Revenues from our continuing operations for the three months ended
June 30, 2007 were $20.4 million, an increase of 12.2% compared to
revenues of $18.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006.
Excluding the impact of foreign exchange rate changes, revenue grew
approximately 8.6% during the three months ended June 30, 2007
compared to the same period in 2006. Income from continuing
operations, as measured under U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles ("GAAP"), was $2.0 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for
the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $1.8 million, or
$0.06 per diluted share, for the same period in 2006. Non-GAAP
adjusted income from continuing operations was $2.4 million, or $0.08
per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared
to $2.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the same period in
2006. See Exhibits 3, 4 and 5 for reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP
adjusted income from continuing operations, GAAP earnings per diluted
share from continuing operations to non-GAAP adjusted earnings per
diluted share from continuing operations and changes in revenues
excluding foreign exchange fluctuations.
Revenues from our continuing operations for the six months ended
June 30, 2007 were $39.5 million, an increase of 11.2% compared to
revenues of $35.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.
Excluding the impact of foreign exchange rate changes, revenue grew
approximately 6.9% during the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared
to the same period in 2006. Income from continuing operations, as
measured under GAAP, was $3.8 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for
the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $3.4 million, or $0.11
per diluted share, for the same period in 2006. Non-GAAP adjusted
income from continuing operations was $4.6 million, or $0.15 per
diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $4.0
million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the same period in 2006. See
Exhibits 3, 4 and 5 for reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP adjusted
income from continuing operations, GAAP earnings per diluted share
from continuing operations to non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted
share from continuing operations and changes in revenues excluding
foreign exchange fluctuations.
"Our revenue growth during the second quarter of 2007 was
primarily driven by the strong performance of our Harvard Apparatus
subsidiaries primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and
Canada. Also contributing to this growth was the strong market demand
for our new spectrophotometers sold by our Biochrom subsidiary and
plate readers sold by our Asys subsidiary," said Chane Graziano, CEO
of Harvard Bioscience.
"As we look forward to the third quarter of 2007, based on current
economic trends, we anticipate generating revenues between $19.0 and
$20.0 million and reporting non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted
share from continuing operations between $0.07 and $0.08. Also based
on these trends, our full year guidance remains unchanged as we expect
to generate revenue between $80.0 and $83.0 million and report
non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing
operations between $0.29 and $0.31," continued Chane Graziano, CEO of
Harvard Bioscience.
This non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing
operations guidance excludes amortization of intangible assets, the
impact of potential acquisitions in 2007, the impact of stock-based
compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123R, and the impact of
tax benefits associated with filing consolidated tax returns for
continuing and discontinued businesses. See the table below for a
reconciliation of our estimated non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted
share from continuing operations to our estimated GAAP adjusted
earnings per diluted share from continuing operations.
Reconciliation of Guidance for US GAAP Earnings per Diluted Share From
Continuing Operations to Adjusted Non-GAAP Earnings per Diluted Share
From Continuing Operations
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Year Ended
September 30, 2007 December 31, 2007
Low High Low High
Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate
Non-GAAP adjusted diluted
earnings per common share
from continuing operations -
A $ 0.07 $ 0.08 $ 0.29 $ 0.31
Less the impact of:
Amortization of intangible
assets, net of tax - A (0.01) (0.01) (0.04) (0.04)
Stock-based compensation (SFAS
No. 123R), net of tax - B (0.01) (0.01) (0.06) (0.06)
Tax benefits of filing
consolidated tax returns for
continuing and discontinued
businesses - C 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04
--------- --------- --------- ---------
Diluted earnings per common
share from continuing
operations - A $ 0.06 $ 0.07 $ 0.23 $ 0.25
========= ========= ========= =========
A - Assumes no additional acquisitions.
B - Assumes no additional 2007 stock option grants.
C - Does not include the tax impact of completing the divestiture of
our Capital Equipment Business.
Operating Results for Continuing Operations
Three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to three months ended
June 30, 2006:
Revenues increased $2.2 million, or 12.2%, to $20.4 million for
the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $18.2 million for the
same period in 2006. Excluding the impact of foreign exchange,
revenues increased $1.6 million, or 8.6%. The revenue increase was
primarily derived from our cell biology equipment sold by our Harvard
Apparatus businesses, the impact of new spectrophotometers sold by our
Biochrom subsidiary, increased sales of plate readers at our Asys
subsidiary and the impact of our recently acquired Anthos product
lines. In addition, revenue growth was strong internationally,
particularly in Europe. The foreign exchange impact on sales
denominated in foreign currencies was $0.6 million, or 3.6%, during
the second quarter of 2007.
Cost of product revenues increased $1.5 million, or 16.6%, to
$10.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 from $8.9
million for the three months ended June 30, 2006. The increase in cost
of product revenues was mainly due to increased sales volumes in the
second quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. Gross
profit as a percentage of revenues decreased to 48.9% for the three
months ended June 30, 2007 compared with 50.8% for the same period in
2006. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of revenues was
primarily due to a higher proportion of sales from our lower margin
products, primarily from our Anthos product lines.
Sales and marketing expenses increased $0.2 million, or 8.4%, to
$2.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $2.4
million for the three months ended June 30, 2006. This increase is
primarily due to an increase in foreign exchange rates of $0.1
million, commissions due to higher sales volumes and other employee
related costs of $0.1 million.
General and administrative expenses were $3.5 million, an increase
of $0.1 million, or 4.1%, for the three months ended June 30, 2007
compared to $3.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006. The
increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily due to an
increase in foreign exchange rates of $0.1 million and stock-based
compensation of $0.2 million offset by a decrease in professional fees
of approximately $0.2 million.
Research and development expenses were $0.9 million, an increase
of $0.1 million, or 14.9%, for the three months ended June 30, 2007
compared to $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006. The
increase in research and development expenses is primarily due to an
increase in employee and other costs associated with recent product
introductions.
Six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to six months ended June
30, 2006:
Revenues increased $4.0 million, or 11.2%, to $39.5 million for
the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $35.6 million for the
same period in 2006. Excluding the impact of foreign exchange,
revenues increased $2.4 million, or 6.9%. The revenue increase was
primarily derived from our core physiology and cell biology equipment
sold by our Harvard Apparatus businesses, the impact of new
spectrophotometers sold by our Biochrom subsidiary, increased sales of
plate readers at our Asys subsidiary and the impact of our recently
acquired Anthos product lines. The foreign exchange impact on sales
denominated in foreign currencies was $1.4 million, or 4.3%, during
the six months ended June 30, 2007.
Cost of product revenues increased $2.7 million, or 15.4%, to
$20.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $17.4
million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. The increase in cost
of product revenues was mainly due to increased sales volumes in the
first six months of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. Gross
profit as a percentage of revenues decreased to 49.1% for the six
months ended June 30, 2007 compared with 51.0% for the same period in
2006. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of revenues was
primarily due to a higher proportion of sales from our lower margin
products, primarily from our Anthos product lines.
Sales and marketing expenses increased $0.4 million, or 8.3%, to
$5.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to $4.6
million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase is
primarily due to an increase in foreign exchange rates of $0.2
million, commissions due to higher sales volumes and other employee
related costs of $0.2 million.
General and administrative expenses were $6.9 million, an increase
of $0.3 million, or 5.3%, for the six months ended June 30, 2007
compared to $6.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. The
increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily due to an
increase in foreign exchange rates of $0.2 million, stock-based
compensation of $0.2 million and bonus of $0.1 million offset by a
decrease in professional fees of $0.2 million.
Research and development expenses were $1.7 million, an increase
of $0.2 million, or 13.6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2007
compared to $1.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. The
increase in research and development expenses is primarily due to an
increase in foreign exchange rates of $0.1 million and costs
associated with recent product introductions of $0.1 million.
Balance Sheet
We ended the second quarter of 2007 with cash and cash equivalents
of $10.0 million compared to cash and cash equivalents of $9.8 million
at December 31, 2006. As of June 30, 2007, $9.0 million was held by
our continuing operations and $1.0 million was held by our
discontinued operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2007, we
repaid $2.8 million on our revolving credit facility bringing down the
amount outstanding as of June 30, 2007 to $0.2 million compared to
$3.0 million at December 31, 2006.
Accounts receivable were $13.1 million and inventories were $12.7
million as of June 30, 2007. Outstanding days of sales were 59 days
for the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to 57 days for the
same period of 2006. Outstanding days of sales increased primarily due
to an increase in international customers who generally pay slower.
Inventory turns were 3.4 times for the three months ended June 30,
2007 compared to 3.6 times for the same period of 2006. Inventory
turns are down primarily due to the building of inventories in
anticipation of certain new product launches set for the third quarter
of 2007.
Discontinued Operations
During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company announced
plans to divest its Capital Equipment Business segment. The decision
to divest this business segment was based on the fact that market
conditions for the Capital Equipment Business have been such that this
business has not met the Company's expectations and the decision to
focus Company resources on the Apparatus and Instrumentation Business
segment. As a result, we began reporting the Capital Equipment
Business segment as a discontinued operation in the third quarter of
2005. The loss from discontinued operations, net of tax was
approximately $3.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007
compared to a loss of $2.1 million for the same period in 2006. The
loss from discontinued operations, net of tax was approximately $5.0
million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to a loss of
$3.2 million for the same period in 2006. During the quarter ended
June 30, 2007, the Company utilized the terms of a proposed agreement
to purchase substantially all of the assets that comprise the Capital
Equipment Business segment to re-evaluate the fair value less costs to
sell these assets. The proposed agreement included contingent
consideration from an earn-out agreement for which no value has been
ascribed since realization is not assured. Based on management's
evaluation, additional asset impairment charges of approximately $2.9
million were recorded during the three and six months ended June 30,
2007.
The above proposed agreement is not a definitive agreement for the
sale of the Capital Equipment Business segment. There can be no
assurances that the Company will sell this portion of its Capital
Equipment Business segment pursuant to the terms of this proposed
agreement or at all. We will provide an update on the status of the
divestiture of the Capital Equipment Business segment during our
conference call later this afternoon.
Conference Call Details
As previously announced, management will host a conference call to
address second quarter results and business highlights and outlook,
which will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet and can be
accessed through the Harvard Bioscience, Inc. web site. In addition,
management may answer one or more questions concerning business and
financial developments and trends and other business and financial
matters affecting the Company, some of the responses to which may
contain information that has not been previously disclosed. The
conference call will begin at 5:30 p.m. Boston time on Thursday,
August 2, 2007. To listen to the conference call, log on to our
website at: www.harvardbioscience.com and click on the Earnings Call
icon. The live conference call is also accessible by dialing
888.679.8018 and referencing the pass code of "82501429." This
earnings release, as well as any material financial and other
statistical information presented on the call which is not included in
this earnings release, is available on our website by clicking on the
Press Releases icon. If you are unable to listen to the live
conference call, the call, this press release and any related
financial or statistical information will be archived on our web site
under the Press Releases icon or Earnings Call icon, as appropriate.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In this press release, we have included non-GAAP financial
information including adjusted income from continuing operations,
adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations and
revenue growth excluding foreign exchange. We believe that this
non-GAAP financial information provides investors with an enhanced
understanding of the underlying operations of the business. For the
periods presented, these non-GAAP financial measures of income have
excluded certain expenses primarily resulting from purchase accounting
or events that we do not believe are related to the underlying
operations of the business such as amortization of intangibles related
to acquisitions, fair value adjustments of inventory and backlog
related to acquisitions, restructuring expenses, discontinued
operations and stock-based compensation expense, all net of tax. They
also exclude the tax benefits of filing consolidated tax returns for
continuing and discontinued businesses. We believe that revenue
excluding foreign exchange provides useful information to investors by
enabling them to evaluate growth in our business, excluding the impact
of change in foreign exchange rates. This non-GAAP financial
information approximates information used by our management to
internally evaluate the operating results of the Company. Tabular
reconciliations of our non-GAAP adjusted income and earnings per
diluted share from continuing operations for the three months ended
June 30, 2007 and 2006, and our revenue growth excluding the impact of
foreign exchange for the quarters ending March 31, 2006 through June
30, 2007, the year ended December 31, 2006 and the six months ended
June 30, 2007 compared to the corresponding periods ending from the
prior year to the comparable GAAP financial information is included
below in this press release.
The non-GAAP financial information provided in this press release
should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the
financial information provided and presented in accordance with GAAP.
About Harvard Bioscience
Harvard Bioscience is a global developer, manufacturer, and
marketer of a broad range of specialized products, primarily
scientific instruments and apparatus, used to advance life science
research at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities
and government laboratories worldwide. HBIO sells its products to
thousands of researchers in over 100 countries, through its 1,100 page
catalog (and various other specialty catalogs), its website and
through its distributors, including GE Healthcare, Thermo Fisher
Scientific and VWR. HBIO has sales and manufacturing operations in the
United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria with
additional facilities in France and Canada. For more information,
please visit www.harvardbioscience.com.
This press release contains, and our conference call may contain,
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal
securities laws. You can identify these statements by our use of the
words "guidance," "expects," "plans," "estimates," "projects,"
"intends," "believes" and similar expressions that do not relate to
historical matters. Forward-looking statements in this press release
or that may be made during our conference call may include, but are
not limited to, statements or inferences about the Company's or
management's beliefs or expectations, the Company's anticipated future
revenues and earnings, the strength of the Company's market position
and business model, the impact of acquisitions, the outlook for the
life sciences industry, the Company's business strategy, the
positioning of the Company for growth, the market demand and
opportunity for the Company's products, and the Company's plans,
objectives and intentions that are not historical facts.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause the Company's
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements include the Company's inability to complete the divestiture
of its Capital Equipment Business segment on attractive terms, the
potential loss of business at the Company's Capital Equipment Business
segment relating to the Company's decision to divest this business,
unanticipated costs or expenses related to the divestiture of the
Capital Equipment Business segment, the Company's failure to
successfully integrate acquired businesses or technologies, expand its
product offerings, introduce new products or commercialize new
technologies, unanticipated costs relating to acquisitions, decreased
demand for the Company's products due to changes in its customers'
needs, financial position, general economic outlook, or other
circumstances, overall economic trends, the timing of our customers'
capital equipment purchases and the seasonal nature of purchasing in
Europe, our potential misinterpretation of trends of our capital
equipment product lines due to the cyclical nature of this market,
economic, political and other risks associated with international
revenues and operations, additional costs of complying with recent
changes in regulatory rules applicable to public companies, our
ability to manage our growth, our ability to retain key personnel,
competition from our competitors, technological changes resulting in
our products becoming obsolete, our ability to meet the financial
covenants contained in our credit facility, our ability to protect our
intellectual property and operate without infringing on others'
intellectual property, potential costs of any lawsuits to protect or
enforce our intellectual property, economic and political conditions
generally and those affecting pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industries, impact of any impairment of our goodwill or intangible
assets, and our acquisition of Genomic Solutions failing to qualify as
a tax-free reorganization for federal tax purposes, plus factors
described under the heading "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
or described in the Company's other public filings. The Company's
results may also be affected by factors of which the Company is not
currently aware. The Company may not update these forward-looking
statements, even though its situation may change in the future, unless
it has obligations under the federal securities laws to update and
disclose material developments related to previously disclosed
information.
For investor inquiries, please call (508) 893-8066. Press releases
may be found on our web site, http://www.harvardbioscience.com.
Exhibit 1
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
(Unaudited, in thousands)
June 30, December 31,
2007 2006
----------- ------------
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 8,969 $ 9,357
Trade receivables 13,099 13,323
Inventories 12,728 10,743
Property, plant and equipment 4,731 4,610
Goodwill and other intangibles 33,965 34,419
Other assets 3,213 3,464
Assets of discontinued operations - held
for sale 13,614 17,312
----------- ------------
Total assets $ 90,319 $ 93,228
=========== ============
Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity
Current liabilities - continuing operations $ 8,712 $ 9,618
Current liabilities - discontinued
operations 5,066 5,066
----------- ------------
Total current liabilities 13,778 14,684
Total liabilities 17,664 21,345
Stockholders' equity 72,655 71,883
----------- ------------
Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $ 90,319 $ 93,228
=========== ============
Exhibit 2
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006
--------- -------- -------- --------
Revenues $ 20,410 $18,187 $39,525 $35,557
Cost of product revenues 10,426 8,945 20,120 17,435
--------- -------- -------- --------
Gross profit 9,984 9,242 19,405 18,122
--------- -------- -------- --------
Sales and marketing expenses 2,553 2,356 5,023 4,637
General and administrative
expenses 3,544 3,405 6,947 6,600
Research and development expenses 888 773 1,732 1,524
Amortization of intangible assets 444 418 886 830
--------- -------- -------- --------
Total operating expenses 7,429 6,952 14,588 13,591
--------- -------- -------- --------
Operating income 2,555 2,290 4,817 4,531
--------- -------- -------- --------
Other income (expense):
Foreign exchange 21 99 45 114
Interest expense (107) (161) (168) (304)
Interest income 84 55 140 95
Other, net (5) (32) (11) (59)
--------- -------- -------- --------
Other income (expense), net (7) (39) 6 (154)
--------- -------- -------- --------
Income from continuing operations
before income taxes 2,548 2,251 4,823 4,377
Income taxes 533 466 1,066 984
--------- -------- -------- --------
Income from continuing operations 2,015 1,785 3,757 3,393
Discontinued operations, net of
tax (3,781) (2,109) (5,027) (3,177)
--------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss) $ (1,766) $ (324) $(1,270) $ 216
========= ======== ======== ========
Income (loss) per share:
Basic earnings per common share
from continuing operations $ 0.07 $ 0.06 $ 0.12 $ 0.11
Discontinued operations (0.12) (0.07) (0.16) (0.10)
--------- -------- -------- --------
Basic earnings (loss) per common
share $ (0.06) $ (0.01) $ (0.04) $ 0.01
========= ======== ======== ========
Diluted earnings per common
share from continuing
operations $ 0.06 $ 0.06 $ 0.12 $ 0.11
Discontinued operations (0.12) (0.07) (0.16) (0.10)
--------- -------- -------- --------
Diluted earnings (loss) per
common share $ (0.06) $ (0.01) $ (0.04) $ 0.01
========= ======== ======== ========
Weighted average common shares:
Basic 30,588 30,506 30,578 30,499
========= ======== ======== ========
Diluted 31,437 31,039 31,416 31,095
========= ======== ======== ========
Exhibit 3
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Reconciliation of US GAAP Income from Continuing Operations to Non-
GAAP Adjusted Income from Continuing Operations
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006
--------------------------- --------
US GAAP income from continuing
operations $ 2,015 $1,785 $ 3,757 $ 3,393
Adjustments:
Amortization of intangible assets 444 418 886 830
Stock-based compensation expense 576 415 1,018 821
Income taxes (A) (590) (572) (1,100) (1,052)
---------- ------- -------- --------
Non-GAAP adjusted income from
continuing operations $ 2,445 $2,046 $ 4,561 $ 3,992
========== ======= ======== ========
(A) Income taxes includes the tax effect of adjusting for the
amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation. It
also excludes the tax benefits of filing consolidated tax returns for
continuing and discontinued businesses.
Exhibit 4
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Reconciliation of US GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Common Share from
Continuing Operations to Non-GAAP Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per
Common Share from Continuing Operations
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2007 2006 2007 2006
--------------------------- -------
US GAAP diluted earnings per
common share from continuing
operations $ 0.06 $ 0.06 $ 0.12 $ 0.11
Adjustments:
Amortization of intangible assets 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.03
Stock-based compensation expense 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.02
Income Taxes (A) (0.02) (0.01) (0.04) (0.03)
---------- ------- -------- -------
Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings
per common share from continuing
operations $ 0.08 $ 0.07 $ 0.15 $ 0.13
========== ======= ======== =======
(A) Income taxes includes the tax effect of adjusting for the
amortization of intangible assets and stock-based compensation. It
also excludes the tax benefits of filing consolidated tax returns for
continuing and discontinued businesses.
Exhibit 5
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Reconciliation of Changes In Total Revenue Compared to the Same Period
of the Prior Year (Continuing Operations)
(unaudited)
For For the
the Three Six
For the Three Months Year Months Months
Ended Ended Ended Ended
------------------------ ------------------ -------
March June Sept. Dec. Dec. March June June
31, 30, 30, 31, 31, 31, 30, 30,
2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007
----- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- -------
Organic growth 11.9% 11.2% 3.7% 7.8% 8.5% -2.7% 4.4% 1.0%
Acquisitions 0.0% 0.0% 3.6% 7.6% 2.9% 7.7% 4.2% 5.9%
Foreign exchange
effect -4.2% 0.5% 3.0% 6.1% 1.6% 5.0% 3.6% 4.3%
----- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- -------
Total revenue
growth 7.7% 11.7% 10.3% 21.5% 13.0% 10.0% 12.2% 11.2%
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