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 October 31, 2017.April 30, 2018.
 
or
 
☐Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the transition period from            to           .
 
Commission file number:   001-31337
 
CANTEL MEDICAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware 22-1760285
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
 
150 Clove Road, Little Falls, New Jersey 07424 (973) 890-7220
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether 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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ☒  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 the 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 
 
Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of November 30, 2017: 41,805,837.June 1, 2018: 41,709,335.




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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Page No.
 PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
 PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item 5.
Item 6.
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.    Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
October 31, July 31, April 30, July 31, 
2017 20172018 2017
Assets 
  
 
  
Current assets: 
  
 
  
Cash and cash equivalents$37,220
 $36,584
$51,916
 $36,584
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,295 and $1,808105,153
 110,656
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,505 and $1,808114,146
 110,656
Inventories, net105,823
 98,724
113,109
 98,724
Prepaid expenses and other current assets19,484
 11,407
17,097
 11,407
Income taxes receivable4,184
 
Total current assets267,680
 257,371
300,452
 257,371
      
Property and equipment, net91,487
 88,338
100,759
 88,338
Intangible assets, net138,837
 124,512
145,552
 124,512
Goodwill351,818
 311,445
366,804
 311,445
Other assets5,348
 4,707
8,404
 4,707
Total assets$855,170
 $786,373
$921,971
 $786,373
      
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity 
  
 
  
Current liabilities: 
  
 
  
Accounts payable$28,361
 $27,469
$36,628
 $27,469
Compensation payable20,500
 27,468
28,586
 27,468
Accrued expenses28,391
 23,393
27,930
 23,393
Deferred revenue25,183
 25,282
30,183
 25,282
Income taxes payable7,136
 3,167

 3,167
Total current liabilities109,571
 106,779
123,327
 106,779
      
Long-term debt168,000
 126,000
169,000
 126,000
Deferred income taxes31,375
 24,714
23,097
 24,714
Other long-term liabilities3,646
 4,948
5,241
 4,948
Total liabilities312,592
 262,441
320,665
 262,441
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)

 



 

      
Stockholders’ equity: 
  
 
  
Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share; authorized 1,000,000 shares; none issued
 
$
 $
Common Stock, par value $.10 per share; authorized 75,000,000 shares; issued October 31 - 46,332,826 shares, outstanding October - 41,805,879 shares; issued July 31 - 46,194,370 shares, outstanding July 31 - 41,728,934 shares4,634
 4,619
Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. Authorized 75,000,000 shares; issued 46,239,890 shares and outstanding 41,709,335 shares as of April 30, 2018; issued 46,194,370 shares and outstanding 41,728,934 shares as of July 31, 20174,046
 4,619
Additional paid-in capital177,359
 174,602
183,551
 174,602
Retained earnings430,519
 407,590
478,197
 407,590
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(11,133) (9,900)(5,292) (9,900)
Treasury Stock, at cost; October 31 - 4,526,947 shares; July 31 - 4,465,440 shares(58,801) (52,979)
Treasury Stock, at cost; 4,530,555 shares as of April 30, 2018; 4,465,440 shares as of
July 31, 2017
(59,196) (52,979)
Total stockholders’ equity542,578
 523,932
601,306
 523,932
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$855,170
 $786,373
$921,971
 $786,373
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited) 
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Net sales 
  
 
  
  
  
Product sales$187,965
 $166,901
$189,861
 $170,073
 $564,310
 $500,878
Product service24,801
 20,824
27,407
 22,040
 78,758
 63,777
Total net sales212,766
 187,725
217,268
 192,113
 643,068
 564,655
          
Cost of sales 
  
 
  
  
  
Product sales95,099
 83,616
93,762
 84,681
 283,005
 250,052
Product service17,008
 14,602
18,832
 15,984
 53,495
 45,171
Total cost of sales112,107
 98,218
112,594
 100,665
 336,500
 295,223
          
Gross profit100,659
 89,507
104,674
 91,448
 306,568
 269,432
          
Expenses: 
  
 
  
    
Selling31,600
 27,893
33,252
 30,509
 95,774
 85,312
General and administrative32,096
 30,003
37,784
 29,204
 102,068
 87,672
Research and development5,329
 4,548
6,571
 4,291
 17,543
 13,328
Total operating expenses69,025
 62,444
77,607
 64,004
 215,385
 186,312
          
Income from operations31,634
 27,063
27,067
 27,444
 91,183
 83,120
          
Interest expense, net1,189
 1,093
1,498
 1,084
 3,822
 3,303
Other income(1,138) 

 
 (1,138) 
          
Income before income taxes31,583
 25,970
25,569
 26,360
 88,499
 79,817
          
Income taxes8,654
 7,170
6,833
 8,849
 14,346
 25,436
          
Net income$22,929
 $18,800
$18,736
 $17,511
 $74,153
 $54,381
          
Earnings per common share: 
  
 
  
  
  
Basic$0.55
 $0.45
$0.45
 $0.42
 $1.78
 $1.30
Diluted$0.55
 $0.45
$0.45
 $0.42
 $1.77
 $1.30
       
Dividends declared per common share$
 $0.07
$
 $
 $0.09
 $0.07
 
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Net income$22,929
 $18,800
$18,736
 $17,511
 $74,153
 $54,381
          
Other comprehensive loss: 
  
Other comprehensive (loss) income: 
  
  
  
Foreign currency translation(1,233) (6,521)(6,538) 1,384
 4,608
 (2,549)
Total other comprehensive loss(1,233) (6,521)
Total other comprehensive (loss) income(6,538) 1,384
 4,608
 (2,549)
          
Comprehensive income$21,696
 $12,279
$12,198
 $18,895
 $78,761
 $51,832
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended October 31,Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017
Cash flows from operating activities 
  
 
  
Net income$22,929
 $18,800
$74,153
 $54,381
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
 
  
Depreciation4,036
 3,454
12,816
 10,922
Amortization4,048
 3,909
12,892
 11,930
Stock-based compensation expense1,851
 2,922
7,033
 6,983
Deferred income taxes780
 1,917
(7,499) (97)
Other non-cash items, net(67) 333
586
 519
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of business acquisitions: 
  
 
  
Accounts receivable8,584
 1,577
892
 (13,108)
Inventories(2,629) (1,824)(9,791) (2,334)
Prepaid expenses and other assets(6,273) (2,801)(7,256) (2,924)
Accounts payable and other liabilities(6,679) (5,290)13,859
 9,220
Income taxes3,492
 1,911
(7,682) (2,108)
Net cash provided by operating activities30,072
 24,908
90,003
 73,384
      
Cash flows from investing activities 
  
 
  
Capital expenditures(6,492) (8,143)(23,772) (20,765)
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets
 21

 43
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired(60,345) (57,768)(84,595) (69,998)
Other, net
 255

 344
Net cash used in investing activities(66,837) (65,635)(108,367) (90,376)
      
Cash flows from financing activities 
  
 
  
Borrowings under revolving credit facility61,300
 61,000
82,300
 74,000
Repayments under revolving credit facility(19,300) (16,000)(39,300) (45,000)
Dividends paid(3,546) (2,921)
Purchases of treasury stock(5,822) (6,216)(6,216) (6,387)
Net cash provided by financing activities36,178
 38,784
33,238
 19,692
      
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents1,223
 (289)458
 (194)
      
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents636
 (2,232)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents15,332
 2,506
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period36,584
 28,367
36,584
 28,367
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$37,220
 $26,135
$51,916
 $30,873
 
See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
 
1.    Basis of Presentation
Throughout this document, references to “Cantel,” “us,” “we,” “our,” and the “Company” are references to Cantel Medical Corp. and its subsidiaries, except where the context makes it clear the reference is to Cantel itself and not its subsidiaries.
Cantel is a leading provider of infection prevention products and services in the healthcare market, specializing in the following reportable segments: Endoscopy, Water Purification and Filtration, Healthcare Disposables and Dialysis. See Note 13,14, “Reportable Segments.” Most of our equipment, consumables and supplies are used to help prevent the occurrence or spread of infections.
The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial reporting and the requirements of Form 10-Q and Rule 10.01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include certain information and note disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial reporting and should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report of Cantel Medical Corp. on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2017 (the “2017 Form 10-K”) and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included elsewhere herein. The unaudited interim financial statements reflect all adjustments (of a normal and recurring nature) which management considers necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for these periods. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at July 31, 2017 was derived from the audited Consolidated Balance Sheet of Cantel at that date.
Subsequent Events
We performed a review of events subsequent to October 31, 2017. Refer to Note 14, "Subsequent Events."April 30, 2018 through the date of issuance of the accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements.
2.           Recent           Accounting Pronouncements
Newly Adopted Accounting Standards
In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"(“ASU”) 2015-16, “Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments (Topic 805)” (“ASU 2015-16”). The new guidance requires an acquirer in a business combination to recognize a measurement-period adjustment during the period in which it determines the amount, and eliminates the requirement for an acquirer to account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively. The acquirer must also disclose the amounts and reasons for adjustments to the provisional amounts. ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 (our fiscal year 2018), including interim periods within that reporting period. Accordingly, we adopted ASU 2015-06 on August 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2015-06 did not have a material impact upon on our financial position and results of operations.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, “Inventory (Topic 330) Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory,” (“ASU 2015-11”). The new guidance requires companies using the first-in, first-out and average costs methods to measure inventory using the lower of cost and net realizable value, where net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. ASU 2015-11 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 (our fiscal year 2018), including interim periods within that reporting period. Accordingly, we adopted ASU 2015-11 on August 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2015-11 did not have a material impact uponon our financial position and results of operations.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805)” (“ASU 2017-01”) to clarify the definition of a business. The revised guidance creates a more robust framework to use in determining whether a set of assets and activities is a business. The guidance will be applied on a prospective basis on or after the effective date. ASU 2017-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (our fiscal year 2019), including interim periods within that reporting period. We early adopted ASU-2017-01 on August 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2017-01 did not have a material impact on our financial position and results of operations.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02,“Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2018-02”) to allow for the reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings of stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in December 2017. ASU 2018-02 is effective for fiscal


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years beginning after December 15, 2018 (our fiscal year 2020), including interim periods within that reporting period. The adoption of ASU 2018-02 is not expected to have a significant impact on our financial position and results of operations.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, "Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities"Activities” ("(“ASU 2017-12"2017-12”) to improve the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity's risk management activities in its financial statements. ASU 2017-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 (our fiscal year 2020), including interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2017-12 on our financial position and resultresults of operations.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, "Scope of Modification AccountingAccounting”" (" (“ASU 2017-09"2017-09”) to provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. ASU 2017-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (our fiscal year 2019), including interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2017-09 on our financial position and resultresults of operations.


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In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other” (“ASU 2017-04”) to simplify the test for goodwill impairment. The revised guidance eliminates the existing Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test which required an entity to compute the implied fair value of its goodwill at the testing date in order to measure the amount of the impairment charge when the fair value of the reporting unit failed Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test. Under the revised guidance, an entity would recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value; however, the loss recognized would not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The guidance will be applied on a prospective basis on or after the effective date. ASU 2017-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 (our fiscal year 2021) and early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2017-04 is not expected to have a significant impact on our financial position and result of operations.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805)” (“ASU 2017-01”) to clarify the definition of a business. The revised guidance creates a more robust framework to use in determining whether a set of assets and activities is a business. The guidance will be applied on a prospective basis on or after the effective date. ASU 2017-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (our fiscal year 2019), including interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2017-01 on our financial position and resultresults of operations.

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”). The new guidance requires the recording of assets and liabilities arising from leases on the balance sheet accompanied by enhanced qualitative and quantitative disclosures in the notes to the financial statements. The new guidance is expected to provide transparency of information and comparability among organizations. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 (our fiscal year 2020), including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-02 on our financial position and results of operations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”), which will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification 605, “Revenue Recognition” ("(“ASC 605"605”). ASU 2014-09 is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. It also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (our fiscal year 2019), including interim periods within that reporting period. In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” (“ASU 2016-12”), which provided narrow scope improvements and practical expedients relating to ASU 2014-09. In preparation for our adoption of ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2016-12 on August 1, 2018, we are obtaininghave obtained representative samples of contracts and other forms of agreements with our customers in the United States and in our international locations and plancontinue to evaluate the provisions contained therein in light of the five-step model specified by the new guidance. We are also evaluatingcontinue to evaluate the impact of the new standard on certain common practices currently employed by us and by other health care manufacturers and service providers, such as multiple-element arrangements, deferred revenues, warranties, rebates and other pricing allowances. We anticipate adopting the standard using the modified retrospective method. There may be differences in timing of revenue recognition under the new standard compared to recognition under ASC 605.

3.Acquisitions
 
Fiscal 2018

Aexis Medical
 
On March 21, 2018, we purchased all of the issued and outstanding stock of Aexis Medical BVBA ("Aexis Medical"). Aexis Medical specializes in advanced software solutions focused on the tracking and monitoring of instrument reprocessing for hospitals


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and healthcare professionals. The total consideration was $22,158, consisting of $20,308 up-front consideration (net of cash acquired), plus contingent consideration ranging from zero to a maximum of $1,850, which is payable upon the achievement of certain purchase order targets through March 21, 2020. Aexis Medical is included in our Endoscopy segment.

BHT Group

On August 23, 2017, we purchased all of the issued and outstanding stock of BHT Hygienetechnik Holding GmbH ("(“BHT Group"Group”), a leader in the German market in automated endoscope reprocessing and related equipment and services for total consideration (net of cash acquired), excluding acquisition related costs, of $60,345.$60,787. The BHT Group consists of a portfolio of high-quality automatic endoscope reprocessors, advanced endoscope storage and drying cabinets (products globally distributed by our Company prior to the acquisition under an agreement with BHT Group), washer-disinfectors for central sterile applications, associated technical service and parts as well as flexible endoscope repair services. BHT Group is included in our Endoscopy segment.

Purchase price allocations for Aexis Medical and BHT Group were based on preliminary valuations. Our estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period. We anticipate completing the purchase price allocation before orof the BHT Group during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.



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Fiscal 2017

CR Kennedy

On April 1, 2017, we purchased certain endoscopy-related net assets of CR Kennedy & Company Pty Ltd. ("(“CR Kennedy"Kennedy”) related to its distribution and sale of our Medivators endoscopy products in Australia for total consideration, excluding acquisition related costs, of $11,999. The CR Kennedy business includes a full sales and service organization and our Medivators-branded automated endoscope reprocessors, chemistries, endoscopy procedure products and other consumables in Australia, and is included in our Endoscopy segment.

Vantage Endoscopy Inc.’s Medivators® Endoscopy Business

On September 26, 2016, we acquired certain net assets of Vantage Endoscopy Inc. ("Vantage"(“Vantage”) related to its distribution and sale of our Medivators endoscopy products in Canada for total consideration, excluding acquisition-related costs, of $4,044. Vantage was our exclusive distributor of Medivators capital equipment (e.g., automated endoscope reprocessors) and related consumables and accessories in Canada, and is included in our Endoscopy segment.

Accutron, Inc.

On August 1, 2016, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of Accutron Inc. ("Accutron"(“Accutron”), a Phoenix-based company, for total consideration, excluding acquisition-related costs, of $53,049. The Accutron business designs, manufactures and sells nitrous oxide conscious sedation equipment and single use nasal masks for use in dental procedures, and is included in our Healthcare Disposables segment.


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 2018 2017 2018 2017
Purchase Price Allocation 
BHT Group(1)
 CR Kennedy 
Vantage(1)
 
Accutron(1)
 
Aexis Medical (1)
 
BHT Group(1)
 CR Kennedy 
Vantage(1)
 
Accutron(1)
 (Preliminary) (Preliminary) (Final) (Final) (Final)
Purchase Price:                  
Cash paid (net of cash acquired) $60,345
 $11,999
 $4,044
 $53,049
 $20,308
 $60,787
 $11,999
 $4,044
 $53,049
Debt acquired 
 
 
 
Fair value of contingent consideration 1,292
 
 
 
 
Total $60,345
 $11,999
 $4,044
 $53,049
 $21,600
 $60,787
 $11,999
 $4,044
 $53,049
                  
Allocation:                  
Property and equipment 835
 
 433
 1,676
 130
 835
 
 433
 1,676
Amortizable intangible assets:                  
Customer relationships 12,500
 4,200
 992
 12,800
 
 12,500
 4,200
 992
 12,800
Technology 6,200
 
 
 10,000
 11,099
 6,200
 
 
 10,000
Brand names 
 
 
 2,000
 
 
 
 
 2,000
Goodwill 41,509
 5,894
 2,299
 21,989
 12,425
 41,357
 5,894
 2,299
 21,989
Deferred income taxes (5,881) 
 
 112
 
 (5,881) 
 
 112
Other working capital 5,182
 1,905
 320
 4,472
Other working capital, net (762) 5,776
 1,905
 320
 4,472
Contingent consideration (1,292) 
 
 
 
Total $60,345
 $11,999
 $4,044
 $53,049
 $21,600
 $60,787
 $11,999
 $4,044
 $53,049

(1)The excess purchase price over net assets acquired was assigned to goodwill, all of which is deductible for income tax purposes.

Unaudited Pro Forma Summary of Operations

The acquisitions above, both individually and in the aggregate, were not material to our consolidated results of operations or financial position and, therefore, pro forma financial information is not presented.



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4.      Stock-Based Compensation
2016 Equity Incentive Plan
 
At October 31, 2017, 206,289 unvestedApril 30, 2018, 191,708 nonvested restricted stock sharesawards were outstanding under the 2016 plan. No options were outstanding under the 2016 plan. At October 31, 2017, 970,421April 30, 2018, 972,312 shares are collectively available pursuant to restricted stock and other stock awards, stock options and stock appreciation rights.
 
2006 Equity Incentive Plan
 
The 2006 Plan was terminated on January 7, 2016 in conjunction with the adoption of the 2016 Plan. At October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, options to purchase 70,000 shares of common stock were outstanding, and 49,275 unvested38,295 nonvested restricted stock sharesawards were outstanding under the 2006 Plan. No additional awards will be granted under this plan.

The following table shows the income statement components of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of income:
 Three Months Ended October 31,
 2017 2016
Cost of sales$115
 $110
Operating expenses: 
  
Selling365
 629
General and administrative1,333
 2,153
Research and development38
 30
Total operating expenses1,736
 2,812
Stock-based compensation before income taxes$1,851
 $2,922
At October 31, 2017, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, before income taxes, related to total nonvested stock options and restricted stock awards was $20,129 with a remaining weighted average period of 26 months over which such expense is expected to be recognized.

We determine the fair value of each stock award with market conditions using a Monte Carlo simulation on the date of grant using the following assumptions:
 Three Months Ended October 31,
 2017 2016
Volatility of common stock26.60% 27.75%
Average volatility of peer companies33.72% 32.98%
Average correlation coefficient of peer companies32.26% 35.35%
Risk-free interest rate1.62% 0.96%



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The following table shows the components of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of income:
 Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
Cost of sales$167
 $83
 $463
 $285
Operating expenses: 
  
  
  
Selling559
 313
 1,188
 1,252
General and administrative1,641
 1,520
 5,231
 5,358
Research and development76
 29
 151
 88
Total operating expenses2,276
 1,862
 6,570
 6,698
Stock-based compensation before income taxes$2,443
 $1,945
 $7,033
 $6,983
At April 30, 2018, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, before income taxes, related to total nonvested stock options and restricted stock awards was $14,420 with a remaining weighted average period of 20 months over which such expense is expected to be recognized.

We determined the fair value of restricted stock awards with market conditions using a Monte Carlo simulation on the date of grant using the following assumptions:
 2018 2017
Volatility of common stock26.60% 27.75%
Average volatility of peer companies33.72% 32.98%
Average correlation coefficient of peer companies32.26% 35.35%
Risk-free interest rate1.62% 0.96%

A summary of nonvested stock award activity for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 follows:
 Number of Time-based Shares Number of Performance-based Shares Number of Market-based Shares Number of Total Shares Weighted Average Fair Value Number of Time-based Awards Number of Performance-based Awards Number of Market-based Awards 
Number of
Total
Awards
 
Weighted Average
Fair Value
July 31, 2017 196,818
 16,235
 9,245
 222,298
 $66.28
 196,818
 16,235
 9,245
 222,298
 $66.28
Granted 91,234
 18,647
 10,465
 120,346
 $101.55
 94,130
 18,647
 10,465
 123,242
 $101.73
Vested(1)
 (80,931) (4,834) 
 (85,765) $57.72
 (99,009) (6,162) 
 (105,171) $58.98
Forfeited (1,315) 
 
 (1,315) $76.81
 (6,623) (1,743) (2,000) (10,366) $91.09
October 31, 2017 205,806
 30,048
 19,710
 255,564
 $85.76
April 30, 2018 185,316
 26,977
 17,710
 230,003
 $87.55

(1)The aggregate fair value of all nonvested stock awards which vested was approximately $4,950.$6,203.

A summary of stock option activity for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 follows:
Number of shares Weighted Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Contractual Life Remaining (Years) Aggregate Intrinsic ValueNumber of shares Weighted Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Contractual Life Remaining (Years) Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at July 31, 2017122,500
 $29.36
    122,500
 $29.36
    
Granted
 
  
 
  
Exercised(52,500) 17.04
  (52,500) 17.04
  
Outstanding at October 31, 201770,000
 $38.60
 1.79 $4,221
Exercisable at October 31, 201765,000
 $37.31
 1.69 $4,003
Outstanding at April 30, 201870,000
 $38.60
 1.20 $5,143
Exercisable at April 30, 201865,000
 $37.31
 1.11 $4,859
 
During the threenine months ended October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, 5,000 options vested, with an aggregate fair value of approximately $132. During the threenine months ended October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, 52,500 options were exercised, with an aggregate fair value of approximately $4,049. As of October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, all of the outstanding options had vested or were expected to vest in future periods. No options were granted during the threenine months ended October 31, 2017.April 30, 2018.



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Excess tax benefits arise when the ultimate tax effect of the deduction for tax purposes is greater than the income tax benefit on stock-based compensation described above. For the threenine months ended October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, income tax deductions of $4,125$3,406 were generated, of which $1,839$1,394 were previously recorded as a reduction into income tax expensetaxes over the equity awards’ vesting period and the remaining excess tax benefit of $2,286$2,012 (which includes the state income tax benefit) was recorded as a reduction into income tax expense.taxes. For the threenine months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, income tax deductions of $5,376$5,520 were generated, of which $3,135$3,329 were previously recorded as a reduction into income tax expensetaxes over the equity awards’ vesting period and the remaining excess tax benefit of $2,241$2,191 was recorded as a reduction into income tax expense.taxes.

5.    Inventories, Net
 
A summary of inventories is as follows:
October 31, 2017 July 31, 2017April 30, 2018 July 31, 2017
Raw materials and parts$50,281
 $45,831
$49,365
 $45,831
Work-in-process15,974
 13,484
15,498
 13,484
Finished goods48,593
 48,262
56,297
 48,262
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory(9,025) (8,853)(8,051) (8,853)
Total$105,823
 $98,724
$113,109
 $98,724
 


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Cantel Medical Corp.                                 2018 First Quarter Form 10-Q

6.    Derivatives
In order to hedge against the impact of fluctuations in the value of the Euro, British Pound, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar and Singapore dollar relative to the U.S. dollar on the conversion of such net assets into the functional currencies, we enter into short-term forward contracts to purchase Euros, British Pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars and Singapore dollars, which contracts are one-month in duration. These short-term contracts are designated as fair value hedge instruments. These foreign currency forward contracts are continually replaced with new one-month contracts as long as we have significant net assets that are denominated and ultimately settled in currencies other than each entity’s functional currency. Gains and losses related to hedging contracts to buy Euros, British Pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars and Singapore dollars forward are immediately realized within general and administrative expenses due to the short-term nature of such contracts. We do not currently hedge against the impact of fluctuations in the value of the Chinese Renminbi and Sri Lankan Rupee relative to the U.S. dollar because the overall foreign currency exposuresexposure relating to thosethese currencies areis currently not deemed significant.

There were seveneight foreign currency forward contracts with an aggregate notional value of $23,077$29,897 and $24,762 at October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, respectively, which covered certain assets and liabilities that were denominated in currencies other than each entity’s functional currency. For the three and nine months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016,the settlements of our forward contracts resulted in an immaterial amountamounts of net currency conversion gains and losses net of tax, on the hedged items.items in the aggregate.

7.    Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value Hierarchy
 
We apply the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” (“ASC 820”), for our financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value each reporting period and our nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value on a non-recurring basis. We define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 establishes a three level fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in valuations, as defined below:

Level 1: Observable inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
 
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
 
Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
 


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Assets and Liabilities Measured and Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
 
Our financial assets that are re-measured at fair value on a recurring basis include money market funds that are classified as cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets. These money market funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy and are valued using quoted market prices for identical assets.

For the Aexis Medical acquisition, additional purchase price payments ranging from zero to $1,850 are contingent upon the achievement of certain purchase order targets through March 21, 2020. We estimated the original fair value of the contingent consideration using the weighted probabilities of the possible contingent payments. As of the date of acquisition, we estimated the original fair value of the contingent consideration to be $1,292. We are required to reassess the fair value of contingent payments on a periodic basis. The significant inputs used in these estimates include numerous possible scenarios for the payments based on the contractual terms of the contingent consideration, for which probabilities are assigned to each scenario. Given the short term nature of the financial instrument, the contingent consideration will not be discounted to present value. Although we believe our assumptions are reasonable, different assumptions or changes in the future may result in different estimated amounts.

In connection with the Jet Prep Ltd. ("Jet Prep") acquisition in fiscal 2014, we assumed a contingent obligation payable to the Israeli Government based on future sales. This fair value measurement was based on significant inputs not observed in the market and thus represent Level 3 measurements. In November 2017, the Israeli Government formally notified us that they would forgive any future amounts payable due to our decision to exit the Jet Prep business andbusiness. During the first quarter of fiscal 2018, we reduced the fair value of this obligation to $0 as of October 31, 2017.$0. See Note 10, "Commitments and Contingencies."

The fair values of the Company’s financial instruments measured on a recurring basis were categorized as follows:
 April 30, 2018
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets: 
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents: 
  
  
  
Money markets$103
 $
 $
 $103
Total assets$103
 $
 $
 $103
Liabilities: 
  
  
  
Long-term debt(1)

 169,000
 
 169,000
Other long-term liabilities: 
  
  
  
Contingent consideration
 
 1,262
 1,262
Total other long-term liabilities:
 
 1,262
 1,262
Total liabilities$
 $169,000
 $1,262
 $170,262

(1) Fair value estimated using Level 2 inputs, which were quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.


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The fair values of the Company’s financial instruments measured on a recurring basis were categorized as follows:
 October 31, 2017
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets: 
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents: 
  
  
  
Money markets$102
 $
 $
 $102
Total assets$102
 $
 $
 $102
Liabilities: 
  
  
  
Accrued expenses: 
  
  
  
Assumed contingent obligation
 
 
 
Contingent guaranteed obligation
 
 
 
Total accrued expenses
 
 
 
Long-term debt(1)

 168,000
 
 168,000
Other long-term liabilities: 
  
  
  
Assumed contingent obligation
 
 
 
Contingent guaranteed obligation
 
 
 
Total other long-term liabilities:
 
 
 
Total liabilities$
 $168,000
 $
 $168,000

(1)Fair value estimated using Level 2 inputs, which were quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.
July 31, 2017July 31, 2017
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TotalLevel 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets: 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents: 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Money markets$102
 $
 $
 $102
$102
 $
 $
 $102
Total assets$102
 $
 $
 $102
$102
 $
 $
 $102
Liabilities: 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Accrued expenses: 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Assumed contingent obligation
 
 12
 12

 
 12
 12
Contingent guaranteed obligation
 
 
 
Total accrued expenses
 
 12
 12

 
 12
 12
Long-term debt(1)

 126,000
 
 126,000

 126,000
 
 126,000
Other long-term liabilities: 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Assumed contingent obligation
 
 1,126
 1,126

 
 1,126
 1,126
Contingent guaranteed obligation
 
 
 
Total other long-term liabilities:
 
 1,126
 1,126

 
 1,126
 1,126
Total liabilities$
 $126,000
 $1,138
 $127,138
$
 $126,000
 $1,138
 $127,138

(1)Fair value estimated using Level 2 inputs, which were quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.

WithThe following table summarizes the exception of the resolution of the Jet Prep obligation, there was no Level 3 activity during the three months ended October 31, 2017. The Level 3 activity during the three months ended October 31, 2016 was not material.of our financial instruments:

  Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
Beginning balance $
 $1,138
 $1,138
 $1,138
Original fair value of contingent consideration(1)
 1,292
 
 1,292
 
Foreign currency translation (30) 
 (30) 
Net settlements(2)
 
 
 (1,138) 
Ending Balance $1,262
 $1,138
 $1,262
 $1,138

(1)For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, the amounts represent the contingent consideration associated with the Aexis Medical acquisition.
(2)For the nine months ended April 30, 2018, the amount represents the resolution of the Jet Prep obligation.
 
Disclosure of Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
As of October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, the carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents (excluding money markets), accounts receivable and accounts payable approximated fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments.




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8.Intangibles and Goodwill
 
The Company’s intangible assets consist of the following:
October 31, 2017 July 31, 2017April 30, 2018 July 31, 2017
Gross Accumulated Amortization Net Gross Accumulated Amortization NetGross Accumulated Amortization Net Gross Accumulated Amortization Net
Intangible assets with finite lives: 
  
  
       
  
  
      
Customer relationships$131,810
 $(37,403) $94,407
 $119,576
 $(34,773) $84,803
$133,133
 $(43,145) $89,988
 $119,576
 $(34,773) $84,803
Technology(1)
44,744
 (15,931) 28,813
 39,064
 (15,260) 23,804
59,080
 (18,663) 40,417
 39,064
 (15,260) 23,804
Brand names8,210
 (3,426) 4,784
 8,188
 (3,225) 4,963
8,230
 (3,719) 4,511
 8,188
 (3,225) 4,963
Non-compete agreements3,092
 (1,487) 1,605
 3,092
 (1,428) 1,664
3,060
 (1,571) 1,489
 3,092
 (1,428) 1,664
Patents and other registrations2,801
 (1,092) 1,709
 2,783
 (1,053) 1,730
2,767
 (1,144) 1,623
 2,783
 (1,053) 1,730
190,657
 (59,339) 131,318
 172,703
 (55,739) 116,964
206,270
 (68,242) 138,028
 172,703
 (55,739) 116,964
Trademarks and tradenames7,519
 
 7,519
 7,548
 
 7,548
7,524
 
 7,524
 7,548
 
 7,548
Total intangible assets$198,176
 $(59,339) $138,837
 $180,251
 $(55,739) $124,512
$213,794
 $(68,242) $145,552
 $180,251
 $(55,739) $124,512

(1)The gross and accumulated amortization amounts previously reported as of July 31, 2017 have been revised to exclude the $3,730 fully amortized technology related intangible asset and associated accumulated amortization related to the Jet Prep business. This did not result in any change to the net technology related intangible asset as of July 31, 2017.

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $4,048$4,480 and $3,909$3,964 for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $12,892 and $11,930 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We expect to recognize an additional $12,726,$5,253 of amortization expense related to intangible assets for the remainder of fiscal 2018, and thereafter $16,521, $14,768, $14,767, $14,429$18,008, $16,315, $16,313, $15,969 and $14,046$15,586 of amortization expense for fiscal yearyears 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively.

Goodwill changed during the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 as follows:
Endoscopy Water Purification and Filtration Healthcare Disposables Dialysis 
Total
Goodwill
Endoscopy Water Purification and Filtration Healthcare Disposables Dialysis 
Total
Goodwill
Balance, July 31, 2017129,945
 59,088
 114,279
 8,133
 311,445
$129,945
 $59,088
 $114,279
 $8,133
 $311,445
Acquisitions41,509
 
 
 
 41,509
53,782
 
 
 
 53,782
Foreign currency translation(968) (168) 
 
 (1,136)1,717
 (140) 
 
 1,577
Balance, October 31, 2017$170,486
 $58,920
 $114,279
 $8,133
 $351,818
Balance, April 30, 2018$185,444
 $58,948
 $114,279
 $8,133
 $366,804

9.    Financing Arrangements
Borrowings under our Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "2014“2014 Credit Agreement"Agreement”) bear interest at rates ranging from 0.25% to 1.25% above the lender’s base rate, or at rates ranging from 1.25% to 2.25% above the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), depending upon the Company’s “Consolidated Leverage Ratio,” which is defined as the consolidated ratio of total funded debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and as further adjusted under the terms of the 2014 Credit Agreement (“Consolidated EBITDA”). At October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, the lender’s base rate was 4.25%5.00% and the LIBOR rates ranged from 1.24%1.89% to 1.46%1.90%. The margins applicable to our outstanding borrowings were 0.25% above the lender’s base rate or 1.25% above LIBOR. All of our outstanding borrowings were under LIBOR contracts at October 31, 2017.April 30, 2018. The 2014 Credit Agreement also provides for fees on the unused portion of our facility at rates ranging from 0.20% to 0.40%, depending upon our Consolidated Leverage Ratio, which was 0.20% at October 31, 2017.April 30, 2018.
 
The 2014 Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants reasonably customary for similar credit facilities and is secured by (i) substantially all assets of Cantel and its U.S.-based subsidiaries, (ii) a pledge by Cantel of all of the outstanding shares of its U.S.-based subsidiaries and 65% of the outstanding shares of certain of Cantel’s foreign-based subsidiaries and (iii) a guaranty by Cantel’s domestic subsidiaries. We are in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the 2014 Credit Agreement.
 
As of October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, we had $168,000$169,000 and $126,000, respectively, of outstanding borrowings under the 2014 Credit Agreement.

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Debt issuance costs associated with our credit facilities are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over the term of the credit facilities. As of October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 and July 31, 2017, such debt issuance costs, net of related amortization, were included in other assets, and amounted to $488$334 and $580, respectively.

10.    Commitments and Contingencies

Contingent Consideration and Assumed Contingent Liability

During fiscal 2017, we decided to exit the Jet Prep business that was acquired in fiscal 2014. At the time of the acquisition, we assumed a contingent obligation payable to the Israeli Government based on future sales. In November 2017, the Israeli Government formally notified us that they would forgive any future amounts payable due to our decision to exit the Jet Prep business. As a result of this formal notification, we reduced the $1,138 contingent obligation to $0 during the first quarter of fiscal 2018, resulting in a benefit through other income for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017.April 30, 2018.

Legal ProceedingsMatters

In May 2017, Cantel Medical (UK) Limited and Cantel (UK) Limited filed a lawsuit in the UK High Court of Justice against ARC Medical Design Limited (“ARC”) seeking a judgment of invalidity on two of ARC’s patents and additionally/alternatively a declaration of non-infringement of our AmplifEYETM Endoscopic device. ARC filed counterclaims alleging that the AmplifEYETM device infringed the two patents as well as registered community design marks and unregistered design rights that ARC had in its EndocuffTM and Endocuff VisionTM devices. In February 2018, the trial judge entered a judgment in favor of ARC, and we decided not to appeal the decision. We entered into a settlement agreement with ARC in March 2018 under which we agreed not to make, use, sell or offer to sell the AmplifEYETM device in the European Union until ARC’s rights expire, and reimbursed ARC for a portion of their legal costs. During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, we recorded $2,608 of litigation costs within selling, general and administrative expenses associated with this matter.

In the normal course of business, we are subject to pending and threatened legal actions. It is our policy to accrue for amounts related to these legal matters if it is probable that a liability has been incurred and an amount of anticipated exposure can be reasonably estimated. We do not believe that any of these pending claims or legal actions will have a material effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

11.    Earnings Per Common Share
Basic EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Diluted EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method and the average market price of our common stock for the year. We include participating securities (unvested(nonvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents) in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. Our participating securities consist solely of unvestednonvested restricted stock awards, which have contractual participation rights equivalent to those of stockholders of unrestricted common stock. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an allocation method that calculates earnings per share for common stock and participating securities.



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The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted EPS available to stockholders of common stock (excluding participating securities):
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
Three Months Ended October 31,April 30, April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share: 
  
 
  
  
  
Net income$22,929
 $18,800
$18,736
 $17,511
 $74,153
 $54,381
Less income allocated to participating securities(124) (134)(59) (98) (281) (335)
Net income available to common shareholders$22,805
 $18,666
$18,677
 $17,413
 $73,872
 $54,046
Denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share, as adjusted for participating securities: 
  
 
  
  
  
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted average number of shares outstanding attributable to common stock41,521,952
 41,403,050
41,580,387
 41,489,587
 41,559,312
 41,459,067
Dilutive effect of stock options using the treasury stock method and the average market price for the year66,233
 72,015
Dilutive effect of stock awards using the treasury stock method and the average market price for the year69,134
 75,431
 63,642
 74,420
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to common stock41,588,185
 41,475,065
41,649,521
 41,565,018
 41,622,954
 41,533,487
Earnings per share attributable to common stock: 
  
 
  
  
  
Basic earnings per share$0.55
 $0.45
$0.45
 $0.42
 $1.78
 $1.30
Diluted earnings per share$0.55
 $0.45
$0.45
 $0.42
 $1.77
 $1.30
Stock options excluded from weighted average dilutive common shares outstanding because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive
 
Stock options excluded from weighted average dilutive common shares because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive
 
 
 

A reconciliation of weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to common stock, as determined above, to the Company’s total weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents, including participating securities, is set forth in the following table:
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
Three Months Ended October 31,April 30, April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to common stock41,588,185
 41,475,065
41,649,521
 41,565,018
 41,622,954
 41,533,487
Participating securities225,675
 309,831
133,954
 233,501
 159,932
 259,050
Total weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to both common stock and participating securities41,813,860
 41,784,896
41,783,475
 41,798,519
 41,782,886
 41,792,537

12.12.    Income Taxes
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted wide-ranging tax legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “2017 Tax Act”). The 2017 Tax Act significantly revises U.S. tax law by, among other provisions, (a) lowering the applicable U.S. federal statutory income tax rate from 35% to 21%, (b) creating a partial territorial tax system that includes imposing a mandatory one-time transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings, (c) creating provisions regarding the (1) Global Intangible Low Tax Income (“GILTI”), (2) the Foreign Derived Intangible Income (“FDII”) deduction, and (3) the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (“BEAT”), and (d) eliminating or reducing certain income tax deductions, such as interest expense, executive compensation expenses and certain employee expenses.

ASC 740 Income Taxes requires the effects of changes in tax laws to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. However, due to the complexity and significance of the 2017 Tax Act’s provisions, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), which allows companies to record the tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act on a provisional basis based on a reasonable estimate and then, if necessary, subsequently adjust such amounts during a limited measurement period as more information becomes available. The measurement period ends when a company has obtained, prepared, and analyzed the information necessary to finalize its accounting, but cannot extend beyond one year from enactment.


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Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code governs rate changes and was not amended by the 2017 Tax Act. Section 15 requires a blended tax rate for fiscal-year taxpayers for their fiscal year that includes the effective date of the rate change, which was January 1, 2018. As a result of the 2017 Tax Act, we revised our estimated annual effective rate to reflect the change in the U.S. federal statutory rate by computing a tentative tax under both rates, and then prorating the tentative tax based on the number of days with and without the rate change to arrive at a blended tax rate of 26.9%, as required by the code. This blended rate was applied for fiscal 2018 and the new U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% will apply to fiscal 2019 and beyond. 

During the second quarter ended January 31, 2018, we recorded a net benefit of $8,398 to the income tax provision as a provisional estimate of the net accounting impact of the 2017 Tax Act in accordance with SAB 118. The net benefit is comprised of the following: (i) expense of $294 related to the mandatory transition tax for deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and (ii) a benefit of $8,692 related to a revaluation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities. During the third quarter ended April 30, 2018, we reduced the mandatory transition tax by $294.

Given the significant complexity of the 2017 Tax Act, anticipated guidance from the U.S. Treasury concerning implementation of the 2017 Tax Act, and the potential for additional guidance from the SEC or the FASB related to the 2017 Tax Act, the provisional estimates we recorded may require adjustment during the measurement period. The provisional estimates were based on our understanding of the 2017 Tax Act and other information available at the time of the estimates, including assumptions and expectations about future events, such as projected financial performance, and are subject to further refinement as additional information becomes available (including our actual full fiscal 2018 results of operations, as well as potential new or interpretative guidance issued by the SEC, the FASB, or the Internal Revenue Service) and as we continue our analysis. We continue to analyze the changes to certain income tax deductions, assess calculations of earnings and profits in certain foreign subsidiaries, including whether those earnings are held in cash or other assets, and gather additional data to compute the full impact of the 2017 Tax Act on our deferred and current tax assets and liabilities. Furthermore, such analysis includes but is not limited to provisions regarding the GILTI and certain employee expense deductions, as well as the state tax impact of the 2017 Tax Act. During the third quarter ended April 30, 2018, we reduced the mandatory transition tax by $294. We are currently in the process of further analyzing its structure and estimated future results and, as a result, are not yet able to reasonably estimate the effect of these provisions of the 2017 Tax Act.

A reconciliation of the consolidated effective income tax rate from the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017 to the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018 is as follows:
 
Consolidated Effective
Income Tax Rate
 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
April 30, 201733.6 % 31.9 %
Difference attributable to:   
Deferred tax revaluation(0.4)% (7.0)%
U.S. federal statutory rate decrease(1)
(8.1)% (8.1)%
Foreign operations(1.3)% (0.3)%
State taxes3.5 % 1.5 %
Excess tax benefit % (2.3)%
Other(0.6)% 0.5 %
April 30, 201826.7 % 16.2 %

(1)The Company revised its estimated annual rate to reflect a blended U.S. federal statutory rate of 26.9% as compared to 35.0%.



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13.    Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss(Loss) Income
 
The components and changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss(loss) income were as follows:
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended
April 30,
 Nine Months Ended
April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Beginning balance$(9,900) $(11,795)$1,246
 $(15,728) $(9,900) $(11,795)
Other comprehensive loss for foreign currency translation(1,233) (6,521)
Other comprehensive (loss) income for foreign currency translation(6,538) 1,384
 4,608
 (2,549)
Ending balance$(11,133) $(18,316)$(5,292) $(14,344) $(5,292) $(14,344)

13.14.    Reportable Segments
In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” (“ASC 280”), we have determined our reportable business segments based upon an assessment of product types, organizational structure, customers and internally prepared financial statements. The primary factors used by us in analyzing segment performance are net sales and operating income.
The Company’s reportable segments are as follows:
 
Endoscopy:  designs, develops, manufactures, sells and installs a comprehensive offering of products and services comprising a complete circle of infection prevention solutions. Our products include endoscope reprocessing and endoscopy procedure products.
 


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Water Purification and Filtration: designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and installs water purification systems for medical, pharmaceutical and other bacteria controlled applications. We also provide filtration/separation and disinfectant technologies to the medical and life science markets through a worldwide distributor network. Two customers collectively accounted for approximately 53.4%50.1% and 46.3%50.7% of our Water Purification and Filtration segment net sales for the threenine months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, respectively.

Healthcare Disposables: designs, manufactures, sells, supplies and distributes a broad selection of infection prevention healthcare products, the majority of which are single-use products used by dental practitioners. Three customers collectively accounted for approximately 49.1%47.7% and 51.6%50.4% of our Healthcare Disposables segment net sales for the threenine months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, respectively.

Dialysis: designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services reprocessing systems and sterilants for dialyzers (a device serving as an artificial kidney), as well as dialysate concentrates and supplies utilized for renal dialysis. Two customers accounted for approximately 43.1%39.0% and 45.5%38.8% of our Dialysis segment net sales for the threenine months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, respectively.
 
Information as to reportable segments is summarized below:
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Net sales: 
  
 
  
    
Endoscopy$112,385
 $93,828
$118,396
 $100,349
 $347,446
 $288,544
Water Purification and Filtration53,555
 49,873
52,330
 47,940
 156,828
 145,233
Healthcare Disposables38,892
 36,799
38,522
 36,177
 114,898
 108,256
Dialysis7,934
 7,225
8,020
 7,647
 23,896
 22,622
Total$212,766
 $187,725
$217,268
 $192,113
 $643,068
 $564,655

None of our customers accounted for 10% or more of our consolidated net sales for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 and 2016.2017.


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Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Segment operating income: 
  
 
  
    
Endoscopy$19,684
 $17,561
$20,515
 $18,514
 $64,662
 $54,853
Water Purification and Filtration10,150
 8,920
8,454
 7,842
 26,753
 25,167
Healthcare Disposables8,900
 7,396
7,588
 6,392
 23,481
 20,857
Dialysis2,099
 1,813
1,778
 2,315
 5,795
 6,275
40,833
 35,690
38,335
 35,063
 120,691
 107,152
General corporate expenses(1)
9,199
 8,627
11,268
 7,619
 29,508
 24,032
Operating income$31,634
 $27,063
$27,067
 $27,444
 $91,183
 $83,120
 _______________________________________________
(1)General corporate expenses relate to unallocated corporate costs primarily related to executive management personnel as well as costs associated with certain facets of our acquisition program and being a publicly traded company.

14.    Subsequent Events

Dividend Announcement

On November 1, 2017, our Board of Directors approved a 21% increase in the semi-annual cash dividend to $0.085 per share of outstanding common stock, which will be paid on January 31, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 17, 2018.



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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help you understand Cantel Medical Corp. (“Cantel”). The MD&A is provided as a supplement to and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the accompanying notes.

Overview
Cantel is a leading provider of infection prevention products and services in the healthcare market, specializing in the following reportable segments: Endoscopy, Water Purification and Filtration, Healthcare Disposables and Dialysis. Most of our equipment, consumables and supplies are used to help prevent the occurrence or spread of infections.
FiscalThird Quarter 2018 Highlights
Some of our key financial results for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016April 30, 2017 were as follows:

Net sales increased by 13.3%13.1% to $212,766$217,268 from $187,725,$192,113, with organic net sales growth of 8.6%,7.6%
    
Net income increased by 22.0%7.0% to $22,929$18,736 from $18,800$17,511

Non-GAAP net income increased by12.7%by 16.6% to $24,041$24,929 from $21,323$21,377

Diluted EPS increased by 21.9%7.0% to $0.55$0.45 from $0.45$0.42

Non-GAAP diluted EPS increased by 12.7%16.6% to $0.57$0.60 from $0.51

Adjusted EBITDAS increased by 10.8%12.3% to $44,395$43,569 from $40,060$38,813

* See Non-GAAP Financial Measures below.

U.S. Tax Reform
The 2017 Tax Act, among other provisions, lowered the applicable U.S. federal statutory income tax rate from 35% to 21% and implemented the imposition of a one-time transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings. ASC 740 requires the effects of changes in tax laws to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted, including the revaluation of deferred income tax assets and liabilities. During the second quarter ended January 31, 2018, we recorded a net benefit of $8,398 to the income tax provision as a provisional estimate of the net accounting impact of the 2017 Tax Act in accordance with SAB 118. The net benefit is comprised of the following: (i) expense of $294 related to the mandatory transition tax for deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and (ii) a benefit of $8,692 related to a revaluation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities. During the third quarter ended April 30, 2018, we reduced the mandatory transition tax by $294. See Non-GAAP Financial Measures below.



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Legal Matter

In May 2017, Cantel Medical (UK) Limited and Cantel (UK) Limited filed a lawsuit in the UK High Court of Justice against ARC Medical Design Limited (“ARC”) seeking a judgment of invalidity on two of ARC’s patents and additionally/alternatively a declaration of non-infringement of our AmplifEYETM Endoscopic device. ARC filed counterclaims alleging that the AmplifEYETM device infringed the two patents as well as registered community design marks and unregistered design rights that ARC had in its EndocuffTM and Endocuff VisionTM devices. In February 2018, the trial judge entered a judgment in favor of ARC, and we decided not to appeal the decision. We entered into a settlement agreement with ARC in March 2018 under which we agreed not to make, use, sell or offer to sell the AmplifEYETM device in the European Union until ARC’s rights expire, and reimbursed ARC for a portion of their legal costs. During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, we recorded $2,608 of litigation costs associated with this matter.

Acquisitions

On March 21, 2018, we purchased all of the issued and outstanding stock of Aexis Medical BVBA ("Aexis Medical"). Aexis Medical specializes in advanced software solutions focused on the tracking and monitoring of instrument reprocessing for hospitals and healthcare professionals. The total consideration was $22,158, consisting of $20,308 up-front consideration net of cash acquired, plus contingent consideration ranging from zero to a maximum of $1,850, which is payable upon the achievement of certain purchase order targets through March 21, 2020. Aexis Medical is included in our Endoscopy segment.

On August 23, 2017, we purchased all of the issued and outstanding stock of BHT Group, a leader in the German market in automated endoscope reprocessing and related equipment and services for total consideration (net of cash acquired), excluding acquisition related costs, of $60,345.$60,787. The BHT Group consists of a portfolio of high-quality automatic endoscope reprocessors, advanced endoscope storage and drying cabinets (products globally distributed by our Company prior to the acquisition under an agreement with BHT Group), washer-disinfectors for central sterile applications, associated technical service and parts as well as flexible endoscope repair services. BHT Group is included in our Endoscopy segment.



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Results of Operations
The following table givestables give information as to the percentages of net sales represented by selected items reflected in our condensed consolidated statements of income.
Three Months Ended October 31, Percentage ChangeThree Months Ended April 30, Percentage Change
Statement of Income Data:2017 2016 2018 2017 
Net sales$212,766
100.0 % $187,725
100.0% 13.3%$217,268
100.0% $192,113
100.0% 13.1 %
Cost of sales112,107
52.7 % 98,218
52.3% 14.1%112,594
51.8% 100,665
52.4% 11.9 %
Gross profit100,659
47.3 % 89,507
47.7% 12.5%104,674
48.2% 91,448
47.6% 14.5 %
              
Selling31,600
14.9 % 27,893
14.9% 13.3%33,252
15.3% 30,509
15.9% 9.0 %
General and administrative32,096
15.1 % 30,003
16.0% 7.0%37,784
17.4% 29,204
15.2% 29.4 %
Research and development5,329
2.5 % 4,548
2.4% 17.2%6,571
3.0% 4,291
2.2% 53.1 %
69,025
32.4 % 62,444
33.3% 10.5%77,607
35.7% 64,004
33.3% 21.3 %
              
Operating income31,634
14.9 % 27,063
14.4% 16.9%27,067
12.5% 27,444
14.3% (1.4)%
              
Interest expense, net1,189
0.6 % 1,093
0.6% 8.8%1,498
0.7% 1,084
0.6% 38.2 %
Other income(1,138)(0.5)% 
% %
Income before income taxes31,583
14.8 % 25,970
13.8% 21.6%25,569
11.8% 26,360
13.7% (3.0)%
Income taxes8,654
4.0 % 7,170
3.8% 20.7%6,833
3.2% 8,849
4.6% (22.8)%
Net income$22,929
10.8 % $18,800
10.0% 22.0%$18,736
8.6% $17,511
9.1% 7.0 %


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 Nine Months Ended April 30, Percentage Change
Statement of Income Data:2018 2017 
Net sales$643,068
100.0 % $564,655
100.0% 13.9 %
Cost of sales336,500
52.3 % 295,223
52.3% 14.0 %
Gross profit306,568
47.7 % 269,432
47.7% 13.8 %
        
Selling95,774
14.9 % 85,312
15.1% 12.3 %
General and administrative102,068
15.9 % 87,672
15.5% 16.4 %
Research and development17,543
2.7 % 13,328
2.4% 31.6 %
  215,385
33.5 % 186,312
33.0% 15.6 %
        
Operating income91,183
14.2 % 83,120
14.7% 9.7 %
        
Interest expense, net3,822
0.6 % 3,303
0.6% 15.7 %
Other income(1,138)(0.2)% 
%  %
Income before income taxes88,499
13.8 % 79,817
14.1% 10.9 %
Income taxes14,346
2.3 % 25,436
4.5% (43.6)%
Net income$74,153
11.5 % $54,381
9.6% 36.4 %

The following table gives information as to the net sales by reportable segment and geography, as well as the related percentage of such net sales to the total net sales.
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
Net Sales by Segment2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Endoscopy$112,385
52.8% $93,828
50.0%$118,396
54.5% $100,349
52.2% $347,446
54.0% $288,544
51.1%
Water Purification and Filtration53,555
25.2% 49,873
26.6%52,330
24.1% 47,940
25.0% 156,828
24.4% 145,233
25.7%
Healthcare Disposables38,892
18.3% 36,799
19.6%38,522
17.7% 36,177
18.8% 114,898
17.9% 108,256
19.2%
Dialysis7,934
3.7% 7,225
3.8%8,020
3.7% 7,647
4.0% 23,896
3.7% 22,622
4.0%
Total net sales$212,766
100.0% $187,725
100.0%$217,268
100.0% $192,113
100.0% $643,068
100.0% $564,655
100.0%
Net Sales by Geography  
   
  
   
   
   
United States$160,940
75.6% $150,507
80.2%$159,375
73.4% $146,032
76.0% $478,024
74.3% $442,658
78.4%
International51,826
24.4% 37,218
19.8%57,893
26.6% 46,081
24.0% 165,044
25.7% 121,997
21.6%
Total net sales$212,766
100.0% $187,725
100.0%$217,268
100.0% $192,113
100.0% $643,068
100.0% $564,655
100.0%
The following table gives information as to the amount of operating income, as well as operating income as a percentage of net sales, for each of our reportable segments.
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 2016
Operating Income by Segment2018 2017 2018 2017
Endoscopy$19,684
17.5% $17,561
18.7%$20,515
17.3% $18,514
18.4% $64,662
18.6% $54,853
19.0%
Water Purification and Filtration10,150
19.0% 8,920
17.9%8,454
16.2% 7,842
16.4% 26,753
17.1% 25,167
17.3%
Healthcare Disposables8,900
22.9% 7,396
20.1%7,588
19.7% 6,392
17.7% 23,481
20.4% 20,857
19.3%
Dialysis2,099
26.5% 1,813
25.1%1,778
22.2% 2,315
30.3% 5,795
24.3% 6,275
27.7%
Operating income by segment40,833
19.2% 35,690
19.0%38,335
17.6% 35,063
18.3% 120,691
18.8% 107,152
19.0%
General corporate expenses9,199
4.3% 8,627
4.6%11,268
5.1% 7,619
4.0% 29,508
4.6% 24,032
4.3%
Income from operations$31,634
14.9% $27,063
14.4%$27,067
12.5% $27,444
14.3% $91,183
14.2% $83,120
14.7%
 
Net Sales
Total net sales increased by $25,155 or 13.1%, to $217,268 for the three months ended April 30, 2018 from $192,113 for the three months ended April 30, 2017. The 13.1% increase in net sales for the three months ended April 30, 2018 includes an


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Net Sales
Total net sales increased by $25,041 or 13.3%, to $212,766 for the three months ended October 31, 2017 from $187,725 for the three months ended October 31, 2016. The 13.3% increase in net sales for the three months ended October 31, 2017 includes an increase of 8.6%7.6% in organic sales, an increase of 4.3%4.0% in net sales due to acquisitions and an increase of 0.4%1.5% due to foreign currency translation. International net sales increased by $11,812 or 25.6%, to $57,893 for the three months ended April 30, 2018 from $46,081 for the three months ended April 30, 2017. The 25.6% increase international net sales consists of a 15.7% increase due to acquisitions, 3.6% organic sales growth and an increase of 6.4% due to foreign currency translation.

Total net sales increased by $78,413 or 13.9%, to $643,068 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from $564,655 for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The 13.9% increase in net sales for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 includes an increase of 8.8% in organic sales, an increase of 4.1% in net sales due to acquisitions and an increase of 1.0% due to foreign currency translation. International net sales increased by $14,608,$43,047 or 39.2%35.3%, to $51,826$165,044 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $37,218$121,997 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017. The 39.2%35.3% increase in international net sales consists of a 21.5%18.7% increase due to acquisitions, 15.7%11.9% organic sales growth and an increase of 2.0%4.7% due to foreign currency translation. 
 
Endoscopy. Net sales of endoscopy products and services increased by $18,557,$18,047 or 19.8%18.0%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016. The 19.8% increase in net sales consistsApril 30, 2017, which consisted of 10.7%8.1% organic sales growth, an 8.5%a 7.2% increase due to acquisitions and an increase of 0.6%2.7% due to foreign currency translation. Net sales increased by $58,902 or 20.4%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017, which consisted of 10.8% organic sales growth, a 7.9% increase due to acquisitions and an increase of 1.7% due to foreign currency translation. The increaseincreases in organic net sales wasfor the three month and nine month periods were primarily due to volume increases in the United States and internationally for endoscopy procedure products, including storage cabinets and mobile medical carts, disinfectants and service due to the increased installed base of our endoscope reprocessing equipment.

Water Purification and Filtration. Net sales of water purification and filtration products and services increased by $3,682,$4,390 or 7.4%9.2%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017, and by $11,595 or 8.0% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The 7.4% increase in net sales wasincreases were primarily due to an increase inincreased demand for our water purification equipment.equipment and increased sales of our chemistries products. Foreign currency translation increased net sales by 0.3% and 0.4%, for the three month and nine month periods ended April 30, 2018, respectively.

Healthcare Disposables. Net sales of healthcare disposables products increased by $2,093,$2,345 or 5.7%6.5%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017, and by $6,642 or 6.1%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The increaseincreases in net sales waswere primarily driven by our higher margin products such as sterility assurance and waterline disinfection products, as well as our branded products.products, and to a lesser extent by acquisition-related growth.

Dialysis. Net sales of dialysis products and services increased by $709,$373 or 9.8%4.9%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, and by $1,274 or 5.6%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The increases were primarily due to the increase in sales volume for our domestic concentrate partially offset by decrease in demand for our reprocessing equipment, both internationally and in the United States, due to the continued market shift from reusable to single-use dialyzers.concentrate.

Gross Profit
 
Gross profit increased by $11,152$13,226 or 12.5%14.5%, to $100,659$104,674 for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $89,507$91,448 for the three months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017, and by $37,136 or 13.8%, to $306,568 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from $269,432 for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the three months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017 was 48.2% and 2016 was 47.3%47.6%, respectively, and for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017 remained flat at 47.7%, respectively.. Excluding the impact of acquisition relatedacquisition-related and restructuring-related items, gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the three months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017 was 48.2% and 201647.8%, respectively, and for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017 was 48.0% and 47.8%, respectively.
 
The lowerincreases in gross profit as a percentagepercentages of net sales for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2017 and 2016 wasApril 30, 2018 were primarily due to increased productivity and operational efficiencies, partially offset by the reclassification of certain salary and benefit related costs that had previously been recorded in operating expenses into costs of goods sold. ThisThe reclassification negatively impacted gross profit as a percentage of net sales by approximately 0.7% in each of the prior year. In addition, the mix of sales associated with lower margin capital equipment from our recent BHT Group acquisition negatively impacted gross profit in the current quarter. This was partially offset by favorable gross profit for our water purification equipment within our Water Purificationthree month and Filtration segment and lower warranty expense.nine month periods ended April 30, 2017.
 
Operating Expenses
 
Operating expenses as a percentage of net sales for the three months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017 and 2016 was 32.4%35.7% and 33.3%, respectively, and for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017 was 33.5% and 33.0%, respectively. As stated above, there was a reclassification of certain salary and benefit related costs that had previously been recorded in operating expenses into


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costs of good sold, which positively impacted operating expenses as a percentage of net sales by approximately 0.7% in each of the prior year.three month and nine month periods ended April 30, 2017.

Selling expenses increased by $3,707,$2,743 or 13.3%9.0%, to $31,600$33,252 for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $27,893$30,509 for the three months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017, and by $10,462 or 12.3%, to $95,774 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from $85,312 for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. Selling expenses increased due to higher sales incentive compensation-related costs primarily in our Endoscopy segment, additional sales and marketing initiatives to expand into new markets (including international markets) and the inclusion of selling and marketing expenses of our recent acquisitions. Selling expenses as a percentage of net sales remained flat atwere 15.3% and 15.9% for the three months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were 14.9%. and 15.1% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
 


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General and administrative expenses increased by $2,093,$8,580 or 7.0%29.4%, to $32,096$37,784 for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $30,003$29,204 for the three months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017, and by $14,396 or 16.4%, to $102,068 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from $87,672 for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to incremental internal and external resources to address various growth initiatives and compliance requirements and higher acquisition relatedacquisition-related items such as transaction and integration costs. This wasGeneral and administrative expenses were also negatively impacted by the third quarter 2018 settlement of a patent infringement matter. These cost increases were partially offset by a decrease in costs associated with the retirement of our former Chief Executive Officer and lower stock-based compensation expense.Officer. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales were 15.1%17.4% and 16.0%15.2% for the three months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 2016,15.9% and 15.5% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 Research and development expenses (which include continuing engineering costs) increased by $781,$2,280 or 17.2%53.1%, to $5,329$6,571 for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $4,548$4,291 for the three months ended October 31, 2016.April 30, 2017, and by $4,215 or 31.6%, to $17,543 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from $13,328 for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The increase wasincreases were primarily due to additional product development initiatives primarily in our Endoscopy segment. Research and development expenses as a percentage of net sales were 2.5%3.0% and 2.4%2.2% for the three months ended October 31,April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 2016,2.7% and 2.4% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
 
Operating Income

Endoscopy. The Endoscopy segment’s operating income increased by $2,123,$2,001 or 12.1%10.8%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, and by $9,809 or 17.9%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The increases were primarily due to increased sales volume in the United States and internationally for our endoscopy products and services, as further explained above. This was partially offset by increases in acquisitionacquisition-related and restructuring-related costs, litigation matters, sales commission expense, and other compensation-related costs and legal fees.due to increased headcount. The settlement of a patent infringement matter affected operating income as a percentage of sales by approximately 200 basis points for the three months ended April 30, 2018.

Water Purification and Filtration. The Water Purification and Filtration segment’s operating income increased by $1,230,$612 or 13.8%7.8%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, and by $1,586 or 6.3%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The increases were primarily as a result ofdue to due to higher sales, and decreased bad debt and warranty expenses, partially offset by other compensation-related costs, research and development costs and higher sales commission expenses.

Healthcare Disposables. The Healthcare Disposables segment’s operating income increased by $1,504,$1,196 or 20.3%18.7%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016, primarilyApril 30, 2017, and by $2,624 or 12.6%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The increases were due to thehigher sales impact of our recent acquisition,(primarily acquisition-related) and improved gross margins resulting from bothincreased productivity and costing improvements, and favorable product mix, partiallymostly offset by inventory adjustments.adjustments, increased compensation-related costs and increased research and development.

Dialysis. The Dialysis segment’s operating income increaseddecreased by $286,$537 or 15.8%23.2%, for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 compared with the three months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, and by $480 or 7.6%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 compared with the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The decreases were primarily due to the shift to lower margin products, partially offset by higher net salessales.



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General Corporate Expenses
 
General corporate expenses relate to unallocated corporate costs primarily related to executive management personnel as well as costs associated with certain facets of our acquisition program and being a publicly traded company. Such expenses increased by $572,$3,649 or 6.6%47.9%, to $9,199 for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $8,627 for the three months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, and by $5,476 or 22.8%, for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from the nine months ended April 30, 2017. These increases were primarily due to the addition of internal and external resources to address various growth initiatives and compliance requirements and restructuring-related charges, partially offset by a decrease in costs associated with the retirement of our former Chief Executive Officer and lower stock-based compensation expense.Officer.

Interest Expense, Net
 
Interest expense, net increased by $96,$414 or 8.8%38.2%, to $1,189$1,498 for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $1,093$1,084 for the three months ended October 31, 2016, as a result ofApril 30, 2017, and by $519 or 15.7%, to $3,822 for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from $3,303 for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. These increases resulted from an increase in the average outstanding borrowings due to the funding of our recent acquisitions.

Other Income
 
Other income increasedof $1,138 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017 as a result ofApril 30, 2018 represents the favorable resolution of the contingent liability associated with the Jet Prep acquisition.

Income Taxes
 
The consolidated effective tax rate decreased by 0.2%6.9% to 27.4%26.7% for the three months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from 27.6%33.6% for the three months ended October 31, 2016, dueApril 30, 2017, and decreased by 15.7% to 16.2% for the nine months ended April 30, 2018 from 31.9% for the nine months ended April 30, 2017. The decreases for both periods were attributed to the recording of the discrete net tax benefits associated with the estimated impact of the final resolutionrevaluation of our U.S. net deferred tax liabilities as a contingent liability associated withresult of the Jet Prep acquisition. We did not record any tax expense associated with this benefit due to2017 Tax Act and the availabilityrevaluation of net operating losses. This was partially offset by the prior reported excess tax benefits relatedas a result of the change in the U.S. federal statutory rate applicable to share-based awards.stock compensation.


As a result of the 2017 Tax Act, we revised our estimated annual effective rate to reflect the change in the U.S. federal statutory rate by computing a tentative tax under both rates, and then prorating the tentative tax based on the number of days with and without the rate change to arrive at a blended tax rate of 26.9%. This blended rate was applied for fiscal 2018 and the new U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% will apply to fiscal 2019 and beyond. 

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In evaluating our operating performance, we supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) with certain non-GAAP financial measures including (i) non-GAAP net income;income, (ii) non-GAAP earnings per diluted share ("EPS"(“EPS”);, (iii) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, loss on disposal of fixed assets, and stock-based compensation expense (“EBITDAS”);, (iv) adjusted EBITDAS;EBITDAS, (v) net debt;debt and (vi) organic sales. These non-GAAP financial measures are indicators of the Company's performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. They are presented with the intent of providing greater transparency to financial information used by us in our financial analysis and operational decision-making. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to assist investors, stockholders and other readers of our consolidated financial statements in making comparisons to our historical operating results and analyzing the underlying performance of our results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be, and should not be, considered separately from, or as an alternative to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

To measure earnings performance on a consistent and comparable basis, we exclude certain items that affect comparability of operating results and the trend of earnings. These adjustments are irregular in timing, may not be indicative of our past and future performance and are therefore excluded to allow investors to better understand underlying operating trends. The following are examples of the types of adjustments that are excluded: (i) amortization of purchased intangible assets; (ii) acquisition relatedacquisition-related items; (iii) business optimization and restructuring-related charges; (iv) certain significantnet tax benefits associated with the estimated impact of the revaluation of our U.S. net deferred tax liabilities as a result of U.S. tax reform; (v) excess tax benefits applicable to stock compensation and discrete tax matters; and (v)(vi) other significant items management deems irregular or non-operating in nature.



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Amortization expense of purchased intangible assets is a non-cash expense related to intangibles that were primarily the result of business acquisitions. Our history of acquiring businesses has resulted in significant increases in amortization of intangible assets that reducedreduce the Company’s net income. The removal of amortization from our overall operating performance helps in assessing our cash generated from operations including our return on invested capital, which we believe is an important analysis for measuring our ability to generate cash and invest in our continued growth.
 
Acquisition relatedAcquisition-related items consist of (i) fair value adjustments to contingent consideration and other contingent liabilities resulting from acquisitions, (ii) due diligence, integration, legal fees and other transaction costs associated with our acquisition program and (iii) acquisition accounting charges for the amortization of the initial fair value adjustments of acquired inventory and deferred revenue. The adjustments of contingent consideration and other contingent liabilities are periodic adjustments to record such amounts at fair value at each balance sheet date. Given the subjective nature of the assumptions used in the determination of fair value calculations, fair value adjustments may potentially cause significant earnings volatility that are not representative of our operating results. Similarly, due diligence, integration, legal and other acquisition costs associated with our acquisition program, including acquisition accounting charges relating to recording acquired inventory and deferred revenue at fair market value, can be significant and also adversely impact our effective tax rate as certain costs are often not tax-deductible. Since these acquisition relatedacquisition-related items are irregular and often mask underlying operating performance, we excludedexclude these amounts for purposes of calculating these non-GAAP financial measures to facilitate an evaluation of our current operating performance and a comparison to past operating performance.

The 2017 Tax Act significantly revised U.S. tax law by, among other provisions, (a) lowering the applicable U.S. federal statutory income tax rate from 35% to 21%, (b) creating a partial territorial tax system that includes imposing a mandatory one-time transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings, (c) creating provisions regarding the (1) Global Intangible Low Tax Income, (2) the Foreign Derived Intangible Income deduction, and (3) the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax and (d) eliminating or reducing certain income tax deductions, such as interest expense, executive compensation expenses and certain employee expenses. During the second quarter ended January 31, 2018, we recorded a net benefit as a provisional estimate of the net accounting impact of the 2017 Tax Act in accordance with SAB 118. The net benefit is comprised of the following: (i) an unfavorable impact related to the mandatory transition tax for deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and (ii) a favorable benefit related to a revaluation of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities. During the third quarter ended April 30, 2018, we recorded an adjustment to the mandatory transition tax. Since these net favorable tax benefits are largely unrelated to our results and unrepresentative of our normal effective tax rate, we excluded their impact on net income and diluted EPS to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures.

Excess tax benefits resulting from stock compensation are recorded as a reduction of income tax expense. The magnitude of the impact of excess tax benefits generated in the future, which may be favorable or unfavorable, are dependent upon our future grants of equity awards, our future share price on the date awards vest in relation to the fair value of awards on grant date and the exercise behavior of our stock optionaward holders. Since these favorable tax benefits are largely unrelated to our results and unrepresentative of our normal effective tax rate, we excluded itstheir impact on net income and diluted EPS to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures. For the three months ended January 31, 2018 and as a result of the 2017 Tax Act, we revised our estimated annual effective rate to reflect the change in the U.S. federal statutory rate applicable to stock compensation. The reduction in the federal rate applicable to the gains and corollary deferred tax asset resulted in a decrease in the excess tax benefit reported for the three months ended October 31, 2017.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, we settled a patent infringement matter and also recorded an adjustment to another litigation matter in our consolidated financial statements. In fiscal 2016, we announced the retirement plans of our former Chief Executive Officer and recorded the majority of the costs associated with his retirement in our consolidated financial statements. Since these costs are irregular and mask our underlying operating performance, we made an adjustment to our net income and diluted EPS for the three months ended October 31, 2016 to exclude such costs to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018

We made adjustments to net income and diluted EPS to exclude (i) amortization expense of purchased intangible assets, (ii) acquisition relatedacquisition-related items, (iii) other business optimization and restructuring-related charges, (iv) litigation matters and (iv)(v) the resolutionreduction of a repatriation tax related to the contingent liability associated with the Jet Prep acquisition2017 Tax Act to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS.



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Three Months Ended October 31, 2016April 30, 2017

We made adjustments to net income and diluted EPS to exclude (i) amortization expense of purchased intangible assets, (ii) acquisition relatedacquisition-related items and (iii) costs associated with the retirement of our former Chief Executive Officerother business optimization and restructuring-related charges to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS.
 
The reconciliations of net income and diluted EPS to non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS were calculated as follows:
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017
Net income/Diluted EPS, as reported$22,929
 $0.55
 $18,800
 $0.45
$18,736
 $0.45
 $17,511
 $0.42
Intangible amortization, net of tax(1)
2,869
 0.07
 2,748
 0.07
3,468
 0.08
 2,852
 0.07
Acquisition related items, net of tax(2)
1,081
 0.03
 768
 0.02
CEO retirement costs, net of tax(1)

 
 1,248
 0.03
Acquisition-related items, net of tax(2)
651
 0.02
 465
 0.01
Restructuring-related charges, net of tax(3)
586
 0.01
 
 
991
 0.02
 549
 0.01
Excess tax benefit(4)
(2,286) (0.05) (2,241) (0.05)
Resolution of Jet Prep contingent liability(5)
(1,138) (0.03) 
 
Litigation matters(1)
1,637
 0.04
 
 
Tax legislative changes(4)
(554) (0.01) 
 
Non-GAAP net income/Non-GAAP diluted EPS$24,041
 $0.57
 $21,323
 $0.51
$24,929
 $0.60
 $21,377
 $0.51

(1)Amounts were recorded in general and administrative expenses.
(2)For the three months ended October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, pre-tax acquisition relatedacquisition-related items of $893 were recorded in cost of sales and $916$953 were recorded in general and administrative expenses. For the three months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, pre-tax acquisition relatedacquisition-related items of $170$330 were recorded in cost of sales and $905$390 were recorded in general and administrative expenses.
(3)For the three months ended October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, pre-tax restructuring-related items of $505$17 were recorded in cost of sales and $443$1,466 were recorded in general and administrative expenses. For the three months ended April 30, 2017, pre-tax restructuring-related items of $879 were recorded in general and administrative expenses.
(4)Amounts were recorded in income taxes.

Nine Months Ended April 30, 2018

We made adjustments to net income and diluted EPS to exclude (i) amortization expense of purchased intangible assets, (ii) acquisition-related items, (iii) other business optimization and restructuring-related charges, (iv) excess tax benefits applicable to stock compensation, (v) net tax benefits associated with the estimated impact of the revaluation of our U.S. net deferred tax liabilities as a result of the 2017 Tax Act, (vi) litigation matters and (vii) the resolution of the contingent liability associated with a previous acquisition to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS.

Nine Months Ended April 30, 2017

We made adjustments to net income and diluted EPS to exclude (i) amortization expense of purchased intangible assets, (ii) acquisition-related items, (iii) other business optimization and restructuring-related charges, (iv) excess tax benefits applicable to stock compensation and (v) costs associated with the retirement of our former Chief Executive Officer to arrive at our non-GAAP financial measures, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS.



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The reconciliations of net income and diluted EPS to non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS were calculated as follows:
 Nine Months Ended April 30,
 2018 2017
Net income/Diluted EPS, as reported$74,153
 $1.77
 $54,381
 $1.30
Intangible amortization, net of tax(1)
9,844
 0.24
 8,438
 0.20
Acquisition-related items, net of tax(2)
2,307
 0.06
 1,233
 0.03
Restructuring-related charges, net of tax(3)
2,844
 0.07
 1,191
 0.03
Excess tax benefit(4)
(2,012) (0.05) (2,241) (0.05)
Tax legislative changes(4)
(8,952) (0.22) 
 
Litigation matters(1)
1,637
 0.04
 
 
Resolution of contingent liability(5)
(1,138) (0.03) 
 
CEO retirement costs, net of tax(1)

 
 1,249
 0.03
Non-GAAP net income/Non-GAAP diluted EPS$78,683
 $1.88
 $64,251
 $1.54

(1)Amounts were recorded in general and administrative expenses.
(2)For the nine months ended April 30, 2018, pre-tax acquisition-related items of $893 were recorded in cost of sales and $2,409 were recorded in general and administrative expenses. For the nine months ended April 30, 2017, pre-tax acquisition-related items of $500 were recorded in cost of sales and $1,295 were recorded in general and administrative expenses.
(3)For the nine months ended April 30, 2018, pre-tax restructuring-related items of $1,164 were recorded in cost of sales and $2,656 were recorded in general and administrative expenses. For the nine months ended April 30, 2017, pre-tax restructuring-related items of $1,735 were recorded in general and administrative expenses.
(4)Amounts were recorded in income taxes.
(5)Amounts were recorded in other incomeincome.

We believe EBITDAS is an important valuation measurement for management and investors given the increasing effect that non-cash charges, such as stock-based compensation, amortization related to acquisitions and depreciation of capital equipment have on net income. In particular, acquisitions have historically resulted in significant increases in amortization of purchased intangible assets that reduce net income. Additionally, we regard EBITDAS as a useful measure of operating performance and cash flow before the effect of interest expense and is a complement to operating income, net income and other GAAP financial performance measures.
 
We define adjusted EBITDAS as EBITDAS excluding the same non-GAAP adjustments to net income discussed previously in this document. We use adjusted EBITDAS when evaluating operating performance because we believe the exclusion of such adjustments, of which a significant portion are non-cash items, is necessary to provide the most accurate measure of on-going core operating results and to evaluate comparative results period over period.



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The reconciliations of net income to EBITDAS and adjusted EBITDAS were calculated as follows:
Three Months Ended October 31,Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30,
2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
Net income, as reported$22,929
 $18,800
$18,736
 $17,511
 $74,153
 $54,381
Interest expense, net1,189
 1,093
1,498
 1,084
 3,822
 3,303
Income taxes8,654
 7,170
6,833
 8,849
 14,346
 25,436
Depreciation4,036
 3,454
4,626
 3,774
 12,816
 10,922
Amortization4,048
 3,909
4,480
 3,964
 12,892
 11,930
Loss on disposal of fixed assets69
 224
187
 87
 521
 489
Stock-based compensation expense1,851
 2,922
2,443
 1,945
 7,033
 6,983
EBITDAS42,776
 37,572
38,803
 37,214
 125,583
 113,444
Acquisition related items1,809
 1,075
CEO retirement costs(1)

 1,413
Restructuring related charges948
 
Resolution of Jet Prep contingent liability(1,138) 
Acquisition-related items953
 720
 3,302
 1,795
Restructuring-related charges(1)
1,468
 879
 3,721
 1,735
Litigation matters2,345
 
 2,345
 
Resolution of contingent liability
 
 (1,138) 
CEO retirement costs(2)

 
 
 1,413
Adjusted EBITDAS$44,395
 $40,060
$43,569
 $38,813
 $133,813
 $118,387

(1)Excludes stock-based compensation expense.
(2)For comparative purposes, we have revised the amounts associated with CEO retirement costs for the threenine months ended October 31, 2016April 30, 2017 to exclude stock-based compensation expense which was reported in "Stock-based compensation expense" above.

We define net debt as long-term debt less cash and cash equivalents. Each of the components of net debt appears on our consolidated balance sheets. We believe that the presentation of net debt provides useful information to investors because we review net debt as part of our management of our overall liquidity, financial flexibility, capital structure and leverage.

October 31, 2017 July 31, 2017April 30, 2018 July 31, 2017
Long-term debt$168,000
 $126,000
$169,000
 $126,000
Less cash and cash equivalents(37,220) (36,584)(51,916) (36,584)
Net debt$130,780
 $89,416
$117,084
 $89,416

We define organic sales as net sales less (i) the impact of foreign currency translation, and (ii) net sales related to acquired businesses during the first twelve months of ownership and (iii) divestitures during the periods being compared. We believe that reporting organic sales provides useful information to investors by helping identify underlying growth trends in our business and facilitating easier comparisons of our revenue performance with prior periods. We exclude the effect of foreign currency translation from organic sales because foreign currency translation is not under management’s control, is subject to volatility and can obscure underlying business trends. We exclude the effect of acquisitions and divestitures because the nature, size, and number of acquisitions and divestitures can vary dramatically from period to period and can obscure underlying business trends and make comparisons of financial performance difficult. The reconciliation of net sales to organic sales can be found elsewhere in this MD&A in “Net Sales.”

Liquidity and Capital Resources
We assess our liquidity in terms of our ability to generate cash to fund operating, investing and financing activities. Significant factors affecting the management of liquidity are cash flows generated from operating activities, capital expenditures, acquisitions of businesses and cash dividends. Cash provided by operating activities continues to be a primary source of funds. As necessary, we supplement operating cash flow with borrowings from our revolving credit facility to fund our business activities.
 
Cash Flows
 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $5,164,$16,619 or 20.7%22.6%, to $30,072$90,003 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $24,908$73,384 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, primarily due to the increase in net income, increased cash collections associated with outstanding accounts receivables, the timing of income tax payments, partially offset by increases in accounts payable due to the timing of payments and inventories to support increasing demand of our products.


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increase in net income, increased cash collections associated with outstanding accounts receivables and the timing of accounts payable, partially offset by the timing of income tax payments, the increase in inventories to support product demand and timing of our annual insurance premium payments.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities increased by $1,202,$17,991 or 1.8%19.9%, to $66,837$108,367 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $65,635$90,376 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, primarily due to an increase in cash paid for acquisitions partially offset byand to a decreaselesser extent, an increase in capital expenditures.
 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities. Net cash provided by financing activities decreasedincreased by $2,606,$13,546 or 6.7%68.8%, to $36,178$33,238 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2017April 30, 2018 from $38,784$19,692 for the threenine months ended October 31, 2016,April 30, 2017, primarily due to higher repayments under our credit facility, offset by a slightnet increase in revolver borrowings to fund acquisitions.
 
Dividends
 
On November 1, 2017, our Board of Directors approved a 21% increase in the semi-annual cash dividend to $0.085approximately $0.09 per share of outstanding common stock, which will bewas paid on January 31, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 17, 2018. Future declarations of dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to the final determination of the Company'sour Board of Directors.

Debt

On October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, we had $168,000$169,000 of outstanding borrowings under our Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “2014 Credit Agreement”).

For further information regarding the 2014 Credit Agreement, including a description of affirmative and negative covenants, see Note 9 to our condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this report.

Financing Needs
 
On October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, our long-term debt of $168,000,$169,000, net of our cash and cash equivalents of $37,220,$51,916, was $130,780.$117,084. Stockholders' equity as of that date was $542,578.$601,306.

Our operating segments generate significant cash from operations. At October 31, 2017,April 30, 2018, we had a cash balance of $37,220,$51,916, of which $15,821$27,358 was held by foreign subsidiaries. Our foreign cash is needed by our foreign subsidiaries for working capital purposes as well as for current international growth initiatives. Accordingly, our foreign unremitted earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested and unavailable for repatriation.
 
We believe that our current cash position, anticipated cash flows from operations and the funds available under our 2014 Credit Agreement will be sufficient to satisfy our worldwide cash operating requirements for the foreseeable future based upon our existing operations, particularly given that we historically have not needed to borrow for working capital purposes. At December 7, 2017,June 1, 2018, approximately $84,000$86,000 was available under our 2014 Credit Agreement.

Critical Accounting Policies
There were no changes to our critical accounting policies from those disclosed in our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Forward Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, or forecasts about our businesses, the industries in which we operate, and the current beliefs and assumptions of management; they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Without limiting the foregoing, words or phrases such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “goal,” “will continue,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “may,” “could” and variations of such words and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to predictions or projections of our future financial performance, anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, and other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions about future events, activities or developments and are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. We caution that undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. 


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Some of the factors which could cause results to differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement are set forth under Item 1A of the 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, entitled Risk Factors. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.


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For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no material changes in information reported in Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, in our 2017 Form 10-K. 
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer each concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective and designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including our consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in our SEC reports is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
We have evaluated our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting and determined that no changes occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting, except as described below.
On August 23, 2017, we acquired BHT Group, and on March 21, 2018, we acquired Aexis Medical, as more fully described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. During the initial transition period following the acquisition,acquisitions, we enhanced our internal control process to ensure that all financial information related to this acquisitionthese acquisitions was properly reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements. We expect all aspects of the BHT Group business will be fully integrated into our existing overall internal control structure by the end of fiscal 2018. We expect all aspects of the Aexis Medical business will be fully integrated into our existing overall internal control structure during fiscal 2019.



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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A to our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10‑K. The risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A to our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, in addition to the other information set forth in this report, could materially affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table represents information with respect to purchases of common stock made by the Company during the current quarter:
Period 
Total number of
shares purchased
 
Average price
paid per share
 Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the program
August 1 - August 31 823
 $76.44
 
 
September 1 - September 30 325
 84.06
 
 
October 1 - October 31 60,359
 94.94
 
 
Total 61,507
 $94.64
 
 
Period 
Total number of
shares purchased
 
Average price
paid per share
 Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the program
February 1 - February 28 529
 $112.62
 
 
March 1 - March 31 1,211
 $112.63
 
 
April 1 - April 30 596
 $113.98
 
 
Total 2,336
 $112.97
 
 
The Company does not currently have a repurchase program. All of the shares purchased during the current quarter represent shares surrendered to the Company to pay employee withholding taxes due upon the vesting of restricted stock.
Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5.    Other Information
None.
Item 6.    Exhibits
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer.
    
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer.
    
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
    
 101 The following materials from this report, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



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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.
 CANTEL MEDICAL CORP.
  
Date: December 7, 2017June 1, 2018 
  
 By:/s/ Jorgen B. Hansen
  Jorgen B. Hansen,
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  
  
 By:/s/ Peter G. Clifford
  Peter G. Clifford,
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  
  
 By:/s/ Brian R. Capone
  Brian R. Capone
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)



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