UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

Mark one

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from ___________________ to ___________________

 

Commission File Number 001-09974

 

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

New York 13-2866202
(State or Other Jurisdiction (IRS. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
   
527 Madison Ave, New York, New York 10022
(Address of Principal Executive office) (Zip Code)
   
212-583-0100  
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  

 

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

 

Yesx Noo

 

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 45 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of that chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Yesx Noo

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Large accelerated fileroAccelerated filerx
Non-accelerated filero(Do not check if smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo

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.

Yeso     Noo

 

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

 

Yeso Nox

 

As of MarchDecember 1, 2017, the Registrant had 46,292,21646,925,721 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.
FORM 10-Q
JanuaryOctober 31, 2017

 

INDEX

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.Condensed Financial Statements3
   
 Consolidated Balance Sheets – JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 (unaudited) and July 31, 20162017 (audited)3
   
 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited)4
   
 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended January October31, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited)5
   
 Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the sixthree months ended January October31, 2017 (unaudited)6
   
 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the sixthree months ended January October31, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited)7
   
 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements8
   
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2016
   
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk3425
   
Item 4.Controls and Procedures3426
   
Part II – OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.Legal Proceedings35
   
Item 1A.1.Risk FactorsLegal Proceedings3527
   
Item 6.1A.ExhibitsRisk Factors3527
   
Item 6.Exhibits27
Signatures3527
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Part 1 Financial Information

Item 1 Financial Statements

 

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)

 

 January 31,
2017
(unaudited)
  July 31,
2016
  October 31,
2017
(unaudited)
 July 31,
2017
 
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents $62,427  $67,777  $66,849  $64,167 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances  15,355   14,592   14,443   15,180 
Inventories  7,115   6,971   7,210   7,047 
Prepaid expenses and other  1,982   2,057   2,481   2,690 
Total current assets  86,879   91,397   90,983   89,084 
                
Property, plant and equipment, net  8,168   8,214   7,837   7,901 
Goodwill  7,452   7,452   7,452   7,452 
Intangible assets, net  3,560   4,422   2,647   2,895 
Other assets  332   336   337   333 
Total assets $106,391  $111,821  $109,256  $107,665 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable – trade $10,285  $9,857  $9,558  $10,350 
Accrued liabilities  6,421   8,211   9,313   6,720 
Loan payable     1,557 
Other current liabilities  859   943   670   740 
Total current liabilities  17,565   20,568   19,541   17,810 
                
Other liabilities  1,098   1,699   533   983 
Total liabilities $18,663  $22,267  $20,074  $18,793 
                
Commitments and contingencies                
                
Stockholders’ equity:                
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; authorized 25,000,000 shares;
no shares issued or outstanding
            
Common Stock, $.01 par value; authorized 75,000,000 shares; shares issued and outstanding: 46,292,216 at January 31, 2017 and 46,267,619 at July 31, 2016  463   463 
Common Stock, $.01 par value; authorized 75,000,000 shares; shares issued: 46,994,283 and outstanding: 46,913,532 at October 31, 2017 and shares issued: 46,506,176 at July 31, 2017  470   465 
Additional paid-in capital  326,751   326,288   329,971   328,294 
Less: Treasury stock at cost 80,751 shares at October 31, 2017 and -0- at July 31, 2017  (815)   
Accumulated deficit  (241,923)  (239,396)  (242,540)  (241,900)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  2,437   2,199   2,096   2,013 
Total stockholders’ equity  87,728   89,554   89,182   88,872 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $106,391  $111,821  $109,256  $107,665 

 

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

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ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 Three Months Ended
January 31,
 Six Months Ended
January 31,
  Three Months Ended
October 31,
 
 2017  2016  2017  2016  2017 2016 
Revenues:                        
Clinical laboratory services $18,837  $17,523  $37,395  $34,613  $20,334  $18,558 
Product revenues  6,983   6,578   14,409   14,265   7,081   7,426 
Royalty and license fee income  440   459   740   859   261   300 
Total revenues  26,260   24,560   52,544   49,737   27,676   26,284 
                        
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                
Operating costs, expenses:        
Cost of clinical laboratory services  11,052   10,535   21,948   20,867   12,042   10,896 
Cost of product revenues  3,520   3,206   6,829   6,817   3,389   3,309 
Research and development  483   861   1,305   1,728   747   822 
Selling, general and administrative  11,165   11,280   22,639   21,505 
Selling, general, and administrative  10,891   11,494 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  679   459   1,348   1,163   814   669 
Legal fee expense  370   2,411   742   4,012   431   372 
Legal settlements, net     (11,650)     (18,450)
Total operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  27,269   17,102   54,811   37,642 
Total operating costs, expenses  28,314   27,562 
                        
Operating income (loss)  (1,009)  7,458   (2,267)  12,095 
Operating loss  (638)  (1,278)
                        
Other income (expense):                        
Interest  79   (42)  125   (82)  157   46 
Other  24   11   143   65   36   119 
Foreign exchange loss  (94)  (388)  (455)  (518)  (195)  (361)
Income (loss) before income taxes  (1,000)  7,039   (2,454)  11,560 
Loss before income taxes  (640)  (1,474)
Provision for income taxes  (53)  (207)  (73)  (294)    
Net income (loss) $(1,053) $6,832  $(2,527) $11,266 
Net loss $(640) $(1,474)
                        
Net income (loss) per common share:                
Net loss per common share:        
Basic $(0.02) $0.15  $(0.05) $0.24  $(0.01) $(0.03)
Diluted $(0.02) $0.15  $(0.05) $0.24  $(0.01) $(0.03)
                        
Weighted average common shares outstanding:                        
Basic  46,292   46,077   46,282   46,070   46,914   46,272 
Diluted  46,292   46,518   46,282   46,353   46,914   46,272 

 

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

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ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands)

 

  Three Months Ended
January 31,
  Six Months Ended
January 31,
 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Net income (loss) $(1,053) $6,832  $(2,527) $11,266 
Other comprehensive income (loss):                
Foreign currency translation adjustments  (16)  226   238   288 
Comprehensive income (loss) $(1,069) $7,058  $(2,289) $11,554 
  Three Months Ended
October 31,
 
  2017  2016 
Net loss $(640) $(1,474)
Other comprehensive (loss) income:        
Foreign currency translation adjustments  83   254 
Comprehensive loss $(557) $(1,220)

 

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

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ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
SixThree Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except share data)

 

  Common
Stock
Shares
  Common
Stock
Amount
  Additional
Paid-in
Capital
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
  Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
Balance at July 31, 2016  46,267,619     $463  $326,288   $(239,396)   $2,199    $89,554 
Net loss for the period
ended January 31, 2017
           (2,527)     (2,527)
Vesting of restricted stock  1,501                
Exercise of stock options  23,096      71         71 
Share-based compensation charges        392         392 
Foreign currency translation adjustments              238   238 
Balance at January 31, 2017  46,292,216  $463  $326,751  $(241,923) $2,437  $87,728 

  Common
Stock
Shares
Issued
  Treasury
Stock
Shares
  Common
Stock
Amount
  Additional
Paid-in
Capital
  Treasury
Stock
Amount
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
  Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
Balance at July 31, 2017  46,506,176     $465  $328,294  $  $(241,900) $2,013  $88,872 
                                 
Net loss for the period ended October 31, 2017                 (640)     (640)
                                 
Purchase of treasury stock     80,751         (815)        (815)
                                 
Vesting of restricted stock  1,001                       
                                 
Exercise of stock options  487,106      5   1,472            1,477 
                                 
Share-based compensation charges           205            205 
                                 
Foreign currency translation adjustments                    83   83 
Balance at October 31, 2017  46,994,283   80,751  $470  $329,971  $(815) $(242,540) $2,096  $89,182 

 

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

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ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands)

 

 Six Months Ended
January 31,
  Three Months Ended
October 31,
 
 2017  2016  2017  2016 
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net income (loss) $(2,527) $11,266 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Net loss $(640) $(1,474)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment  1,023   1,059   521   515 
Amortization of intangible assets  819   843   228   412 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  1,348   1,170   814   669 
Deferred income tax benefit     (5)
Share-based compensation charges  392   221   205   151 
Accrual for share-based 401(k) employer match expense  354   439   177   177 
Foreign exchange loss  420   333   198   349 
                
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable  (2,170)  (1,952)  (101)  (150)
Other receivables     6,650 
Inventories  (238)  (20)  (198)  (298)
Prepaid expenses and other  67   350   207   137 
Accounts payable – trade  238   693   (819)  (522)
Accrued liabilities, other current liabilities and other liabilities  (2,558)  (983)  2,003   (299)
Total adjustments  (305)  8,798   3,235   1,141 
                
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  (2,832)  20,064   2,595   (333)
                
Cash flows from investing activities:                
Capital expenditures  (689)  (943)  (461)  (514)
Security deposits and other  2   2 
Net cash used in investing activities  (687)  (941)  (461)  (514)
                
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Proceeds from borrowings under Credit Agreement  40,694   44,378      24,297 
Repayments under Credit Agreement  (42,251)  (44,378)     (23,854)
Installment loan and capital lease obligation payments  (323)  (258)  (101)  (146)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options  71   66   658   6 
Net cash used in financing activities  (1,809)  (192)
Net cash provided by financing activities  557   303 
                
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  (22)  (24)  (9)  (19)
                
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (5,350)  18,907   2,682   (563)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period  67,777   18,109   64,167   67,777 
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period $62,427  $37,016  $66,849  $67,214 

 

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

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ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.


NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

 

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Enzo Biochem, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Enzo Life Sciences, Enzo Clinical Labs, Enzo Therapeutics and Enzo Realty LLC, collectively or with one or more of its subsidiaries referred to as the “Company” or “Companies”. The consolidated balance sheet as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, the consolidated statements of operations, and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, and the consolidated statementsstatement of stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016(the “interim statements”) are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position and operating results for the interim periods have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosure, normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, have been condensed or omitted. The consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended July 31, 20162017 and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The consolidated balance sheet at July 31, 20162017 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date. The results of operations for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2017.2018.

 

Effect of New Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09,Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which requires all excess tax benefits or deficiencies to be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement. In addition, excess tax benefits should be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. We adopted this standard as of August 1, 2017.

Pronouncements Issued but Not Yet Adopted

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606. ASU 2014-09 supersedesand its amendments supersede the current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The new standard introduces a five-step model to achieve its core principle of the entity recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services, and on transfer of control, as opposed to transfer of risk and rewards. The standard also expands the required financial statement disclosures regarding revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for our interim periods and the fiscal year beginning August 1, 2018, and we doare not expect to early adopt for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016.adopting. We expect to use retrospective application upon adoption. We are currently assessing the impactBased on our preliminary assessment, we expect the adoption of this ASU 2014-09 willmay result in some portion of the amounts that have onhistorically been classified as bad debt expense, primarily related to patient responsibility, could be reflected as a reduction of the Company’s combined consolidated financial statements. We continue to evaluatetransaction price and therefore as a reduction in revenue; and increased disclosure, including qualitative and quantitative disclosure about the impactnature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts from customers. However, the adoption of this standardASU is not expected to have a material impact on our Clinical Labs segment.financial position or cash flows.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02 –Leases (Topic 842). The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for our fiscal year beginning August 1, 2019 including interim periods within that fiscal year. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. We believe the adoption of this standard will materially impact our consolidated financial statements by significantly increasing our non-current assets and non-current liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets in order to record the right of use assets and related lease liabilities for our existing operating leases.

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We will recognize expense in the Statement of Operations similar to current lease accounting, in the cost of sales and selling, general and administrative.

 

In March 2016,May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09,2017-09,“Improvements to Employee Share-Based PaymentCompensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 708) Scope of Modification Accounting which requires all excess tax benefitsprovides guidance about which changes to the terms or deficienciesconditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to be recognized as income tax expense or benefitapply modification accounting in the income statement. In addition, excess tax benefits should be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows. ApplicationTopic 718. Adoption of the standardStandard is required for our annual and interim periods beginning August 1, 2017. We do not expect to early adopt2018 with the standard. We are in the process of determining the financial statement impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements and are currently unable to estimate the impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03Interest – Imputation of Interest.The ASU was issued as part of the Simplification Initiatives, to simplify presentation of debt issuance costs. The amendments in the update require that debt issuance costs relatedapplied prospectively to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this update. We adopted this standard at the start of our fiscal year ending July 31, 2017. The adoption of this update had no material impactan award modified on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11,Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (Topic 330). ASU 2015-11 changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to lower of cost or net realizable value. We adopted this standard for the fiscal year ending in July 31, 2017. The adoption of this update did not have any impact on our consolidated financial statements for the period ended January 31, 2017.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The ASU eliminates step two in the current two-step process so that any goodwill impairment is measured as the amount by which the reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value. The ASU is effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expectafter the adoption ofdate. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this ASU tonew standard will have a material impact on ourthe consolidated financial statements.

 

We reviewed all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and have concluded they are not applicable or not expected to be significant to the accounting for our operations.

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.

Concentration Risk

One provider whose programs are included in the “Third-party payer” and “Health Maintenance Organizations” (“HMO’s”) categories represents approximately 40% and 36% of the Clinical Labs segment net revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Note 2 – Net income (loss) per share

 

Basic net income (loss) per share represents net income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. As a result of the net loss for the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016 diluted weighted average shares outstanding are the same as basic weighted average shares outstanding, and do not include the potential common shares from stock options and unvested restricted stock because to do so would be antidilutive.

 

For the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, the number of potential common shares (“in the money options”) and unvested restricted stock excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share was 888,000931,000, and 804,000,720,000, respectively. For the three and six months ended January 31, 2016, approximately 440,000 and 281,000 weighted average stock options were included in the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

 

For the three and six months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 the effect of approximately 494,000 and 247,000 of2016 there were no outstanding “out of the money” options to purchase common shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended January 31, 2016, the effect of approximately 235,000 and 305,000 of outstanding “out of the money” options to purchase common shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive.shares.

 

Note 3 - Supplemental disclosure for statement of cash flows

 

For the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, income taxes paid by the Company were $996$15 and $53,$954, respectively.

 

For the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, interest paid by the Company was $77. $25 and $58, respectively.

 

For the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company financed $69$0 and $76$69 respectively, in machinery and transportation equipment under installment loans.

 

During the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company did not enter into any capital lease agreements.

During the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2016, there was a total2017 certain officers of $1,141the Company exercised 271,591 stock options in capital lease agreements.non-cash transactions. The officers surrendered 80,751 shares of the Company’s common stock to exercise the stock options. The Company recorded approximately $815, the market value of the surrendered shares, as treasury stock.

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Note 4 - Inventories

 

Inventories consist of the following:

 

 January 31,
2017
  July 31,
2016
  October 31,
2017
  July 31,
2017
 
Raw materials $912  $951  $878  $852 
Work in process  1,893   1,755   1,881   1,905 
Finished products  4,310   4,265   4,451   4,290 
 $7,115  $6,971  $7,210  $7,047 
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Note 5 – Goodwill and intangible assets

 

At JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and July 31, 2016,2017, the Company’s net carrying amount of goodwill, related to the Clinical Labs segment, is $7,452.

 

The Company’s change in the net carrying amount of intangible assets, all in the Life Sciences segment is as follows:

 

 Gross  Accumulated Amortization  Net  Gross  Accumulated Amortization  Net 
July 31, 2016 $27,650  $(23,228) $4,422 
July 31, 2017 $27,436  $(24,541) $2,895 
Amortization expense     (819)  (819)     (228)  (228)
Foreign currency translation  (203)  160   (43)  (118)  98   (20)
January 31, 2017 $27,447  $(23,887) $3,560 
October 31, 2017 $27,318  $(24,671) $2,647 

 

Intangible assets, all finite lived, consist of the following:

 

 January 31, 2017  July 31, 2016  October 31, 2017  July 31, 2017 
 Gross  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net  Gross  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net  Gross  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net  Gross  Accumulated
Amortization
  Net 
Patents $11,026  $(10,922) $104  $11,027  $(10,905) $122  $11,026  $(10,957) $69  $11,027  $(10,951) $76 
Customer relationships  12,007   (8,739)  3,268   12,122   (8,331)  3,791   11,823   (9,260)  2,563   11,881   (9,083)  2,798 
Website and acquired content  1,005   (1,005)     1,011   (1,011)     1,007   (1,007)     1,011   (1,011)   
Licensed technology and other  475   (440)  35   485   (437)  48   485   (470)  15   484   (463)  21 
Trademarks  2,934   (2,781)  153   3,005   (2,544)  461   2,977   (2,977)     3,033   (3,033)   
Total $27,447  $(23,887) $3,560  $27,650  $(23,228) $4,422  $27,318  $(24,671) $2,647  $27,436  $(24,541) $2,895 

 

At JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, information with respect to intangibles assets acquired is as follows:

 

  Useful life
assigned
 Weighted average
remaining useful life
Customer relationships 8-158 -15 years 3.53 years
Trademarks5 years0.5 year
Other intangibles 10 years 2.52 years

 

At JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, the weighted average useful life of intangible assets is approximately threetwo years.

 

Note 6 - Loan Payable

 

OnIn June 7, 2013, the Company entered into a secured Revolving Loan and Security Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, with Enzo Therapeutics as a guarantor, and MidCap Financial LLC. (formerly Healthcare Finance Group, LLC). The nominal interest rateCredit Agreement, which expired in December 2016, provided for borrowings against eligible US receivables, as defined, of the six months ended January 31, 2017Clinical Lab and year ended July 31, 2016 was 5.25%. The effective interest rateLife Science segments up to $8.0 million at defined eligibility percentages and provided for additional borrowings of $4.0 million for increased eligible assets. Debt issuance costs of $281 were amortized over the credit agreement was 14.3% forlife of the six months ended January 31, 2017 and 11.4% for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement expired and was repaid in full on December 7, 2016.

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Note 7 – Accrued Liabilities and Other Current Liabilities

 

Accrued liabilities consist of the following:

 

 January 31,
2017
  July 31,
2016
  October 31,
2017
  July 31,
2017
 
Payroll, benefits, and commissions $3,737  $3,956  $6,437  $4,092 
Professional fees  554   442 
Legal fee expense  308   954   327   599 
Professional fees  531   503 
Research and development  72   300   143   143 
Other  1,773   2,498   1,852   1,444 
 $6,421  $8,211  $9,313  $6,720 
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Note 8 – Other Liabilities

 

Other liabilities consist of the following:

 

 January 31,
2017
  July 31,
2016
  October 31,
2017
  July 31,
2017
 
Capital lease obligations, net of short term $635  $794  $520  $551 
Accrued legal settlement  400   800      410 
Installment loans, net of short term  63   105   13   22 
 $1,098  $1,699  $533  $983 

 

As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, future minimum payments under the capital leases, net of interest of $252$105 aggregates $771$699 including a short term debt portion of $136$179 included in other current liabilities. Future minimum payments under the installment loans aggregate $382,$102, including a short term portion of $319$89 included in other current liabilities. A total of $0.4 million$400 is included in other current liabilities and $0.4 million in other liabilitiesat October 31, 2017 as accrued legal settlement which is further discussed in Note 1211 - Contingencies.

 

Note 9 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

Controlled Equity Offering

On March 28, 2013, theThe Company entered intohas a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as sales agent (“Cantor”). Under the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Cantor, shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $20.0 million (the “Shares”). The Company will paypays Cantor a commission of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds received under the SalesSale Agreement. The Company is not obligated to make any sales of the Sharesshares under the Sales Agreement. The offering of Sharesshares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (a) the sale of all of the Sharesshares subject to the Sales Agreement or (b) the termination of the Sales Agreement by Cantor or the Company, as permitted therein.

On The initial agreement contemplated the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $20.0 million. In December 31, 2014, the Sales Agreement was amended in order for the Company to offer and sell through Cantor, acting as agent, additional shares of Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of $20.0 million.  In connection with

On September 1, 2017, the amendment to the Sales Agreement, the Company also filed with the Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a prospectus supplement dated December 31, 2014. 

Most recently with respect to the Sales Agreement, the Company filedSEC a “shelf” registration and sales agreement prospectus supplement dated September 1, 2016covering the offering, issuance and sale of our Common Stock that may be issued and sold under the existing Sales Agreement in an aggregate amount of up to $19.15 million. A total of $150 million of securities may be sold under this shelf registration, which was declared effective by the SEC on November 3, 2016.September 15, 2017.

 

During the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016,during fiscal 2017, the Company did not sell any shares of Common Stock under the Sales Agreement.

Treasury stock

During the three months ended October 31, 2017 certain officers of the Company exercised 271,591 stock options in non-cash transactions. The officers surrendered 80,751 shares of the Company’s common stock to exercise the stock options. The Company recorded approximately $815, the market value of the surrendered shares, as treasury stock.

 

Share-based compensation

 

The Company has an incentive stock option and restricted stock award plan (the “2005 Plan”), and a long term incentive share award plan, (the “2011 Incentive Plan”), which are more fully described in Note 10 to the consolidated

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financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.2017. The 2011 Plan, which is the only plan from which awards may now be granted, provides for the award to eligible employees, officers, directors, consultants and other persons of stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, and other stock-based awards.

 

The amounts of share-based compensation expense recognized in the periods presented are as follows:

 

  Three months ended
January 31,
  Six months ended
January 31,
 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Stock options $236  $104  $382  $208 
Restricted stock  5   6   10   13 
  $241  $110  $392  $221 

  Three months ended
October 31,
 
  2017 2016 
Stock options $202 $146 
Restricted stock  3  5 
  $205 $151 
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The following table sets forth the amount of expense related to share-based payment arrangements included in specific line items in the accompanying statements of operations:

 

 Three months ended
January 31,
 Six months ended
January 31,
  Three months ended
October 31,
 
 2017  2016  2017  2016  2017  2016 
Cost of clinical laboratory services $1  $2  $3  $3  $  $2 
Selling, general and administrative  240   108   389   218   205   149 
 $241  $110  $392  $221  $205  $151 

 

No excess tax benefits were recognized during the sixthree month periods ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016.

Stock Option Plans

The following table summarizes stock option activity during the sixthree month period ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017:

 

 Options  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
 Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (000s)
  Options Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
 Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (000s)
 
Outstanding at July 31, 2016  1,808,875  $3.43       
Outstanding at July 31, 2017  2,130,995  $4.26         
Awarded  493,996  $7.07         $         
Exercised  (23,096) $2.89  $149   (487,106) $3.03      $4,940 
Cancelled or expired  (5,000) $4.47       (19,334) $5.92         
Outstanding at end of period  2,274,775  $4.23  1.4 years $5,797   1,624,555  $4.62   2.8 years  $12,313 
Exercisable at end of period  1,379,555  $3.18          0.5 years $4,853   903,868  $3.39   1.6 years  $5,838 

 

As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, the total future compensation cost related to non-vested options, not yet recognized in the statements of operations, was $1.6$1.0 million and the weighted average period over which the remaining expense of these awards is expected to be recognized is twenty-threefourteen months.

 

The intrinsic value of in the money stock option awards that are vested at the end of the period represents the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the period in excess of the exercise price multiplied by the number of options that vested.

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Restricted Stock Awards

A summary of the activity pursuant to the Company’s unvested restricted stock awards for the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

 Awards  Weighted
Average
Award Price
  Awards  Weighted
Average
Award Price
 
Outstanding at July 31, 2016  8,501  $4.13 
Outstanding at July 31, 2017  7,436  $4.45 
Awarded            
Vested  (1,501) $(3.89)  (1,001) $(4.84)
Forfeited            
Unvested at end of period  7,000  $2.30   6,435  $3.85 

The fair value of a restricted stock award is determined based on the closing stock price on the award date. As of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, there was approximately $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock-based compensation to be recognized over a weighted average remaining period of approximately tentwenty five months.

 

The fair value of the awards that vested during the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016 was $10 and $8, and $21, respectively.

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The total number of shares available for grant as equity awards from the 2011 Incentive Plan is approximately 329,000349,600 shares as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017.

Note 10 - Income taxes

At the end of each interim reporting period, the Company estimates its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full year. This estimate is used to determine the income tax provision or benefit on a year-to-date basis and may change in subsequent interim periods.

The Company’s effective tax rate provision for the three months ended January 31, 2017 was 5.3% compared to 2.9% for the three months ended January 31, 2016. The Company’s effective tax rate provision for the six months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016 was 3.0% and 2.5%, respectively. The tax provision for the periods was based on state, local and foreign taxes. The Company’s effective tax rate for both periods differed from the expected net operating loss carryforward benefit at the U.S. federal statutory rate of 34% primarily due to the inability to recognize such benefit. The carryforward benefit cannot be recognized because of uncertainties relating to future taxable income in terms of both its timing and its sufficiency, which would enable the Company to realize the federal carryforward benefit.

The Company files a consolidated Federal income tax return. The Company files combined returns with Michigan and New York State and City for certain subsidiaries. Other subsidiaries file separate state and foreign tax returns.

 

Note 1110 – Segment reporting

 

The Company has three reportable segments: Clinical Labs, Life Sciences, and Therapeutics. The Clinical Labs segment provides diagnostic services to the health care community. The Life Sciences segment develops, manufactures, and markets products to research and pharmaceutical customers. The Therapeutic segment conducts research and development activities for therapeutic drug candidates.

 

The Company evaluates segment performance based on segment income (loss) before taxes. Costs excluded from segment income (loss) before taxes and reported as “Other” consist of corporate general and administrative costs which are not allocable to the three reportable segments. Legal fee expense incurred to defend the Company’s intellectual property and other general corporate matters is considered a component of the Other segment. Legal fee expense specific to other segments’ activities has been allocated to those segments. LegalWhen recognized, legal settlements, net representrepresents activities for which royalties would have been received by the Company’s Life Sciences segment had the Company had agreements in place with plaintiffs for the patents or products covered by the settlements.

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Management of the Company assesses assets on a consolidated basis only and, therefore, assets by reportable segment have not been included in the reportable segments below. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2016.2017.

 

The following financial information represents the operating results of the reportable segments of the Company:

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Three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017

 

 Clinical
Labs
  Life
Sciences
  Therapeutics  Other  Consolidated  Clinical
Labs
  Life
Sciences
  Therapeutics  Other  Consolidated 
Revenues:                                        
Clinical laboratory services $18,837           $18,837  $20,334           $20,334 
Product revenues    $6,983         6,983     $7,081         7,081 
Royalty and license fee income     440         440      261         261 
  18,837   7,423         26,260   20,334   7,342         27,676 
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                    
Operating costs and expenses:                    
Cost of clinical laboratory services  11,052            11,052   12,042            12,042 
Cost of product revenues     3,520         3,520      3,389         3,389 
Research and development     516  $(33)     483      523  $224      747 
Selling, general and administrative  5,897   2,905     $2,363   11,165   6,095   2,614     $2,182   10,891 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  594   85         679   800   14         814 
Legal fee expense  49   16      305   370   13   3      415   431 
Total operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  17,592   7,042   (33)  2,668   27,269 
Total operating costs and expenses  18,950   6,543   224   2,597   28,314 
                                        
Operating income (loss)  1,245   381   33   (2,668)  (1,009)  1,384   799   (224)  (2,597)  (638)
                                        
Other income (expense):                                        
Interest  (28)  12      95   79   (25)  12      170   157 
Other  17         7   24   14   7      15   36 
Foreign exchange loss     (94)        (94)     (195)        (195)
Income (loss) before income taxes $1,234  $299  $33  $(2,566) $(1,000) $1,373  $623  $(224) $(2,412) $(640)
                                        
Depreciation and amortization included above $394  $501  $  $20  $915  $404  $326  $  $19  $749 
                                        
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Cost of clinical laboratory services $1           $1 
Selling, general and administrative  23  $15     $202   240   32  $23     $150   205 
Total $24  $15  $  $202  $241  $32  $23  $  $150  $205 
                                        
Capital expenditures $175  $  $  $  $175  $418  $43  $  $  $461 
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Three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2016

 

 Clinical
Labs
  Life
Sciences
  Therapeutics  Other  Consolidated  Clinical
Labs
 Life
Sciences
 Therapeutics Other Consolidated 
Revenues:                                        
Clinical laboratory services $17,523           $17,523  $18,558           $18,558 
Product revenues    $6,578         6,578     $7,426         7,426 
Royalty and license fee income     459         459      300         300 
  17,523   7,037         24,560   18,558   7,726         26,284 
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                                        
Cost of clinical laboratory services  10,535            10,535   10,896            10,896 
Cost of product revenues     3,206         3,206      3,309         3,309 
Research and development     661  $200      861      627  $195      822 
Selling, general and administrative  5,649   2,773     $2,858   11,280   5,952   2,946     $2,596   11,494 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  467   (8)        459   666   3         669 
Legal fee expense  57   5      2,349   2,411   52   12      308   372 
Legal settlements, net  1,500   (13,150)        (11,650)
Total operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  18,208   (6,513)  200   5,207   17,102   17,566   6,897   195   2,904   27,562 
                                        
Operating income (loss)  (685)  13,550   (200)  (5,207)  7,458   992   829   (195)  (2,904)  (1,278)
                                        
Other income (expense)                    
Other income (expense):                    
Interest  (23)  17      (36)  (42)  (29)  10      65   46 
Other  (1)        12   11   102         17   119 
Foreign exchange loss     (388)        (388)     (361)        (361)
Income (loss) before income taxes $(709) $13,179  $(200) $(5,231) $7,039  $1,065  $478  $(195) $(2,822) $(1,474)
                                        
Depreciation and amortization included above $411  $524  $  $17  $952  $401  $508  $  $18  $927 
                                        
Share-based compensation included in above:                                        
Cost of clinical laboratory services $2           $2 
Selling, general and administrative  9  $5     $94   108   17  $11     $121   149 
Total $11  $5  $  $94  $110  $19  $11  $  $121  $151 
                                        
Capital expenditures $354  $84  $  $  $438  $412  $102  $  $  $514 
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Six months ended January 31, 2017

  Clinical
Labs
  Life
Sciences
  Therapeutics  Other  Consolidated 
Revenues:                    
Clinical laboratory services $37,395           $37,395 
Product revenues    $14,409         14,409 
Royalty and license fee income     740         740 
   37,395   15,149         52,544 
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                    
Cost of clinical laboratory services  21,948            21,948 
Cost of product revenues     6,829         6,829 
Research and development     1,143  $162      1,305 
Selling, general and administrative  11,849   5,851     $4,939   22,639 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  1,260   88         1,348 
Legal fee expense  101   28      613   742 
Total operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  35,158   13,939   162   5,552   54,811 
                     
Operating income (loss)  2,237   1,210   (162)  (5,552)  (2,267)
                     
Other income (expense):                    
Interest  (57)  22      160   125 
Other  119         24   143 
Foreign exchange loss     (455)        (455)
Income (loss) before income taxes $2,299  $777  $(162) $(5,368) $(2,454)
                     
Depreciation and amortization included above $795  $1,009  $  $38  $1,842 
                     
Share-based compensation included in above:                    
Cost of clinical laboratory services $3           $3 
Selling, general and administrative  40  $26     $323   389 
Total $43  $26  $  $323  $392 
                     
Capital expenditures $587  $102  $  $  $689 
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Six months ended January 31, 2016

  Clinical
Labs
  Life
Sciences
  Therapeutics  Other  Consolidated 
Revenues:                    
Clinical laboratory services $34,613           $34,613 
Product revenues    $14,265         14,265 
Royalty and license fee income     859         859 
   34,613   15,124         49,737 
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                    
Cost of clinical laboratory services  20,867            20,867 
Cost of product revenues     6,817         6,817 
Research and development     1,328  $400      1,728 
Selling, general and administrative  10,935   5,832     $4,738   21,505 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  1,175   (12)        1,163 
Legal fee expense  66   (17)     3,963   4,012 
Legal settlements, net  1,500   (19,950)        (18,450)
Total operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  34,543   (6,002)  400   8,701   37,642 
                     
Operating income (loss)  70   21,126   (400)  (8,701)  12,095 
                     
Other income (expense)                    
Interest  (42)  31      (71)  (82)
Other  3   39      23   65 
Foreign exchange loss     (518)        (518)
Income (loss) before income taxes $31  $20,678  $(400) $(8,749) $11,560 
                     
Depreciation and amortization included above $808  $1,054  $  $40  $1,902 
                     
Share-based compensation included in above:                    
Cost of clinical laboratory services $3           $3 
Selling, general and administrative  19  $10     $189   218 
Total $22  $10  $  $189  $221 
                     
Capital expenditures $791  $152  $  $  $943 
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Note 1211 – Contingencies

On June 7, 2004, the Company and Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Applera Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Tropix, Inc., which became Life Technologies, Inc. and was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (NYSE:TMO) on February 3, 2014. The complaint alleged infringement of six patents relating to DNA sequencing systems, labeled nucleotide products, and other technology. Yale University is the owner of four of the patents and the Company is the exclusive licensee. These four patents are commonly referred to as the “Ward” patents. On November 12, 2012, a jury in New Haven found that one of these patents (United States Patent No. 5,449,667) was infringed and not proven invalid. The jury awarded $48.5 million for this infringement. On January 6, 2014, the judge awarded prejudgment interest of approximately $12.5 million and additional post-interest on the full amount was also be awarded starting November 7, 2012 until the total award is satisfied.  The final award to the Company could have been reduced or subject to possible claims from third parties. On March 16, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated that judgment in a decision remanding the matter to the district court for further proceedings.  On February 22, 2016, the Connecticut District Court granted Applera’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement.  The Company appealed that decision to the Court of Appeals in the Federal Circuit. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in this litigation. Even if the Company is not successful, management does not believe that there will be a significant adverse monetary impact on the Company.

 

As of August 1, 2014, the Company was engaged in litigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Roche Diagnostic GmbH and its related company Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (“Roche”), as declaratory judgment defendant. This case was commenced in May 2004. Roche seeks a declaratory judgment of non-breach of contract and patent invalidity against the Company. Roche has also asserted tort claims against the Company. The Company has asserted breach of contract and patent infringement causes of action against Roche. There has been extensive discovery in the case. In 2011, Roche moved for summary judgment of non-infringement regarding the Company’s patent claims. In 2012, the motion was granted in part and denied in part. In December 2012, Roche moved for summary judgment on the Company’s non-patent claims. Additional discovery was taken and the Company responded to the motions in May 2013. OnIn December 6, 2013, the Court granted in part and denied in part Roche’s summary judgment motion. OnIn October 22, 2014, the Court ordered that damages discovery concerning the Company’s remaining contract and patent claims and Roche’s claims should be completed by the end of January 30, 2015, and expert discovery should be completed following the Court’s not-yet-issued claim construction ruling concerning the Company’s patent infringement claim against Roche. Roche dropped its tort claims during damages discovery. On April 28, 2015,October 2, 2017, the Court heard oral argument onissued its claim construction issues.ruling. On May 8, 2015, Roche and the Company jointly movedOctober 20, 2017, the Court to extendissued a scheduling order which requires the schedule for damagescompletion of expert discovery until May 29, 2015,by February 28, 2018 and the Court grantedschedules a conference on April 5, 2018 that motion. The parties are waiting for the Courts’ ruling on claim construction.will function as a pre-trial conference or a pre-motion conference. The Company and Enzo Life Sciences intend to vigorously press their remaining claims and contest the claims against them.

 

On September 22, 2014, the Company and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement to resolve an investigation focused primarily on an alleged failure to collect diagnosis codes from physicians who ordered tests through Enzo Clinical Labs. During fiscal year 2014, the Company recorded a charge of $2.0 million in the statement of operations under legal settlements, net within the Clinical Labs segment. The settlement amount is being paid with interest over a five-year period. During fiscal year 2016, the Company accrued an additional $1.5 million, due to the Company’s achievement of certain financial milestones. As of January 31, 2017, the total liability for this settlement is $0.8 million, of which $0.4 million is included in other current liabilities and $0.4 million included in other liabilities.

On June 20, 2014, the Company, as plaintiff finalized and executed a settlement agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc., and PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. (formerly known as PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Inc.) (together, “PerkinElmer”), with respect to an action between the Company and PerkinElmer before the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, Case No 03-CV-3817. PerkinElmer paid $7.0 million in escrow pursuant to the agreement because of a former attorney’s charging lien for fees allegedly owed for past services rendered to the Company. On December 3, 2015, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement with the former attorney pursuant to which the Company and the former attorney resolved their respective claims against each other. During the three months ended January 31, 2016, the Company received a total of approximately $7.0 million from the escrow referred to above in accordance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement which was included in the statement of operations under Legal settlements, net within the Life Science segment in that period.

On October 9, 2015, the Company reached and finalized a settlement with Affymetrix, Inc. in the amount of $6.8 million, net in a patent infringement action brought by the Company. On January 4, 2016, the Company reached and finalized a settlement agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $6.1 million, net in a patent infringement action brought by the Company.

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Both cases were originally brought by the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The settlements were included in the statement of operations during the applicable fiscal period under Legal settlements, net within the Life Science segment.

On May 16, 2016, the Company reached and finalized a settlement with Life Technologies Corporation in the amount of $24.3 million, net in an infringement action brought by the Company regarding its US Patents No. 6,992,180 and 7,064,197. On July 1, 2016, the Company reached and finalized a settlement with Illumina, Inc., in the amount of $14.5 million, net in an infringement action brought by the Company regarding US Patent No. 7,064,197. These cases were originally brought by the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The settlements are included in the statement of operations under Legal settlements, net within the Life Science segment for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.

As of January 31, 2017, there are seven pending cases originally brought by the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (“the Court”) alleging patent infringementsinfringement against various companies.For  On June 28, 2017, the Court issued an opinion in the Gen-Probe case, granting Gen-Probe’s motion for summary judgment that the asserted claims of the ’180 patent are invalid for nonenablement. The Court entered final judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of the ‘180 patent on July 19, 2017 in the Gen-Probe and Hologic cases.  The Court entered partial final judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of the ‘180 patent and stayed the remainder of the cases involving Gen-Probe/Hologic, Roche, andin the Becton Dickinson and Roche cases on July 31, 2017 and August 2, 2017, respectively.  The Company filed notices of appeal in each of the court has set aGen-Probe, Hologic, Becton Dickinson, and Roche cases, which were docketed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”).  In the Abbott case, the parties agreed that the Court’s summary judgment argument hearingruling in Aprilthe Gen-Probe case invalidated all of the ’180 patent claims asserted against the Abbott Defendants.  On August 15, 2017, and trial dates in October, November and December 2017. For the case involving Abbott, the court has setCourt granted Abbott’s motion for summary judgment briefing deadlines through Augustthat the asserted claims of the ’405 patent are invalid for nonenablement.  On September 1, 2017, but has notthe Court entered final judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of the ‘180 and ‘405 patents for nonenablement in the Abbott case.  Enzo subsequently filed a notice of appeal in the Abbott case on September 14, 2017.  The Federal Circuit docketed the appeal on September 15, 2017.  The Federal Circuit consolidated the appeals from the Abbott, Becton Dickinson, Gen-Probe, Hologic, and Roche litigations (“Consolidated Appeals”).  We disagree with the Court’s invalidity decisions regarding the ‘180 and ‘405 patents in the pending cases as set a trial date.forth in our opening brief in the Consolidated Appeals pending in the Federal Circuit filed on November 28, 2017.  In another casethe Consolidated Appeals, we have asked the Federal Circuit to reverse the Court’s grants of final and summary judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of the ‘180 and ‘405 patents and to remand the cases against Abbott, Becton Dickinson, Gen-Probe, Hologic, and Roche to the Court.  In the other two cases involving Hologic, one of the court entered acases is stayed, while the other case is proceeding under the Court’s scheduling order with fact and expert discovery deadlines through September 2018, a summary judgment hearing date in February 2019, and a trial date in May 2019.  The Court granted Enzo’s motion to amend its complaint to add two new defendants to that case.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in these litigations. Even if the Company is not successful, management does not believe that there will be a significant adverse monetary impact on the Company.

 

The Company is party to other claims, legal actions, complaints, and contractual disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company believes that any liability that may ultimately result from the resolution of these matters will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.operations

 

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

 

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Forward-Looking Statements

 

Our disclosure and analysis in this report, including but not limited to the information discussed in this Item 2, contain forward-looking information about our Company’s financial results and estimates, business prospects and products in research and development that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. From time to time, we also may provide oral or written forward-looking statements in other materials we release to the public. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historic or current facts. They use words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “plan”, “believe”, “will”, and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operations or financial performance.

 

In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, prospective products or product approvals, future performance or results of current and anticipated products, sales efforts, expenses, interest rates, foreign currency rates, intellectual property matters, the outcome of contingencies, such as legal proceedings, and financial results.

We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although we believe we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated or projected. As a result, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of our forward-looking statements. Investors should bear this in mind as they consider forward-looking statements. We do not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement that we make, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future. We are also affected by other factors that may be identified from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, some of which are set forth in Item 1A - Risk Factors in our Form 10-K filing for the July 31, 20162017 fiscal year. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our Forms 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we have attempted to provide a list of important factors which may affect our business, investors are cautioned that other factors may prove to be important in the future and could affect our operating results.

You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors or to assess the impact of each factor or combination of factors on our business. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

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Overview

 

Enzo Biochem, Inc. (the “Company” “we”, “our” or “Enzo”) is a verticallyan integrated growth-orienteddiagnostic bioscience company focusing on delivering and applying advanced technology capabilities to produce affordable reliable products and services to allow our customers to meet their clinical needs. We develop, manufacture and sell our proprietary technology solutions and platforms to clinical laboratories, specialty clinics and researchers and physicians globally. Enzo’s structure and business strategy representsrepresent the culmination of years of extensive planning and work.  The Company now has the unique ability to offer low cost, high performance products and services in molecular diagnostics, which ideally positions it to capitalize on the reimbursement pressures facing diagnostic labs. Our pioneering work in genomic analysis coupled with our extensive patent estate and enabling platforms have positioned the Company to continue to play an important role in the rapidly growing molecular medicine marketplaces.

 

Enzo technology solutions and platforms and unique operational structure isare designed to reduce overall healthcare costs tofor both government and private insurers.Our proprietary technology platforms reduces our customers’customers' need for multiple, specialized instruments, and offer a variety of high throughput capabilities together with a demonstrated high level of accuracy and reproducibility. Our genetic test panels are focused on large and growing markets primarily in the areas of personalized medicine, women’swomen's health, infectious diseases and genetic disorders.

 

For example, our AMPIPROBE® technology platform can lead to the development of an entire line of nucleic acid clinical products that can allow laboratories to offer a complete menu of services at a cost that allows them to enjoy an acceptable margin. Our technology solutions provide tools to physicians, clinicians and other health care providers to improve detection, treatment and monitoring of a broad spectrum of diseases and conditions.In addition, reduced patient to physician office visits translates into lower healthcare processing costs and greater patient services.

 

In the course of our research and development activities, we have built a substantial portfolio of intellectual property assets, comprising 314comprised of 336 issued patents worldwide, and over 146151 pending patent applications, along with extensive enabling technologies and platforms.

 

Below are brief descriptions of each of our operating segments (See Note 1110 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements):

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Enzo Clinical Labs is a clinical reference laboratory providing a wide range of clinical services to physicians, medical centers, other clinical labs and pharmaceutical companies. The Company believes having a CLIA-certified and a College of American Pathologists (“CAP”) certifiedaccredited medical laboratory located in New York provides us the opportunity to more rapidly introduce cutting edge products and services to the clinical marketplace. Enzo Clinical Labs offers an extensive menu of molecular and other clinical laboratory tests and procedures used in patient care by physicians to establish or support a diagnosis, monitor treatment or medication, and search for an otherwise undiagnosed condition. Our laboratory is equipped with state of the artstate-of-the-art communication and connectivity solutions enabling the rapid transmission, analysis and interpretation of generated data. We operate a full service clinical laboratory in Farmingdale, New York, a network of over 30 patient service centers throughout New York, and New Jersey and expanding into Connecticut, a free standing “STAT” or rapid response laboratory in New York City and a full service phlebotomy, in-house logistics department, and an information technology department. Given our license in New York State, we are able to offer testing services to clinical laboratories and physicians in the majority of states nationwide.

 

Enzo Life Sciences manufactures, develops and markets products and tools to clinical research, drug development and bioscience research customers worldwide. Underpinned by broad technological capabilities, Enzo Life Sciences has developed proprietary products used in the identification of genomic information by laboratories around the world. Information regarding our technologies can be found in the “Core Technologies” section of our(See Form 10-K filing10K for the fiscal year ended July, 31, 2016 fiscal year.2017). We are internationally recognized and acknowledged as a leader in the development, manufacturing validation and commercialization of numerous products serving not only the clinical research market but life sciences researchers in the fields of cellular analysis and drug discovery, among others. Our operations are supported by global operations allowing for the efficient marketing and delivery of our products around the world.

 

Enzo Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical venture that has developed multiple novel approaches in the areas of gastrointestinal, infectious, ophthalmic and metabolic diseases, many of which are derived from the pioneering work of Enzo Life Sciences. Enzo Therapeutics has focused its efforts on developing treatment regimens for diseases and conditions for which current treatment options are ineffective, costly, and/or cause unwanted side effects. This focus has generated a clinical and preclinical pipeline, as well as more than 115101 patents and patent applications.

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Results of Operations

Three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 compared to JanuaryOctober 31, 2016
(in 000s)

 

Comparative Financial Data for the Three Months Ended JanuaryOctober 31,

 

 2017  2016  Increase
(Decrease)
  %
Change
  2017 2016 Increase
(Decrease)
 %
Change
 
Revenues:                                
Clinical laboratory services $18,837  $17,523  $1,314   7  $20,334 $18,558 $1,776 10 
Product revenues  6,983   6,578   405   6  7,081 7,426 (345) (5)
                
Royalty and license fee income  440   459   (19)  (4)  261  300  (39) (13)
Total revenues  26,260   24,560   1,700   7   27,676  26,284  1,392             5 
                        
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                        
Cost of clinical laboratory services  11,052   10,535   517   5  12,042 10,896 1,146 11 
Cost of product revenues  3,520   3,206   314   10  3,389 3,309 80 2 
Research and development  483   861   (378)  (44) 747 822 (75) (9)
Selling, general and administrative  11,165   11,280   (115)  (1) 10,891 11,494 (603) (5)
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  679   459   220   48  814 669 145 22 
Legal fee expense  370   2,411   (2,041)  (85) 431 372 59 16 
Legal settlements, net     (11,650)  11,650   ** 
Total costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  27,269   17,102   10,167   59   28,314  27,562  752 3 
                         
Operating income (loss)  (1,009)  7,458   (8,467)  ** 
Operating loss (638) (1,278) 640 50 
                         
Other income (expense):                         
Interest  79   (42)  121   **  157 46 111 ** 
Other  24   11   13   118  36 119 (83) (70)
Foreign currency loss  (94)  (388)  294   76   (195)  (361)  166 (46)
(Loss) income before income taxes $(1,000) $7,039  $(8,039)  ** 
(Loss) before income taxes $(640) $(1,474) $834 57 

 

** not meaningful

 

Consolidated Results:

 

The “2017“2018 period” and the “2016“2017 period” refer to the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Clinical laboratory services revenues for the 20172018 period were $18.8$20.3 million compared to $17.5$18.6 million in the 20162017 period, anincrease of $1.3$1.8 million or 7%10%.The increase is attributed to molecular and women’s health testing volume in women’s health markets, and the addition of new accounts, and expansion of the service area versus the 20162017 period.

 

Product revenues for the 20172018 period were $7.0$7.1 million compared to $6.6$7.4 million in the 20162017 period, an increasea decrease of $0.4$0.3 million or 6%5%. The increase was due to higherdecrease resulted from lower product order volume due to lower research funding and lower pricing due to competition in both the United States, andwhich was partially offset by organic growth in foreign markets of $0.5 million and offset by the negativepositive impact of foreign currency translation of $0.1 million.translation.

 

The cost of clinical laboratory services during the 20172018 period was $11.0$12.0 million as compared to $10.5$10.9 million in the 20162017 period, an increase of $0.5$1.1 million or 5% primarily11% due to the volume increase in clinical laboratory services revenue from molecular testing.

The cost of product revenues was $3.4 million in the 2018 period and $3.3 million in the 2017 period, an increase of $0.1 million or 2% due to the sale of lower margin items. The gross profit margin was 52% in the 2018 period and 55% in the 2017 period, and negatively impacted by the sale of lower margin products and price discounting.

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The cost of product revenues during the 2017 period was $3.5 million compared to $3.2 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $0.3 million or 10% due to higher sales.The gross profit margin was 50% in the 2017 period and 51% in the 2016 period due to the mix of products sold.

Research and development expenses were $0.5$0.7 million versus $0.9$0.8 million in the 20162017 period, a decrease of $0.4$0.1 million or 44%9%. The expense in the Therapeutics segment decreased $0.2 million due to the impact of an adjustment decreasing an obligation for clinical trial activity. The expense for the Life Sciences segment decreased $0.1 million due to lower compensation expense.and patent expenses. The expense for the Therapeutics segment was unchanged in both periods.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $11.2$10.9 million during the 2018 period versus $11.5 million during the 2017 period, versus $11.3 million during the 2016 period, a decrease of $0.1$0.6 million or 1%5%. The Clinical Lab segment expense increased $0.1 million comprised of a $0.4 million increase in selling salaries, office and IT expenses, and billing and collection expenses for self-pay patient receivables, partially offset by a decrease of $0.3 million in commissions, information technology support and office salaries, and bank fees. The Life Sciences segment expense decreased $0.3 million due to compensation related costs.a decrease of $0.2 for intangibles amortization and a decrease in web based advertising of $0.1 million. The Other segment expense decreased $0.5$0.4 million, net, due tocomprised of a decrease in compensation related expenses of $1.0$0.3 million and decrease of $0.1 million in proxy expenses relating to our annual stockholders’ meeting in January 2017 as compared to the meeting in January 2016, partially offset by an increase of $0.5 million for salary related expenses.professional fees and office expense.

 

The provision for uncollectible accounts receivable, primarily related to the Clinical Labs segment, was approximately $0.8 million in the 2018 period and $0.7 million in the 2017 period, and $0.5 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $0.2approximately $0.1 million. As a percentage of Clinical laboratory services, the provision for uncollectible accounts receivable relating to the Clinical Labs segment was 3.2%3.9% in the 2018 period and 3.6% in the 2017 period and 2.7% in the 2016 period. The increase is due to the increase in genetic testing volume and the related higher self-pay patient responsibility balances.

 

Legal fee expense was just over $0.4 million during the 20172018 period compared to $2.4just under $0.4 million in the 20162017 period, a decreasean increase of $2.0$0.1 million or 16% due to the timing of legal activity and related costs associated with on-going patent litigation where the Company is plaintiff. Legal fee expense in the 2016 period also included $0.4 million for contested proxy costs relating to our annual stockholders’ meeting in January 2016.

There were no legal settlements during the 2017 period. Legal settlements, net was $(11.7) million in the 2016 period. During the 2016 period the Company as plaintiff finalized and executed a settlement agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc. relating to a patent infringement claim and collected proceeds held in escrow relating to the PerkinElmer, Inc. and Molecular Probes, Inc. settlements, totaling $13.2 million. The Company also recorded an additional charge of $1.5 million relating to the 2014 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, due to the achievement of certain financial milestones.

 

Segment Results:

 

Clinical Labs

 

Revenue from laboratory services for the 20172018 period were $18.8$20.3 million compared to $17.5$18.6 million in the 20162017 period. The increase of $1.3$1.8 million or 7%10% is attributed to increased molecular and women’s health testing volume and the addition of new accounts.accounts and expansion of the service area. Cost of sales during the 20172018 period was $11.0$12.0 million as compared to $10.5$10.9 million in the 20162017 period, an increase of $0.5$1.1 million or 11% due to higher testing volume. Gross profit margin was 41% in the 2018 period and 41% in the 2017 period and 40% in the 2016 period.both attributed to higher margin molecular testing. As a percentage of revenues, the provision for uncollectable accounts, increased to 3.2% as compared to 2.7% inprimarily for self-pay patient accounts, was 3.9% for the 20162018 period and is due to3.6% for the increase in genetic testing volume and the related higher self-pay patient responsibility balances.2017 period. Income before taxes was $1.2$1.4 million for 20172018 period as compared to loss before income taxes$1.1 million in the 2017 period, an increase of $(0.7) million, a favorable change of $1.9$0.3 million. The 2016 period included a $1.5 million charge for the legal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, due to the achievement of certain financial milestones.

 

Life Sciences

Product revenues for the 20172018 period was $7.0were $7.1 million compared to $6.6 million in 2016, an increase of $0.4 million or 6% in the 2017 period due to increases in product sales of $0.5 million in both the United States and foreign markets and offset by the negative impact of foreign currency translation. The segment’s gross profit increased to $3.9$7.4 million in the 2017 period, compared to $3.8 million in the 2016 period, due to the impact of higher product revenues. Income before taxes was $0.3 million for the 2017 period as compared to $13.2 million for the 2016 period, a decrease of $12.9 million. The 2016 period includes $13.2 million for patent litigation settlements previously described.

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Therapeutics

The Therapeutics segment was breakeven in the 2017 period due to the impact of an adjustment decreasing an obligation for clinical trial activity, versus a loss before income taxes of approximately $0.2 million in the 2016 period.

Other

The Other segment’s loss before taxes for the 2017 period was approximately $2.6 million as compared to $5.2 million for the 2016 period, an improvement of $2.6 million. During the 2017 period, legal fee expense associated with on-going patent litigation declined $1.6 million partially offset by an increase of $0.5 million for salary related expenses. The 2016 period also included $1.5 million of consulting and legal fee expenses relating to contested proxy costs for our annual stockholders’ meeting which took place in January 2016.

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Results of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2017 compared to January 31, 2016
(in 000s)

Comparative Financial Data for the Six Months Ended January 31,

  2017  2016  Increase
(Decrease)
  %
Change
 
Revenues:                
Clinical laboratory services $37,395  $34,613  $2,782   8 
Product revenues  14,409   14,265   144   1 
Royalty and license fee income  740   859   (119)  (14)
Total revenues  52,544   49,737   2,807   6 
                 
Operating costs, expenses and legal settlements, net:                
Cost of clinical laboratory services  21,948   20,867   1,081   5 
Cost of product revenues  6,829   6,817   12    
Research and development  1,305   1,728   (423)  (24)
Selling, general and administrative  22,639   21,505   1,134   5 
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable  1,348   1,163   185   16 
Legal fee expense  742   4,012   (3,270)  (82)
Legal settlements, net     (18,450)  18,450   ** 
Total costs, expenses and legal settlements, net  54,811   37,642   17,169   46 
                 
Operating income (loss)  (2,267)  12,095   (14,362)  ** 
                 
Other income (expense):                
Interest  125   (82)  207   ** 
Other  143   65   78   120 
Foreign currency loss  (455)  (518)  63   12 
(Loss) income before income taxes $(2,454) $11,560  $(14,014)  ** 

** not meaningful

Consolidated Results:

The “2017 period” and the “2016 period” refer to the six months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Clinical laboratory services revenues for the 2017 period were $37.4 million compared to $34.6 million in the 2016 period, anincrease of $2.8 million or 8%.The increase is attributed to molecular testing volume in women’s health markets and the addition of new accounts versus the 2016 period.

Product revenues for the 2017 period were $14.4 million compared to $14.3 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $0.1 million or 1%. The increase was due to higher product order volume in both the United States and in foreign markets of $0.3 million and offset by the negative impact of foreign currency translation.

The cost of clinical laboratory services during the 2017 period was $22.0 million as compared to $20.9 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $1.1 million or 5% primarily due to the volume increase in clinical laboratory services.

The cost of product revenues was $6.8 million in both the 2017 and 2016 periods.The Life Sciences segment gross profit margin including royalty income was 55% in both the 2017 and 2016 periods.

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Research and development expenses were $1.3 million versus $1.7 million in the 2016 period, a decrease of $0.4 million or 24%. The expense for the Therapeutics segment decreased $0.2 million due to the impact of an adjustment decreasing an obligation for clinical trial activity. The expense for the Life Sciences segment decreased $0.2 million due to lower compensation expense.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were approximately $22.6 million during the 2017 period versus $21.5 million during the 2016 period, an increase of $1.1 million or 5%. The Clinical Lab segment expense increased $0.9 milliondecrease resulted from lower product order volume due to compensation related costs of $0.6 million, an increase in collection expenses for self-pay patient receivables of $0.2 million,lower research funding and an increase of $0.1 million in miscellaneous administrative costs. The Other segment expense increased $0.2 million netlower pricing due to increases for salary related expenses of $1.2 million, partially offset by a decrease of $1.0 million in proxy expenses relating to our annual stockholders’ meeting in January 2017 as compared to the meeting in January 2016.

The provision for uncollectible accounts receivable, primarily related to the Clinical Labs segment, was approximately $1.3 million in the 2017 period and $1.1 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $0.2 million. As a percentage of Clinical laboratory services, the provision for uncollectible accounts receivable relating to the Clinical Labs segment was 3.4% in both the 2017 and 2016 periods.

Legal fee expense was $0.7 million during the 2017 period compared to $4.0 million in the 2016 period, a decrease of $3.3 million due to the timing of legal activity and related costs associated with on-going patent litigation where the Company is plaintiff. Legal fee expense in the 2016 period also included $0.4 million for contested proxy costs relating to our January 2016 annual stockholders’ meeting.

There were no legal settlements during the 2017 period. Legal settlements, net were $(18.5) million in the 2016 period. During the 2016 period the Company as plaintiff finalized and executed settlement agreements with Affymetrix and Agilent Technologies, Inc. relating to patent infringement claims and collected proceeds held in escrow relating to the PerkinElmer, Inc. and Molecular Probes, Inc. settlements, totaling $20.0 million. The Company also recorded an additional charge of $1.5 million relating to the 2014 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, due to the achievement of certain financial milestones.

Segment Results:

Clinical Labs

Revenue from laboratory services for the 2017 period were $37.4 million compared to $34.6 million in the 2016 period. The increase of $2.8 million is attributed to increased molecular testing volume and the addition of new accounts. Cost of sales during the 2017 period was $22.0 million as compared to $20.9 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $1.1 million due to higher testing volume. Gross profit margin was 41% in the 2017 period and 40% in the 2016 period. As a percentage of revenues, the provision for uncollectable accounts was 3.4% for the 2017 and 2016 period. Income before taxes was $2.3 million for 2017 period as compared to breakeven in the 2016 period, an increase of $2.3 million. The 2016 period includes an additional $1.5 million charge for the legal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, due to the achievement of certain financial milestones.

Life Sciences

Product revenues for the 2017 period were $14.4 million compared to $14.3 million in the 2016 period, an increase of $0.1 million or 1%. The increase is due to higher product sales of $0.3 millioncompetition in the United States, andwhich was partially offset by organic growth in foreign markets and the negativepositive impact of foreign currency translation. The segment’s gross profit was $8.3$4.0 million in boththe 2018 period and $4.4 million in the 2017 period. The gross profit margin was 52% in the 2018 period and 2016 periods.55% in the 2017 period and negatively impacted by the sales of lower margin products and price discounting. In the 2018 period, selling general and administrative expenses decreased $0.3 million and research and development decreased $0.1 million compared to the 2017 period. Due to lowersmaller depreciation of foreign currencies versus the US dollar during the 2018 period compared to the 2017 period, in particular the British pound, in the 2017 period versus the 2016 period, the foreign currency loss was $0.4$0.2 million compared to a loss of $0.5$0.4 million in the 20162017 period, a favorable change of $0.1 million in the 2017 period.$0.2 million. Income before taxes was $0.8$0.6 million for the 2018 period as compared to $0.5 million for the 2017 period, as compared to $20.7 million for the 2016 period, a decreasean increase of $19.9$0.1 million. The 2016 period includes $20.0 million for patent litigation settlements previously described.

 

Therapeutics

 

The Therapeutics segment’s operating loss before income taxes was approximately $0.2 million in each of the 2018 and $0.4 million in the 2017 and 2016 periods, respectively, a decrease of $0.2 million due to the impact of an adjustment decreasing an obligation for clinical trial activity.periods.

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Other

 

The Other segment’s operating loss before taxes for the 20172018 period was approximately $5.4$2.4 million as compared to $8.7$2.8 million for the 20162017 period, an improvement of $3.3$0.4 million. The 2018 period selling general and administrative expense declined $0.4 million compared to the 2017 period due to decreases in compensation related expense, professional fees, and office expense. Interest income increased $0.1 million due to the impact of a higher interest rate earned on cash and cash equivalents during the 2018 period and because of interest expense incurred in the

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2017 period on the loan payable then outstanding. The loan was repaid during the second quarter of 2017 period. During the 20172018 period, legal fee expense associated with on-going patent litigation declined $2.9 million and interest income increased $0.2 million, partially offset by an increase in salary related expenses $1.2$0.1 million. The 2016 period also included $1.5 million of consulting and legal fee expenses relating to contested proxy costs for the 2016 period’s annual stockholders’ meeting.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $62.4$66.8 million of which $0.6 million was in foreign accounts, as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $67.8$64.2 million, of which $0.5 million was in foreign accounts at July 31, 2016.2017. It is the Company’s current intent to permanently reinvest these funds outside of the United States, and its current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate them to fund its United States operations. The Company had working capital of $69.3$71.4 million at January October31, 2017 compared to $70.8$71.3 million at July 31, 2016.2017. The decreaseincrease in working capital of $1.5$0.1 million was primarily due to the period loss and net changes in operating assets and liabilities.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities as of October 31, 2017 was approximately $2.6 million as compared to cash used in operating activities as of January 31, 2017 was approximately $2.8 million as compared to cash provided by operating activities of $20.1$0.3 million in fiscal 2016, a decrease2017, an increase of approximately $22.9$2.9 million. The decreaseincrease is largely due to $18.5 million in net legal settlements included in the 2016 period and net changes in assets and liabilities.liabilities of $2.4 million and decrease in net loss of $0.8 million offset by $0.3 million in non-cash adjustments.

 

Net cash used in investing activities in fiscal 20172018 and 20162017 was approximately $0.7$0.5 million, and $0.9 million, respectively, which consists primarily of capital expenditures.

 

Net cash used inprovided by financing activities in fiscal 20172018 was approximately $1.8$0.6 million as compared to $0.2$0.3 million in fiscal 2016.2017. The change of $1.6$0.3 million is mainly due to the expiration and repaymentexercise of our credit agreement of $1.6 million.

On June 7, 2013, the Company entered into a secured Revolving Loan and Security Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, with Enzo Therapeutics as a guarantor, and MidCap Financial Services, LLC (formerlyHealthcare Finance Group, LLC). The Credit Agreement expired and was repaid in full on December 7, 2016.stock options.

 

The Company continued to review all operating units to further reduce annual operating expenditures in fiscal 2017.2018. Revenues and operating results at the Clinical Labs segment improved, andbut revenues for the Life Sciences segment increaseddecreased slightly versus fiscal 2016.2017. If Life Sciences segment revenues were to significantly decline, it could be required to record impairments of its intangible assets, which last occurred in fiscal 2012. The Company believes that its current cash and cash equivalents level, and utilization of the Controlled Equity Offering program if necessary, as disclosed in Form 10-K Note 10 to the financial statements are sufficient for its foreseeable liquidity and capital resource needs over at least the next twelve (12) months, although there can be no assurance that future events will not alter such view. Although there can be no assurances, in the event additional capital is required, the Company believes it has the ability to raise additional funds through equity offerings or other sources. Our liquidity plans are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described in the Item 1A. “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2016,2017, some of which are outside our control. Macroeconomic conditions could limit our ability to successfully execute our business plans and therefore adversely affect our liquidity plans.

See our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016 for Forward Looking Cautionary Statements.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

There have been no material changes to our Contractual Obligations as reported in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.2017.

 

Management is not aware of any material claims, disputes or settled matters concerning third party reimbursement that would have a material effect on our financial statements, except as disclosed in Note 1211 to the Consolidated Financial Statement.Statements.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Company does not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements” as such term is defined in Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon Enzo Biochem, Inc.’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. These estimates and judgments also affect related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.

 

On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to contractual expense, allowance for uncollectible accounts, inventory, intangible assets and income taxes. The Company bases its estimates on experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily

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apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Product revenues

 

Revenues from product sales are recognized when the products are shipped and title transfers, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured.

 

Royalties

 

Royalty revenues are recorded in the period earned. Royalties received in advance of being earned are recorded as deferred revenues.

 

Revenues – Clinical laboratory services

 

Revenues from Clinical Labs are recognized upon completion of the testing process for a specific patient and reported to the ordering physician. These revenues and the associated accounts receivable are based on gross amounts billed or billable for services rendered, net of a contractual adjustment, which is the difference between amounts billed to payers and the expected approved reimbursable settlements from such payers.

 

The following table represents the clinical laboratory segment’s net revenues and percentages by revenue category:

 

  Three months ended
January 31, 2017
  Three months ended
January 31, 2016
 
Revenue category                
Third-party payer $10,773   57% $10,105   58%
Patient self-pay  2,772   15   3,524   20 
Medicare  2,796   15   2,756   16 
HMO’s  2,496   13   1,138   6 
Total $18,837   100% $17,523   100%

 Six months ended
January 31, 2017
  Six months ended
January 31, 2016
  Three months ended
October 31, 2017
  Three months ended
October 31, 2016
 
Revenue category                                
Third-party payer $20,966   56% $19,798   57% $11,660   57% $10,193   55%
Patient self-pay  5,875   16   6,763   20   2,859   14   3,103   17 
Medicare  5,631   15   5,753   17   2,985   15   2,835   15 
HMO’s  4,923   13   2,299   6   2,830   14   2,427   13 
Total $37,395   100% $34,613   100% $20,334   100% $18,558   100%

 

The Company provides services to certain patients covered by various third-party payers, including the Federal Medicare program. Laws and regulations governing Medicare are complex and subject to interpretation for which action for noncompliance includes fines, penalties and exclusion from the Medicare programs. See Note 12 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Other than the Medicare program, one provider whose programs are included in the “Third-party payers”payer” and “Health Maintenance Organizations” (“HMO’s”) categories represents approximately 39%40% and 31%36% of the Clinical Labs segment net revenue for the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and 37% and 30% for the six months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Contractual Adjustment

 

The Company’s estimate of contractual adjustment is based on significant assumptions and judgments, such as its interpretation of payer reimbursement policies, and bears the risk of change. The estimation process is based on the experience of amounts approved as reimbursable and ultimately settled by payers, versus the corresponding gross amount billed to the respective payers. The contractual adjustment is an estimate that reduces gross revenue, based on gross billing rates, to amounts expected to be approved and reimbursed. Gross billings are based on a standard fee schedule we set for all third party payers, including Medicare, HMO’s and managed care. The Company adjusts the contractual adjustment estimate quarterly, based on its evaluation of current and historical settlement experience with payers, industry reimbursement trends, and other relevant factors.

 

The other relevant factors that affect our contractual adjustment include the monthly and quarterly review of: 1) current gross billings and receivables and reimbursement by payer, 2) current changes in third party arrangements and 3) the growth of in-network provider arrangements and managed care plans specific to our Company.

 

Our clinical laboratory business is primarily dependent upon reimbursement from third-party payers, such as Medicare (which principally serves patients 65 and older) and insurers. We are subject to variances in reimbursement rates among different third-party payers, as well as constant changes of reimbursement rates. Changes that decrease reimbursement rates or coverage would negatively impact our revenues. The number of individuals covered under managed care contracts or other similar arrangements has grown over the past several years and may continue to grow in the future. In addition, Medicare and other government healthcare programs continue to shift to managed care. These trends will continue to reduce our revenues from these programs.

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During the three months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, the contractual adjustment percentages, determined using current and historical reimbursement statistics, were 82.8%85.0% and 84.2%83.7%, respectively, of gross billings. During the six months ended January 31, 2017 and 2016, the contractual adjustment percentages, determined using current and historical reimbursements statistics, were 83.4% and 84.3%, respectively; the decrease is due to the increase in molecular testing performed. In general, the Company believes a decline in reimbursement rates or a shift to managed care or similar arrangements may be offset by the positive impact of an increase in the number of molecular tests we perform. However, there can be no assurance that we can increase the number of tests we perform or that if we do increase the number of tests we perform, that we can maintain that higher number of tests performed, or that an increase in the number of tests we perform would result in increased revenue.

 

The Company estimates (by using a sensitivity analysis) that each 1% point change in the contractual adjustment percentage could result in a change in clinical laboratory services revenues of approximately $2.3$1.4 million and $2.2$1.1 million for the sixthree months ended JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and 2016, and a change in the net accounts receivable of approximately $0.6 million as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017.

 

Our clinical laboratory financial billing system records gross billings using a standard fee schedule for all payers and does not record contractual adjustment by payer at the time of billing. Therefore, we are unable to quantify the effect contractual adjustments recorded during the current period have on revenue recorded in a previous period. However, we can reasonably estimate our monthly contractual adjustment to revenue on a timely basis based on our quarterly review process, which includes:

 

an analysis of industry reimbursement trends;
   
an evaluation of third-party reimbursement rates changes and changes in reimbursement arrangements with third-party payers;
   
a rolling monthly analysis of current and historical claim settlement and reimbursement experience statistics with payers; and
   
an analysis of current gross billings and receivables by payer.
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Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

Accounts receivable are reported at realizable value, net of allowances for doubtful accounts, which is estimated and recorded in the period of the related revenue.

 

The following is a table of the Company’s net accounts receivable by segment. The Clinical Labs segment’s net receivables are detailed by billing category and as a percent to its total net receivables. At JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, and July 31, 2016,2017, approximately 73% and 71%75%, respectively, of the Company’s net accounts receivable relates to its Clinical Labs business, which operates in the New York, and New Jersey and Connecticut medical communities.

 

The Life Sciences segment’s accounts receivable, of which $0.9$1.2 million or 22%34% and $1.2$1.1 million or 29% represents foreign receivables as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and July 31, 2016,2017, includes royalty receivables of $0.5$0.1 and $0.4 million, as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017 and July 31, 2016,2017, respectively, from Qiagen Corporation.

 

Net accounts receivable

 

Billing category As of
January 31, 2017
  As of
July 31, 2016
 
Clinical Labs                
Third party payers $6,574   59% $5,738   55%
Patient self-pay  1,928   17   1,676   16 
Medicare  1,492   13   1,609   16 
HMO’s  1,202   11   1,341   13 
Total Clinical Labs  11,196   100%  10,364   100%
Total Life Sciences  4,159       4,228     
Total accounts receivable $15,355      $14,592     

Billing category As of
October 31, 2017
  As of
July 31, 2017
 
Clinical Labs                
Third party payers $7,557   70% $7,256   64%
Medicare  1,335   12   1,385   12 
HMO’s  1,050   10   1,169   10 
Patient self-pay  916   8   1,591   14 
Total Clinical Labs  10,858   100%  11,401   100%
Total Life Sciences  3,585       3,779     
Total accounts receivable $14,443      $15,180     
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Changes in the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows:

 

 January 31, 2017  July 31, 2016 
    Three months ended
October 31, 2017
  Fiscal year ended
July 31, 2017
 
Beginning balance $3,517  $1,786  $3,576  $3,517 
Provision for doubtful accounts  1,348   2,336   814   2,775 
Write-offs, net  (1,184)  (605)  (824)  (2,716)
Ending balance $3,681  $3,517  $3,566  $3,576 

 

For the Clinical Labs segment, the allowance for doubtful accounts represents amounts that the Company does not expect to collect after the Company has exhausted its collection procedures. The Company estimates its allowance for doubtful accounts in the period the related services are billed and reduces the allowance in future accounting periods based on write-offs during those periods. It bases the estimate for the allowance on the evaluation of historical experience of accounts going to collections and the net amounts not received. Accounts going to collection include the balances, after receipt of the approved settlements from third party payers, for the insufficient diagnosis information received from the ordering physician which result in denials of payment and our estimate of the uncollected portion of receivables from self-payers, including deductibles and copayments, which are subject to credit risk and patients’ ability to pay.

As at January 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recategorized to collections customers whose accounts receivable had been outstanding more than 210 days. The Company fully reserves through its contractual allowances amounts that have not been written off because the payer’s filing date deadline has not occurred or the collection process has not been exhausted. The Company’s collection experience on Medicare receivables beyond 210 days has been insignificant. The Company adjusts the historical collection analysis for recoveries, if any, on an ongoingon-going basis.

 

The Company’s ability to collect outstanding receivables from third party payers is critical to its operating performance and cash flows. The primary collection risk lies with uninsured patients or patients for whom primary insurance has paid but a patient portion remains outstanding. The Company also assesses the current state of its billing functions in order to identify any known collection or reimbursement issues in order to assess the impact, if any, on the allowance estimates, which involves judgment.

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The Company believes that the collectability of its receivables is directly linked to the quality of its billing processes, most notably, those related to obtaining the accurate patient information in order to bill effectively for the services provided. Should circumstances change (e.g. shift in payer mix, decline in economic conditions or deterioration in aging of receivables), our estimates of net realizable value of receivables could be reduced by a material amount.

 

Billing for laboratory services is complicated because of many factors, especially: the differences between our standard gross fee schedule for all payers and the reimbursement rates of the various payers we deal with, disparity of coverage and information requirements among the various payers, and disputes with payers as to which party is responsible for reimbursement.

The allowance for doubtful accounts as a percentage of total accounts receivable at JanuaryOctober 31, 20162017 and July 31, 20162017 was 19.3%19.8% and 19.4%19.1%, respectively. During the 2017 period a higher allowance was required due to the volume increase in genetic testing.

 

The following table indicates the Clinical Labs aged gross receivables by payer group which is prior to adjustment to gross receivables for: 1) contractual adjustment, 2) fully reserved balances not yet written off, and 3) other revenue adjustments.

As of January 31, 2017 Total  %  Third Party Payers  %  Self-Pay  %  Medicare  %  HMO’s  % 
1-30 days $29,895   51  $18,712   47  $3,907   47  $3,951   59  $3,325   92 
31-60 days  8,701   15   5,492   14   2,278   27   766   11   165   5 
61-90 days  5,082   9   3,248   8   1,212   15   530   8   92   2 
91-120 days  3,868   7   2,768   7   629   8   452   7   19   1 
121-150 days  2,616   4   2,018   5   192   2   403   6   3    
Greater than 150 days*  8,117   14   7,371   19   138   1   599   9   9    
Totals $58,279   100% $39,609   100% $8,356   100% $6,701   100% $3,613   100%

As of July 31, 2016 Total  %  Third Party Payers  %  Self-Pay  %  Medicare  %  HMO’s  % 
As of October 31, 2017 Total  %  Third Party Payers  %  Self-Pay  %  Medicare  %  HMO’s  % 
1-30 days $29,091   49  $18,020   43  $3,138   41  $4,945   72  $2,988   98  $26,025   45  $17,138   43  $1,240   18  $4,004   64  $3,643   88 
31-60 days  9,081   15   6,176   15   2,253   29   625   9   27   1   7,680   13   5,251   13   1,173   17   900   14   356   8 
61-90 days  6,364   11   3,947   9   1,987   26   402   6   28   1   5,100   9   3,578   9   932   14   512   8   78   2 
91-120 days  4,025   7   3,339   8   325   4   354   5   7      3,899   7   2,720   6   777)  11   349   5   53   1 
121-150 days  3,546   5   3,279   7   1      261   4   5      3,311   6   2,295   6   647   10   349   5   20    
Greater than 150 days**  7,666   13   7,427   18   (57)     292   4   4    
Greater than 150 days  11,601   20   9,272   23   2,026)  30   255   4   48   1 
Totals $59,773   100% $42,188   100% $7,647   100% $6,879   100% $3,059   100% $57,616   100% $40,254   100% $6,795   100% $6,369   100% $4,198   100%
                              
As of July 31, 2017 Total  %  Third Party Payers  %  Self-Pay  %  Medicare  %  HMO’s  % 
1-30 days $25,357   42  $16,683   40  $1,082   16  $4,022   60  $3,570   82 
31-60 days  8,732   15   5,723   14   1,183   17   1,294   19   532   12 
61-90 days  5,703   10   4,208   10   927   14   529   9   39   1 
91-120 days  3,749   6   2,732   6   701   10   288   4   28   1 
121-150 days  3,689   6   2,772   7   672   10   228   3   17    
Greater than 150 days  12,455   21   9,652   23   2,270   33   379   6   154   4 
Totals $59,685   100% $41,770   100% $6,835   100% $6,740   100% $4,340   100%
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*Total includes $5,016 fully reserved over 210 days as of January 31, 2017.
**Total includes $3,115 fully reserved over 210 days as of July 31, 2016.

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. The liability method requires that any tax benefits recognized for net operating loss carry forwards and other items be reduced by a valuation allowance where it is not more likely than not the benefits will be realized in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under the liability method, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

It is the Company’s policy to provide for uncertain tax positions and the related interest and penalties based upon management’s assessment of whether a tax benefit is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. To the extent the Company prevails in matters for which a liability for an unrecognized tax benefit is established or is required to pay amounts in excess of the liability, the Company’s effective tax rate in a given financial statement period may be affected.

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Inventory

 

The Company values inventory at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or net realizable value, which approximates market. Work-in-process and finished goods inventories consist of material, labor, and manufacturing overhead. Write downs of inventories to net realizable value are based on a review of inventory quantities on hand and estimated sales forecasts based on sales history and anticipated future demand. Unanticipated changes in demand could have a significant impact on the value of our inventory and require additional write downs of inventory which would impact our results of operations.

 

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Intangible assets, (exclusive of patents), arose primarily from acquisitions, and primarily consist of customer relationships, trademarks, licenses, and website and database content. Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized according to their estimated useful lives, which range from 4 to 15 years. Patents represent capitalized legal costs incurred in pursuing patent applications. When such applications result in an issued patent, the related capitalized costs are amortized over a ten year period or the life of the patent, whichever is shorter, using the straight-line method. The Company reviews its issued patents and pending patent applications, and if it determines to abandon a patent application or that an issued patent no longer has economic value, the unamortized balance in deferred patent costs relating to that patent is immediately expensed.

 

The Company tests goodwill and long-lived assets annually as of the first day of the fourth quarter, or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist. In assessing goodwill and long-lived assets for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the Company is not required to perform any additional tests in assessing goodwill and long-lived assets for impairment. However, if the Company concludes otherwise or elects not to perform the qualitative assessment, then it is required to perform the first step of a two-step quantitative impairment review process. The first step of the quantitative impairment test requires the identification ofidentifies the reporting units and comparison ofcompares the fair value of each of these reporting units to their respective carrying value.amount. If the carrying valueamount of the reporting unit is less than its fair value, no impairment exists and the second step is not performed.exists. If the carrying valueamount of the reporting unit is higher than its fair value, the second step must be performed to computeimpairment charge is the amount of the goodwill impairment, if any. In the second step, the impairment is computed by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill withwhich the carrying amount of that goodwill. Ifexceeds the carryingreporting unit’s fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill and intangibles allocated to the reporting unit goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized for the excessunit.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

We are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates resulting from acquisitions with foreign locations (See Item 1A. Risk Factors section of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016)2017) that could impact our results of operations and financial position. We do not currently engage in any hedging or market risk management tools.

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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

 

The financial reporting of our non-U.S. subsidiaries is denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Since the functional currency of our non-U.S. subsidiaries is the local currency, foreign currency translation adjustments are accumulated as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in stockholders’ equity. Assuming a hypothetical increase of 10% in the value of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies at JanuaryOctober 31, 2017, our assets and liabilities would decrease by $0.5 million and $0.1 million, respectively, and our net sales and net earnings (loss) would decrease by $0.8$0.9 million and $0.3$0.2 million, respectively, on an annual basis.

 

We also maintain intercompany balances and loans with subsidiaries in different local currencies. These amounts are at risk of foreign exchange losses if exchange rates fluctuate. Assuming a hypothetical increase of 10% in the value of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies, our pre-tax earnings (loss) would be unfavorably impacted by approximately $1.2$1.3 million on an annual basis.

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Interest Rate Risk

 

As of JanuaryOctober 31,, 2017, we have fixed interest rate financing on transportation and equipment leases.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management conducted an evaluation (as required under Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act), under the supervision and with the participation of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer. Based on this evaluation, the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this report. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.

 

(b) Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

 

There have been no other material developments with respect to previously reported legal proceedings discussed in the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 20162017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, other than as noted in Note 1211 to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of JanuaryOctober 31, 2017.

 

Item 1A.Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.2017.

 

Item 6.Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. Exhibit
31.1 Certification of Elazar Rabbani, Ph.D. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
31.2 Certification of Barry Weiner pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.1 Certification of Elazar Rabbani, Ph.D. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.2 Certification of Barry Weiner pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
101. INS* XBRL Instance Document
   
101. SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
101. CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase Document
   
101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
   
101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

*XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is being furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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.

 ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.    
 (Registrant)
   
Date: March 13,December 7, 2017by:/s/ Barry Weiner
  President, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Director

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