SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 11-K Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Mark One) [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 OR [_] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________ Commission file number 0-10736 A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: MGI PHARMA, INC. Retirement Savings Plan B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: MGI PHARMA, INC. 5775 West Old Shakopee Road, Suite 100 Bloomington, MN 55437-3174 MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Financial Statements December 31, 2001 and 2000 MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Table of Contents Page Independent Auditors' Report 1 Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits 2 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits 3 Notes to Financial Statements 4 Schedule Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) 8 Independent Auditors' Report The Board of Trustees MGI Pharma Inc. Retirement Savings Plan: We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for Plan benefits of MGI Pharma, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2001, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for Plan benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for Plan benefits as of December 31, 2001, and the changes in net assets available for Plan benefits for the fiscal year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The accompanying statement of net assets available for Plan benefits of MGI Pharma, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2000 was not audited by us and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion on it. Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. /s/ KPMG LLP May 13, 2002 MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits December 31, 2001 and 2000 (Unaudited) 2001 2000 ---------- ----------- Assets: Investments at fair value (note 6) $7,390,707 6,628,085 ---------- ---------- Receivables: Employer contribution 581,987 316,173 ---------- ---------- Total receivables 581,987 316,173 ---------- ---------- Total assets $7,972,694 6,944,258 ========== ========== See accompanying notes to financial statements. 2 MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits Year ended December 31, 2001 Additions (deductions): Investment income: Net (depreciation) appreciation in fair value of investments (note 6) $ (526,364) Interest and dividends 48,704 ----------- (477,660) ----------- Contributions: Employer 836,458 Employee 874,367 Forfeitures (23,312) ----------- 1,687,513 ----------- Total additions 1,209,853 ----------- Deductions: Benefits paid to participants (180,165) Plan administrator fees (1,252) ----------- Total deductions (181,417) ----------- Net increase 1,028,436 Net assets available for benefits: Beginning of year 6,944,258 ----------- End of year $ 7,972,694 =========== See accompanying notes to financial statements. 3 MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2001 and 2000 (1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) Basis of Presentation The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. (b) Investments and Income Recognition Plan investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. Company stock is valued at its quoted market price of $15.28 and $16.50 per share at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Participant notes receivable are valued at cost which approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Investment income is allocated to participants' accounts based upon their pro rata share of the respective investment balance during the income period. (c) Payment of Benefits Benefits are recorded when paid. (d) Expenses All administrative expenses of the Plan, with the exception of loan fees, are paid by MGI Pharma, Inc. (MGI or the Company). (e) Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for plan benefits and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of changes in net assets available for plan benefits during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. (2) Summary Description of the Plan The following description of the MGI Pharma, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions. The Plan is a defined contribution retirement savings plan sponsored by MGI. The Plan conforms to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code and therefore defers income taxes on qualifying contributions and Plan earnings. The Plan benefits eligible employees by accumulating retirement assets during their working careers through employee participation in a systematic savings and investment program to which MGI also contributes. The Plan is administered by an Administrative Committee appointed for that purpose by MGI's board of directors. 4 (Continued) MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2001 and 2000 At December 31, 2001, 157 employees were participants in the Plan. The Plan is available to every employee of MGI who completes six months of employment, is at least 21 years old, and is scheduled for at least 1,000 hours of service annually. Eligible employees may participate in the Plan through: (1) contributions of up to 12% of their compensation; (2) employer matching contributions equal to 50% of employee contributions, up to 6% of an employee's compensation; (3) employer discretionary contributions; and (4) employee rollover contributions. Contributions are subject to certain limitations. Employee contributions and related earnings are directed by the participant into available investment options and are fully vested at all times. Employer contributions are in the form of MGI common stock. Following full vesting, a participant may elect to redirect investment of employer contributions to any of the Plan's investment alternatives. Employer contributions are 20% vested after completion of two years of employment, 40% after three years, 75% after four years, and 100% after five years. Employer discretionary contributions are allocated to a participant's account based upon his/her pro rata share of total recognized compensation during the year. Forfeitures are used to reduce the amount of MGI's contributions to the Plan. A participant's account may mature and be distributed upon the occurrence of one of the following: (1) death, (2) retirement, (3) the attainment of 70-1/2 years of age, (4) termination of employment, (5) termination of the Plan, or (6) upon certain MGI "change in control" events. Distributions may be a lump sum of cash and MGI common stock held in a participant's account. (a) Investments At December 31, 2001, the following investment alternatives were available to plan participants: Vanguard Primecap Fund, Vanguard World, International Growth, Janus Worldwide Fund, ABN AMRO Income Plus Fund, ABN AMRO Chicago Capital Growth Fund, ABN AMRO Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund, ABN AMRO Chicago Capital Balanced Fund, ABN AMRO Chicago Capital Bond Fund, and MGI Pharma, Inc. common stock. (b) Participant Loans Participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to the lesser of $50,000 or one-half of their vested balances. Loan transactions are treated as transfers between the relevant investment fund and the Participant Notes fund. Loan terms generally cannot exceed five years. The loans are secured by balances in the participant's accounts and bear interest fixed at 1% above the prime rate upon initiation of the loan. Principal and interest is paid monthly or by more frequent installments. (3) Federal Income Taxes The Plan received a tax qualification letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated December 21, 1994 stating that it is a qualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and therefore the associated trust is exempt from federal income taxes. Following the qualification letter, the Plan administration believes operation of the Plan has been performed in a manner to maintain compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. 5 (Continued) MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2001 and 2000 (4) Party-in-interest Transactions The Plan engaged in transactions involving the acquisition or disposition of units of participation in collective investment funds of the Trustee, which is a party-in-interest with respect to the Plan. These transactions are not considered "prohibited transactions" under Section 408(b)(8) and are not prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). (5) Plan Termination Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts. (6) Investments The following investments, as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, represented 5% or more of the Plan's net assets: Principal amount or number Market of shares value ----------------- ---------- 2001: Vanguard Primecap Fund 17,643 $ 908,962 ABN AMRO Chicago Capital Balanced Fund 47,497 535,272 MGI Pharma, Inc. common stock 289,800 4,425,205 2000 (unaudited): Vanguard Group of Mutual Funds: Primecap Fund 15,022 $ 907,017 World, International Growth 18,861 355,903 Fidelity Puritan Fund 25,538 480,880 MGI Pharma, Inc. common stock 233,286 3,849,219 During 2001, the Plan's investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) depreciated in value as follows: 2001 ---------- Mutual funds $ (314,276) Common stock (212,088) ---------- (526,364) =========== 6 (Continued) MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2001 and 2000 (7) Nonparticipant-directed Investments Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows: 2001 2000 ---------- --------- MGI Pharma, Inc. common stock $4,425,205 3,849,219 Contribution due from MGI Pharma, Inc. 581,987 316,173 ---------- --------- Net assets $5,007,192 4,165,392 ========== ========= Changes in net assets: Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments $ (212,088) Contributions 1,076,536 Transfer from other funds 38,095 Forfeitures (22,639) Distributions (38,019) Other (47) ---------- Increase in nonparticipant-directed investments $ 841,838 ========== 7 Schedule MGI PHARMA, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2001 Fair market Identity of issuer Description value - ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ----------- * Vanguard Group: Primecap Fund Registered Investment Fund $ 908,923 World, International Growth Registered Investment Fund 330,050 * Janus Worldwide Registered Investment Fund 272,931 * ABN AMRO: Chicago Capital Bond Fund Registered Investment Fund 184,842 Chicago Capital Balanced Fund Registered Investment Fund 535,272 Chicago Capital Growth Fund Registered Investment Fund 331,968 Income Plus Fund Registered Investment Fund 276,204 Veredus Aggressive Growth Fund Registered Investment Fund 70,453 * MGI Pharma, Inc. common stock Common Stock, par value $0.01 4,425,205 Participant loans Loans to participants ranging between 6.0% and 10.5% 54,859 ---------- Total $7,390,707 ========== * Represents party-in-interest See accompanying independent auditors' report. 8 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrative Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized. Date: June 18, 2002 MGI PHARMA, INC. Retirement Savings Plan By /s/ Edgar F. Timberlake -------------------------------------- Name: Edgar F. Timberlake Title: Plan Administrator