UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30,December 31, 2014

or

 

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

For the transition period from                    to                    

Commission File Number: 0-23837

 

 

SurModics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

MINNESOTA 41-1356149

(State of

incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

9924 West 74th Street

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (952) 500-7000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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

 

Large accelerated filer ¨  Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company ¨

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 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.05 par value per share, outstanding as of July 31, 2014January 30, 2015 was 13,596,744.12,939,333.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION 3  

Item 1.

Financial Statements 3  

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 2119  

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 2925  

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures 2926  
PART II.OTHER INFORMATION 3027  

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings 3027  

Item 1A.

Risk Factors 3027  

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 3027  

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities 3028  

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures 3028  

Item 5.

Other Information 3028  

Item 6.

Exhibits 3128  
SIGNATURES 

EX-12

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EX-10.3

EX-10.4

EX-10.5

EX-12

EX-31.1

EX-31.2

EX-32.1

EX-32.2

EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT

EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT

EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCMENT

EX-31.2

EX-32.1

EX-32.2

EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT

EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT

EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

EX-101 LABEL LINKBASE DOCUMENT

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

SurModics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

  June 30,
2014
   September
30, 2013
   December 31,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
(in thousands, except share and per share data)  (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 

ASSETS

        

Current Assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

  $39,729    $15,495    $26,560    $43,511  

Available-for-sale securities

   882     10,212     4,125     3,040  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $53 and $26 as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively

   5,176     5,332  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $30 and $42 as of December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively

   4,442     4,751  

Inventories

   2,900     3,328     2,829     2,817  

Deferred tax assets

   321     506     360     394  

Prepaids and other

   1,718     860     712     751  

Current assets of discontinued operations

   85     46     —       16  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Current Assets

   50,811     35,779     39,028    55,280  

Property and equipment, net

   12,710     12,845     12,674    13,133  

Available-for-sale securities

   16,497     32,397     16,933    16,823  

Deferred tax assets

   6,392     6,038     5,741    6,718  

Intangible assets, net

   3,131     3,688     2,760    2,946  

Goodwill

   8,010     8,010     8,010    8,010  

Other assets, net

   3,166     3,166     1,979    1,979  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Assets

  $100,717    $101,923    $87,125   $104,889  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

        

Current Liabilities:

        

Accounts payable

  $1,400    $954    $1,529   $1,028  

Accrued liabilities:

        

Compensation

   1,756     2,271     902     2,061  

Accrued other

   844     1,149     1,056     881  

Share repurchase accrual

   —       1,004  

Deferred revenue

   41     43     52     52  

Restructuring and other current liabilities

   2     416  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

   75     139     —       45  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

   4,118     5,976     3,539     4,067  

Deferred revenue, less current portion

   149     160     213     226  

Other long-term liabilities

   1,779     1,970     1,722     1,845  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Liabilities

   6,046     8,106     5,474     6,138  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 17)

    

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 16)

    

Stockholders’ Equity:

        

Series A Preferred stock- $.05 par value, 450,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

   —       —       —       —    

Common stock- $.05 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized; 13,594,564 and 13,891,402 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

   680     695  

Common stock- $.05 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized; 12,938,433 and 13,606,545 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

   647     680  

Additional paid-in capital

   2,419     2,028     729     2,662  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   36     58     446     1,528  

Retained earnings

   91,536     91,036     79,829     93,881  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

   94,671     93,817     81,651     98,751  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

  $100,717    $101,923    $87,125    $104,889  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

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

SurModics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Nine Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
  2014 2013 2014 2013   2014 2013 
(In thousands, except per share data)  (Unaudited) (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 

Revenue:

        

Royalties and license fees

  $7,385   $7,827   $22,179   $22,294    $7,275  $7,465  

Product sales

   6,067   5,577   16,632   16,688     5,847  5,400  

Research and development

   1,164   885   3,292   2,853     1,083  1,018  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total revenue

   14,616    14,289    42,103    41,835     14,205   13,883  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

        

Product costs

   2,037    1,990    5,737    5,894     1,902   2,004  

Research and development

   3,655    4,009    11,488    11,145     3,576   3,699  

Selling, general and administrative

   3,591    4,052    11,736    11,552     3,693   3,851  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

   9,283    10,051    28,961    28,591     9,171    9,554  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Operating income from continuing operations

   5,333    4,238    13,142    13,244  

Operating income

   5,034    4,329  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Other income (loss):

     

Other income:

   

Investment income, net

   42    60    194    187     57   86  

Impairment loss on strategic investment

   —      —      —      (129

Gain on sales of strategic investments

   28    —      709    119  

Other income, net

   —      2    125    1,341  

Gain on sale of strategic investment

   —      681  

Other losses, net

   (7  —    
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Other income, net

   70    62    1,028    1,518  

Other income

   50   767  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

   5,403    4,300    14,170    14,762  

Income before income taxes

   5,084   5,096  

Income tax provision

   (1,729  (1,122  (4,407  (3,916   (1,470)  (1,466
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Income from continuing operations

   3,674    3,178    9,763    10,846  

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   (76  (47  (76  635  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net income

  $3,598   $3,131   $9,687   $11,481    $3,614  $3,630  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Basic income (loss) per share:

     

Continuing operations

  $0.27   $0.22   $0.72   $0.74  

Discontinued operations

   (0.01  0.00    (0.01  0.04  

Net income

  $0.26   $0.22   $0.71   $0.79  

Diluted income (loss) per share:

     

Continuing operations

  $0.27   $0.22   $0.70   $0.73  

Discontinued operations

   (0.01  0.00    (0.01  0.04  

Net income

  $0.26   $0.21   $0.70   $0.77  

Basic net income per share

  $0.27   $0.26  

Diluted net income per share

  $0.27   $0.26  

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

        

Basic

   13,585    14,413    13,639    14,563     13,225   13,756  

Diluted

   13,813    14,739    13,891    14,823     13,423    14,009  

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

SurModics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

 

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2014   2013  2014  2013 
(In thousands)  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited) 

Net income

  $3,598    $3,131   $9,687   $11,481  

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

      

Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities arising during the period

   46     (158  62    158  

Reclassification adjustment for realized gains included in net income

   —       (1  (84  (230
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

   46     (159  (22  (72
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

  $3,644    $2,972   $9,665   $11,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2014  2013 
(In thousands)  (Unaudited) 

Net income

  $3,614   $3,630  

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

   

Unrealized holding losses on available-for-sale securities arising during the period

   (1,089  (33

Reclassification adjustment for realized losses included in net income

   7    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

   (1,082  (33
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

  $2,532   $3,597  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

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

SurModics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

  Nine Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
  2014 2013   2014 2013 
(in thousands)  (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 

Operating Activities:

      

Net income

  $9,687   $11,481    $3,614   $3,630  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations:

      

Loss (income) from discontinued operations

   76   (635

Depreciation and amortization

   2,054   2,174     683   697  

Stock-based compensation

   3,043   1,983     525   813  

Deferred taxes

   (98 34  

Gain on sales of available-for-sale securities and strategic investments

   (835 (1,460

Impairment loss on investments

   —     129  

Excess tax (benefit) deficiency from stock-based compensation plans

   (452 252  

Change in operating assets and liabilities, excluding the impact from discontinued operations:

   

Deferred tax

   1,025   395  

Loss (gain) on sales of available-for-sale securities, net and strategic investment

   7   (681

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation plans

   (453 (690

Other

   (39  —    

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

   

Accounts receivable

   156   333     309   222  

Inventories

   428   314     (12 496  

Prepaids and other

   (114 (305   (34 62  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   (919 (876   (508 (1,641

Income taxes

   (560 (1,520   413   947  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

   12,466    11,904     5,530    4,250  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investing Activities:

      

Purchases of property and equipment

   (1,165  (1,448   (41  (56

Cash proceeds from sales of property and equipment

   41    —    

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

   (132,648  (34,599   (3,252  (2,938

Sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities

   157,970    34,487     973    2,867  

Cash received from sales of strategic investments

   708    2,286  

Cash transferred to discontinued operations

   (239  (118   (45  (13

Cash received from sale of a strategic investment

   —      681  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities from continuing operations

   24,626    608  

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities from continuing operations

   (2,324  541  
  

 

  

 

 
  

 

  

 

 

Financing Activities:

      

Excess tax benefit (deficiency) from stock-based compensation plans

   452    (252

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation plans

   453    690  

Issuance of common stock

   348    273     115    61  

Repurchase of common stock

   (12,544  (10,323   (20,000  (9,424

Purchase of common stock to pay employee taxes

   (1,114  (39   (725  (1,097
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations

   (12,858  (10,341   (20,157  (9,770
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by continuing operations

   24,234    2,171  

Net cash used in continuing operations

   (16,951  (4,979
  

 

  

 

 
  

 

  

 

 

Discontinued Operations:

      

Net cash used in operating activities

   (239  (118   (45  (13

Net cash provided by financing activities

   239    118     45    13  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

   —      —       —      —    
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

   24,234    2,171     (16,951  (4,979

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

      

Beginning of period

   15,495    15,540     43,511    15,495  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

End of period

  $39,729   $17,711    $26,560   $10,516  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Supplemental Information:

      

Cash paid for income taxes

  $4,860   $5,257    $31   $124  

Noncash transactions – acquisition of property and equipment on account

  $224   $19    $12   $123  

Noncash transactions – issuance of performance shares, restricted and deferred stock units

  $3,007   $—    

Noncash transactions – share repurchase accrual

  $—     $513  

Noncash transactions – issuance of shares associated with long-term incentive plan

  $2,063   $2,756  

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

SurModics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Period Ended June 30,December 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

1.Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”) (“GAAP”) and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments, needed to fairly present the financial results of SurModics, Inc. and subsidiaries (“SurModics” or the “Company”) for the periods presented. These financial statements include some amounts that are based on management’s best estimates and judgments. These estimates may be adjusted as more information becomes available, and any adjustment could be significant. The impact of any change in estimates is included in the determination of earnings in the period in which the change in estimate is identified. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire 20142015 fiscal year.

In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Company has omitted footnote disclosures that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements of the Company. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013,2014, and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on December 11, 2013.5, 2014.

2. Key Accounting Policies

2.Key Accounting Policies

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when all of the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) shipment has occurred or delivery has occurred if the terms specify destination; (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. When there are additional performance requirements, revenue is recognized when all such requirements have been satisfied. Under revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables, the Company recognizes each separable deliverable as it is earned.

The Company derives its revenue from three primary sources: (1) royalties and license fees from licensing its proprietary drug delivery and surface modification technologies andin vitrodiagnostic formats to customers; (2) the sale of reagent chemicals to licensees and the sale of stabilization products, antigens, substrates and surface coatings to the diagnostic and biomedical research markets; and (3) research and commercial development fees generated on customer projects.

Royalties and license fees. The Company licenses technology to third parties and collects royalties. Royalty revenue is generated when a customer sells products incorporating the Company’s licensed technologies. Royalty revenue is recognized as licensees report it to the Company, and payment is typically submitted concurrently with the report. For stand-alone license agreements, up-front license fees are recognized over the term of the related licensing agreement. Minimum royalty fees are recognized in the period earned.

Revenue related to a performance milestone is recognized upon the achievement of the milestone, as defined in the respective agreements and provided the following conditions have been met:

 

The milestone payment is non-refundable;

 

The milestone involved a significant degree of risk, and was not reasonably assured at the inception of the arrangement;

 

Accomplishment of the milestone involved substantial effort;

 

The amount of the milestone payment is commensurate with the related effort and risk; and

 

A reasonable amount of time passed between the initial license payment and the first and subsequent milestone payments.

If these conditions have not been met, the milestone payment is deferred and recognized over the term of the agreement.

Product sales. Product sales to third parties consist of direct and distributor sales and are recognized at the time of shipment. The Company’s sales terms provide no right of return outside of the standard warranty policy. Payment terms are generally set at 30-45 days.

Research and development. The Company performs third-party research and development activities, which are typically provided on a time and materials basis. Generally, revenue for research and development is recorded as performance progresses under the applicable contract.

Arrangements with multiple deliverables. Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables require the Company to:

(i) disclose whether multiple deliverables exist, how the deliverables in an arrangement should be separated, and how the consideration should be allocated;

(ii) allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices (“ESP”) of deliverables if a vendor does not have vendor-specific objective evidence of selling price (“VSOE”) or third-party evidence of selling price (“TPE”); and

(iii) allocate revenue using the relative selling price method.

The Company accounts for revenue using a multiple attribution model in which consideration allocated to research and development activities is recognized as performed, and milestone payments are recognized when the milestone events are achieved, when such activities and milestones are deemed substantive. Accordingly, in situations where a unit of accounting includes both a license and research and development activities, and when a license does not have stand-alone value, the Company applies a multiple attribution model in which consideration allocated to the license is recognized ratably, consideration allocated to research and development activities is recognized as performed and milestone payments are recognized when the milestone events are achieved, when such activities and milestones are deemed substantive.

The Company enters into license and development arrangements that may consist of multiple deliverables which could include a license(s) to SurModics’ technology, research and development activities, manufacturing services, and product sales based on the needs of its customers. For example, a customer may enter into an arrangement to obtain a license to SurModics’ intellectual property which may also include research and development activities, and supply of products manufactured by SurModics. For these services provided, SurModics could receive upfront license fees upon signing of an agreement and granting the license, fees for research and development activities as such activities are performed, milestone payments contingent upon advancement of the product through development and clinical stages to successful commercialization, fees for manufacturing services and supply of product, and royalty payments based on customer sales of product incorporating SurModics’ technology. The Company’s license and development arrangements generally do not have refund provisions if the customer cancels or terminates the agreement. Typically all payments made are non-refundable.

The Company is required to evaluate each deliverable in a multiple element arrangement for separability. The Company is then required to allocate revenue to each separate deliverable using a hierarchy of VSOE, TPE, or ESP. In many instances, the Company is not able to establish VSOE for all deliverables in an arrangement with multiple elements. This may be a result of the Company infrequently selling each element separately or having a limited history with multiple element arrangements. When VSOE cannot be established, the Company attempts to establish a selling price of each element based on TPE. TPE is determined based on competitor prices for similar deliverables when sold separately.

When the Company is unable to establish a selling price using VSOE or TPE, the Company uses ESP in its allocation of arrangement consideration. The objective of ESP is to determine the price at which the Company would transact a sale if the product or service were sold on a stand-alone basis. ESP is generally used for highly customized offerings.

The Company determines ESP for undelivered elements by considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, market conditions, competitive landscape and past pricing arrangements with similar features. The determination of ESP is made through consultation with the Company’s management, taking into consideration the marketing strategies for each business unit.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards to be Adopted

In July 2013,May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued amended guidance on the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, similar to a tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exits. The guidance requires an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, be presented as a reduction of a deferred tax asset when a net operating loss carryforward, or similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exits, with certain exceptions. This accounting guidance is effective prospectively for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

In May 2014, the FASB issued new revenue recognition guidance for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers that provides a five-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The guidance states that a Companycompany should recognize revenue which depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will also result in enhanced disclosures about revenue related to the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The standard also requires quantitative and qualitative disclosures about customer contracts, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. Additionally, itthe FASB has provided

guidance for transactions that were not previously addressed comprehensively, and improved guidance for multiple-element arrangements. This pronouncement is effective for the Company beginning in fiscal 2018 (October 1, 2017), early adoption is not permitted, and can be adopted by the Company either retrospectively (October 1, 2015) or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance will have on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

No other new accounting pronouncement issued or effective has had, or is expected to have, a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

3. Discontinued Operations

3.Discontinued Operations

Beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities of SurModics SMP, LLCPharmaceuticals, Inc. (“SurModics Pharmaceuticals”), which were previously reported in the Pharmaceuticals segment as a separate operating segment, are classified as discontinued operations.

On November 1, 2011, the Company entered into a definitive agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to sell substantially all There was no condensed consolidated statement of the assets of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SurModics Pharmaceuticals, to Evonik Degussa Corporation (“Evonik”). Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the entire portfolio of products and services of SurModics Pharmaceuticals, including the Company’s Current Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMP”) development and manufacturing facility located in Birmingham, Alabama, were sold. The Company retained all accounts receivable and the majority of liabilitiesincome impact associated with SurModics Pharmaceuticals incurred prior to closing. The sale (the “Pharma Sale”) closed on November 17, 2011. The total consideration received from the Pharma Sale was $30.0 million in cash. As part of the Pharma Sale, SurModics agreed not to compete in the restricted business (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) for a period of five years and to indemnify Evonik against specified losses in connection with SurModics Pharmaceuticals, including certain contingent consideration obligations related to the acquisition by SurModics Pharmaceuticals of the portfolio of intellectual property and drug delivery projects from PR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“PR Pharma”) and other specified excluded liabilities, including the litigation matter with Southern Research Institute (“SRI”) described below. SurModics retained responsibility for repayment obligations related to an agreement with various governmental authorities associated with creation of jobs in Alabama. These repayment obligations were settled or terminated in the second and third quarters of fiscal 2013 with payments totaling $325,000 repaid to the governmental authorities and a gain of $1.3 million recognized in the nine months ended June 30, 2013.

The following is a summary of the operating results of SurModics Pharmaceuticals discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013:

   Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
   June 30,  June 30, 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014  2013  2014  2013 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

  $(117 $136   $(117 $1,151  

Income tax benefit (provision)

   41    (183  41    (516
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(76 $(47 $(76 $635  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The major classes of2013. Total assets and liabilities of discontinued operations were zero as of June 30,December 31, 2014 and insignificant as of September 30, 2013 were as follows:2014.

 

   June 30,   September 30, 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014   2013 

Other current assets

  $85    $46  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current assets of discontinued operations

   85     46  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets of discontinued operations

  $85    $46  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other current liabilities payable

  $75    $139  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

   75     139  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities of discontinued operations

  $75    $139  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

In June 2014, the Company resolved the previously disclosed litigation involving SRI, two of SRI’s former employees and SurModics Pharmaceuticals. In connection with the resolution of the litigation, the Company recorded an additional expense, within discontinued operations, of $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014. The assets and liabilities of discontinued operations as of June 30, 2014 represent amounts associated with the resolution of this litigation and the related deferred taxes. See Note 17 for additional discussion of the SRI litigation matter.

4. Fair Value Measurements

4.Fair Value Measurements

The accounting guidance on fair value measurements defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The guidance is applicable for all financial assets and financial liabilities and for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and also considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions and risk of nonperformance.

Fair Value Hierarchy

Accounting guidance on fair value measurements requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

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

The Company’s Level 1 assets consisted of its investment in Intersect ENT, Inc. (“Intersect ENT”) and certain U.S. government and government agency obligations. The fair market value of the Intersect ENT investment was based on the quoted price of Intersect ENT shares as traded on the NASDAQ Global Market Stock Exchange. The fair market value of certain U.S. government and government agency obligations were based on observable prices in highly active treasury and agency security markets for identical securities.

Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

The Company’s Level 2 assets consist of money market funds, commercial paper instruments, certain U.S. Treasury securities, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, certain U.S. government agency securities, government agency and municipal securities and certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities. Fair market values for these assets are based on quoted vendor prices and broker pricing where all significant inputs are observable. The Company performs limited tests of the quoted vendor prices based on available U.S. Treasurygovernment security pricing on government websites as a means of validating the third party pricing. To ensure the accuracy of quoted vendor prices and broker pricing, the Company performs regular reviews of investment returns to industry benchmarks and sample tests of individual securities to validate quoted vendor prices with other available market data.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include those whose fair value measurements are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar valuation techniques, as well as significant management judgment or estimation.

There were no Level 3 assets at June 30, 2014, MarchDecember 31, 2014, September 30, 2013, June 30, 20132014 or MarchDecember 31, 2013 and there was no Level 3 activity duringin each of the first nine monthsquarters of fiscal 2014 or2015 and fiscal 2013.2014.

In valuing assets and liabilities, the Company is required to maximize the use of quoted market prices and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Company did not significantly changechanged its valuation techniques from prior periods.periods in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 to classify certain U.S. government and government agency obligations as Level 1 based on observable prices in highly active treasury and agency security markets for identical securities.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

In instances where the inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement has been determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular item to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, including the consideration of inputs specific to the asset or liability. The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30,December 31, 2014:

(Dollars in thousands)  Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Instruments
(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
   Total Fair
Value as of
June 30,
2014
   Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Instruments
(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
   Total Fair
Value as of
December 31,
2014
 

Assets:

                

Cash equivalents

  $—      $36,861    $—      $36,861    $—      $22,373    $—      $22,373  

Available-for-sale equity securities

   464     —       —       464  

Available-for-sale debt securities:

                

U.S. government and government agency obligations

   —       2,864     —       2,864     8,048     2,183     —       10,231  

Mortgage-backed securities

   —       5,106     —       5,106     —       5,376     —       5,376  

Municipal bonds

   —       1,564     —       1,564     —       895     —       895  

Asset-backed securities

   —       6,000     —       6,000     —       2,262     —       2,262  

Corporate bonds

   —       1,845     —       1,845     —       1,830     —       1,830  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

  $—      $54,240    $—      $54,240    $8,512    $34,919    $—      $43,431  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2013:2014:

 

(Dollars in thousands)  Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Instruments
(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
   Total Fair
Value as of
September 30,
2013
   Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Instruments
(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
   Total Fair
Value as of
September 30,
2014
 

Assets:

                

Cash equivalents

  $—      $4,402    $—      $4,402    $—      $40,100    $—      $40,100  

Available-for-sale equity securities

   1,550     —       —       1,550  

Available-for-sale debt securities:

                

U.S. government and government agency obligations

   —       22,890     —       22,890     —       7,394     —       7,394  

Mortgage-backed securities

   —       8,216     —       8,216     —       5,545     —       5,545  

Municipal bonds

   —       3,059     —       3,059     —       1,175     —       1,175  

Asset-backed securities

   —       3,537     —       3,537     —       2,369     —       2,369  

Corporate bonds

   —       4,907     —       4,907     —       1,830     —       1,830  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

  $—      $47,011    $—      $47,011    $1,550    $58,413    $—      $59,963  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Valuation Techniques

The valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of assets are as follows:

Cash equivalents — These assets are classified as Level 2 and are carried at historical cost which is a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the relatively short time between origination of the instrument and its expected realization.

Available-for-sale equity securities — This asset is classified as Level 1 and represents the Company’s investment in Intersect ENT. This investment is valued based on the quoted market price of Intersect ENT shares.

Available-for-sale debt securities — These securities are classified as Level 1 or Level 2 and include various types of debt securities. These securities are valued based on quoted vendor prices in active markets underlying the securities.

5. Investments

5.Investments

Investments consist principally of U.S. government and government agency obligations, mortgage-backed securities and corporate and municipal debt securities and are classified as available-for-sale at June 30,December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013.2014. Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, excluded from the condensed consolidated statements of income and reported in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income as well as a separate component of stockholders’ equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, except for other-than-temporary impairments, which are reported as a charge to current earnings. A loss would be recognized when there is an other-than-temporary impairment in the fair value of any individual security classified as available-for-sale, with the associated net unrealized loss reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income with a corresponding adjustment to other income (loss).income. This adjustment results in a new cost basis for the investment. Investments for which management has the intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity and reported at amortized cost. When an other-than-temporary impairment in the fair value of any individual security classified as held-to-maturity occurs, the Company writes down the security to fair value with a corresponding adjustment to other income. Interest earned on debt securities, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is included in other income (loss).income. Realized gains and losses from the sales of debt securities, which are included in other income, (loss), are determined using the specific identification method.

The amortized cost, unrealized holding gains and losses, and fair value of available-for-sale securities as of June 30,December 31, 2014 and September 30, 20132014 were as follows:

 

  June 30, 2014   December 31, 2014 
(Dollars in thousands)  Amortized
Cost
   Unrealized
Gains
   Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value   Amortized
Cost
   Unrealized
Gains
   Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value 

U.S. government and government agency obligations

  $2,846    $21    $(3 $2,864    $10,228    $13    $(10 $10,231  

Mortgage-backed securities

   5,096     56     (46 5,106     5,402     51     (77 5,376  

Municipal bonds

   1,558     9     (3 1,564     895     3     (3 895  

Asset-backed securities

   5,990     14     (4 6,000     2,265     2     (5 2,262  

Corporate bonds

   1,835     12     (2 1,845     1,827     5     (2 1,830  

Equity securities

   2     462     —     464  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $17,325    $112    $(58 $17,379    $20,619    $536    $(97 $21,058  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

  September 30, 2013   September 30, 2014 
(Dollars in thousands)  Amortized
Cost
   Unrealized
Gains
   Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value   Amortized
Cost
   Unrealized
Gains
   Unrealized
Losses
 Fair Value 

U.S. government and government agency obligations

  $22,889    $28    $(27 $22,890    $7,397    $12    $(15 $7,394  

Mortgage-backed securities

   8,149     118     (51 8,216     5,576     43     (74 5,545  

Municipal bonds

   3,049     15     (5 3,059     1,173     5     (3 1,175  

Asset-backed securities

   3,539     6     (8 3,537     2,370     3     (4 2,369  

Corporate bonds

   4,896     17     (6 4,907     1,829     6     (5 1,830  

Equity securities

   2     1,548     —     1,550  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

  $42,522    $184    $(97 $42,609    $18,347    $1,617    $(101 $19,863  
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

As of June 30,December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013,2014, the Company concluded that the unrealized losses related to the available-for-sale securities shown above were not other-than-temporary as the Company does not have the intent to sell, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell, before recovery of their amortized cost.

The amortized cost and fair value of investmentsavailable-for-sale debt securities, by contractual maturity, at June 30,December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

(Dollars in thousands)  Amortized Cost   Fair Value   Amortized Cost   Fair Value 

Debt securities due within:

        

One year

  $875    $882    $3,655    $3,662  

One to five years

   10,784     10,823     11,151     11,148  

Five years or more

   5,666     5,674     5,811     5,784  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $17,325    $17,379    $20,617    $20,594  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The following table summarizes sales of available-for-sale debt securities:

 

  Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
  June 30, June 30,   Three months ended
December 31
 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014   2013 2014 2013   2014 2013 

Proceeds from sales

  $65,455    $8,507   $157,970   $34,487    $973   $2,867  

Gross realized gains

  $—      $6   $126   $171    $���     $—    

Gross realized losses

  $—      $(4 $(1 $(4  $(7 $—    

6. Inventories

6.Inventories

Inventories are principally stated at the lower of cost or market using the specific identification method and include direct labor, materials and overhead.overhead, with cost of product sales determined on a first-in, first-out basis. Inventories consisted of the following components:

 

  June 30,   September 30, 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014   2013   December 31,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 

Raw materials

  $976    $1,378    $1,097    $1,056  

Finished products

   1,924     1,950     1,732     1,761  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $2,900    $3,328    $2,829    $2,817  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

7. Other Assets

7.Other Assets

Other assets consist principally of strategic investments as follows:

 

  June 30,   September 30, 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014   2013   December 31,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc.

  $1,500    $1,500    $1,500    $1,500  

ThermopeutiX, Inc.

   1,185     1,185  

ViaCyte, Inc.

   479     479     479     479  

Other

   2     2  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Other assets, net

  $3,166    $3,166    $1,979    $1,979  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The Company accounts for all of its strategic investments under the cost method as of December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014.

In February 2011, the stent technology of Nexeon MedSystems, Inc. (“Nexeon”) was acquired by CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. (“CeloNova”). Prior to the acquisition by CeloNova, Nexeon created a wholly-owned subsidiary, Nexeon Stent, to hold the company’s stent-related assets. Nexeon distributed to its stockholders the Nexeon Stent stock which was exchanged for Series B-1 preferred shares of CeloNova. CeloNova is a privately-held Texas-based medical technology company that is marketing a variety of medical products. The Company’s investment in CeloNova, which is accounted for under the cost method, represents less than a 2% ownership interest. The Company does not exert significant influence over CeloNova’s operating or financial activities.

The Company has invested a total of $1.2 million in ThermopeutiX, Inc. (“ThermopeutiX”), a California-based early stage company developing novel medical devices for the treatment of vascular and neurovascular diseases. In addition to the investment, SurModics has licensed its hydrophilic and hemocompatible coating technologies to ThermopeutiX for use with its devices. The Company’s investment in ThermopeutiX, which is accounted for under the cost method, represents an ownership interest of less than 20%. The Company does not exert significant influence over ThermopeutiX’s operating or financial activities.

The Company has invested a total of $5.3 million in ViaCyte, Inc. (“ViaCyte”), a privately-held California-based biotechnology firm that is developing a unique treatment for diabetes using coated islet cells, the cells that produce insulin in the human body. In fiscal 2006, the Company determined that its investment in ViaCyte was impaired and that the impairment was other than temporary. Accordingly, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $4.7 million. In the second quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company recorded

an additional other-than-temporary impairment loss on this investment totaling $0.1 million based on a current financing round and market valuations. The balance of the investment of $0.5 million, which is accounted for under the cost method, represents less than a 1% ownership interest. The Company does not exert significant influence over ViaCyte’s operating or financial activities.

The Company had invested a total of $2.5 million in Vessix Vascular, Inc. (“Vessix”) and recognized an other-than-temporary impairment loss on this investment totaling $2.4 million in fiscal 2010, based on market valuations and a pending financing round for Vessix. Vessix was purchased by Boston Scientific Corporation in November 2012. The Company recorded a gain of approximately $1.2 million in the condensed consolidated statements of income gains on sale of strategic investments line, on the sale of this investment in the first quarter of fiscal 2013. In the first nine months of fiscal 2014, the Company recorded a $0.7 million gain upon achievement by Vessix of a clinical milestone and a sales milestone for calendar 2013. Total remaining potential maximum additional proceeds of $3.4 million may be received in fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2017 depending on Vessix’s achievement of future sales milestones. No amounts have been recorded associated with these future milestones given the level of uncertainty that exists. Any potential additional income will be recognized once the milestones are achieved.

The total carrying value of cost method investments is reviewed quarterly for changes in circumstances or the occurrence of events that suggest the Company’s investment may not be recoverable. The fair value of cost method investments is not adjusted if there are no identified events or changes in circumstances that may have a material adverse effect on the fair value of the investment.

The Company recognized no revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and revenue of less than $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, respectively, from activity with companies in which it had a strategic investment. The Company recognized revenue of less than $0.1 million and approximately $0.1 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, from activity with companies in which it had a strategic investment.

8. Intangible Assets

8.Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist principally of acquired patents and technology, customer relationships, licenses and trademarks. For the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded amortization expense of $0.2 million for each period. For the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded amortization expense of $0.6 million for each period.

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

 

  June 30, 2014   December 31, 2014 
(Dollars in thousands)  Weighted Average
Original Life (Years)
   Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net   Weighted Average
Original Life (Years)
   Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net 

Definite-lived intangible assets:

              

Customer lists

   9.0    $4,857    $(3,679 $1,178     9.0    $4,857    $(3,948 $909  

Core technology

   8.0     530     (458 72     8.0     530     (491 39  

Patents and other

   16.8     2,256     (955 1,301     16.8     2,256     (1,024 1,232  
    

 

   

 

  

 

     

 

   

 

  

 

 

Subtotal

     7,643     (5,092  2,551       7,643     (5,463  2,180  

Unamortized intangible assets:

              

Trademarks

     580     —      580       580     —      580  
    

 

   

 

  

 

     

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

    $8,223    $(5,092 $3,131      $8,223    $(5,463 $2,760  
    

 

   

 

  

 

     

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

  September 30, 2013   September 30, 2014 
(Dollars in thousands)  Weighted Average
Original Life (Years)
   Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net   Weighted Average
Original Life (Years)
   Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
 Net 

Definite-lived intangible assets:

              

Customer lists

   9.0    $4,857    $(3,274 $1,583     9.0    $4,857    $(3,813 $1,044  

Core technology

   8.0     530     (409 121     8.0     530     (475 55  

Patents and other

   16.8     2,256     (852 1,404     16.8     2,256     (989 1,267  
    

 

   

 

  

 

     

 

   

 

  

 

 

Subtotal

     7,643     (4,535  3,108       7,643     (5,277  2,366  

Unamortized intangible assets:

              

Trademarks

     580     —      580       580     —      580  
    

 

   

 

  

 

     

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total

    $8,223    $(4,535 $3,688      $8,223    $(5,277 $2,946  
    

 

   

 

  

 

     

 

   

 

  

 

 

Based on the intangible assets in service as of June 30,December 31, 2014, estimated amortization expense for the remainder of fiscal 20142015 and each of the next five fiscal years is as follows(Dollars in thousands):

 

(Dollars in thousands)

  

Remainder of 2014

  $186  

2015

   731  

Remainder of 2015

  $ 546  

2016

   594     594  

2017

   183     183  

2018

   137     137  

2019

   137     137  

2020

   137  

Future amortization amounts presented above are estimates. Actual future amortization expense may be different, as a result of future acquisitions, impairments, changes in amortization periods, or other factors.

9. Goodwill

9.Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value assigned to the assets purchased and liabilities assumed in connection with a company’sbusiness acquisition. Goodwill is not amortized but is subject, at a minimum, to annual tests for impairment in accordance with accounting guidance for goodwill. The carrying amount of goodwill is evaluated annually, and between annual evaluations if events occur or circumstances change indicating that it is more likely than not that the fair valuecarrying amount of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.goodwill may be impaired.

The $8.0 million of goodwill at June 30,December 31, 2014 and September 30, 20132014 is related to the In Vitro Diagnostics reporting unit and represents the gross value from the acquisition of BioFX Laboratories, Inc. (“BioFX”) in 2007. The goodwill was not impaired based on the outcome of the fiscal 20132014 annual impairment test, and there have been no events or circumstances that have occurred in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20142015 associated with the In Vitro Diagnostics reporting unit to indicate that the goodwill mayshould be impaired.

10. Stock-based Compensation

10.Stock-based Compensation Plans

The Company has stock-based compensation plans under which it grants stock options, restricted stock awards, performance share awards, restricted stock units and restricteddeferred stock units. Accounting guidance requires all share-based payments to be recognized as an operating expense, based on their fair values, over the requisite service period.

The Company’s stock-based compensation expenses were allocated to the following expense categories:categories:

 

  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
  June 30,   June 30,   Three months ended
December 31
 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014   2013   2014   2013   2014   2013 

Product costs

  $4    $7    $13    $17    $7    $4  

Research and development

   38     54     136     141     61     52  

Selling, general and administrative

   538     684     2,894     1,825     457     757  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

  $580    $745    $3,043    $1,983  $525  $813  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

As of June 30,December 31, 2014, approximately $3.2$2.9 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested awards is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.62.3 years. SuchThe unrecognized compensation costs above include $1.1$0.2 million based on payout levels associated with performance share awards that are currently anticipated to be fully expensed because the performance conditions are expected to be met at or near targetabove minimum threshold levels.

Stock Option Awards

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted. The weighted average per share fair values of stock options granted during the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $8.69. No stock options were granted during the three months ended June 30, 2013. The weighted average per share fair values of stock options granted during the nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $8.72$7.22 and $8.69,$8.80, respectively. The assumptions used as inputs in the model were as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Nine Months Ended
June 30,
   Three months ended
December 31
 
  2014 2013   2014 2013   2014 2013 

Risk-free interest rates

   1.6 N/A     1.2 0.6   1.4 1.2

Expected life (years)

   4.8   N/A     4.6   4.8     4.5   4.6  

Expected volatility

   43.9 N/A     44.5 49.2   43.3 45.1

Dividend yield

   0.0 N/A     0.0 0.0   0.0 0.0

The risk-free interest rate assumption was based on the U.S. Treasury’s rates for U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with maturities similar to those of the expected term of the award. The expected life of options granted is determined based on the Company’s experience. Expected volatility is based on the Company’s stock price movement over a period approximating the expected term. Based on management’s judgment, dividend rates are expected to be zero for the expected life of the options. The Company also estimates forfeitures of options granted, which are based on historical experience.

Non-qualified stock options are granted at fair market value on the date of grant. Non-qualified stock options expire in seven to ten years or upon termination of employment or service as a Board member. Non-qualifiedWith respect to members of our Board, non-qualified stock options grantedgenerally become exercisable on a pro-rata basis within the one-year period following the date of grant. With respect to the Company’sour employees, non-qualified stock options generally become exercisable with respect to 25% of the shares on each of the first four anniversaries following the grant date. Non-qualified stock options granted to the Company’s non-employee directors vest on a prorated basis within the one-year period following the grant date.

The total pre-tax intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended December 31, 2014 and nine months ended June 30, 20142013 was $0.2$0.1 million and $1.3$0.5 million, respectively. The total pre-tax intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2013 was less than $0.1 million in each period. The intrinsic value represents the difference between the average exercise price and the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the last day of the respective fiscal period end.

The Company modified stock option awards granted to Board members in February 2014, which resulted in acceleration of the stock option vesting period. The modification changed the vesting period to pro-rata over a 12-month service period and resulted in an increase to stock option related expense of $0.6 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014.

Restricted Stock Awards

The Company has entered into restricted stock agreements with certain key employees, covering the issuance of common stock (“Restricted Stock”). Under accounting guidance these shares are considered to be non-vested shares. The Restricted Stock is released to the key employees if they are employed by the Company at the end of the vesting period. Compensation has been recognized for the estimated fair value of the common shares and is being charged to incomeexpensed over the vesting term. The stock-based compensation table above includes Restricted Stock expenses recognized related to these awards, which totaled less than $0.1 million duringin each of the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and $0.2 million during the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and less than $0.1 million during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. In February 2014, the Company granted an award of $0.2 million to the former Chairman of its Board of Directors in connection with his retirement from the Board and in recognition of his contributions to the Company during his years of service.

Performance Share Awards

The Company has entered into performance share agreements with certain key employees and executives, covering the issuance of common stock (“Performance Shares”). The Performance Shares vest upon the achievement of all or a portion of certain performance objectives (which may include financial or project objectives), which must be achieved during the performance period. The Performance Shares are not issued and outstanding until the performance objectives are met. Performance objectives selected by the Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) approves the performance objective used for our executive compensation programs, which objectives were cumulative earnings per share and cumulative revenue for the three-year performance periods for fiscal 2011 (2011 – 2013), fiscal 2012 (2012 – 2014), fiscal 2013 (2013 – 2015) and, fiscal 2014 (2014 – 2016), and cumulative revenue and cumulative EBITDA for fiscal 2015 (2015 – 2017). Assuming that the minimum performance level is attained, the number of shares that may actually vest will vary based on performance from 20% (minimum) to 200% (maximum). of the target number of shares. Shares will be issued to participants as soon as practicable following the end of the performance periods subject to Committee approval and verification of results. The fiscal 20112012 awards were finalized in the three months ended December 31, 20132014 and resulted in issuance of 122,05398,093 shares (maximum was 137,066124,994 shares) based on the performance objectiveobjectives and actual results. The compensation cost related to the number of shares to be granted under each performance period is fixed on the grant date, which is the date the performance period begins. Compensation is recognized in each period based on management’s best estimate of the achievement level of actual results compared with the specified performance objectives for Performance Shares. For the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 the Company recognized expenses of $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, in each period. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized expensesexpense of $0.3less than $0.1 million and $0.9$0.3 million, respectively. The stock-based compensation table above includes the Performance Shares expenses.

The fair values of the Performance Shares, at target, were $0.9 million $0.9 million and $0.8 millionin each fiscal year for grants awarded in fiscal 2015, 2014 2013 and 2012,2013, respectively.

The aggregate number of shares that could be awarded to key employeesour executives if the minimum, target and maximum performance goals are met, based upon the fair value at the date of grant is as follows:

 

Performance Period

  Minimum Shares   Target Shares   Maximum Shares 

Fiscal 2012—2014

   12,499     62,497     124,994  

Fiscal 2013—2015

   8,551     42,753     85,506  

Fiscal 2014—2016

   7,861     39,303     78,606  

Performance Period

  Minimum Shares   Target Shares   Maximum Shares 

Fiscal 2013 - 2015

   8,551     42,753     85,506  

Fiscal 2014 - 2016

   7,861     39,303     78,606  

Fiscal 2015 - 2017

   8,440     42,199     84,398  

1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“Stock Purchase Plan”), the Company is authorized to issue up to 400,000 shares of common stock. All full-time and part-time employees can choose to have up to 10% of their annual compensation withheld, with a limit of $25,000, to purchase the Company’s common stock at purchase prices defined within the provisions of the Stock Purchase Plan. As of JuneDecember 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, and 2013, there was $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, of employee contributions, in each periodrespectively, included in accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Stock compensation expense recognized related to the Stock Purchase Plan for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013 totaled less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, in each period. The stock-based compensation table above includes the Stock Purchase Plan expenses.

Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Units

TheIn the quarter ended December 31, 2014, the Company has awarded 24,83410,678 restricted stock units (“RSU”) in, and has cumulatively awarded 35,512 RSUs to non-employee directors since fiscal 2014 and 2013 under the 2009 Equity Incentive PlanPlan. There were no forfeitures or issuances in the three months ended December 31, 2014, with forfeitures of 3,417 RSUs and issuance of 2,183 shares of common stock to departed non-employee directors with forfeiture of 3,417 RSU’s in the nine months ended June 30,fiscal 2014. The RSU awards were modified in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 to vest on a pro-rata basis over a 12-month serviceone-year period. This modification resulted in a total expense of $0.2 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014. RSU awards are not considered as issued or outstanding common stock of the Company until they vest.shares are issued to a non-employee director upon retirement from the Board of Directors. The estimated fair value of the RSU awards was calculateddetermined based on the closing market price of SurModics’ common stock on the date of grant. Compensation expense has been recognized for the estimated fair value of the common shares and is being charged to incomeexpensed over the vesting term. The stock-based compensation table above includes RSU expenses recognized related to these awards, which totaled less than $0.1 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

Directors can also elect to receive their cash retainers for services to the Board of Directors and its

committees in the form of deferred stock units (“DSU”). Certain directors elected this option beginning on January 1, 2013, with deferral elections made annually, which has resulted in 10,952 DSUs1,554 units issued with a total value of $0.3 million. The$34,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2014. These DSUs are fully vested. The stock-based compensation table above includes RSU and DSU expenses recognized related to these awards, which totaled $0.1 million and $0.4 million during the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, and less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million duringfor the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

11. Restructuring Charges

The Company did not incur any restructuring charges during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013.

In September 2013 (fiscal 2013), the Company announced a realignment of its business to enhance focus on key growth initiatives. As a result of the organizational change, the Company eliminated approximately 6% of its workforce. These employee terminations occurred across various functions, and the reorganization plan was completed by the end of fiscal 2013. The Company recorded total pre-tax restructuring charges of $0.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, which consisted of severance pay and benefits expenses.

The following table summarizes the restructuring accrual activity:

(Dollars in thousands)  Employee
Severance
and Benefits
  Facility-
Related
Costs
  Total 

Balance at September 30, 2013

  $399   $17   $416  

Cash payments

   (399  (15  (414
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2014

  $—     $2   $2  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The remaining restructuring accrual balance is expected to be paid within the next 12 months and is recorded as a current liability within other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2014.

12. Revolving Credit Facility

11.Revolving Credit Facility

On November 4, 2013, the Company entered into a three-year $20.0 million secured revolving credit facility. The Company’s obligations under the credit facility are secured by substantially all of its and its subsidiaries’ assets, other than intellectual property and real estate. Borrowings under the credit facility, if any, will bear interest at a benchmark rate plus a margin ranging from 1.375% to 2.00% based on the Company’s leverage ratio. A facility fee is payable on unused commitments at a rate of 0.20% per annum.

On November 5, 2014, the credit facility was amended and modified to increase the size of stock repurchases that may be effected by the Company up to $30.0 million without the consent of the lender.

In connection with the credit facility, the Company is required to maintain financial covenants related to a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum EBITDA amount and to comply with nonfinancial covenants. As of June 30,December 31, 2014, the Company has no debt outstanding and was in compliance with all financial covenants.

13. Income Per Share Data

12.Income Per Share Data

Basic income per common share is calculated based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per common share is computed by dividing income by the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s only potentially dilutive common shares are those that result from dilutive common stock options, non-vested stock relating to restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, deferred stock units and performance shares.

The following table sets forth the denominator for the computation of basic and diluted income per share (in thousands):

 

 Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Nine Months Ended
June 30,
   Three months ended
December 31
 
 2014 2013 2014 2013   2014   2013 

Net income from continuing operations available to common shareholders

 $3,674   $3,178   $9,763   $10,846  
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

  13,585    14,413    13,639    14,563     13,225     13,756  

Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, non-vested restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance shares

  228    326    252    260  

Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, non-vested restricted stock and performance shares

   198     253  
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

  13,813    14,739    13,891    14,823   13,423   14,009 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

The calculation of weighted average diluted shares outstanding excludes outstanding stock options associated with the right to purchase 0.6 million and 0.30.4 million shares of common stock for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and 0.4 million and 0.5 million for the nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, as their inclusion would have had an antidilutive effect on diluted income per share.

On November 5, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized it to repurchase up to $30.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock in open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers or by any combination of such methods. The authorization has no fixed expiration date. During the first ninethree months of fiscalended December 31, 2014, the Company repurchased 485,577758,143 shares of common stock for a total of $11.5$16.0 million under the then-existing$30.0 million November 2014 Board authorization and as of December 31, 2014, $14.0 million remained available for future repurchases under the current authorization. The $14.0 million includes $4.0 million of the initial payment to Wells Fargo in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 under the accelerated share repurchase authorizationprogram discussed below.

On November 11, 2014, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase program with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. In connection with this agreement, the Company made an initial $20.0 million payment to the bank and immediately received an initial delivery of 758,143 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $16.0 million as of the Board. The entire authorized amount has been usedpurchase date. Effective as of June 30, 2014.the date of the initial share purchase, the transaction was accounted for as a share retirement, resulting in a reduction of common stock of less than $0.1 million, additional paid-in capital of $2.5 million and retained earnings of $13.5 million. The remaining $4.0 million of the Company’s initial payment was also reported as a reduction in retained earnings. Upon final settlement of the program, the Company may be entitled to receive additional shares of common stock, or, under certain circumstances specified in the program, the Company may be required to deliver shares or remit a settlement amount in cash, at the Company’s option. Based on the facts associated with the agreement, the forward contract is indexed to the Company’s common stock and meets the U.S. GAAP requirements to be classified as permanent equity. As long as the forward contract continues to meet the requirements to be classified as permanent equity, the Company will not record future changes in its fair value. The Company expects it will continue to meet those requirements through the settlement date.

14. Income Taxes

The accelerated share repurchase program with Wells Fargo expires in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015; however, the bank has the right to accelerate the end of the purchase period. Upon settlement of the contract, the Company will adjust common stock and either additional paid-in capital or retained earnings, as appropriate, to reflect the final settlement amount. The specific number of shares that the Company will ultimately purchase under the accelerated share purchase agreement will be based on the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period, less an agreed upon discount. The maximum amount of shares of common stock the Company can be required to issue to settle the agreement cannot exceed 1,870,907. The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued shares available to deliver the maximum share amount. For every $1.00 increase or decrease in the Company’s VWAP, based on a closing stock price of $21.38 on November 11, 2014, the settlement amount will change by approximately 45,000 shares.

During the three months ended December 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 380,011 shares of common stock for a total of $8.9 million pursuant to previously authorized share repurchases.

13.Income Taxes

The Company recorded income tax provisions associated with income from continuing operations of $1.7$1.5 million and $1.1 million forin each of the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, representing effective tax rates of 32.0%28.9% and 26.1%, respectively. The Company recorded income tax provisions associated with income from continuing operations of $4.4 million and $3.9 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, representing effective tax rates of 31.1% and 26.5%28.8%, respectively. The difference between the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35.0%35% and the Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013 reflects the impact of state income taxes, permanent tax items such as valuation allowance releases associated with gains from our strategic investments and our available-for-sale investment portfolio and discrete tax benefits. Discrete tax benefits aggregated less than $0.1 million and $0.3 million for theThe three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 respectively, andreflects a $0.2 million discrete tax benefit associated with the December 2014 signing of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 which retroactively reinstated the federal research and $0.8 million for thedevelopment income tax credit which had expired in December 2013. The three and nine months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. The discrete tax items in the fiscal 2013 nine-month period includes a one-time capital gain carryback benefit and retroactive federal R&D tax credits that aggregated $0.4 million. The nine months ended June 30, 2014 reflects the impact of gains related to two Vessix contingent consideration payments totaling $0.7 million and gains related to certain debt securities in our available-for-sale investment portfolio of $0.1 million. The nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2013 reflects the impact of gains on the salea gain related to a Vessix contingent consideration payment which resulted in recognition of Vessix, OctoPlus N.V of $1.3 million and certain debt securities in our available-for-sale investment portfolio of $0.2 million. Each of these gains has had a tax expense recognized which has been offset by thewith an offsetting reversal of a capital loss valuation allowances.

The Company recorded an income tax benefit from discontinued operations of less than $0.1 million in each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 which resulted in an effective tax rate associated with discontinued operations of 34.8% in each period. The Company recorded an income tax expense from discontinued operations of $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013, respectively, with a resulting effective tax rate for discontinued operations of 134.6% and 44.8% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013, respectively.allowance.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits including interest and penalties that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate as of June 30,December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013,2014, respectively, are $1.0 million and $0.9 million and $1.0 million.for each period. Currently, the Company does not expect the liability for unrecognized tax benefits to change significantly in the next 12 months with the above balances classified on the condensed consolidated balance sheets in other long-term liabilities. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in income tax expense.

The Company files income tax returns, including returns for its subsidiaries, in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in various state jurisdictions. Uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014 the Internal Revenue Service commenced an examination of the Company’s U.S. income tax return for fiscal 2012 and the examination has not been completed as of June 30, 2014. U.S. income tax returns for years prior to fiscal 20102011 are no longer subject to examination by federal tax authorities. For tax returns for state and local jurisdictions, the Company is no longer subject to examination for tax years generally before fiscal 2003.2004.

15.

14.Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

There were no amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) were less than $0.1 million on a pre-tax basis for each of the three months ended June 30, 2014 or 2013. The amounts reclassified out of AOCI for the nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013 totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, on a pre-tax basis.2013. The amounts reclassified out of AOCI are associated with unrealized losses or gains on available-for-sale securities that were realized on the sale of the securities and are presented in other income,losses, net in the condensed consolidated statements of income.

16. Operating Segments

15.Operating Segment Information

OperatingThe accounting standards for reporting information about operating segments are defineddefine operating segments as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. For financial accounting and reporting purposes, the Company reports its results for the two reportable segments as follows: (1) the Medical Device unit, which is comprised of surface modification coating technologies to improve access, deliverability, and predictable deployment of medical devices, as well as drug delivery coating technologies to provide site-specific drug delivery from the surface of a medical device, with end markets that include coronary, peripheral, and neuro-vascular, and urology, among others, and (2) the In Vitro Diagnostics unit, which consists of component products and technologies for diagnostic test kits and biomedical research applications, with products that include protein stabilization reagents, substrates, antigens and surface coatings.

The tables below present segment revenue, operating income from continuing operations and depreciation and amortization, as follows:

 

 Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Nine Months Ended
June 30,
   Three months ended
December 31
 
(Dollars in thousands) 2014 2013 2014 2013   2014   2013 

Revenue:

        

Medical Device

 $10,821   $10,591   $31,852   $30,857    $10,635    $10,549  

In Vitro Diagnostics

 3,795   3,698   10,251   10,978     3,570     3,334 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total revenue

 $14,616   $14,289   $42,103   $41,835  $14,205  $13,883 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating income:

    

Medical Device

 $5,855   $5,223   $16,466   $15,848  $5,515 $5,328  

In Vitro Diagnostics

  974    915    2,277    2,933   1,098  671 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total segment operating income

  6,829    6,138    18,743    18,781   6,613   5,999  

Corporate

  (1,496  (1,900  (5,601  (5,537 (1,579 (1,670
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total operating income

 $5,333   $4,238   $13,142   $13,244  $5,034 $4,329  
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Depreciation and amortization:

    

Medical Device

 $281   $319   $862   $947  $270 $294  

In Vitro Diagnostics

  214    216    641    649   213  214 

Corporate

  179    193    551    578   200   189  
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total depreciation and amortization

 $674   $728   $2,054   $2,174  $683 $697 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

The Corporate category includes expenses for administrative corporate functions, such as executive, corporate accounting, legal, human resources and Board of Directors related, that have not been fully allocated to the Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostics segments. Corporate may also includesinclude expenses, such as litigation, which are not specific to a segment and thus not allocated to the operating segments.

Asset information by segment is not presented because the Company does not provide its chief operating decision maker assets by segment, as the data is not readily available.

17. Commitments and Contingencies

16.Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation. From time to time, the Company has been, and may become, involved in various legal actions involving its operations, products and technologies, including intellectual property and employment disputes. The outcomes of these legal actions are not within the Company’s complete control and may not be known for prolonged periods of time. In some actions, the claimants seek damages, as well as other relief, including injunctions barring the sale of products that are the subject of the lawsuit, which, if granted, could require significant expenditures or result in lost revenue. The Company records a liability in the consolidated financial statements for these actions when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If the reasonable estimate of a known or probable loss is a range, and no amount within the range is a better estimate, the minimum amount of the range is accrued. If a loss is possible but not known or probable, and can be reasonably estimated, the estimated loss or range of loss is disclosed. In most cases, significant judgment is required to estimate the amount and timing of a loss to be recorded.

Southern Research Institute (“SRI”) Litigation. On July 31, 2009, SurModics Pharmaceuticals was named as a defendant in litigation pending in the circuit court of Jefferson County, Alabama, between SRI and two of SRI’s former employees (the “Plaintiffs”). In the litigation, the Plaintiffs alleged that they contributed to or invented certain intellectual property while they were employed at SRI, and pursuant to SRI’s policies then in effect, they were entitled to, among other things, a portion of the purchase price consideration paid by the Company to SRI as part of the Company’s acquisition of SurModics Pharmaceuticals (the “purchase price claim”) pursuant to a stock purchase agreement made effective on July 31, 2007 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”). The Plaintiffs also alleged that they were entitled to a portion of the intellectual property income derived from license agreements with certain customers of SurModics Pharmaceuticals that make use of patents to which the Plaintiffs invented or contributed (the “royalty claim”). In April 2014, the Alabama Court granted summary judgment in favor of the Company and SRI dismissing (a) all of the claims of one of the Plaintiffs, and (b) the claims of the remaining Plaintiff relating to the purchase price claim. In connection with the royalty claim, the Alabama Court concluded that two license agreements that were entered into with certain customers of SurModics Pharmaceuticals resulted in intellectual property income and that the remaining Plaintiff is entitled to a portion of such income. In June 2014, the Company entered into agreements with the Plaintiffs resolving the litigation. In connection with the resolution of the litigation, the Company recorded an additional expense, within discontinued operations, of $0.1 million in the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014.

Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company has certain rights of indemnification against losses (including without limitation, damages, expenses and costs) incurred as a result of the litigation described above. The Company had recorded cumulative unreimbursed legal expenses totaling $1.3 million as of June 30, 2013, related to this litigation, within selling, general and administrative expenses from continuing operations in the condensed consolidated statements of income. In June 2011, the Company sued SRI in United States District Court for the District of Minnesota seeking a judicial declaration regarding the scope of the Company’s indemnification rights under the Stock Purchase Agreement. In April 2013, the District Court entered a judgment in the Company’s favor requiring SRI to indemnify the Company for prior and future legal expenditures related to this matter. On July 30, 2013, the Company and SRI entered into a settlement and release agreement resolving the litigation relating to indemnification rights. The settlement and release agreement does not relate to claims for indemnification under the Stock Purchase Agreement for any substantive liability, judgment, or settlement in or related to the ongoing litigation in Alabama discussed above. The Company received payment of $1.0 million associated with the historical cumulative unreimbursed legal expenses and recognized the receipt as an expense offset in the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2013. This settlement included $0.6 million of legal expenses incurred prior to fiscal 2013.

InnoRx, Inc. In January 2005, the Company entered into a merger agreement whereby SurModics acquired all of the assets of InnoRx, Inc. (“InnoRx”), an early stage company developing drug delivery devices and therapies for the ophthalmology market. SurModics will be required to issue up to approximately 480,059 additional shares of its common stock to the stockholders of InnoRx upon the successful completion of the remaining development and commercial milestones involving InnoRx technology acquired in the transaction. The Company has not recorded any accrual for this contingency as of June 30,December 31, 2014 as the milestones have not been achieved and the probability of achievement is low.

InnoCore Technologies BV. In March 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement whereby SurModics obtained an exclusive license to a drug delivery coating for licensed products within the vascular field which includedinclude peripheral, coronary and neurovascular biodurable stent product.products. The license requires an annual minimum payment of 200,000 euros (equivalent to $273,000$243,000 using a euro to USU.S. $ exchange rate of 1.364521.2155 as of June 30,December 31, 2014) until the last patent expires which is currently estimated to be September 2027. The total minimum future payments associated with this license are approximately $3.6$3.1 million. The license is currently utilized with one of SurModics’ drug delivery customers.

PR Pharmaceuticals, Inc.In November 2008, SurModics Pharmaceuticals acquired certain contracts and assets of PR Pharma to enhance its portfolio of drug delivery technologies for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The Company agreed to indemnify Evonik, for a period of five years, for up to $2.5 million of contingent consideration obligations to the sellers of PR Pharma related to a future patent issuance milestone when it sold substantially all of the SurModics Pharmaceuticals assets to Evonik on November 17, 2011. The Company has not recorded any accrual for this contingency as of June 30, 2014 as the milestone has not been achieved and the probability of achievement is low.

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

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

The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe is useful in understanding our operating results, cash flows and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with both the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Form 10-Q, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.2014. This discussion contains various “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We refer readers to the statement entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” located at the end of this Item 2.

Overview

SurModics is a leading provider of surface modification andin vitro diagnostic technologies to the healthcare industry. In fiscal 2014, our business performance continued to be driven by growth from our Medical Device hydrophilic coatings royalty revenue, product sales and contract coating services included in research and development revenue. Our In Vitro Diagnostics segment realized decreasedhas experienced solid demand in the first ninequarter of fiscal 2015 as well the last six months of fiscal 2014 driven primarily by a shift in order patterns in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 by a few key customers who initiated inventory rebalancing programs, a slowdown in European sales, which continued throughout the third quarter, and recent increased competition related to our BioFx product offerings.2014.

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. For financial accounting and reporting purposes, we report our results for the two reportable segments as follows: (1) the Medical Device unit, which is comprised of surface modification coating technologies to improve access, deliverability, and predictable deployment of medical devices, as well as drug delivery coating technologies to provide site-specific drug delivery from the surface of a medical device, with end markets that include coronary, peripheral, and neurovascular, and urology, among others, and (2) the In Vitro Diagnostics unit, which consists of component products and technologies for diagnostic immunoassay and molecular tests and biomedical research applications, with products that include protein stabilization reagents, substrates, antigens and surface coatings. We made this determination based on how we manage our operations and the information provided to our chief operating decision maker who is our Chief Executive Officer.

We derive our revenue from three primary sources: (1) royalties and license fees from licensing our proprietary surface modification and device drug delivery technologies andin vitrodiagnostic formats to customers; the vast majority (typically in excess of 90%) of revenue in the “royalties and license fees” category is in the form of royalties; (2) the sale of reagent chemicals to licensees and the sale of stabilization products, antigens, substrates and surface coatings to the diagnostic and biomedical research markets; and (3) research and commercial development fees generated on customer projects. Revenue fluctuates from quarter to quarter depending on, among other factors: our customers’ success in selling products incorporating our technologies; the timing of introductions of licensed products by our customers; the timing of introductions of products that compete with our customers’ products; the number and activity level associated with customer development projects; the number and terms of new license agreements that are finalized; and the value of reagent chemicals and other products sold to customers.

In our Medical Device business unit, we have licensed our Photolink® hydrophilic technology to a number of our customers for use in a variety of medical device surface applications. We have several U.S. and international issued patents and pending international patent applications protecting various aspects of these technologies, including compositions, methods of manufacture and methods of coating devices. The expiration dates for these patents and the anticipated expiration dates of the patent applications range from 2015 to 2033. These patents and patent applications represent distinct families, with each family generally covering a successive generation of the technology, including improvements that enhance coating performance, manufacturability, or other important features desired by our customers. Among these, an earlythe third generation of our Photolink®PhotoLink® hydrophilic technology is protected by a family of patents that are expected to expire in November 2015 (in the U.S.) and October 2016 (in certain other countries).

We estimate the The royalty revenue associated with this earlyour third generation technology that has not yet converted, or that is not in the process of converting, to one of our advanced generation technologies will comprisewas approximately 18%19% of our anticipated fiscal 2014 revenue. A majority of the customer products utilizing this early generation technology (representing approximately 13%14% of our anticipated fiscal 2014 revenue) will continue to generate royalty revenue at a reduced royalty rate beyond the expiration of these patents. The royalty obligation for these customer products extends beyond the expiration of these patents because the license also includes rights to our know-how or other proprietary rights. Under these circumstances, the royalty obligation will continue at a reduced royalty rate for a specified number of years, as determined based on the specific terms and conditions of the applicable customer agreement, the date on which the customer’s product was first sold, and other factors.

In recent years, we have successfully converted a number of our customer’s products utilizing this early generation technology to one of our advanced generation technologies. While we are actively seeking to convert our customers to one of our advanced generations of our hydrophilic coating technology, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in doing so, or that those customers that have converted, or will convert, will sell products utilizing our technology which will generate earned royalty revenue for us.

Overview of Research and Development Activities

We manage our customer-sponsored research and development (“R&D”) programs based largely on the requirements of our customers. In this regard, our customers typically establish the various measures and metrics that are used to monitor a program’s progress, including key deliverables, milestones, timelines, and an overall program budget. The customer is ultimately responsible for deciding whether to continue or terminate a program, and does so based on research results (relative to the above measures and metrics) and other factors, including their own strategic and/or business priorities. Customer R&D programs are mainly in our Medical Device segment.

Our internal R&D activities are engaged in the exploration, discovery and application of technologies that solve meaningful problems in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Our key R&D activities include efforts that support and expand our core offerings. These efforts include activities that supportincluded freezing of the developmentdesign of our coating technologies that enhance drug-coated balloons. InSurModics SurVeil™ Drug Coated Balloon for use in the secondsuperficial femoral and popliteal arteries. We initiated a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) animal study in the first quarter of fiscal 2013,2015 and plan to initiate a first-in-human study of the SurModicsSurVeil Drug Coated Balloon in fiscal 2015.

In addition, in fiscal 2014 we completed development activitieslaunched new in vitro diagnostic products including a stop solution for TMB microwell substrates that is non-corrosive to skin and launched our next generation hydrophilic coating platform which is now commercially available under the tradename SereneTM (formerly referred to as Gen 5). We also launched in July 2013eyes and a new in vitro diagnostic product, StabliZyme® Protein-Free Stabilizer, which focuses on stabilizing biomolecule activity in assay tests. Additional planned activities include initiation of surface modification experiments that improve medical device performance and developing chemistries to support molecular diagnostic applications.protein-free AP stabilizer.

For our internal R&D programs in our segments, we prioritize these programs based on a number of factors, including a program’s strategic fit, commercial impact, potential competitive advantage, technical feasibility, and the amount of investment required. The measures and metrics used to monitor a program’s progress vary based on the program, and typically include many of the same factors discussed above with respect to our customer R&D programs. We typically make decisions to continue or terminate a program based on research results (relative to the above measures and metrics) and other factors, including our own strategic and/or business priorities, and the amount of additional investment required.

With respect to cost components, R&D expenses consist of labor, materials and overhead costs (for example, utilities, depreciation, and indirect labor) for both customer R&D and internal R&D programs. We manage our R&D organization in a flexible manner, balancing workloads/resources between customer R&D and internal R&D programs primarily based on the level of customer program activity. Therefore, costs incurred for customer R&D and internal R&D can shift as customer activity increases or decreases.

Critical Accounting Policies

Critical accounting policies are those policies that require the application of management’s most challenging subjective or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Critical accounting policies involve judgments and uncertainties that are sufficiently likely to result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. For a detailed description of our critical accounting policies, see the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.2014.

Results of Operations – Three and Nine Months Ended June 30December 31

Revenue.Revenue during the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was $14.6 million, an increase of $0.4 million, or 2%, compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue during the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20142015 was $42.1$14.2 million, an increase of $0.3 million compared withor 2% from the same periodfirst quarter of fiscal 2013.2014. The increasechange in revenue, as detailed in the table below, is further explained in the narrative below.

 

 Three Months Ended June 30, % Nine Months Ended June 30, %   Three Months Ended December 31         

(Dollars in thousands)

 2014 2013 Change 2014 2013 Change   2014   2013   Increase
(Decrease)
   Change 

Revenue

      

Revenue:

        

Medical Device

 $10,821   $10,591   2 $31,852   $30,857   3  $10,635   $10,549   $86     0.8

In Vitro Diagnostics

 3,795   3,698   3 10,251   10,978   (7)%    3,570    3,334    236     7.1
 

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

   

Total Revenue

 $14,616   $14,289    2 $42,103   $41,835    1

Total revenue

$14,205 $13,883 $322   2.3
 

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

 

   

Medical Device. Revenue in Medical Device revenue was $10.8 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2014, an increase of 2% compared with $10.6 million for the same prior-year quarter. Medical Device revenue was $31.9 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014, an increase of 3%2015, essentially unchanged compared with $30.9 million for the same prior-year period.first quarter of fiscal 2014. The increasechange in the total revenue for both the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 was attributable to higher royalty revenue ($0.1$0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively), product

sales ($0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively) and R&D revenue ($0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively). The increase in royalty revenue andof higher product sales revenue resulted from continued growth in our hydrophilic coatings and drug delivery offerings. R&D revenue increased from increased hydrophilic contract coating services and customer development activities. Fiscal year 2013 third quarter and nine month results includedoffset substantially by $0.2 million of lower license fee revenue of $0.5 million based on a customer achieving a milestone event in the third quarter. In addition, fiscal 2013 nine-month revenue included a $0.6 million one-time royalty catch-up payment.fees.

In Vitro Diagnostics. Revenue in In Vitro Diagnostics revenue was $3.8 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2014, an increase of 3% compared with $3.7 million for the same prior-year quarter. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue was $10.3$3.6 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014, a decrease2015, an increase of $0.2 million, or 7%, compared with $11.0the first quarter of fiscal 2014. In Vitro Diagnostics fiscal 2015 results included increases in sales of microarray slides of $0.3 million for the prior-year period. Theand reagents of $0.1 million increase for the third quarter was attributable to higherwhich were partially offset by $0.1 million decreases in both antigen sales of micro-array slides ($0.3 million), antigens ($0.2 million) and BioFX branded products ($0.1 million) offset substantially by lower stabilization sales which declined $0.5 million. The $0.7 million decrease for the nine months was attributable to lower sales of stabilization products ($0.7 million), antigens ($0.3 million) and commercial R&D revenue ($0.1 million) offset partially by increases in micro-array slides ($0.4 million). The decline in the current year revenue was primarily driven by a shift in order patterns by a few key customers who initiated inventory rebalancing programs in the second fiscal quarter related to our stabilization and antigen product lines combined with a slowdown in sales in Europe, which continued throughout the third quarter, and recent increased competition related to our BioFx product offerings.products.

The following is a summary of our major costs and expenses as a percent of total revenue:

 

 Three Months Ended June 30, Nine Months Ended June 30, 
 2014 2013 2014 2013   Three months ended
December 31, 2014
 Three months ended
December 31, 2013
 

(Dollars in thousands)

 Amount % Total
Revenue
 Amount % Total
Revenue
 Amount % Total
Revenue
 Amount % Total
Revenue
   Amount   % of Total
Revenue
 Amount   % of Total
Revenue
 

Product costs

 $2,037   14 $1,990  14 $5,737   14 $5,894   14  $1,902    13% $2,004    14

Research and development

 3,655   25   4,009   28   11,488   27   11,145   27     3,576    25  3,699    27  

Selling, general and administrative

 3,591   25   4,052  28   11,736   28   11,552   28     3,693    26  3,851    28  

Product costs.Product costs were $1.9 million and $2.0 million in each of the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $5.7 million2013, or 13% and 14% of total revenue in both the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 compared with $2.0 million and $5.9 million or 14% in each of the respective prior-year periods.period. Product gross margins were 66%67% in both the threefiscal 2015 and nine months ended June 30,63% in fiscal 2014, compared with 64% and 65% in the prior-year periods.respectively. The increase inimproved product gross margins in the current year three-month and nine-month periods primarily reflected improvedfirst quarter of fiscal 2015 were driven by manufacturing leverage from higherincreased production levels.volume as well as reduced scrap expense and favorable product mix compared with the prior-year period.

Research and development (R&D) expenses.R&D expenses were $3.6 million and $3.7 million and $11.5 million infor the thirdfirst quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively, or 25% and 27% of total revenue respectively, compared with $4.0 million and $11.1 million or 28% and 27% in theeach respective prior-year periods.period. The fiscal 2014 third quarter2015 decrease from fiscal 2013 was primarily the result2014 of $0.3$0.1 million, of lower compensation costs resulting from our September 2013 restructuring. The increase in expense in the fiscal 2014 nine-month period compared with fiscal 2013or 3%, was primarily a result of $1.2$0.1 million lower outbound royalty expenses. Overall project related external expenses, including those related to development of higher spending for our drug-coated balloon development activities, offset partially by $0.5 millionSurModicsSurVeil Drug Coated Balloon, were unchanged in the first quarter of lower compensation costs and $0.3 millionfiscal 2015 when compared with expenses in the first quarter of lower patent-related legal expenses.fiscal 2014. We continue to expect R&D expenses to increase 2%approximately 5% to 5%7% for the twelve months of fiscal 20142015 as compared with fiscal 2013 as we continue2014 primarily related to invest in our drug-coated balloon development program. This overall increase has declined from previous disclosures as the timing of certain expected drug coated balloon expenditures estimated for fiscal 2014 will not be incurred until fiscal 2015.development activities.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses.SG&A Selling, general and administrative expenses were $3.6$3.7 million and $11.7$3.9 million infor the third quarterthree months ended December 31, 2014 and first nine months of fiscal 2014,2013, respectively, or 25%26% and 28% of total revenue compared with $4.1 million and $11.6 million or 28% of total revenue in both of thefor each respective prior-year periods.period. The SG&A expense decrease of $0.5 million in the thirdfirst quarter of fiscal 2015 from the first quarter of fiscal 2014 resulted fromof $0.2 million, inor 4%, was primarily attributable to $0.3 million of lower stock-based compensation costs andexpense offset partially by $0.1 million of lower professional services expenses covering legal, financialhigher salary expenses. We are currently not accruing stock-based compensation related to our fiscal 2014 and strategic matters2015 performance share awards as well as $0.1 million of lower marketing expenses. The increase of $0.1 millioncurrent projections do not meet or exceed the minimum threshold for the nine months of fiscal 2014 included $1.4 million of higher compensation expense principally from $0.9 million in higher stock-based compensation expense as a result of accelerated vesting of Board of Director stock awards and the granting of a restricted stock award to the former Chairman of the Company’s Board in recognition of his contributions to the Company during his years of service on the Board. A substantial amount of this increase was offset by $0.5 million in lower legal expenses as the prior-year period included higher SRI litigation costs, $0.3 million in lower consulting expenses as the prior-year period included higher costsperformance objectives associated with Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostic business unit strategic activities and $0.2 million in lower professional services expenses.each applicable performance period.

Other income, net.income.Major classifications of other income are as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 

(Dollars in thousands)

  2014   2013   2014   2013 

Investment income, net

  $42    $60    $194    $187  

Gain on sale of strategic investments

   28     —       709     1,293  

Other-than-temporary impairment of strategic investments

   —       —       —       (129

Other investment capital gains

   —       2     125     167  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income

  $70    $62    $1,028    $1,518  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Three months ended
December 31
 
(Dollars in thousands)  2014   2013 

Investment income

  $57   $86  

Gain on sale of strategic investment

   —      681  

Other losses, net

   (7)   —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income

$50 $767  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income was $0.1 million and $1.0 million in the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014, respectively,first quarter of fiscal 2015, compared with $0.1 million and $1.5$0.8 million for the respective prior-year periods.

Income from investments infirst quarter of fiscal 2014. The first quarter of fiscal 2014 remained relatively unchanged at approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, compared with the prior-year periods primarily from higher yields on our investments which were offset by lower investment balances as the result of our share repurchase activities in fiscal 2013 and 2014.

We recordedincludes a gain of $0.7 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 associated withfrom a milestone contingent clinical and sales milestone payments resultingconsideration payment from the fiscal 2013 sale of our ownership interest in Vessix Vascular, Inc. (“Vessix”).

We recorded a gain of $1.3 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2013 associated with both the sale of our investment position in OctoPlus N.V. (“OctoPlus”) and the sale of our ownership interest in Vessix.

In Income from investments in fiscal 2015 decreased compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2013, we recorded a $0.1prior-year period primarily from lower investment balances as the Company used $20.0 million other-than-temporary impairment loss related to our investment in ViaCyte, Inc.

In addition,repurchase common stock in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, we recognized $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in realized investment gains associated with our investment portfolio.first quarter of fiscal 2015.

Income tax provision.The reconciliation Reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal tax rate of 35.0% and the Company’sour effective tax rate from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

 

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2014  2013  2014  2013 

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

   35.0  35.0  35.0  35.0

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

   0.6    1.3    0.6    1.3  

Gain on strategic investments

   —      (2.2  (1.3  (1.7

Discrete item – capital loss carryback

   —      —      —      (1.8

Discrete item – 2012 retroactive R&D federal tax credit

   —      —      —      (1.0

Discrete item – state tax reserve release

   —      —      (1.7  (1.2

Discrete items – other

   (0.7  (5.7  —      (1.4

Strategic investment

   (2.9  (2.3  (1.5  (2.7
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Effective tax rate from continuing operations

   32.0  26.1  31.1  26.5
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   Three months ended
December 31
 
   2014  2013 

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

   35.0  35.0

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

   0.7    0.8  

Gain on strategic investment

   —      (1.3

Discrete item – state tax reserve release

   (2.0  (4.4

Discrete item – 2014 retroactive federal R&D income tax credit

   (4.0  —    

Other

   (0.8  (1.3
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

 28.9 28.8
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The income tax provision was $1.5 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, representing effective tax rates of 28.9% and 28.8%, respectively. The difference between the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35.0% and the Company’sour effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 reflects the impact of state income taxes, permanent tax items valuation allowance changes for utilization of capital losses and discrete tax items. Thebenefits. Discrete items largely consist of state income tax provisionreserve reversals related to the expiration of statutory filing requirements in each period. In addition, the three months ended December 31, 2014 reflects a $0.2 million discrete tax benefit associated with continuing operations was $1.7 millionthe December 2014 signing of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 which retroactively reinstated the federal research and $4.4 million, respectively, for thedevelopment income tax credit which had expired in December 2013.

The three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 resulting in respective effective tax rates of 32.0% and 31.1%. The income tax provision associated with continuing operations was $1.1 million and $3.9 million for the three and nine months ended June 30,December 31, 2013 respectively, resulting in respective effective tax rates of 26.1% and 26.5%.

The most significant variability in our effective tax rate is the result of changes in capital loss valuation allowances resulting from both gains on the sales of strategic investments or contingent milestone consideration payment and other-than-temporary impairment losses associated with certain strategic investments. We have historically recorded other-than-temporary impairment losses with no income tax effect as it has not been more likely than not that we would generate sufficient capital gains to realize these benefits. Consequently, the OctoPlus, Vessix and available-for-sale securities gains realized during fiscal 2014 or 2013 resulted in a reduction in capital loss carryforward valuation allowances resulting in no financial statement income tax effects associated with these capital gains.

During the nine months ended June 30, 2013, we realized a 1.8% reduction in our effective tax rate as we recognized capital loss carrybacks as a result of the tax capital losses generated by the sale of certain of our strategic investments. During the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, the effective tax rate was reduced by 1.3% and 1.7% for net capital gains includingalso reflects the impact of a gain related to a Vessix milestone contingent consideration payments and a gain on sale of our ownership interest in Vessix stock, respectively,payment, for which there is tax expense recognized which has been offset by the reversal of a capital loss valuation allowance. We may receive an additional maximum of $3.4$3.1 million of future contingent payments through fiscal 2017 based on sales of Vessix products. These proceeds, if any, will generate capital gains which will result in reduction of the existing capital loss carryforward valuation allowance.

Discontinued operations.The following is a summary of the operating results of SurModics Pharmaceuticals discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:

   Three Months
Ended June 30,
  Nine Months
Ended June 30,
 

(Dollars in thousands)

  2014  2013  2014  2013 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

  $(117 $136   $(117 $1,151  

Income tax benefit (provision)

   41    (183  41    (516
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

  $(76 $(47 $(76 $635  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations.The Company’s discontinued operations gains and losses are recorded net of the income tax impact of these transactions. The Company recorded discontinued operations loss of $0.1 million in each of the three and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2014 associated with the resolution of the SRI litigation matter discussed in Footnote 17 to the financial statements included in this report. The Company recorded discontinued operations loss of less than $0.1 million and income of $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 related to this litigation matter. The loss in the three months ended June 30, 2013 reflects a $0.2 million pre-tax gain from the termination of recapturable job creation financial incentives provided by the State of Alabama offset by an income tax provision resulting from finalization of the fiscal 2012 federal and state income tax returns and adjustment of the recorded fiscal 2012 tax provision. The discontinued operations income of $0.6 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 is principally from a $1.2 million pre-tax gain from the settlement of recapturable job creation financial incentives provided by the City of Birmingham, Alabama. In this settlement, the Company paid $325,000 of $1.5 million of the recapturable financial incentives which were previously fully accrued by the Company as a discontinued operations liability.

Segment Operating Results

Operating income for each of our reportable segments was as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended
June 30,
 Nine Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended December 31 

(Dollars in thousands)

  2014 2013 %Change 2014 2013 %
Change
   2014   2013   Increase/(Decrease) 

Operating income:

             

Medical Device

  $5,855   $5,223   12 $16,466   $15,848   4  $5,515    $5,328     4

In Vitro Diagnostics

   974   915   6 2,277   2,933   (22)%    1,098     671     64
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

Total segment operating income

   6,829    6,138     18,743    18,781    6,613   5,999   10

Corporate

   (1,496  (1,900  (21)%   (5,601  (5,537  1 (1,579 (1,670 (5)% 
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

Total operating income from continuing operations

  $5,333   $4,238    26 $13,142   $13,244    (1)% 

Total operating income

$5,034  $4,329   16
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

    

 

   

 

   

Medical Device. Operating income was $5.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, compared with $5.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Operating income was $16.5$5.5 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014,2015, compared with $15.8$5.3 million in the same periodfirst quarter of fiscal 2013.

2014. The increase in operating income of $0.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared with the prior-year period, resulted from thehigher gross margin impact of $0.4margins generated on $0.2 million of higher reagent product sales and $0.3a reduction in allocated corporate costs of $0.2 million of higher R&D revenue offset substantially by $0.5 million in lower royalty and license fee as the prior-year period included license fee revenue associated withbased on a customer’s milestone event. Direct operating expenses decreased $0.4 million4% decrease in the three months ended June 30, 2014,portion of corporate costs allocated to the Medical Device reporting segment. Direct expenses increased $0.2 million as salaries and facility costs both increased by $0.1 million each in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 compared with the prior-year period, with the majorityfirst quarter of the decrease from $0.2 million in lower compensation costs following the September 2013 organizational changesfiscal 2014. Operating income as a percentage of revenue was 52% and $0.1 million decrease in spending with the drug coated-balloon development program based on timing of activities51% in the program. Allocated corporate costs decreased $0.1 million in the three months ended June 30,first quarter of fiscal 2015 and 2014, when compared with the prior-year period.

The increase in operating income of $0.6 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2014, compared with the prior-year period, resulted from the gross margin impact from $0.6 million of higher reagent product sales and $0.6 million of higher R&D revenue offset partially by $0.2 million of lower royalty and license fee revenue as the prior-year period included the customer milestone event referenced previously. Offsetting the increased revenue was higher direct operating expenses of $0.4 million principally from $1.2 million of additional expenses associated with the drug-coated balloon development program offset by $0.4 million of lower compensation costs. Allocated corporate costs were $4.0 million and $4.1 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

In Vitro Diagnostics. Operating income was $1.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, compared with $0.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Operating income was $2.3$1.1 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014,2015, compared with $2.9$0.7 million in the same periodfirst quarter of fiscal 2013.

The increase2014. Product sales increased $0.2 million and the related product gross margins of 66% in operating incomethe first quarter of fiscal 2015 were substantially higher compared with product gross margins of 60% in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Product gross margins increased as a result of improved manufacturing leverage from increased production volume compared with the prior-year period. In Vitro Diagnostics direct expenses decreased by less than $0.1 million in the three months ended June 30,fiscal 2015 compared with fiscal 2014 was a result of the gross margin impact from $0.6 million of higher microarray slides, antigen and BioFX branded product sales offsetdriven by $0.5 million of lower stabilization product sales. Product gross marginscompensation expenses. Allocated corporate expenses were 62.2% and 60.1% for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Direct operating expenses increasedrelatively unchanged, decreasing by less than $0.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014first quarter of fiscal 2015 compared with the prior-year period resulting from $0.2 million in fees for professional services offset by lower spending in several other expenses. Allocated corporate costs remained relatively unchanged in both periods.

first quarter of fiscal 2014. The decrease in operating income as a percentage of $0.7 millionrevenue was 31% and 20% in the nine months ended June 30,first quarter of fiscal 2015 and 2014, was a result of the gross margin impact of $1.1 million of lower stabilization, antigens, reagents and BioFX branded product sales offset partially by $0.4 million in higher revenue from microarray slides. Product gross margins were 61.9% and 61.2% for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Direct operating expenses increased $0.3 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 compared with the prior-year period principally from $0.3 million in increased fees for professional services. Allocated corporate costs decreased by $0.1 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014, compared with the comparable prior-year period.

Corporate. The Corporate category includes expenses for administrative corporate functions, such as executive, corporate accounting, legal, human resources and Board of Directors related, fees and expenses, whichthat have not been fully allocated to the Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostics segments. Corporate also includes expenses, such as litigation, which are not specific to a segment and thus not allocated to our operating segments. The unallocated Corporate expense operatingsegment. Operating loss was $1.5 million and $1.9$1.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $5.6 million and $5.5first quarter of fiscal 2015 compared with $1.7 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Share-based compensation expenses decreased $0.1 million and increased $1.0 million in the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014, compared with the comparable prior-year periods. The increase in the nine-month expense was primarily from $0.9 million in additional expense related to the accelerated vesting of Board of Director stock awards and granting of an award to the former Chairman of the Company’s Board in recognition of his contributions to the Company during his years of service on the Board. Other compensation costs increased $0.2 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 resulting from increased headcount, annual salaries effective October 1, 2013 and our insurance premiums. Legal expenses decreased $0.4 million in the nine months ended June 30, 2014 as the prior-year period included higher expenses related to the SRI litigation. In fiscal 2014 we were reimbursed by SRI for a substantial portion of our legal expenses pursuant to an agreement reached in the fourthfirst quarter of fiscal 2013.2014. Lower compensation expenses of $0.1 million, primarily from $0.3 million of lower stock-based compensation, was the key contributor to the decrease. We are currently not accruing stock-based compensation related to our fiscal 2014 and 2015 performance share awards as current projections do not meet or exceed the minimum threshold for the performance objectives associated with each applicable performance period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30,December 31, 2014, we had working capital of $46.7$35.5 million, an increasea decrease of $16.9$15.7 million from September 30, 2013.2014. Working capital is defined by us as current assets minus current liabilities. Our cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities totaled $57.1$47.6 million at June 30,December 31, 2014, a decrease of $1.0$15.8 million from $58.1$63.4 million at September 30, 2013,2014, principally resulting fromrelated to the initial payment made related to our accelerated share repurchasesrepurchase program of $12.5 million and capital expenditures of $1.2$20.0 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014 offset by cash generated by continuing operations of $12.5 million.2015.

Our investments consist principally of U.S. government and government agency obligations, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities and investment grade, interest-bearing corporate and municipal debt securities with varying maturity dates, the majority of which are five years or less. The Company’sOur investment policy excludes ownership of collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage-backed derivatives and other derivative securities without prior written approval of the Board of Directors. The Company’sOur investment policy requires that no more than 5% of investments be held in any one credit or issue, excluding U.S. government and government agency obligations. The primary investment objective of the portfolio is to provide for the safety of principal and appropriate liquidity while generating an above benchmark (“Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year Government-Corporate Index”) total rate of return on a pre-tax basis. Management plans to continue to direct its investment advisors to manage the Company’sour securities investments primarily for the safety of principal for the foreseeable future as it continues to assess other investment opportunities and uses of its cash and securities investments, including those described below.

On November 4, 2013, we entered into a three-year $20.0 million secured revolving credit facility. The credit facility was amended on November 5, 2014 to increase the size of stock repurchased that may be effected by the Company to $30.0 million without the consent of the lender. Borrowings under the credit facility, if any, will bear interest at a benchmark rate plus an applicable margin based on the Company’s leverage ratio. No borrowings have been made on the credit facility and the Company is in compliance with allthe financial covenants includingrelated to a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum EBITDA amount.amount and nonfinancial covenants.

On July 31, 2014, we filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process we may sell, either separately or together, debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock and security warrants in one or more offerings up to an aggregate initial offering price of $175 million. As of December 31, 2014, we have not completed any securities offerings associated with the registration statement.

We generated cash flows from operating activities from continuing operations of approximately $5.5 million and $4.3 million in the first quarter ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The following table depicts our cash flows provided by operating activities from continuing operations:

 

  Nine Months Ended   Three Months Ended
December 31
 
  June 30,   2014   2013 

(Dollars in thousands)

  2014 2013     

Net income

  $9,687   $11,481    $3,614   $3,630  

Loss (income) from discontinued operations

   76   (635

Depreciation and amortization

   2,054   2,174     683    697  

Stock-based compensation

   3,043   1,983     525    813  

Deferred tax

   (98 34     1,025    395  

Net other operating activities

   (1,287 (1,079   (485)     (1,371

Net change in other operating assets and liabilities

   (1,009 (2,054   168     86  
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

  $12,466   $11,904  $5,530 $4,250  
  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Operating Activities.We generated cash flows from operating activities from continuing operations of $12.5$5.5 million and $11.9$4.3 million for the first nine monthsquarter ended June 30,December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The first quarter of fiscal 2014 nine-month period2015 increase compared with the first quarter of fiscal year 20132014 reflected incremental cash generation of $0.9key changes from higher operating income and a $0.6 million from accrued income taxes, accounts payable and accrued liability balances, $0.2 million from a reduction in prepaids and other assets and $0.1 million from a decrease in inventory partially offset by usage of cash flow of $0.2 million from accounts receivable and $0.5 million from adjustments to net income as noted in the table above.deferred taxes.

Investing Activities. We used cash in investing activities of $2.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 compared with cash generated from investing activities of $0.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. We invested $1.2less than $0.1 million in property and equipment in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014,2015, compared with $1.4$0.1 million in the prior-year period, primarily as a result of higher spending on building improvementsperiod. The property and equipment investment in the 2013 period. We have invested $0.6 million in building improvements and $0.6 million in laboratory and production equipment in the nine monthsfirst quarter of fiscal 2014.2015 is lower than our historical range of investment. We anticipate spending an additional $1.0$2.1 million to $1.3$2.4 million on building improvements and equipment purchases for the remainder of fiscal 20142015 which wouldwill result in a full year increase when compared with our fiscal 2013 investment2014 investment. We invested $3.2 million in available-for-sale debt securities in the first quarter of $1.9 million. Our sales of available-for-sale securities lessfiscal 2015 resulting from the amounts reinvested in securities also provided cash of $25.3 million.generated from operations. We received cash of $0.7 million (contingent milestone paymentspayment) in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 associated with the sale of our ownership interest in Vessix Vascular) and $2.3 million (sale of shares of Vessix Vascular and OctoPlus) in the first nine months of fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively.Vascular. In the first nine monthsquarter of both fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, and 2013, we invested less than $0.1 million of cash associated with our discontinued operations of $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.operations.

Financing Activities. We used cash related to ourflows from financing activities from continuing operations of $12.9 million and $10.3$17.0 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2015, compared with $9.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, principally related to share repurchase activity, including the fiscal 2015 accelerated share repurchase program described in the paragraph below. We also used cash of $0.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 to purchase common stock to pay employee taxes resulting primarily from issuance of common shares associated with our fiscal year 2012-2014 performance share program.

On November 11, 2014, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase program with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. In connection with the agreement, the Company made an initial $20.0 million payment to the bank and 2013, respectively. In July 2013, our Boardimmediately received an initial delivery of Directors authorized758,143 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $16.0 million as of the repurchasepurchase date. Effective as of up to $20.0the date of the initial share purchase, the transaction was accounted for as a share retirement, resulting in a reduction of common stock of less than $0.1 million, additional paid-in capital of $2.5 million and retained earnings of $13.5 million. The remaining $4.0 million of the Company’s outstandinginitial payment was also reported as a reduction in retained earnings. Upon final settlement of the program, the Company may be entitled to receive additional shares of common stock, or, under certain circumstances specified in the program, the Company may be required to deliver shares or remit a settlement amount in cash, at the Company’s option. Based on the facts associated with the agreement, the forward contract is indexed to the Company’s common stock and meets the U.S. GAAP requirements to be classified as permanent equity. As long as the forward contract continues to meet the requirements to be classified as permanent equity, the Company will not record future changes in its fair value. The Company expects it will continue to meet those requirements through open-market purchases, private transactions, block trades,the settlement date.

During the three months ended December 31, 2014, the Company repurchased 758,143 shares of common stock for a total of $16.0 million under the $30.0 million November 2014 Board authorization and as of December 31, 2014, $14.0 million remained available for future repurchases under this authorization. The $14.0 million includes $4.0 million of the initial payment to Wells Fargo in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 under the accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers,program.

The agreement with Wells Fargo expires in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015; however the bank has the right to accelerate the end of the purchase period. Upon settlement of the contract, the Company will adjust common stock, as well as either additional paid-in capital or retained earnings, as appropriate, to reflect the final settlement amount. The specific number of shares that the Company will ultimately purchase under the accelerated share purchase agreement will be based on the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period, less an agreed upon discount. The maximum amount of shares of common stock the Company can be required to issue to settle the agreement cannot exceed 1,870,907. The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued shares available to deliver the maximum share amount. For every $1.00 increase or decrease in the Company’s VWAP, based on a closing stock price of $21.38 on November 11, 2014, the settlement amount will change by any combination of such methods. Duringapproximately 45,000 shares.

Pursuant to previously authorized share repurchases, during the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014, we repurchased 485,577380,011 shares of common stock for $11.5worth $8.9 million at an average price of $23.77$23.48 per share. As of June 30, 2014, there was no remaining amount available for future share repurchases under the July 2013 repurchase authorization. We also used cash of $1.1 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014 to purchase common stock to pay employee taxes resulting principally from issuance of common shares associated with our fiscal year 2011-2013 performance share program. In fiscal 2013, we used cash totaling $10.3 million to repurchase 405,290 shares at an average price of $25.47 under a repurchase authorization approved by our board of directors in January 2013.

We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities, which totaled $57.1$47.6 million as of June 30,December 31, 2014, together with cash flow from operations, and our $20 million credit facility and $175 million shelf registration statement, will provide liquidity sufficient to meet the below-statedbelow stated needs and fund our operations for the remainder of fiscal 2014.2015. There can be no assurance, however, that SurModics’our business will continue to generate cash flows at current levels, and disruptions in financial markets may negatively impact our ability to access capital in a timely manner and on attractive terms. Our anticipated liquidity needs for the remainder of fiscal 20142015 may include, but are not limited to, the following: general capital expenditures in the range of $1.0$2.1 million to $1.3$2.4 million, $10.0 million associated with the remaining authorized amount available under our share repurchase program discussed previously and obligations remaining after the Pharma Sale, including indemnification obligations of $2.5 million to Evonik related to contingent consideration payments from the acquisition of assets from PR Pharmaceuticals in November 2008.any cash requirements associated with other investment opportunities.

Discontinued Operations.Our Pharmaceuticals discontinued operation used operating cash in operating activities of $0.2 million andless than $0.1 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20142015 and 2013, respectively. Cash used in discontinued operations in fiscal 2014 related to payments made in connection with the resolution of the SRI litigation matter discussed in Footnote 17 to the financial statements included in this report, and payments of certain accounts payable

balances. Cash used in discontinued operations in fiscal 2013 related to payments to settle the City of Birmingham job incentive obligation and other accrued liability payments partially offset by cash received from remaining accounts receivable balances.2014. Cash generated byin financing activities of $0.2 million andless than $0.1 million in the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 20142015 and 2013, respectively,fiscal 2014 related to transfers of cash from the continuing operations of SurModics and consisted of cash used for the matters previously mentioned.to make payments on accrual balances.

Customer Concentrations.Our licensed technologies provide royalty revenue, which represents the largest revenue stream to the Company. We have licenses with a diverse base of customers and certain customers have multiple products using our technology. Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) was our largest customer comprising 19% of totalour consolidated revenue for fiscal 20132014 and remains at this level forin the first nine monthsquarter of fiscal 2014.2015. Medtronic has several separately licensed products that generate royalty revenue for SurModics, none of which represented more than 7% of SurModics’ total revenue. On June 15, 2014, Medtronic and Covidien PLC (“Covidien”) announced that they had entered into an agreement under which Medtronic would acquire Covidien. This transaction was approved by shareholders of both companies in January 2015, which approval was also received from the High Court of Ireland on January 26, 2015. Our revenue from the combined Medtronic/Covidien entity, on a post-merger basis, will now represent approximately 23% of our future consolidated revenue. No other individual customer using licensed technology constitutes more than 10% of SurModics’ total revenue.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30,December 31, 2014, the Companywe did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements with any unconsolidated entities.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include expectations concerning our growth strategy, including our ability to sign new license agreements and broaden our hydrophilic coatings royalty revenue, and convert our customers using early generation technology to one of our advanced generation technologies, product development programs, various milestone achievements, research and development expenses, increased legal expenses within selling, general and administrative expenses, future cash flow and sources of funding, short-term liquidity requirements, future property and equipment investment levels, the impact of potential lawsuits or claims, and the impact of Medtronic, as well as other significant customers, including new diagnostic kit customers. Without limiting the foregoing, words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “will” and similar terminology, generally identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may also represent challenging goals for us. These statements, which represent the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning various future events, are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those of such forward-looking statements. We caution that undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Some of the factors which could cause results to differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement are set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.2014. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update publicly these forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

Although it is not possible to create a comprehensive list of all factors that may cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements, such factors include, among others:

 

our reliance on a small number of significant customers, which causes our financial results and stock price to be subject to factors affecting those significant customers and their products, the timing of market introduction of their or competing products, product safety or efficacy concerns and intellectual property litigation could adversely affect our growth strategy and the royalty revenue we derive;

 

general economic conditions which are beyond our control, such as the impact of recession, customer mergers and acquisitions (including the merger of Medtronic, our largest customer, with Covidien), business investment and changes in consumer confidence;

 

a decrease in our available cash or the value of our investment holdings could impact short-term liquidity requirements and expected capital and other expenditures;

 

the difficulties and uncertainties associated with the lengthy and costly new product development and foreign and domestic regulatory approval processes, such as delays, difficulties or failures in achieving acceptable clinical results or obtaining foreign or U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing clearances or approvals, which may result in lost market opportunities or postpone or preclude product commercialization by licensees;

 

the development of new products or technologies by competitors, technological obsolescence and other changes in competitive factors as well as factors;

our ability to perform successfully certain product development activities, the related R&D expense impact and governmental and regulatory compliance activities which we have not previously undertaken in any significant manner; and

our ability to successfully convert our customers from an early generation of our Photolink® hydrophilic technology protected by a family of patents expected to expire in November 2015 (in the U.S.) and October 2016 (in certain other countries) to one of our advanced generation technologies; and

 

other factors described in “Risk Factors” and other sections of SurModics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013,2014, which you are encouraged to read carefully.

Many of these factors are outside the control and knowledge of us, and could result in increased volatility in period-to-period results. Investors are advised not to place undue reliance upon our forward-looking statements and to consult any further disclosures by us on this subject in its filings with the SEC.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our investment policy requires investments with high credit quality issuers and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. Our investments consist principally of U.S. government and government agency obligations, agency and commercial mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, asset-backed securities and investment-grade, interest-bearing corporate and municipal debt securitiesbonds with varying maturity dates, the majority of which are five years or less. Because of the credit criteria of our investment policies, the primary market risk associated with these investments is interest rate risk. SurModics does

We do not use derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk or to speculate on future changes in interest rates. A one percentage point increase in interest rates would result in an approximate $0.3$0.4 million decrease in the fair value of our available-for-sale securities as of June 30,December 31, 2014, but would have no material impact on the results of operations or cash flows.

Management believes that a reasonable change in raw material prices would not have a material impact on future earnings or cash flows because the Company’sour inventory exposure is not material.

Although we conduct business in foreign countries, our international operations consist primarily of sales of reagent and stabilization chemicals. Additionally, all sales transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars. We generate royalty revenue from the sale of customer products in foreign jurisdictions. Royalties generated in foreign jurisdictions by customers are converted and paid in U.S. dollars per contractual terms. To the extent our customers transact sales in foreign jurisdictions, we will realize reduced royalty revenue resulting from the recent strengthening of the U.S. dollar as our customers convert local currency revenue and related royalty obligations to U.S. dollars. Given the diverse nature of our customers’ products and international operations, changes in foreign currencies are not expected to materially impact our operating results. A limited number of our purchasing transactions are denominated in foreign currencies and they are converted to U.S. dollars. These purchasing transactions are not material to our operating results. Accordingly, we do not expect to be subject to material foreign currency risk with respect to future costs or cash flows from our foreign sales. To date, we have not entered into any foreign currency forward exchange contracts or other derivative financial instruments to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, referred to collectively herein as the Certifying Officers, are responsible for establishing and maintaining our disclosure controls and procedures. The Certifying Officers have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of June 30,December 31, 2014. Based on that review and evaluation, which included inquiries made to certain other employees of the Company, the Certifying Officers have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as designed and implemented, are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Securities Exchange Commission rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,manager, including its Certifying Officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Except as described in Footnote 17 to the financial statements included in this report, there wereThere have been no material developments in the legal proceedings previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.2014.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Item 1A.Risk Factors

In our report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013,2014, filed with the SEC on December 11, 2013,5, 2014, we identify under “Part 1, Item 1A. Risk Factors.” important factors which could affect our financial performance and could cause our actual results for future periods to differ materially from our anticipated results or other expectations, including those expressed in any forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q.

There have been no material changes in our risk factors subsequent to the filing of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.2014.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table presents information with respect to purchases of common stock of the Company made during the three months ended June 30,December 31, 2014, by the Company or on behalf of the Company or any “affiliated purchaser” of the Company, as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act.

 

Period

  Total Number
of Shares
Purchased(1)
   Average
Price Paid
per Share
   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
   Approximate Dollar
Value of
Shares That
May Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs(2)
 

4/1/14 — 4/30/14

   19,436    $22.74     0    $8  

5/1/14 — 5/31/14

   0     N/A     0    $8  

6/1/14 — 6/30/14

   0     N/A     0    $8  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total

   19,436    $22.74     0    $8  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Period

  Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)
   Average
Price Paid
per Share (1)
   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
   Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares
That May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans or
Programs (2)
 

10/1/14 — 10/31/14

   0     N/A     0    $8  

11/1/14 — 11/30/14

   759,632    $21.10     758,143    $14,000,000  

12/1/14 — 12/31/14

   32,963    $21.03     0    $14,000,000  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total

 792,595  $21.10   758,143  $14,000,000  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

(1)The purchases in this column included shares repurchased as part of our publicly announced program and in addition include 32,963 shares that were repurchased by the Company to pay the exercise price and/or to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with so-called “stock swap exercises” related to the exerciseissuance of employeeperformance share awards and vesting of restricted stock options.awards.
(2)On July 29, 2013,November 5, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $20.0$30.0 million of our outstanding common stock. Through June 30, 2014, we have repurchased 875,930 shares at an average pricestock in open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers or by any combination of $22.83 under the July 2013 authorization. As of June 30, 2014,such methods. The authorization has no amounts were available for repurchases under the July 2013 authorization.fixed expiration date.

On November 11, 2014, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase program with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. In connection with the agreement, the Company made an initial $20.0 million payment to the bank and immediately received an initial delivery of 758,143 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $16.0 million as of the purchase date. Effective as of the date of the initial share purchase, the transaction was accounted for as a share retirement, resulting in a reduction of common stock of less than $0.1 million, additional paid-in capital of $2.5 million, and retained earnings of $13.5 million. The remaining $4.0 million of the Company’s initial payment was also reported as a reduction in retained earnings. Upon final settlement of the program, the Company may be entitled to receive additional shares of common stock, or, under certain circumstances specified in the program, the Company may be required to deliver shares or remit a settlement amount in cash, at the Company’s option. The table above includes the initial payment of $4.0 million to Wells Fargo in the “approximated dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased” column until the final delivery of shares which is expected to be completed at the latest in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015.

The specific number of shares that the Company will ultimately purchase under the accelerated share purchase agreement will be based on the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period, less an

agreed upon discount. The agreement expires in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015; however the bank has the right to accelerate the end of the purchase period. Upon settlement of the contract, the Company will adjust common stock, as well as either additional paid-in capital or retained earnings, as appropriate, to reflect the final settlement amount.

Through December 31, 2014, we have repurchased 758,143 shares at an average price of $21.10 under the November 2014 authorization and as of December 31, 2014 there remains $14.0 million available to repurchase shares in the future. The repurchase authorization does not have a fixed expiration date.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Item 5.Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  

Description

3.1  Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended—amended - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on July 31, 2014, SEC File No. 333-197757.
3.2  Restated Bylaws of SurModics, Inc., as amended November 30, 2009 – incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, SEC File No. 0-23837.
  10.1First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated November 5, 2014, by and between SurModics, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association – incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 6, 2014, SEC File No. 000-23837.
  10.2Fixed Discounted Share Buyback (“DSB”) with Initial Delivery Agreement dated November 11, 2014, by and between SurModics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association – incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, SEC File No. 000-23837.
  10.3*Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Employee Director) - SurModics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
  10.4*Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Employee Director) - SurModics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
  10.5*Form of Restricted Stock Agreement - SurModics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
12*  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
31.1*  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*
  Financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for SurModics, Inc. for the quarterly period ended June 30,December 31, 2014, filed on August 1, 2014,February 4, 2015, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

*Filed herewith

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.

 

August 1, 2014February 4, 2015SurModics, Inc.
By:

/s/ Andrew D.C.D. C. LaFrence

Andrew D.C.D. C. LaFrence
Vice President of Finance and
Chief Financial Officer

(duly authorized signatory and

principal financial officer)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

EXHIBIT INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended June 30,December 31, 2014

SURMODICS, INC.INC.

 

Exhibit

  

Description

3.1  Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended—amended - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on July 31, 2014, SEC File No. 333-197757.
3.2  Restated Bylaws of SurModics, Inc., as amended November 30, 2009 – incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, SEC File No. 0-23837.
  10.1First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated November 5, 2014, by and between SurModics, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association – incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 6, 2014, SEC File No. 000-23837.
  10.2Fixed Discounted Share Buyback (“DSB”) with Initial Delivery Agreement dated November 11, 2014, by and between SurModics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association – incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, SEC File No. 000-23837.
  10.3*Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Employee Director) - SurModics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
  10.4*Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Employee Director) - SurModics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
  10.5*Form of Restricted Stock Agreement - SurModics, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
12*  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
31.1*  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*  Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*  Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*  XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

*Filed herewith

 

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