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United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

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

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 20222023

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 No: 0-11740

 


 

MESA LABORATORIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Colorado

 

84-0872291

 
 

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 
 

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification number)

 
     
 

12100 West Sixth Avenue

   
 

Lakewood, Colorado

 

80228

 
 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 987-8000

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each classTrading SymbolName on each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par valueMLABThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

Yes ☒   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒     No ☐

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer ☒

Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☐

Smaller reporting company ☐

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐     No ☒

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

 

There were 5,346,1745,394,051 shares of the Issuer’s common stock, no par value, outstanding as of February 1, 2023.January 29, 2024.

 



 

 

 



 

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Part I. Financial Information

1
  
 

Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)

1
 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

1
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of OperationsIncome

2
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Income

3
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsStockholders’ Equity

4
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ EquityCash Flows

5
 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6
 

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

15
 

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

2122
 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

2223
   

Part II. Other Information

2324
  
 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

2324
 

Item 1A.  Risk factors

2324
 

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

2324
Item 5. Other Information24
 

Item 6.  Exhibits

2425
 

Signatures

2526
 

Exhibit 31.1 Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)

 
 

Exhibit 31.2 Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)

 
 

Exhibit 32.1 Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C Section 1350

 
 

Exhibit 32.2 Certifications Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C Section 1350

 

 

 

 

 

Part I. Financial Information

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

December 31,

 

March 31,

  

December 31,

  

March 31,

 
 

2022

  

2022

  

2023

  

2023

 

ASSETS

            

Current assets:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

 $26,101  $49,346  $28,224  $32,910 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $758 and $630, respectively

 42,395  41,224 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,363 and $849, respectively

 36,023  42,551 

Inventories

 33,739  24,606  35,973  34,642 

Prepaid expenses and other

  11,950   9,142   18,135   8,872 

Total current assets

 114,185  124,318  118,355  118,975 

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $19,708 and $17,726, respectively

 28,263  28,620 

Noncurrent assets:

     

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $22,574 and $19,768 respectively

 31,775  28,149 

Deferred tax asset

 708 1,318  1,092 1,076 

Other assets

 10,572  11,830  11,590  10,373 

Intangibles, net

 223,447  250,117 

Customer relationships, net

 162,890 152,189 

Intellectual property, net

 45,753 46,400 

Other intangibles, net

 24,131  18,226 

Goodwill

  285,809   291,166   346,183   286,444 

Total assets

 $662,984  $707,369  $741,769  $661,832 
  

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

            

Current liabilities:

          

Accounts payable

 $6,288  $7,897  $4,554  $6,134 

Accrued payroll and benefits

 8,134  14,717  9,380  9,433 

Unearned revenues

 14,584  13,830  14,357  15,694 

Other accrued expenses

  12,611  11,611   15,892  12,098 

Total current liabilities

 41,617  48,055  44,183  43,359 

Noncurrent liabilities:

     

Deferred tax liability

 36,946  39,224  44,340  34,028 

Other long-term liabilities

 8,172  7,924  17,320  7,693 

Credit Facility

 19,000 49,000 

Convertible senior notes, net of discounts and debt issuance costs

  170,044  169,365 

Credit facility

 62,000 13,000 

Convertible senior notes, net of debt issuance costs

  170,965  170,272 

Total liabilities

  275,779   313,568   338,808   268,352 

Stockholders’ equity:

          

Common stock, no par value; authorized 25,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 5,341,890 and 5,265,627 shares, respectively

 326,933  313,460 

Common stock, no par value; authorized 25,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 5,394,043 and 5,369,466 shares, respectively

 340,852  332,076 

Retained earnings

 74,444  76,675  71,953  74,199 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

  (14,172)  3,666 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)

  (9,844)  (12,795)

Total stockholders’ equity

  387,205   393,801   402,961   393,480 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $662,984  $707,369  $741,769  $661,832 

 

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of OperationsIncome

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 
  

Revenues

 $54,287  $54,696  $163,489  $125,456  $53,473  $54,287  $157,283  $163,489 

Cost of revenues

  21,522   26,069   62,997   51,478  20,071  21,522  60,589  62,997 

Gross profit

 32,765  28,627  100,492  73,978   33,402   32,765   96,694   100,492 

Operating expenses:

 

Operating expense:

 

Selling

 8,437  8,958  27,660  18,459  9,737  8,437  28,363  27,660 

General and administrative

 16,129  17,017  54,543  40,119  19,438  16,129  55,024  54,543 

Research and development

  4,797   5,164   15,486   10,588   4,294   4,797   14,098   15,486 

Total operating expenses

  29,363   31,139   97,689   69,166 

Operating income (loss)

  3,402   (2,512)  2,803   4,812 

Nonoperating expense (income):

 

Interest expense and amortization of debt discount

 1,162  1,018  3,390  2,647 

Other expense (income), net

  324   (1,189)  (475)  (1,455)

Total nonoperating expense (income)

  1,486   (171)  2,915   1,192 

Total operating expense

  33,469   29,363   97,485   97,689 

Operating (loss) income

  (67)  3,402   (791)  2,803 

Nonoperating expense:

 

Interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs

 1,856  1,162  3,809  3,390 

Other (income) expense, net

  (3,869)  324   (4,284)  (475)

Total nonoperating (income) expense, net

  (2,013)  1,486   (475)  2,915 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

 1,916  (2,341) (112) 3,620  1,946  1,916  (316) (112)

Income tax provision (benefit)

  1,465   (281)  (431)  (35)

Net income (loss)

 $451  $(2,060) $319  $3,655 

Income tax (benefit) expense

  (170)  1,465   (653)  (431)

Net income

 $2,116  $451  $337  $319 
  

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

Earnings per share:

 

Basic

 $0.08  $(0.39) $0.06  $0.70  $0.39  $0.08  $0.06  $0.06 

Diluted

 $0.08  $(0.39) $0.06  $0.69  $0.39  $0.08  $0.06  $0.06 
  

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

  

Basic

 5,339  5,233  5,312  5,199  5,393  5,339  5,384  5,312 

Diluted

 5,360  5,233  5,354  5,333  5,396  5,360  5,394  5,354 

 

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(unaudited)

(in thousands) 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 
  

Net income (loss)

 $451  $(2,060) $319  $3,655 

Net income

 $2,116  $451  $337  $319 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

  11,345   (6,165)  (17,838)  (7,297)  10,965   11,345   2,951   (17,838)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $11,796  $(8,225) $(17,519) $(3,642) $13,081  $11,796  $3,288  $(17,519)

 

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

  

Common Stock

             
  

Number of Shares

  

Amount

  

Retained Earnings

  

AOCI*

  

Total

 

March 31, 2023

  5,369,466  $332,076  $74,199  $(12,795) $393,480 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  20,074   52   -   -   52 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (5,260)  (712)  -   -   (712)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (859)  -   (859)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   2,968   -   -   2,968 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (6,661)  (6,661)

Net (loss)

  -   -   (549)  -   (549)

June 30, 2023

  5,384,280  $334,384  $72,791  $(19,456) $387,719 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  7,464   304   -   -   304 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (18)  (2)  -   -   (2)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (862)  -   (862)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   3,183   -   -   3,183 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (1,353)  (1,353)

Net (loss)

  -   -   (1,230)  -   (1,230)

September 30, 2023

  5,391,726  $337,869  $70,699  $(20,809) $387,759 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  2,415   2   -   -   2 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (98)  (12)  -   -   (12)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (862)  -   (862)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   2,993   -   -   2,993 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   10,965   10,965 

Net income

  -   -   2,116   -   2,116 

December 31, 2023

  5,394,043  $340,852  $71,953  $(9,844) $402,961 

  

Common Stock

             
  

Number of Shares

  

Amount

  

Retained Earnings

  

AOCI*

  

Total

 

March 31, 2022

  5,265,627  $313,460  $76,675  $3,666  $393,801 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  31,690   1,438   -   -   1,438 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (9)  (2)  -   -   (2)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (843)  -   (843)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   3,432   -   -   3,432 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (15,957)  (15,957)

Net (loss)

  -   -   (1,438)  -   (1,438)

June 30, 2022

  5,297,308  $318,328  $74,394  $(12,291) $380,431 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  42,014   2,778   -   -   2,778 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (3,051)  (572)  -   -   (572)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (852)  -   (852)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   4,371   -   -   4,371 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (13,226)  (13,226)

Net income

  -   -   1,306   -   1,306 

September 30, 2022

  5,336,271  $324,905  $74,848  $(25,517) $374,236 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  7,376   307   -   -   307 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (1,757)  (335)  -   -   (335)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (855)  -   (855)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   2,056   -   -   2,056 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   11,345   11,345 

Net income

  -   -   451   -   451 

December 31, 2022

  5,341,890  $326,933  $74,444  $(14,172) $387,205 

*Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income.

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

 

2021

  

2023

  

2022

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

        

Net income

 $319  $3,655  $337  $319 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

Depreciation and amortization

 24,769  15,686 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

 

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

 2,899  3,196 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 22,380 21,573 

Stock-based compensation expense

 9,859  7,939  9,144  9,859 

Amortization of step-up in inventory basis

 - 6,062 

Non-cash interest and debt amortization

 692  679 

Other

 (359) (504) (1,614) (1,038)

Cash (used in) provided by changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

Cash from changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

Accounts receivable, net

 (1,979) (2,258) 8,294  (1,979)

Inventories

 (9,191) 351  217  (9,191)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 (2,312) (1,933) (7,841) (2,312)

Accounts payable

 (1,339) 1,270  (1,656) (1,339)

Accrued liabilities and taxes payable

 (5,221) (1,403) (124) (5,221)

Unearned revenues

  918   1,056   (1,478)  918 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  15,464   29,921   31,250   15,464 

Cash flows from investing activities:

        

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 (4,950) (300,793) (79,700) (4,950)

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

  (3,518)  (3,650)  (2,032)  (3,518)

Net cash (used in) investing activities

  (8,468)  (304,443)  (81,732)  (8,468)

Cash flows from financing activities:

        

Proceeds from the issuance of debt

 - 70,000  71,000 - 

Payments of debt

 (30,000) (10,000)

Dividends

 (2,550) (2,495)

Repayment of debt

 (22,000) (30,000)

Dividends paid

 (2,583) (2,550)

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

 4,523  6,171  358  4,523 

Payment of tax withholding obligation on vesting of restricted stock

 (909) (819)  (726)  (909)

Payments of contingent consideration

  -  (234)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (28,936)  62,623 

Other financing, net

 (280) - 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  45,769   (28,936)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 (1,305) (260) 27  (1,305)

Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 (23,245) (212,159) (4,686) (23,245)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  49,346   263,865   32,910   49,346 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $26,101  $51,706  $28,224  $26,101 

 

Supplemental non-cash activity:

        

Contingent consideration as part of an acquisition

 $1,500  $- 
Supplemental non-cash activity:
Acquisition-related consideration held back against potential indemnification losses

9,526

 $-

 

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

  

Common Stock

             
  

Number of Shares

  

Amount

  

Retained Earnings

  

AOCI*

  

Total

 

March 31, 2022

  5,265,627  $313,460  $76,675  $3,666  $393,801 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  31,690   1,438   -   -   1,438 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (9)  (2)  -   -   (2)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (843)  -   (843)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   3,432   -   -   3,432 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (15,957)  (15,957)

Net (loss)

  -   -   (1,438)  -   (1,438)

June 30, 2022

  5,297,308  $318,328  $74,394  $(12,291) $380,431 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  42,014   2,778   -   -   2,778 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (3,051)  (572)  -   -   (572)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (852)  -   (852)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   4,371   -   -   4,371 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (13,226)  (13,226)

Net income

  -   -   1,306   -   1,306 

September 30, 2022

  5,336,271  $324,905  $74,848  $(25,517) $374,236 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  7,376   307   -   -   307 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

  (1,757)  (335)  -   -   (335)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (855)  -   (855)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   2,056   -   -   2,056 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   11,345   11,345 

Net income

  -   -   451   -   451 

December 31, 2022

  5,341,890  $326,933  $74,444  $(14,172) $387,205 

  

Common Stock

             
  

Number of Shares

  

Amount

  

Retained Earnings

  

AOCI*

  

Total

 

March 31, 2021

  5,140,568  $317,652  $72,459  $16,116  $406,227 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  58,324   1,836   -   -   1,836 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

      (747)        (747)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (824)  -   (824)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   2,197   -   -   2,197 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   5,371   5,371 

Cumulative adjustment due to adoption of ASU No. 2020-06

  -   (22,735)  5,683   -   (17,052)

Net income

  -   -   1,995   -   1,995 

June 30, 2021

  5,198,892  $298,203  $79,313  $21,487  $399,003 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  24,340   2,060   -   -   2,060 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

      (68)        (68)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (834)  -   (834)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   2,039   -   -   2,039 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (6,503)  (6,503)

Net income

  -   -   3,720   -   3,720 

September 30, 2021

  5,223,232  $302,234  $82,199  $14,984  $399,417 

Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units

  21,396   2,275   -   -   2,275 

Tax withholding on vesting of restricted stock units

      (4)        (4)

Dividends paid, $0.16 per share

  -   -   (837)  -   (837)

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   3,703   -   -   3,703 

Foreign currency translation

  -   -   -   (6,165)  (6,165)

Net (loss)

  -   -   (2,060)  -   (2,060)

December 31, 2021

  5,244,628  $308,208  $79,302  $8,819  $396,329 

*Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income.

See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

(dollar and share amounts in thousands, unless otherwise specified)

 

 

 

Note 1. Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Description of Business

 

In this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, Mesa Laboratories, Inc., a Colorado corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company”“Company,” or “Mesa.”

 

We are a multinational manufacturer, developer,leader in the design and sellermanufacture of life sciencesciences tools and critical quality control solutions for regulated applications in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical device industries. We offer products and services manyto help our customers ensure product integrity, increase patient and worker safety, and improve the quality of which are sold into niche markets that are driven by regulatory requirements.life throughout the world. We have manufacturing operations in the United States and Europe, and our products are marketed by our sales personnel in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, and by independent distributors in these areas as well as throughout the rest of the world. We prefer markets in which we can establish a strong presence and achieve high gross profit margins.

 

As of December 31, 20222023, we managed our operations in four reportable segments, or divisions:

 

 Sterilization and Disinfection Control - manufactures and sells biological, chemical, and cleaning indicators used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical device, and dental industries. The division also provides testing and laboratory services, mainly to the dental industry. 

Clinical Genomics - develops, manufactures and sells highly sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools used byand related consumables and services that enable clinical labs to perform genomic clinical testing for a broad range of diagnostic and research applications in several therapeutic areas, such as screenings for hereditary diseases, pharmacogenetics, and oncology related applications.

Sterilization and Disinfection Control - manufactures and sells biological, cleaning, and chemical indicators which are used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes in the hospital, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. The division also provides testing and laboratory services, mainly to the dental industry. 

 

Biopharmaceutical Development - develops, manufactures and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. Immunoassays and peptide synthesis solutions accelerate the discovery, development, and manufacture of biotherapeutic drugs.therapies, among other applications. 

 

Calibration Solutions - develops, manufactures and sells quality control and calibration products usedusing principles of advanced metrology to measure or calibrate temperature, pressure, pH, humidity, and othercritical chemical or physical parameters for healthin various dialysis, process monitoring, instrument monitoring, environmental monitoring, gas flow, environmental air quality, and safety purposes,torque applications, primarily in hospital, medical device manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, laboratory, and various laboratoryhospital environments.

 

Non-reportable operating segments and unallocatedUnallocated corporate expenses are reported within Corporate and Other.

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. In the opinion of management, such unaudited information includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of our financial position and results of operations. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be achieved for the entire year. The year-end Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Mesa and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We made no material changes to the application of our significant accounting policies that were disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K. This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20222023.

 

Our fiscal year ends on March 31. References in this Quarterly Report to a particular “year” or “year-end” mean“quarter” refer to our fiscal year references to the first quarter ofor fiscal year 2023 refer to the period from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, references to the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 refer to the period from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022, and references to the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 refer to the period from October 1,2022 through December 31, 2022. References to “fiscal year 2022” refer to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, and to “fiscal year 2023” refer to the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

quarters, respectively.

 

Prior Period ReclassificationReclassifications

 

Certain prior year amounts presented for prior periods in Note 3. "Revenue Recognition" have been reclassified. Certain revenues related to the Biopharmaceutical Development division have been reclassified out of revenues from consumables and into revenues from hardware and services. Certain revenues related to the Clinical Genomics division have been reclassified out of revenues from hardware and into revenues from consumables. Theseconform with current presentation. The reclassifications have not resulted in any changechanges to consolidated or segment amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for andany periods presented in this Form 10-Q.

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The preparation of financial statements requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the reporting date and revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These estimates represent management's judgment about the outcome of future events. The global business and economic uncertainty resulting from supply chain challenges,environment continues to be impacted by cost pressure, the overall effects of the current high inflation environmenteconomic uncertainty on customers' purchasing patterns, high interest rates, and other factors. It is not possible to accurately predict the novel coronavirus pandemic ("COVID-19") has madefuture impact of such estimates more difficult to calculate. Accordingly, actualevents and circumstances. Actual results could differ from thoseour estimates.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No.2023-07, "Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures." ASU No.2023-07 requires all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 to be included in interim periods and requires disclosure of significant segment expenses regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), a description of other segment items by reportable segment, and applicable additional measures of segment profit or loss used by the CODM when allocating resources and assessing business performance. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2023 (our fiscal year 2025), with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the effect the adoption of this standard will have on our financial statements.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting PronouncementsIn December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No.2023-09, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures." ASU No.2023-09, which enhances the transparency, effectiveness and comparability of income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information related to income tax rate reconciliations and the jurisdictions in which income taxes are paid. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 (our fiscal year 2026), with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the effect the adoption of this standard will have on our financial statements.

 

We have reviewed all recently issued accounting pronouncements and have concluded that, other than as described above, they are either not applicable to us or are not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Note 2. Significant Transactions

 

Belyntic GmbHAcquisition of GKE

In accordance with the sale and purchase agreement executed October 14, 2023, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of GKE GmbH and SAL GmbH effective October 16, 2023, and upon approval by applicable Chinese regulators, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Beijing GKE Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (“GKE China,” and, together with GKE GmbH and SAL GmbH, “GKE”), effective December 31, 2023 (the "GKE acquisition"). GKE primarily develops, manufactures and sells a highly competitive portfolio of chemical sterilization indicators, biologics, and process challenge devices to protect patient safety across global healthcare markets. GKE’s strength in chemical indicators and our Sterilization and Disinfection Control division’s strength in biologic indictors are complementary, as chemical and biologic indicators are used in the same sterility validation workflows. Additionally, GKE’s healthcare-focused commercial capabilities in Europe and Asia greatly expand our reach in the healthcare markets in those geographies. We are working to obtain regulatory 510(k) clearance on certain GKE products for sale in the United States, which would further expand organic revenues growth opportunities from the GKE business. 

Total cash consideration for the GKE acquisition was $88,789, net of cash and financial liabilities and subject to customary purchase price adjustments, including working capital adjustments of approximately $1,000 expected to be paid to Mesa from the seller during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024. Of the total acquisition price approximately $9,500, will be held back for a period of 18 months from the acquisition closing as security against potential indemnification losses. We funded the acquisition through a combination of cash on-hand and a total of $71,000 borrowed under our line of credit (See Note 7. "Indebtedness"). We began operating GKE GmbH and SAL GmbH on October 16, 2023, and they are included as wholly owned subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements beginning on that date. GKE China is included as a wholly owned subsidiary in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023, and we began consolidating its results of operations beginning January 1, 2024.

Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price

We accounted for the GKE acquisition as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the acquiree's identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their acquisition date fair values and are consolidated with those of Mesa. The relief from royalty method was used to value our trade names and intellectual property, while the multi-period excess earnings method, a form of the income approach, was used to value our customer relationships. The non-compete agreements were valued using a probability-weighted estimate of the expected economic impact that would occur in the absence of the agreements. Significant judgments and estimates are required when performing valuations, including, among other assumptions, internal rates of return, revenue growth rates, customer attrition rates, and royalty rates, all of which are considered Level 3 inputs. We worked with external valuation experts to prepare the preliminary valuation using information obtained during due diligence and from professional valuation databases and other sources. These estimates were based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable; however, actual results may differ from these estimates.

This preliminary purchase price allocation is subject to revision as more detailed analyses are completed. If additional information about the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed becomes available, we may further revise the preliminary purchase price allocation as soon as is practical, but will not do so more than one year from the acquisition date. Only items identified as of the acquisition date are considered for subsequent adjustment. Any such revisions or changes may be material. The final valuation may include, but may not be limited to: (1) changes in allocations to intangible assets such as customer relationships, trade names, intellectual property, and non-compete agreements, as well as goodwill, (2) changes to inventory, (3) changes to deferred tax balances, (4) changes in our assessment of the purchase price, and (5) other changes to assets and liabilities. 

The following table summarizes the allocation of the preliminary purchase price as of acquisition: 

  

Life (in years)

  

Amount

 

Cash and cash equivalents

     $4,192 

Accounts receivable (a)

      2,252 

Inventories (b)

      3,823 

Other current assets

      188 

Total current assets

      10,455 

Property, plant and equipment (c)

      2,772 

Other noncurrent assets

      3,030 

Intangible assets:

        

Goodwill (d)

      54,470 

Customer relationships (e)

  7   26,876 

Intellectual property (e)

  7   3,524 

Tradenames (e)

  10   6,049 

Non-compete agreements (e)

  3   743 

Total assets acquired

     $107,919 

Accounts payable

      11 

Other current liabilities

      2,491 

Deferred tax liabilities

      9,763 

Other long-term liabilities

      2,673 

Total liabilities assumed

      14,938 

Total purchase price, net of cash acquired and subject to adjustments for working capital

     $88,789 
(a)Trade receivables are expected to be collected. 
(b)Includes $1,507 of preliminary inventory step up, which we expect to amortize within approximately three fiscal quarters from the acquisition date. During the period from October 16, 2023 to December 31, 2023, $412 of inventory step up amortization was recorded to cost of revenues. Preliminary accounting for the fair value step up of GKE China's inventory is incomplete due to the recent closing date. 

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(c)Includes $1,727 of preliminary property, plant and equipment step up, which will be amortized based on the underlying assets' expected lives. During the period from October 16, 2023 to December 31, 2023, $83 of depreciation expense was recorded related to the property, plant and equipment fair value step up. 
(d)Acquired goodwill of $54,470, all of which is allocated to the Sterilization Disinfection Control division, represents the value expected to arise from expanded global market opportunities, particularly in the healthcare industry, as well as expected synergies and GKE's assembled workforce, none of which qualify as amortizable intangible assets. The goodwill acquired is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.
(e)Acquired amortizable intangible assets are currently expected to be amortized on a straight line basis over a weighted average period of 7.4 years. The identified intangible assets will be amortized on a straight line basis over their useful lives, which approximates the pattern that the assets' economic benefits are expected to be consumed. Amortization expense for customer relationships, tradenames, and noncompete agreements will be expensed to general and administrative expense, and amortization expense for intellectual property will be expensed to cost of revenues. During the period from October 16, 2023 to December 31, 2023, $838 of amortization expense was recorded to general and administrative costs and $122 of amortization expense was recorded to cost of revenues in the Sterilization Disinfection Control division. 

Acquisition related costs, such as legal and advisory fees, and integration related costs of $770 and $1,275 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, are not included as a component of consideration transferred, but are expensed in the periods in which the costs are incurred and are reflected on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income in general and administrative expenses.

GKE's operations contributed $3,837 to revenues and $565 of net income to our consolidated results during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023. 

It is impracticable for us to disclose interim pro-forma information regarding the combined results of the operations of Mesa and GKE as if the acquisition had occurred at an earlier date. Prior to acquisition, GKE was a privately owned company with requirements to close their accounting records on an annual cadence rather than on an interim basis, and certain interim financial information cannot be recreated for accurate financial results. For example, prior to Mesa's ownership, GKE accounted for costs of goods sold at an unburdened rate and performed only annual inventory accounts. We would be unable to retroactively establish costs of revenues in accordance with U.S. GAAP given the unavailability of sufficient information for ending interim periods. Additionally, all transactions occurring between the three GKE entities, which are substantial, were accounted for at arms-length prior to acquisition. As presentation of pro-forma information would require extensive estimation and could not be sourced from sufficiently factual interim information reasonably aligned with U.S. GAAP, we are unable to disclose pro-forma information.   

Belyntic GmbH

On November 17, 2022, we acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Belyntic GmbH’s peptide purification business (“the Belyntic acquisition”) for $6,450, of which $4,950 was paid on the date of acquisition andacquisition. The remaining $1,500 is due to the remainder will be paid upon approval ofBelyntic sellers as patent applications expected in the nextare approved (see Note 3611. months."Commitments and Contingencies"). The business complements our existing peptide synthesis business, part of the Biopharmaceutical Development segment, by adding a new consumables line. Duringline that can be used with the third quarter ofinstruments we sell. The new PurePep® EasyClean products are an environmentally conscious chemistry solution to purify peptides.

During fiscal year 2023, we prepared a preliminary analysesan analysis of the valuation of net assets acquired in the Belyntic acquisition. This preliminary purchase price allocation is subject to revision as more detailed analyses are completed

Agena Bioscience, Inc

On October 20, 2021, we completedDuring the acquisition of Agena Bioscience, Inc. (“Agena”) for $300,793, net of cash acquired but inclusive of working capital adjustments (the “Agena Acquisition”). The Agena Acquisition aligned with our overall acquisition strategy, moved our business towards the life sciences tools sector, and expanded our market opportunities, particularly in Asia. Agena is a leading clinical genomics tools company that develops, manufactures, markets, and supports proprietary instruments and related consumables and services that enable genetic analysis for a broad range of diagnostic and research applications. Using Agena's MassARRAY® instruments and chemical reagent solutions, customers can analyze DNA samples for a variety of high volume clinical testing applications, such as inherited genetic disease testing, pharmacogenetics, various oncology tests, infectious disease testing, and other highly differentiated applications.

We funded the acquisition and transactions relating thereto with cash on hand and borrowings under the Credit Facility (as defined below). Of the cash consideration we paid, approximately $267,000 represented cash consideration to holders of Agena’s preferred and common stock, approximately $2,000 represented cash consideration paid for the settlement of Agena’s warrants, and approximately $31,800 represented cash consideration for the settlement of Agena's vested stock options as of the closing date.

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The allocation of purchase price is based on the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date, based on the final valuation of Agena. We have made appropriate adjustments to deferred taxes and tax-related balances during the three months ended December 31. 2022.

The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price as of October 20, 2021:

  

Life (in years)

 

Amount

 

Cash and cash equivalents

    $7,544 

Accounts receivable

     11,100 

Other current assets

     25,480 

Total current assets

     44,124 

Property, plant and equipment/noncurrent assets

     15,832 

Deferred tax asset

     811 

Intangible assets:

       

Goodwill

  N/A  135,728 

Customer relationships

  12  103,800 

Intellectual property

  8  45,400 

Tradenames

  12  15,700 

Total Assets acquired

    $361,395 

Accounts payable

     2,174 

Unearned revenues

     2,713 

Other current liabilities

     11,052 

Total current liabilities

     15,939 

Deferred tax liability

     28,856 

Other noncurrent liabilities

     8,263 

Total liabilities assumed

    $53,058 

Total purchase price, net of cash acquired

    $300,793 

Acquired Goodwill

Acquired goodwill of $135,728, all of which is allocated to the Clinical Genomics reportable segment, represents the value expected to arise from expanded market opportunities, expected synergies, and assembled workforce, none of which qualify as amortizable intangible assets. The goodwill acquired is not deductible for income tax purposes.

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Unaudited Pro Forma Information

The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations of Mesa and Agena as if the acquisition had occurred on April 1, 2021 after giving effect to certain pro forma adjustments. 

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Pro forma total revenues

 $54,287  $56,659  $163,489  $163,733 

Pro forma net income (loss)

  558   (8,426)  887   (3,989)

The pro forma financial information includes adjustments that are directly attributable to the business combinations and are factually supportable. The pro forma adjustments include incremental amortization of intangible assets, additional stock-based compensation expense for key Agena employees, the removal of interest expense attributable to Agena’s external debt that was paid off as part of the acquisition, and the pro forma tax impact for such adjustments. Cost savings or operating synergies expected to result from the acquisition are not included in the pro forma results. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023, , the pro formabased on a detailed financial information excludes $145 and $768 of non-recurring acquisition-related expenses, respectively. These pro forma results are illustrative only and not indicativeanalysis of the actual resultsfinancial model, we recorded certain measurement period adjustments to reclassify amounts from intangible assets into goodwill. Our preliminary purchase price allocation has been finalized as of operations that would have been achieved nor are they indicative of future results of operations.December 31, 2023. 

 

 

Note 3. Revenue Recognition

 

We develop, manufacture, market, sell and maintain life sciences tools and quality control instruments and related software, consumables, and services.consumables. We evaluate revenues internally primarily based primarily on operating segment and the nature of goods and services provided.

 

Hardware sales include physical products such as instruments used for molecular and genetic analysis, protein synthesizers, medical meters, wireless sensor systems, and data loggers. Hardware sales may be offered with accompanying perpetual or annual software licenses, which in some cases are required for the hardware to function.

 

Consumables are typically used on a one-time basis and require frequent replacement in our customers' operating cycles. Consumables sold by our Clinical Genomics and Biopharmaceutical Development divisions, such as reagents used for molecular and genetic analysis or solutions used for protein synthesis, are critical to the ongoing use of our instruments. Consumables such as biological indicator test strips sold by our Sterilization and Disinfection Control Division are used on a standalone basis.

 

We also offer maintenance, calibration, and testing service and maintenancecontracts. Under our service contracts for our instruments, which may contain performance obligations satisfied: over time, such as an obligation towe perform repairs orlabor and replace parts as neededon an as-needed basis over a contractually-specifiedcontractually specified period of time; upon completion of atime, or perform specific, discrete service, such as stand-alone maintenance services or discrete services within annual contracts; or, in many cases, both.services. 

 

Typically, revenue is recognized upon shipment of a product, upon completion of a discrete service, or over a period of time reflective of the performance obligation period in the applicable contract, depending on when our obligation to the customer is satisfied. The significant majority of our revenues and related receivables are generated from contracts with customers that are 12 months or less in duration.

 

The following tables present disaggregated revenues for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 and 2021December 31,2022, respectively:

 

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

 
  

Clinical Genomics

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 

Consumables

 $10,885  $14,307  $3,584  $553  $29,329 

Hardware and Software

  3,371   95   5,844   7,023   16,333 

Services

  1,329   1,881   2,218   3,197   8,625 

Total Revenues

 $15,585  $16,283  $11,646  $10,773  $54,287 

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

 
  

Clinical Genomics*

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 

Consumables

 $10,221  $11,718  $4,099  $889  $26,927 

Hardware and Software

  4,407   250   6,100   6,978   17,735 

Services

  1,857   1,863   2,557   3,757   10,034 

Total Revenues

 $16,485  $13,831  $12,756  $11,624  $54,696 

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2023

 
 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control (1)

  

Clinical Genomics

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 
 

Clinical Genomics

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

  

Consumables

 $34,815  $41,239  $11,248  $2,272  $89,574  $16,832  $9,758  $4,080  $539  $31,209 

Hardware and Software

 9,349  619  16,656  18,696  45,320  180  1,639  2,672  8,254  12,745 

Services

  4,361   6,163   6,853   11,218   28,595   2,326   1,149   2,678   3,366   9,519 

Total Revenues

 $48,525  $48,021  $34,757  $32,186  $163,489  $19,338  $12,546  $9,430  $12,159  $53,473 

(1Revenues from GKE GmbH and SAL GmbH are included in the Sterilization and Disinfection Control division beginning upon acquisition on October 16, 2023.

 

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Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

 
 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Clinical Genomics

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 
 

Clinical Genomics*

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

  

Consumables

 $10,221  $36,579  $11,588  $2,701  $61,089  $14,307  $10,885  $3,584  $553  $29,329 

Hardware and Software

 4,407  495  14,435  20,608  39,945  95  3,371  5,844  7,023  16,333 

Services

  1,857   5,940   6,165   10,460   24,422   1,881   1,329   2,218   3,197   8,625 

Total Revenues

 $16,485  $43,014  $32,188  $33,769  $125,456  $16,283  $15,585  $11,646  $10,773  $54,287 

 

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

 
  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control (1)

  

Clinical Genomics

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 

Consumables

 $45,288  $28,490  $12,753  $1,834  $88,365 

Hardware and Software

  381   9,540   7,838   22,216   39,975 

Services

  6,676   3,434   7,935   10,898   28,943 

Total Revenues

 $52,345  $41,464  $28,526  $34,948  $157,283 

*(1)Revenues from GKE GmbH and SAL GmbH are included in the Clinical GenomicsSterilization and Disinfection Control division represent transactions subsequent to the Agena Acquisitionbeginning upon acquisition on October 20, 2021. 16, 2023.

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

 
  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Clinical Genomics

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 
                     

Consumables

 $41,239  $34,815  $11,248  $2,272  $89,574 

Hardware and Software

  619   9,349   16,656   18,696   45,320 

Services

  6,163   4,361   6,853   11,218   28,595 

Total Revenues

 $48,021  $48,525  $34,757  $32,186  $163,489 

 

Revenues from external customers are attributed to individual countries based upon the locations to which the products are shipped or exported, or locations where services are performed, as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

United States

 $28,645  $30,414  $88,756  $68,253  $25,595  $28,645  $79,205  $88,756 

China

  7,482   6,243   18,659   9,960  4,942  7,482  18,584  18,659 

Other

  18,160  18,039  56,074  47,243   22,936   18,160   59,494   56,074 

Total revenues

 $54,287  $54,696  $163,489  $125,456  $53,473  $54,287  $157,283  $163,489 

 

Other than China, no foreign country exceedsexceeded 10% of total revenues.revenues for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

 

Contract Balances

Our contracts have varying payment terms and conditions. Some customers prepay for products and services, resulting in unearned revenues or customer deposits, called contract liabilities. Short-term contract liabilities are included within other accrued expenses and unearned revenues in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and long-term contract liabilities are included within otherOther long-term liabilities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

A summary of contract liabilities is as follows:

 

Contract liabilities as of March 31, 2022

 $15,069 

Prior year liabilities recognized in revenues during the nine months ended December 31, 2022

  (7,927)

Contract liabilities added during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, net of revenues recognized

  9,091 

Contract liabilities balance as of December 31, 2022

 $16,233 

Contract liabilities as of March 31, 2023

 $16,098 

Prior year liabilities recognized in revenues during the nine months ended December 31, 2023

  (6,858)

Contract liabilities added during the nine months ended December 31, 2023, net of revenues recognized

  5,478 

Contract liabilities balance as of December 31, 2023

 $14,718 

 

Contract liabilities primarily relate to service contracts with original expected service durations of 12 months or less and will be recognized to revenue over time as our performance obligations are satisfied.

 

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Note 4. Fair Value Measurements

 

Our financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, obligations under trade accounts payable, and debt. Due to their short-term nature, the carrying values for cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, and trade accounts payable approximate fair value. We measure our cash equivalents at fair value using quoted market prices in an active market, and we classify themvalue; they are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. 

 

Historically, the financial instruments that subject us to the highest concentration of credit risk are cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. It is our policyWe maintain relationships and cash deposits at multiple banking institutions across the world in an effort to invest in highly liquid cash equivalent financial instruments with high credit ratingsdiversify and to maintain low single issuer exposure (except U.S. treasuries).reduce risk of loss. Concentration of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited to customers to whichwhom we make significant sales. We reserve an allowanceNo customers accounted for potential write-offsmore than 10% of accounts receivable using historical collection experience and current and expected future economic and market conditions, but we havetotal trade receivables as of notDecember 31, 2023 written off any significant accounts to date. To manage credit risk, we consider the creditworthiness of new and existing customers, and we regularly review outstanding balances and payment histories. We may require pre-payments from customers under certain circumstances and may limit future purchases until payments are made on past due amounts..

 

We have outstanding $172,500 aggregate principal amount of 1.375% convertible senior notes due August 15, 2025 (the "Notes"). We estimate the fair value of the Notes using Level 2 inputs based on the last actively traded price or observable market input preceding the end of the reporting period, and the fair value is approximately correlated to our stock price.

The estimated fair value and carrying value of the Notes werewas as follows:

 

  

December 31, 2022

  

March 31, 2022

 
  

Carrying Value

  

Fair Value (Level 2)

  

Carrying Value

  

Fair Value (Level 2)

 

Notes

 $170,044  $157,191  $169,365  $185,438 
  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 
  

Carrying Value

  

Fair Value (Level 2)

  

Carrying Value

  

Fair Value (Level 2)

 

Notes

 $170,965  $158,916  $170,272  $161,072 

 

AssetsThe Belyntic acquisition obligates us to pay contingent consideration of up to $1,500 cash upon regulatory approval of certain patent applications (see Note 11. "Commitments and Contingencies"). We estimate the fair value of the remaining contingent consideration using Level 3 inputs and a probability-weighted outcome analysis based on our expectations of patent approval, leveraging our historical experience and expert input, and we adjust the estimated fair value at each reporting period through earnings. The fair value of the remaining contingent consideration was $1,067 as of December 31, 2023 and is recorded in other accrued expenses on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Amounts recognized or disclosed at fair value in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements on a nonrecurring basis include itemsthe initial recognition and disclosure of most assets and liabilities purchased in business acquisitions and any related measurement period adjustments. Additionally, assets such as property and equipment, operating lease assets, goodwill and other intangible assets. These assets are measured atadjusted to fair value if determined to be impaired. DuringWe recorded no impairments during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, in response to the loss of a significant customer, we used Level 32023 inputs to test the recoverability of the Clinical Genomics division’s intangible asset group and evaluate the division’s goodwill for impairment in response to the loss of a significant customer. After considering all information available to us as of the date of testing, we concluded thator no2022 impairment is indicated.. Fair values preliminarily assigned toof such assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Belyntic acquisition were measuredrequire measurement using Level 3 inputs, and are subject to change. inputs.

There were no transfers between the levels of the fair value hierarchy during the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 or 2021,2022 respectively..

 

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Note 5. Supplemental Balance Sheets Information

 

Inventories consistconsisted of the following:

 

 

December 31, 2022

  

March 31, 2022

  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 

Raw materials

 $20,122  $14,172  $19,169  $20,064 

Work in process

 1,972  4,419  1,155  617 

Finished goods

  11,645   6,015  15,649  13,961 

Total inventories

 $33,739  $24,606  $35,973  $34,642 

 

Prepaid expenses and other consistcurrent assets consisted of the following:

 

 

December 31, 2022

  

March 31, 2022

  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 

Prepaid expenses

 $3,450  $2,871  $3,271  $2,498 

Deposits

 1,702 1,410  2,143 1,376 

Prepaid income taxes

 3,352  2,536  8,176  953 

Other current assets

  3,446   2,325   4,545   4,045 

Total prepaid expenses and other

 $11,950  $9,142  $18,135  $8,872 

 

Accrued payroll and benefits consistconsisted of the following:

 

 

December 31, 2022

  

March 31, 2022

  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 

Bonus payable

 $2,714  $7,468  $3,757  $4,461 

Wages and paid-time-off payable

 2,926  3,677  3,150  2,329 

Payroll related taxes

 1,773  2,069  1,998  1,982 

Other benefits payable

  721   1,503   475   661 

Total accrued payroll and benefits

 $8,134  $14,717  $9,380  $9,433 

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Other accrued expenses consisted of the following: 

  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 

Accrued business taxes

 $6,744  $5,941 

Current operating lease liabilities

  3,135   2,868 

Income taxes payable

  1,809   992 

Other

  4,204   2,297 

Total other accrued expenses

 $15,892  $12,098 

 

 

Note 6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net

 

Intangible assets, the significant majority of which are finite-lived, consistconsisted of the following:

 

 

December 31, 2022

  

March 31, 2022

  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 
 

Gross Carrying Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net Carrying Amount

  

Gross Carrying Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net Carrying Amount

  

Gross Carrying Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net Carrying Amount

  

Gross Carrying Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net Carrying Amount

 

Customer relationships

 $237,412  $(80,627) $156,785  $244,157  $(67,469) $176,688  $265,408  $(102,518) $162,890  $238,247  $(86,058) $152,189 

Intellectual property

 65,871  (17,732) 48,139  65,893  (12,620) 53,273  71,169  (25,416) 45,753  65,950  (19,550) 46,400 

Other intangibles

  24,745   (6,222)  18,523   25,350   (5,194)  20,156   31,867   (7,736)  24,131   24,793   (6,567)  18,226 

Total

 $328,028  $(104,581) $223,447  $335,400  $(85,283) $250,117  $368,444  $(135,670) $232,774  $328,990  $(112,175) $216,815 

 

Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets acquired in a business combination was as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

Amortization in cost of revenues

 $1,695  $1,227  $5,094  $1,877  $1,883  $1,695  $5,367  $5,094 

Amortization in general and administrative

  5,452   4,695   16,479   11,618   6,092   5,452   17,013   16,479 

Total

 $7,147  $5,922  $21,573  $13,495  $7,975  $7,147  $22,380  $21,573 

 

For the following fiscal years ending March 31, amortization expense is estimated as follows:

 

Remainder of 2023

 

7,250

 

2024

 

28,490

 

Remainder of 2024

 $8,389 

2025

 

26,911

  32,663 

2026

 

26,149

  31,857 

2027

 

25,652

  31,200 

2028

 30,587 

 

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill was as follows:

 

  

Clinical Genomics

  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 

March 31, 2022

 $135,914  $29,750  $88,265  $37,237  $291,166 

Effect of foreign currency translation

  (244)  (297)  (7,871)  (32)  (8,444)

Goodwill related to Belyntic acquisition

  -   -   2,973   -   2,973 

Measurement period adjustment - Agena acquisition

  114   -   -   -   114 

December 31, 2022

 $135,784  $29,453  $83,367  $37,205  $285,809 
  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  

Clinical Genomics

  

Biopharmaceutical Development

  

Calibration Solutions

  

Total

 

March 31, 2023

 $29,559  $135,811  $83,857  $37,217   286,444 

Effect of foreign currency translation

  2,460   (55)  2,009   14   4,428 

Goodwill related to GKE acquisition

  54,470   -   -   -   54,470 

Measurement period adjustment, Belyntic Acquisition

  -   -   841   -   841 

December 31, 2023

 $86,489  $135,756  $86,707  $37,231  $346,183 

 

Goodwill acquired in the Biopharmaceutical Development division resulted fromrelated to the Belyntic acquisition and isgoodwill in the Sterilization and Disinfection Control division related to the GKE acquisition are expected to be tax deductible.

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Note 7. Indebtedness

 

Credit Facility

We maintain aOn October 5, 2023, we amended the terms of our four-year senior credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) thatto increase the maximum principal amount available to us from $75,000 to $125,000. As of December 31, 2023, the Credit Facility includes 1) a revolving credit facility in an amended aggregate principal amount of up to $75,000,$125,000, 2) a swingline loan in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $5,000, and 3) letters of credit in an aggregate stated amount not exceeding $2,500. The Credit Facility matures in March 2025. The Credit Facility also provides for an incremental term loan or an increase in revolving commitments in an aggregate principal amount of at a minimum $25,000 and at a maximum $75,000, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and lender considerations. As of December 31, 2022, we had $19,000 outstanding under the Credit Facility. 

On December 22, 2022, Mesa and the financial institutions amended theThe Credit Facility to replace references to the Eurodollar Rate with references to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR").

Amounts borrowed under the Credit Facility bear interest at either a base rate or a SOFR rate, plus an applicable spread. We are obligated to pay quarterly unused commitment fees of between 0.15% and 0.35% of the Credit Facility’s aggregate principal amount, based on our leverage ratio. matures in March 2025.

 

The financial covenants in the Credit Facility include a maximum leverage ratio of 5.04.5 to 1.0 for the period ended December 31, 20222023, except that we may have a leverage ratio of 5.75 to 1.0 for a period of four consecutive quarters following a permitted acquisition. acquisition, including the permitted GKE acquisition consummated during the three months ended December 31, 2023. The Credit Facility also stipulates a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.25 to 1.0. Other covenants include restrictions on our ability to incur debt, grant liens, make fundamental changes, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, or conduct asset sales. As of December 31, 20222023, we were in compliance with all covenants.

 

ConvertibleAmounts borrowed under the Credit Facility bear interest at either a base rate or a SOFR rate plus an applicable spread. The interest rate on borrowings under our line of credit as of December 31, 2023 was 7.2%. We are obligated to pay quarterly unused commitment fees of between 0.15% and 0.35% of the Credit Facility’s aggregate principal amount, based on our leverage ratio. 

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During the three months ended December 31, 2023, we borrowed a total of $71,000 under the facility to fund the majority of the acquisition of GKE. See Note 2. "Significant Transactions" for further information. We paid $9,000 against the Credit Facility during our third fiscal quarter, and as of December 31, 2023, $62,000 remained outstanding. We paid an additional $4,000 on the outstanding balance in January 2024. 

Convertible Notes 

On August 12, 2019, we issued an aggregate principal amount of $172,500 of Notes. The net proceeds from the Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other related offering expenses payable by us, were approximately $167,056.$167,056. The Notes mature on August 15, 2025, unless earlier repurchased or converted, and bear interest at a rate of 1.375% payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 each year. The Notes are initially convertible, subject to certain conditions, at a conversion rate of 3.5273 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $283.50 per share of common stock. 

 

Upon conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election. Our current intent is to settle conversions entirely in shares of common stock. We will reevaluate this policy from time to time as we receive conversion notices from note holders. The circumstances necessary for conversion were not met during the three and ninemonths ended December 31, 20222023. As of December 31, 20222023, the Notes arewere classified as a long-term liability on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as the circumstances necessary for conversion were not satisfied as of the end of the period.Sheets. The if-converted value of the Notes did not exceed the principal balance as of December 31, 20222023.

 

The net carrying amount of the Notes was as follows:

 

 

December 31, 2022

  

March 31, 2022

  

December 31, 2023

  

March 31, 2023

 

Principal outstanding

 $172,500  $172,500  $172,500  $172,500 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

  (2,456)  (3,135)  (1,535)  (2,228)

Net carrying value

 $170,044  $169,365  $170,965  $170,272 

 

We recognized interest expense on the Notes as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

Coupon interest expense at 1.375%

 $593  $593  $1,779  $1,779  $593  $593  $1,779  $1,779 

Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs

  227   223   679   666 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

  231   227   692   679 

Total interest and amortization of debt issuance costs

 $820  $816  $2,458  $2,445  $824  $820  $2,471  $2,458 

 

The effective interest rate on the notesNotes is approximately 1.9%.

 

 

Note 8. Stockholders' Equity

 

Stock-Based Compensation

During the nine months ended December 31, 20222023, we issued stock options, restricted stock units ("RSUs") and performance-based restricted stock units ("PSUs") pursuant to the Mesa Laboratories, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, (the "2021 Equity Plan"), which authorizes the issuance of 330660 shares of common stock to eligible participants.

 

Expense recognized related to stock-based compensation is as follows: 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 $2,056  $3,703  $9,859  $7,939  $2,993  $2,056  $9,144  $9,859 

Amount of income tax (benefit) recognized in earnings

  226   (743)  (1,855)  (4,247)

Amount of income tax expense (benefit) recognized in earnings

  210   226   727   (1,855)

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax

 $2,282  $2,960  $8,004  $3,692  $3,203  $2,282  $9,871  $8,004 

 

Stock-based compensation expense is included in cost of revenues, selling, general and administrative, and research and development expense in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.Income. 

 

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The following is a summary of stock option award activity for the nine months ended December 31, 20222023:

 

 

Stock Options

  

Stock Options

 
 

Shares Subject to Options

  

Weighted- Average Exercise Price per Share

  

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)

  

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

  

Shares Subject to Options

  

Weighted- Average Exercise Price per Share

  

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)

  

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2022

 202  $167.14  2.9  $18,261 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2023

 163  $200.62  3.3  $1,643 

Awards granted

 43  185.61       53  131.67      

Awards forfeited or expired

 (7) 225.12       (17) 208.03      

Awards exercised

  (45) 100.19        (2) 132.40      

Outstanding as of December 31, 2022

  193  $184.70   3.1  $3,406 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2023

  197  $182.12  3.5  $- 

 

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The stock options granted during the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 vest in equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversary of the grant date.

 

The following is a summary of RSU and PSU award activity for the nine months ended December 31, 20222023:

 

  

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units

  

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

 
  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share

  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2022(1)

  51  $252.86   55  $288.45 

Awards granted(1)

  42   187.45   19   179.63 

Performance adjustment(2)

  -   -   2   202.00 

Awards forfeited

  (8)  232.20   -   - 

Awards distributed(2)

  (26)  250.81   (10)  202.00 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2022(1)

  59  $210.44   66  $267.97 
  

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units

  

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

 
  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share

  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2023(1)

  57  $209.27   44  $286.02 

Awards granted(1)

  54   134.03   32   132.29 

Awards forfeited

  (5)  171.83   -   - 

Awards distributed

  (27)  212.36   -   - 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2023(1)

  79  $158.94   76  $223.07 

 

(1)

Balances for PSUs are reflected at target.

(2)

During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the fiscal year 2020 PSUs vested and were distributed at 126% of target, based on actual performance results and completion of service conditions. 

 

The outstandingOutstanding time-based RSUs vest and settle in shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. Substantially allThe majority of the RSUs granted to employees during the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 vest in equal installments on the first, second, and third anniversary of the grant date. RSUs granted to certain executives during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 vest in equal installments on September 1, 2024, June 21, 2025 and June 21, 2026. RSUs granted to non-employee directors during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 vest one year from the grant date. We recognize the expense relating to RSUs, net of estimated forfeitures, on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.

 

We grant PSUs to certain key employees. The number of shares earned is determined at the end of each performance period based on Mesa's achievement of certain pre-defined targets per the related award agreement. The outstanding PSUs vest upon completion of the service period described in the award agreement and based on achievement of the performance targets described in the award agreements.agreement. We recognize the expense relating to the performance-based RSUs based on the probable outcome of achievement of the performance targets on a straight-line basis over the service period. 

 

During the nine months ended December 31, 20222023, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors created a plan to award 1932 PSUs at target (the "FY23 PSUs") that are subject to both service and performance conditions to eligible employees. The performance period for the FY23 PSUs is from April 1, 2022 until March 31, 2023 and the service period is from April 1, 2022 until March 31, 2025. Of the total FY23 PSUs granted, 13 vest based on our achievement of specific performance criteria during fiscal year 2023 and they havewith a grant date fair value of $185.57. Based on actual performance through the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we reduced the number of awards expected to vest. The remaining 6 awards will be settled in shares of our common stock, but they$132.29 that are subject to service, performance, criteria that are subjective and as such domarket conditions to eligible employees. The service period is from notJune 21, have a grant date. 2023 through June 21, 2026. The awardscompany performance conditions will be marked-to-market each reportingmeasured for the period during the performance period and have a fair value of $166.21 per share as offrom DecemberApril 1, 2023 through March 31, 2022.2024. The quantity of shares that will be issuedearned based upon vestingcompany performance will range from 0% to 200% of the targeted number of shares; if the defined minimum targets are not met, then no shares will vest.vest for performance. In addition, the number of PSUs earned based on company performance will be adjusted up or down by a maximum of 20% pursuant to a market-based measure of performance comparing Mesa’s share price to a peer group over the period from April 1, 2023 until March 31, 2026. 

 

During fiscal year 2022, we awarded 7 PSUs to key employees of Agena that are subject to both service and performance conditions. Based on actual performance through the period ended December 31, 2022, the awards are not expected to vest. 

During fiscal year 2022, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted a special long-term equity award consisting of PSUs covering a target of 40 shares that is subject to both performance and service conditions to our Chief Executive Officer. Based on actual performance through the period ended December 31, 2022, the award is estimated to vest at 93%.

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, we adjusted our estimate of PSUs expected to vest under all outstanding plans based on actual results achieved through the performance period. We recorded a cumulative effect release of ($1,427) during the period ($1,127 net of tax as well as $0.21 per basic and diluted share for both the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022), which is recorded in general and administrative and selling expense on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In the future, we expect non-cash stock based compensation expense to decrease approximately $392 per quarter as a result of our new estimate of performance share units expected to vest. 

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Note 9. Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share (“diluted EPS”) is computed similarly to basic earnings (loss) per share, except that it includes the potential dilution that could occur if dilutive securities were exercised. Potentially dilutive securities include stock options and both time and performance based RSUs (collectively “stock awards”), as well as common shares underlying theour Notes. Stock awards are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS if they are subject to performance conditions that have not yet been achieved or if they are antidilutive. Diluted EPS considersdoes not consider the impact of potentially dilutive securities except in periods in which there is a loss because the inclusion of the potential common shares would then have an antidilutive effect.effect in such cases.

 

The impact of the assumed conversion of the Notes calculated under the if-converted method was antidilutive, and as such, sharesShares underlying the Notes were excluded from the diluted EPS calculation for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 and December 31, 20212022 .as the impact of the assumed conversion of the Notes calculated under the if-converted method was antidilutive. 

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of the denominators used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:

 

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

Net income available for shareholders

 $2,116  $451  $337  $319 

Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock

  5,393   5,339   5,384   5,312 

Dilutive effect of stock options

  -   17   1   28 

Dilutive effect of RSUs

  3   4   9   14 

Fully diluted shares

  5,396   5,360   5,394   5,354 
                 

Basic earnings per share

 $0.39  $0.08  $0.06  $0.06 

Diluted earnings per share

 $0.39  $0.08  $0.06  $0.06 

 

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 

Net income (loss) available for shareholders

 $451  $(2,060) $319  $3,655 

Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock

  5,339   5,233   5,312   5,199 

Dilutive effect of stock options

  17   -   28   107 

Dilutive effect of RSUs

  4   -   14   27 

Fully diluted shares

  5,360   5,233   5,354   5,333 
                 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

 $0.08  $(0.39) $0.06  $0.70 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

 $0.08  $(0.39) $0.06  $0.69 

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The following stock awards were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS:

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

Assumed conversion of the Notes

 608  608  608  608  608  608  608  608 

Stock awards that were anti-dilutive

 176  285  159  38  277  176  223  159 

Stock awards subject to performance conditions

  49   40   51   18 

Stock awards subject to performance and market conditions

  57   49   46   51 

Total stock awards excluded from diluted EPS

  833   933   818   664   942   833   877   818 

 

 

Note 10. Income Taxes

 

For interim income tax reporting, we estimate our annual effective tax rate and apply this effective tax rate to our year-to-date pre-tax income. Each quarter, our estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made. Additionally, the tax effects of significant unusual or infrequently occurring items are recognized as discrete items in the interim period in which the events occur. There is a potential for volatility in the effective tax rate due to several factors, including changes in the mix of the pre-tax income and the jurisdictions to which it relates,they relate, changes in tax laws and foreign tax holidays, settlement with taxing authorities, and foreign currency fluctuations.

 

Our effective income tax rate was (8.7)% and 207.5% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, compared to 76.5% and 384.8% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022,, respectively, compared to 12.0% and (1.0%)respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021.2023 The effective tax rate for both the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022differed from the statutory federal rate of 21% primarily due to the share-based payment awards for employees and the effect of income generated in foreign jurisdictions. The change in our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 was higher thancompared to the comparable prior year periods is primarily due to lower windfall benefits on stock option exercises and the vesting of restricted stock units and the effect of income in foreign jurisdictions.exercises.

 

 

Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies

 

We review the adequacy of our legal reserves on a quarterly basis and establish reserves for loss contingencies that are both probable and reasonably estimable. As of December 31, 20222023, there were no material legal reserves recorded on the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

As part of the Belyntic acquisition, we have agreed to pay an additional $1,500 to the sellers if contractually specified patents relatedare issued. During the three months ending December 31, 2023, a subset of the patents was issued by the European Patent Office and we remitted $188 to the technology purchased are issued.Belyntic sellers. An additional subset of the patents was issued in January 2024, for which we will pay the Belyntic sellers an additional $563 during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024. We believe that it is probable that the remaining patents will be issued and we will pay the sellers in full within the next 3612 months.

As part of the GKE acquisition consummated during the three months ended December 31, 2023, we have agreed to pay the GKE sellers approximately $9,500 of the acquisition price approximately 18 months following the acquisition date, pending adjustments for potential indemnification losses that may arise. The liability is recorded as in otherOther long-term liabilities on the accompanyingin our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.Sheets as of December 31, 2023. 

 

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Note 12. Segment Information

 

The following tables set forth our segment information:

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

  

2023

  

2022

 

Revenues:

                  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 $19,338  $16,283  $52,345  $48,021 

Clinical Genomics

 $15,585  $16,485  $48,525  $16,485   12,546  15,585  41,464  48,525 

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 16,283  13,831  48,021  43,014 

Biopharmaceutical Development

 11,646  12,756  34,757  32,188   9,430  11,646  28,526  34,757 

Calibration Solutions

  10,773   11,624   32,186   33,769   12,159   10,773   34,948   32,186 

Total revenues (a)

 $54,287  $54,696  $163,489  $125,456  $53,473  $54,287  $157,283  $163,489 
     

Gross profit

        

Gross profit:

          

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 $13,951  $11,614  $38,018  $34,581 

Clinical Genomics

 $8,045  $3,924  $26,535  $3,924   6,449 8,045 20,904 26,535 

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 11,614  9,945  34,581  31,859 

Biopharmaceutical Development

 7,359  8,768  21,993  20,061   5,841 7,359 17,783 21,993 

Calibration Solutions

  5,740   6,090   17,411   18,330   7,212 5,740 20,050 17,411 

Reportable segment gross profit

 32,758  28,727  100,520  74,174   33,453  32,758  96,755  100,520 

Corporate and Other (b)

 7  (100) (28) (196)  (51) 7  (61) (28)

Gross profit

 $32,765  $28,627  $100,492  $73,978  $33,402 $32,765 $96,694 $100,492 

Reconciling Items:

           

Operating expenses

  29,363   31,139   97,689   69,166 

Operating income (loss)

 3,402  (2,512) 2,803  4,812 

Nonoperating expense (income), net

  1,486   (171)  2,915   1,192 

Operating expense

  33,469   29,363   97,485   97,689 

Operating (loss) income

  (67) 3,402 (791) 2,803 

Nonoperating (income) expense, net

  (2,013)  1,486   (475)  2,915 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

 $1,916  $(2,341) $(112) $3,620  $1,946 $1,916 $(316) $(112)

 

 

(a)

Intersegment revenues are not significant and are eliminated to arrive at consolidated totals.

 

(b)

Non-reportable operating segments and unallocatedUnallocated corporate expenses are reported within Corporate and Other. 

 

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The following table sets forth inventories by reportable segment. Our chief operating decision maker is not provided with any other segment asset information.

 

 

December 31,

 

March 31,

  

December 31,

 

March 31,

 
 

2022

  

2022

  

2023

  

2023

 

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 $7,593  $3,492 

Clinical Genomics

 $14,591  $11,802  11,529  13,985 

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 3,022 2,176 

Biopharmaceutical Development

 7,797  4,495  8,183  8,384 

Calibration Solutions

  8,329   6,133  8,668  8,781 

Total inventories

 $33,739  $24,606  $35,973  $34,642 

 

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Inventories from GKE total $4,077 as of 14December 31, 2023,


$412 fair value amortization step-up recorded during the three months ended December 31, 2023. GKE inventories are included in our Sterilization and Disinfection Control division. 

 

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

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, express or implied statements or guidance regarding current or future financial performance and position; potential impairment of future earnings; anticipated effects of, and future actions to be taken in response to, the COVID-19 pandemic; results of acquisitions; managements strategy, plans and objectives for future operations or acquisitions, product development and sales; product research and development; regulatory approvals; selling, general and administrative expenditures; intellectual property; development and manufacturing plans; availability of materials and components; and adequacy of capital resources and financing plans constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry and markets in which the Company operates, and managements beliefs and assumptions. In addition, other written and oral statements that constitute forward-looking statements may be made by the Company or on the Companys behalf. Words such as seek,” “believe,” “may,” “intend,” “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “target,” “estimate,” “project, or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including risks associated with: our ability to successfully grow our business, including as a result of acquisitions; the resultseffect that acquisitions have on our operations; our ability to consummate acquisitions at our historical rate and at appropriate prices, and our ability to effectively integrate acquired businesses and achieve desired results; the market acceptance of our products; technological or market viability of our products; reduced demand for our products, including as a result of competitive factors; conditions in the global economy and the particular markets we serve; significant developments or uncertainties stemming from governmental actions, including changes in trade policies and medical device regulations; the timely development and commercialization, and customer acceptance, of enhanced and new products and services; retirement of old products and customer migration to new products; the potential inaccuracy ofprojections of revenues, growth, operating results, profit margins, earnings, expenses, margins, tax rates, tax provisions, liquidity, cash flows, demand, and competition; the effects of additional actions taken to become more efficient or lower costs; supply chain challenges; cost pressures and the overall effects of the current high inflation environment on customers purchasing patterns;; laws regulating fraud and abuse in the health care industry and the privacy and security of health and personal information; product liability; information security; outstanding claims, legal and regulatory proceedings; international business challenges including anti-corruption and sanctions laws;laws and political developments; tax audits and assessments and other contingent liabilities; foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; general economic, industry, and capital markets conditions, including rising interest rates and potential recessionary conditions; the timing of any of the foregoing; and assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Such risks and uncertainties also include those listed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20222023 and in this report. The foregoing list sets forth many, but not all, of the factors that could impact our ability to achieve results described in any forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

Overview

 

We are a multinational manufacturer, developer, and seller of life science tools and quality control products and services, many of which are sold into niche markets that are driven by regulatory requirements. We have manufacturing operations in the United States and Europe, and our products are marketed by our sales personnel in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, andas well as by independent distributors in these areas as well asand throughout the rest of the world. We prefer markets in which we can establish a strong presence and achieve high gross profit margins. 

 

As of December 31, 2022,2023, we managed our operations in four reportable segments, or divisions: Clinical Genomics, Sterilization and Disinfection Control, Clinical Genomics, Biopharmaceutical Development, and Calibration Solutions. Each of our divisions areis described further in "Results of Operations" below. Unallocated corporate expenses and other business activities are reported within "Corporate and Other."

 

Corporate Strategy

We strive to create shareholderstakeholder value and further our purpose of Protecting the Vulnerable® by growing our business both organically and through acquisitions, by improving our operating efficiency, and by continuing to hire, develop and retain top talent. As a business, we commit to our purpose of Protecting the Vulnerable® every day by taking a customer-focused approach to developing, building, and delivering our products. We serve a broad set of industries, in particular the pharmaceutical, healthcare services, and medical device verticals, in which the safety, quality, and efficacy of products is critical. By delivering the highest quality products possible, we are committed to protecting people, the environment, and end products.communities we serve.

 

Organic Revenues Growth

Organic revenues growth is driven by the expansion of our customer base, increases in sales volumes, new product offerings, and price increases, and may be affected positively or negatively by changes in foreign currency rates. Our ability to increase organic revenues is affected by general economic conditions, both domestic and international, customer capital spending trends, competition, our efforts to market and sell products, and the introduction of new products. Our policy is to price our products competitively and, where possible, we pass along cost increases to our customers in order to maintain our margins. We typically evaluate costs and pricing annually with price increases effective January 1; however, as a result of high inflation in recent quarters, we implemented an additional mid-year price increase late in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023.1.

 

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Inorganic Growth - Acquisitions

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, we completed the Belyntic acquisition for an aggregate purchase price of $6,450. The acquisition provided a natural complement to our peptide synthesis business by adding a consumables product line.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, we completed the acquisition of Agena for an aggregate net purchase price of $300,793. Agena is a leading clinical genomics tools company that develops, manufactures, and sells highly sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools used by clinical labs to perform genomic clinical testing in several therapeutic areas, such as screenings for hereditary diseases, pharmacogenetics and oncology related applications. The acquisition of Agena accelerated our strategic trajectory towards higher growth applications within the regulated segments of the life sciences tools market. 

Over the past decade, we have consummated a number of acquisitions as part of our growth strategy. These acquisitions have allowed us to expand our product offerings and the industries we serve, globalize our company, and increase the scale at which we operate, which inoperate. In turn, this growth affords us the ability to improve our operating efficiency, extend our customer base, and further the pursuit of our purpose: Protecting the Vulnerable®.

 

Improving Our Operating Efficiency

We maximize value in both our existing businesses and those we acquire by implementing efficiencies in our manufacturing, commercial, engineering, and administrative operations. We achieve efficiencies using the four pillars that make up the The Mesa Way, which is our customer-centric, lean-based system for continuously improving and operating a setthe manufacturing and administrative aspects of our high-margin, niche businesses. The Mesa Way is focused on: Measuring What Matters using our customers' perspective and setting high standards for performance; Empowering Teams to improve operationally and exceed customer expectations; SteadilySustainably Improving using lean-based tools designed to help us identify the root cause of opportunities and prioritize the biggest opportunities; and Always Learning so that performance continuously improves. 

 

Gross profit is affected by many factors including our product mix, manufacturing efficiencies, costs of products and labor, foreign currency rates, and price competition. Historically, as we have integrated our acquisitions and taken advantage of manufacturing efficiencies, our gross profit percentages for some products have improved. There are, however, differences in gross profit percentages between product lines, and ultimately the mix of sales will continue to impact our overall gross profit.

 

Hire, Develop, and Retain Top Talent

At the center of our organization are talented people who are capable of taking on new challenges using a team approach. It is our exceptionally talented workforce that works together and uses our lean-based tool set to find ways to continuously and sustainably improve our products, our services, and ourselves, resulting in long-term value creation for our shareholders.stakeholders. 

 

General Trends

 

We are a global company, with multinational operations. During the three and a significant portionnine months ended December 31, 2023, approximately 52% and 50% of our revenues, respectively, were earned outside of the United States. Since we serve a number of industries across a variety of global markets, we may be affected by world-wide, regional, or industry-specific economic or political factors, trends and expenses are denominatedcosts associated with a global labor force, and increasing regulation. However, our diversity in currencies other thanindustry, geography, and product and service offerings may limit the U.S. dollar (“USD”). Exchanges rates have been volatile throughoutimpact of changes in specific industry trends or local economic changes in our consolidated operating results. We actively monitor trends affecting industries we operate in, including by monitoring key competitors and customers and by staying abreast of changes to local economies and how they may affect our operations.  

We continue to invest in growing Mesa through further acquisitions, which helps us address the rapid pace of technological change in our served markets, further globalize our business, and enter new markets. To that end, during the third quarter of our fiscal year 2024, we completed the acquisition of GKE, a developer and manufacturer of high-margin consumable chemical sterilization indicators used to protect patient safety across global healthcare markets. GKE’s healthcare-focused commercial capabilities in Europe and Asia greatly expand our reach in the healthcare markets in those geographies. We are working to obtain regulatory 510(k) clearance on certain GKE products for sale in the United States, which would further expand organic revenues growth opportunities from the GKE business. We began consolidating the results of GKE's operations into our financial statements and began benefitting from the acquisition in the third quarter of our fiscal year.

Several challenging macroeconomic factors persisted during the third quarter of fiscal year 2024:

Continued softening of discretionary capital asset purchases across the life sciences tools market, contributing to declines in our organic revenues growth.

Economic slowdowns and anti-corruption initiatives in China negatively impacting our revenues, particularly in our Clinical Genomics division.

High interest rates resulting in expensive capital, negatively impacting our overall profitability. 

We expect these macroeconomic challenges to continue at least through the last quarter of our fiscal year 2024.

On the other hand, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and resulting manufacturing difficulties that impacted business operations in fiscal year 2023 largely abated during the nine months ended December 31, 2023. Additionally, in response to weaker revenues, we worked to reduce operating expenses, taking steps to preserve our financial model by reducing costs in our Biopharmaceutical Development division through a reduction in force in the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, and following the loss of a significant customer to our Clinical Genomics division, Sema4, at the beginning of the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. Management's efforts, coupled with the GKE acquisition, have allowed us to maintain our gross profit margins as a percentage of revenues. Overall, our operating expenses, which include $1,275 of one-time GKE acquisition and integration costs as well as GKE's consolidated results of operations in the third quarter, remained approximately consistent during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in the prior year despite a difficult overall environment.

A weakening or strengthening of foreign currencies against the USDUnited States dollar ("USD") increases or decreases our reported revenues, and gross profit margins, as well as impactingand operating expenses, and impacts the comparability of our results between periods. Currency exchange rates negatively impactedGenerally, the USD strengthening against major currencies adversely impacts our reported revenues, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year. Any further strengthening of the USD against major currencies would adversely impact our reported revenues, but would, to a lesser extent, positively impactimpacts our reported expenses forexpenses; conversely, the remainder of the fiscal year; conversely, any weakening of the U.S. dollar against major currencies would positively impactimpacts our reported revenues but would negatively impacts our reported expenses. The ultimate impact our expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year.

We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, inflation impacting the cost of raw materials, labor, and freight,gross profit as a resultpercentage of global macroeconomic trends, including government mandated actions in response to the Coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Our actions to mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions and inflation, including pre-ordering components in higher than usual quantities, sourcing new vendors and increasing prices have been somewhat successful; however, raw materials shortages have at times impacted our Calibrations Solutions division, in particular.

We experienced disruptions to our business in China resulting from government mandated shut-downs and restrictions during our fiscal year 2023. Additionally, the Chinese government recently revoked many COVID-19 related restrictions and while these policy changes did not significantly impact our results of operations for our third fiscal quarter, it is possible that future quarters may be impacted. The impact of COVID-19 has negatively impacted commercial execution in different ways throughout fiscal year 2023, and in some cases, has limited sales of Clinical Genomics consumables to existing customers and instruments to new customers. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic has largely subsided as a public health matter, we may experience material adverse impacts to our business as a result of the pandemic's adverse impactrevenue depends on the global economy, in-person collaboration and sales efforts, and our customers’ changed purchasing behaviors and confidence.

During the third quartermagnitude of fiscal year 2023, we were notified by Sema4 Holdings Corp. ("Sema4"), a customer of our Clinical Genomics division, that they are exiting the reproductive health screening business and as a result, they intend to significantly reduce the quantity of orders they place with uschanges in the future. Revenue from sales to Sema4 were approximately $8,200 during the first twelve months of our ownership of Agena. Following the notice, we evaluated our business operations and enacted several cost-cutting measures in the Clinical Genomics division, including a reduction-in-force, to preserve our financial model. These actions are expected to generate more than $4,000 in future annualized savings.foreign currencies. 

 

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Results of Operations

 

Our results of operations and period-over-period changes are discussed in the following section. The tables and discussion below should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto appearing in Item 1. Financial Statements (in thousands, except percent data).

 

Revenues fromgenerated by our reportable segments decreased 1% and increased 30% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022,2023 decreased 1% and 4%, respectively, largely due to softening demand for new capital equipment in the pharmaceutical markets, including lower demand for hardware sold by our Biopharmaceutical Development, as well as due to China's economic slowdown and anti-corruption initiatives. Revenues also decreased for the year to date period compared to the same periods in thecorresponding prior year.  The decrease in revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was attributable to a 2.1% decline in organic revenues which resulted from both unfavorable changes in foreign currency rates and $1,500 of COVID-19 related revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2021. Revenues growth for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was primarily attributableyear period due to the acquisitionfiscal year 2023 loss of Agena, and to a lesser extent, organicSema4. These decreases in revenue were partially offset by approximately $3,837 of inorganic revenues growth of 3.5%. 

Gross profit as a percentage of revenues increased seven and two percentage points forfrom the GKE acquisition during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, primarily2023.

Although revenues were lower in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2024 compared to the prior year periods, gross profit as a resultpercentage of the recognition of a $6,062 non-cash inventory step-up charge, as part of purchase accounting for the Agena acquisition during the three months ended December 31, 2021.revenues remained steady due to our proactive cost containment efforts and favorable product mix.

 

Results by reportable segment are as follows:

 

 

Revenues

  

Organic Revenues Growth

  

Gross Profit as a % of Revenues

  

Revenues

  

Organic Revenues Growth (non-GAAP)

  

Gross Profit as a % of Revenues

 
 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2023

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2023

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2023

  

Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

 

Clinical Genomics (*)

 $15,585 $16,485  (10.0%)  N/A  52%  24%

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

  16,283   13,831  17.7% 5.8% 71% 72% $19,338  $16,283  (4.8%) 17.7% 72% 71%

Clinical Genomics

 12,546 15,585 (19.5%) (10.0%) 51% 52%

Biopharmaceutical Development

 11,646 12,756 (8.7%) 46.4% 63% 69% 9,430 11,646 (19.1%) (8.7%) 62% 63%

Calibration Solutions

  10,773  11,624 (7.3%) (6.1%) 53% 52%  12,159  10,773 12.9% (7.3%) 59% 53%

Mesa's reportable segments

 $54,287 $54,696  (2.1%)  11.8%  60%  53% $53,473 $54,287  (8.6%)  (2.1%)  63%  60%

 

 

Revenues

  

Organic Revenues Growth

  

Gross Profit as a % of Revenues

  

Revenues

  

Organic Revenues Growth (non-GAAP)

  

Gross Profit as a % of Revenues

 
 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2021

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

  

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

 

Clinical Genomics (*)

 $48,525  $16,485  (10.0%) N/A  55% 24%

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

 48,021  43,014  11.6% 14.1% 72% 74% $52,345 $48,021 1.0% 11.6% 73% 72%

Clinical Genomics

 41,464 48,525 (14.6%) (10.0%) 50% 55%

Biopharmaceutical Development

 34,757  32,188  8.0% 35.3% 63% 62% 28,526 34,757 (18.2%) 8.0% 62% 63%

Calibration Solutions

  32,186   33,769  (4.7%) (2.1%) 54% 54% 34,948 32,186 8.6% (4.7%) 57% 54%

Mesa's reportable segments

 $163,489  $125,456  3.5% 13.5% 61% 59% $157,283  $163,489  (6.2%) 3.5% 62% 61%

 

(*) Revenues in the Clinical Genomics division represent transactions subsequentOrganic revenues growth is a non-GAAP measure of financial performance. See "Non-GAAP Measures" below for further information and for a reconciliation of organic revenues growth to the Agena Acquisition on October 20, 2021.total revenues growth. 

 

Our unaudited condensed consolidated results of operations are as follows:

 

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $54,287  $54,696   (1%) $163,489  $125,456   30%

Gross profit

  32,765   28,627   14%  100,492   73,978   36%

Operating expenses

  29,363   31,139   (6%)  97,689   69,166   41%

Operating income (loss)

  3,402   (2,512)  (¤)   2,803   4,812   (42%)

Net income (loss)

 $451  $(2,060)  (¤)  $319  $3,655   (91%)

(¤) Not a meaningful comparison

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $53,473  $54,287   (1%) $157,283  $163,489   (4%)

Gross profit

  33,402   32,765   2%  96,694   100,492   (4%)

Operating expense

  33,469   29,363   14%  97,485   97,689   -%

Operating (loss) income

  (67)  3,402   (102%)  (791)  2,803   (128%)

Net income

 $2,116  $451   369% $337  $319   6%

 

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Reportable Segments

 

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

The Sterilization and Disinfection Control Division manufactures and sells biological, chemical, and cleaning indicators used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes in the pharmaceutical, medical device, hospital, and dental industries. The division also provides testing and laboratory services, mainly to the dental industry. Sterilization and disinfection control products are disposable and are used on a routine basis.

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $19,338  $16,283   19% $52,345  $48,021   9%

Gross profit

  13,951   11,614   20%  38,018   34,581   10%

Gross profit as a % of revenues

  72%  71%  1%  73%  72%  1%

Sterilization and Disinfection Control's revenues increased 19% and 9%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year periods. The GKE acquisition contributed $3,837 of revenues and $2,742 of gross profit of to the Sterilization and Disinfection control division during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023. GKE's gross profit as a percentage of revenues was 71% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023.

Excluding the GKE acquisition, revenues in the Sterilization and Disinfection Control division would have decreased 5% during the three months ended December 31, 2023 due to slower than usual order fulfillment, despite an increase in orders placed during the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. Revenues would have increased 1% for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period, primarily due to price increases implemented during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023. 

Sterilization and Disinfection Control's gross profit percentage increased 1% for both the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year periods. Excluding $412 of amortization of the non-cash inventory step-up related to the GKE acquisition during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, the division's gross profit would have been 74% and 73%, respectively. 

Clinical Genomics

The Clinical Genomics division develops, manufactures and sells highly sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools used byand related consumables and services that enable clinical labs to perform genomic clinical testing for a broad range of diagnostic and research applications in several therapeutic areas, such as screenings for hereditary diseases, pharmacogenetics, and oncology related applications.

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Percentage

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $15,585  $16,485  (5%) $48,525  $16,485  194% $12,546 $15,585 (19%) $41,464 $48,525 (15%)

Gross profit

 8,045  3,924  105% 26,535  3,924  576% 6,449  8,045  (20%) 20,904  26,535  (21%)

Gross profit as a % of revenues

 52% 24% 28% 55% 24% 31% 51% 52% (1%) 50% 55% (5%)

 

Clinical Genomics revenues decreased 5%19% and 15%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 compared to the relevant prior year period,periods. The decreases for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 were primarily due to decreases in new systems-related revenues in China as a result of a reduction in COVID-related revenues of $1,374China's economic slowdown and adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates, partially offset by a longer period of ownership of Agena inanti-corruption initiatives, which began to significantly impact us during the third quarter of fiscal year 2023.2024. Excluding the loss of Sema4, revenues from our Clinical Genomics revenues increased 194% fordivision would have been 5% lower during the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 compared to the relevant prior year period due to a significantly shorter period of ownership of Agena for the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The loss of Sema4 is expected to result in a significant reduction of anticipated revenues for this division in future quarters. However, our distribution partner Guangzhou Darui Biotechnology Co., Ltd. recently received China's National Medical Products Administration approval for a Class III in vitro diagnostics ("IVD") panel covering hereditary deafness. This is the first approved Class III IVD panel in China from our distribution partner program.

period.

 

Gross profit percentage for the Clinical Genomics division increased 28%decreased 1% and 31%5%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively,2023 compared to the relevant prior year periods, primarily due to the amortization of a $6,062 inventory step-up required by purchase accounting in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. We have taken actions to reduce our costs in this division which will help offset the loss oflower revenues from Sema4.  

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

Our Sterilization and Disinfection Control division manufactures and sells biological, cleaning, and chemical indicators which are used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes in the hospital, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. The division also provides testing and laboratory services, mainly to the dental industry. Sterilization and disinfection control products are disposable and are used on a routine basis.

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $16,283  $13,831   18% $48,021  $43,014   12%

Gross profit

  11,614   9,945   17%  34,581   31,859   9%

Gross profit as a % of revenues

  71%  72%  (1%)  72%  74%  (2%)

Sterilization and Disinfection Control revenues increased 18% and 12% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, compared to the relevant prior year periods, despite the USD strengthening against the euro.  During the second and third quarters of fiscal year 2023, we added temporary and permanent manufacturing headcount at our Bozeman Montana facility, which enabled us to fulfill a higher volume of customer orders compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. The three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 also benefited from favorable product mixpartially fixed cost base, and to a lesser extent, price increases.unfavorable product mix, particularly due to the loss of high-margin consumables revenues from Sema4 that existed during the first two quarters of fiscal year 2023. 

 

SterilizationAlthough orders and Disinfection Control's gross profit percentage decreased one andrevenues in China were fairly strong in the first two percentage points forquarters of fiscal year 2024, we expect the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, comparedongoing macroeconomic slowdowns in China to the relevant prior year periods as a result of foreign currency fluctuations negatively impactingaffect our reported revenues increased labor and benefit costs, includingnew orders in the costlast quarter of temporary headcount, and increased freight costs.fiscal year 2024. 

 

Biopharmaceutical Development

Our Biopharmaceutical Development division develops, manufactures, and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. Immunoassays and peptide synthesis solutions accelerate the discovery, development, and manufacture of biotherapeutic drugs.therapies, among other applications. 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Percentage

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $11,646  $12,756  (9%) $34,757  $32,188  8% $9,430 $11,646 (19%) $28,526 $34,757 (18%)

Gross profit

 7,359  8,768  (16%) 21,993  20,061  10% 5,841  7,359  (21%) 17,783  21,993  (19%)

Gross profit as a % of revenues

 63% 69% (6%) 63% 62% 1% 62% 63% (1%) 62% 63% (1%)

 

Biopharmaceutical Development revenues decreased 9%19% and 18%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 compared to the relevant prior year period,periods, primarily due to unfavorable changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Additionally, the division faced a difficult compare versus the prior year, which reported an anomalous 46% revenues growth,continued softening demand for capital equipment, partially offset by an increase in revenues from consumables and services as well as price increases. Biopharmaceutical DevelopmentDespite adverse macroeconomic factors, revenues increased 8% forfrom the division's consumables and services have remained strong during fiscal year 2024, with growth of 14.3% during the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 compared to the relevant prior year periodperiod. 

Gross profit percentage for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 decreased 1% compared to the prior year periods primarily due to increased product adoption and price increases,a decrease in overall revenues on a partially fixed cost base, partially offset by unfavorable changes in foreign currency exchange rates.favorable product mix with a higher percentage of consumables and services.

 

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Biopharmaceutical Development's gross profit percentage decreased six percentage points for the three months ended December 31, 2022 compared to relevant prior year period as a result of foreign currency fluctuations negatively impacting our reported revenues and higher sales of peptide synthesis hardware at a lower gross profit percentage compared to the overall division margin percentages. Biopharmaceutical Development's gross profit percentage increased one percentage point for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the relevant prior year period as a result of higher revenues on a partially-fixed cost base, partially offset by unfavorable product mix and foreign currency fluctuations negatively impacting our reported revenues.

Calibration Solutions

The Calibration Solutions division designs,develops, manufactures and marketssells quality control and calibration products usedusing principles of advanced metrology to measure or calibrate temperature, pressure, pH, humidity, and othercritical chemical or physical parameters for healthin various dialysis, process monitoring, instrument monitoring, environmental monitoring, gas flow, environmental air quality, and safety purposes,torque applications, primarily in hospital, medical device manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, laboratory, and laboratoryhospital environments.

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Percentage

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

 

2022

 

2021

 

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Revenues

 $10,773  $11,624  (7%) $32,186  $33,769  (5%) $12,159 $10,773 13% $34,948 $32,186 9%

Gross profit

 5,740  6,090  (6%) 17,411  18,330  (5%) 7,212  5,740  26% 20,050  17,411  15%

Gross profit as a % of revenues

 53% 52% 1% 54% 54% -% 59% 53% 6% 57% 54% 3%

 

Calibration Solutions revenues decreased 7%increased 13% and 5%9%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively,2023 compared to the relevant prior year periods, primarily as a resultdue to the abatement of production difficulties and supply constraints limitingthat limited our ability to manufacture ordered quantities of certain products. Production difficulties continue to result in longer lead times for customer orders, which have negatively impactedproducts during the timing of new orders; however, we anticipate that such difficulties will begin to abate in the fourth quarterfirst nine months of fiscal year 2023. This abatement has allowed us to return to normal operations during fiscal year 2024, driving steady orders along with a reduction of past due backlog. 

 

The Calibration Solutions'Solutions division's gross profit percentage was essentially flatincreased 6% and 3% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023, respectively, compared to the prior year periods, primarily due to increased revenues on a partially fixed cost base and favorable product mix.

Operating Expense

Operating expense increased 14% for the three months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period. Excluding expenses related to the acquisition and integration of GKE ($770 of acquisition and integration related costs and $1,456 of operating expenses attributable to GKE), operating expenses would have increased 6% for the three months ended December 31, 2023. We decreased our estimate of bonus payouts in both the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 and the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 based on company performance; the reduction was approximately $1,000 greater in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023.   

Operating expense remained consistent for the nine months ended December 31, 2021.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses decreased 6% and increased 41% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, compared to the relevant prior year periods,2023, primarily as a result of lower personnel costsstock-based compensation expense attributable to the timing of award grants in fiscal year 2024. Additionally, cost savings from our strategic cost containment activities following the loss of Sema4 and from the Agena acquisition. Operating expenses were favorably impacted byreduction in force in our Biopharmaceutical Development division in the strengtheningthird quarter of fiscal year 2024 reduced our operating expenses. Excluding the USD duringGKE acquisition, operating expense would have decreased approximately 3% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. 2023.

 

Selling Expense

Selling expense is driven primarily by labor costs, including salaries and commissions; accordingly, it may vary with sales levels.

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Selling expense

 $8,437  $8,958  (6%) $27,660  $18,459  50% $9,737  $8,437  15% $28,363  $27,660  3%

As a percentage of revenues

 16% 16% -% 17% 15% 2% 18% 16% 2% 18% 17% 1%

 

Selling expense for the three months ended December 31, 2022 decreased 6% compared to the relevant prior year period, primarily as a result of lower personnel costs. Selling expense for theand nine months ended December 31, 20222023 increased 50%15% and 3%, respectively, compared to the relevant prior year period, primarily as a result of the Agena acquisition. Excluding Agena, selling expense increased 7% for the nine months ended December 31, 2022periods, primarily as a result of increased travelmarketing efforts, our implementation of Salesforce in certain divisions and tradeshow costs as we continuedbackfilling select open positions in our Biopharmaceutical Division, partially offset by lower commissions on lower revenues in fiscal year 2024 to resume in-person meetingsdate. Excluding the GKE acquisition, selling expense for the three and events, higher stock-based compensation expense,nine months ended December 31, 2023 would have increased 12% and higher professional services costs as we made improvements to our corporate website.2%, respectively. 

 

General and Administrative Expense

Labor costs, including non-cash stock-based compensation and non-cash amortization of intangible assets drive the substantial majority of our general and administrative expense.

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

General and administrative expense

 $16,129  $17,017  (5%) $54,543  $40,119  36% $19,438  $16,129  21% $55,024  $54,543  1%

As a percentage of revenues

 30% 31% (1%) 33% 32% 1% 36% 30% 6% 35% 33% 2%

 

General and administrative expenses decreased 5%increased 21% and 1%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year periods, largely due to the GKE acquisition. Acquisition and integration costs were $770 and $1,275, respectively for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, compared to $251 and $874, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 related to the Belyntic and Agena acquisitions. Further, amortization of intangible assets acquired in the GKE acquisition resulted in $838 of non-cash general and administrative amortization expense. The third quarter of fiscal year 2023 also included a release in bonus expense resulting from a change in the estimated payout of the bonus. Increases in general and administrative expense for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 were partially offset by our general cost containment measures. Excluding GKE, general and administrative expenses would have increased 13% for the three months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the relevant prior year period, primarily as a result of reduced stock-based compensation expense as we reduced the number of PSUs expected to vest. General2023 and administrative expenses increased 36%would have decreased 1% for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the relevant prior year period, primarily as a result of the Agena acquisition, including intangible amortization expense of $7,321. Excluding Agena, general and administrative expense increased 8% for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, primarily as a result of higher stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by lower intangible amortization expense as a result of the strengthening of the USD.2023. 

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Research and Development Expense

Research and development expense is predominantly comprised of labor costs and costs of third-party consultants.

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Research and development expense

 $4,797  $5,164  (7%) $15,486  $10,588  46% $4,294  $4,797  (10%) $14,098  $15,486  (9%)

As a percentage of revenues

 9% 9% -% 9% 8% 1% 8% 9% (1%) 9% 9% -%

 

Research and development expenses decreased 7% for the three months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the relevant prior year period, primarily as a result of lower personnel costs10% and the benefit of a strong USD on research and development costs in Europe. Research and development expenses increased 46% for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the relevant prior year period, primarily due to the Agena acquisition. Excluding the impact of Agena, research and development costs for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 increased relative to the prior year period primarily due our purchase of in process research and development technology that we are further developing in order to enhance a product offering in our Sterilization and Disinfection Control division.

Nonoperating Expense 

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

 

Nonoperating expense (income)

 $1,486   (171)  (¤)  $2,915  $1,192   145%

(¤) Not a meaningful comparison

Nonoperating expense9%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 20222023 compared to the prior year periods, primarily due to our cost containment efforts in fiscal year 2024, including the reduction in force related to our Biopharmaceutical Development division during the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 and due to the purchase of in-process research and development technology used to enhance an existing Sterilization and Disinfection Control division product offering during the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.

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Nonoperating (Income) Expense, Net

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Nonoperating (income) expense, net

 $(2,013) $1,486   (235%) $(475) $2,915   (116%)

Nonoperating (income) expense, net for the three and nine months ended December 31,2023 is composed primarily of gains and losses on foreign currency transactions as well as interest expense and amortization of the debt discountissuance costs associated with the Notes and the Credit Facility as well as gains and losses on foreign currency transactions. Nonoperating expense was higherFacility. In addition, during the three months ended December 31, 2023, Mesa issued an intercompany loan denominated in U.S. dollars to our wholly owned subsidiary, Mesa Germany GmbH, to purchase GKE. As a result, nonoperating income increased for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the relevant prior year periods due to interest expense2023 as we recorded net unrealized gains on the Credit Facility, which had a weighted average balance of $36,839 during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared with a weighted average balance of $17,993 for the nine months ended December 31, 2021, partially offset by net foreign currency gains inof $3,291 resulting from the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021. movement of the euro against the U.S. dollar.

 

Income Taxes

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Percentage

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2022

  

2021

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

  

2023

  

2022

  

Change

 

Income tax provision (benefit)

 $1,465  $(281) (621%) $(431) $(35) 1,131%

Income tax (benefit)

 $(170) $1,465  (112%) $(653) $(431) 52%

Effective tax rate

 76.5% 12.0% 64% 384.8% (1.0%) 386% (8.7%) 76.5% (85%) 206.6% 384.8% (178%)

 

Our effective income tax rate was (8.7)% and 76.5% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, and 206.6% and 384.8% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, and 12.0% and (1.0%)respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 differed from the statutory federal rate of 21% primarily due to the share-based payment awards for employees and the effect of income generated in foreign jurisdictions. The change in our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 was higher than2023 compared to the sameprior period in fiscal year 2022is primarily due to the share-based compensation and the effect of income in foreign jurisdictions.lower windfall benefits on stock option exercises.

 

Our future effective income tax rate depends on various factors, such as changes in tax laws, regulations, accounting principles, or interpretations thereof, and the geographic composition of our pre-tax income. We carefully monitor these factors and adjust our effective income tax rate accordingly.

 

Net Income (Loss) 

Net income (loss) varies with changes in revenues, gross profit, and operating expensesexpense (and included $21,573$22,380 and $9,859$9,144 of non-cash amortization of intangible assets acquired in business combinations and stock-based compensation expense, respectively, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022)2023).

Market-Based Awards

The performance-based restricted stock awards granted during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 included a market-based component. 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our sources of liquidity include cash generated from operations, cash and cash equivalents on hand, cash available from our Credit Facility and the Open Market Sale AgreementSM, described below, working capital, and potential additional equity and debt offerings. We believe that cash flows from operating activities and potential cash provided by borrowings from our Credit Facility or funds from our Open Market Sale AgreementSM, when necessary, will be sufficient to meet our ongoing operating requirements, scheduled interest payments on debt, dividend payments, and anticipated capital expenditures. We currently expect toAt our option, we may settle the Notes in shares of our common stock but we may re-finance the debt,or in cash, depending on conditions in the market and the share price of our common stock. 

 

Our more significant uses of resources have historically included acquisitions, payments of debt and interest obligations, long-term capital expenditures, and quarterly dividends to shareholders. Working capital is the amount by which current assets exceed current liabilities. We had working capital of $72,568$74,172 and $76,263$75,616 as of December 31, 20222023 and March 31, 2022,2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2022,2023 and March 31, 2022,2023, we had $26,101$28,224 and $49,346,$32,910, respectively, of cash and cash equivalents. We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

As of December 31, 2022, $172,500 in2023, Notes with an aggregate principal Notes wasamount of $172,500 were outstanding and $19,000$62,000 was outstanding under the Credit Facility. During the three months ended December 31, 2023, we borrowed a total of $71,000 under the Credit Facility to fund the majority of the acquisition of GKE. At our current interest rate, we expect to incur interest expense of approximately $4,464 per year on borrowings of $62,000 under the Credit Facility. 

 

In April 2022, we entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM pursuant to which we may issue and sell, from time to time, shares of our common stock with an aggregate value of up to $150,000. We have not sold any shares under this agreement. 

 

We routinely evaluate opportunities for strategic acquisitions. Future material acquisitions may require that we obtain additional capital, assume additional third-party debt or incur other long-term obligations. We believe that we have the ability to issue more equity or debt in the future in order to finance our acquisition and investment activities; however, additional equity or debt financing, or other transactions, may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all.

 

We may from time to time repurchase or take other steps to reduce our debt. These actions may include retirements or refinancing of outstanding debt, pursuing privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. The amount of debt that may be retired, if any, could be material andmaterial. Retirement would be decided at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and would depend on market conditions, our cash position, and other considerations.

 

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Dividends

We have paid regular quarterly dividends since 2003. We declared and paid dividends of $0.16 per share during each of the quarters ended June 30, 2022,2023, September 30, 2022,2023, and December 31, 2022,2023, as well as each quarter of fiscal year 2022.2023.

 

In January 2023,2024, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock, payable on March 15, 2023,2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2023.29, 2024.

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Cash Flows

 

Our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended December 31,

  

Nine Months Ended December 31,

 
 

2022

  

2021

  

2023

  

2022

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $15,464  $29,921  $31,250  $15,464 

Net cash (used in) investing activities

 (8,468) (304,443) (81,732) (8,468)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 (28,936) 62,623 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 45,769  (28,936)

 

Cash flows from operating activities for the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 provided $15,464.$31,250. Net income and non-cash adjustments totaled $33,838 for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to $34,588 for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to $32,838 for2022. We generated $16,536 more cash from working capital in the nine months ended December 31, 2021. Adjustments to working capital accounts used $16,207 more cash2023 than in the nine months ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to higher collections on trade receivables and lower inventory purchases, as we were building safety stock during the nine months ended December 31, 2023 to mitigate supply chain risks. Cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 increased compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021,2022 primarily due to lower collectionsthe acquisition of GKE. Cash provided by financing activities primarily resulted from a $71,000 total drawdown on trade receivables and higher spend on inventory as we built supplies to mitigate supply chain risk. Cash used in investing activities was lower forthe Credit Facility offset by $22,000 repaid during the nine months ended December 31, 20222023 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021, due to the Agena acquisition during fiscal year 2022, partially offset by the Belyntic acquisition in fiscal year 2023. Cash used by financing activities primarily resulted from $30,000 repaid on ourthe Credit Facility duringfor the nine months ended December 31, 2022.

 

Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments

 

We are party to many contractual obligations that involve commitments to make payments to third parties in the ordinary course of business. For a description of our contractual obligations and other commercial commitments as of March 31, 2022,2023, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022,2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2022.30, 2023.  

 

On a consolidated basis, as of December 31, 2022,2023, we had contractual obligations for open purchase orders of approximately $19,441$12,539 for routine purchases of supplies and inventory, the majority of which are payable in less than one year. Open purchase orders have decreased, in part, due to our previously taken steps to mitigate risks in supply by increasing our stock of certain critical raw materials. 

 

As part of the Belyntic acquisition, we have agreed to pay $1,500 to the sellers if contractually specified patents related to the technology purchased are issued. We paid $188 to the Belyntic sellers during the three months ending December 31, 2023. We are committed to pay an additional $563 during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, and we believe that it is probable that the remaining patents will be issued and we will pay the sellers in full within the next 3612 months.

As part of the GKE acquisition consummated during the three months ended December 31, 2023, we have agreed to pay the GKE sellers approximately $9,500 of the acquisition price approximately 18 months following the acquisition, pending adjustments for potential indemnification losses that may arise. The liability is recorded as in otherOther long-term liabilities on the accompanyingin our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.Sheets as of December 31, 2023. 

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Critical accounting estimates are those that we believe are both significant and require us to make difficult, subjective, or complex judgments, often because we need to estimate the effect of inherently uncertain matters. These estimates are based on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be appropriate under the circumstances. Actual amounts and results could differ from these estimates made by management. Certain accounting policies that require significant management estimates and are deemed critical to our results of operations or financial position are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022,2023, in the Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates section of Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Although we believe that our estimates, assumptions, and judgements are reasonable, they are based upon information presently available. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates under different assumptions, judgments, or conditions.

 

Acquired Intangible Assets

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, in response to the loss of a significant customer, we used Level 3 inputs to test the recoverability of the Clinical Genomics division’s intangible asset group and evaluate the division’s goodwill response to the loss of a significant customer. After considering all information available to us as of the date of testing, we concluded that no impairment is indicated.Financial Condition 

 

Fair values assigned to intangible assets acquired in the BelynticGKE acquisition were measured using Level 3 inputs. Material changes in our financial condition as of December 31, 2023 compared to March 31, 2023, including changes in acquired intangibles and other balances, are primarily attributable to the GKE acquisition. 

Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we present organic revenues growth (reported revenues growth excluding revenues from recent acquisitions), as a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure. We believe that presenting supplemental organic revenues growth facilitates comparability between current period and prior period information, and provides insight into Mesa’s short-term and long-term financial trends. We use organic revenue growth internally to forecast and evaluate Mesa’s operating performance, to compare revenues of current periods to prior periods, in our financial and operating decision-making, and for compensation purposes.

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A reconciliation of organic revenues growth to total revenues growth is as follows: 

 

Total Revenues Growth

 

Impact of Acquisitions

 

Organic Revenues Growth (non-GAAP)

 Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

18.8%

 

17.7%

 

(23.6%)

 

-%

 

(4.8%)

 

17.7%

Clinical Genomics

(19.5%)

 

(5.5%)

 

-%

 

(4.5%)

 

(19.5%)

 

(10.0%)

Biopharmaceutical Development

(19.0%)

 

(8.7%)

 

(0.1%)

 

-%

 

(19.1%)

 

(8.7%)

Calibration Solutions

12.9%

 

(7.3%)

 

-%

 

-%

 

12.9%

 

(7.3%)

Total Company

(1.5%)

 

(0.7%)

 

(7.1%)

 

(1.4%)

 

(8.6%)

 

(2.1%)

 

Total Revenues Growth

 

Impact of Acquisitions

 

Organic Revenues Growth (non-GAAP)

 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2023

 

Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022

Sterilization and Disinfection Control

9.0%

 

11.6%

 

(8.0%)

 

-%

 

1.0%

 

11.6%

Clinical Genomics (1)

(14.6%)

 

194.4%

 

-%

 

(204.4%)

 

(14.6%)

 

(10.0%)

Biopharmaceutical Development

(17.9%)

 

8.0%

 

(0.3%)

 

-%

 

(18.2%)

 

8.0%

Calibration Solutions

8.6%

 

(4.7%)

 

-%

 

-%

 

8.6%

 

(4.7%)

Total Company

(3.8%)

 

30.3%

 

(2.4%)

 

(26.8%)

 

(6.2%)

 

3.5%

(1)  GAAP Clinical Genomics revenues growth was 194.4% for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 due to a significantly shorter period of ownership during the nine months ended December 31, 2021. 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Our reporting currency is U.S. dollars,Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

We face exchange rate risk from transactions with customers in countries outside the United States and from intercompany transactions between affiliates. Transactional exchange rate risk arises from the purchase and sale of goods and services in currencies other than the functional currency of eachthe applicable subsidiary. We also face translational exchange rate risk related to the translation of financial statements of our material foreign operations into U.S. dollars, our functional currency. Costs incurred and sales recorded by subsidiaries is its respective local currency. Our operations include activitiesoperating outside of the United States are translated into U.S. anddollars using average exchange rates effective during the respective period. As a result, we have currency risk onare exposed to movements in the transactions in otherexchange rates of various currencies and translation adjustments resulting from the conversion of our international financial results intoagainst the U.S. dollar. We faceOur Biopharmaceutical Development division is particularly susceptible to currency exposures in our global operations as a result of various factors including intercompany currency denominated loans, selling our products in various currencies, purchasing raw materials and equipment in various currencies, and tax exposures not denominated in the functional currency. These exposures have increased as we have continued to expand internationally, including the acquisition of Gyros Protein Technologies Holding AB, whichsince it incurs a substantial portion of its business expenses in Swedish Krona, while most of the division's revenue contracts are in U.S. dollars and euros. Therefore, when the acquisitionSwedish Krona strengthens or weakens against the U.S. dollar, operating profits are increased or decreased, respectively. As we continue to consummate acquisitions of Agena, which conductscompanies with foreign operations or with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our foreign currency exchange rate risk will increase. The effect of a portion of its businesschange in euros and a portion in Chinese Yuan Renminbi. Fluctuations incurrency exchange rates haveon our international subsidiaries' assets and may continue to adversely affect our resultsliabilities is reflected in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of operations, financial position, and cash flows. We do not hedge exposure to exchange rates.stockholders’ equity.

 

Interest Rates

Our Credit Facility bears interest at either a base rate or a SOFR rate plus an applicable spread. Based on the balance currently outstanding against our lineas of credit,December 31, 2023, we estimate that if interest rates increased by 75 basis points,1 percentage point, we would incur approximately $143$620 of additional interest expense per year.

 

Inflation Risk

Inflation generally impacts us by increasing our costs of labor, materials, and freight. The rates of inflation experienced in recent years have not had a significant impact on our financial statements as inflationary cost increases have been offset by annual price increases. However, any price increases imposed may lead to declines in sales volume if competitors do not similarly adjust prices. We cannot reasonably estimate our ability to successfully recover any impact of inflation cost increases into the future.

Other

We have no derivative instruments. We have minimal exposure to commodity market risks.

 

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of December 31, 2022,2023, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Prior Year Material Weaknesses

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As disclosed in Part II Item 9A. "Controls and Procedures" in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2023, during fiscal year 2023 we identified two material weaknesses in internal controls: 

Fair Value Calculations - Management's review controls over fair value calculations including Management's preliminary valuation of the Belyntic acquisition were insufficient. Specifically, Management failed to utilize resources with an appropriate level of knowledge and expertise in performing and reviewing the fair value calculations including the preliminary Belyntic valuation.

Goodwill Impairment Assessment - Management's review controls over the qualitative assessment of goodwill impairment were insufficient to identify potential impairment triggers.

Remediation Status for Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Beginning during the three months ended June 30, 2023, we implemented our previously-disclosed remediation plans:

Fair Value Calculations - We obtained the services of a knowledgeable third-party valuation specialist to perform the fair value calculations for the Belyntic acquisition.

Goodwill Impairment Assessment - Members of Management with requisite knowledge performed a formal quarterly analysis of potential impairment triggers.

As a result of our control activities, we have concluded that the material weakness regarding fair value calculations was remediated as of June 30, 2023, and the material weakness regarding goodwill impairment assessments was remediated as of September 30, 2023. We will continue to perform formal quarterly impairment trigger analyses in future periods. We will likewise continue to utilize a valuation specialist with the requisite knowledge to perform valuations for all future acquisitions of businesses, as such acquisitions occur.

 

Changes in Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting

 

The Agena AcquisitionGKE acquisition was completed on October 20, 2021, andduring the financial results of Agena are included in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 31, 2022 and for the period thenthree months ended and as of December 31, 2022 and for the nine months then ended. During the time since acquisition, we have assessed the control environment of Agena and made certain changes to Agena's internal controls over financial reporting, including design changes that were required as we brought Agena onto our enterprise resource planning tool. We now consider Agena to be included in2023. As such, the scope of our assessment of our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting does not yet include GKE. This exclusion is in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s general guidance that an assessment of a recently acquired business may be omitted from our scope in the year of acquisition.

Other than the remediation measures discussed above, during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 there were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting. 

 

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Part II. Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

See Note 11. “Commitments and Contingencies” within Item 1. Financial Statements for information regarding any legal proceedings in which we may be involved.

 

Item 1A. Risk factors

 

During the nine months ended December 31, 2022,2023, there were no material changes from the risk factors described in Part 1, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022.2023. 

 

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

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

The following table provides information about the Company's purchases of equity securities for the periods indicated:

 

  

Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)

  

Average Price Paid Per Share

  

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(2)

  

Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

October 2022

  -   -   -   162,486 

November 2022

  (1,757)  188.96   -   162,486 

December 2022

  -   -   -   162,486 

Total

  (1,757)  188.84   -   162,486 
  

Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)

  

Average Price Paid Per Share

  

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(2)

  

Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

October 2023

  38   138.39   -   162,486 

November 2023

  32   93.77   -   162,486 

December 2023

  28   138.33   -   162,486 

Total

  98   123.20   -   162,486 

 

 

(1)

Shares purchased during the period were transferred to the Company from employees in satisfaction of minimum tax withholding obligations associated with the vesting of restricted stock awards during the period.

 

(2)

On November 7, 2005, our Board of Directors adopted a share repurchase plan which allows for the repurchase of up to 300,000 of our common shares; however, no shares have been purchased under the plan in the last three fiscal years.any period presented. This plan will continue until the maximum is reached or the plan is terminated by further action of the Board of Directors.  

 

Item 5.Other Information

The following of our directors or officers entered into written plans for the purchase or sale of our securities intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1(c) (each, a "trading arrangement") on the dates indicated:

Chief Executive OfficerGary Owens modified an existing trading arrangement on November 11, 2023. The trading arrangement is effective through April 2, 2024. The trading arrangement contemplates that Mr. Owens may exercise 5,000 non-qualified stock options and sell the resulting 5,000 shares of Mesa Labs' common stock, subject to certain conditions. 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit

3.1Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amendments to Articles of IncorporationMesa Laboratories, Inc. (incorporated by reference from exhibit 3.1 to Mesa Laboratories, Inc.s reportthe Current Report on Form 10-Q8-K filed on July 31, 2018August 25, 2023 (Commission File Number: 000-11740)).
3.2Amended and Restated Bylaws of Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (incorporated by reference from exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2019 (Commission File Number: 000-11740)).
10.1+Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2022 among the Company, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA., as administrative agent.

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

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101.SCH+Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL+Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF+Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase Document
101.LAB+Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE+Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104+

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.*).

 


+ Filed herewith

* Furnished herewith

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

MESA LABORATORIES, INC.

(Registrant)

 

 

DATED: February 6, 20235, 2024BY:

/s/ Gary M. Owens.

Gary M. Owens

Chief Executive Officer

   
   
DATED: February 6, 20235, 2024BY:

/s/ John V. Sakys

John V. Sakys

Chief Financial Officer

                       

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