage Labs;

the average revenue per specimen tested;

budget to actual performance at the branch level as well as in the aggregate; and

customer and product line margins.

Certain of the above-cited metrics are discussed in the comparative discussion and analysis of our results of operations that follows.


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Results of Operations

Comparative Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations in 2012, 2011 and 2010

The table below sets forth our revenue by service line, for the periods indicated.  

 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
 
2012
 
% Change
 
2011
 
% Change
 
2010

Portamedic
 
$
95,815

 
(10.1
)%
 
$
106,626

 
(10.1
)%
 
$
118,555

Heritage Labs
 
13,153

 
(3.7
)%
 
13,663

 
(0.1
)%
 
13,682

Health & Wellness
 
21,349

 
15.8
 %
 
18,441

 
28.6
 %
 
14,343

Hooper Holmes Services
 
18,065

 
(12.9
)%
 
20,735

 
(5.1
)%
 
21,859

Subtotal
 
148,382

 

 
159,465

 

 
168,439

Intercompany eliminations (a)
 
(2,127
)
 

 
(1,976
)
 

 
(2,069
)
Total
 
$
146,255

 
(7.1
)%
 
$
157,489

 
(5.3
)%
 
$
166,370


(a)
represents intercompany sales from Heritage Labs to Portamedic

Revenues

Consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $146.3 million, a decline of $11.2 million or 7.1% from the prior year. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 were $157.5 million, a decline of $8.9 million or 5.3% below 2010 results.

Portamedic

The decline in Portamedic revenues for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were 10.1% and 10.1%, respectively, reflecting the impact of:

a decrease in paramedical examinations performed (1,124,000 in 2012, or 4,425 per day, vs. 1,255,000 in 2011, or 4,943 per day, vs. 1,342,000 in 2010, or 5,306 per day); and

an increase in average revenue per paramedical examination in 2012 ($84.91 in 2012 vs. $84.88 in 2011), and a decrease in average revenue per paramedical examination in 2011( $84.88 in 2011 vs. $88.63 in 2010).

The reduction in Portamedic revenue in 2012 was due to a continuing weak economy, loss of market share and reduction in life insurance applications requiring a paramedical exam, which we have continued to experience over the past few years. The number of Portamedic examinations declined 10.4% in 2012 compared to 2011. The number of examinations completed by Portamedic in 2012 was also negatively impacted by implementation issues regarding our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders, along with the June 2012 deployment of our new Portamedic service delivery model and the related transitional/operational issues associated with the implementation of this new model. The implementation of our new IT system for processing Portamedic customer orders was completed in the second quarter of 2012, and the implementation issues were resolved during the third quarter of 2012.The new Portamedic service delivery model resulted in, among other things, the closure of branch offices, headcount reductions, the elimination of both fixed and variable costs and the consolidation of certain services into centralized customer service centers.

The reduction in Portamedic revenue in 2011 and 2010 was primarily due to a weak economy (and its negative impact on the customers we serve in the life insurance industry), a reduction in life insurance applications requiring a paramedical exam and steady pricing pressure in our Portamedic service line. Portamedic units declined 6.5% in 2011 compared to 2010. Also, several of our large customers experienced a reduction in their business during 2011 and 2010 due to a change in the pricing and design of their life insurance products.


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Heritage Labs

Heritage Labs revenues in 2012 were $13.2 million, a decrease of $0.5 million, or 3.7%, compared to 2011.

During 2012, revenue from lab testing (approximately 59% of total Heritage Labs revenue in 2012) declined 4.2% compared to 2011. Heritage Labs tested 6.7% fewer specimens compared to the prior year (461,000 in 2012 vs. 494,000 in 2011). Heritage Labs average revenue per specimen tested increased 2.6% ($16.83 in 2012 vs. $16.40 in 2011). Approximately 29% of this increase in average revenue per specimen tested was due to service price increases, and the remaining increase was the result of increased shipping costs passed on to our customers.
 
Revenues from lab kit assembly (approximately 41% of total Heritage Labs revenue in 2012) decreased by 3.1% in comparison to 2011.

Approximately 65% of the total volume of specimens tested by Heritage Labs originate from a Portamedic paramedical exam or a Health & Wellness screening.

Heritage Labs revenues in 2011 were $13.7 million, essentially flat in comparison to 2010. 

During 2011, revenue from lab testing (approximately 60% of total Heritage Labs revenue in 2011) declined 1.9% compared to 2010. Heritage Labs tested 5.5% fewer specimens compared to the prior year (494,000 in 2011 vs. 523,000 in 2010). Increased lab testing revenue from our top 5 insurance customers and revenue from new customers was offset by declines in revenue from certain insurance customers and a reduction in Home Testing kits for disease management. Heritage Labs average revenue per specimen tested increased 3.9% ($16.40 in 2011 vs. $15.78 in 2010). Approximately 60% of this increase in average revenue per specimen tested was due to service price increases, and the remaining increase was the result of increased shipping costs passed on to our customers.

Revenues from lab kit assembly (approximately 40% of total Heritage Labs revenue in 2011) increased by 2.2% in comparison to 2010. This increase is primarily attributable to the above mentioned increase in revenue from our top 5 insurance customers and an increase in contract manufactured kits, along with a kit price increase of approximately 3.7%.
    
Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness revenues in 2012 were $21.3 million, an increase of $2.9 million, or 15.8%, compared to 2011.  Health & Wellness performed 18.1% more health screenings compared to the prior year (411,000 in 2012 vs. 348,000 in 2011).  We have conducted screening events in every state in the U.S. as well as The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.  To date, we have certified approximately 3,000 of the examiners in our network to be "wellness certified" examiners. Our revenue increase in 2012 compared to 2011 is primarily due to an increased number of screenings that we provided.

Health & Wellness revenues in 2011 were $18.4 million, an increase of $4.1 million, or 28.6%, compared to 2010.  Health & Wellness performed 25.6% more health screenings compared to the prior year (348,000 in 2011 vs. 277,000 in 2010).  We provided our services to 74 health management companies in 2011, up from 57 companies in 2010.  At year end 2011, we had certified approximately 2,000 of the examiners in our network to be "wellness certified" examiners. Our revenue increase in 2011 compared to 2010 is primarily due to an increased number of screenings that we provided to new and existing customers.

Hooper Holmes Services

Hooper Holmes Services revenue decreased 12.9% to $18.1 million for 2012 versus the prior year.

Health Information Services revenue totaled $10.4 million in 2012, a decrease of $1.9 million, or 15.3%, compared to 2011. Revenue from our attending physician statement, "APS", retrieval and physicians information line, "PIL", services decreased 18.1% to $8.2 million in 2012 as compared to 2011 primarily due to a decrease of 19.0% in the number of APS/PIL units performed in 2012 as compared to 2011. The decrease in revenue due to the decline in APS/PIL units was offset, to some extent, by a 1.0% increase in the average price per APS/PIL unit in 2012 as compared to 2011. Inspection and Motor Vehicle Report ("MVR") reporting revenue totaled $2.2 million in 2012, a decrease of 3.1% from 2011.


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Consumer Services includes our tele-underwriting/interviewing services. Revenue from Consumer Services for the year 2012 decreased 14.7% to $3.9 million as compared to 2011.  The decrease in revenue was primarily due to a decline of 16.1% in the number of tele-underwriting/interviewing units completed in 2012 as compared to 2011. The average price per unit for 2012 increased 1.6% as compared to 2011.

Health Risk Analytics includes our risk management and underwriting services. Revenues decreased 2.9% in 2012 to $3.8 million compared to 2011.

Hooper Holmes Services revenue decreased 5.1% to $20.7 million for 2011 versus the prior year.

Health Information Services revenue totaled $12.3 million in 2011, a decrease of $0.7 million, or 5.5%, compared to 2010. This decline in revenue is primarily attributable to lower revenue from our APS retrieval and PIL which totaled $10.0 million in 2011, a decrease of 5.6% as compared to the prior year. Our APS retrieval and PIL revenue declined primarily due to a decrease in the average price per unit of 3.9% in 2011 as compared to 2010. Also contributing to the decline in APS retrieval and PIL revenue was a 1.9% decrease in the number of units performed in 2011 as compared to 2010. Inspection and MVR reporting revenue totaled $2.3 million in 2011 and declined 5.0% as compared to the prior year.

Revenue from Consumer Services for the year 2011 decreased 8.8% to $4.5 million as compared to the prior year.  The decrease in revenue was primarily due to a decline of 11.5% in the number of tele-underwriting/interviewing units completed as compared to the prior year. The average price per unit for 2011 increased 3.0% as compared to the prior year.

Revenue from Health Risk Analytics of $3.9 million for the year 2011 were consistent with the prior year.

Cost of Operations

Our total cost of operations amounted to $114.9 million in 2012 compared to $118.4 million in 2011 and $122.9 million in 2010.  The following table shows the cost of operations as a percentage of revenues broken down by service line.

 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
 
As a % of
 
 
 
As a % of
 
 
 
As a % of
(in thousands)
 
2012
 
Revenues
 
2011
 
Revenues
 
2010
 
Revenues
Portamedic/Health & Wellness
 
$
94,014

 
80.2
%
 
$
95,140

 
76.1
%
 
$
98,578

 
74.2
%
Heritage Labs
 
8,687

 
66.0
%
 
9,153

 
67.0
%
 
8,553

 
62.5
%
Hooper Holmes Services
 
14,349

 
79.4
%
 
16,106

 
77.7
%
 
17,772

 
81.3
%
Subtotal
 
117,050

 

 
120,399

 

 
124,903

 

Intercompany eliminations (a)
 
(2,118
)
 

 
(2,005
)
 

 
(2,014
)
 

Total
 
$
114,932

 
78.6
%
 
$
118,394

 
75.2
%
 
$
122,889

 
73.9
%

(a)
represents intercompany cost of operations pertaining to sales from Heritage Labs to Portamedic

Cost of operations, as a percentage of revenue, increased to 78.6% for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to 75.2% for the comparable prior year.

The increase in cost of operations as a percentage of revenues is due to Portamedic revenues declining at a rate greater than its associated costs, as a significant percentage of costs in this service line are fixed and therefore did not decrease as revenues declined. The new Portamedic service delivery model deployed during the second quarter of 2012 lowered the Portamedic cost of operations, while improving customer service, but these costs savings were offset by our inability to reduce costs at a rate greater than the revenue declines we experienced. In addition, our increase in cost of operations as a percentage of revenue is attributable to an increase in our lower margin services provided by Portamedic.

    

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Portamedic costs of operations was also impacted by the investments we made in this service line during 2011 and 2012, largely our investment in the deployment and operating costs related to our new workflow system (known as "Partnerlink"), our new ordering and status website and an updated version of our iParamed e-Exam. Additionally, Portamedic cost of operations was impacted by increased health professional fees due to the Company's efforts to attract and retain quality health professionals. Cost of operations for Portamedic for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes a credit of $0.5 million relating to a refund received from a supplier pertaining to improperly charged sales tax on purchased materials.

Heritage Labs cost of operations decreased as a percentage of revenues to 66.0% for the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to the comparable prior year period. This decrease is primarily due to product mix associated with our lab kit assembly service line and lower shipping costs.

Hooper Holmes Services cost of operations increased as a percentage of revenues to 79.4% for the year ended December 31, 2012, compared to the prior year period. The increase is due to revenues declining at a rate greater than its associated costs, a significant component of which are fixed.

Cost of operations, as a percentage of revenue, increased to 75.2% for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to 73.9% for the comparable prior year. This percentage increase is largely due to Portamedic's revenues declining at a rate greater than its associated costs, as a significant percentage of costs associated with our Portamedic service line are fixed and therefore did not decrease as revenue declined. Cost of operations for Portamedic for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes a credit of $0.5 million relating to a refund received from a supplier pertaining to improperly charged sales tax on purchased materials.

Cost of operations associated with Heritage Labs increased to 67.0% for the year ended December 31, 2011 from 62.5% for the comparable prior year period. This increase is primarily due to increased shipping costs and increased warehouse and overhead costs.

The increase in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue for Portamedic/Health & Wellness and Heritage Labs was offset by declines in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue for Hooper Holmes Services, resulting from cost reduction initiatives implemented during 2010 and 2011.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses (SG&A)

 
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
Decrease (Increase)
(in thousands)
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2012 vs. 2011
 
2011 vs. 2010
Total
 
$
40,919

 
$
42,260

 
$
42,156

 
$
1,341

 
$
(104
)

As reflected in the above table, consolidated SG&A expenses for 2012 decreased $1.3 million as compared to 2011. SG&A expenses for 2011 were $0.1 million more than in 2010.

The decrease in 2012 SG&A expenses compared to 2011 was primarily due to decreases of:

Incentive compensation expense totaling $1.0 million;

IT costs associated with operating our old Portamedic customer ordering system and reduced depreciation expense totaling $1.7 million;

Portamedic regional and administrative salaries and related expenses totaling $0.7 million;

Executive salaries and recruiting costs totaling $0.7 million;

Sales salaries and expenses totaling $0.4 million; and

General insurance and reduced intangible asset amortization expense totaling $0.3 million.

These decreases in SG&A were offset by increases of:
 
IT salaries, implementation and training costs and maintenance costs for our new Portamedic order processing system totaling $1.0 million;

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Portamedic administrative salaries and expenses, and depreciation expense associated with our new Portamedic order processing system totaling $0.9 million;

Salaries associated with the expansion of our Strategic Development Department totaling $0.7 million;

Administrative sales salaries and expenses associated with our Health & Wellness service line totaling $0.3 million; and

Legal costs, health insurance costs and workers compensation costs totaling $0.5 million.


The increase in 2011 SG&A expenses compared to 2010 was primarily due to increases of:

business development, staff training and IT salaries and expenses totaling $1.6 million;

health insurance costs and employee paid time off accrual totaling $0.4 million;

sales salaries and expenses totaling $0.5 million;

incentive compensation expense totaling $0.9 million; and

Company-wide recruiting costs primarily associated with certain executive and IT positions totaling $0.3 million.

These increases in SG&A were offset by decreases of:

depreciation expense of IT systems and hardware and accelerated depreciation expense related to the reduction of the estimated useful life of our previous customer service order tracking systems, which totaled $1.5 million;

administrative headcount reductions and expenses for Portamedic, Hooper Holmes Services and Heritage Labs, totaling $1.3 million;

workers compensation and insurance costs totaling $0.4 million; and

outside consulting fees totaling $0.2 million.


Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We evaluate the recovery of our long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of an asset many not be recoverable.

In June 2012, our Portamedic service line deployed its new model for delivering paramedical exam services. This new model utilizes the following internal use software and website development costs: (i) Partnerlink, a new workflow system for Portamedic's operations, (ii) ePortamedic.com, a new web-based ordering system, and (iii) iParamed e-Exam platform, whereby our health professionals utilize an iParamed equipped netbook to complete exams. When deployed in June 2012, the new Portamedic delivery model was expected to reduce costs and improve service leading to an improvement in past revenue declines. In the third quarter of 2012, although the expected cost reductions were achieved, Portamedic revenue declined at a higher year-over-year rate compared to the first half of 2012 revenue declines. Given the complexity of the new delivery model (branch office closures, centralization of services), we believed it was too soon to assess the longer term impact on revenues. However in the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing in 2013, Portamedic revenue declines continued at higher rates compared to pre-June 2012 revenue declines, thus triggering us to perform an impairment evaluation of the above described long-lived assets. Additionally, we performed an impairment evaluation of the long-lived assets of our Hooper Holmes Services service line, specifically within this service line, the APS and tele-underwriting assets.

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The evaluation resulted in the determination that the carrying values of the above described long-lived assets exceeded their projected undiscounted net cash flows. With the assistance of an independent valuation firm, we calculated the fair values of these long-lived assets. The fair values were determined based on discounted cash flows and indicated that an impairment existed for each of these long-lived assets. Accordingly, we recorded an impairment charge totaling $5.1 million which is included in impairment of long-lived assets in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

In connection with the 2012 restructure of Portamedic's operations, we recorded charges totaling $0.2 million related to the impairment of fixed assets for branch offices closed primarily during the third quarter of 2012. These charges are included in impairment of long-lived assets in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Restructuring Charges

For the year ended December 31, 2012, we recorded restructuring charges of $2.4 million. These charges were primarily associated with the deployment of our new Portamedic service delivery model in June 2012, as discussed in the above section "Restructure of Portamedic Operations". As we continue to optimize our new delivery model in 2013, we may incur additional impairment and restructuring charges.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we recorded restructuring charges of $0.1 million. These charges consisted primarily of severance and branch office closure costs.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recorded restructuring charges of $1.0 million. These charges are attributable to severance related to the resignation of our former CEO and employee severance costs related to headcount reduction actions in Portamedic and Hooper Holmes Services.

Operating Loss / Income from Continuing Operations

Our consolidated operating loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 totaled $17.4 million, compared to a loss of $3.5 million in the prior year.  This decline is primarily due to a decrease in gross profit of $7.8 million ($31.3 million in 2012 vs. $39.1 million in 2011). The decrease in our gross profit is primarily due to a decline in revenues of 7.1%. We also recorded a $5.3 million charge related to the impairment of certain long-lived assets and recorded restructuring charges of $2.4 million, compared to impairment charges and restructuring charges in 2011 of $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

Our consolidated operating loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $3.5 million, compared to operating income of $0.2 million in the prior year.  This decline is primarily due to a decrease in gross profit of $4.4 million ($39.1 million in 2011 vs. $43.5 million in 2010). The decrease in our gross profit is primarily due to a decline in revenues of 5.3%.

Other (expense) income

Interest income for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $0.03 million, $0.06 million and $0.12 million, respectively.

Other (expense) income, net for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011and 2010 was $(0.26) million, $(0.02) million, and$1.3 million, respectively. Other (expense) income, net, for the year ended December 31, 2012 is comprised primarily of $0.1 million in costs related to bank credit facility fees. Included in the results from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, in Other (expense) income, net, is the reversal of $0.3 million primarily related to previously accrued interest and penalties resulting from entering into voluntary compliance agreements with 12 states relating to unclaimed property offset by $0.3 million of amortization expense of costs associated with our credit facility. Included in the results for the year ended December 31, 2010 is a gain of approximately $1.6 million representing the reversal of a reserve previously established for interest and penalties associated with a state unclaimed property matter for which the audit period had lapsed.


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Income Taxes

      We have significant deferred tax assets attributable to tax deductible intangibles, and federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, which may reduce taxable income in future periods.  Based on the continued decline in revenues, the cumulative tax and operating losses, the lack of taxes in the carryback period and the uncertainty surrounding the extent or timing of future taxable income, we do not believe we will realize the tax benefits of these deferred tax assets.  Accordingly, we continue to record a full valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets of $56.8 million and $51.8 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. 

The income tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2012 totaling $0.1 million, reflects a state tax liability. The income tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2011 totaling $0.1 million, is primarily due to taxes on gross revenues related to two states, a liability for amended tax returns including interest, for one of these states for the years 2006 through 2008 and the true-up of the 2010 tax provision for two states. The income tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2010 is primarily due to a liability for amended tax returns filed in one state for tax years 2007 and 2008, and the true-up of the 2009 tax provision for this state.

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, no amounts were recorded for unrecognized tax benefits or for the payment of interest or penalties.  Furthermore, no such amounts were accrued during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.
 
In July 2008, we received notification from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that it had completed its audits of our tax returns for the years 2001 through 2006 with no adjustments.  In February 2013, we were notified by the IRS that they will examine our tax return for the year 2011. The exam has not yet begun. State income tax returns for the year 2008 and forward are subject to examination.
 
As of December 31, 2012, we had U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $116.5 million and $111.3 million, respectively.   The net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, will expire in the years 2013 through 2032.
 
The effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was 0%, 4% and 14%, respectively.

Discontinued Operations

In 2008, we sold substantially all of the assets and liabilities of our Claims Evaluation Division (the "CED") operating segment.  In connection with the sale of the CED, we were released as the primary obligor for certain lease obligations acquired but remain secondarily liable in the event the buyer defaults. In 2012, we reduced the reserve for this liability by $0.07 million. The corresponding gain is reported in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.  At December 31, 2012, we maintain a liability of $0.1 million for this lease obligation. In 2010, we reduced this reserve by $0.06 million and reported the corresponding gain in discontinued operations. The guarantee is provided for the term of the lease, which expires in July 2015. As of December 31, 2012, the maximum potential amount of future payments under the guarantee is $0.2 million.

In 2011, we recorded a gain of $0.06 million in discontinued operations representing the reversal of a liability for services provided to the CED. This liability is no longer deemed a liability of the Company or the CED.

Net Loss / Income

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $17.6 million, or $0.25 per share on both a basic and diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $3.5 million, or $0.05 per share on both a basic and diluted basis, reported for the year ended December 31, 2011.  For the year ended December 31, 2010, we reported net income of $1.5 million, or $0.02 on both a basic and diluted basis.


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Liquidity and Financial Resources

Our primary sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents and our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, our working capital was $17.0 million and $28.3 million, respectively.  Our current ratio as of December 31, 2012 was 2.5 to 1 compared to 3.5 to 1 at December 31, 2011.  Significant uses affecting our cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2012 include:

a net loss of $17.7 million from continuing operations, including non-cash charges of $4.2 million in depreciation and amortization expense, $0.7 million in share-based compensation expense and impairment of long-lived assets of $5.3 million; and

capital expenditures of $4.1 million.

These uses of cash were partially offset by:

a combined net increase in accounts payable, accrued expense and other long-term liabilities (including $1.7 million of restructuring payments) of $0.4 million;

a decrease in other assets of $1.5 million; and

a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.2 million.

We incurred a loss from continuing operations of $17.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 which includes a non-cash impairment of long-lived assets totaling $5.3 million. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we incurred a loss from continuing operations of $3.6 million which includes a gain of $0.5 million representing a refund from a supplier pertaining to improperly charged sales tax on purchased materials. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we reported income from continuing operations of $1.4 million which includes a gain of approximately $1.6 million representing the reversal of a reserve previously established for interest and penalties associated with a state unclaimed property matter for which the audit period had lapsed. Also included in our results for each of the three years ended December 31, 2012 are operating (losses) income and restructuring charges.  Restructuring charges for the three years ended December 31, 2012 totaled $2.4 million, $0.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively. We have managed our liquidity during this period through a series of cost reduction initiatives and working capital reductions. At December 31, 2012, we had approximately $8.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and no debt outstanding.  

2009 Loan and Security Agreement

As of December 31, 2012, we maintained a loan and security agreement (the “2009 Loan and Security Agreement”) with TD Bank, N.A. (“TD Bank”), which was scheduled to expire on March 8, 2013. On February 28, 2013, in conjunction with entering into a new three year Loan and Security Agreement with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP, we terminated the 2009 Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank.

During each of the three years ended December 31, 2012, in connection with the TD Bank 2009 Loan and Security Agreement, we incurred unused line fees of $0.1 million. In addition, we were required to pay an annual loan fee of $0.1 million.

2013 Loan and Security Agreement

Proceeds from the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement are to be used for working capital purposes and capital expenditures. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides us with a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which does not exceed 85% of Eligible Receivables (as defined in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event can the aggregate amount of the revolving credit loans at any time exceed $10 million. We may also request a revolving credit limit increase, not to exceed $5 million, subject to certain terms and conditions and at the sole discretion of Keltic Financial.

Interest on revolving credit loans will be calculated based on the greatest of (i) the annualized prime rate plus 2.75%, (ii) the 90 day LIBOR rate plus 5.25%, and (iii) 6% per annum.

In connection with the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, we incurred a commitment fee of $0.1 million and other issue costs totaling $0.7 million. We are also obligated to pay, on a monthly basis in arrears, an annual facility fee equal to 1% of the revolving credit limit of $10 million. An annual collateral fee of $0.02 million is payable to the lender while advances remain outstanding.

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The revolving credit loans are payable in full, together with all accrued interest and fees, on February 28, 2016. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides for the prepayment of the entire outstanding balance of the revolving credit loans. We would be required to pay an early termination fee equal to 3% of the revolving credit limit if the termination occurs prior to the first anniversary of the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, 2% if the termination occurs after the first anniversary but prior to the second anniversary, and 1% if the termination occurs after the second anniversary but prior to February 28, 2016.

As security for our payment and other obligations under the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, we granted Keltic Financial a security interest in all of our, and our subsidiary guarantors, existing and after-acquired property, including our receivables (which are subject to a lockbox account arrangement), inventory, equipment and our corporate headquarters.  The aforementioned security interest is collectively referred to herein as the “collateral”. 

Pursuant to the terms of the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, Keltic Financial, at its sole discretion, may establish reserves with respect to (a) any event which in Keltic Financial's reasonable determination, diminishes the value of any collateral or (b) any of our contingent liabilities. A reserve may reduce the aggregate amount of indebtedness that may be incurred under the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. In addition, the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides that "Events of Default" include the occurrence or failure of any event or condition that, in Keltic Financial's sole judgment, could have a material adverse effect (i) on our business, operations, assets, management, liabilities or condition of our Company, (ii) in the value, collectability or salability of the Collateral, or (iii) on our ability and our subsidiary guarantors to perform under the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement.    

The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement contains covenants that, among other things, restricts our ability, and that of our subsidiaries, to:

pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem or retire any shares of any class of our capital stock or other equity interests;

incur additional indebtedness or otherwise become liable for the indebtedness, except for transactions in the ordinary course of business;

permit a change of control of the board of directors and certain senior management positions of the Company without prior consent of Keltic Financial;

sell or otherwise dispose of any of our assets, other than in the ordinary course of business;

create liens or encumbrances on our assets; and

enter into transactions with any of our affiliates on other than an arm's-length or no less favorable basis.

The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement also contains financial covenants, which require us to achieve a minimum EBITDA amount (earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization) with the six months ending June 30, 2013 as the first measurement date. In addition, we have limitations on the maximum amount of unfunded capital expenditures for each fiscal year, beginning with the year ending December 31, 2013.

On March 28, 2013, we entered into the First Amendment to the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. Under the First Amendment, the annual facility fee has increased to 1.5% from 1.0% of the revolving credit limit; the monthly collateral management fee has increased to $2,500 per month from $1,500 per month; and the monthly collateral management fee has increased to $5,000 per month from $3,000 per month if there is an occurrence or event of default. In addition, the early termination fee has been changed to a) if prior to the first anniversary of the effective date (February 28, 2013), from 3% to 5% of the revolving credit limit, b) if after the first anniversary but before the second anniversary of the effective date, from 2% to 3% of the revolving credit facility and c) if after the second anniversary but prior to the third anniversary of the effective date, from 1% to 2%. Also, we granted to the lender a mortgage of our corporate headquarters as additional security. In regard to the financial covenants, the first EBITDA measurement date has been changed to the twelve months ending June 30, 2014. In addition, we paid an amendment fee of $0.2 million.

Our failure or the failure of any of our subsidiary guarantors to comply with any of the covenants or the breach of any of our representations and warranties, contained in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, constitutes an event of default under the agreement.

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Restructure of Portamedic Operations        

In June 2012, we restructured our Portamedic service line, which included the deployment of a new model for delivering paramedical exam services. The restructure resulted in, among other things, the closure of branch offices, headcount reductions, the elimination of both fixed and variable costs and the consolidation of certain services into centralized customer service centers. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our consolidated revenues totaled $146.3 million, representing a decline of 7.1% from the prior year period which was primarily attributable to the Portamedic service line.  We are monitoring the impact of the new Portamedic delivery model and will continue to modify and expand the model, with the expectation of a favorable impact on future Portamedic revenues. Nonetheless, in response to the declining revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012, we implemented additional actions to reduce our costs and cash outflows, including headcount reductions and a reduction in capital expenditures and operating expenses.  The actions taken are expected to reduce or delay expenses and uses of cash during 2013 and thereafter.

If the new Portamedic delivery model is not successful and revenues continue to decline, operating losses will continue, further asset impairments may occur and the Company will be required to take additional actions to further reduce or delay expenses and uses of cash. This would also reduce our cash reserves and would require us to borrow against our new 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. There is no guarantee that the Portamedic delivery model will reverse the decline in revenues or that our cost reduction actions will generate the savings necessary to offset revenues declines, operating losses and uses of cash.
        
In addition, if we are unsuccessful in reversing past revenue declines and cost reduction initiatives cannot be implemented to offset revenue declines, we may fail to satisfy the financial covenants maintained in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, as discussed in Note 9 to our financial statements. Our failure to comply with these financial covenants may limit or eliminate our borrowing capacity under the terms of our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. These and other factors would adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to generate profits in the future.

Based on our anticipated level of future revenues, the cost reduction initiatives implemented to date, our existing cash and cash equivalents and unused borrowing capacity, we believe we have sufficient funds to meet our cash needs through December 31, 2013.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2012, net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations was $4.2 million. Our net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $0.8 million and $9.4 million, respectively.

The net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations for 2012 of $4.2 million includes a net loss of $17.7 million from continuing operations, non-cash charges of $4.2 million of depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets totaling $5.3 million and $0.7 million of share-based compensation expense. Changes in working capital items included:

a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.2 million, primarily due to reduced revenues during the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Our consolidated days sales outstanding (DSO), measured on a rolling 90-day basis was 39.9 days at December 31, 2012, compared to 40.5 days at December 31, 2011.  Historically, our accounts receivable balances and our DSO are at their lowest point in December as many of our customers utilize the remainder of their operating budgets before their year-end budget close-out.  As a result, our DSO historically declines at year-end compared to other months during the year. Our average DSO for 2012 was 45.5 days compared 45.6 days in 2011.  We believe our on-going collection efforts in 2012, 2011 and 2010, along with our continued focus on electronic customer billing, are the primary drivers of our ability to maintain our DSO position. Our allowance for doubtful accounts, which includes a reserve for revenue reductions, increased approximately $0.1 million since December 31, 2011, resulting from write-offs of $0.1 million, offset by an additional reserve reductions/expense provision of $0.2 million.

a decrease in other assets of $1.5 million; and

a combined net increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities of $0.4 million.


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The net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations for 2011 of $0.8 million includes a net loss of $3.6 million from continuing operations, non-cash charges of $3.7 million of depreciation and amortization, and $0.6 million of share-based compensation expense. Changes in working capital items included:

a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.0 million, primarily due to reduced revenues during the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. Our DSO, measured on a rolling 90-day basis was 40.5 days at December 31, 2011, compared to 40.4 days at December 31, 2010. Our average DSO for 2011 was 45.6 days compared to 46.0 days in 2010.  Our allowance for doubtful accounts, which includes a reserve for revenue reductions, declined approximately $0.4 million since December 31, 2010, resulting from a $0.2 million reduction reversed to revenue during the year ended December 31, 2011, write-offs of $0.3 million, offset by an additional expense provision of $0.1 million.

an increase in other assets of $0.2 million; and

a combined net decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities of $1.0 million.


The net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations for 2010 of $9.4 million includes net income of $1.4 million from continuing operations, non-cash charges of $4.9 million of depreciation and amortization, and $0.6 million of share-based compensation expense. Changes in working capital items included:

a decrease in accounts receivable of $0.8 million, primarily due to increased Portamedic cash collections.  Our DSO, measured on a rolling 90-day basis, was 40.4 days at December 31, 2010, compared to 40.8 days at December 31, 2009. Our average DSO for 2010 was 46.0 days compared to 47.6 days in 2009. Our allowance for doubtful accounts, which includes a reserve for revenue reductions, declined approximately $0.3 million since December 31, 2009, of which $0.2 million was reversed to revenue during the year ended December 31, 2010.

a decrease in other assets and income tax receivable of $2.3 million; and

a combined net decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities of $1.5 million.

Cash Flows used in Investing Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2012, we used $4.1 million in net cash for investing activities of continuing operations for capital expenditures primarily related to the development and enhancement of Partnerlink, the Portamedic web portal for our customers, the continued expansion of our iParamed e-exam platform, our new inventory management system and new Heritage Lab specimen analyzing equipment.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, we used $4.8 million in net cash for investing activities of continuing operations for capital expenditures primarily related to the development of Partnerlink, our new inventory management system, the Portamedic web portal and our iParamed technology platform.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we used $4.3 million in net cash for investing activities of continuing operations for capital expenditures primarily related to the development of Partnerlink and our iParamed technology platform.

Cash Flows used in Financing Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations was $0.4 million and represents costs associated with our Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank and a reduction in our capital lease obligations.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations was $0.1 million consisting of proceeds received from stock purchases under the employee stock purchase plan, offset by reduction in our capital lease obligations and costs associated with our 2009 Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

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Share Repurchases

We did not purchase any shares of our common stock during 2012, 2011 or 2010.

Dividends

No dividends were paid in 2012, 2011 or 2010.  We are precluded from declaring or making any dividend payments or other distributions of assets with respect to any class of our equity securities under the terms of our 2013 Loan and Security Agreement with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP (See Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements).
 
Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth our schedule of contractual obligations at December 31, 2012, including future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating and capital leases, and employment contract payments.

 
 
Payments Due by Period
(In thousands)
 
Total
 
Less than
1 year
 
1-3 years
 
3-5 years
 
More than
5 years
Operating Lease Obligations
 
$
12,415

 
$
3,774

 
$
4,471

 
$
3,129

 
$
1,041

Capital Lease Obligations
 
152

 
107

 
40

 
5

 

Employment Contracts
 
557

 
557

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
13,124

 
$
4,438

 
$
4,511

 
$
3,134

 
$
1,041


Inflation

  Inflation has not had, nor is it expected to have, a material impact on our consolidated financial results.

Critical Accounting Policies

A critical accounting policy is one that is important to the portrayal of a company’s operating results and/or financial condition and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.  Our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP).  Preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We base these determinations upon the best information available to us during the period in which we are accounting for our results.  Our estimates and assumptions could change materially as conditions within and beyond our control change or as further information becomes available.  Further, these estimates and assumptions are affected by management’s application of accounting policies.  Changes in our estimates are recorded in the period the change occurs.

We have identified the accounting policies discussed below as critical to us. The discussion below is not intended to be a comprehensive list of our accounting policies. Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized for paramedical and medical examinations when the examination of the insurance policy applicant is completed. Revenues generated from medical record collection, laboratory testing, fingerstick test kits, Health & Wellness screenings, and other services are recognized when the related service is completed.  In all cases, there must be evidence of an agreement with the customer, the sales price must be fixed or determinable, delivery of services must occur and the ability to collect must be reasonably assured.


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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for (i) estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments, and (ii) estimated amounts that customers may deduct from their remittances to us for billed items not in compliance with customer specifications.  Management regularly assesses the financial condition of our customers, the markets in which these customers participate as well as historical trends relating to customer deductions and adjusts the allowance for doubtful accounts based on this review.  If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in their inability to make payments, our ability to collect on accounts receivable could be negatively impacted, in which case additional allowances may be required.

We must make significant management judgments and estimates in determining allowances for doubtful accounts in any accounting period.  One significant uncertainty inherent in our analysis is whether our past experience will be indicative of future periods.  Adverse changes in general economic conditions could affect our allowance estimates, collection of accounts receivable, cash flows and results of operations.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Long-lived assets with determinable useful lives are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable. Impairment is a condition that exists when the carrying amount of a long-lived asset exceeds its fair value.

The following are examples of events or changes in circumstances that may indicate an asset’s carrying value may not be recoverable:

a current period operating cash flow loss combined with a history of operating or cash flow losses or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the use of the long lived asset;

a significant decrease in the market price of a long-lived asset;

a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which a long-lived asset is being used or in its physical condition;

a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of a long-lived asset, including an adverse action or assessment by a regulator; and

a current expectation that, more likely than not, a long-lived asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life.

The process to identify if there is impairment includes the following steps:

a comparison of the undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the long lived assets or asset group to the carrying value of the long-lived assets or asset group; and

if the carrying value exceeds the undiscounted net cash flows, an impairment is identified. The amount of the impairment is based on the excess of the carrying value of the long-lived assets to its fair value.  We estimate the fair value of the long-lived assets based on discounted cash flow models.

In June 2012, our Portamedic service line deployed its new model for delivering paramedical exam services. This new model utilizes the following internal use software (i) Partnerlink, a new workflow system for Portamedic's operations, (ii) ePortamedic.com, a new web-based ordering system, and (iii) iParamed e-Exam platform, whereby our health professionals utilize an iParamed equipped netbook to complete exams. When deployed in June 2012, the new Portamedic delivery model was expected to reduce costs and improve service leading to an improvement in past revenue declines. In the third quarter of 2012, although the expected cost reductions were achieved, Portamedic revenue showed no improvement in comparison to the first half of 2012 revenue declines. Given the complexity of the new delivery model (branch office closures, centralization of services), we believed it was too soon to assess the long-term impact on revenues. However in the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing in 2013, Portamedic revenue declines continued and accelerated compared to pre-June 2012 revenue declines, thus triggering us to perform an impairment evaluation of the above described long-lived assets.

    

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The evaluation resulted in the determination that the carrying values of certain long-lived assets exceeded their projected undiscounted net cash flows. With the assistance of an independent valuation firm, we calculated the fair values of these long-lived assets. The significant assumptions that we were required to make include estimated future cash flows, estimated discount rate, and identification of market participants and the cost synergies they would employ. The fair values were determined based on discounted cash flows and indicated that an impairment existed for each of these Portamedic long-lived assets. Accordingly, we recorded an impairment charge totaling $4.9 million which is included in impairment of long-lived assets in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012. Management, with the assistance of an independent valuation firm, has concluded that the book value of the remaining assets as of December 31, 2012 associated with the Portamedic service line equal or are less than their fair value.

In connection with the 2012 restructure of Portamedic's operations, we recorded charges totaling $0.2 million related to the impairment of fixed assets for branch offices closed primarily during the third quarter of 2012. Additionally, we recorded a charge of $0.2 million related to the impairment of Hooper Holmes Services long-lived assets. These charges are included in impairment of long-lived assets in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Accounting for Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions which we operate.  This process involves estimating our actual current tax expense together with assessing temporary differences resulting from different treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet.

We assess the realization of our deferred tax assets to determine whether an income tax valuation allowance is required.  Based on the continued decline in revenues, the cumulative tax and operating losses, the lack of taxes in the carryback period and the uncertainty surrounding the extent or timing of future taxable income, we do not believe that we will realize the tax benefits of our deferred tax assets.  Accordingly, we continue to record a full valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets.
  
Share-Based Compensation

Authoritative accounting literature addresses the accounting for transactions in which an enterprise receives employee services in exchange for (a) equity instruments of the enterprise or (b) liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments.  This literature establishes accounting principles which require companies to recognize compensation cost in an amount equal to the fair value of the share-based payments, such as stock options or non-vested stock granted to employees. Compensation cost for stock options and non-vested stock is recognized over the vesting period based on the estimated fair value on the date of the grant.  The accounting principles also require that we estimate a forfeiture rate for all share based awards.  We monitor share option exercise and employee termination patterns to estimate forfeiture rates within the valuation model.  The estimated fair values of options are based on assumptions, including estimated lives, volatility, dividend yield, and risk-free interest rates.  These estimates also consider the probability that the options will be exercised prior to the end of their contractual lives and the probability of termination or retirement of the holder, which are based on reasonable estimates and historical trends but are subject to change based on a variety of external factors.




ITEM 7A
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to interest rate risk primarily through our borrowing activities, which are described in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Report.  Our credit facility is based on variable rates and is therefore subject to interest rate fluctuations.  Accordingly, our interest expense will vary as a result of interest rate changes and the level of any outstanding borrowings.  As of December 31, 2012, there were no borrowings outstanding.

As of December 31, 2012, we have determined that there was no material market risk exposure to our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows as of such date.


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ITEM 8
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Financial Highlights (Unaudited)

 
Years ended December 31,
(in thousands, except share data, per share data and ratios)
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Revenues
$
146,255

 
$
157,489

 
$
166,370

Operating (loss) income from continuing operations
(17,352
)
 
(3,487
)
 
234

Net (loss) income
(17,598
)
 
(3,524
)
 
1,476

Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share:
 
 
 

 
 

(Loss) income from continuing operations
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

Income from discontinued operations
$

 
$

 
$

Net (loss) income per share
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

Weighted average number of shares:
 
 
 

 
 

Basic
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,437,710

Diluted
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,896,969

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations
$
(4,177
)
 
$
786

 
$
9,350

Working capital
$
16,970

 
$
28,323

 
$
32,321

Book value per weighted average share outstanding (a)
$
0.34

 
$
0.59

 
$
0.63

Closing stock price per common share
$
0.38

 
$
0.60

 
$
0.70

Current ratio (b)
         2.5:1
 
         3:5:1
 
         3:6:1

Quick ratio (c)
         2.3:1
 
         3.3:1
 
         3.4:1


(a) calculated as total stockholders' equity divided by the number of weighted shares outstanding
(b) calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities
(c) calculated as current assets excluding inventory divided by current liabilities



INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
 
Consolidated Financial Statements:
 
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
39

Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2012 and 2011
40

Consolidated Statements of Operations – Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
41

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity – Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
42

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
43

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
44-58

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
59



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Hooper Holmes, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hooper Holmes, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012.  In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the consolidated financial statement schedule, Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts.  These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated 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.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes 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 Hooper Holmes, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  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/ KPMG LLP
 
Short Hills, New Jersey
 
April 1, 2013


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Hooper Holmes, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 (In thousands, except share and per share data)

 
 
December 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
8,319

 
$
16,917

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $662 and $525 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
 
17,018

 
18,387

Inventories
 
2,231

 
2,226

Other current assets
 
774

 
2,140

Total current assets
 
28,342

 
39,670

Property, plant and equipment, net
 
7,714

 
13,052

Other assets
 
362

 
559

               Total assets
 
$
36,418

 
$
53,281

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 

Accounts payable
 
$
6,783

 
$
5,174

Accrued expenses
 
4,589

 
6,173

Total current liabilities
 
11,372

 
11,347

Other long-term liabilities
 
1,185

 
1,185

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
 


 


Stockholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
 

Common stock, par value $.04 per share; Authorized 240,000,000 shares; Issued: 69,844,782 shares and 69,678,982 shares at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Outstanding: 69,835,387 shares and 69,669,587 shares at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
 
2,794

 
2,787

Additional paid-in capital
 
149,542

 
148,839

Accumulated deficit
 
(128,404
)
 
(110,806
)
 
 
23,932

 
40,820

Less: Treasury stock, at cost; 9,395 shares as of December 31, 2012 and 2011
 
(71
)
 
(71
)
Total stockholders' equity
 
23,861

 
40,749

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
36,418

 
$
53,281

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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      Hooper Holmes Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
 (In thousands, except share and per share data)

 
 
Years ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Revenues
 
$
146,255

 
$
157,489

 
$
166,370

Cost of operations
 
114,932

 
118,394

 
122,889

Gross profit
 
31,323

 
39,095

 
43,481

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
40,919

 
42,260

 
42,156

Impairment of long-lived assets
 
5,314

 
210

 
65

Restructuring charges
 
2,442

 
112

 
1,026

Operating (loss) income from continuing operations
 
(17,352
)
 
(3,487
)
 
234

Other (expense) income:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest expense
 
(10
)
 
(18
)
 
(12
)
Interest income
 
26

 
62

 
122

Other (expense) income, net
 
(259
)
 
(20
)
 
1,302

 
 
(243
)
 
24

 
1,412

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes
 
(17,595
)
 
(3,463
)
 
1,646

Income tax expense
 
68

 
123

 
225

(Loss) income from continuing operations
 
(17,663
)
 
(3,586
)
 
1,421

Discontinued operations:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Gain on sale of subsidiary
 
65

 
62

 
55

 
 

 

 

Net (loss) income
 
$
(17,598
)
 
$
(3,524
)
 
$
1,476

Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Continuing operations
 
 

 
 

 
 

Basic
 
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

Diluted
 
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

Discontinued operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$

 
$

 
$

Diluted
 
$

 
$

 
$

Net (loss) income
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

Diluted
 
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

Weighted average number of shares:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Basic
 
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,437,710

Diluted
 
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,896,969


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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 Hooper Holmes, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
 (In thousands, except share data)

 
 
Common Stock
 
 
 
 
 
Treasury Stock
 
 
 
 
Number
of Shares
 
Amount
 
Additional Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Number of
Shares
 
Amount
 
Total
Balance, December 31, 2009
 
68,713,982

 
$
2,748

 
$
147,507

 
$
(108,758
)
 
(9,395
)
 
$
(71
)
 
$
41,426

Net income
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
1,476

 
 

 
 

 
1,476

Issuance of stock under
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    employee stock purchase plan
 
850,000

 
35

 
118

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
153

Share-based compensation
 
35,000

 
1

 
570

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
571

Balance, December 31, 2010
 
69,598,982

 
2,784

 
148,195

 
(107,282
)
 
(9,395
)
 
(71
)
 
43,626

Net loss
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(3,524
)
 
 

 
 

 
(3,524
)
Share-based compensation
 
80,000

 
3

 
644

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
647

Balance, December 31, 2011
 
69,678,982

 
2,787

 
148,839

 
(110,806
)
 
(9,395
)
 
(71
)
 
40,749

Net loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(17,598
)
 
 
 
 
 
(17,598
)
Share-based compensation
 
165,800

 
7

 
703

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
710

Balance, December 31, 2012
 
69,844,782

 
$
2,794

 
$
149,542

 
$
(128,404
)
 
(9,395
)
 
$
(71
)
 
$
23,861



See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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Hooper Holmes, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 (In thousands)
 
Years ended December 31,
 
2012

 
2011

 
2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income
$
(17,598
)
 
$
(3,524
)
 
$
1,476

Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
65

 
62

 
55

(Loss) income from continuing operations
(17,663
)
 
(3,586
)
 
1,421

Adjustments to reconcile (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash
 
 
 
 
 

(used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations:
 
 
 
 
 

    Depreciation
3,996

 
3,332

 
4,476

    Amortization
195

 
342

 
395

    Provision for bad debt expense
207

 
107

 
78

    Share-based compensation expense
710

 
647

 
571

         Impairment of long-lived assets and gain/loss on disposal of fixed assets
5,310

 
240

 
206

         Change in assets and liabilities, net of effect
 
 
 
 
 

       from dispositions of businesses:
 
 
 
 
 

          Accounts receivable
1,162

 
991

 
803

          Inventories
(5
)
 
(73
)
 
597

          Other assets
1,469

 
(237
)
 
860

          Income tax receivable

 

 
1,479

          Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities
442

 
(977
)
 
(1,536
)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations
(4,177
)
 
786

 
9,350

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 

Capital expenditures
(4,103
)
 
(4,821
)
 
(4,346
)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
51

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations
(4,052
)
 
(4,821
)
 
(4,346
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan

 

 
153

Reduction in capital lease obligation
(268
)
 
(338
)
 
(160
)
Debt financing fees
(101
)
 
(101
)
 
(101
)
Net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations
(369
)
 
(439
)
 
(108
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(8,598
)
 
(4,474
)
 
4,896

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
16,917

 
21,391

 
16,495

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
$
8,319

 
$
16,917

 
$
21,391

 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 

Fixed assets vouchered but not paid
$
154

 
$
308

 
$
467

Fixed assets acquired by capital leases
$
64

 
$
354

 
$
200

 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
 

Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
 
 
 

Income taxes
$
50

 
$
121

 
$
229

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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HOOPER HOLMES, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 (tabular amounts in thousands, except share and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a)
Description of the Business

Hooper Holmes, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Hooper Holmes” or the "Company”) provides health risk assessment services to the life insurance and health industries.  The Company provides paramedical and medical examinations, personal health interviews and record collection, and laboratory testing, which help life insurance companies evaluate the risks associated with underwriting policies.  The Company also conducts wellness screenings for wellness companies, disease management organizations and health plans.

The Company's core activities consist of arranging for paramedical examinations on behalf of insurance carriers, primarily in connection with such carriers’ processing and evaluation of the risks associated with underwriting insurance policies - mainly life insurance policies. As a provider of health risk assessment services to the insurance industry, the Company's business is subject to seasonality, with third quarter sales typically dropping below the other quarters due to the decline in activity typically experienced by the insurance industry during the summer months.

(b)
Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hooper Holmes, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries.  All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

(c)
Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers highly liquid investments with original maturities at the date of purchase of less than 90 days to be cash equivalents.

(d)
Accounts Receivable

Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for (i) estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments and (ii) estimated amounts that customers may deduct from their remittances to the Company for billed items not in compliance with customer specifications. Allowances for uncollectible accounts are estimated based on the Company's periodic review of accounts receivable historical losses, current receivables aging and existing industry and economic data. Account balances are charged off to the allowance after all means of collections have been exhausted and potential for recovery is considered remote.  Customer billing adjustments are recorded against revenue whereas adjustments for bad debts are recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses.  Accounts receivable are net of an allowance for doubtful accounts and pricing adjustments totaling $0.7 million and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers.

(e)
Inventories

Inventories, which consist of finished goods and component inventory, are stated at the lower of average cost or market. Included in inventories at December 31, 2012 and 2011 are $1.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively, of finished goods and $0.9 million and $0.8 million, respectively, of components.

(f)
Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the improvement or the remaining lease term.  The cost of maintenance and repairs is charged to operations as incurred.

Internal use software and website development costs are capitalized and included in property, plant and equipment in the consolidated balance sheet. These assets are depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset using the straight-line method. Subsequent modifications or upgrades to internal use software are capitalized only to the extent that additional functionality is provided.

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(g)
Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with determinable useful lives, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset.  If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets and is charged to earnings.  Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less the costs to sell.  Intangible assets with determinable useful lives are amortized on a straight line basis over their respective estimated useful lives.

(h)
Deferred Rent

The Company accounts for scheduled rent increases contained in its leases on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

(i)
Advertising

Costs related to space in publications are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense was approximately $0.2 million, $0.3 million and $0.3 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

(j)
Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized for our health risk assessment services when the paramedical exam or wellness screening is completed and the results are delivered to our customers. Revenues generated from medical record collection, laboratory testing, fingerstick test kits and other services are recognized when the related service is completed and the results are delivered to our customers.

Sales tax collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities is accounted for on a net basis and therefore is excluded from revenues in the consolidated statements of operations.

(k)
Share-Based Compensation
 
The Company recognizes share-based compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. Compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award.

(l)
Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income and the reversal of deferred tax liabilities during the period in which related temporary differences become deductible.  Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.  The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement with the tax authorities. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.  The Company records interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in income tax expense.


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(m)
(Loss) Earnings per Common Share

“Basic” (loss) earnings per share equals net (loss) income divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period.  “Diluted” (loss) earnings per share equals net (loss) income divided by the sum of the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period plus dilutive common stock equivalents. The computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share for the three years ended December 31, 2012 was as follows:

 
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
(Loss) earnings - basic and diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
$
(17,663
)
 
$
(3,586
)
 
$
1,421

 
Income from discontinued operations
65

 
62

 
55

 
Net (loss) income
$
(17,598
)
 
$
(3,524
)
 
$
1,476

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,437,710

 
Effect of dilutive common stock options
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and restricted stock

 

 
459,259

 
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted
69,743,897

 
69,628,135

 
69,896,969

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

 
 
Diluted
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

 
Discontinued Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
Diluted
$

 
$

 
$

 
Net (loss) income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02

 
 
Diluted
$
(0.25
)
 
$
(0.05
)
 
$
0.02


 Outstanding options to purchase approximately 5,171,000, 4,028,000 and 5,408,000 shares of the Company's common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted (loss) earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, because their exercise prices exceeded the average market price of the Company's common stock for such periods and therefore were antidilutive.

(n)
Use of Estimates

The preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events.  These estimates and the underlying assumptions affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported, disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses.  Such estimates include the valuation of accounts receivable, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and deferred tax assets and the assessment of contingencies, among others.  These estimates and assumptions are based on the Company’s best estimates and judgment.  The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current economic environment, which the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.  The Company adjusts such estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances dictate.  The continuing weakness in the economy and its negative impact on the life insurance industry which the Company serves have combined to increase the uncertainty inherent in such estimates and assumptions.  As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates.  Changes in those estimates will be reflected in the consolidated financial statements in future periods.


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(o)
Concentration of Credit Risk

For each of the three years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, no one customer accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues. 

The Company’s accounts receivable are due primarily from insurance companies.  As of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, no one customer accounted for more than 10% of the total consolidated accounts receivable.  

Note 2 - Liquidity

For the two years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company incurred losses from continuing operations of $17.7 million, and $3.6 million, respectively, which include losses from operations. The Company reported income from continuing operations of $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010. Restructuring charges are included in results for each of the three years ended December 31, 2012.  The Company has managed its liquidity through a series of cost reduction and accounts receivable collection initiatives.

At December 31, 2012, the Company had $8.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and no outstanding debt.  The Company's net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of continuing operations for the three years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $(4.2) million, $0.8 million and $9.4 million, respectively. For the three years ended December 31, 2012, the Company's capital expenditures totaled $4.1 million, $4.8 million and $4.3 million.

On February 28, 2013, the Company entered into a three year Loan and Security Agreement (the “2013 Loan and Security Agreement”) with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP (“Keltic Financial”), the proceeds of which are to be used for working capital purposes and capital expenditures. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides a revolving credit facility to the Company in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which does not exceed 85% of “Eligible Receivables” (as defined in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event can the aggregate amount of the revolving credit loans at any time exceed $10 million. The Company may also request a revolving credit increase amount, not to exceed $5 million, subject to certain terms and conditions and at the sole discretion of Keltic Financial.

The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement contains covenants, including financial covenants which require the Company to achieve a minimum EBITDA amount (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization) with the six months ending June 30, 2013 as the first measurement date. In addition, the Company has limitations on the maximum amount of unfunded capital expenditures for each fiscal year, beginning with the year ending December 31, 2013. On March 28, 2013, the Company entered into the First Amendment to the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, whereby the first measurement date for minimum EBITDA was changed to the twelve months ending June 30, 2014.

The failure of the Company or any subsidiary guarantor to comply with any of the covenants may limit or eliminate the Company's borrowing capability under the terms of the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement.

In June 2012, the Company restructured its Portamedic service line, which included the deployment of a new model for delivering paramedical exam services. The restructure resulted in, among other things, the closure of branch offices, headcount reductions, the elimination of both fixed and variable costs and the consolidation of certain services into centralized customer service centers. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company's consolidated revenues totaled $146.3 million, representing a decline of 7.1% from the prior year period which was primarily attributable to the Portamedic service line.  The Company is monitoring the impact of the new Portamedic delivery model and will continue to modify and expand the model, with management's longer-term expectation of a favorable impact on future Portamedic revenues. Nonetheless, in response to the declining revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company implemented additional actions to reduce our costs and cash outflows, including headcount reductions and a reduction in capital expenditures and operating expenses.  The actions taken are expected to reduce or delay expenses and uses of cash during 2013 and thereafter. In the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing in 2013, Portamedic revenue declines continued at higher rates compared to pre-June 2012 revenue declines, thus triggering the Company to perform an impairment evaluation of the long-lived assets associated with the Portamedic new model for delivering paramedical exam services. The evaluation resulted in an impairment charge associated with these long-lived assets totaling $4.9 million, which is included in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

    

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If the new Portamedic delivery model, and the Company's other services, are not successful and revenues continue to decline, operating losses will continue, assets may become further impaired and the Company will be required to take additional actions to further reduce or delay expenses and uses of cash. This would also reduce the Company's cash reserves and would require it to borrow under its new 2013 credit facility. Reductions or restrictions of Eligible Receivables could affect the Company's borrowing capacity. There is no guarantee that the Portamedic delivery model will reverse the decline in revenues or that the Company's cost reduction actions will generate the savings necessary to offset revenue declines, operating losses and uses of cash.

In addition, if the Company is unsuccessful in reversing past revenue declines and cost reduction initiatives cannot be implemented to offset revenue declines, the Company may fail to satisfy the financial covenants maintained in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, as discussed in Note 9. These and other factors would adversely affect the Company's liquidity and its ability to generate profits in the future.

Based on the Company's anticipated level of future revenues, the cost reduction initiatives implemented to date, along with the Company's existing cash, cash equivalents and borrowing capacity, the Company believes it has sufficient funds to meet its cash needs through at least December 31, 2013.

Note 3 - Impairment of Long-lived Assets

The Company evaluates the recovery of its long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of assets may not be recoverable.

In June 2012, the Company's Portamedic service line deployed its new model for delivering paramedical exam services. This new model utilizes the following internal use software (i) Partnerlink, a workflow system for Portamedic's operations, (ii) ePortamedic.com, a web-based ordering system, and (iii) iParamed e-Exam platform, whereby the Company's health professionals utilize an iParamed equipped netbook to complete exams. When deployed in June 2012, the new Portamedic delivery model was expected by management to reduce costs and improve service leading to an improvement in past revenue declines. In the third quarter of 2012, although cost reductions were achieved, Portamedic revenue declined at a higher year-over-year rate in comparison to the first half of 2012 revenue declines. Given the complexity of the new delivery model (branch office closures, centralization of services), management believed it was too soon to assess the longer term impact on revenues. However in the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing in 2013, Portamedic revenue declines continued at higher rates compared to pre-June 2012 revenue declines, thus triggering the Company to perform an impairment evaluation of the above described long-lived assets. Additionally, the Company performed an impairment evaluation of the long-lived assets of its Hooper Holmes Services service line, specifically within this service line, the APS and tele-underwriting assets.

The evaluation resulted in the determination that the carrying values of the above long-lived assets exceeded their projected undiscounted net cash flows. With the assistance of an independent valuation firm, the Company calculated the fair values of these long-lived assets. The fair values were determined based on discounted cash flows and indicated that an impairment existed for each of these Portamedic, APS and tele-underwriting long-lived assets. Accordingly, the Company recorded an impairment charge totaling $5.1 million which is included in impairment of long-lived assets in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

In connection with the 2012 restructure of Portamedic's operations, the Company recorded charges totaling $0.2 million related to the impairment of fixed assets for branch offices closed primarily during the second quarter of 2012. These charges are included in impairment of long-lived assets in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Note 4 — Share-Based Compensation

Employee Stock-Based Compensation Plan — On May 29, 2008, the Company's shareholders approved the 2008 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) providing for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, non-vested stock and performance shares. The 2008 Plan provides for the issuance of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares. During the three years ended December 31, 2012, options for the purchase of 900,000, 905,000 and 1,935,000 shares, respectively, were granted under the 2008 Plan. As of December 31, 2012, approximately 202,150 shares remain available for grant under the 2008 Plan.

On May 24, 2011, the Company's shareholders approved the 2011 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (the "2011 Plan") providing for the grant of stock options and non-vested stock awards. The 2011 Plan provides for the issuance of an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, options for the purchase of 1,225,000 and 75,000 shares, respectively, were granted under the 2011 Plan. As of December 31, 2012, the Company is authorized to grant share-based awards of approximately 625,000 shares under the 2011 Plan.

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Prior to the 2008 Plan, the Company’s shareholders had approved stock option plans providing for the grant of options for up to 2,400,000 shares of common stock in 1997, 2,000,000 shares in 1999 and 3,000,000 shares in 2002.  Upon the adoption of the 2008 Plan, no further awards could be granted under these prior stock option plans.

Options under the 2008 and 2011 Plans are granted at fair value on the date of grant, are exercisable in accordance with a vesting schedule specified in the grant agreement, and have contractual lives of 10 years from the date of grant. Options to purchase 500,000 of the Company's stock granted to certain executives of the Company in December 2010 vested 50% on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant. Options to purchase 1,755,000 and 506,600 of the Company's stock granted to certain executives of the Company in July 2012 and July 2011, respectively, vest one-third on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant. All other options granted by the Company vest 25% on each of the second through fifth anniversaries of the grant.
      
The fair value of each stock option granted during the year was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Expected life (years)
 
5.5

 
5.5
 
5.4

Expected volatility
 
92.4
%
 
92.6
%
 
91.9
%
Expected dividend yield
 

 

 

Risk-free interest rate
 
0.7
%
 
1.6
%
 
1.7
%
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year
 
$0.47
 
$0.69
 
$0.49

The expected life of options granted is derived from the Company’s historical experience and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding.  Expected volatility is based on the Company’s long-term historical volatility.  The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the options is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.
 
The following table summarizes stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2012:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average
 
Average Remaining
 
Aggregate Intrinsic
 
 
 Number of Shares
 
Exercise Price Per Share
 
Contractual Life (years)
 
 Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2011
 
5,988,500

 
$1.68
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
2,125,000

 
$0.65
 
 
 
 
Exercised
 

 

 
 
 
 
Expired
 
(822,900
)
 
$3.12
 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(861,350
)
 
$0.76
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2012
 
6,429,250

 
$1.28
 
6.9
 
$14
Exercisable at December 31, 2012
 
3,105,500

 
$1.92
 
5.2
 
$7
 
The aggregate intrinsic value disclosed in the table above represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of  2012 (December 31, 2012) and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money stock options for each category.
 
No stock options were exercised during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.  

Options for the purchase of 1,176,150, 1,110,625 and 789,375 shares of common stock vested during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and the aggregate fair value at grant date of these options was $0.7 million and $0.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2012, there was approximately $1.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.  Shares issued upon stock option exercises may be made available from authorized but unissued common stock or from treasury shares.

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In July 2009, an aggregate of 500,000 shares of non-vested stock were granted under the 2008 Plan. The fair value of these non-vested stock awards was based on the grant date fair value and amounted to $0.45 per share. The shares vest as follows:  25% after two years and 25% on each of the next three anniversary dates thereafter. As of December 31, 2012, an aggregate of 300,000 shares of such non-vested stock were forfeited and 100,000 shares were vested.  In July 2011, an aggregate of 305,000 shares of non-vested stock were granted under the 2008 Plan. The fair value of these non-vested stock awards was based on the grant date fair value and amounted to $1.06 per share. As of December 31, 2012, an aggregate of 45,000 shares of such non-vested stock were forfeited and 85,800 vested. The shares vest as follows: 33% on each of the first and second anniversary dates and 34% on the third anniversary. As of December 31, 2012, there was approximately $0.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock awards. The cost is expected to be recognized over 1.6 years.
 
The Company’s initial accruals for share-based compensation expense are based on the estimated number of instruments for which the requisite service is expected to be rendered.  Therefore, the Company is required to incorporate the probability of pre-vesting forfeitures in determining the number of vested options and restricted stock. The forfeiture rate is based on historical forfeiture experience.  The Company monitors employee termination patterns to estimate forfeiture rates.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan — The Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2004 Plan”) provides for the granting of purchase rights for up to 2,000,000 shares of Company stock to eligible employees of the Company. The 2004 Plan provides employees with the opportunity to purchase shares on the date 13 months from the grant date (“the purchase date”) at a purchase price equal to 95% of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE MKT on the grant date. During the period between the grant date and the purchase date, up to 10% of a participating employee's compensation, not to exceed $0.025 million, is withheld to fund the purchase of shares. Employees can cancel their purchases at any time during the period without penalty. In February 2010, purchase rights for approximately 277,600 shares were granted with an aggregate fair value of $0.1 million, based on the Black-Scholes pricing model.  The February 2010 offering concluded in March 2011 and, in accordance with the 2004 Plan's automatic termination provision, no shares were issued. In February 2011, under the 2004 Plan, purchase rights for approximately 279,800 shares were granted with an aggregate fair value of $0.05 million, based on the Black Scholes option pricing model. The February 2011 offering period concluded in March 2012 and, in accordance with the 2004 Plan's automatic termination provision, no shares were issued. In February 2012, under the 2004 Plan, purchase rights for approximately 273,000 shares were granted with an aggregate fair value of $0.05 million, based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The February 2012 offering period will conclude in March 2013.
 
Other Stock Awards — On May 30, 2007, the Company’s shareholders approved the Hooper Holmes, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (the “2007 Plan”), which provides for the automatic grant, on an annual basis for 10 years, of shares of the Company’s stock to the Company's non-employee directors.  The total number of shares that may be awarded under the 2007 Plan is 600,000.  As of December 31, 2012, the Company is authorized to grant restricted stock awards of approximately 390,000 shares under the 2007 Plan.  Effective June 1, 2007, each non-employee member of the Board other than the non-executive chair receives 5,000 shares annually and the non-executive chair receives 10,000 shares annually of the Company’s stock with such shares vesting immediately upon issuance.  The Company believes that the shares awarded under the 2007 Plan are “restricted securities” as defined in SEC Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the 2007 Plan on April 16, 2008.  The directors who receive shares under the 2007 Plan are “affiliates” as defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and thus remain subject to the applicable provisions of Rule 144.  In addition, the terms of the awards (whether or not restricted) specify that the shares may not be sold or transferred by the recipient until the director ceases to serve on the Board or, if at that time the director has not served on the Board for at least four years, on the fourth anniversary of the date the director first became a Board member.  For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, shares awarded under the 2007 Plan totaled 30,000, 30,000 and 35,000, respectively.  The fair value of these stock awards was based on the grant date market value and totaled $0.02 million, $0.02 million and $0.03 million, respectively.

The Company recorded $0.7 million, $0.6 million and $0.6 million of share-based compensation expense in selling, general and administrative expenses for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, related to stock options, non-vested stock, restricted stock awards and the 2004 Plan.  In connection with the resignation of former executive officers, the Company reversed previously recorded share-based compensation expense totaling $0.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2010.  The reversals were recorded in restructuring charges (See Note 6).


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Note 5 — Discontinued Operations

In 2008, the Company sold substantially all of the assets and liabilities of its Claims Evaluation Division ("CED") operating segment.  In connection with the sale of the CED, the Company was released as the primary obligor for certain lease obligations acquired but remains secondarily liable in the event the buyer defaults.  During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2010, the Company reduced the reserve for this liability by $0.07 million and $0.06 million, respectively. The corresponding gains are reported in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations in discontinued operations for the the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2010. At December 31, 2012, the Company maintained a liability of $0.1 million for this lease obligation. The guarantee is provided for the term of the lease, which expires in July 2015. As of December 31, 2012, the maximum potential amount of future payments under the guarantee is $0.2 million.

In 2011, the Company recorded a gain of $0.06 million in discontinued operations representing the reversal of a liability for services provided to the CED. This liability is no longer deemed a liability of the Company or the CED.

Note 6 — Restructuring Charges

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recorded restructuring charges totaling $2.4 million. These charges consisted of employee severance and branch office closure costs. For the year ended December 31, 2012, employee severance totaled $1.4 million and branch office closure costs totaled $1.0 million. These restructuring charges relate to the Company's deployment of a new Portamedic service delivery model in June 2012. As the Company continues to optimize this new delivery model in 2013, the Company may incur additional restructuring charges.

Following is a summary of the restructuring charges for the year ended December 31, 2012:

(In millions)
Charges
Payments
Balance at December 31, 2012
Severance
$
1.4

 
 
$
1.4

 
 
$

 
Lease/Branch closure obligation
1.0

 
 
0.3

 
 
0.7

 
 
$
2.4

 
 
$
1.7

 
 
$
0.7

 

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recorded restructuring charges totaling $0.1 million which consisted of severance and branch office closure costs.  As of December 31, 2012, all payments relating to this restructuring were complete.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company recorded restructuring charges totaling $1.0 million.  These charges consisted primarily of severance costs related to the resignation of the Company's former CEO and employee severance costs primarily relating to the Company's Portamedic and Hooper Holmes Services service lines. As of December 31, 2012, all payments relating to this restructuring were complete.

At December 31, 2012, $0.5 million of restructuring charges are recorded in accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Cash payments related to the above described restructuring charges are expected to be completed within the next twelve months, except for certain long-term branch office closure costs of $0.2 million, which are recorded in other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2012.



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Note 7 — Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment, at cost, consists of the following:

 
 
 
 
Estimated
 
 
December 31,
 
Useful Life
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
In Years
Land and improvements
 
$
639

 
$
639

 
19 – 25
Building and leasehold improvements
 
7,441

 
7,421

 
3 – 45
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
 
28,671

 
30,094

 
2 – 10
Software
 
12,924

 
16,179

 
1 – 7
 
 
49,675

 
54,333

 
 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
41,961

 
41,281

 
 
Total
 
$
7,714

 
$
13,052

 
 

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company determined that the carrying values of certain long-lived assets exceeded their projected undiscounted net cash flows. The Company recorded impairment charges totaling $5.3 million (see note 3).

Note 8 — Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consisted of the following:
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Accrued wages
 
$
1,292

 
$
2,290

Reserve for unclaimed property
 
752

 
993

Other accrued expenses
 
2,545

 
2,890

 
 
$
4,589

 
$
6,173


Included in the results from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, in Other (expense) income, net, is the reversal of $0.3 million primarily related to previously accrued interest and penalties resulting from entering into voluntary compliance agreements with 12 states relating to unclaimed property. Included in the results from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2010, in Other (expense) income, net, is the reversal of $1.6 million relating to previously accrued interest and penalties associated with a state unclaimed property matter for which the audit period has lapsed.

Note 9 — Loan and Security Agreement

As of December 31, 2012, the Company maintained a loan and security agreement (the “2009 Loan and Security Agreement”) with TD Bank, N.A. (“TD Bank”), which was scheduled to expire on March 8, 2013. On February 28, 2013, in conjunction with the Company entering into a new three year Loan and Security Agreement (the "2013 Loan and Security Agreement') with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP ("Keltic Financial"), the Company terminated the 2009 Loan and Security Agreement with TD Bank.

During each of the three years ended December 31, 2012, in connection with the TD Bank 2009 Loan and Security Agreement, the Company incurred unused line fees of $0.1 million. In addition, the Company was required to pay an annual loan fee of $0.1 million.

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2013 Loan and Security Agreement

Proceeds from the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement are to be used for working capital purposes and capital expenditures. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides a revolving credit facility to the Company in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which does not exceed 85% of “Eligible Receivables” (as defined in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement), provided that in no event can the aggregate amount of the revolving credit loans at any time exceed $10 million. The Company may also request a revolving credit limit increase, not to exceed $5 million, subject to certain terms and conditions and at the sole discretion of Keltic Financial.

Interest on revolving credit loans will be calculated based on the greatest of (i) the annualized prime rate plus 2.75%, (ii) the 90 day LIBOR rate plus 5.25%, and (iii) 6% per annum.

In connection with the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, the Company incurred a commitment fee of $0.1 million and other issue costs totaling $0.7 million. The Company is also obligated to pay, on a monthly basis in arrears, a facility fee equal to 1% of the revolving credit limit of $10 million. An annual collateral fee of $0.02 million is payable to the lender while advances remain outstanding.

The revolving credit loans are payable in full, together with all accrued interest and fees, on February 28, 2016. The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides for the prepayment of the entire outstanding balance of the revolving credit loans. The Company would be required to pay an early termination fee equal to 3% of the revolving credit limit if the termination occurs prior to the first anniversary of the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, 2% if the termination occurs after the first anniversary but prior to the second anniversary, and 1% if the termination occurs after the second anniversary but prior to February 28, 2016.

As security for the Company's payment and other obligations under the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, the Company granted Keltic Financial a security interest in all existing and after-acquired property of the Company and its subsidiary guarantors, including its receivables (which are subject to a lockbox account arrangement), inventory, equipment and corporate headquarters.  The aforementioned security interest is collectively referred to herein as the “collateral”. 

Pursuant to the terms of the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, Keltic Financial, at its sole discretion, may establish reserves with respect to (a) any event which in Keltic Financial's reasonable determination, diminishes the value of any collateral or (b) any contingent liability of the Company. A reserve may reduce the aggregate amount of indebtedness that may be incurred under the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement.    

The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the Company's ability, and that of its subsidiaries, to:

pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem or retire any shares of any class of its capital stock or other equity interests;

incur additional indebtedness or otherwise become liable for the indebtedness, except for transactions in the ordinary course of business;

permit a change of control of the board of directors and certain senior management positions of the Company without prior consent of Keltic Financial;

sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's assets, other than in the ordinary course of business;

create liens or encumbrances on the Company's assets; and

enter into transactions with any of its affiliates on other than an arm's-length or no less favorable basis.

The 2013 Loan and Security Agreement also contains financial covenants, which require the Company to achieve a minimum EBITDA amount (earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization) with the six months ending June 30, 2013 as the first measurement date. In addition, the Company has limitations on the maximum amount of unfunded capital expenditures for each fiscal year, beginning with the year ending December 31, 2013.

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On March 28, 2013, the Company entered into the First Amendment to the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement. Under the First Amendment, the annual facility fee has increased to 1.5% from 1.0% of the revolving credit limit; the monthly collateral management fee has increased to $2,500 per month from $1,500 per month; and the monthly collateral management fee has increased to $5,000 per month from $3,000 per month if there is an occurrence or event of default. In addition, the early termination fee has been changed a) if prior to the first anniversary of the effective date, from 3% to 5% of the revolving credit limit; b) if after the first anniversary but before the second anniversary of the effective date, from 2% to 3% of the revolving credit; and c) if after the second anniversary but prior to the third anniversary of the effective date, from 1% to 2% of the revolving credit limit. Also, the Company has granted to the lender a mortgage of its corporate headquarters as additional security. In regard to the financial covenants, the first EBITDA measurement date has been changed to the twelve months ending June 30, 2014. In addition, the Company paid an amendment fee of $0.2 million.

The failure of the Company or any subsidiary guarantor to comply with any of the covenants or the breach of any of its or their representations and warranties, contained in the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement, constitutes an event of default under the agreement. In addition, the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement provides that "Events of Default" include the occurrence or failure of any event or condition that, in Keltic Financial's sole judgment, could have a material adverse effect (i) on the business, operations, assets, management, liabilities or condition of the Company, (ii) in the value, collectability or salability of the collateral, or (iii) on the ability of the Company and its subsidiary guarantors to perform under the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement.    

Note 10 — Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases branch field offices under a number of operating leases which expire in various years through 2018. These leases generally contain renewal options and require the Company to pay all executory costs (such as property taxes, maintenance and insurance). The Company also leases copiers and other miscellaneous equipment. These leases expire in various years through 2017. The Company is also obligated under capital leases covering certain equipment that expire at various dates through 2016.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the net amount of equipment recorded under capital leases was $0.2 million million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments for operating leases (with initial or remaining terms in excess of one year) and future minimum capital lease obligations as of December 31, 2012:
Year ending December 31,
 
Operating
Leases
 
Capital Leases
2013
 
$
3,774

 
$
107

2014
 
2,539

 
35

2015
 
1,932

 
5

2016
 
1,680

 
5

2017
 
1,449

 

Thereafter
 
1,041

 

Total minimum lease payments
 
$
12,415

 
$
152

Less amount representing interest (4.1%)
 
 

 
5

Present value of minimum capital lease payments
 
 

 
147

Less current installments of obligations under capital leases
 
 

 
104

Obligations under capital leases, excluding current installments
 
 

 
$
43


Rental expense under operating leases totaled $4.9 million, $4.8 million and $4.8 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company has employment retention or change in control agreements with the executive officers of the Company for a one year period from the date a change in control occurs as further defined in the agreements.

Included in the results from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, in cost of operations, is a reduction of cost of $0.5 million relating to a refund from a supplier pertaining to improperly charged sales tax on purchased materials.


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On July 11, 2003, the Company received a determination from the Internal Revenue Service that one individual the Company contracted with as an independent contractor, should have been classified as an employee in 2002. This ruling also applies to any other individuals engaged by the Company under similar circumstances. The ruling stated that the Company may not be subject to adverse consequences as the Company may be entitled to relief under applicable tax laws (Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978). Management believes that the Company qualifies for relief under Section 530. To date, the Company has not received any further communication from the Internal Revenue Service.

In the past, some state agencies have claimed that the Company improperly classified its health professionals as independent contractors for purposes of state unemployment and/or worker's compensation tax laws and that the Company was therefore liable for taxes in arrears, or for penalties for failure to comply with their interpretation of the laws.  There are no assurances that the Company will not be subject to similar claims in other states in the future.

Note 11 — Litigation
 
On April 23, 2012, a complaint was filed against the Company in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of a purported class of employee examiners alleging, among other things, that the Company had failed to pay overtime compensation to certain employees as required by federal law. On May 24, 2012, a related complaint was filed against the Company in the same court alleging, among other things, that the Company similarly failed to pay overtime compensation to a purported class of certain independent contractor examiners who, the complaint alleges, should be treated as employees for purposes of federal law. The complaints seek award of an unspecified amount of allegedly unpaid overtime wages to certain examiners. The Company believes the allegations in the cases are without merit, has filed answers in both cases denying the substantive allegations therein. By Consent Order filed March 11, 2013, the court approved a settlement between the Company and the named plaintiffs in the employee case, and the case was dismissed with prejudice. Preliminary discovery and motion practice are being conducted in the contractor case.

The Company is a party to a number of other legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business. In the opinion of management, the Company has substantial legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to all of its pending legal actions. Accordingly, none of these actions is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, its consolidated results of operations or its consolidated financial position.
 
Note 12 — Income Taxes

The components of the income tax provision are as follows:

 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Federal - current
 
$

 
$

 
$

State and local - current
 
68

 
123

 
225

 
 
$
68

 
$
123

 
$
225


The following reconciles the “statutory” federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate:

 
 
2012

 
2011

 
2010

Computed "expected" income tax (benefit) expense
 
(35
)%
 
(35
)%
 
35
 %
Reduction (increase) in income tax benefit and increase (reduction) in income tax expense resulting from:
 
 
 
 
 
 
State tax, net of federal benefit
 

 
2

 
9

Change in federal valuation allowance
 
35

 
33

 
(33
)
Other
 

 
4

 
3

Effective income tax rate
 
 %
 
4
 %
 
14
 %


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The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

 
 
2012

 
2011

Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
 
Receivable allowance
 
$
259

 
$
204

Goodwill
 
6,459

 
8,630

Discontinued operations
 
215

 
18

Impairment and accumulated depreciation
 
675

 

Intangible assets
 
1,309

 
1,684

Capital loss
 

 
2,019

Compensation expense
 
1,399

 
1,537

Federal net operating loss carryforward
 
40,773

 
33,882

State net operating loss carryforward
 
5,109

 
4,204

Legal settlement
 

 
20

AMT credit carry forward
 
157

 
157

Accrued expenses
 
65

 
92

Deferred rent
 
177

 
212

Other
 
182

 
24

Gross deferred tax assets
 
$
56,779

 
$
52,683

Valuation allowance
 
(56,779
)
 
(51,790
)
 
 
$

 
$
893

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 

 
 

Accumulated depreciation
 

 
(893
)
Gross deferred tax liabilities
 

 
(893
)
Net deferred tax assets
 
$

 
$


The Company has significant deferred tax assets attributable to tax deductible intangibles and federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, which may reduce taxable income in future periods.  Based on the continued decline in revenues, the cumulative tax and operating losses, the lack of taxes in the carryback period, and the uncertainty surrounding the extent or timing of future taxable income, the Company does not believe it will realize the tax benefits of its deferred tax assets.  Accordingly, the Company continues to record a full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets of $56.8 million and $51.8 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  During 2012, capital loss carryforwards of $2.0 million, which had a full valuation allowance, expired and were written off.

There was no federal tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2012. The income tax expense recorded for the year ended December 31, 2012 reflects a state tax liability to one state. There was no federal tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2011. The income tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2011 is primarily due to taxes on gross revenues related to two states, a liability, including interest, for amended tax returns for one of these states for the years 2006 through 2008 and the true-up of the 2010 tax provision for two states. There was no federal tax expense recorded in the year ended December 31, 2010, and the income tax expense recorded, including interest, is primarily due to a liability for amended tax returns filed in one state for tax years 2007 and 2008, and the true-up of the 2009 tax provision for this state.


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As of December 31, 2012, no amounts were recorded for uncertain tax positions or for the payment of interest or penalties.  

In July 2008, the Company received notification from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that it had completed its audits of the Company’s tax returns for the years 2001 through 2006 with no adjustments.  In February 2013, the Company was notified by the IRS that they were going to examine the Company's tax return for the year 2011. The exam has not yet begun. State income tax returns for the year 2008 and forward are subject to examination.
  
As of December 31, 2012, the Company had U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $116.5 million and $111.3 million, respectively.   The net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, will expire in the years 2013 through 2032.
 

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Note 13 — Capital Stock

Stock Repurchase — On February 28, 2013, the Company entered into the 2013 Loan and Security Agreement with Keltic Financial Partners II, LP which, among other things, prohibits the Company from repurchasing shares of its common stock (see Note 9). The Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock in 2012, 2011 or 2010.

Note 14 — 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

The Company’s 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) is available to all employees with at least one year of employment service who work more than 1,000 hours annually and who are at least 21 years of age. No expense related to the 401(k) Plan was incurred for years 2012, 2011 and 2010. The Company’s common stock is not an investment option to employees participating in the 401(k) Plan.

Note 15 — Service Line Revenues

The Company’s business consists of one operating segment for financial reporting purposes. The following represents revenues by service line for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Portamedic
 
$
95,815

 
$
106,626

 
$
118,555

Heritage Labs
 
13,153

 
13,663

 
13,682

Health & Wellness
 
21,349

 
18,441

 
14,343

Hooper Holmes Services
 
18,065

 
20,735

 
21,859

Subtotal
 
148,382

 
159,465

 
168,439

Intercompany eliminations (a)
 
(2,127
)
 
(1,976
)
 
(2,069
)
Total
 
$
146,255

 
$
157,489

 
$
166,370


(a)
Represents intercompany sales from Heritage Labs to Portamedic

As of December 31, 2012, substantially all of the Company's services are provided within the United States, and substantially all of the Company's assets are located within the United States.




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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
2012 Quarters
 
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Revenues (a)
$
38,792

$
35,401

$
33,671

$
38,391

Gross profit
$
9,019

$
7,084

$
7,115

$
8,105

Loss from continuing operations
$
(3,138
)
$
(5,595
)
$
(2,193
)
$
(6,737
)
Income from discontinued operations
$

$
65

$

$

Net loss
$
(3,138
)
$
(5,530
)
$
(2,193
)
$
(6,737
)
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share (b)
 
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations
$
(0.05
)
$
(0.08
)
$
(0.03
)
$
(0.10
)
Income from discontinued operations
$

$

$

$

Net loss
$
(0.05
)
$
(0.08
)
$
(0.03
)
$
(0.10
)
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share (b)
 
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations
$
(0.05
)
$
(0.08
)
$
(0.03
)
$
(0.10
)
Income from discontinued operations
$

$

$

$

Net loss
$
(0.05
)
$
(0.08
)
$
(0.03
)
$
(0.10
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
2011 Quarters
 
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Revenues
$
40,577

$
37,928

$
38,157

$
40,827

Gross profit
$
10,969

$
9,064

$
9,472

$
9,590

Loss from continuing operations
$
(57
)
$
(1,621
)
$
(1,330
)
$
(578
)
Income from discontinued operations
$

$

$
62

$

Net loss
$
(57
)
$
(1,621
)
$
(1,268
)
$
(578
)
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share (b)
 
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations
$

$
(0.02
)
$
(0.02
)
$
(0.01
)
Income from discontinued operations
$

$

$

$

Net loss
$

$
(0.02
)
$
(0.02
)
$
(0.01
)
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share (b)
 
 
 
 
Loss from continuing operations
$

$
(0.02
)
$
(0.02
)
$
(0.01
)
Income from discontinued operations
$

$

$

$

Net loss
$

$
(0.02
)
$
(0.02
)
$
(0.01
)
 
 
 
 
 
(a) The fourth quarter revenues include $0.7 million of revenue attributable to prior periods, including $0.5 million from prior years and $0.2 million from prior quarters.
(b) Due to rounding, the sum of the quarters may not equal the full year.

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ITEM 9
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

ITEM 9A
Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the assistance of our disclosure committee, have conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of December 31, 2012.  The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports the Company files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.  Our disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to meet reasonable assurance standards.  Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures.  The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.  The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2012, and during the entire period covered by this Report.

(b) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the Company’s  principal executive officer and principal financial officer, and carried out by the Company’s Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that:

pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets of the Company;

provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As of December 31, 2012, management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).  Based on this assessment, management concluded that as of` December 31, 2012 our internal controls over financial reporting were effective.

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(c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B
Other Information

None.

Part III

ITEM 10
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required by Item 10 will be included in our proxy statement for the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, and is hereby incorporated in this Report by reference to the proxy statement.

ITEM 11
Executive Compensation

The information required by Item 11 will be included in our proxy statement for the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, and is hereby incorporated in this Report by reference to the proxy statement.

ITEM 12
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by Item 12 will be included in our proxy statement for the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, and is hereby incorporated in this Report by reference to the proxy statement.

ITEM 13
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information required by Item 13 will be included in our proxy statement for the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, and is hereby incorporated in this Report by reference to the proxy statement.

ITEM 14
Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by Item 14 will be included in our proxy statement for the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, and is hereby incorporated in this Report by reference to the proxy statement.


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Part IV

ITEM 15
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules


(a)
(1) The following financial statements and independent auditors’ report are included in this Report.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets —
December 31, 2012 and 2011
Consolidated Statements of Operations —
Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity —
Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows —
Years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(2) The following financial statement schedule is included in this Report:

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedules other than those listed above are omitted because they are not required, inapplicable, or the information is otherwise shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

(3)        Exhibits included herein





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(b)
                                                        EXHIBIT
3.1

 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Hooper Holmes, Inc. (1)
3.2

 
Restated Bylaws of Hooper Holmes, Inc. (2)
10.1

 
Form of Indemnification Agreement (3)
10.2

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (4)*
10.3

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 1997 Director Option Plan (5)*
10.4

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (6)*
10.5

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan (7)*
10.6

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (8)*
10.7

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 2007 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan (9)*
10.8

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (10)*
10.9

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (11)*
10.10

 
Form of Executive Change-in-Control Agreement by and between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and Executive Officers of the Company (12)*
10.11

 
Employment Agreement by and between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and Michael Shea (13)*
10.12

 
Employment Agreement by and between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and Ransom J. Parker (14)*
10.13

 
Relocation Agreement by and between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and Ransom J. Parker (15)*
10.14

 
Loan and Security Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and TD Bank, N.A. dated March 9, 2009 (16)
10.15

 
First Amendment and Modification to Loan and Security Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and TD Bank, N.A. (17)
10.16

 
Second Amendment and Modification to Loan and Security Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and TD Bank, N.A. (18)
10.17

 
Third Amendment and Modification to Loan and Security Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and TD Bank, N.A. (19)
10.18

 
Fourth Amendment and Modification to Loan and Security Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and TD Bank, N.A. (20)
10.19

 
Loan and Security Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and Keltic Financial Partners II, LP dated February 28, 2013 (21)
10.20

 
Unconditional and Continuing Guaranty, dated February 28, 2013, between Keltic Financial Partners II, LP and Heritage Labs International, LLC, a Kansas limited liability company, Hooper Distribution Services, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, Hooper Information Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Mid-America Agency Services, Incorporated, a Nebraska corporation, and TEG Enterprises, Inc., a Nebraska corporation (22)
10.21

 
Pledge Agreement between Hooper Holmes, Inc. and Keltic Financial Partners II, LP dated February 28, 2013 (23)
10.22

 
Pledge Agreement between Mid-America Agency Services, Incorporated, a Nebraska corporation, and Keltic Financial Partners II, LP dated February 28, 2013 (24)
10.23

 
First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement between Keltic Financial Partners II, LP and Hooper Holmes, Inc. dated March 28, 2013 (25)
10.24

 
Mortgage and Security Agreement by Hooper Holmes, Inc. in favor of Keltic Financial Partners II, LP, dated March 28, 2013 (26)
14

 
Hooper Holmes, Inc. Code of Conduct and Ethics (27)
21

 
Subsidiaries of Hooper Holmes, Inc.
23

 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24

 
Power of attorney
31.1

 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
31.2

 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended
32.1

 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
32.2

 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
101.INS

 
XBRL Instance Document**
101.SCH

 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document**

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101.CAL

 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document**
101.DEF

 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document**
101.LAB

 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document**
101.PRE

 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document**
                 
*Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
** Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Report on Form 10-K shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be deemed part of a registration statement, prospectus or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filings.

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(1
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2010.
 
(2
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 17, 2011.
 
(3
)
 Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1990.
 
(4
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
 
(5
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
 
(6
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999
 
(7
)
Incorporated by reference to Attachment to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 21, 2002.
 
(8
)
Incorporated by reference to Attachment A to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 20, 2003
 
(9
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
 
(10
)
Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 29, 2008.
 
(11
)
Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 24, 2011.
 
(12
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
(13
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
 
(14
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010.
 
(15
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010.
 
(16
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 13, 2009.
 
(17
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 3, 2010.
 
(18
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 28, 2011.
 
(19
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 1, 2012
 
(20
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 13, 2012.
 
(21
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 28, 2013
 
(22
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 28, 2013
 
(23
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 28, 2013
 
(24
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 28, 2013
 
(25
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 29, 2013.
 
(26
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 29, 2013
 
(27
)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

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                                                                                                                                                                             Schedule II




Hooper Holmes, Inc
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
For the Three Years Ended December 31, 2012
(In thousands)

Description
 
Balance at Beginning of
 Period
 
Additions Charged to Revenues and Expenses(1)
 
Deductions(2)
 
Balance at
End of
Period
Year ended December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Reserves and allowances
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           Accounts receivable allowance
 
$
525

 
$
2,359

 
$
(2,222
)
 
$
662

Year ended December 31, 2011
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

     Reserves and allowances
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
               Accounts receivable allowance
 
$
910

 
$
2,030

 
$
(2,415
)
 
$
525

Year ended December 31, 2010
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

     Reserves and allowances
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          Accounts receivable allowance
 
$
1,237

 
$
2,705

 
$
(3,032
)
 
$
910


(1)
Includes $2.2 million, $1.9 million and $2.6 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, charged as a reduction to revenues.
(2)
Represents accounts receivable write-offs, net of recoveries and reserve reductions credited to revenue.


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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.

 
HOOPER HOLMES, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
April 1, 2013
By:
/s/ Ransom J. Parker
 
 
 
Ransom J. Parker
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 

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:

Signature
  
Title
 
Date
 
 
 
/s/ Ransom J. Parker
 
Chief Executive Officer;
 
April 1, 2013
Ransom J. Parker
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
 
 
 
April 1, 2013
        Ronald Aprahamian
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
*
 
 
 
April 1, 2013
        Larry Ferguson
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
*
 
 
 
April 1, 2013
       Elaine Rigolosi
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
 
 
 
April 1, 2013
       Kenneth R. Rossano
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
 
 
 
April 1, 2013
        Thomas Watford
 
Director
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Michael J. Shea
 
Senior V.P. and Chief
 
April 1, 2013
Michael J. Shea
 
Financial and Accounting Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

*Ransom J. Parker, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Report for the persons before whose printed name an asterisk appears, pursuant to the power of attorney duly executed by such person and filed as Exhibit 24 hereto with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Leadership Information

Directors

Ronald V. Aprahamian
Private Investor

Mr. Aprahamian, age 66, was elected a director of the Company at the 2009 annual meeting.  He has a long record of involvement in business development activities as an investor, a board member, a chief executive officer, and a consultant for companies engaged in healthcare, technology, banking and other industries.  Most recently, he has served on the boards of Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., Superior Consultant Holdings Corp. and First Consulting Group, Inc.  Mr. Aprahamian was named Chair of the Board on January 25, 2012.  (Term expires at the Annual Meeting in 2013.)

Larry Ferguson
Chief Executive Officer – The Ferguson Group;  Formerly Chief Executive Officer – First Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Ferguson, age 63, was elected a director of the Company at the 2009 annual meeting.  He has served as CEO of several publicly traded and privately held companies, including First Consulting Group, Inc. from 2006-2008.  He has served on more than twelve corporate boards, including positions as board chair and committee chair.  He currently serves as CEO of the Ferguson Group, a private equity consulting and investment firm focused on healthcare and life sciences IT companies.  He also serves on the board of Accelrys, Inc., a publicly traded company.  He has also held executive positions with American Express and First Data Corporation. Mr. Ferguson served as Chair of the Board from July 2009 until January 25, 2012, at which time he became a Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee. He is also a member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.  (Term expires at the Annual Meeting in 2013.)

Ransom J. Parker
President and Chief Executive Officer - Hooper Holmes, Inc.

Mr. Parker, age 63, was named the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer effective September 15, 2010. He has been a senior executive, director and private equity investor in healthcare and technology companies for more than thirty years. Prior to becoming our President and CEO, Mr. Parker was a principal of Cerulean Advisors, and was a general partner of Redshift Ventures, where his focus as an investor and a director was on corporate governance, strategic planning, capitalization and management development at over a dozen companies. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Compucare Company, and held senior executive positions at Shared Medical Systems Corporation and Technicon Data Systems. (Term expires at the Annual Meeting in 2013.)


Dr. Elaine L. Rigolosi
Professor of Education Department of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University

Dr. Rigolosi, Ed.D, J.D., age 68, is Professor of Education in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been associated with Columbia University since 1976, and has maintained a private consulting practice in management for health care organizations since 1974. Dr. Rigolosi has been a director of the Company since 1989, and she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee. (Term expires at the Annual Meeting in 2013.)

Kenneth R. Rossano
Private Investor.

Mr. Rossano, age 78, is a private investor and consultant to Korn Ferry International in Boston, MA. He has been a director of the Company since 1967, and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Rossano is also a director of Active International, Inc. (Term expires at the Annual Meeting in 2013.)
 

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Thomas Watford
President and Chief Operating Officer - Santa Rosa Consulting

Mr. Watford, age 52, was appointed a Director of the Company in December 2010, and is the Chair of the Audit Committee. He has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including as a senior executive and as a consultant with expertise in financial and operations management and IT services for healthcare and life sciences companies. He currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Santa Rosa Consulting, a company offering strategic and operational consulting services to healthcare companies. Previously, Mr. Watford served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of First Consulting Group, Inc., and was an Associate Partner in the Healthcare Practice group of the consulting firm Accenture. (Term expires at the Annual Meeting in 2013.)
                                                                
Officers                                                                    

Ransom J. Parker
Chief Executive Officer and President

Michael J. Shea
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Burt R. Wolder
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Mark C. Rosenblum
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Joseph A. Marone
Vice President and Controller


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