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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number: 000-33001

 


NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   77-0154833

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1501 Industrial Road, San Carlos, CA 94070

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(650) 802-0400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


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 and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated Filer  x    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of issued and outstanding shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, as of November 6, 2006, was 21,304,636.

 



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NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page No.
PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION    3
Item 1.   Financial Statements    3
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005    3
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005    4
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005    5
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements    6
Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    22
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    32
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures    33
PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION    34
Item 1A.   Risk Factors    34
Item 5.   Other Information    46
Item 6.   Exhibits    46
Signatures    47

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except share amounts)

 

     September 30,
2006
    December 31,
2005
 
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 37,155     $ 40,046  

Short-term investments

     —         12,163  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $506 and $173

     16,107       8,460  

Inventories

     8,912       3,482  

Deferred income taxes

     562       —    

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,402       1,041  
                

Total current assets

     64,138       65,192  

Property and equipment, net

     7,510       2,116  

Intangible assets

     30,131       6,174  

Goodwill

     22,372       3,836  

Deferred income taxes

     410       —    

Other assets

     871       78  
                

Total assets

   $ 125,432     $ 77,396  
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 5,228     $ 1,817  

Accrued liabilities

     11,985       5,441  

Current portion of note payable

     7,125       —    

Deferred revenue

     1,810       439  
                

Total current liabilities

     26,148       7,697  
                

Deferred income taxes

     —         734  
                

Total liabilities

     26,148       8,431  
                

Commitments and contingencies (note 14)

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 120,000,000 shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding: 21,274,917 and 18,444,753

     131,720       99,634  

Accumulated deficit

     (32,189 )     (30,750 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (247 )     81  
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     99,284       68,965  
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 125,432     $ 77,396  
                

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

 

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NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2006    2005    2006     2005

Revenue

   $ 21,806    $ 10,551    $ 61,156     $ 30,422

Cost of revenue

     8,299      3,645      22,809       11,435
                            

Gross profit

     13,507      6,906      38,347       18,987
                            

Operating expenses:

          

Marketing and selling

     4,809      2,916      14,965       8,355

Research and development

     2,438      1,162      7,387       3,233

General and administrative

     2,994      1,521      7,928       4,071

Acquired in-process research and development

     —        —        5,900       —  
                            

Total operating expenses

     10,241      5,599      36,180       15,659
                            

Income from operations

     3,266      1,307      2,167       3,328

Other income, net

     146      319      16       787
                            

Income before provision for income tax

     3,412      1,626      2,183       4,115

Provision for income tax

     1,543      111      3,622       426
                            

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,869    $ 1,515    $ (1,439 )   $ 3,689
                            

Earnings (loss) per share:

          

Basic

   $ 0.09    $ 0.09    $ (0.08 )   $ 0.21
                            

Diluted

   $ 0.09    $ 0.08    $ (0.08 )   $ 0.20
                            

Weighted average shares used in the calculation of net income (loss) per share:

          

Basic

     19,749      17,292      18,949       17,224

Diluted

     20,860      18,877      18,949       18,574

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

 

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NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

    

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
     2006     2005  

Operating activities:

    

Net income (loss)

   $ (1,439 )   $ 3,689  

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

    

Acquired in-process research and development

     5,900       —    

Accounts receivable reserves

     60       (22 )

Excess tax benefits on the exercise of stock options

     730       —    

Inventory reserves

     262       (278 )

Depreciation and amortization

     2,914       1,556  

Warranty reserves

     479       (41 )

Share based compensation

     965       —    

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

    

Accounts receivable

     (3,174 )     783  

Inventories

     (2,286 )     737  

Other assets

     (280 )     160  

Accounts payable

     434       (270 )

Accrued liabilities Accounts payable

     (2,521 )     154  

Deferred revenue

     551       38  
                

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     2,595       6,506  
                

Investing activities:

    

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

     (56,478 )     —    

Sale of land, net of costs

     2,492       —    

Acquisition of property and equipment

     (2,204 )     (829 )

Deposits and other assets

     626       13  

Purchases of short-term investments

     —         (24,866 )

Sales of short-term investments

     12,165       30,703  
                

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (43,339 )     5,021  
                

Financing activities:

    

Proceeds from stock option exercises and ESPP

     1,078       759  

Borrowing on credit facility

     10,000       —    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance cost

     29,313       —    

Excess tax benefits on the exercise of stock options

     730       —    

Payments on borrowings

     (2,875 )     —    
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     38,246       759  
                

Exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents

     (333 )     (358 )
                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (2,891 )     11,928  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     40,046       16,239  
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 37,155     $ 28,167  
                

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 498     $ —    
                

Cash paid for income taxes

   $ 1,094     $ 121  
                

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

 

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NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

1- Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements of Natus Medical Incorporated (“Natus,” “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Sates of America (“GAAP”). Except as updated below, the accounting policies followed in the preparation of the interim condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent in all material respects with those presented in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Interim financial reports are prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission; accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for annual financial statements. The interim financial information is unaudited, but reflects all normal adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries; significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Shipping Terms

Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 contains the Company’s revenue recognition policies. Those policies remain unchanged, except that shipping terms for some neurology and sleep-diagnostic systems are FOB destination, reflecting that title and risk of loss are assumed by the purchaser upon delivery.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following are the components of comprehensive income (loss) (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

September 30,

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,869     $ 1,515     $ (1,439 )   $ 3,689  

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

     3       (24 )     5       (20 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (38 )     258       (333 )     (358 )
                                

Comprehensive income (loss)

   $ 1,834     $ 1,749     $ (1,767 )   $ 3,311  
                                

 

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Stockholders’ Equity

The following are the changes in stockholders’ equity (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005    2006     2005  

Beginning Balance

   $ 67,636     $ 54,861    $ 68,965     $ 52,728  

Net income (loss)

     1,869       1,515      (1,439 )     3,689  

Proceeds from stock option exercises and ESPP

     37       188      1,078       759  

Proceeds from stock offering

     29,313       —        29,313       —    

Share-based compensation expense

     419       —        965       —    

Tax benefit upon exercise of non-qualified stock options

     45       —        730       —    

Comprehensive income (loss)

     (35 )     234      (328 )     (378 )
                               

Ending balance

   $ 99,284     $ 56,798    $ 99,284     $ 56,798  
                               

Stockholder Rights Plan

The Company adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan in September 2002 (the “Rights Plan”), as amended in October 2002, February 2003, March 2005, and September 2006. Pursuant to the Rights Plan, the Company declared a dividend of one Preferred Stock Purchase Right per share of Common Stock (the “Rights”) and each such Right has an exercise price of $23.00. The Rights become exercisable, unless redeemed by the Company, upon the occurrence of certain events, including the announcement of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Company’s Common Stock or the acquisition of a specified percentage of the Company’s Common Stock by a third party.

2- Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 128, Earnings per Share. Basic net income (loss) per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Common stock equivalents are options granted and shares of restricted stock issued under the Company’s stock awards plans and are calculated under the treasury stock method. Common equivalent shares from unexercised stock options are excluded from the computation when there is a loss as their effect is anti-dilutive, or if the exercise price of such options is greater than the average market price of the stock for the period.

For the three months ended September 30, 2006, common stock equivalents of approximately 1,111,000 shares were included in the weighted average shares outstanding used to calculate diluted income per share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, common stock equivalents of approximately 1,350,000, shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because of their anti-dilutive effect. For the three months ended September 30, 2006, common stock equivalents of 174,000 shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share because the exercise price of such options was greater than the average market price of the stock for the period.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, common stock equivalents of approximately 1,585,000 shares and 1,349,000 shares, respectively, were included in the weighted average shares outstanding used to calculate diluted income per share. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, common stock equivalents of approximately 888,000 shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share because the exercise price of such options was greater than the average market price of the stock for the respective periods.

 

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3- Business Combinations

Nascor

In September 2006 the Company completed the purchase of certain product rights, manufacturing and distribution contracts, inventory, and intangible assets from Nascor Pty. Ltd. (the “Nascor” assets) for $953,000 in cash including direct costs of the acquisition. In addition, the Company is also obligated to make future payments of up to $675,000 over a three-year period based primarily on the achievement of certain revenue targets. If the required achievements are met, the additional payments will be recorded as goodwill associated with the purchase. The Company previously distributed certain Nascor products, including the Biliband and Oxydome, in the United States and certain other countries. This acquisition provides the Company with worldwide distribution rights and is expected to improve its margins.

In accordance with SFAS 141, Business Combinations, the acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase business combination. Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Nascor at the date of acquisition are recorded at their respective fair values as of the acquisition date in our consolidated financial statements. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been recorded as goodwill in the amount of $442,000, which is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The results of operations from this acquisition are included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

Intangible assets included in the purchase allocation consist of developed technology of $201,000 assigned an economic life of 15 years that are being amortized using the straightline method, and trademarks of $161,000 that have an indefinite life and will not be amortized.

Deltamed S.A.

In September 2006 the Company purchased all the common stock of privately held Deltamed S.A. headquartered in Paris, France, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Raciar-Alvar, located in Bordeaux, France, and IT-Med, located near Frankfurt, Germany (collectively “Deltamed”) for approximately $4.1 million cash including direct costs of the acquisition. Deltamed is a leading European manufacturer of medical devices used in the detection of neurological dysfunction, epilepsy, and sleep disorders through the use of electroencephalograph (“EEG”) and polysomnography (“PSG”) technologies. The acquisition adds to the Company’s international growth opportunities by broadening its product offerings and leveraging its distribution organization.

In accordance with SFAS 141, Business Combinations, the acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase business combination. Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Deltamed at the date of acquisition are recorded at their respective fair values as of the acquisition date in our consolidated financial statements. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been recorded as goodwill in the approximate amount of $674,000, which is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Deltamed’s results of operations are included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

The determination of estimated fair value requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions. The Company hired independent third parties to assist in the valuation of intangible assets and goodwill. The following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price allocation of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition, as adjusted :

 

Accounts receivable

   $ 355  

Property and equipment

     635  

Inventory

     1,054  

Deferred tax asset

     203  

Identifiable intangible assets:

  

Patents and developed technology

     400  

Customer-related intangibles

     400  

Trademarks and tradenames

     500  

Goodwill

     3,518  

Accounts payable

     (1,838 )

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (1,083 )
        

Total purchase price

   $ 4,144  
        

 

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Because this acquisition was completed late in the quarter ended September 30, 2006, the purchase price allocation is still preliminary.

Intangible assets included in the purchase allocation consist of: (1) patents and developed technology of $400,000 assigned a weighted average economic life of 15 years being amortized on the straightline method, (2) customer-related intangibles of $400,000 assigned a weighted average economic life of 10 years being amortized on a graded method, and (3) trademarks valued at $500,000 that have an indefinite life and are not being amortized.

Bio-logic Systems Corp.

On January 5, 2006, the Company acquired Bio-logic Systems Corp. (“Bio-logic”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 16, 2005. The Company made this acquisition to supplement its hearing screening business with the addition of Bio-logic’s diagnostic hearing products as well as to open up new market opportunities in the areas of EEG diagnosis and monitoring of neurological dysfunction and sleep disorders. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, each outstanding share of Bio-logic common stock was converted into the right to receive $8.77 in cash. Each outstanding option to acquire Bio-logic common stock was cancelled, with the holder of the option receiving for each share covered by the option an amount equal to the excess (if any) of $8.77 over the exercise price per share of the option. The total purchase price was approximately $69.3 million, including the payment of $68.8 million to the former stockholders and option holders of Bio-logic and approximately $430,000 of direct costs associated with the acquisition.

In accordance with SFAS 141, Business Combinations, the acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase business combination. Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Bio-logic at the date of acquisition are recorded at their respective fair values as of the acquisition date in our consolidated financial statements. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been recorded as goodwill in the amount of $18.4 million. No portion of this goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Bio-logic’s results of operations are included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

The determination of estimated fair values requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions. The Company hired independent third parties to assist in the valuation of intangible assets, in-process research and development, buildings, and land. During the three months ended September 30, 2006 the Company recorded an adjustment to the preliminary purchase price allocation to account for: (1) the tax benefit of an approximate $9.0 million tax net operating loss carryforward reported in the short-period Federal income tax return of Bio-logic for the period March 1, 2005 through January 5, 2006, and (2) an approximate $3.9 million difference between the fair market value and tax basis of land and a building included in the acquisition. The result of the adjustment was to increase deferred tax assets by $5.4 million and increase deferred tax liabilities by $2.1 million, with an offsetting reduction to goodwill of $3.3 million. The following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price allocation of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition, as adjusted:

 

Cash

   $ 17,875  

Accounts receivable

     4,179  

Property and equipment

     6,258  

Identifiable intangible assets:

  

Core technology

     17,100  

Developed technology

     4,200  

Tradenames

     2,500  

Goodwill

     15,382  

Other assets

     3,094  

Release of preexisting valuation allowance for deferred tax asset

     9,930  

Deferred tax assets

     5,414  

Deferred tax liabilities

     (13,816 )

Change of control and restructuring liabilities

     (3,000 )

Other liabilities assumed

     (5,761 )

In-process research and development

     5,900  
        

Total purchase price

   $ 69,255  
        

 

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Intangible assets included in the purchase allocation consist of: (1) core technology of $17.1 million assigned a weighted average economic life of 19 years, (2) developed technology of $4.2 million assigned a weighted average economic life of 10 years, and (3) tradenames valued at $2.5 million that have an indefinite life. The core technology is being amortized on a combination of straightline and graded methods of amortization depending upon the extent to which the technology has changed over time. The developed technology is being amortized on a graded method.

There are several methods that can be used to determine the estimated fair value of the acquired intangible assets and in-process research and development (“IPR&D”). The Company utilized the multi-period excess earnings method (“MPEE”), which is based on the principle that the value of an intangible asset is equal to the present value of the incremental after-tax cash flows attributable only to the subject intangible assets after deducting contributory asset charges. The incremental after-tax cash flows attributable to the subject intangible assets are then discounted to their present value. The projections are based on factors such as relevant market size and acceptance of the technology, patent protection, historical pricing of similar products and expected industry trends. The MPEE method was applied to six discreet Bio-logic product lines and the IPR&D. We used discount rates ranging from 20% to 23% in valuing the acquired core technology and developed technology, and 28% for the IPR&D.

The IPR&D represents a development project for an ambulatory recorder/amplifier for the Bio-logic Ceegraph and Sleepscan systems. At the date of the acquisition there was a significant risk associated with the technological viability of the device. Failure to bring this product to market in a timely manner could result in a loss of market share or a lost opportunity to capitalize on this new technology. In accordance with FIN 4, Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method, these IPR&D intangible assets were written off by a charge to income immediately subsequent to the acquisition because the ambulatory recorder/amplifier does not have any alternative future use. This charge is not deductible for tax purposes. The development project is ongoing and activity with respect to the project is not material to our research and development expenses.

The following unaudited pro forma combined results of operations of Natus for the three months ended September 30, 2005, and the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 are presented as if the acquisition of Bio-logic had occurred on the first day of the periods presented.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

 

    

Three Months Ended

September 30,

   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2005    2006     2005
     (in thousands, except per share data)

Revenue

   $ 19,103    $ 61,258     $ 54,371

Net income (loss)

   $ 2,237    $ (4,011 )   $ 4,844

Pro forma diluted earnings (loss) per share

   $ 0.12    $ (0.21 )   $ 0.26

Shares used in computing pro forma basic or diluted earnings (loss) per share

     18,877      18,949       18,574

The unaudited pro forma results are provided for comparative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what actual results would have been had we acquired Bio-logic on such dates, nor do they give effect to synergies, cost savings, and other changes expected to result from the acquisitions. Accordingly the pro forma financial results do not purport to be indicative of results of operations as of the date hereof, for any period ended on the date hereof, or for any other future date or period.

 

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For the period from January 1, 2006 through January 4, 2006, the following material, nonrecurring items are included in the pro forma results of operations (in thousands):

 

Accruals related to integration plan (See Note 13)

   $ 2,927

Employer payroll taxes upon acceleration of stock option vesting

     487

Neometrics, Inc.

In July 2003, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Neometrics, Inc. (“Neometrics”) for $3.6 million in cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities. During the first quarter 2006, the Company resolved certain claims related to the acquisition and received $400,000 cash from the sellers as a settlement. The amount was recorded as a reduction of goodwill.

Natus Neonatal Ltd.

During the first quarter 2006, the Company ceased selling through a direct sales force in the U.K. and began to sell through a distributor. Related to this action the Company wrote off approximately $75,000 of goodwill associated with the Company’s U.K. subsidiary. At September 30, 2006 the U.K. subsidiary had no employees and no significant assets or liabilities other than cash and accounts receivable.

Amortization of Intangible Assets Acquired Through Business Combinations

Amortization of intangible assets associated with the Company’s acquisitions of Neometrics, Fischer-Zoth, Bio-logic, the Nascor assets, and Deltamed for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were $552,000 and $171,000, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were $1.7 million and $517,000, respectively.

4- Inventories

Inventories consisted of (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2006
   December 31,
2005

Raw materials and subassemblies

   $ 5,327    $ 1,695

Finished goods

     3,585      1,787
             

Total

   $ 8,912    $ 3,482
             

The balances at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 reflect valuation reserves of approximately $854,000 and $143,000, respectively, related primarily to specific inventory that has a cost basis that is potentially greater than its net realizable value.

5- Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2006
    December 31,
2005
 

Land

   $ 900     $ —    

Building

     2,200       —    

Leasehold improvements

     507       499  

Office furniture and equipment

     4,314       3,223  

Computer software and hardware

     2,482       2,925  

Demonstration and loaned equipment

     3,061       2,273  
                
     13,464       8,920  

Accumulated depreciation

     (5,954 )     (6,804 )
                

Total

   $ 7,510     $ 2,116  
                

 

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Approximately $3.4 million of the increase in the cost basis of property and equipment from December 31, 2005 to September 30, 2006 resulted from the acquisition of Bio-logic. During the three months ended September 30, 2006 the Company sold undeveloped land with a cost basis of approximately $2.8 million adjacent to the Bio-logic production facility in Mundelein, Illinois. Because the land was recorded at its fair market value in January 2006, pursuant to the terms of a contingent sale, no gain or loss was recognized upon its sale.

The Company recorded depreciation expense of $358,000 and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively, and $320,000 and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively.

6- Wells Fargo Credit Facility

On January 4, 2006, the Company entered into (i) a Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Credit Agreement”), (ii) a Term Commitment Note in favor of Wells Fargo (the “Term Note”) and (iii) a Security Agreement in favor of Wells Fargo (collectively, the “Term Credit Facility”).

Pursuant to the Term Credit Facility, on January 5, 2006, Wells Fargo advanced $10 million to the Company, which obligation is represented by the Note and secured by a security interest in the Company’s assets. The proceeds of such advance were used solely to assist in financing the acquisition of Bio-logic. The outstanding principal balance under the Note as of the close of business on January 30, 2006 is payable in installments over forty-eight (48) months, with a final installment consisting of all remaining unpaid principal due and payable in full on December 31, 2009. The outstanding principal balance under the Term Note will bear interest, at either a floating rate or a fixed rate at the election of the Company as follows: (i) a fluctuating rate per annum one-quarter percent (0.25%) above the Prime Rate (as defined in the Note) in effect from time to time, or (ii) a fixed rate per annum determined by Wells Fargo to be two and one-half percent (2.50%) above LIBOR (as defined in the Term Note) in effect on the first day of applicable one-, two- or three-month Fixed Rate Terms (as defined in the Term Note). The Term Note can be prepaid without penalty at any time if the Company elects to have interest determined under a fluctuating rate, or at the completion of any one-, two- or three-month Fixed Rate Term.

The Term Credit Facility contains covenants, including covenants relating to liquidity and other financial measures and provides for events of default, including failure to pay any principal or interest when due, failure to perform or observe covenants, bankruptcy or insolvency events and the occurrence of a material adverse effect. The Company is in compliance with all covenants currently in effect. The Term Credit Facility also contains provisions that limit the ability of the Company to pay dividends.

On September 12, 2006, the Company and Wells Fargo Bank entered into the Third Amendment to the Term Credit Facility primarily to modify certain terms and covenants in the agreement associated with the Company’s planned acquisition of Deltamed. The Company completed the acquisition of Deltamed on September 13, 2006.

As more fully described in Note 15 - Subsequent Events, on November 8, 2006 the Company entered into a $15 million Revolving Credit Facility with Wells Fargo Bank. At that time, the Term Note was paid off and the Term Credit Facility and Term Note were terminated. At September 30, 2006 the outstanding balance of the Term Note has been classified as a current liability.

Balances on the Note were as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2006

Term Note payable

   $ 7,125

Less current portion

     7,125
      

Non-current portion of note payable

   $ —  
      

 

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7- Stock Offering

In August 2006, the Company issued 2,645,000 shares of its common stock in a registered offering. The offering was priced at $11.66 per share, which was the closing price of the Company’s stock on the day prior to the offering. The Company raised $29.3 million, net of underwriting fees and other costs of the offering.

8- Reserve For Product Warranties

The Company provides a one-year warranty on all medical device products. The Company also sells extended service agreements on its medical device products. Service for domestic customers is provided by Company-owned service centers that perform all service, repair and calibration services. Service for international customers is provided by a combination of Company-owned facilities and third-party vendors on a contract basis.

The Company has accrued a warranty reserve, included in accrued liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets, for the expected future costs of servicing products during the initial one-year warranty period. Amounts are added to the reserve on a per-unit basis by reference to historical experience in honoring warranty obligations. On new products, where the Company does not have historical experience of the cost to honor warranties, additions to the reserve are based on a combination of factors including the standard cost of the product and other judgments, such as the degree to which the product incorporates new technology. As warranty costs are incurred, the reserve is reduced.

Activity in the warranty reserve during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 consisted of (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Balance - beginning of period

   $ 703     $ 223     $ 248     $ 253  

Warranty accrued for the period

     179       44       479       117  

Warranty obligations of acquired businesses

     58       —         364       —    

Repairs for the period

     (74 )     (54 )     (225 )     (157 )
                                

Balance – end of period

   $ 866     $ 213     $ 866     $ 213  
                                

Warranty obligations of acquired businesses represent the fair market value of warranty obligations of acquired businesses recorded through business purchase accounting.

9- Other income (expense), net

Other income (expense), net consisted of (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2006     2005    2006     2005

Interest income

   $ 247     $ 314    $ 491     $ 750

Interest expense

     (160 )     —        (498 )     —  

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

     64       —        (64 )     —  

Other

     (5 )     5      87       37
                             

Total other income (expense), net

   $ 146     $ 319    $ 16     $ 787
                             

 

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10- Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation — Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for employee share-based compensation using the intrinsic value method supplemented by pro forma disclosures in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) No. 25 and SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosures. Since the Company granted options with exercise prices equal to the fair value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant, no intrinsic value and therefore no expense was recorded for these options under APB 25.

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123R, Share-Based Payment, using the modified prospective approach and, accordingly, prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact of SFAS 123R. Under SFAS 123R, share-based awards granted prior to its adoption will be expensed over the remaining portion of their vesting period. These awards are being expensed under the single-option straightline method using the same fair value measurements that were used in calculating pro forma share-based compensation expense under SFAS 123. However, in adopting SFAS 123R, the Company reviewed the inputs for volatility under the Black-Scholes valuation methodology and determined that the volatility inputs originally used for grants of options in 2004 and 2005 were higher than they should have been, which had the effect of overstating the pro forma cost of those options presented in supplemental schedules. Accordingly, the Company is now using a historical volatility of 36% to determine the fair value of those options, rather than 71% as originally reported. This change did not have a material impact on the reported pro forma expense associated with those options. For share-based awards granted on or after January 1, 2006, the Company is amortizing share-based compensation expense under the single-option straightline method over the requisite service period, which is generally a four-year vesting period.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Company recorded share-based compensation expense of $419,000 and $965,000, respectively, which reduced gross profit by $47,000 and $116,000, respectively, increased operating expenses by $372,000 and $849,000, respectively, decreased net income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 by $229,000, and increased net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 by $529,000. The impact on basic and diluted net income per share for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was to decrease net income per share by $0.01, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, to increase the loss per share by $0.03. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company did not recognize any share-based compensation expense under the intrinsic value method. On a pro forma basis, the Company’s share-based compensation during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $563,000 and $1,348,000, respectively.

Under SFAS No. 123R, the value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using an option pricing model, such as Black-Scholes, which was developed for use in estimating the value of freely traded options. Similar to other option pricing models, it requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including stock price volatility. Consequently, the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options and changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect their estimated fair value.

SFAS 123R requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from initial estimates. Share-based compensation expense was recorded net of estimated forfeitures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, such that expense was recorded only for those share-based awards that are expected to vest. Under APB 25, to the extent awards were forfeited prior to vesting, the previously recognized expense was reversed in the period of forfeiture. Upon adoption of SFAS 123R and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Company did not record a cumulative adjustment to account for the expected forfeitures of share-based awards granted to non-employees prior to January 1, 2006 (primarily consultants to the Company), for which the Company previously recorded an expense, as the adjustment was not material.

Stock Plans – In July 2000, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 2000 Stock Option Plan (the “2000 Plan”) to be effective upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering and reserved 1,500,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder. Each year beginning January 1, 2002, the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2000 Plan will automatically increase by the lesser of (i) 1,500,000 shares, (ii) 7% of the shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the preceding year, or (iii) an amount determined by the Board of Directors. In March 2005 and June 2005, respectively, the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Company approved the Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Awards Plan (the “Restated Plan”). The Restated Plan was amended to broaden the types of equity awards available for grant thereunder. In particular, the Restated Plan

 

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now allows for the grant of restricted stock awards, stock bonuses, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units. On January 1, 2006, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Restated Plan increased by 1,291,133 shares. The Restated Plan provides for the granting of: (i) incentive stock options to employees, and (ii) nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, stock bonuses, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units to employees, directors and consultants.

Under the Restated Plan, incentive stock options may be issued at not less than the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Board of Directors. Options issued under the Restated Plan become exercisable as determined by the Board of Directors and expire no more than 10 years after the date of grant. Most options vest ratably over four years. For those optionees who at the time the option is granted own stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, stock options may be issued at not less than 110% of the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant, and the options expire five years after the date of grant.

The Company also has adopted the 1991 Stock Option Plan (the “1991 Plan”) and the 2000 Supplemental Stock Option Plan (the “Supplemental Plan”), which provided for the granting of incentive stock options to employees and nonqualified stock options to employees and consultants. Options outstanding under the 1991 Plan and the Supplemental Plan generally were governed by the same terms as those under the 2000 Plan. At the time of the Company’s initial public offering, the 1991 Plan and Supplemental Plan were terminated such that no new options may be granted under these plans. Outstanding options at the date of the initial public offering remained outstanding pursuant to their original terms.

In July 2000, the Company adopted the 2000 Director Stock Option Plan (the “Director Plan”) to be effective upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering. The Director Plan provides for an initial grant to new nonemployee directors of options to purchase 30,000 shares of common stock. Subsequent to the initial grants, each nonemployee director is granted options to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock at the next meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of stockholders, if on the date of the annual meeting the Director has served on the Board of Directors for six months. In June 2006, the Board of Directors amended the Directors Plan to reduce the number of shares granted to nonemployee directors upon their appointment to the Board from 30,000 shares to 22,500 shares and to reduce the annual option grants awarded under the Director Plan from 10,000 shares to 7,500 shares. In addition, the Board reduced the term of all options granted under the Director Plan from 10 years to six years. The amendments did not require stockholder approval. The Company reserved a total of 400,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Director Plan, plus an annual increase to be added on the first day of the Company’s fiscal year beginning on January 1, 2002 equal to the lesser of (i) 100,000 shares, (ii) 0.5% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year, or (iii) an amount determined by the Board of Directors. On January 1, 2006, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Director Plan increased by 92,224 shares.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan – In July 2000, the Board of Directors approved the adoption of the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) effective upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering and reserved 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance thereunder. Each year, beginning January 1, 2002, the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase by a number of shares equal to the lesser of (i) 650,000 shares, (ii) 4% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year, or (iii) an amount determined by the Board of Directors. Under the ESPP, eligible employees can elect to have salary withholdings of up to 15% of the sum of their W-2 cash compensation and 401(k) contributions withheld during the offering period, to purchase shares of common stock.

On December 29, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company approved certain amendments to the ESPP to (i) terminate the ongoing 24-month offering periods as of December 31, 2005, (ii) provide for future six-month offering periods to commence on January 1, 2006 (ending on April 30, 2006), and each November 1 and May 1 (respectively ending on each April 30 and October 31) thereafter until further amended, and (iii) further provide that the purchase price for each offering period commencing after December 31, 2005 shall be 85% of the fair market value on the date of purchase rather than 85% of the lower of the fair market value on the first day of the offering period or the last day of the offering period. On January 1, 2006, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP increased by 650,000 shares.

 

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Stock Option Activity – Stock option activity under the Company’s stock awards plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 is summarized as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts and as noted):

 

     Shares     Weighted
Average Price
Per Share
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (in years)
   Aggregate
Intrinsic Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2005

   2,684     $ 5.80    —        —  

Options granted

   527       12.57    —        —  

Options exercised

   (176 )     5.28    —        —  

Options canceled/forfeited/expired

   (41 )     8.41    —        —  
                        

Outstanding at September 30, 2006

   2,994       6.99    7.27    $ 10,853
                        

Exercisable at September 30, 2006

   1,612       5.51    6.70    $ 7,070
                        

The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table represents the total pretax intrinsic value (the aggregate difference between the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on September 30, 2006 and the exercise price for in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders if all options had been exercised on September 30, 2006. The total intrinsic value of options exercised in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $146,000 and $2.3 million respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $13.09 and $12.57, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $10.90 and $9.97, respectively.

Cash received from options exercises and purchases under the ESPP for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $38,000 and $1.1 million, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $186,000 and $761,000, respectively.

Restricted Stock Activity – The following table summarizes the activity for restricted stock awards during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 (in thousands, except per share amounts and as noted):

 

     Shares    Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value

Unvested at December 31, 2005

   —        —  

Granted

   60    $ 11.32

Vested

   —        —  

Cancelled

   —        —  
       

Unvested at September 30, 2006

   60    $ 11.32
       

The weighted average remaining contractual life for unvested restricted stock awards and units at September 30, 2006 was 3.7 years. No restricted stock awards vested during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Black-Scholes Inputs – The fair value of option grants was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Expected dividend yield

   0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0  

Risk-free interest rate

   4.8 %   3.3 %   4.8 %   3.3 %

Expected volatility

   36 %   67 %   36 %   67 %

Expected term (in years)

   5.2     2.5     5.2     2.5  

Forfeiture rate

   20 %   20 %   20 %   20 %

 

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The Company has no history or expectation of paying dividends on its common stock.

The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield for a term consistent with the expected life of the awards in effect at the time of grant.

Expected volatility is based exclusively on historical volatility data of the Company’s stock.

The expected term of stock options granted is based exclusively on historical data and represents the period of time that stock options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected term is calculated for and applied to one group of stock options, as the Company does not currently expect substantially different exercise or post-vesting termination behavior among its employee population. The Company uses the simplified method for calculating expected term allowed by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No.107.

Prior to June 2006 the Board of Directors of the Company approved grants of options that had a term of 10 years. In June 2006 the Board of Directors determined that future grants of options, including options granted to employees and directors on or after June 15, 2006, will have a term of six years. For the three months ended September 30, 2006, this change in policy had an immaterial impact upon the Black-Scholes input for expected term; however, the Company expects that over time this new policy will have the effect of reducing the input for expected term, which will reduce the fair value of future options calculated under the Black-Scholes method.

Share-based compensation expense recognized in the statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 is based on awards ultimately expected to vest. SFAS 123R requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company used a pre-vesting forfeiture rate of 20% in the calculation of share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, based on weighted average historical forfeiture rates. Under the provisions of SFAS 123R, the Company will record additional expense if the actual forfeiture rate is lower than estimated, and will record a recovery of prior expense if the actual forfeiture is higher than estimated. In the Company’s pro forma information required under SFAS 123 for the periods prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company accounted for forfeitures as they occurred.

Because the ESPP does not have a “look back” feature, the compensation expense associated with the Plan is not measured by the use of the Black-Scholes pricing model, but rather by measuring the difference between the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the last day of the offering period and the purchase price for the offering period, which is 85% of the fair market value. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Company recorded $17,000 and $54,000, respectively, of compensation expense associated with the ESPP.

Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2005 – Had compensation expense for the Company’s stock option awards been determined based on the Black-Scholes fair value method at grant dates, consistent with the fair value method of SFAS No. 123, the Company would have recorded additional compensation expense and its net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share would have been equal to the pro forma amounts presented in the following table:

 

    

Three Months Ended

September 30, 2005

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2005

 

Net income, as reported

   $ 1,515     $ 3,689  

Less: Compensation expense for stock options determined under the fair value method, net of related tax effects

     (563 )     (1,348 )
                

Pro forma net income

   $ 952     $ 2,341  
                

Basic earnings per share:

    

As reported

   $ 0.09     $ 0.21  
                

Pro forma

   $ 0.06     $ 0.14  
                

Diluted earnings per share:

    

As reported

   $ 0.08     $ 0.20  
                

Pro forma

   $ 0.05     $ 0.13  
                

 

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11- Income Taxes

Provision for Income Tax

The Company recorded provisions for income tax of $1.5 and $3.6 million for the three and nine-months ended September 30, 2006, and $111,000 and $426,000 for the same periods in 2005. Our effective tax rates for the quarters ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were 45.2% and 6.8%, respectively. In the first quarter 2006 we recorded a $5.9 million IPR&D charge associated with the acquisition of Bio-logic that is on an after-tax basis.

Prior to the acquisition of Bio-logic, the Company generated tax losses and maintained a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. Tax expense historically consisted of a provision for the U.S. Federal corporate alternative minimum tax, minimal domestic state taxes, and foreign taxes at statutory rates. The Company released its valuation allowance through goodwill as part of the purchase accounting for Bio-logic. Since there are no longer any unrecognized deferred tax assets, the 2006 effective tax rate in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 increased to near the statutory rates in the jurisdictions in which we file tax returns. The effective tax rate is higher than the statutory rate of approximately 40.5% because of non-deductible expenses in our book income, including share-based compensation expense.

Deferred Income Taxes

At September 30, 2006 the Company reported a net current deferred income tax asset of approximately $562,000 and a net non-current deferred income tax asset of approximately $410,000. At December 31, 2005, the Company reported a net non-current deferred income tax liability of approximately $743,000. A full valuation allowance of approximately $9.9 million was provided for deferred income tax assets at December 31, 2005.

During the three months ended September 30, 2006 the Company recorded an adjustment to its deferred taxes to account for: (1) the tax benefit of an approximate $9.0 million tax net operating loss carryforward reported in the short-period Federal income tax return of Bio-logic for the period March 1, 2005 through January 5, 2006, that had not previously been recognized through purchase accounting, and (2) the tax benefit of an approximate $3.9 million difference between the fair market value and tax basis of land and a building obtained through the acquisition of Bio-logic that had not previously been recognized through purchase accounting. The result of the adjustment was to increase the Company’s deferred tax assets by approximately $3.3 million.

12- Segment, Customer and Geographic Information

The Company currently operates in one reportable segment, the Medical Devices and Related Supplies segment. With the exception of our Neometrics newborn screening data management systems (“Neometrics Product Line”), the nature of the Company’s products and production processes as well as type of customers and distribution methods are consistent among all product lines, including the product lines the Company gained through its acquisition of Bio-logic. The Neometrics Product Line is differentiated from our other product lines in that it is not a medical device or related supply product, is not currently regulated by the FDA and revenue is recognized under the percentage of completion basis. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Neometrics Product Line did not meet the quantitative thresholds for segment reporting and is therefore included in the “all other” reconciling line.

The accounting policies of the Company’s reportable segment are the same as those presented in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

 

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December 31, 2005, as updated in this interim report. The Company allocates resources to and evaluates the performance of its reportable segment based on operating income, excluding items that the Company considers non-recurring to the Company’s operations, which for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 consists of a $5.9 million charge for in-process research and development recognized in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Bio-logic. For management reporting purposes, corporate expenses are charged predominantly to the Medical Devices and Related Supplies segment. The asset totals disclosed by the segment are directly managed by the segment and include accounts receivable, inventory, certain fixed assets, intangible assets and goodwill, and certain other assets. Assets that are not allocated specifically to the segment primarily include cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The table below presents information about the Company’s reportable segment (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006    2005     2006     2005  

Revenue:

         

Medical devices and related supplies

   $ 21,261    $ 10,070     $ 59,250     $ 28,821  

All other

     545      481       1,906       1,601  
                               

Total consolidated revenue

   $ 21,806    $ 10,551     $ 61,156     $ 30,422  
                               

Operating income (loss):

         

Medical devices and related supplies

   $ 3,235    $ 1,440     $ 7,798     $ 3,708  

All other

     31      (133 )     269       (380 )
                               

Segment sub-total

     3,266      1,307       8,067       3,328  

Acquired in-process research and development

     —        —         (5,900 )     —    
                               

Total income (loss) from operations

   $ 3,266    $ 1,307     $ 2,167     $ 3,328  
                               

 

     September 30,
2006
   December 31,
2005

Assets:

     

Medical devices and related supplies

   $ 84,566    $ 20,955

All other

     3,721      4,232

Corporate assets

     37,155      52,209
             

Total consolidated assets

   $ 125,432    $ 77,396
             

The following is revenue and long-lived asset information by geographic region (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006    2005     2006     2005  

Revenue:

         

United States

   $ 16,298    $ 6,661     $ 44,938     $ 19,161  

Foreign countries

     5,508      3,890       16,218       11,261  
                               

Totals

   $ 21,806    $ 10,551     $ 61,156     $ 30,422  
                               

 

     September 30,
2006
   December 31,
2005

Long-lived assets:

     

United States

   $ 48,807    $ 5,988

Foreign countries

     11,206      6,138
             

Totals

   $   60,013    $ 12,126
             

 

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Long-lived assets include property and equipment (net), intangible assets and goodwill. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, no single customer or foreign country contributed to more than 10% of revenue.

13- Restructuring Reserve

On January 9, 2006, the Company initiated an integration plan (the “Plan”) related to the acquisition of Bio-logic. Under the Plan, the Company reduced the size of its combined workforce by approximately 23 employees, representing approximately 10% of the workforce of the Company. Under the Plan, the Company seeks to eliminate redundant costs resulting from the acquisition of Bio-logic and improve efficiencies in operations. A majority of notifications to employees was completed during the week of January 9, 2006, and substantially all of the staff reductions were completed by September 30, 2006.

The Plan has been accounted for in accordance with FASB, Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 95-3, Recognition of Liabilities in Connection with a Purchase Business Combination. All costs associated with the Plan were recognized as a liability assumed as of the consummation date of the merger. Substantially all of the costs associated with the Plan will result in the outlay of cash.

Following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending restructuring reserve balances related to the Plan (in thousands):

 

     Beginning
Balance
   Expenses
Accrued
   Paid     Ending
Balance

Nine months ending September 30, 2006

          

Employee termination benefits

   $ —      $ 2,827    $ (2,755 )   $ 72

Other

     —        100      —         100
                            

Totals

   $ —      $ 2,927    $ (2,755 )   $ 172
                            

14- Commitments and Contingencies

In November 2002, the FASB issued FIN No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others. The Company has determined that certain agreements it has entered into, described below, fall within the scope of FIN 45.

Under its bylaws, the Company has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences arising as a result of the officer or director serving in such capacity. The Company has a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that limits the Company’s exposure and enables it to recover a portion of any amounts paid resulting from the indemnification of its directors and officers. In addition, the Company enters into indemnification agreements with other parties in the ordinary course of business. In some cases the Company has obtained liability insurance providing coverage that limits its exposure for these other indemnified matters. The Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. The Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal and has not recorded a liability for these agreements as of September 30, 2006.

In the normal course of business, we enter into obligations and commitments that require future contractual payments. The commitments result primarily from firm, noncancellable purchase orders placed with contract vendors that manufacture some of the components used in our medical devices and related disposable supply products, as well as commitments for leased office, manufacturing, and warehouse facilities.

 

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We currently are, and may from time to time, become a party to various legal proceedings or claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Our management has reviewed the eminent matters and believes that the resolution of them will not have a significant adverse effect on our financial condition.

15- Subsequent Events

Acquisition of Business

On October 16, 2006, the Company acquired privately held Olympic Medical Corp. for approximately $16.6 million cash, plus the immediate satisfaction of approximately $2.7 million of Olympic Medical obligations associated with the acquisition. Olympic Medical, based in Seattle, Washington, develops and markets medical products used in the neonatal intensive care unit (“NICU”) and pediatric department of the hospital, including devices for the detection of neurologic function of newborns. The acquisition is intended to enhance the Company’s growth opportunities by broadening its product offerings, which the Company plans to leverage through its direct sales force in the U.S. and international distribution organization. The Company plans to retain Olympic Medical’s operations, as well as their established brands and existing products. Olympic Medical has approximately 100 employees and recorded sales of $16.0 million during calendar year 2005.

Wells Fargo Revolving Credit Facility

On November 8, 2006, the Company entered into (i) a Revolving Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), (ii) a Credit Commitment Note (the “Note”) in favor of Wells Fargo and (iii) a Security Agreement in favor of Wells Fargo (collectively, the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

Pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility, on November 8, 2006, Wells Fargo committed to advance, from time to time for one year, a maximum of $15 million to the Company, which obligation is represented by the Note and secured by a security interest in the Company’s assets. The proceeds of such advances can be used for working capital needs. In addition, the Company can use up to $10 million of the commitment for the acquisition of businesses without prior approval of Wells Fargo. The Revolving Credit Facility carries an unused commitment fee equal to one quarter of one percent of the average unused commitment, payable quarterly. Outstanding advances under the Note will bear interest, at either a floating rate or a fixed rate at the election of the Company as follows: (i) a fluctuating rate per annum one-quarter percent (0.25%) below the Prime Rate (as defined in the Note) in effect from time to time, or (ii) a fixed rate per annum determined by Wells Fargo to be two percent (2%) above LIBOR (as defined in the Note) in effect on the first day of applicable one-, two- or three-month Fixed Rate Terms (as defined in the Note). The Note can be prepaid without penalty at any time if the Company elects to have interest determined under a fluctuating rate, or at the completion of any one-, two- or three-month Fixed Rate Term.

The Revolving Credit Facility contains covenants, including covenants relating to liquidity and other financial measures and provides for events of default, including failure to pay interest when due, failure to perform or observe covenants, bankruptcy or insolvency events and the occurrence of a material adverse effect.

Wells Fargo Term Commitment Note

Concurrent with executing the Revolving Credit Facility, on November 8, 2006, the Company paid off the remaining balance of its Term Note with Wells Fargo and the Term Credit Facility and Term Note were terminated.

 

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Natus®, AABR®, AOAE®, ALGO®, Cochlea-Scan®, Echo-Screen®, Ear Couplers®, Flexicoupler®, MiniMuffs® and neoBLUE® are registered trademarks of Natus Medical Incorporated. EchoLink™, Neometrics™, and Accuscreen™ are non-registered trademarks of Natus. Solutions for Newborn CareSM is a non-registered service mark of Natus. Bio-logic®, AuDX®, ABaer®, Ceegraph®, MASTER®, Navigator®, Sleepscan®, and Traveler® are registered trademarks of Bio-logic Systems Corp. CHAMP™ and Smartpack™ are non-registered trademarks of Bio-logic. Coherence is a non-registered trademark of Deltamed.

Overview

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) supplements the MD&A in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and presumes that readers have read or have access to the discussion and analysis in the Company’s Annual Report. Management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes, the discussion of certain risks and uncertainties contained in Item 1A of this report, and the cautionary information regarding forward-looking statements at the end of this section. MD&A includes the following sections:

 

    Our Business. A general description of the Company’s business;

 

    2006 Third Quarter Overview. A summary of key information concerning the financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006;

 

    Application of Critical Accounting Policies. A discussion of the accounting policies that are most important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and which require critical judgments and estimates;

 

    Results of Operations. An analysis of the Company’s results of operations for the periods presented in the financial statements;

 

    Liquidity and Capital Resources. An analysis of capital resources, sources and uses of cash, investing and financing activities, off-balance sheet arrangements, contractual obligations and interest rate hedging;

 

    Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements. A recap of recently issued accounting pronouncements that may have an impact upon the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows; and

 

    Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. Cautionary information about forward-looking statements.

Our Business

Natus is a leading provider of healthcare products used for screening, detection, treatment, monitoring and tracking of common medical ailments such as hearing impairment, neurological dysfunction, epilepsy, sleep disorders, newborn jaundice and newborn metabolic testing. We design our products to deliver accurate results in a rapid and reliable manner. In addition, our products address guidelines for standard medical practices as adopted by various medical-industry associations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (“AAP”) and the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (“JCIH”).

Currently, our principal product lines consist of our ALGO and ABaer screening products for newborn hearing screening, our AuDX and Echo-Screen OAE device for hearing screening in newborns and hearing monitoring in young children and adults, our Navigator products for diagnostic hearing assessment in children and adults, our neoBLUE LED line of phototherapy devices for the treatment of newborn jaundice, our Ceegraph VISION, Sleepscan VISION, and Coherence product lines for electroencephalograph (“EEG”) and polysomnography (“PSG”) monitoring and diagnosis of neurologic dysfunction and sleep disorders, and our Neometrics newborn screening data management systems (“MSDS”).

 

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Our revenue is generated almost exclusively from the sale of devices and systems, which are generally non-recurring, and related supplies and services, which are generally recurring. Devices and systems revenue results from the sale of our ALGO, ABaer, Echo-Screen, AuDX, Navigator, neoBLUE, Ceegraph, Sleepscan, and Coherence 3NT devices, and installation of our Neometrics’ newborn screening data management systems. Supplies and services revenue results from sales of disposable supplies used with the abovementioned devices, the Nascor product line, software maintenance agreements for our Neometrics data management systems, as well as extended service agreements on our medical devices.

In the United States we sell our products primarily through a direct sales force. Our diagnostic hearing devices are sold in the U.S. through distributors. We sell our products internationally in over 80 other countries through distributors. We intend to continue expansion of our international operations because we believe international markets represent a significant growth opportunity. International sales made to distributors are characterized by lower gross profits due to the discount from our list prices that the distributors receive. International sales contributed to 27% of our revenue during the three and nine months ended 30, 2006, compared to 37% of our revenue during the respective periods in 2005. The reduction in international sales as a percent of total sales in the 2006 periods, as compared to 2005, was attributable to our acquisition of Bio-logic, as their international sales comprise a lower percentage of their total sales than Natus. We anticipate that international revenue will increase as a percent of revenue in the future.

2006 Third Quarter Overview

In August 2006 we issued 2,645,000 shares of our stock in a registered offering priced at $11.66 per share, raising $29.3 million after deducting costs associated with the offering. In September 2006 we completed the acquisitions of The Nascor assets for cash of $953,000 and Deltamed for cash of $4.1 million. On September 26, we completed the sale of an undeveloped parcel of land we obtained through our acquisition of Bio-logic, netting approximately $2.5 million. In addition, after the end of the third quarter of 2006, on October 16, we completed the acquisition of Olympic Medical for $19.3 million including the immediate satisfaction of $2.7 million dollars of Olympic Medical obligations associated with the acquisition. Olympic Medical has approximately 100 employees and recorded sales of $16.0 million during calendar year 2005.

During the three months ended September 30, 2006, Natus recognized $21.8 million of revenue, an increase of $11.3 million or 107% from $10.6 million in the comparable quarter of the previous year. Revenue from sales outside the U.S. increased 42% to $5.5 million for the third quarter 2006, compared with $3.9 million in the comparable quarter in 2005.

Our gross profit decreased to 61.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2006, compared with 65.4% for the third quarter of 2005. For the three months ended September 30, 2006, total operating expenses increased by $4.6 million, or approximately 82.9%, to $10.2 million, compared with $5.6 million for the third quarter of 2005.

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was $1.8 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, reported in the same period in the prior year.

In order to more fully understand the comparison of the results of operations for the third quarter of 2006 as compared to the same period in 2005, it is important to note that we acquired Bio-logic on January 5, 2006, which had a material impact on our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2006. The acquisition of Deltamed did not have a significant impact on our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2006.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Sates of America (“GAAP”). In so doing, we must often make estimates and use assumptions that can be subjective and, consequently, our actual results could differ from those estimates. For any given individual estimate or assumption we make, there may also be other estimates or assumptions that are reasonable.

 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, there were no changes in the application of critical accounting policies as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, except for those related to share-based compensation expense associated with our adoption of SFAS 123R as of January 1, 2006, as more fully described below.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue, net of discounts, from sales of medical devices and supplies, including sales to distributors, when a purchase order has been received, when title transfers, when the selling price is fixed or determinable, and when collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. Terms of sale for most domestic sales are FOB origin, reflecting that title and risk of loss are assumed by the purchaser at the shipping point, however, terms of sale for some neurology and sleep-diagnostic systems are FOB destination, reflecting that title and risk of loss are assumed by the purchaser upon delivery. Terms of sales to international distributors are EXW, reflecting that goods are shipped “ex works,” in which title and risk of loss are assumed by the distributor at the shipping point.

Revenue from the Neometrics newborn screening data management systems, which are generally highly configurable, is recognized on the percentage of completion basis over the development and implementation period of the associated installation, which typically ranges from six to 18 months. Revenue from extended service and maintenance agreements, for both medical devices and data management systems, is recognized ratably over the service period. Advance payments from customers are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as revenue as otherwise described above. We generally do not provide rights of return on products. We accept trade-ins of our own and competitive medical devices. Trade-ins are recorded as a reduction of the replacement medical device sale. Provisions are made for initial standard warranty obligations of one year, and post-sale training and customer support at the time the related revenue is recognized.

More than 90% of the hospitals in the U.S. are members of group purchasing organizations (“GPO”s), which negotiate volume purchase prices for member hospitals, group practices, and other clinics. We have entered into agreements with several GPOs that typically contain preferential terms for the GPO and its members, including provisions for some, if not all, of the following:

 

    Negotiated pricing for all group members;

 

    Volume discounts and other preferential terms on their member’s direct purchases from us;

 

    Promotion of Natus’ products by the GPO to its members;

 

    Payment of marketing fees by Natus to the GPO, usually based on purchasing experience of group members; and

 

    Non-recourse cancellation provisions.

We do not sell our products to GPOs. Hospitals, group practices and other clinics that are members of a GPO purchase products directly from us under the terms negotiated by the GPO. Negotiated pricing and discounts are recognized as a reduction of the selling price of our products. Revenue from sales to members of GPOs is otherwise consistent with our general revenue recognition policies as previously described.

We must exercise judgment when assessing the sufficiency of our allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts receivable. Our estimates are based on our historical collection experience within the markets in which we operate, assessment of our average accounts receivable aging days, and any other specific information of which we may be aware, such as bankruptcy filings or liquidity problems of our customers. Any future determination that our allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts receivable is understated could result in increased operating expense and reduce our results of operations.

Inventory is carried at the lower of cost or market value

As a medical device manufacturer, we may be exposed to a number of factors that could result in portions of our inventory becoming either obsolete or in excess of anticipated usage. These factors include, but are not limited to: technological changes in our markets, competitive pressures in products and prices, and our own introduction of new product lines.

 

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We regularly evaluate our ability to realize the value of our inventory based on a combination of factors, including historical usage rates, forecasted sales, product life cycles, and market acceptance of new products. When we identify inventory that is obsolete or in excess of anticipated usage we write it down to realizable salvage value or provide for inventory valuation reserves. The estimates we use in projecting future product demand may prove to be incorrect. Any future determination that our inventory is overvalued could result in increases to our cost of sales and decreases to our operating margins and results of operations.

Carrying value of intangible assets

We amortize intangible assets with finite lives over their useful lives; any future changes that would limit their useful lives or any determination that these assets are carried at amounts greater than their fair value could result in additional charges. We carry goodwill and any other intangible assets with indefinite lives at original cost but do not amortize them. Any future determination that these assets are carried at amounts greater than their fair value could result in additional charges, which could significantly impact our operating results.

We test our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment at least annually as of October 1st of each year; this assessment is also performed whenever there is a change in circumstances that indicates the carrying value of these assets may be impaired. Similarly, we test our definite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of these assets may be impaired. Impairment indicators include, but are not limited to, net book value as compared to market capitalization, significant negative industry and economic trends, and significant underperformance relative to historical and projected future operating results. Impairment is considered to have occurred when the estimated undiscounted future cash flows related to the asset are less than its carrying value. Estimates of future cash flows involve consideration of many factors including the marketability of new products, product acceptance and lifecycle, competition, appropriate discount rates, and operating margins. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record impairment charges, which could have a significant impact on our operating results.

Liability for product warranties

Our medical device products are covered by standard one-year product warranty plans. A liability has been established for the expected cost of servicing our medical device products during these service periods. We base the liability in part upon our historical experience; however, estimates of the costs to honor our warranties are often difficult to determine due to uncertainty surrounding the extent to which new products will require servicing and the costs that will be incurred to service those products. Until we have historical experience of the cost to honor warranties on new products, we base additions to the reserve on a combination of factors including the standard cost of the product, experience with similar products, and other judgments, such as the degree to which the product incorporates new technology. The estimates we use in projecting future product warranty costs may prove to be incorrect. Any future determination that our product warranty reserves are understated could result in increases to our cost of sales and reductions in our operating profits and results of operations.

Share-based compensation

On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provision of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, using the modified prospective approach. With the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company is required to record the fair value of share-based compensation awards as expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. In order to determine the fair value of stock options on the date of grant, the Company applies the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Inherent in this model are assumptions related to expected dividend yield, risk-free interest rate, expected stock-price volatility, expected term, and forfeiture rate. While the risk-free interest rate and dividend yield are less subjective assumptions, typically based on factual data derived from public sources, the expected stock-price volatility, expected life, and forfeiture rate assumptions require a greater level of judgment which makes them critical accounting estimates. Following is a summary of the criteria the Company considers when making these estimates:

 

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    Expected volatility is based exclusively on historical volatility data of the Company’s common stock, measured by reference to the average of the high and low price of the stock on the same day of each week.

 

    The expected term of stock options granted is based exclusively on historical data and represents the period of time that stock options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected term is calculated for and applied to one group of stock options, as the Company does not currently expect substantially different exercise or post-vesting termination behavior among its employee population. The Company uses the simplified method for calculating expected term allowed by SAB No. 107.

 

    Share-based compensation expense is based on awards ultimately expected to vest. SFAS 123R requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company bases its pre-vesting forfeiture rate on weighted average historical forfeiture rates. Under the provisions of SFAS 123R, the Company will record additional expense if the actual forfeiture rate is lower than estimated, and will record a recovery of prior expense if the actual forfeiture is higher than estimated.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, selected consolidated statements of operations data as a percentage of total revenue. Our historical operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results for any future period.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Revenue

   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %

Cost of revenue

   38.1     34.6     37.3     37.6  
                        

Gross profit

   61.9     65.4     62.7     62.4  
                        

Operating expenses:

        

Marketing and selling

   22.1     27.6     25.4     27.5  

Research and development

   11.2     11.0     12.1     10.6  

General and administrative

   13.7     14.4     13.0     13.4  

Acquired in-process research and development

   —       —       9.6     —    
                        

Total operating expenses

   47.0     53.0     59.2     51.5  
                        

Income from operations

   14.9     12.4     3.5     10.9  

Other income, net

   0.7     3.0     —       2.6  
                        

Income before provision for income taxes

   15.6     15.4     3.5     13.5  

Income tax provision

   7.0     1.0     5.9     1.4  
                        

Net income (loss)

   8.6 %   14.4 %   (2.4 )   %12.1 %
                        

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 and 2005

Acquisitions

In order to more fully understand the comparison of the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, as compared to the respective periods in 2005, it is important to note that we acquired Bio-logic on January 5, 2006, which had a material impact on our financial position and results of operations during 2006. The acquisitions of The Nascor assets and Deltamed did not have a significant impact upon our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2006.

 

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Consolidated Results

Our revenue increased $11.3 million, or 106.7%, to $21.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $10.6 million in the same period in 2005. Bio-logic contributed to $10.2 million of the increase. Our revenue increased $30.7 million, or 101%, to $61.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, from $30.4 million in the same period in 2005. Bio-logic contributed to $28.3 million of the increase.

Revenue from devices and systems increased 186% to $12.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, compared to $4.4 million in the same period in 2005. Revenue from Bio-logic’s hearing diagnostic, neurology and sleep diagnostic product lines contributed to $7.7 million of the increase. Revenue from devices and systems increased 162% to $34.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, from $13.0 million in the same period in 2005. Revenue from Bio-logic’s hearing diagnostic, neurology and sleep diagnostic product lines contributed to $21.2 million of the increase

Revenue from supplies and services increased $2.8 million, or 46.7%, to $8.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $6.0 million in the same period in 2005. Sales of supplies used with Bio-logic’s hearing screening and diagnostic devices contributed to $2.4 million of the increase, with the remainder coming primarily from supplies used with our ALGO and Echo-Screen devices. Revenue from supplies and services increased $8.9 million or 52%, to $26 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from $17.1 million in the same period in 2005. Sales of supplies used with Bio-logic’s hearing screening and diagnostic devices contributed to $6.9 million of the increase, with the remainder coming primarily from supplies used with our ALGO and Echo-Screen devices. Revenue from supplies and services was 41% and 43%, respectively, of total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, compared to 57% and 56%, in the respective periods in 2005. The decrease in supplies and services revenue as a percent of total revenue in the 2006 periods, compared to the respective periods in 2005, is associated with the product mix of Bio-logic. No end-customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue in the three or nine months ended September 30, 2006 or 2005.

Revenue from sales outside the U.S. was $5.5 million and $16.2 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, from $3.9 million and $11.3 million in the same periods in 2005. Bio-logic contributed to $1.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, of the increase in three and nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Our gross profit increased $6.6 million, or 95%, to $13.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $6.9 million in 2005. Our gross profit increased $19.4 million, or 102%, to $38.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, from $19 million in 2005. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue was 61.9% and 62.7%, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, from 65.4% and 62.4% in the respective periods in 2005. The improvement in our gross profit percentage for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was primarily attributable to the results of Bio-logic and product mix. The deterioration in our gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was primarily related to product mix, as well as increases to our warranty and inventory reserves.

Total operating costs increased by $4.6 million to $10.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $5.6 million in the same period in 2005. Total operating costs increased by $20.5 million, to $36.2 million, in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, from $15.7 million in the same period in 2005. The increase in the nine-month period in 2006 was primarily attributable to $12.1 million of Bio-logic operating costs and a $5.9 million charge for in-process research and development associated with our acquisition of Bio-logic. Operating costs of Bio-logic contributed to $3.8 million of the increase for the three months ended in September 2006. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, we also recorded $372,000 and $849,000, respectively, of employee share-based compensation expense. We did not record employee equity based compensation in 2005. The net increase in total operating costs from factors other than the foregoing was primarily attributable to an increase in outside consulting fees of $432,000 and $1.2 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, and, to a lesser extent, increased domestic sales compensation in the 2006 periods.

Our marketing and selling expenses increased $1.9 million, or 64.9%, to $4.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $2.9 million in the same period in 2005. Marketing and selling expenses increased $6.6 million, or 79%, to $15.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, from $8.3 million in the same

 

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period in 2005. The increases in both periods were attributable to Bio-logic, which contributed to $2.0 million and $6.6 million, respectively, of the increase in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, compared to the same periods in 2005.

Our research and development expenses increased $1.3 million, or 109%, to $2.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $1.2 million in the same period in 2005. Research and development expenses increased 129%, or $4.2 million, to $7.4 million, in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, compared to $3.2 million in the comparable period in 2005. Bio-logic contributed to $1.3 million and $4.0 million, respectively, of the increase for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, with the remainder of the increase coming primarily from salaries and outside consulting costs.

Our general and administrative expenses increased $1.5 million, or 97%, to $3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $1.5 million in the same period in 2005. General and administrative expenses increased by $3.9 million, or 95%, to $7.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, compared to $4.1 million reported in the same period in 2005. Bio-logic contributed to $583,000 and $1.5 million, respectively, of the increase in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006. Employee share-based compensation expense was $230,000 and $490,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, while we had no employee share-based compensation expense in 2005. Outside consulting costs also increased by $360,000 and $870,000, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, compared to the same periods in 2005.

Other income (expense) net consists of investment income and net capital gains and losses from our investment portfolio, interest expense, net currency exchange gains and losses, and other miscellaneous income and expenses. We reported a net other expense of $146,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2006, compared to net other income of $319,000 in the same period in 2005. Net other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $16,000 compared to net other income of $787,000 in the same period in 2005. The reduction in other income (expense) resulted primarily from the decrease in our investment portfolio and an increase in interest expense related to our note payable, both of which were related to our acquisition of Bio-logic.

We recorded a provision for income tax of $1.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, compared to a provision of $111,000 for the same period in 2005. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 we recorded a provision for income tax of $3.6 million, compared to $426,000 recorded in the same period in 2005. Our effective tax rates for the quarters ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 were 45.2% and 6.8%, respectively. In the first quarter 2006 we recorded a $5.9 million IPR&D charge associated with the acquisition of Bio-logic that is on an after-tax basis.

Prior to the acquisition of Bio-logic, the Company generated tax losses and maintained a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. Tax expense historically consisted of: (i) a provision for the U.S. Federal corporate alternative minimum tax, (ii) minimal domestic state taxes, and (iii) foreign taxes at statutory rates. The Company released its valuation allowance through goodwill as part of the purchase accounting for Bio-logic. Since there are no longer any unrecognized deferred tax assets, the 2006 effective tax rate in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 increased to near the statutory rates in the jurisdictions in which we file tax returns. The effective tax rate is higher than the statutory rate of approximately 40.5% because of non-deductible expenses in our book income, including share-based compensation expense.

Segment Results

We currently operate in one reportable segment, our Medical Devices and Related Supplies segment. Additional financial information about our segment is set forth in Note 12 – Segment, Customer and Geographic Information, of our condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this report.

Medical Devices and Related Supplies Segment

Revenue from the medical devices and related supplies segment increased by $11.2 million, or 111%, to $21.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, from $10.1 million in the same period in 2005. For the nine

 

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months ended September 30, 2006, revenue from our medical devices and related supplies segment increased by $30.4 million, or 106%, to $59.2 million from $28.8 million in the same period in 2005. Bio-logic contributed to $8.6 million and $18 million of the increase, respectively, for the three and nine month periods. The higher sales in 2006 were also due to an increase in sales of our neoBLUE phototherapy lights.

The medical device and related supplies segment reported income from operations of $3.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006, including approximately $1.0 million of depreciation and amortization costs, compared to $1.4 million in the same period in 2005. The segment reported income from operations of $7.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, including approximately $2.9 million of depreciation and amortization costs, compared to $3.7 million in the same period in 2005. The results in 2006 were favorably impacted by the operations of Bio-logic.

All Other

Information regarding segment operating results is set forth in Note 12 – Segment, Customer, and Geographic Information of our consolidated financial statements contained in this report.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is our ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operating activities to meet our obligations and commitments. In addition, liquidity includes the ability to obtain appropriate financing or to raise capital. Therefore, liquidity cannot be considered separately from capital resources that consist of our current funds and the potential to increase those funds in the future. We plan to use our capital resources in meeting our commitments and in achieving our business objectives.

As of September 30, 2006, we had cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $37.2 million, stockholders’ equity of $99.3 million, and working capital of $38.0 million, compared with cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $52.2 million, stockholders’ equity of $69.0 million, and working capital of $57.5 million as of December 31, 2005. The reduction in our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments is primarily related to our acquisition of Bio-logic on January 5, 2006 for approximately $69.3 million for which we used $51.4 million of our cash.

In August 2006, we issued 2,645,000 shares of our common stock in a registered offering. The offering was priced at $11.66 per share, which was the closing price of our stock on the day prior to the offering. We raised $29.3 million, net of underwriting fees and other costs of the offering.

On October 16, 2006, we acquired privately held Olympic Medical Corp. in a cash acquisition valued at approximately $19.3 million, including the immediate satisfaction of approximately $2.7 million of Olympic Medical obligations associated with the acquisition. We used approximately $1.2 million of Olympic Medical cash to complete the acquisition. Olympic Medical has approximately 100 employees and recorded sales of $16.0 million during calendar 2005.

On November 8, 2006 we entered into a $15 million revolving credit facility, at which time we paid off the outstanding principal balance of an existing term credit facility. The revolving credit facility contains covenants, including covenants relating to liquidity and other financial measurements and provides for events of default, including failure to pay any interest when due, failure to perform or observe covenants, bankruptcy or insolvency events and the occurrence of a material adverse effect. We were in compliance with all covenants of our term credit facility during the three months ended September 30, 2006.

Following our acquisitions of Bio-logic, Deltamed, and Olympic Medical, our cash reserves and working capital have been significantly reduced. However, we believe that our current cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investment balances, and any cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our ongoing operating and capital requirements for the foreseeable future. We intend to continue to acquire additional technologies, products or businesses, and these acquisitions could be significant. These actions would likely affect our future capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds. We may be required to raise additional funds through public or private financings, strategic relationships, or other arrangements. Any additional equity financing may be dilutive to stockholders, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants and increase our cost of capital.

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, net cash used in operations was $2.6 million compared to net cash provided by operations of $6.5 million for the same period in 2005. In the 2006 period, the Company reduced accrued liabilities by $2.5 million, which were primarily related to the acquisition of Bio-logic, including $2.7 million of obligations related to change of control provisions in Bio-logic employment agreements, as well as other integration plan and acquisition-related costs. In addition accounts receivable and inventories increased by $3.2 million and $2.3 million, respectively, in the 2006 period, primarily related to the increased activities of Bio-logic.

Excluding purchases and sales of short-term investments, and approximately $56.5 million of the Company’s cash used to acquire Bio-logic, DeltaMed and the Nascor assets, cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $2.0 million, primarily to acquire equipment, offset by proceeds from the sale of land of $2.5 million and a reduction in deposits and other assets. This compares to $816,000 of cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

Cash provided by financing activities was $38.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006, compared to $759,000 in the same period in 2005. During the 2006 period, we raised $29.3 million in a common stock offering and borrowed $10 million on a note under a senior secured credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank. Other sources of cash from financing activities were primarily from exercises of stock options pursuant to our stock option plans and employee contributions to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan in the amount of $1.1 million and $759,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. We also realized an excess tax benefit of $730,000 on the exercise of employee stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 that was recorded as an increase to stockholders’ equity.

Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including the:

 

    Amount and timing of revenue;

 

    Extent to which our existing and new products gain market acceptance;

 

    Extent to which we make acquisitions;

 

    Cost and timing of product development efforts and the success of these development efforts;

 

    Cost and timing of marketing and selling activities; and

 

    Availability of borrowings under line of credit arrangements and the availability of other means of financing.

In the normal course of business, we enter into obligations and commitments that require future contractual payments. The commitments result primarily from firm, noncancellable purchase orders placed with contract vendors that manufacture some of the components used in our medical devices and related disposable supply products, as well as commitments for leased office, manufacturing, and warehouse facilities. In January 2006 we borrowed $10.0 million on a senior credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, reflected as “note payable” in the table below. The impact that our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of September 30, 2006 are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in future periods is as follows:

 

     Payments Due by Period
     Total    Less than
1 Year
   1-3
Years
   3-5
Years
   More than
5 Years

Unconditional purchase obligations

   $ 7,664    $ 7,638    $ 26    $ —      $ —  

Note payable

     7,125      7,125      —        —        —  

Operating lease obligations

     1,905      533      1,372      —        —  
                                  

Total

   $ 16,694    $ 15,276    $ 1,398    $ —      $ —  
                                  

 

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Unconditional purchase obligations relate primarily to purchase orders with our suppliers for materials used in our production processes. The table above does not include obligations under employment agreements for services rendered in the normal course of business.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment. On March 29, 2005, the SEC issued SAB No. 107, which provides guidance regarding the adoption of SFAS No. 123R and disclosures in Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

The Company adopted SFAS No. 123R on January 2006 using the modified prospective method, whereby the Company will expense the remaining portion of the requisite service period under previously granted unvested awards outstanding as of January 1, 2006 and new share-based payment awards granted or modified after January 1, 2006. The Company expects that implementation of SFAS No. 123R will result in additional expense related to share-based compensation of approximately $1.4 million before tax in 2006. The actual expense in 2006 will depend on a number of factors, including the extent to which existing unvested awards expire pursuant to the terms of the awards, the fair value of future awards at the time of grant, and the number of share-based awards granted in 2006.

In June 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and SFAS No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements. SFAS 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. Previously, most voluntary changes in accounting principles required recognition of a cumulative effect adjustment within net income of the period of the change. SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005; however, it does not change the transition provisions of any existing accounting pronouncements. The Company does not expect that this statement will have a material impact on our results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. FIN No. 48 is an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, and must be adopted by the Company no later than January 1, 2007. FIN 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for recognizing, measuring, presenting, and disclosing in the financial statements uncertain tax positions that the Company has taken or expects to take in its tax returns. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting FIN 48.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 157.

In September 2006, the SEC issued SAB No. 108, Guidance re: the Use of a Cumulative Effect Adjustment to Correct Immaterial Misstatements. Registrants are required to apply the provisions of SAB No. 108 no later than the annual financial statements for their first fiscal year ending after November 15, 2006. The application of SAB No. 108 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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Cautionary Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 about Natus Medical Incorporated (“Natus,” “we,” “us,” or “our Company”). These statements include, among other things, statements concerning our expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions, future operations, financial condition and prospects, and business strategies. The words “may,” “will,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” and other similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this Item 2 include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the following: our ability to service our debt; our effective tax rate in 2006, the cost of share-based compensation expense under SFAS 123R, our expectations of future profitability and the generation of positive operating cash flows, the effectiveness and advantages of our products, factors relating to demand for and economic advantages of our products, our plan to develop and acquire additional technologies, products or businesses, our expectation regarding growth in international sales, our marketing, technology enhancement, and product development strategies, our intention to enter into agreements with group purchasing organizations, our intention to introduce new products and extend existing product lines, our intention to seek strategic partners, our belief that we bring products to market efficiently, development of technologies into successful products, our estimate of the length of time for patents to issue, identity of our competition and factors for competition, our compliance with regulatory requirements and laws, and our plan to seek approval to sell our products in additional countries.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results predicted in the forward-looking statements as well as our future financial condition and results of operations to differ materially from our historical results or currently anticipated results. Investors should carefully review the information contained under the caption “Risk Factors” contained in Part II, Item 1A of this report for a description of risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We develop products in the U.S. and sell those products primarily in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Oceania. As a result, our financial results could be affected by factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in foreign markets. Most of our sales in Europe and Asia are denominated in U.S. dollars. With the acquisition of Fischer-Zoth in September 2004 and Deltamed in September 2006, a portion of our sales is denominated in the Euro. As our sales in currencies other than the U.S. dollar increase, our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations may increase.

In addition, changes in exchange rates also may affect the end-user prices of our products compared to those of our foreign competitors, who may be selling their products based on local currency pricing. These factors may make our products less competitive in some countries.

If the U.S. dollar uniformly increased or decreased in strength by 10% relative to the currencies in which our sales were denominated, our net income would have correspondingly increased or decreased by an immaterial amount for the three months ended September 30, 2006. Our interest income is sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates in the U.S., particularly since the majority of our investments are in short-term instruments. However, as substantially all of our short-term investments and cash-equivalents carry a fixed rate of interest, a hypothetical decrease of 10% in market interest rates would not result in a material decrease in interest income earned on investments held at September 30, 2006 through the date of maturity on those investments.

The fair value of our available-for-sale securities and cash equivalents is also sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates in the U.S., and the fair value of our portfolio will fall if market interest rates increase. However, since we generally have the ability to hold these investments to maturity, these declines in fair value may never be realized. If market interest rates were to increase by 10% from levels at September 30, 2006, the fair value of our portfolio would decline by an immaterial amount.

 

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All of the potential changes noted above are based on sensitivity analyses performed on our financial position as of September 30, 2006. Actual results may differ as our analysis of the effects of changes in interest rates does not account for, among other things, sales of securities prior to maturity and repurchase of replacement securities, the change in mix or quality of the investments in the portfolio, and changes in the relationship between short-term and long-term interest rates.

We invest our excess cash in short-term investments that carry relatively short maturities because our intent is to have cash resources available for potential acquisitions of additional technologies, products, or businesses, and these acquisitions could be significant.

ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, “disclosure controls and procedures” are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our company’s management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2006. Solely because of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting described in the following paragraph, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer determined that as of September 30, 2006 our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective for the purpose set forth above.

The Company identified control deficiencies relating to purchase price allocation under SFAS 141, Business Combinations, as it relates to accounting for deferred income taxes. These deficiencies include a lack of sufficient internal tax accounting expertise, inadequate internal staffing for tax accounting, inadequate communication with outside tax consultants that assist the Company in purchase accounting, and inadequate review of the work of outside tax consultants. The Company has determined that these matters represented a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2006. A material weakness is a significant deficiency, as defined in Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No. 2, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results in a more than remote likelihood that a material misstatement of a company’s annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented or detected by company personnel in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. The Company has begun to develop a remediation plan to address these deficiencies.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, “internal control over financial reporting” is defined as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, an issuer’s principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the issuer’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors

We have completed a number of acquisitions and expect to complete additional acquisitions in the future. There are numerous risks associated with acquisitions and we may not achieve the expected benefit of any of our acquisitions

In January 2006 we completed the acquisition of Bio-logic. In September and October 2006 we completed the acquisitions Deltamed and Olympic Medical, and certain assets from Nascor. We expect to continue to pursue opportunities to acquire other businesses in future periods. The acquisitions that we have completed may not result in improved operating results for us, or in our achieving financial condition superior to that which we would have achieved had we not completed them. Our acquisitions could fail to produce the benefits that we anticipate, or could have other adverse effects that we currently do not foresee. In addition, some of the assumptions that we have relied upon, such as achievement of operating synergies, may not be realized. In this event, the acquisition could result in reduced earnings of Natus as compared to the earnings that would have been achieved by Natus if the acquisitions had not occurred.

If we fail to successfully manage the combined operations of Natus and the businesses we have acquired, we may not realize the potential benefits of the acquisition. Bio-logic’s primary offices are located in Mundelein, Illinois, Deltamed’s operations are in France and Germany, and Olympic Medical’s operations are in Seattle, Washington. The geographical distance between our various facilities may further adversely affect our ability to manage these operations. If we fail to manage these disparate operations effectively, our results of operations could be harmed, employee morale could decline, key employees could leave, and customers could cancel existing orders or choose not to place new ones. In addition, we may not achieve the synergies or other benefits of the acquisition that we anticipate. We may encounter the following difficulties, costs and delays involved in managing these operations:

 

    Failure to successfully manage relationships with customers and other important business partners;

 

    Failure of customers to continue using the products and services of the combined company;

 

    The loss of key employees;

 

    Challenges encountered in managing larger, more geographically dispersed operations;

 

    Diversion of the attention of management from other ongoing business concerns; and

 

    Potential impairment charges incurred to write down the carrying amount of intangible assets generated as a result of the acquisition.

Our acquisitions have included in-process research and development assets (“IPR&D assets”) for which we have assigned significant value; our results of operations could be adversely affected if we are unable to bring these assets to market

Through our acquisitions of other businesses, we have acquired IPR&D assets for which we have assigned significant value. There is inherent risk in bringing these IPR&D assets to market and we may be unable to realize the full value we have assigned to them. We may be unable to complete the development of these IPR&D assets within a timely manner, or we may encounter technological difficulties that prevent us from completing their development. If we are unable to derive future revenue from our IPR&D assets, our results of operations could be impacted.

We acquired Olympic Medical in October 2006, including their Cool-Cap product, which is in the final stage of an FDA Premarket Approval (“PMA”) process. If cleared by the FDA, this product will likely be classified as a class III medical device

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We have a history of losses, variable quarterly results, and seasonality in the sale of our products, and may not maintain profitability in the future

Since our inception, we have incurred significant net losses, including net losses for the years 2003 and 2004, and we may incur net losses in the future. As of September 30, 2006, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $34.0 million. Additionally, our revenue and operating results have varied significantly from quarter to quarter in the past and may continue to fluctuate in the future. The following are among the factors that could cause our revenue, operating results and margins to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter:

 

    Budgeting cycle of our customers, particularly government entities;

 

    Size and timing of specific sales, such as large purchases of our devices and systems or our supplies and services by government agencies or hospital systems;

 

    Trade-in allowances or other concessions in connection with the introduction of new products or improvements to existing products;

 

    Length and unpredictability of our sales cycle; and

 

    Marked changes caused by rapidly evolving technology.

In addition, we experience seasonality in our revenue. For example, our sales typically decline from our fourth fiscal quarter to our first fiscal quarter, due to patterns in the capital budgeting and purchasing cycles of our current and prospective customers, many of which are government agencies. We may also experience declining sales in the third fiscal quarter due to summer holiday and vacation schedules. We anticipate that we will continue to experience these seasonal fluctuations, which may lead to fluctuations in our quarterly operating results. We believe that you should not rely on our results of operations for interim periods as an indication of our expected results in any future period.

We anticipate that it will become increasingly difficult for us to manage our expenses as we:

 

    Continue to invest in research and development to enhance our hearing-screening and phototherapy product lines, the technologies we acquired from Bio-logic, and other products and technologies;

 

    Develop additional applications for our current technology;

 

    Increase our marketing and selling activities, particularly outside the U.S.;

 

    Develop additional infrastructure and hire required management and other employees to keep pace with our growth

As a result of these factors, we may need to generate proportionately higher revenue to maintain profitability. We cannot be certain that we will be able to sustain profitability in the future.

Our operations may be restricted by the terms of our debt, which could adversely affect us

We have entered into a credit facility with a commercial lending institution and in the future may enter into new credit facilities. These credit facilities contain covenants that could adversely affect us by limiting our ability to plan for or react to market conditions or to meet our capital needs. These covenants may, among other things, restrict our ability to:

 

    Incur more debt;

 

    Create liens;

 

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    Make large capital expenditures; and

 

    Merge, consolidate, or make other changes to our corporate structure, or transfer or sell assets.

In addition, our credit agreement requires us to maintain certain financial ratios and meet other financial covenants. Our failure to comply with these ratios or covenants would cause a default that, if not cured or waived, could result in our being required to repay the borrowing under our credit facility before its due date. If we are unable to make this repayment or otherwise refinance the borrowing, the lender under our credit agreement could foreclose on our assets. If we refinance the borrowing on less favorable terms, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely impacted by increased costs and rates. In addition, our failure to maintain covenants related to our credit agreement could have an impact on our other contractual arrangements that require us to maintain third-party credit-related covenants.

We may be unable to service our debt or maintain sufficient liquidity and working capital

Our ability to make required payments on or to refinance our obligations with respect to our debt will depend on our financial and operating performance. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us to enable us to service our debt or to fund our other liquidity and working capital needs. If we are unable to meet our debt obligations or fund our other liquidity and working capital needs, we may need to restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt or sell certain of our assets. We cannot assure you that we would be able to restructure or refinance any of our debt on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, which could cause us to default on our debt obligations and impair our liquidity. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with less favorable covenants, which could further restrict our business operations.

In the past, we have relied on sales of our newborn screening products for the majority of our revenue, and these products will continue to contribute to a substantial portion of our revenue; a decline in sales of these products could cause our revenue to fall

We expect that the revenue from our newborn hearing screening products will continue to account for a substantial portion of our revenue for at least the next year. Any factors adversely affecting the pricing of our newborn hearing screening devices and related supplies, or demand for our newborn hearing screening products, including physician acceptance or the selection of competing products, could cause our revenue to decline and our business to suffer.

Our markets are very competitive and in the United States we sell certain of our products in a mature market

We face competition from other companies in all of our product lines. Our competitors range from small, privately-held companies to multinational corporations, and their product offerings vary in scope and breadth. We do not believe that any single competitor is dominant in any of our product lines.

The markets for certain of our products in the U.S., including the newborn hearing screening and EEG monitoring markets, are mature and we are unlikely to see significant growth for such products in the U.S. In the U.S. we derive a significant portion of our revenue from the sale of disposable supplies that are used with our hearing screening devices. Because these disposable supply products can generate high margins, we expect that our products, particularly our hearing screening disposable supply products, could face increasing competition, including competitors offering lower prices, which could have an adverse affect on our revenue and margins.

We believe that our primary competitive strength relates to the functionality and reliability of our products. Our competitors may have certain competitive advantages, which include the ability to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products. Consequently, we may need to increase our efforts, and related expenses for research and development, to maintain or improve our position.

We expect recurring sales to our existing customers to generate a majority of our revenue in the future, and if our existing customers do not continue to purchase products from us, our revenue may decline.

 

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Our business could be harmed if our competitors establish cooperative relationships with large medical device vendors or rapidly acquire market share through industry consolidation

Large medical device vendors may acquire or establish cooperative relationships with our current competitors. We expect that the medical device industry will continue to consolidate. New competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share, which would harm our business and financial prospects.

Our operating results may decline if we do not succeed in developing, acquiring and marketing additional products or improving our existing products

We intend to develop and acquire additional products and technologies for the screening, detection, treatment, monitoring and tracking of common medical ailments. Developing and acquiring new products, and improving our existing products, to meet the needs of current and future customers requires significant investments in research and development. If we fail to successfully sell new products, update our existing products, or timely react to changes in technology, our operating results may decline as our existing products reach the end of their commercial life cycles.

If we fail in our efforts to educate clinicians, government agency personnel, and third-party payors on the effectiveness of our products, we will not achieve future sales growth

It is critical to the success of our sales efforts that we educate a sufficient number of clinicians, hospital administrators, and government agencies about our products and the costs and benefits of their use. The commercial success of our products depends upon clinician, government agency and other third-party payor confidence in the economic and clinical benefits of our products as well as their comfort with the efficacy, reliability, sensitivity and specificity of our products. We believe that clinicians will not use our products unless they determine, based on published peer-reviewed journal articles and experience, that our products provide an accurate and cost-effective alternative to other means of testing or treatment. Our customers may choose to use competitive products, which may be less expensive or may provide faster results than our devices. Clinicians are traditionally slow to adopt new products, testing practices and clinical treatments, partly because of perceived liability risks and the uncertainty of third-party reimbursement. If more clinicians, government agencies and hospital administrators do not adopt our products, we may not maintain profitability. Factors that may adversely affect the medical community’s acceptance of our products include:

 

    Publication of clinical study results that demonstrate a lack of efficacy or cost-effectiveness of our products;

 

    Changing governmental and physician group guidelines;

 

    Performance, quality, price and total cost of ownership of our products relative to other competitive products;

 

    Our ability to maintain and enhance our existing relationships and to form new relationships with leading physicians, physician organizations, hospitals, state laboratory personnel, and third-party payors;

 

    Changes in state and third-party payor reimbursement policies for our products; and

 

    Rescission of laws requiring universal newborn hearing screening and metabolic screening.

Demand for some of our products depends on the capital spending policies of our customers, and changes in these policies could harm our business

A majority of customers for our products are hospitals, physician offices, and clinics. Many factors, including public policy spending provisions, available resources, and economic cycles have a significant effect on the capital spending policies of these entities and therefore the amount that they can spend on our equipment products. If budget resources limit the capital spending of our customers, they will be unlikely to either purchase any new equipment from us or upgrade to any of our newer equipment products. These factors can have a significant effect on the demand for our products.

 

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Our plan to expand our international operations will result in increased costs and is subject to numerous risks; if our efforts are not successful, this could harm our business

The domestic market for our newborn hearing screening products is mature and we plan to expand our international sales and marketing efforts to increase sales of our products in foreign countries. We have only begun over the past five years to significantly develop our distributor network outside the U.S. We may not realize corresponding growth in revenue from growth in international unit sales, due to the lower average selling prices we receive on sales outside of the U.S. Even if we are able to successfully expand our international selling efforts, we cannot be certain that we will be able to create or increase demand for our products outside of the U.S. Our international operations are subject to other risks, which include:

 

    Impact of possible recessions in economies outside the U.S.;

 

    Political and economic instability, including instability related to war and terrorist attacks in the U.S. and abroad;

 

    Contractual provisions governed by foreign law, such as local law rights to sales commissions by terminated distributors;

 

    Decreased health care spending by foreign governments that would reduce international demand for our produces;

 

    A strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies that could make our products less competitive because most of our international sales are denominated in the U.S. dollar;

 

    Greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection and longer collection periods;

 

    Difficulties of staffing and managing foreign operations;

 

    Reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries and potentially conflicting intellectual property rights of third parties under the laws of various foreign jurisdictions;

 

    Difficulty in obtaining and maintaining foreign regulatory approval; and

 

    Attitudes by clinicians, and cost reimbursement policies, towards use of disposable supplies that are potentially unfavorable to our business.

If guidelines mandating universal newborn screening do not continue to develop in foreign countries and governments do not mandate testing of all newborns as we anticipate, or if those guidelines have a long phase-in period, our revenues may not grow

We estimate that approximately 90% to 95% of the children born in the U.S. are currently being tested for hearing impairment prior to discharge from the hospital. To date, there has been only limited adoption of newborn hearing screening prior to hospital discharge by foreign governments, and the phase-in period varies from several months to several years. The widespread adoption of these guidelines depends, in part, on our ability to educate foreign government agencies, neonatologists, pediatricians, third-party payors, and hospital administrators about the benefits of universal newborn screening as well as the use of our products to perform the screening and monitoring. Our revenues may not grow if governments do not require universal newborn screening prior to hospital discharge, or if physicians or hospitals are slow to comply with those guidelines, or if governments provide for a lengthy phase-in period for compliance.

Because we rely on distributors or sub-distributors to sell our products in most of our markets outside of the U.S., our revenue could decline if our existing distributors reduce the volume of purchases from us, or if our relationship with any of these distributors is terminated

We currently rely on our distributors or sub-distributors for a majority of our sales outside the U.S. Our reliance on international distributors has increased because of our decisions in 2004 and 2005 to close our Japanese and U.K. sales subsidiaries and sell through distributors in those countries, and because of our acquisition of Fischer-Zoth, which sells its products through distributors in Europe and Asia. We may also sell Deltamed products through distributors in countries outside of France and Germany. Some distributors also assist us with regulatory

 

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approvals and education of clinicians and government agencies. We intend to continue our efforts to increase our sales in Europe, Japan and other developed countries. If we fail to sell our products through our international distributors, we would experience a decline in revenues unless we begin to sell our products directly in those markets. We cannot be certain that we will be able to attract new international distributors to market our products effectively or provide timely and cost-effective customer support and service. Even if we are successful in selling our products through new distributors, the rate of growth of our revenue could be harmed if our existing distributors do not continue to sell a large dollar volume of our products. None of our existing distributors are obligated to continue selling our products.

We may be subject to foreign laws governing our relationships with our international distributors. These laws may require us to make payments to our distributors if we terminate our relationship for any reason, including for cause. Some countries require termination payments under local law or legislation that may supersede our contractual relationship with the distributor. These payments could be equal to a year or more of gross profit on sales of our products that the distributor would have earned. We have terminated our relationship with certain distributors in the past. To date, we have not been required to make any material termination payments under local laws. Any required payments would adversely affect our operating results.

In order to accurately recognize revenue on long-term development and implementation contracts associated with our Neometrics newborn screening data management systems, we must be able to accurately estimate the total cost of completing a project. In arriving at these estimates, we must make assumptions about future costs that may prove to be inaccurate

We recognize revenue from our Neometrics newborn screening data management systems, which are generally highly configurable, on the percentage of completion basis over the development and implementation period of the associated installation. The development and implementation period typically ranges from six to nine months. In order to determine percentage of completion, we must be able to accurately estimate the total cost of the development and implementation process. If our estimates of the future costs to be incurred are understated, our future gross profit would be negatively impacted, and the impact could be material to our results of operations.

Our operating results may suffer because of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and may require us to engage in foreign currency hedging

Substantially all of our sales contracts to our U.S. based customers provide for payment in U.S. dollars. In addition, sales to most of our international distributors provide for payment in U.S. dollars. However, substantially all of the revenue and expenses of our foreign subsidiaries are denominated in the applicable foreign currency. To date we have not undertaken any foreign currency hedging transactions and, as a result, our future revenue and expenses may be unpredictable due to exchange rate fluctuations that could result in foreign exchange gains and losses associated with the translation of assets denominated in foreign currencies.

If health care providers are not adequately reimbursed for procedures conducted with our devices or supplies, or if reimbursement policies change adversely, we may not be successful marketing and selling new products or technologies

Clinicians, hospitals and government agencies are unlikely to purchase our products if clinicians are not adequately reimbursed for the procedures conducted with our devices or supplies. Unless a sufficient amount of conclusive, peer-reviewed clinical data about our products has been published, third-party payors, including insurance companies and government agencies, may refuse to provide reimbursement. Furthermore, even if reimbursement is provided, it may not be adequate to fully compensate the clinicians or hospitals. Some third-party payors may refuse adequate reimbursement unless the infant has demonstrable risk factors. If health care providers cannot obtain sufficient reimbursement from third-party payors for our products or the screenings conducted with our products, it is unlikely that our products will ever achieve significant market acceptance. Acceptance of our products in international markets will depend upon the availability of adequate reimbursement or funding within prevailing health care payment systems. Reimbursement, funding and health care payment systems vary significantly by country. We may not obtain approvals for reimbursement in a timely manner or at all.

 

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Adverse changes in reimbursement policies in general could harm our business. We are unable to predict changes in the reimbursement methods used by third-party health care payors, particularly those in countries and regions outside the U.S. For example, some payors are moving toward a managed care system in which providers contract to provide comprehensive health care for a fixed cost per person. In a managed care system the cost of our products may not be incorporated into the overall payment for childbirth and newborn care or there may not be adequate reimbursement for our products separate from reimbursement for the procedure. Unless the cost of screening or treatment is reimbursed as a standard component of newborn care, universal screening is unlikely to occur and the number of infants likely to be screened with our products will be substantially reduced.

If we lose our relationship with any supplier of key product components or our relationship with a supplier deteriorates or key components are not available in sufficient quantities, our manufacturing could be delayed and our business could suffer

We contract with third parties for the supply of some of the components used in our products and the production of our disposable products. Some of our suppliers are not obligated to continue to supply us. We have relatively few sources of supply for some of the components used in our products and in some cases we rely entirely on sole-source suppliers. In addition, the lead-time involved in the manufacturing of some of these components can be lengthy and unpredictable. For example, during 2002, we experienced delays on the part of a supplier to provide us with volume production of our Flexicoupler supplies, and in 2005, we relied on a single supplier of cables used in our ALGO hearing screening devices to help us complete a field replacement program of those cables. If these or other suppliers become unwilling or unable to supply us with components meeting our requirements, it might be difficult to establish additional or replacement suppliers in a timely manner, or at all. This would cause our product sales to be disrupted and our revenue and operating results to suffer.

Replacement or alternative sources might not be readily obtainable due to regulatory requirements and other factors applicable to our manufacturing operations. Incorporation of components from a new supplier into our products may require a new or supplemental filing with applicable regulatory authorities and clearance or approval of the filing before we could resume product sales. This process may take a substantial period of time, and we may not be able to obtain the necessary regulatory clearance or approval. This could create supply disruptions that would harm our product sales and operating results.

Our sales efforts through group purchasing organizations and sales to high volume purchasers may reduce our average selling prices, which would reduce our revenue and gross profits from these sales

We have entered, and may in the future enter, into agreements with customers who purchase high volumes of our products. Our agreements with these customers may contain discounts from our normal selling prices and other special pricing considerations, which could cause our revenue and profits to decline. In addition, we have entered into agreements to sell our products to members of group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, which negotiate volume purchase prices for medical devices and supplies for member hospitals, group practices and other clinics. While we make sales directly to GPO members, the GPO members receive volume discounts from our normal selling price and may receive other special pricing considerations from us. Sales to members of one GPO, Novation LLC, accounted for approximately 15%, 20%, and 22%, of our total revenue in the twelve months ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Sales to members of GPOs accounted for approximately 28%, 46%, and 39% of our total revenue during the 12 months ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Other of our existing customers may be members of GPOs with which we do not have agreements. Our sales efforts through GPOs may conflict with our direct sales efforts to our existing customers. If we enter into agreements with new GPOs and some of our existing customers begin purchasing our products through those GPOs, our revenue and profits could decline.

If material weaknesses in the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting are identified and reported as a result of the assessment required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements

As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules requiring public companies to include a report of management on the company’s internal control over financial reporting in their annual reports on Form 10-K, and the first such report of our management is contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

 

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While we have expended significant resources in developing the necessary documentation and testing procedures required by Section 404, there is a risk that in the future we will not comply with all of the requirements imposed by Section 404. In this regard, we have reported that a material weakness existed in our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2006. If we do not maintain an effectively designed and operating system of internal control, we may be unable to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in the future. This could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements.

Our ability to market and sell products depends upon receipt of domestic and foreign regulatory approval of our products and manufacturing operations. Our failure to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals and compliance could negatively affect our business

Our products and manufacturing operations are subject to extensive regulation in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, and by similar regulatory agencies in many other countries in which we do business. Unless an exemption applies, each medical device that we propose to market in the U.S. must first receive one of the following types of FDA premarket review authorizations:

 

    Clearance via Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938, as amended; or

 

    Premarket approval via Section 515 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act if the FDA has determined that the medical device in question poses a greater risk of injury.

The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process usually takes from three to 12 months, but can take longer. The process of obtaining premarket approval via Section 515 is much more costly, lengthy and uncertain. Premarket approval generally takes from one to three years, but can take even longer. The FDA may not grant either 510(k) clearance or premarket approval for any product we propose to market. Furthermore, if the FDA concludes that future products using our technology do not meet the requirements to obtain 510(k) clearance, we would have to seek premarket approval via Section 515. The FDA may impose the more burdensome premarket approval requirement on modifications to our existing products or future products, which in either case could be costly and cause us to divert our attention and resources from the development of new products or the enhancement of existing products.

Domestic regulation of our products and manufacturing operations, other than that which is administered by the FDA, includes the Environmental Protection Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and state and local counterparts to these acts.

Our business may suffer if we are required to revise our labeling or promotional materials, or the FDA takes an enforcement action against us for off-label uses

We are prohibited by the FDA from promoting or advertising our medical device products for uses not within the scope of our clearances or approvals, or from making unsupported promotional claims about the benefits of our products. If the FDA determines that our claims are outside the scope of our clearances, or are unsupported, it could require us to revise our promotional claims or take enforcement action against us. If we were subject to such an action by the FDA, our sales could be delayed, our revenue could decline, and our reputation among clinicians could be harmed.

Our business would be harmed if the FDA determines that we have failed to comply with applicable regulations or we do not pass an inspection

We are subject to inspection and market surveillance by the FDA concerning compliance with pertinent regulatory requirements. If the FDA finds that we have failed to comply with these requirements, the Agency can institute a wide variety of enforcement actions, ranging from a public warning letter to more severe sanctions such as:

 

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    Recall or seizure of our products;

 

    Issuance of public notices or warnings;

 

    Imposition of operating restrictions, partial suspension, or total shutdown of production;

 

    Refusal of our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products;

 

    Withdrawal of 510(k) clearance or premarket approvals already granted; or

 

    Criminal prosecution.

We expect to introduce a new product that will potentially expose us to greater products liability exposure and FDA regulation

Olympic Medical is in the final stage of the FDA approval process for a product called the Cool-Cap, a product designed to lower the cerebral temperature of children born with a particular medical condition. This product is a minimally invasive medical device, and as such we may be subject to an increased product liability risk relative to our other, non-invasive products. In addition, this type of product is subject to greater FDA oversight than our other products and there is greater risk that development of the product could be delayed, or that sales of the product could be interrupted, due to the approval and oversight processes of the FDA and other regulatory bodies.

If we fail to obtain and maintain necessary foreign regulatory approvals in order to market and sell our products outside of the U.S., we may not be able to sell our products in other countries

Our products that are regulated domestically by the FDA are also regulated outside the U.S. by foreign governmental agencies similar to the FDA and are subject to regulatory requirements similar to those of the FDA. The time and cost required to obtain market authorization from other countries and the requirements for licensing a product in another country may differ significantly from FDA requirements. We may not be able to obtain these approvals without incurring significant expenses or at all, and we may not be able to maintain these approvals once they have been obtained.

If we, or our suppliers, fail to comply with applicable regulations, sales of our products could be delayed and our revenue could be harmed

Every manufacturer of a finished medical device, including Natus and some of our contract manufacturers and suppliers, is required to demonstrate and maintain compliance with the FDA’s quality system regulation and comparable regulations of states and other countries. The FDA enforces the quality system regulation through periodic inspections. We, or our contract manufacturers, may fail to pass future quality system regulation inspections. If we, or our contract manufacturers, fail one of these inspections in the future, our operations could be disrupted and our manufacturing and sales delayed significantly until we can demonstrate adequate compliance. If we or our contract manufacturers fail to take adequate corrective action in a timely fashion in response to a quality system regulation inspection, the FDA could shut down our or our contract manufacturers’ manufacturing operations or require us, among other things, to recall our products, either of which would harm our business.

Governmental, environmental, health and safety regulations could adversely affect our operations

Our operations are subject to complex and stringent environmental, health, safety and other governmental laws and regulations. Existing laws and regulations may be revised or reinterpreted, or new laws and regulations may become applicable to us, that may have a negative effect on our business and results of operations.

We may not be successful in integrating the businesses that we acquire, or such businesses may not be accretive to earnings or perform as projected

We acquired intellectual property assets and technology patents from Pemstar Pacific Consultants during 2002; we acquired the assets of Neometrics Inc. and affiliated entities during 2003; we acquired Fischer-Zoth in 2004; and we acquired Bio-logic in early 2006. We expect to make additional acquisitions of products, technology assets or businesses in the future as part of our efforts to increase revenue and expand our product offerings. In addition to direct costs, acquisitions pose a number of risks, including:

 

    Inability to effectively integrate acquired products into our business;

 

    Loss of key personnel of the acquired company;

 

    Failure to realize expected synergies;

 

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    Failure to maintain customers of, or other relationships existing with respect to, the acquired business;

 

    Failure to successfully develop the acquired technology into the desired products or enhancements;

 

    Assumption of unknown liabilities;

 

    Failure to understand and compete effectively in markets and with products or technologies with which we have limited previous experience; and

 

    Write-off of goodwill and intangible assets related to such acquisitions.

Our acquisitions of products, technology assets, or businesses may have a negative impact on our business if we fail to achieve the anticipated financial, strategic, and other benefits of acquisitions or investments, and our operating results may suffer because of this.

Future changes in technology or market conditions could result in adjustments to our recorded asset balance for intangible assets, resulting in additional charges that could significantly impact our operating results

At December 31, 2005, we had significant intangible assets, including goodwill and other acquired intangible assets. As a result of our acquisitions in 2006, these assets have increased significantly. The determination of related estimated useful lives and whether these assets are impaired involves significant judgments. Our ability to accurately predict future cash flows related to these intangible assets might be hindered by events over which we have no control. Due to the highly competitive nature of the medical device industry, new technologies could impair the value of our intangible assets if they create market conditions that adversely affect the competitiveness of our products. Any future determination that these assets are carried at greater than their fair value could result in additional charges, which could significantly impact our operating results.

 

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We may not be able to preserve the value of our intellectual property because we may not be able to protect access to our intellectual property or we may lose our intellectual property rights due to expiration of our licenses or patents

If we fail to protect our intellectual property rights or if our intellectual property rights do not adequately cover the technology we employ, other medical device companies could sell products with features similar to ours, and this could reduce demand for our products. We protect our intellectual property through a combination of patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark laws. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, others may attempt to copy or otherwise improperly obtain and use our products or technology. Policing unauthorized use of our technology is difficult and expensive, and we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent misappropriation. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may be inadequate. Enforcing our intellectual property rights could be costly and time consuming and may divert our management’s attention and resources. Failing to enforce our intellectual property rights could also result in the loss of those rights.

Our operating results would suffer if we were subject to a protracted infringement claim or a significant damage award

The medical technology industry has, in the past, been characterized by a substantial amount of litigation and related administrative proceedings regarding patents and intellectual property rights. We expect that medical screening products may become increasingly subject to third-party infringement claims as the number of competitors in our industry segment grows and the functionality of products in different industry segments overlaps. Third parties such as individuals, educational institutions or other medical device companies may claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights. Any claims, with or without merit, could have any of the following negative consequences:

 

    Result in costly litigation and damage awards;

 

    Divert our management’s attention and resources;

 

    Cause product shipment delays or suspensions; or

 

    Require us to seek to enter into royalty or licensing agreements.

A successful claim of infringement against us could result in a substantial damage award and materially harm our financial condition. Our failure or inability to license the infringed or similar technology, or design and build non-infringing products, could prevent us from selling our products and adversely affect our business and financial results.

Product liability suits against us could result in expensive and time consuming litigation, payment of substantial damages and an increase in our insurance rates

The sale and use of our products could lead to the filing of a product liability claim by someone claiming to have been injured using one of our products or claiming that one of our products failed to perform properly. A product liability claim could result in substantial damages and be costly and time consuming to defend, either of which could materially harm our business or financial condition. Our product liability insurance may not protect our assets from the financial impact of defending a product liability claim. Any product liability claim brought against us, with or without merit, could increase our product liability insurance rates or prevent us from securing any coverage in the future.

We license intellectual property rights from third parties and would be adversely affected if our licensors do not appropriately defend their proprietary rights or if we breach any of the agreements under which we license commercialization rights to products or technology from others

We license rights from third parties for products and technology that are important to our business. If our licensors are unsuccessful in asserting and defending their proprietary rights, including patent rights and trade secrets, we may lose the competitive advantages we have through selling products that we license from third parties. Additionally, if it is found that our licensors infringe on the proprietary rights of others, we may be prohibited from

 

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marketing our existing products that incorporate those proprietary rights. Under our licenses, we are subject to commercialization and development, sublicensing, royalty, insurance and other obligations. If we fail to comply with any of these requirements, or otherwise breach a license agreement, the licensor may have the right to terminate the license in whole or to terminate the exclusive nature of the license.

We depend upon key employees in a competitive market for skilled personnel, and, without additional employees, we cannot grow or maintain profitability

Our products and technologies are complex, and we depend substantially on the continued service of our senior management team. The loss of any of our key employees could adversely affect our business and slow our product development process. Our future success also will depend, in part, on the continued service of our key management personnel, software engineers, and other research and development employees and our ability to identify, hire, and retain additional personnel, including customer service, marketing, and sales staff. Hiring research and development, engineering, sales, marketing and customer service personnel in our industry is very competitive due to the limited number of people available with the necessary technical skills and understanding of pediatric audiology, neonatal jaundice management, and neonatal metabolic screening. We may be unable to attract and retain personnel necessary for the development of our business.

We could lose the ability to use net operating loss carryforwards, which may adversely affect our financial results

U.S. income tax law imposes limitations on the ability of corporations to use net operating loss carryforwards if the corporation experiences a more than 50% change in ownership during any three-year period. We may take actions, such as the issuance of additional stock, which would cause an ownership change to occur. Accordingly, we may be limited to the amount of our tax loss carryforwards we can use in any given year, so even if we have substantial net income, we may not be able to use our net operating loss carryforwards before they expire. In addition, the net operating loss carryforwards are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and are thus subject to adjustment or disallowance resulting from any such IRS examination.

During the second quarter of 2006 we completed a formal study to determine whether and the extent to which any of our tax loss and credit carryforwards will be limited. Based on the results of that study, we determined that approximately $650,000 of federal tax loss carryforwards existing as of December 31, 2005 will be limited.

As of December 31, 2005, we had total federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $19.7 million and $7.0 million, respectively, available to reduce future taxable income. These net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized to offset taxable income in future periods, will expire in various amounts beginning in 2008 through 2025 for state and/or federal income tax purposes. If we have net tax losses in the future, we may not be able to utilize some or all of our net operating loss carryforwards before they expire.

If we are unable to fully utilize our net operating loss carryforwards, our future tax payments could be higher and our financial condition may suffer.

Our stockholder rights plan and anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law may make it more difficult to acquire a large portion of our securities, to initiate a tender offer or a proxy contest, or to acquire us, even though such events may be beneficial to our stockholders

We maintain a stockholder rights plan that is designed to deter unsolicited takeover activity with respect to our Company. In addition, provisions of our restated certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and Delaware law, including provisions providing for a staggered board of directors, could make it more difficult for a third party to remove our management. Further, these provisions may make it more difficult to acquire a large portion of our securities to initiate a tender offer or a proxy contest or acquire us, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders.

 

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ITEM 5. Other Information

As more fully described in Note 15 - Subsequent Events, of Item 1, Financial Statements, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, on November 8, 2006 the Company entered into a $15 million Revolving Credit Facility with Wells Fargo Bank, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. The Revolving Credit Facility agreements are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 to this Quarterly Report.

ITEM 6. Exhibits

 

      
Exhibit
No.
  

Exhibit

10.1    Credit Agreement dated as of November 8, 2006 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
10.2    Revolving Line of Credit Note dated November 8, 2006 in the principal amount of $15,000,000 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank National Association
10.3    Security Agreement dated as of November 8, 2006 by the Company in favor of Wells Fargo Bank National Association
31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

  NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
Dated: November 9, 2006   By:  

/S/    JAMES B. HAWKINS        

   

James B. Hawkins

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: November 9, 2006   By:  

/S/    STEVEN J. MURPHY        

   

Steven J. Murphy,

Vice President Finance and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

 

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NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.
  

Exhibit

10.1    Credit Agreement dated as of November 8, 2006 by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
10.2    Revolving Line of Credit Note dated November 8, 2006 in the principal amount of $15,000,000 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank National Association
10.3    Security Agreement dated as of November 8, 2006 by the Company in favor of Wells Fargo Bank National Association
31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT Credit Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 8, 2006, by and between NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Borrower and Bank are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 4, 2006 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Prior Agreement”).

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Bank (i) cancel the Prior Agreement and (ii) extend or continue credit to Borrower as described below, and Bank has agreed to provide such credit to Borrower on the terms and conditions contained herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree as follows; provided that nothing contained herein shall terminate any security interests, guaranties or subordinations granted in favor of Bank pursuant to the Prior Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and all such security interests, guaranties and subordinations shall continue in full force and effect:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

AAA” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.12(b) hereof.

“Adjusted EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, EBITDA for such period plus all amounts deducted in arriving at such EBITDA amount in respect of write-offs of acquired in-process research and development expenses related to (i) acquisitions entered in to by Borrower prior to the Closing Date and (ii) acquisitions entered in to by Borrower after the Closing Date that constitute Permitted Investments described in clauses (e) and (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investment”.

“Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

“Bank” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

“Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or recodified from time to time.

“Bio-logic” means Bio-logic Systems Corp., a Delaware corporation.

“Borrower” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

“Closing Date” means November 8, 2006.

“Confidential Information” means all non-public, confidential and/or proprietary information of Borrower, now or at any time hereafter provided to Bank by Borrower, or any of Borrower’s officers, employees, agents or representatives, in connection with Bank’s evaluation of Borrower’s credit request and/or Bank’s ongoing credit accommodations to Borrower, and shall include, without limitation, any and all financial, technical and/or business information relating to Borrower, including trade secrets, research and development test results, marketing or business plans and strategies, forecasts, budgets, projections, customer and supplier information, and any other analyses, computations or studies prepared by or for Borrower.


Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

“EBITDA” means, with reference to any period, Net Income for such period plus all amounts deducted in arriving at such Net Income amount in respect of (a) Interest Expense for such period, plus (b) federal, state and local income taxes for such period, plus (c) all amounts properly charged for depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets during such period on the books of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended or recodified from time to time.

“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Article VII hereof.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a country (or political subdivision thereof) other than the United States of America. Each of Natus Neonatal, a company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom, Fischer-Zoth Diagnosesysteme GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany, Fischer-Zoth GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Austria, DeltaMed SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of France, and Natus Medical Ireland Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Ireland, are Foreign Subsidiaries of Borrower.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles applicable in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States of America, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

“Guarantor” or “Guarantors” have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 2.5 hereof.

“Guaranty” or “Guaranties” have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 2.5 hereof.

“Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, the sum of all interest charges (including imputed interest charges with respect to capitalized lease obligations and all amortization of debt discount and expense) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP.

Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Line of Credit Note, the Security Agreement, the Guaranties, and each other contract, instrument and document required by or delivered to Bank in connection with this Agreement.

“Liquidity” means, as of any date, the sum of Borrower’s unrestricted cash and unrestricted short-term marketable securities.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business operations or financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of Borrower to repay all debt, principal, interest,

 

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expenses and other amounts owed to Bank by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, the Line of Credit Note or any other Loan Document, or to otherwise perform its material obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) Borrower’s interest in, or the value, perfection or priority of Bank’s security interest or lien, as applicable, in the collateral described in Section 2.4 hereof.

“Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from Net Income (a) the net income (or net loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of, or has merged into or consolidated with, Borrower or another Subsidiary, (b) the net income (or net loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an equity interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period, and (c) any extraordinary profits and also excluding any taxes on such profits.

“Olympic Medical” means Olympic Medical Corp., a Washington corporation.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means:

(a) the liabilities of Borrower to Bank;

(b) any other liabilities of Borrower existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the Closing Date;

(c) unsecured indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(d) indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens;

(d) guaranty obligations of Borrower with respect to indebtedness of Subsidiaries of Borrower permitted under Section 6.6; and

(f) extensions, refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any items of Permitted Indebtedness identified in (a) through (e) above, provided that the principal amount is not increased nor the terms modified to impose more burdensome terms upon Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(a) Investments by Borrower existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the Closing Date;

(b) Investments by Borrower in (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or any state thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and currently having rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, (iii) Bank’s certificates of deposit maturing no more than one year from the date of investment therein, and (iv) Bank’s money market accounts;

(c) Investments by Borrower consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business of Borrower;

(d) Investments by Borrower consisting of deposit accounts in which Bank has a first priority perfected security interest;

(e) Investments, in the aggregate not to exceed $10,000,000.00, by Borrower (i) in Subsidiaries formed or acquired after the Closing Date and/or (ii) constituting the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit;

(f) Investments by Borrower not to exceed $250,000.00 in the aggregate in any fiscal year consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Borrower’s board of directors;

 

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(g) Investments (including debt obligations) by Borrower not to exceed $50,000.00 in the aggregate outstanding at any time received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business; and

(h) Investments by Borrower not to exceed $50,000.00 in the aggregate outstanding at any time consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not affiliates, in the ordinary course of business; provided that this paragraph (h) shall not apply to investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary.

Permitted Liens” means:

(a) liens and security interests in favor of Bank;

(b) liens and security interests existing as of, and disclosed to Bank in writing prior to, the Closing Date;

(c) liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which Borrower maintains adequate reserves on Borrower’s books;

(d) purchase money liens not to exceed $100,000.00 in the aggregate (i) on equipment acquired or held by Borrower incurred for financing the acquisition of such equipment, or (ii) existing on equipment when acquired, if the lien is confined to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment;

(e) statutory liens, not to exceed $100,000.00 in the aggregate, securing claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other persons imposed without action of such parties;

(f) liens to secure payment of workers’ compensation, employment insurance, old-age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(g) liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by liens identified in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this definition, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase;

(h) leases or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of business, and leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of property (other than real property or intellectual property) granted in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;

(i) non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business; and

(j) liens in favor of financial institutions other than Bank arising in connection with Borrower’s deposit and/or securities accounts held at such institutions, provided that (i) Bank has a first priority perfected security interest in the amounts held in such deposit and/or securities accounts and (ii) such liens secure Borrower’s payment of normal fees and charges related to the maintenance of such deposit and/or securities accounts and not indebtedness related to credit extended by such financial institutions to Borrower.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Plan” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.9 hereof.

 

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“Quick Ratio” means, at any time the same is to be determined, the ratio of the aggregate of unrestricted cash and net accounts receivable of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to current liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, any vice president, the general counsel and/or secretary, the assistant secretary, the controller of Borrower, the director of finance of Borrower, or any other officer of Borrower having substantially the same authority and responsibility as any of the foregoing.

“Rules” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.12(b) hereof.

“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2006, executed by Borrower in favor of Bank.

“Specified Earn-out Payments” means payments made by Borrower (A) pursuant to its September 2004 purchase of all the common stock of privately held Fischer-Zoth Diagnosesysteme GmbH and affiliated entities (“Fischer-Zoth”), as well as intangible assets held individually by the owners of Fischer-Zoth, related to the annual results of sales of Fischer-Zoth during the three twelve-month periods ending September 30, 2007, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 1.5 million Euro in total (approximately $2.0 million based on the USD/EUR exchange rate at December 31, 2004), (B) pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2006, between the “Seller,” as named therein, and Borrower, as presented to, and found to be satisfactory to, Bank, in amounts not to exceed $225,000 per year for each of the three years immediately following the date of effectiveness of such transaction, and (C) pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2006, by and between the “Stockholders,” as named therein, and Borrower, as presented to, and found to be satisfactory to, Bank, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,622,848 during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending March 22, 2010.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower.

“Total Funded Debt” means, at any time the same is to be determined, computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the aggregate of all obligations for borrowed money (including, without limitation, subordinated debt and indebtedness consisting of capital lease obligations) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time, plus all obligations for borrowed money (including, without limitation, subordinated debt and indebtedness consisting of capital lease obligations) of any other Person which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire or in respect of which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

“Third Party Obligor” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 7.1(d) hereof.

ARTICLE II

CREDIT TERMS

SECTION 2.1. LINE OF CREDIT.

(a) Line of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank hereby agrees to make advances to Borrower from time to time up to and including May 7, 2008, not to exceed at any time the aggregate principal amount of Fifteen Millions Dollars ($15,000,000.00) (the “Line of Credit”), the proceeds of which shall be used for working capital purposes and to provide bridge financing for acquisitions. Borrower’s obligation to repay

 

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advances under the Line of Credit shall be evidenced by a promissory note dated as of November 8, 2006 (the “Line of Credit Note”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, all terms of which are incorporated herein by this reference. The initial advance under the Line of Credit, to be made on the Closing Date, shall be used to repay all outstanding obligations under the Prior Agreement.

(b) Borrowing and Repayment. Borrower may from time to time during the term of the Line of Credit borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions contained herein or in the Line of Credit Note; provided that, the total outstanding borrowings under the Line of Credit shall not at any time exceed the maximum principal amount available thereunder, as set forth above.

SECTION 2.2. INTEREST/FEES.

(a) Interest. The outstanding principal balance of the Line of Credit shall bear interest at the rate of interest set forth in the Line of Credit Note.

(b) Computation and Payment. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed. Interest shall be payable at the times and place set forth in each promissory note or other instrument or document required hereby.

(c) Unused Commitment Fee. Borrower shall pay to Bank a fee equal to one-quarter percent (0.25%) per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) on the average daily unused amount of the Line of Credit, which fee shall be calculated on a quarterly basis by Bank and shall be due and payable by Borrower in arrears.

(d) Collateral Examinations. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses expended or incurred by Bank in connection with the collateral examinations and inspections of Borrower, Bio-logic and Olympic Medical described in Section 5.2 hereof.

SECTION 2.3. COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS. Borrower authorizes Bank to collect all principal, interest and fees due under each credit created by the Loan Documents by charging Borrower’s deposit account number 4121261853 with Bank, or any other deposit account maintained by Borrower with Bank, for the full amount thereof. Should there be insufficient funds in any such deposit account to pay all such sums when due, the full amount of such deficiency shall be immediately due and payable by Borrower.

SECTION 2.4. COLLATERAL.

As security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank created by the Loan Documents, Borrower hereby grants to Bank security interests of first priority (except for Permitted Liens that are senior to Bank’s security interests), and shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary to grant to Bank security interests of first priority, in all of Borrower’s and each Domestic Subsidiary’s personal property (including, without limitation, all of Borrower’s ownership interests in Subsidiaries, accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and intellectual property now owned or hereafter acquired), but excluding interests as a lessee under real property and personal property leases and shares of voting stock of each Foreign Subsidiary that represent more than 65% of the voting stock of such Foreign Subsidiary.

As additional security for all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank created by the Loan Documents, Borrower shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary and each Foreign Subsidiary to grant to Bank security interests of first priority in all such Domestic Subsidiary’s or Foreign Subsidiary’s ownership interest in any other Domestic Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary, but excluding shares of voting stock of each Foreign Subsidiary that represent more than 65% of the voting stock of such Foreign Subsidiary and, with respect to each Foreign Subsidiary, subject to the time frames established in Section 5.12(b) hereof.

All of the foregoing shall be evidenced by and subject to the terms of such security agreements, financing statements, deeds or mortgages, and other documents as Bank shall reasonably require, all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank. Borrower shall reimburse Bank immediately upon demand for all costs and expenses incurred by Bank in connection with any of the foregoing security, including without limitation, filing and recording fees and costs of appraisals, audits and title insurance.

 

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SECTION 2.5. GUARANTIES. Subject to the time frames established in Section 5.12(a) hereof, all indebtedness of Borrower to Bank shall be guaranteed jointly and severally by each Domestic Subsidiary (each a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”) in the principal amount of Fifteen Million United States Dollars (U.S. $15,000,000.00) each, as evidenced by and subject to the terms of guaranties (each a “Guaranty” and, collectively, the “Guaranties”) in form and substance satisfactory to Bank.

SECTION 2.6. PRIOR AGREEMENT. The Prior Agreement is hereby terminated and is no longer of any force or effect.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to Bank, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until the full and final payment, and satisfaction and discharge, of all obligations of Borrower to Bank created by the Loan Documents.

SECTION 3.1. LEGAL STATUS. Borrower is a corporation, duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is qualified or licensed to do business (and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, if applicable) in all jurisdictions in which such qualification or licensing is required or in which the failure to so qualify or to be so licensed could have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Subsidiaries of Borrower in existence as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 3.1 hereto.

SECTION 3.2. AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY. This Agreement and each of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized, and upon their execution and delivery in accordance with the provisions hereof will constitute legal, valid and binding agreements and obligations of Borrower or the party which executes the same, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

SECTION 3.3. NO VIOLATION. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of each of the Loan Documents do not violate any provision of any law or regulation, or contravene any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of Borrower, or result in any breach of or default under any contract, obligation, indenture or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound which violation contravention, breach or default could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.4. LITIGATION. There are no pending, or to the best of Borrower’s knowledge threatened, actions, claims, investigations, suits or proceedings by or before any governmental authority, arbitrator, court or administrative agency which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than those disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof.

SECTION 3.5. CORRECTNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The consolidated financial statement of Borrower dated September 30, 2006, a true copy of which has been delivered by Borrower to Bank prior to the date hereof, (a) is complete and correct and presents fairly the financial condition of Borrower, (b) discloses all liabilities of Borrower that are required to be reflected or reserved against under GAAP, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, and (c) has been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of such financial statement there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition of Borrower, nor (exclusive of Permitted Liens) has Borrower mortgaged, pledged, granted a security interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its assets or properties except in favor of Bank or as otherwise permitted by Bank in writing.

SECTION 3.6. INCOME TAX RETURNS. Borrower has no knowledge of any pending assessments or adjustments of its income tax payable with respect to any year.

SECTION 3.7. NO SUBORDINATION. There is no agreement, indenture, contract or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower may be bound that requires the subordination in right of payment of any of Borrower’s obligations created by the Loan Documents to any other obligation of Borrower.

 

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SECTION 3.8. PERMITS, FRANCHISES. Borrower possesses, and will hereafter possess, all permits, consents, approvals, franchises and licenses required and rights to all trademarks, trade names, patents, and fictitious names, if any, necessary to enable it to conduct the business in which it is now engaged in compliance with applicable law.

SECTION 3.9. ERISA. Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA; Borrower has not violated any provision of any defined employee pension benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) maintained or contributed to by Borrower (each, a “Plan”); no Reportable Event as defined in ERISA has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan initiated by Borrower; Borrower has met its minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to each Plan; and each Plan will be able to fulfill its benefit obligations as they come due in accordance with the Plan documents and under GAAP.

SECTION 3.10. OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Borrower is not in default on any obligation for borrowed money, any purchase money obligation or any other material lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation.

SECTION 3.11. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as disclosed by Borrower to Bank in writing prior to the date hereof, Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal or state environmental, hazardous waste, health and safety statutes, and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, which govern or affect any of Borrower’s operations and/or properties, including without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, as any of the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. None of the operations of Borrower is the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action involving a material expenditure is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment. Borrower has no material contingent liability in connection with any release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment.

SECTION 3.12. CIT FINANCIAL LOAN. There is no outstanding balance under that certain Loan Agreement #007473897-001, dated June 2, 2005 (the “CIT Loan Agreement”), and referenced in the UCC Financing Statement filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 7, 2005 and bearing initial filing number 51736173 (as amended by the UCC Financing Statement Amendment filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 9, 2005 and bearing amendment number 53487031, the “CIT Financing Statement”).

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.1. CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to extend any credit contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment to Bank’s satisfaction of all of the following conditions:

(a) Approval of Bank Counsel. All legal matters incidental to the extension of credit by Bank shall be satisfactory to Bank’s counsel.

(b) Documentation. Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, each of the following, duly executed:

 

  (i) this Agreement and each promissory note or other instrument or document required hereby;

 

  (ii) the security agreements duly executed and delivered and describing the personal property collateral referred to in Section 2.4 hereof;

 

  (iii) each of the Guaranties required pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof;

 

  (iv) a Corporate Resolution: Borrowing from Borrower;

 

  (v) an Incumbency Certificate from Borrower;

 

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  (vi) a certificate of good standing with respect to Borrower from the appropriate governmental agency of the jurisdiction of its formation, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the date of this Agreement;

 

  (vii) a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of Borrower attaching and certifying as to (A) the directors’ resolutions in respect of the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of each Loan Document to which it is a party, (B) its charter documents and (C) its by-laws;

 

  (viii) all documentation required to be delivered to be Bank pursuant to Section 5.12(a) hereof as of the Closing Date; and

 

  (ix) such other documents as Bank may require under any other Section of this Agreement.

(c) Financial Condition. There shall have been no material adverse change, as determined by Bank, in the financial condition or business of Borrower, nor any material decline, as determined by Bank, in the market value of any collateral required hereunder or a substantial or material portion of the assets of Borrower.

(d) Insurance. Borrower shall have delivered to Bank evidence of insurance coverage on all Borrower’s property, in form, substance, amounts, covering risks and issued by companies satisfactory to Bank, and where required by Bank, with loss payable endorsements in favor of Bank.

(e) Payment of Amounts Under Prior Agreement. Bank shall have received payment of all amounts owing under the Prior Agreement and such documentation and other evidence satisfactory to it confirming that all obligations under the Prior Agreement have been satisfied in full and that such agreement has been terminated and is no longer of any force or effect.

SECTION 4.2. CONDITIONS OF EACH EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to make each extension of credit requested by Borrower hereunder shall be subject to the fulfillment to Bank’s satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

(a) Compliance. The representations and warranties contained herein and in each of the other Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of the signing of this Agreement and on the date of each extension of credit by Bank pursuant hereto, with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of each such date, and on each such date, no Event of Default as defined herein, and no condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute such an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing or shall exist.

(b) Documentation. Bank shall have received all additional documents which may be required in connection with such extension of credit.

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Borrower covenants that so long as Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank under any of the Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower created by the Loan Documents, Borrower shall, unless Bank otherwise consents in writing:

SECTION 5.1. PUNCTUAL PAYMENTS. Punctually pay all principal, interest, fees or other liabilities due under any of the Loan Documents at the times and place and in the manner specified therein.

SECTION 5.2. ACCOUNTING RECORDS; ONE-TIME COLLATERAL EXAMS. Maintain adequate books and records in accordance with GAAP, and permit any representative of Bank, at any reasonable time, to inspect, audit and examine such books and records, to make copies of the same, and to inspect the properties of Borrower. Borrower will permit, and shall cause each of Bio-logic and Olympic Medical to permit, Bank, or its employees, accountants, attorneys or agents, to conduct, with respect to each such Person, a one-time examination

 

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and inspection, to occur not later than 60 days after the Closing Date, of any collateral required hereby or any other property of Borrower, Bio-logic and/or Olympic Medical, as applicable. Such examination and inspection shall be conducted during ordinary business hours and upon one Business Day’s advance notice (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case no notice shall be required).

SECTION 5.3. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Provide to Bank all of the following, in form and detail satisfactory to Bank:

(a) not later than 90 days after and as of the end of each fiscal year, audited financial statements examined by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent certified public accountants selected by Borrower and acceptable to Bank, which annual financial statements shall include Borrower’s balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of Borrower’s income, reconciliation of retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(b) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, but in no event later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower, copies of each Form 10-Q report filed by Borrower with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency;

(c) not later than 10 days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, projected balance sheets and income statements for each quarter of such year for Borrower, each in reasonable detail, representing Borrower’s good faith projections and certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower as being Borrower’s good faith projections and identical to the projections to be used by Borrower for internal planning purposes, together with a statement of underlying assumptions and such supporting schedules and information as Bank may in its discretion require;

(d) not later than 30 days after and as of each of June 30 and December 31 of each fiscal year of Borrower, a list of the names and addresses of all Borrower’s account debtors; and

(e) not later than 45 days after and as of the end of each fiscal quarter, a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto stating (i) whether or not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default, in either case not theretofore reported and remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with respect thereto, and (ii) all relevant facts in reasonable detail to evidence, and the computations as to, whether or not Borrower is compliance with the financial covenants contained in Section 5.9 hereof.

(f) from time to time such other information as Bank may reasonably request.

SECTION 5.4. COMPLIANCE. Preserve and maintain all licenses, permits, governmental approvals, rights, privileges and franchises necessary for the conduct of its business; and comply with the provisions of all documents pursuant to which Borrower is organized and/or which govern Borrower’s continued existence and with the requirements of all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority applicable to Borrower and/or its business.

SECTION 5.5. INSURANCE. Maintain and keep in force insurance of the types and in amounts customarily carried in lines of business similar to that of Borrower, including but not limited to fire, extended coverage, public liability, flood, property damage and workers’ compensation, with all such insurance carried with companies and in amounts satisfactory to Bank, and deliver to Bank from time to time at Bank’s request schedules setting forth all insurance then in effect.

SECTION 5.6. FACILITIES. Keep all properties useful or necessary to Borrower’s business in good repair and condition, and from time to time make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereto so that such properties shall be fully and efficiently preserved and maintained.

SECTION 5.7. TAXES AND OTHER LIABILITIES. Pay and discharge when due any and all indebtedness, obligations, assessments and taxes, both real or personal, including without limitation federal and state income taxes and state and local property taxes and assessments, except such (a) as Borrower may in good faith contest or as to which a bona fide dispute may arise, and (b) for which Borrower has made provision, to Bank’s satisfaction, for eventual payment thereof in the event Borrower is obligated to make such payment.

 

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SECTION 5.8. LITIGATION. Promptly give notice in writing to Bank of any litigation pending or threatened against Borrower with a claim in excess of $250,000.00.

SECTION 5.9. FINANCIAL CONDITION. Maintain Borrower’s financial condition as follows using GAAP (except to the extent modified by the definitions herein):

(a) Adjusted EBITDA not less than $4,000,000.00 for each fiscal quarter, measured as of each fiscal quarter end of Borrower.

(b) Quick Ratio not less than 1.0 to 1.0 at each fiscal quarter end of Borrower, commencing with Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007.

(c) Liquidity not less than $8,000,000.00 as of December 31, 2006.

(d) Total Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (based upon the prior four quarters then ended) not greater than 1.0 to 1.0, measured as of each fiscal quarter end of Borrower.

SECTION 5.10. NOTICE TO BANK. Promptly (but in no event more than five (5) business days after a Responsible Officer becomes, or should become, aware of the occurrence of each such event or matter) give written notice to Bank in reasonable detail of: (a) the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default; (b) any change in the name or the organizational structure of Borrower; (c) the occurrence and nature of any Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, each as defined in ERISA, or any funding deficiency with respect to any Plan; or (d) any termination or cancellation of any insurance policy which Borrower is required to maintain, or any uninsured or partially uninsured loss through liability or property damage, or through fire, theft or any other cause affecting Borrower’s property in excess of an aggregate of $250,000.00.

SECTION 5.11. MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS WITH BANK. Borrower shall at all times maintain its primary depository accounts with Bank pursuant to account agreements and terms mutually acceptable to Borrower and Bank.

SECTION 5.12. SUBSIDIARIES.

(a) Domestic Subsidiaries. By not later than (i) with respect to each Domestic Subsidiary in existence as of the Closing Date, the Closing Date, and (ii) with respect to each Domestic Subsidiary formed or acquired on or after the Closing Date, twenty (20) calendar days after the formation or acquisition of such Domestic Subsidiary, Borrower shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Bank (X) a Guaranty in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 2.5 hereof, (Y) a security agreement in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 2.4 hereof and (Z) such other documents as Bank shall reasonably request, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, evidencing the authority of such Domestic Subsidiary to execute and deliver such Guaranty and security agreement, and the incumbency of the Persons executing such Guaranty and security agreement on behalf of such Domestic Subsidiary.

(b) Foreign Subsidiaries. By not later than (i) with respect to each Foreign Subsidiary in existence as of the Closing Date, ten (10) calendar days after the Closing Date, and (ii) with respect to each Foreign Subsidiary formed or acquired on or after the Closing Date, forty-five (45) calendar days after the formation or acquisition of such Foreign Subsidiary, Borrower shall execute, or cause to be executed, such further agreements, documents or instruments, or take such other actions, as Bank reasonably deems necessary in order to effectuate the pledge to Bank of security interests in Borrower’s, and/or Borrower’s Subsidiaries’, ownership interest in such Foreign Subsidiary (such pledge exclusive of shares of voting stock of such Foreign Subsidiary that represent more than 65% of the voting stock of such Foreign Subsidiary, as described in Section 2.4 hereof), including, without limitation, (A) executing and delivering to each such Foreign Subsidiary, a notice of the pledge of Borrower’s and/or Borrower’s Subsidiaries’ interests therein to Bank, and (B) causing such Foreign Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Bank an acknowledgment of pledge related to Borrower’s and/or such Subsidiaries’ pledge of its or their interest in such Foreign Subsidiary, in each case, in form in substance satisfactory to Bank.

 

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SECTION 5.13. CIT LOAN AGREEMENT. Borrower will not request any advances or otherwise incur any indebtedness under the CIT Loan Agreement and agrees to execute such further agreements, documents or instruments, or take such other commercially reasonable actions, to terminate the CIT Loan Agreement and the CIT Financing Statement.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Borrower further covenants that so long as Bank remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower to Bank under any of the Loan Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower created by the Loan Documents, Borrower will not without Bank’s prior written consent:

SECTION 6.1. USE OF FUNDS. Use any of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder except for the purposes stated in Article II hereof.

SECTION 6.2. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Make any additional investment in fixed assets in any fiscal year in excess of an aggregate of $3,000,000.00.

SECTION 6.3. LEASE EXPENDITURES. Incur operating lease expense in any fiscal year in excess of an aggregate of $3,000,000.00.

SECTION 6.4. OTHER INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness resulting from borrowings, loans or advances, whether secured or unsecured, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, joint or several, other than Permitted Indebtedness.

SECTION 6.5. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, TRANSFER OF ASSETS. Merge into or consolidate with any other entity, other than pursuant to a Permitted Investment; make any substantial change in the nature of Borrower’s business as conducted as of the date hereof; acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other entity, other than pursuant to a Permitted Investment; nor sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial or material portion of Borrower’s assets except in the ordinary course of its business.

SECTION 6.6. GUARANTIES. Guarantee or become liable in any way as surety, endorser (other than as endorser of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business), accommodation endorser or otherwise for, nor pledge or hypothecate any assets of Borrower as security for, any liabilities or obligations of any other person or entity, except any of the foregoing in favor of Bank and guaranties by Borrower of real property lease obligations of its Subsidiaries not exceeding in the aggregate $100,000.00 outstanding at any time.

SECTION 6.7. LOANS, ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS. Make any loans or advances to or investments in any person or entity, other than Permitted Investments; provided that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall not be prohibited from making Specified Earn-out Payments.

 

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SECTION 6.8. DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS. Declare or pay any dividend or distribution either in cash, stock or any other property on Borrower’s stock now or hereafter outstanding, nor redeem, retire, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of any class of Borrower’s stock now or hereafter outstanding.

SECTION 6.9. PLEDGE OF ASSETS. Mortgage, pledge, grant or permit to exist a security interest in, or lien upon, all or any portion of Borrower’s assets now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens.

SECTION 6.10. SALE AND LEASEBACKS. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any other Person whereby Borrower shall sell or transfer any real or personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such property or any part thereof or any other property which Borrower intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.1. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Agreement:

(a) Borrower shall fail to pay when due any principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Loan Documents.

(b) Any financial statement or certificate furnished to Bank in connection with, or any representation or warranty made by Borrower or any other party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prove to be incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when furnished or made.

(c) Any default in the performance of or compliance with any obligation, agreement or other provision contained herein or in any other Loan Document (other than those referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above), and with respect to any such default which by its nature can be cured, such default shall continue for a period of twenty (20) days from the date Borrower receives notice thereof or any Responsible Officer of Borrower becomes aware thereof; provided that if the default cannot by its nature be cured within the twenty (20) day period or cannot after diligent attempts by Borrower be cured within such twenty (20) day period, and such default is likely to be cured within a reasonable time, then Borrower shall have an additional reasonable period (which shall not in any case exceed twenty (20) days) to attempt to cure such default; provided, further, that during such additional reasonable time period the failure to have cured such default shall not be deemed an Event of Default, however, no further advances under the Line of Credit will be made;

(d) Any default in the payment or performance of any material obligation, or any defined event of default, under the terms of any contract or instrument (other than any of the Loan Documents) pursuant to which Borrower, any guarantor hereunder or any general partner or joint venturer in any Borrower which is a partnership or joint venture (with each such guarantor, general partner and/or joint venturer referred to herein as a “Third Party Obligor”) has incurred any debt or other material liability to any person or entity, including Bank, and such default or event shall continue for a period of time without cure sufficient to permit the acceleration of the maturity of any such indebtedness or the enforcement of remedies with respect to such liability.

(e) The filing of a notice of judgment lien against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor; or the recording of any abstract of judgment against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor in any county in which Borrower or such Third Party Obligor has an interest in real property; or the service of a notice of levy and/or of a writ of attachment or execution, or other like process, against the assets of Borrower or any Third Party Obligor; or the entry of a judgment against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor; and, in any such case, the same shall remain unsatisfied, unvacated and unstayed pending appeal for a period of twenty (20) days after the entry thereof.

 

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(f) Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall become insolvent, or shall suffer or consent to or apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of itself or any of its property, or shall generally fail to pay its debts as they become due, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or seeking reorganization, in order to effect a plan or other arrangement with creditors or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Code, or under any state or federal law granting relief to debtors, whether now or hereafter in effect; or any involuntary petition or proceeding pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable state or federal law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization or other relief for debtors is filed or commenced against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor and is not dismissed within 45 days after its filing, or Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall file an answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations of any involuntary petition; or Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall be adjudicated a bankrupt, or an order for relief shall be entered against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor by any court of competent jurisdiction under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable state or federal law relating to bankruptcy, reorganization or other relief for debtors.

(g) There shall exist or occur any event or condition which Bank in good faith believes could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) The dissolution or liquidation of any Borrower or Third Party Obligor which is a corporation, partnership, joint venture or other type of entity; or Borrower or any such Third Party Obligor, or any of its directors, stockholders or members, shall take action seeking to effect the dissolution or liquidation of such Borrower or Third Party Obligor.

(i) There shall exist a material deficiency in any collateral required hereunder, as identified by Bank pursuant to one or more of the collateral examinations and inspections referenced in Section 5.2 hereof.

SECTION 7.2. REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default: (a) all indebtedness of Borrower under each of the Loan Documents, any term thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, shall at Bank’s option and without notice become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; (b) the obligation, if any, of Bank to extend any further credit under any of the Loan Documents shall immediately cease and terminate; and (c) Bank shall have all rights, powers and remedies available under each of the Loan Documents, or accorded by law, including without limitation the right to resort to any or all security for any credit created by the Loan Documents and to exercise any or all of the rights of a beneficiary or secured party pursuant to applicable law. All rights, powers and remedies of Bank may be exercised at any time by Bank and from time to time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, are cumulative and not exclusive, and shall be in addition to any other rights, powers or remedies provided by law or equity.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1. NO WAIVER. No delay, failure or discontinuance of Bank in exercising any right, power or remedy under any of the Loan Documents shall affect or operate as a waiver of such right, power or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind by Bank of any breach of or default under any of the Loan Documents must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent set forth in such writing.

SECTION 8.2. NOTICES. All notices, requests and demands which any party is required or may desire to give to any other party under any provision of this Agreement must be in writing delivered to each party at the following address:

BORROWER: NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED

1501 Industrial Road

San Carlos, California 94070

 

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BANK: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Peninsula Commercial Banking Office

400 Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 150

Palo Alto, California 94302

Attention: Michelle Proehl

or to such other address as any party may designate by written notice to all other parties. Each such notice, request and demand shall be deemed given or made as follows: (a) if sent by hand delivery, upon delivery; (b) if sent by mail, upon the earlier of the date of receipt or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class and postage prepaid; and (c) if sent by telecopy, upon receipt.

SECTION 8.3. COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (to include outside counsel fees and all allocated costs of Bank’s in-house counsel), expended or incurred by Bank in connection with (a) the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Bank’s continued administration hereof and thereof, and the preparation of any amendments and waivers hereto and thereto, (b) the enforcement of Bank’s rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to Bank under any of the Loan Documents, and (c) the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to any of the Loan Documents, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to any Borrower or any other person or entity.

SECTION 8.4. SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties; provided that Borrower may not assign or transfer its interest hereunder without Bank’s prior written consent. Bank reserves the right to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, Bank’s rights and benefits under each of the Loan Documents.

SECTION 8.5. CONFIDENTIALITY. The Confidential Information will be used by Bank solely for the purpose of evaluating Borrower’s credit request and/or Bank’s ongoing credit accommodations to Borrower. Bank will keep all the Confidential Information confidential, and will not disclose any of the Confidential Information to any person or entity, except disclosures: (a) to federal and state bank examiners, and other regulatory officials having jurisdictions over Bank; (b) to Bank’s legal counsel and auditors; (c) to other professional advisors to Bank; (d) to Bank’s representatives (which shall include, without limitation, all other banks and companies affiliated with Wells Fargo & Company) who need to know the Confidential Information for the purpose of evaluating Borrower’s credit request and/or Bank’s ongoing credit accommodations to Borrower, it being expressly understood and agreed that such representatives shall be informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and shall be required by Bank to treat the Confidential Information as confidential in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof; (e) as otherwise required by law or legal process; or (f) as otherwise authorized by Borrower in writing. In the event that Bank or any of its representatives becomes legally compelled to disclose any of the Confidential Information pursuant to clause (e) of the preceding sentence, then Bank, except as otherwise required by law, will provide notice thereof to Borrower so that Borrower, at its sole option (but without obligation to do so), may attempt to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. The confidentiality requirement set forth herein shall not extend to any portion of the Confidential Information that: (x) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by Bank or its representatives; (y) is or becomes available to Bank on a non-confidential basis by Borrower or any officer, employee, agent or representative of Borrower prior to its disclosure by Bank; or (z) is or becomes available to Bank on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Borrower.

SECTION 8.6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement between Borrower and Bank with respect to each credit created by the Loan Documents and supersede all prior negotiations, communications, discussions and correspondence concerning the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended or modified only in writing signed by each party hereto.

 

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SECTION 8.7. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other person or entity shall be a third party beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any other of the Loan Documents to which it is not a party.

SECTION 8.8. TIME. Time is of the essence of each and every provision of this Agreement and each other of the Loan Documents.

SECTION 8.9. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or any remaining provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.10. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 8.11. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

SECTION 8.12. ARBITRATION.

(a) Arbitration. The parties hereto agree, upon demand by any party, to submit to binding arbitration all claims, disputes and controversies between or among them (and their respective employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and other agents), whether in tort, contract or otherwise arising out of or relating to in any way (i) the loan and related Loan Documents which are the subject of this Agreement and its negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration, repayment, modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement, enforcement, default or termination; or (ii) requests for additional credit.

(b) Governing Rules. Any arbitration proceeding will (i) proceed in a location in California selected by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”); (ii) be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any conflicting choice of law provision in any of the documents between the parties; and (iii) be conducted by the AAA, or such other administrator as the parties shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAA’s commercial dispute resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least $1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs in which case the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAA’s optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes (the commercial dispute resolution procedures or the optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes to be referred to, as applicable, as the “Rules”). If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and procedures set forth herein shall control. Any party who fails or refuses to submit to arbitration following a demand by any other party shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such other party in compelling arbitration of any dispute. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by any party that is a bank of the protections afforded to it under 12 U.S.C. §91 or any similar applicable state law.

(c) No Waiver of Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure. The arbitration requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose against real or personal property collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such as setoff or repossession; or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin, injunctive relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after the pendency of any arbitration proceeding. This exclusion does not constitute a waiver of the right or obligation of any party to submit any dispute to arbitration or reference hereunder, including those arising from the exercise of the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph.

(d) Arbitrator Qualifications and Powers. Any arbitration proceeding in which the amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00 or less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected according to the Rules, and who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00. Any dispute in which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators; provided that all three arbitrators must actively participate in all hearings and deliberations. The arbitrator will be a neutral attorney licensed in the State of California or a neutral retired judge of the state or federal judiciary of California, in either case with a minimum of

 

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ten years experience in the substantive law applicable to the subject matter of the dispute to be arbitrated. The arbitrator will determine whether or not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the statutes of limitation in determining any claim. In any arbitration proceeding the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a hearing at the arbitrator’s discretion) any pre-hearing motions which are similar to motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication. The arbitrator shall resolve all disputes in accordance with the substantive law of California and may grant any remedy or relief that a court of such state could order or grant within the scope hereof and such ancillary relief as is necessary to make effective any award. The arbitrator shall also have the power to award recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to take such other action as the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the California Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable law. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The institution and maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for judicial relief.

(e) Discovery. In any arbitration proceeding discovery will be permitted in accordance with the Rules. All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant to the dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before the hearing date and within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA. Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or any discovery disputes, will be subject to final determination by the arbitrator upon a showing that the request for discovery is essential for the party’s presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is available.

(f) Class Proceedings and Consolidations. The resolution of any dispute arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be determined by a separate arbitration proceeding and such dispute shall not be consolidated with other disputes or included in any class proceeding.

(g) Payment Of Arbitration Costs And Fees. The arbitrator shall award all costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding.

(h) Real Property Collateral; Judicial Reference. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no dispute shall be submitted to arbitration if the dispute concerns indebtedness secured directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by any real property unless (i) the holder of the mortgage, lien or security interest specifically elects in writing to proceed with the arbitration, or (ii) all parties to the arbitration waive any rights or benefits that might accrue to them by virtue of the single action rule statute of California, thereby agreeing that all indebtedness and obligations of the parties, and all mortgages, liens and security interests securing such indebtedness and obligations, shall remain fully valid and enforceable. If any such dispute is not submitted to arbitration, the dispute shall be referred to a referee in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq., and this general reference agreement is intended to be specifically enforceable in accordance with said Section 638. A referee with the qualifications required herein for arbitrators shall be selected pursuant to the AAA’s selection procedures. Judgment upon the decision rendered by a referee shall be entered in the court in which such proceeding was commenced in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 644 and 645.

(i) Miscellaneous. To the maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and the parties shall take all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days of the filing of the dispute with the AAA. No arbitrator or other party to an arbitration proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof, except for disclosures of information by a party required in the ordinary course of its business or by applicable law or regulation. If more than one agreement for arbitration by or between the parties potentially applies to a dispute, the arbitration provision most directly related to the Loan Documents or the subject matter of the dispute shall control. This arbitration provision shall survive termination, amendment or expiration of any of the Loan Documents or any relationship between the parties.

SECTION 8.13. OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS. For purposes of this Agreement (a) the meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms, (b) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and subsection, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (c) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, indentures, notices and other writings, however evidenced, (d) the term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation” and (e) the captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED     WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ STEVEN J. MURPHY

    By:  

/s/ MICHELLE PROEHL

  Steven J. Murphy       Michelle Proehl
  Chief Financial Officer       Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LINE OF CREDIT NOTE

[See attached]

 

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REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT NOTE

 

$15,000,000.00   Palo Alto, California
  November 8, 2006

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED (“Borrower”) promises to pay to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”) at its office at 400 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, or at such other place as the holder hereof may designate, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal sum of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00), or so much thereof as may be advanced and be outstanding, with interest thereon, to be computed on each advance from the date of its disbursement as set forth herein.

DEFINITIONS:

As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth after each, and any other term defined in this Note shall have the meaning set forth at the place defined:

(a) “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in California are authorized or required by law to close.

(b) “Fixed Rate Term” means a period commencing on a Business Day and continuing for one (1) month, two (2) months or three (3) months, as designated by Borrower, during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR; provided however, that no Fixed Rate Term may be selected for a principal amount less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and provided further, that no Fixed Rate Term shall extend beyond the scheduled maturity date hereof. If any Fixed Rate Term would end on a day which is not a Business Day, then such Fixed Rate Term shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.

(c) “LIBOR” means the rate per annum and determined pursuant to the following formula:

 

LIBOR =      Base LIBOR   
   100% - LIBOR Reserve Percentage   

(i) “Base LIBOR” means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by Bank as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate, with the understanding that such rate is quoted by Bank for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference thereto, on the first day of a Fixed Rate Term for delivery of funds on said date for a period of time approximately equal to the number of days in such Fixed Rate Term and in an amount approximately equal to the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applies. Borrower understands and agrees that Bank may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as Bank in its discretion deems appropriate including, but not limited to, the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank Market.

(ii) “LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended), adjusted by Bank for expected changes in such reserve percentage during the applicable Fixed Rate Term.

(d) “Prime Rate” means at any time the rate of interest most recently announced within Bank at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that the Prime Rate is one of Bank’s base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publication or publications as Bank may designate.

 

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INTEREST:

(a) Interest. The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) either (i) at a fluctuating rate per annum one-quarter percent (0.25%) below the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, or (ii) at a fixed rate per annum determined by Bank to be two percent (2.00%) above LIBOR in effect on the first day of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. When interest is determined in relation to the Prime Rate, each change in the rate of interest hereunder shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank. With respect to each LIBOR selection hereunder, Bank is hereby authorized to note the date, principal amount, interest rate and Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto and any payments made thereon on Bank’s books and records (either manually or by electronic entry) and/or on any schedule attached to this Note, which notations shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information noted.

(b) Selection of Interest Rate Options. At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, it may be continued by Borrower at the end of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto so that all or a portion thereof bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate or to LIBOR for a new Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate, Borrower may convert all or a portion thereof so that it bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR for a Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At such time as Borrower requests an advance hereunder or wishes to select a LIBOR option for all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance hereof, and at the end of each Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall give Bank notice specifying: (i) the interest rate option selected by Borrower; (ii) the principal amount subject thereto; and (iii) for each LIBOR selection, the length of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. Any such notice may be given by telephone (or such other electronic method as Bank may permit) so long as, with respect to each LIBOR selection, (A) if requested by Bank, Borrower provides to Bank written confirmation thereof not later than three (3) Business Days after such notice is given, and (B) such notice is given to Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. on the first day of the Fixed Rate Term, or at a later time during any Business Day if Bank, at it’s sole option but without obligation to do so, accepts Borrower’s notice and quotes a fixed rate to Borrower. If Borrower does not immediately accept a fixed rate when quoted by Bank, the quoted rate shall expire and any subsequent LIBOR request from Borrower shall be subject to a redetermination by Bank of the applicable fixed rate. If no specific designation of interest is made at the time any advance is requested hereunder or at the end of any Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall be deemed to have made a Prime Rate interest selection for such advance or the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applied.

(c) Taxes and Regulatory Costs. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand, in addition to any other amounts due or to become due hereunder, any and all (i) withholdings, interest equalization taxes, stamp taxes or other taxes (except income and franchise taxes) imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR, and (ii) future, supplemental, emergency or other changes in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage (without duplication), assessment rates imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements or costs imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by Bank with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR to the extent they are not included in the calculation of LIBOR. In determining which of the foregoing are attributable to any LIBOR option available to Borrower hereunder, any reasonable allocation made by Bank among its operations shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower.

(d) Payment of Interest. Interest accrued on this Note shall be payable on the last day of each month, commencing November 30, 2006.

(e) Default Interest. From and after the maturity date of this Note, or such earlier date as all principal owing hereunder becomes due and payable by acceleration or otherwise, the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest until paid in full at an increased rate per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) equal to four percent (4%) above the rate of interest from time to time applicable to this Note.

 

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BORROWING AND REPAYMENT:

(a) Borrowing and Repayment. Borrower may from time to time during the term of this Note borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions of this Note and of any document executed in connection with or governing this Note; provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings under this Note shall not at any time exceed the principal amount stated above. The unpaid principal balance of this obligation at any time shall be the total amounts advanced hereunder by the holder hereof less the amount of principal payments made hereon by or for Borrower, which balance may be endorsed hereon from time to time by the holder. The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable in full on May 7, 2008.

(b) Advances. Advances hereunder, to the total amount of the principal sum stated above, may be made by the holder at the oral or written request of (i) James B. Hawkins or Steven J. Murphy, any one acting alone, who are authorized to request such advance and direct the disposition of such advance until written notice of the revocation of such authority is received by the holder at the office designated above, or (ii) any person, with respect to advances deposited to the credit of any deposit account of Borrower, which advances, when so deposited, shall be conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the benefit of Borrower regardless of the fact that persons other than those authorized to request advances may have authority to draw against such account. The holder shall have no obligation to determine whether any person requesting an advance is or has been authorized by Borrower.

(c) Application of Payments. Each payment made on this Note shall be credited first, to any interest then due and second, to the outstanding principal balance hereof. All payments credited to principal shall be applied first, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate, if any, and second, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, with such payments applied to the oldest Fixed Rate Term first.

PREPAYMENT:

(a) Prime Rate. Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate at any time, in any amount and without penalty.

(b) LIBOR. Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR at any time and in the minimum amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00); provided however, that if the outstanding principal balance of such portion of this Note is less than said amount, the minimum prepayment amount shall be the entire outstanding principal balance thereof. In consideration of Bank providing this prepayment option to Borrower, or if any such portion of this Note shall become due and payable at any time prior to the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto by acceleration or otherwise, Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand a fee which is the sum of the discounted monthly differences for each month from the month of prepayment through the month in which such Fixed Rate Term matures, calculated as follows for each such month:

 

  (i) Determine the amount of interest which would have accrued each month on the amount prepaid at the interest rate applicable to such amount had it remained outstanding until the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto.

 

  (ii) Subtract from the amount determined in (i) above the amount of interest which would have accrued for the same month on the amount prepaid for the remaining term of such Fixed Rate Term at LIBOR in effect on the date of prepayment for new loans made for such term and in a principal amount equal to the amount prepaid.

 

  (iii) If the result obtained in (ii) for any month is greater than zero, discount that difference by LIBOR used in (ii) above.

Borrower acknowledges that prepayment of such amount may result in Bank incurring additional costs, expenses and/or liabilities, and that it is difficult to ascertain the full extent of such costs, expenses and/or liabilities. Borrower, therefore, agrees to pay the above-described prepayment fee and agrees that said amount represents a

 

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reasonable estimate of the prepayment costs, expenses and/or liabilities of Bank. If Borrower fails to pay any prepayment fee when due, the amount of such prepayment fee shall thereafter bear interest until paid at a rate per annum four percent (4.00%) above the Prime Rate in effect from time to time (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed). Each change in the rate of interest on any such past due prepayment fee shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT:

This Note is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of November 8, 2006, as amended from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”). Any default in the payment or performance of any obligation under this Note, or any defined event of default under the Credit Agreement, shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note.

MISCELLANEOUS:

(a) Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the holder of this Note, at the holder’s option, may declare all sums of principal and interest outstanding hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, notice of nonperformance, notice of protest, protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower, and the obligation, if any, of the holder to extend any further credit hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate. Borrower shall pay to the holder immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (to include outside counsel fees and all allocated costs of the holder’s in-house counsel), expended or incurred by the holder in connection with the enforcement of the holder’s rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to the holder under this Note, and the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to this Note, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to Borrower or any other person or entity.

(b) Obligations Joint and Several. Should more than one person or entity sign this Note as a Borrower, the obligations of each such Borrower shall be joint and several.

(c) Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the date first written above.

 

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
By:  

 

  Steven J. Murphy
  Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF FINANCIAL COVENANT COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

TO: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“BANK”) under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2006 (as amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), between NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and Bank.

This Compliance Certificate is delivered this      day of                     , 20    , by the undersigned, as a senior financial officer of Borrower to Bank in accordance with Section 5.3(e) of the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned hereby certifies that:

1. Attached hereto are the [consolidated annual audited] [consolidating quarterly unaudited] financial statements of Borrower presented fairly in accordance with GAAP that are required to be delivered pursuant to Section [5.3(a)] [5.3(b)] of the Credit Agreement for the period ending                          (the “End Date”).

2. As of the date of this Compliance Certificate, no Default or Event of Default had occurred and was continuing.

3. The financial condition covenants and other compliance calculations and information set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto are true, complete and accurate on and as of the date of this Compliance Certificate.

The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, are made and delivered, and the financial statements referenced above are made or posted, as applicable, this      day of             , 200    , pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

  of NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED

 

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SCHEDULE 1

TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

A. Adjusted EBITDA not less than $4,000,000 for each fiscal quarter, measured as of each fiscal quarter end of Borrower.

 

1.

   Adjusted EBITDA:      
   a. net income   

$                    

  
   b. plus interest expense   

$                    

  
   c. plus income tax expense   

$                    

  
   d. plus depreciation and amortization expense   

$                    

  
   e. plus writeoff of acquired in-process R&D expenses   

$                    

  

2.

   Adjusted EBITDA (1a+1b+1c+1d+1e):      

$                    

3.

  

In compliance (yes / no)?

     

                    

 

B. Quick Ratio not less than 1.0 to 1.0 at each fiscal quarter end of Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007.

 

1.

   Quick Ratio:      
   a. unrestricted cash   

$                    

  
   b. net accounts receivable   

$                    

  
   c. current liabilities   

$                    

  

2.

   Quick Ratio ((1a+1b)/1c):      

                    

3.

   In compliance (yes / no)?      

                    

 

C. Liquidity not less than $8,000,000 as of December 31, 2006.

 

1.

   Liquidity      
   a. unrestricted cash   

$                    

  
   b. plus unrestricted short-term marketable securities   

$                    

  

2.

   Liquidity (1a+1b)      

$                    

3.

   In compliance (yes / no)?      

                    

 

D. Total Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (based on the prior four quarters then ended) not greater than 1.0 to 1.0, measured as of each fiscal quarter end of Borrower.

 

1.

   Total Funded Debt    $                       

2.

   Adjusted EBITDA (prior four quarters):      
   a. net income   

$                    

  
   b. plus interest expense   

$                    

  
   c. plus income taxes   

$                    

  
   d. plus depreciation and amortization expense   

$                    

  
   e. plus writeoff of acquired in-process R&D expenses   

$                    

  
   f. Adjusted EBITDA (2a+2b+2c+2d+2e)   

$                    

  

3.

   Total Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (1 / 2f):      

                    

4.

   In compliance (yes / no)?      

                    

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1

SUBSIDIARIES

 

1. Domestic Subsidiaries

 

  a. Bio-logic Systems Corp., a Delaware corporation

 

  b. Natus Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation

 

  c. Olympic Medical Corp., a Washington corporation

 

2. Foreign Subsidiaries

 

  a. Natus Neonatal, a company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom

 

  b. Fischer-Zoth Diagnosesysteme GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Germany

 

  c. Fischer-Zoth GmbH, a company organized under the laws of Austria

 

  d. DeltaMed SA, a société anonyme organized under the laws of France

 

  e. Natus Medical Ireland Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Ireland

 

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EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT NOTE Revolving Line of Credit Note

EXHIBIT 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT NOTE

 

$15,000,000.00   Palo Alto, California    
  November 8, 2006

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED (“Borrower”) promises to pay to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”) at its office at 400 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, or at such other place as the holder hereof may designate, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal sum of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00), or so much thereof as may be advanced and be outstanding, with interest thereon, to be computed on each advance from the date of its disbursement as set forth herein.

DEFINITIONS:

As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth after each, and any other term defined in this Note shall have the meaning set forth at the place defined:

(a) “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in California are authorized or required by law to close.

(b) “Fixed Rate Term” means a period commencing on a Business Day and continuing for one (1) month, two (2) months or three (3) months, as designated by Borrower, during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR; provided however, that no Fixed Rate Term may be selected for a principal amount less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00); and provided further, that no Fixed Rate Term shall extend beyond the scheduled maturity date hereof. If any Fixed Rate Term would end on a day which is not a Business Day, then such Fixed Rate Term shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.

(c) “LIBOR” means the rate per annum and determined pursuant to the following formula:

 

LIBOR =      Base LIBOR   
   100% - LIBOR Reserve Percentage   

(i) “Base LIBOR” means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by Bank as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate, with the understanding that such rate is quoted by Bank for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference thereto, on the first day of a Fixed Rate Term for delivery of funds on said date for a period of time approximately equal to the number of days in such Fixed Rate Term and in an amount approximately equal to the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applies. Borrower understands and agrees that Bank may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as Bank in its discretion deems appropriate including, but not limited to, the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank Market.

 

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(ii) “LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended), adjusted by Bank for expected changes in such reserve percentage during the applicable Fixed Rate Term.

(d) “Prime Rate” means at any time the rate of interest most recently announced within Bank at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that the Prime Rate is one of Bank’s base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publication or publications as Bank may designate.

INTEREST:

(a) Interest. The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) either (i) at a fluctuating rate per annum one-quarter percent (0.25%) below the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, or (ii) at a fixed rate per annum determined by Bank to be two percent (2.00%) above LIBOR in effect on the first day of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. When interest is determined in relation to the Prime Rate, each change in the rate of interest hereunder shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank. With respect to each LIBOR selection hereunder, Bank is hereby authorized to note the date, principal amount, interest rate and Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto and any payments made thereon on Bank’s books and records (either manually or by electronic entry) and/or on any schedule attached to this Note, which notations shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information noted.

(b) Selection of Interest Rate Options. At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, it may be continued by Borrower at the end of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto so that all or a portion thereof bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate or to LIBOR for a new Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate, Borrower may convert all or a portion thereof so that it bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR for a Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At such time as Borrower requests an advance hereunder or wishes to select a LIBOR option for all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance hereof, and at the end of each Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall give Bank notice specifying: (i) the interest rate option selected by Borrower; (ii) the principal amount subject thereto; and (iii) for each LIBOR selection, the length of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. Any such notice may be given by telephone (or such other electronic method as Bank may permit) so long as, with respect to each LIBOR selection, (A) if requested by Bank, Borrower provides to Bank written confirmation thereof not later than three (3) Business Days after such notice is given, and (B) such notice is given to Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. on the first day of the Fixed Rate Term, or at a later time during any Business Day if Bank, at it’s sole option but without obligation to do so, accepts Borrower’s notice and quotes a fixed rate to Borrower. If Borrower does not immediately accept a fixed rate when quoted by Bank, the quoted rate shall expire and any subsequent LIBOR request from Borrower shall be subject to a redetermination by Bank of the applicable fixed rate. If no specific designation of interest is made at the time any advance is requested hereunder or at the end of any Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall be deemed to have made a Prime Rate interest selection for such advance or the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applied.

 

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(c) Taxes and Regulatory Costs. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand, in addition to any other amounts due or to become due hereunder, any and all (i) withholdings, interest equalization taxes, stamp taxes or other taxes (except income and franchise taxes) imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR, and (ii) future, supplemental, emergency or other changes in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage (without duplication), assessment rates imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements or costs imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by Bank with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR to the extent they are not included in the calculation of LIBOR. In determining which of the foregoing are attributable to any LIBOR option available to Borrower hereunder, any reasonable allocation made by Bank among its operations shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower.

(d) Payment of Interest. Interest accrued on this Note shall be payable on the last day of each month, commencing November 30, 2006.

(e) Default Interest. From and after the maturity date of this Note, or such earlier date as all principal owing hereunder becomes due and payable by acceleration or otherwise, the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest until paid in full at an increased rate per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed) equal to four percent (4%) above the rate of interest from time to time applicable to this Note.

BORROWING AND REPAYMENT:

(a) Borrowing and Repayment. Borrower may from time to time during the term of this Note borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions of this Note and of any document executed in connection with or governing this Note; provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings under this Note shall not at any time exceed the principal amount stated above. The unpaid principal balance of this obligation at any time shall be the total amounts advanced hereunder by the holder hereof less the amount of principal payments made hereon by or for Borrower, which balance may be endorsed hereon from time to time by the holder. The outstanding principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable in full on May 7, 2008.

(b) Advances. Advances hereunder, to the total amount of the principal sum stated above, may be made by the holder at the oral or written request of (i) James B. Hawkins or Steven J. Murphy, any one acting alone, who are authorized to request such advance and direct the disposition of such advance until written notice of the revocation of such authority is received by the holder at the office designated above, or (ii) any person, with respect to advances deposited to the credit of any deposit account of Borrower, which advances, when so deposited, shall be conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the benefit of Borrower regardless of the fact that persons other than those authorized to request advances may have authority to draw against such account. The holder shall have no obligation to determine whether any person requesting an advance is or has been authorized by Borrower.

 

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(c) Application of Payments. Each payment made on this Note shall be credited first, to any interest then due and second, to the outstanding principal balance hereof. All payments credited to principal shall be applied first, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate, if any, and second, to the outstanding principal balance of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR, with such payments applied to the oldest Fixed Rate Term first.

PREPAYMENT:

(a) Prime Rate. Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to the Prime Rate at any time, in any amount and without penalty.

(b) LIBOR. Borrower may prepay principal on any portion of this Note which bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR at any time and in the minimum amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00); provided however, that if the outstanding principal balance of such portion of this Note is less than said amount, the minimum prepayment amount shall be the entire outstanding principal balance thereof. In consideration of Bank providing this prepayment option to Borrower, or if any such portion of this Note shall become due and payable at any time prior to the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto by acceleration or otherwise, Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand a fee which is the sum of the discounted monthly differences for each month from the month of prepayment through the month in which such Fixed Rate Term matures, calculated as follows for each such month:

 

  (i) Determine the amount of interest which would have accrued each month on the amount prepaid at the interest rate applicable to such amount had it remained outstanding until the last day of the Fixed Rate Term applicable thereto.

 

  (ii) Subtract from the amount determined in (i) above the amount of interest which would have accrued for the same month on the amount prepaid for the remaining term of such Fixed Rate Term at LIBOR in effect on the date of prepayment for new loans made for such term and in a principal amount equal to the amount prepaid.

 

  (iii) If the result obtained in (ii) for any month is greater than zero, discount that difference by LIBOR used in (ii) above.

Borrower acknowledges that prepayment of such amount may result in Bank incurring additional costs, expenses and/or liabilities, and that it is difficult to ascertain the full extent of such costs, expenses and/or liabilities. Borrower, therefore, agrees to pay the above-described prepayment fee and agrees that said amount represents a reasonable estimate of the prepayment costs, expenses and/or liabilities of Bank. If Borrower fails to pay any prepayment fee when due, the amount of such prepayment fee shall thereafter bear interest until paid at a rate per annum four percent (4.00%) above the Prime Rate in effect from time to time (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days elapsed). Each change in the rate of interest on any such past due prepayment fee shall become effective on the date each Prime Rate change is announced within Bank.

 

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EVENTS OF DEFAULT:

This Note is made pursuant to and is subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of November 8, 2006, as amended from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”). Any default in the payment or performance of any obligation under this Note, or any defined event of default under the Credit Agreement, shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note.

MISCELLANEOUS:

(a) Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the holder of this Note, at the holder’s option, may declare all sums of principal and interest outstanding hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, notice of nonperformance, notice of protest, protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower, and the obligation, if any, of the holder to extend any further credit hereunder shall immediately cease and terminate. Borrower shall pay to the holder immediately upon demand the full amount of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (to include outside counsel fees and all allocated costs of the holder’s in-house counsel), expended or incurred by the holder in connection with the enforcement of the holder’s rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to the holder under this Note, and the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to this Note, including without limitation, any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including without limitation, any adversary proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to Borrower or any other person or entity.

(b) Obligations Joint and Several. Should more than one person or entity sign this Note as a Borrower, the obligations of each such Borrower shall be joint and several.

(c) Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the date first written above.

 

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ STEVEN J. MURPHY

  Steven J. Murphy
  Chief Financial Officer

 

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EX-10.3 4 dex103.htm SECURITY AGREEMENT Security Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.3

EXECUTION COPY

SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 8, 2006, by NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Debtor” or the “Company”), in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Secured Party”).

RECITALS:

A. The Company has requested that Secured Party provide the Company with certain financial accommodations as evidenced by one or more promissory notes or other instruments executed and delivered by the Company to Secured Party and other agreements entered into from time to time between the Company and Secured Party, including, without limitation, that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Loan Agreement”) (together with this Agreement and Revolving Line of Credit Note, in the original amount of U.S. $15,000,000.00, executed by the Company in favor of Secured Party, and any and all documents or agreements executed by Debtor in connection with any of foregoing, as any of them may be amended, modified or extended from time to time, collectively, the “Loan Documents”).

B. In order to induce Secured Party to provide financial accommodations to the Company under the Loan Agreement and to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party, the Debtor wishes and has agreed to secure its obligations to Secured Party under Loan Documents by granting to Secured Party a first priority security interest in the Collateral (as defined below).

C. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby specifically acknowledged, Secured Party and Debtor agree as follows:

1. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. To secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of each covenant, condition or obligation of whatsoever nature to be performed or observed by the Company under the Loan Documents, including repayment of all future loans extended by and reimbursement obligations owing to Secured Party (the “Secured Obligations”), the Company hereby grants Secured Party a first priority security interest (except for Permitted Liens that are senior to Bank’s security interest) in and to all assets of the Company whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including without limitation the following (collectively, the “Collateral”):

(a) all accounts, deposit accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, (whether electronic or tangible) instruments, promissory notes, documents, general intangibles, payment intangibles, software, letter of credit rights, health-care insurance receivables and other rights to payment of every kind now existing or at any time hereafter arising;

(b) all inventory, goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts for service, or goods so leased or furnished, raw materials, component parts, work in process and other materials used or consumed in Debtor’s business, now or at any time hereafter owned or acquired by Debtor, wherever located, and all products thereof, whether in the possession of Debtor, any warehousemen, any bailee or any other person, or in process of delivery, and whether located at Debtor’s places of business or elsewhere;


(c) all warehouse receipts, bills of sale, bills of lading and other documents of every kind (whether or not negotiable) in which Debtor now has or at any time hereafter acquires any interest, and all additions and accessions thereto, whether in the possession or custody of Debtor, any bailee or any other person for any purpose;

(d) all money and property heretofore, now or hereafter delivered to or deposited with Secured Party or otherwise coming into the possession, custody or control of Secured Party (or any agent or bailee of Secured Party) in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever during the existence of this Agreement and whether held in a general or special account or deposit for safekeeping or otherwise;

(e) all right, title and interest of Debtor under licenses, guaranties, warranties, management agreements, marketing or sales agreements, escrow contracts, indemnity agreements, insurance policies, service or maintenance agreements, supporting obligations and other similar contracts of every kind in which Debtor now has or at any time hereafter shall have an interest;

(f) all goods, tools, machinery, furnishings, furniture and other equipment and fixtures of every kind now existing or hereafter acquired, and all improvements, replacements, accessions and additions thereto and embedded software included therein, whether located on any property owned or leased by Debtor or elsewhere, including without limitation, any of the foregoing now or at any time hereafter located at or installed on the land or in the improvements at any of the real property owned or leased by Debtor, and all such goods after they have been severed and removed from any of said real property;

(g) all motor vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, boats, other rolling stock and related equipment of every kind now existing or hereafter acquired and all additions and accessories thereto, whether located on any property owned or leased by Debtor or elsewhere;

(h) all of the following (collectively, “Intellectual Property Collateral”):

(i) all patents and patent applications and all patent rights with respect thereto throughout the world, including without limitation all license royalties, foreign filing rights, and rights to extend such patents and patent rights, and all rights in all patentable inventions, and to file applications for patent under federal patent law or under the laws or regulations of any foreign country (collectively, the “Patents”);

(ii) all copyrights (whether or not registered with the United States Copyright Office), and all applications for copyright registration (including without limitation, applications for copyright registrations of derivative works and compilations), all license royalties, foreign filing rights, and extension rights (collectively, the “Copyrights”);

(iii) all trademarks and rights and interests which are capable of being protected as trademarks (including without limitation trademarks, service marks, designs, logos, indicia, tradenames, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, and other source or business identifiers, and the goodwill related thereto and represented thereby, and applications pertaining thereto, and all rights to register trademark claims under any state or federal trademark law or regulation of any foreign country, and to apply for, renew, and extend trademark registrations and trademark rights (collectively, “Trademarks”);

(iv) all computer programs, software, source codes, object codes, data bases, processes and trade secrets and all other intellectual property in which Debtor now has or hereafter creates or acquires any interest; and

 

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(v) all applications for any of the foregoing and all licenses with respect to any of the foregoing;

(i) all commercial tort claims in existence on the date of this Agreement or at any time hereafter arising and identified by the Debtor to Secured Party;

together with whatever is receivable or received when any of the foregoing or the proceeds thereof are sold, leased, collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, including without limitation, all rights to payment, including returned premiums, with respect to any insurance relating to any of the foregoing, any infringement claims or causes of action and all rights to payment with respect to any claim or cause of action affecting or relating to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not include: (a) interests as a lessee under real property and personal property leases, (b) more than 65% of the voting securities of any Foreign Subsidiary of Debtor; or (c) equipment and related software encumbered by a Permitted Lien covered by paragraph (d) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and any rights of Debtor as licensee, to the extent the granting of a security interest in such equipment or license rights (A) is prohibited by the terms of or would constitute a default under any agreement or document governing such equipment or license right (but only to the extent such prohibition is enforceable under applicable law), or (B) is contrary to applicable law; provided that, upon the cessation of any such restriction or prohibition, such equipment and/or license rights shall automatically become part of the Collateral; and provided further that the provisions of this Section 1 shall in no case exclude from the definition of Collateral any accounts receivables, other rights to payment, general intangibles or proceeds of the disposition of any property. Except as disclosed to Secured Party in writing prior to the date hereof, Debtor represents and warrants to Secured Party that it is not presently a party to, nor is it bound by, any material license, contract or agreement which prohibits Debtor from granting a security interest therein (to the extent such prohibition is enforceable under applicable law). Debtor shall not, hereafter, without Secured Party’s prior written consent, enter into any material license which prohibits Debtor from granting a security interest therein to Secured Party (to the extent such prohibition is enforceable under applicable law), unless Debtor uses commercially reasonable efforts to have such prohibition removed, and in the event Debtor is not successful in having such prohibition removed, Debtor shall give prompt written notice thereof to Secured Party.

Debtor agrees that this Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral which shall remain in effect until the payment and performance in full of all of the Secured Obligations.

2. DEBTORS REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. Debtor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

(a) Permitted Liens. Debtor has rights in and good title to all of the Collateral. Other than any of the Intellectual Property Collateral for which Debtor is a licensee, Debtor is and will continue to be the sole and exclusive owner of the Collateral, free and clear of all security interests, liens or encumbrances or other rights or claims of third parties (“Liens”), other than Permitted Liens. For any of the Intellectual Property Collateral for which Debtor is a licensee, each such license or licensing agreement is in full force and effect and Debtor is not in default of any of its material obligations thereunder.

(b) Organization. Debtor is a registered organization (as that term is used in Division 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)) under the laws of the State of Delaware. Debtor will notify Secured Party prior to changing either its form or jurisdiction of organization.

(c) True and Complete List. Set forth in (i) Exhibit A is a true and complete list of all registered Copyrights and applications for registrations of Copyrights in which as of the date hereof Debtor holds any interest, (ii) Exhibit B is a true and complete list of all existing patents and letters

 

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patent of the U.S. or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent, in which as of the date hereof Debtor holds any interest, (iii) Exhibit C is a true and complete list of all registered trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names and domain names, in which as of the date hereof Debtor holds any interest, and (iv) Exhibit D is a is a true and complete list of all claims arising in tort in which Debtor is a claimant existing as of the date hereof.

(d) Trade Secrets. Debtor has taken and will continue to take all reasonable steps to protect the secrecy of and preserve it rights and interests in and to all of its material trade secrets and other material proprietary rights and interests.

(e) No Infringement. To the best of Debtor’s knowledge, no material infringement or unauthorized use presently is being made of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral, by any person or entity, and, to the best of Debtor’s knowledge, Debtor’s use of the Intellectual Property Collateral does not and will not infringe upon the rights or interests of any other person or entity.

(f) Authorization. The person signing below on behalf of Debtor is authorized to sign this Agreement on behalf of Debtor and to bind Debtor to the terms of this Agreement, and all corporate action necessary for the execution of this Agreement has been properly taken by Debtor.

(g) Attorney-in-Fact. Debtor appoints Secured Party, and any officer, employee or agent of Secured Party, with full power of substitution, as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, effective as of the date hereof, with power, in its own name or in the name of Debtor, (i) during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined below), to endorse any notes, checks, drafts, money orders, or other instruments of payment in respect of the Collateral that may come into Secured Party’s possession, (ii) during the continuance of an Event of Default, to sign and endorse any drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to Collateral, (iii) to pay or discharge taxes or liens at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, (iv) during the continuance of an Event of Default, to demand, collect, issue receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral, (v) during the continuance of an Event of Default, to notify parties obligated with respect to the Collateral to make payments directly to Secured Party, and (vi) generally, to do, at Secured Party’s option and at Debtor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which Secured Party deems reasonably necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and Secured Party’s security interest therein, all as fully and effectually as Debtor might or could do; and Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable as long as any of the Secured Obligations are outstanding.

(h) Books and Records; Insurance. Debtor will at all times keep in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party accurate and complete records of the Collateral and will keep such Collateral insured to the extent similarly situated companies insure their assets. Secured Party shall be entitled, at reasonable times and intervals after reasonable notice to Debtor, to enter Debtor’s premises for purposes of inspecting the Collateral and Debtor’s books and records relating thereto.

 

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(i) Compliance with Laws. Debtor shall not use the Collateral in any manner that is or would result in any material violation of any applicable statute, ordinance, law or regulation or in material violation of any insurance policy maintained by Debtor with respect to the Collateral.

(j) Financing Statements. Other than financing statements, security agreements, assignments and other agreements or instruments executed, delivered, filed or recorded for the purpose of granting or perfecting any Lien (collectively, “Financing Statements”) existing as of the date hereof and disclosed to Secured Party on Exhibit E hereto or arising after the date hereof in connection with any Permitted Lien and Financing Statements in favor of Secured Party, no effective Financing Statement naming Debtor as debtor, assignor, Debtor, mortgagor, pledgor or the like and covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office in any jurisdiction.

(k) Notices, Reports and Information. Debtor will (i) notify Secured Party of any material claim made or asserted against the Collateral by any person or entity and of any change in the composition of the Collateral or other event which could materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral or Secured Party’s Lien thereon; (ii) furnish to Secured Party such statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports and other information in connection with the Collateral as Secured Party may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail; (iii) upon request of Secured Party make such demands and requests for information and reports as Debtor is entitled to make in respect of the Collateral; and (iv) at Debtor’s sole expense take such action and cause to be made such filings and recordations as Secured Party may reasonably request in order to perfect and protect the security interest and the first priority of Secured Party in and to any and all of the Collateral, including such filings and recordations as may be necessary or prudent (as determined by Secured Party) in the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office..

(l) Disposition of Collateral. Debtor will not surrender or lose possession of (other than to Secured Party), sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, any of the Collateral or any right or interest therein, except to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents, or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of Debtor’s business. Debtor will maintain the Collateral and will not incur or suffer to exist any Liens against the Collateral other than Permitted Liens.

(m) Commercial Tort Claims. Debtor will promptly notify the Security Party of the existence of and information regarding any commercial tort claim arising hereafter in a document authenticated by Debtor and confirming the grant of the security interest under this Agreement in such commercial tort claim.

3. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The failure of Debtor to pay when due any of the Secured Obligations, or to perform any of its other obligations under any of the Loan Documents, in each case after any period of grace as provided in the Loan Documents, or any material misrepresentation by Debtor in or made in connection with any Loan Document, or the occurrence of any other “Event of Default” as defined in any of the Loan Documents, shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder.

4. REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Secured Party may declare all of the Secured Obligations to be immediately due and payable, and Secured Party may exercise any and all rights and remedies hereunder or under applicable law; provided, however, if any Event of Default occurs as a consequence of the commencement of a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding by or against Debtor, all of the

 

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Secured Obligations shall be automatically and immediately due and payable without further action or demand. Without limiting the foregoing, Secured Party shall have the right, itself or through any of its agents, with or without notice to Debtor, as to any or all of the Collateral, by any available judicial procedure, or without judicial process (provided, however, that it is in compliance with applicable law), to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the UCC or other applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral, either at public or private sale, in lots or in bulk, for cash or for credit, with or without warranties or representations, and upon such terms and conditions, all as Secured Party, in its sole discretion, may deem advisable, and it shall have the right to purchase at any such sale. Debtor agrees that a notice sent at least ten (10) days before the time of any intended public sale or of the time after which any private sale or other disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall be reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition. The proceeds of any such sale, or other Collateral disposition shall be applied first to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like, and to attorneys’ fees and legal expenses of Secured Party, and then to the Secured Obligations and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which Secured Party shall account to Debtor for any surplus proceeds. The rights and remedies with respect to Debtor and the Collateral, whether established hereby or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law, shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided under any other agreement, instrument or document to which Debtor is a party or by which it or any of the Collateral is bound or by law or equity.

5. LICENSE. Debtor grants to Secured Party, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, a fully paid and royalty free license, exercisable only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to use any and all of the Intellectual Property Collateral as may be reasonably necessary to permit the exercise of any of Secured Party’s rights or remedies with respect to any of the Collateral.

6. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Debtor will upon request promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that Secured Party may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect and maintain the priority of the security interest granted by this Agreement and to enable Secured Party to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies under this Agreement.

7. WAIVERS. Debtor hereby waives (a) the right to require Secured Party to proceed against any other person or against any other collateral it may hold; (b) presentment, protest and notice of protest, demand and notice of nonpayment, demand of performance, notice of sale, and advertisement of sale, (c) following an Event of Default, any right to the benefit of or to direct the application of any of the Collateral until the obligations of Debtor shall have been paid in full, and (d) any defenses which may arise by reason of, or be based on, lack of diligence in collection.

8. ATTORNEYS’ FEES. Debtor agrees to pay the costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, which may be incurred by Secured Party in connection with the negotiation, administration and enforcement of this Agreement and the protection of a Secured Party’s rights hereunder, whether or not legal action is instituted or filed.

9. No Waiver. Any acceptance of partial or delinquent payments or failure of Secured Party to exercise any right shall not waive any obligation of Debtor or right of Secured Party or modify this Agreement or waive any similar default.

 

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10. ASSIGNABILITY. Secured Party may assign its rights under this Agreement and in the Collateral to anyone at any time. This Agreement shall be binding on Debtor and its successors and assigns, and shall benefit Secured Party and its successors and assigns.

11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein and therein contain the entire security agreement between Secured Party and Debtor. This Agreement may only be amended, waived, discharged or terminated by a written instrument signed by the Company and Secured Party.

12. CHOICE OF LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles.

13. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided, all notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, shall be effective when given, and shall in any event be deemed to be given upon receipt or, if earlier, (i) five (5) days after deposit with the U.S. postal service or other applicable postal service, if delivered by first class mail, postage prepaid, (ii) upon delivery, if delivered by hand, (iii) one (1) business day after the day of deposit with Federal Express or similar overnight courier, freight prepaid, if delivered by overnight courier or (iv) one (1) business day after the day of facsimile transmission, if delivered by facsimile transmission with copy by first class mail, postage prepaid, and shall be addressed, (a) if to Secured Party, at Secured Party’s address set forth below its signature, or (b) if to Debtor, at its address as set forth below, or at such other address of Debtor or Secured Party as such party shall have furnished the other in writing:

14. INDEMNITY. Debtor hereby indemnifies Secured Party, its principals and agents (the “Indemnified Parties”) for, and agrees to protect and hold each of them harmless from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees), causes of action, suits, claims, demands and judgments of any nature or description whatsoever, which may at any time be imposed upon, incurred by or awarded against any Indemnified Party (other than as a result of such Indemnified Party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) as a result of the occurrence of any one or more of the following: (a) the grant to Secured Party of any interest in or to any of the Collateral, and (b) any infringement or claim of infringement by any person or entity with respect to any of the Intellectual Property Collateral, or any claim that any of the Intellectual Property Collateral misappropriates any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property right of any third party, or breaches any agreement of Debtor with any third party.

15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be contrary to public policy or shall for any reason be held to be invalid, then such provision or provisions shall be deemed to be separable from the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and shall in no way affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

16. HEADINGS. Captions and headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be deemed part of this Agreement.

17. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which when taken together shall constitute one document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor has executed and delivered this Agreement in favor of Secured Party as of the day and year first above written.

 

DEBTOR
NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ STEVEN J. MURPHY

  Steven J. Murphy
Its:   Chief Financial Officer
Address: 1501 Industrial Road
               San Carlos, CA 94070

 

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EXHIBIT A

Copyrights

None


EXHIBIT B

Patents

 

BI

Docket #

  

U.S.

Serial #

  

U.S. Filing

Date

   Type*    U.S. Status   

Description


EXHIBIT C

Trademarks

 

Mark

  

Registered Owner

  

Registration/

Application

Number

  

Registration/

Application

Date


EXHIBIT D

Commercial Tort Claims

None


EXHIBIT E

Existing Financing Statements

None

 

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EX-31.1 5 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION OF PEO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certification of PEO Pursuant to Section 302

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, James B. Hawkins, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Natus Medical Incorporated;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2006

 

/s/ JAMES B. HAWKINS

James B. Hawkins
President and Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 6 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION OF PFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certification of PFO Pursuant to Section 302

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Steven J. Murphy, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Natus Medical Incorporated;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2006

 

/s/ STEVEN J. MURPHY

Steven J. Murphy
Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 7 dex321.htm CERTIFICATION OF PEO AND PFO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 Certification of PEO and PFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Natus Medical Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James B. Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ JAMES B. HAWKINS

Print Name:   James B. Hawkins
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   November 9, 2006

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Natus Medical Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Steven J. Murphy, Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ STEVEN J. MURPHY

Print Name:   Steven J. Murphy
Title:  

Vice President Finance and

Chief Financial Officer

Date:   November 9, 2006
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