UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 20192020

or

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

Commission File Number: 0-23837

 

Surmodics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

MINNESOTA

41-1356149

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9924 West 74th Street, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(952) 500-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:code)

(952) 500-7000

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.05 par value

SRDX

Nasdaq Global Select Market

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

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

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

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

    

 

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging Growth Company

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.05 par value

SRDX

Nasdaq Global Select Market

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.05 par value per share, as of April 30, 201924, 2020 was 13,488,49613,605,831.

 

 

 

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

3

Item 2.

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

2422

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

3230

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

3331

 

PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

3432

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

3432

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

3533

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

3533

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

3533

Item 5.

Other Information

3533

Item 6.

Exhibits

3634

SIGNATURES

 

3735

 

2


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

22,470

 

 

$

23,318

 

 

$

15,208

 

 

$

30,361

 

Restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

350

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

24,023

 

 

 

41,352

 

 

 

33,190

 

 

 

24,931

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $181 and $147

as of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively

 

 

9,312

 

 

 

8,877

 

Contract assets - royalties and license fees

 

 

7,065

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $240 and $200 as of

March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively

 

 

8,886

 

 

 

8,993

 

Contract assets — royalties and license fees

 

 

6,282

 

 

 

8,210

 

Inventories, net

 

 

4,345

 

 

 

4,016

 

 

 

5,740

 

 

 

4,501

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

1,137

 

 

 

1,152

 

 

 

4,257

 

 

 

558

 

Prepaids and other

 

 

3,165

 

 

 

2,462

 

 

 

3,738

 

 

 

3,866

 

Total Current Assets

 

 

71,517

 

 

 

81,527

 

 

 

77,301

 

 

 

81,420

 

Deferred tax assets

 

 

5,301

 

 

 

6,304

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

29,512

 

 

 

30,143

 

 

 

29,785

 

 

 

29,748

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

4,788

 

 

 

6,176

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

16,020

 

 

 

17,683

 

 

 

13,037

 

 

 

14,226

 

Goodwill

 

 

26,549

 

 

 

27,032

 

 

 

26,276

 

 

 

26,171

 

Other assets

 

 

2,081

 

 

 

1,446

 

 

 

4,360

 

 

 

2,124

 

Total Assets

 

$

150,980

 

 

$

164,135

 

 

$

155,547

 

 

$

159,865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

3,746

 

 

$

2,546

 

 

$

1,658

 

 

$

2,085

 

Accrued liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

 

 

2,107

 

 

 

5,635

 

 

 

2,300

 

 

 

4,581

 

Accrued other

 

 

5,097

 

 

 

6,265

 

 

 

4,645

 

 

 

4,790

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

6,385

 

 

 

9,646

 

 

 

4,675

 

 

 

5,553

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

3,009

 

 

 

11,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,200

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

20,344

 

 

 

35,133

 

 

 

13,278

 

 

 

20,209

 

Contingent consideration, less current portion

 

 

 

 

 

3,425

 

Deferred revenue, less current portion

 

 

10,470

 

 

 

11,247

 

 

 

9,861

 

 

 

11,628

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

4,853

 

 

 

5,720

 

 

 

7,442

 

 

 

5,512

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

35,667

 

 

 

55,525

 

 

 

30,581

 

 

 

37,349

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock- $.05 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized; 13,488,738 and

13,397,647 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2019 and

September 30, 2018, respectively

 

 

674

 

 

 

670

 

Series A Preferred stock — $.05 par value, 450,000 shares authorized; no shares

issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock — $.05 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized; 13,609,495 and

13,504,102 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and

September 30, 2019, respectively

 

 

680

 

 

 

675

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

7,510

 

 

 

7,607

 

 

 

11,481

 

 

 

10,740

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

1,444

 

 

 

2,718

 

 

 

490

 

 

 

396

 

Retained earnings

 

 

105,685

 

 

 

97,615

 

 

 

112,315

 

 

 

110,705

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

115,313

 

 

 

108,610

 

 

 

124,966

 

 

 

122,516

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

$

150,980

 

 

$

164,135

 

 

$

155,547

 

 

$

159,865

 

 

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

3


Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

$

9,887

 

 

$

8,686

 

 

$

19,638

 

 

$

16,774

 

 

$

11,770

 

 

$

9,887

 

 

$

21,744

 

 

$

19,638

 

Royalties and license fees

 

 

9,932

 

 

 

8,428

 

 

 

20,028

 

 

 

15,504

 

 

 

8,221

 

 

 

9,932

 

 

 

18,369

 

 

 

20,028

 

Research, development and other

 

 

2,857

 

 

 

1,944

 

 

 

5,251

 

 

 

3,793

 

 

 

2,831

 

 

 

2,857

 

 

 

5,325

 

 

 

5,251

 

Total revenue

 

 

22,676

 

 

 

19,058

 

 

 

44,917

 

 

 

36,071

 

 

 

22,822

 

 

 

22,676

 

 

 

45,438

 

 

 

44,917

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product costs

 

 

3,093

 

 

 

2,913

 

 

 

6,616

 

 

 

5,804

 

 

 

3,769

 

 

 

3,093

 

 

 

6,972

 

 

 

6,616

 

Research and development

 

 

13,555

 

 

 

10,774

 

 

 

25,041

 

 

 

18,605

 

 

 

11,935

 

 

 

13,555

 

 

 

24,077

 

 

 

25,041

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

4,876

 

 

 

6,440

 

 

 

10,825

 

 

 

11,628

 

 

 

6,733

 

 

 

4,876

 

 

 

13,676

 

 

 

10,825

 

Acquired intangible asset amortization

 

 

604

 

 

 

636

 

 

 

1,210

 

 

 

1,254

 

 

 

541

 

 

 

604

 

 

 

1,135

 

 

 

1,210

 

Contingent consideration gain

 

 

(317

)

 

 

(2,230

)

 

 

(352

)

 

 

(1,112

)

 

 

 

 

 

(317

)

 

 

 

 

 

(352

)

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

21,811

 

 

 

18,533

 

 

 

43,340

 

 

 

36,179

 

 

 

22,978

 

 

 

21,811

 

 

 

45,860

 

 

 

43,340

 

Operating income (loss)

 

 

865

 

 

 

525

 

 

 

1,577

 

 

 

(108

)

Other income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(156

)

 

 

865

 

 

 

(422

)

 

 

1,577

 

Other (expense) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income, net

 

 

265

 

 

 

142

 

 

 

581

 

 

 

263

 

 

 

210

 

 

 

265

 

 

 

460

 

��

 

581

 

Interest expense

 

 

(37

)

 

 

 

 

 

(74

)

 

 

 

 

 

(30

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(74

)

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

 

 

5

 

 

 

(353

)

 

 

141

 

 

 

(539

)

Gain on strategic investment and other

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

177

 

Other income (loss), net

 

 

235

 

 

 

(211

)

 

 

657

 

 

 

(99

)

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

1,100

 

 

 

314

 

 

 

2,234

 

 

 

(207

)

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

 

 

(30

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

(77

)

 

 

141

 

Impairment loss on strategic investment

 

 

(479

)

 

 

 

 

 

(479

)

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

9

 

Other (expense) income

 

 

(329

)

 

 

235

 

 

 

(165

)

 

 

657

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

 

(485

)

 

 

1,100

 

 

 

(587

)

 

 

2,234

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

162

 

 

 

1,220

 

 

 

338

 

 

 

185

 

 

 

1,947

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

2,197

 

 

 

338

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

1,534

 

 

$

2,572

 

 

$

(22

)

Net income

 

$

1,462

 

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

1,610

 

 

$

2,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss) per share

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

0.12

 

 

$

0.19

 

 

$

(0.00

)

Diluted net income (loss) per share

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

0.11

 

 

$

0.19

 

 

$

(0.00

)

Basic net income per share

 

$

0.11

 

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

0.12

 

 

$

0.19

 

Diluted net income per share

 

$

0.11

 

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

0.12

 

 

$

0.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

13,390

 

 

 

13,102

 

 

 

13,379

 

 

 

13,078

 

 

 

13,507

 

 

 

13,390

 

 

 

13,474

 

 

 

13,379

 

Diluted

 

 

13,785

 

 

 

13,465

 

 

 

13,816

 

 

 

13,078

 

 

 

13,751

 

 

 

13,785

 

 

 

13,779

 

 

 

13,816

 

 

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

4


Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(In thousands)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

1,534

 

 

$

2,572

 

 

$

(22

)

Net income

 

$

1,462

 

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

1,610

 

 

$

2,572

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

 

39

 

 

 

(28

)

 

 

44

 

 

 

(41

)

Unrealized holding (losses) gains on available-for-

sale securities, net of tax

 

 

(174

)

 

 

39

 

 

 

(179

)

 

 

44

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

(779

)

 

 

1,207

 

 

 

(1,318

)

 

 

1,837

 

 

 

(768

)

 

 

(779

)

 

 

273

 

 

 

(1,318

)

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(740

)

 

 

1,179

 

 

 

(1,274

)

 

 

1,796

 

 

 

(942

)

 

 

(740

)

 

 

94

 

 

 

(1,274

)

Comprehensive income

 

$

522

 

 

$

2,713

 

 

$

1,298

 

 

$

1,774

 

Comprehensive (loss) income

 

$

520

 

 

$

522

 

 

$

1,704

 

 

$

1,298

 

 

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

5


Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders’

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders’

 

(In thousands)

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

13,593

 

 

$

680

 

 

$

10,361

 

 

$

1,432

 

 

$

110,853

 

 

$

123,326

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

1,462

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(942

)

 

 

 

 

 

(942

)

Issuance of common stock

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

218

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

218

 

Common stock options exercised, net

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Purchase of common stock to pay employee taxes

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(411

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(411

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,304

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

 

13,609

 

 

$

680

 

 

$

11,481

 

 

$

490

 

 

$

112,315

 

 

$

124,966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

13,483

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

6,340

 

 

$

2,184

 

 

$

104,423

 

 

$

113,621

 

 

 

13,483

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

6,340

 

 

$

2,184

 

 

$

104,423

 

 

$

113,621

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,262

 

 

 

1,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,262

 

 

 

1,262

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(740

)

 

 

 

 

 

(740

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(740

)

 

 

 

 

 

(740

)

Issuance of common stock

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209

 

Common stock options exercised, net

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Purchase of common stock to pay employee taxes

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(17

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

959

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

 

13,489

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

7,510

 

 

$

1,444

 

 

$

105,685

 

 

$

115,313

 

 

 

13,489

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

7,510

 

 

$

1,444

 

 

$

105,685

 

 

$

115,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

 

13,196

 

 

$

660

 

 

$

5,337

 

 

$

4,034

 

 

$

100,516

 

 

$

110,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders’

 

(In thousands)

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

 

13,504

 

 

$

675

 

 

$

10,740

 

 

$

396

 

 

$

110,705

 

 

$

122,516

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,534

 

 

 

1,534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,610

 

 

 

1,610

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,179

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

 

 

 

94

 

Issuance of common stock

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

218

 

Common stock options exercised, net

 

 

159

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

Purchase of common stock to pay employee taxes

 

 

(111

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,231

)

 

 

(45

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(2,267

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,269

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,697

 

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

 

13,247

 

 

$

662

 

 

$

5,431

 

 

$

5,213

 

 

$

102,050

 

 

$

113,356

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

 

13,609

 

 

$

680

 

 

$

11,481

 

 

$

490

 

 

$

112,315

 

 

$

124,966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders’

 

(In thousands)

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at September 30, 2018

 

 

13,398

 

 

$

670

 

 

$

7,607

 

 

$

2,718

 

 

$

97,615

 

 

$

108,610

 

 

 

13,398

 

 

$

670

 

 

$

7,607

 

 

$

2,718

 

 

$

97,615

 

 

$

108,610

 

Net impact from adoption of ASC Topic 606

(Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,498

 

 

 

5,498

 

Net impact from adoption of ASC Topic 606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,498

 

 

$

5,498

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,572

 

 

 

2,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,572

 

 

 

2,572

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,274

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,274

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,274

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,274

)

Issuance of common stock

 

 

134

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

134

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209

 

Common stock options exercised, net

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

Purchase of common stock to pay employee taxes

 

 

(45

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(2,545

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,547

)

 

 

(45

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(2,545

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,547

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,190

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

 

13,489

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

7,510

 

 

$

1,444

 

 

$

105,685

 

 

$

115,313

 

 

 

13,489

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

7,510

 

 

$

1,444

 

 

$

105,685

 

 

$

115,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

 

13,095

 

 

$

655

 

 

$

5,413

 

 

$

3,417

 

 

$

102,072

 

 

$

111,557

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(22

)

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,796

 

Issuance of common stock

 

 

127

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166

 

Common stock options exercised, net

 

 

171

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

217

 

Purchase of common stock to pay employee taxes

 

 

(146

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(2,354

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,361

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,003

 

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

 

13,247

 

 

$

662

 

 

$

5,431

 

 

$

5,213

 

 

$

102,050

 

 

$

113,356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

6


Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(in thousands)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

2,572

 

 

$

(22

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

1,610

 

 

$

2,572

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,575

 

 

 

3,106

 

 

 

3,600

 

 

 

3,575

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

2,190

 

 

 

2,003

 

 

 

2,697

 

 

 

2,190

 

Payment of contingent consideration obligations in excess of acquisition-date value

 

 

(2,041

)

 

 

 

 

 

(608

)

 

 

(2,041

)

Contingent consideration gain

 

 

(352

)

 

 

(1,112

)

 

 

 

 

 

(352

)

Unrealized foreign exchange gain

 

 

 

 

 

518

 

Deferred taxes (1)

 

 

(213

)

 

 

701

 

Gain on strategic investment

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(177

)

Deferred taxes

 

 

1,388

 

 

 

(213

)

Losses (gains) on strategic investments

 

 

479

 

 

 

(7

)

Provision for bad debts

 

 

119

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

119

 

Other

 

 

(10

)

 

 

92

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

(10

)

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable and contract asset (1)

 

 

(756

)

 

 

(15

)

Accounts receivable and contract asset

 

 

1,914

 

 

 

(756

)

Inventories

 

 

(355

)

 

 

(500

)

 

 

(1,233

)

 

 

(355

)

Prepaids and other

 

 

(1,430

)

 

 

(1,366

)

 

 

(622

)

 

 

(1,430

)

Accounts payable

 

 

1,273

 

 

 

(418

)

 

 

(128

)

 

 

1,273

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

(4,071

)

 

 

810

 

 

 

(1,826

)

 

 

(4,071

)

Income taxes (1)

 

 

(291

)

 

 

(776

)

Deferred revenue (1)

 

 

(4,141

)

 

 

24,562

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

 

 

(3,938

)

 

 

27,431

 

Income taxes

 

 

(3,615

)

 

 

(291

)

Deferred revenue

 

 

(2,644

)

 

 

(4,141

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

1,257

 

 

 

(3,938

)

Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(3,118

)

 

 

(4,020

)

 

 

(2,311

)

 

 

(3,118

)

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

 

 

(20,085

)

 

 

(43,517

)

 

 

(35,863

)

 

 

(20,085

)

Maturities of available-for-sale securities

 

 

37,458

 

 

 

33,000

 

 

 

27,425

 

 

 

37,458

 

Cash proceeds from sales of property and equipment

 

 

10

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Cash received from sale of strategic investment

 

 

7

 

 

 

177

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

14,272

 

 

 

(14,356

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(10,749

)

 

 

14,272

 

Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock

 

 

264

 

 

 

377

 

 

 

318

 

 

 

264

 

Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards

 

 

(2,678

)

 

 

(1,132

)

 

 

(2,373

)

 

 

(2,678

)

Payment of contingent consideration obligations

 

 

(9,064

)

 

 

(925

)

 

 

(2,592

)

 

 

(9,064

)

Payments for acquisition of in process research and development

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(11,478

)

 

 

(1,680

)

 

 

(5,647

)

 

 

(11,478

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(54

)

 

 

133

 

Net change in cash, restricted cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(1,198

)

 

 

11,528

 

Cash, Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(54

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(15,153

)

 

 

(1,198

)

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

23,668

 

 

 

16,534

 

 

 

30,361

 

 

 

23,668

 

End of period

 

$

22,470

 

 

$

28,062

 

 

$

15,208

 

 

$

22,470

 

Supplemental Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

150

 

 

$

782

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

150

 

Noncash transactions from investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of property and equipment, net of refundable credits in other current assets

and liabilities

 

$

65

 

 

$

329

 

 

$

87

 

 

$

65

 

Accrued taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards

 

 

 

 

 

1,222

 

Right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

 

 

597

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Amounts presented are net of impact from adoption of ASC Topic 606.

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

7


Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Period Ended March 31, 20192020

(Unaudited)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”) (“GAAP”) and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, needed to fairly present the financial results of Surmodics, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Surmodics” or(referred to as “Surmodics”, the “Company”), “we,” “us,” “our” and other like terms) for the periods presented. These financial statements include amounts that are based on management’s best estimates and judgments. These estimates may be adjusted as more information becomes available, and any adjustment could be significant. The impact of any change in estimates is included in the determination of net income (loss) in the period in which the change in estimate is identified. The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire 2019 fiscal year.

In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Company has omitted footnote disclosures that would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read together with the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018,2019, and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on November 30, 2018.December 3, 2019.

These financial statements include amounts that are based on management’s best estimates and judgments. These estimates may be adjusted as more information becomes available, and any adjustment could be significant. The impact of any change in estimates is included in the determination of net income in the period in which the change in estimate is identified. The results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire 2020 fiscal year.

Risks and Uncertainties

We are subject to risks and uncertainties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by a novel strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. On March 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance for U.S. healthcare providers to limit all elective medical procedures in order to conserve personal protective equipment and limit exposure to COVID-19 during the pendency of the pandemic. In addition to limiting elective medical procedures, many hospitals and other healthcare providers have strictly limited access to their facilities during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and healthcare delivery, led to social distancing recommendations, and created significant volatility in financial markets.

Many of our customers use our licensed technology and purchased materials to manufacture products used in procedures impacted by the CMS guidance to limit elective procedures. In addition, our customers and business partners need access to healthcare providers and facilities to effectively market, distribute and sell products incorporating our coating and device technologies, as well as our whole-product solutions. Likewise, we and our business partners need access to healthcare providers and facilities to conduct clinical trials and other activities required to achieve regulatory clearing for our products under development.

We believe reductions in elective procedures in response to CMS guidance have had, and will continue to have, an adverse impact, which may be material, to the Company's financial condition, liquidity and results of operations. The severity of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the duration and severity of the pandemic and the extent and severity of the impact on our customers, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. As of the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements, the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may materially impact the Company's financial condition, liquidity or results of operations is uncertain. For further information, refer to “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted

In May 2014,February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) issued Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC Topic 606”). The core principal of ASC Topic 606 is to recognize revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration an entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also requires expanded disclosures relating to the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, as well as significant judgements and changes in judgements, which are described in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted ASC Topic 606 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 using the modified retrospective method and applied the new revenue standard to all new customer contracts initiated on or after the effective date and contracts which had remaining performance obligations as of the effective date.

The adoption of ASC Topic 606 resulted in an acceleration of minimum license fees and sales-based royalty revenue earned under the Company’s hydrophilic coating technology license agreements by approximately one quarter. Prior to the adoption of ASC Topic 606, sales-based royalties were recognized in the period the Company’s customers reported the underlying sales, which is generally one quarter after the sales occurred. Additionally, minimum royalties were recognized in the period they were contractually owed to the Company. Upon adoption of ASC Topic 606, sales-based royalties are recognized in the period the underlying customer sale occurs, while the minimum royalties are recognized at each renewal of the license contract, which generally occurs on the last day of the quarter for minimum royalties contractually due in the following quarter. The adoption of ASC Topic 606 resulted in cumulative-effect adjustments to opening retained earnings, contract assets, deferred tax assets and income tax receivable.

8


The impact of the adoption of ASC Topic 606 on the opening consolidated balance sheet as of October 1, 2018, as compared with the consolidated balance sheet previously reported as of September 30, 2018, was as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

September 30, 2018, As Reported

 

 

Adjustments for Adoption of Topic 606

 

 

October 1, 2018

Opening Balance

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contract assets - royalties and license fees

 

$

 

 

$

6,904

 

 

$

6,904

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

6,304

 

 

 

(1,215

)

 

 

5,089

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

1,152

 

 

 

(390

)

 

 

762

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

 

9,646

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

9,628

 

Deferred revenue, less current portion

 

 

11,247

 

 

 

(181

)

 

 

11,066

 

Retained earnings

 

 

97,615

 

 

 

5,498

 

 

 

103,113

 

The impact of adoption of ASC Topic 606 to the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for three and six months ended March 31, 2019 was an increase of royalty and license fee revenue of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, as well as reduced income tax benefit of less than $0.1 million for each period.

Not Yet Adopted

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2016-02, Leases (ASC (“ASC Topic 842)842”). The new guidance primarily affects lessee accounting, while accounting by lessors will not be significantly impacted by the update. The update maintains two classifications of leases: finance leases, which replace capital leases, and operating leases. Lessees will need to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on the statement of financial positionconsolidated balance sheets for those leases previously classified as operating leases under the oldprevious guidance. The liability will beis equal to the present value of remaining contractual lease payments. Thepayments, while the asset will beis based on the liability, subject to adjustment, such as for direct costs. The

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Effective October 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting standard will be effective forusing the optional transition method which allowed us to continue to apply the guidance under the lease standard in effect at the time in the comparative periods presented. In addition, the Company beginningelected the first quarterpackage of fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019) and will be applied usingpractical expedients, including opting not to reassess whether any existing contracts contain a modified retrospective approach.lease, historical lease classification as operating or finance leases, or initial direct costs. The Company is currently evaluatinghas also elected the impact thatpractical expedient to not separate the adoptionlease and non-lease components for all classes of this standard will have on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial position.underlying assets. The Company believeselected the impact will be material due toshort-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualified and has accordingly excluded short-term leases from the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

As a result of adoption of ASC Topic 842, we recorded operating lease right-of-use assets and corresponding operating lease liabilities that will be recordedof approximately $1.7 million and $2.9 million, respectively, as of October 1, 2019 with no impact on the Company’sretained earnings. In addition, deferred rent liabilities related to escalating rent payments and tenant incentives totaling approximately $1.2 million were eliminated upon adoption, as these items are netted against right-of-use assets. The condensed consolidated balance sheets upon adoption offor reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2019 are presented under the standard.new guidance, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with previous guidance.

Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, (ASC Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Statements. This ASU requires a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured at an amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset(s) to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. The accounting standard will be effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 (October 1, 2020). Early adoption is permitted and the guidance will be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

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

 

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2. Revenue

Effective October 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC Topic 606 using the modified retrospective adoption method. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services.

The following tablestable presents ourthe Company’s revenues disaggregated by product classification and by operating segment, excluding sales taxes collected and remitted to governmental authorities (in thousands, unaudited).authorities.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Medical Device

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

$

4,558

 

 

$

3,687

 

 

$

9,336

 

 

$

7,537

 

 

$

5,455

 

 

$

4,558

 

 

$

10,477

 

 

$

9,336

 

Royalties

 

 

8,313

 

 

 

7,891

 

 

 

15,998

 

 

 

14,933

 

 

 

6,714

 

 

 

8,313

 

 

 

15,613

 

 

 

15,998

 

Research, development and other

 

 

2,811

 

 

 

1,937

 

 

 

5,195

 

 

 

3,785

 

 

 

2,628

 

 

 

2,811

 

 

 

4,862

 

 

 

5,195

 

License fees

 

 

1,619

 

 

 

537

 

 

 

4,030

 

 

 

571

 

 

 

1,507

 

 

 

1,619

 

 

 

2,756

 

 

 

4,030

 

Total Revenue - Medical Device

 

 

17,301

 

 

 

14,052

 

 

 

34,559

 

 

 

26,826

 

IVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue — Medical Device

 

 

16,304

 

 

 

17,301

 

 

 

33,708

 

 

 

34,559

 

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

 

5,329

 

 

 

4,999

 

 

 

10,302

 

 

 

9,237

 

 

 

6,315

 

 

 

5,329

 

 

 

11,267

 

 

 

10,302

 

Other

 

 

46

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

463

 

 

 

56

 

Total Revenue - IVD

 

 

5,375

 

 

 

5,006

 

 

 

10,358

 

 

 

9,245

 

Total Revenue — In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

6,518

 

 

 

5,375

 

 

 

11,730

 

 

 

10,358

 

Total Revenue

 

$

22,676

 

 

$

19,058

 

 

$

44,917

 

 

$

36,071

 

 

$

22,822

 

 

$

22,676

 

 

$

45,438

 

 

$

44,917

 

 

Performance Obligations

The Company derives its revenue from three primary sources: (1) product revenues from the sale of reagent chemicals to licensees, the sale of stabilization products, antigens, substrates and surface coatings to the diagnostic and biomedical research markets as well as the sale of medical devices and related products (such as balloons and catheters) to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) suppliers and distributors; (2) royalties and license fees from licensing our proprietary surface modification and device drug delivery technologies to customers; and (3) research and commercial development fees generated on customer projects.

The Company recognizes revenue when control is transferred to the customer. The transfer of control varies by revenue classification and is described below.

Product sales – Revenue from product sales is recognized at the point in time control of the products is transferred, generally upon shipment based upon the standard contract terms.Shipping and handling activities are considered to be fulfillment activities rather than promised services and are not, therefore, considered to be separate performance obligations. The Company’s sales terms provide no right of return outside of a standard warranty policy and returns are generally not significant. Payment terms for product sales are generally set at 30-45 days after the consideration becomes due and payable.

Royalties  Royalty revenue consists of sales-based and recurring minimum royalties earned under licenses of our surface modification technologies. Performance obligations under these licenses, which consist of the right to use the Company’s proprietary technology, are satisfied at a point in time corresponding with delivery of the underlying technology rights to the customer, which is generally upon transfer of the licensed technology to the customer. Sales-based royalty revenue represents variable consideration under the license agreements and is recognized in the period a customer sells products incorporating the Company’s licensed technologies. The Company estimates sales-based royalty revenue earned but unpaid at each reporting period using the expected value method based on historical sales information, adjusted for known changes such as product launches and patent expirations. The Company's license arrangements also often provide for recurring fees (minimum royalties) which the Company recognizes at the later of the satisfaction of the underlying performance obligation or upon renewal of the contract, which is generally done on a quarterly basis. Sales-based and minimum royalties are generally due within 45 days of the end of each quarter.

License fees  For distinct license performance obligations, upfront license fees are recognized when the Company satisfies the underlying performance obligation. This generally occurs upon transfer of the right to use the Company’s licensed technology to the customer, with the exception of the license of the Company’s SurVeil® drug-coated balloon (the “SurVeil DCB”) disclosed below and in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Certain license arrangements include contingent milestone payments,

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which are due following achievement by our customers of specified sales or regulatory milestones. Contingent milestone payment terms vary by contract. The Company has generally fulfilled its performance obligation prior to achievement of these milestones. However, because of the uncertainty of the milestone achievement, and/or the dependence on sales of our customers, variable consideration for contingent milestones is fully constrained and excluded from the contract price until the milestone is achieved by our customer, to the extent collectability is reasonably certain.

Pursuant to the terms of the collaborative arrangement contract with Abbott Vascular, Inc. (“Abbott”) disclosed in Note 3 (the “Abbott Agreement”), the Company received an upfront payment of $25 million in fiscal 2018. To the extent the Company achieves certain agreed-upon clinical and regulatory milestones, the Company may receive up to $67 million of additional milestone payments. The performance obligation identified in this arrangement includes delivery of our licensed technology and completion of research and development activities, primarily clinical trial activities (together, “R&D and Clinical Activities”). These promises are not distinct performance obligations because the product necessary for completion of the R&D and Clinical Activities is currently only able to be manufactured by the Companydue to the exclusive proprietary know-how and certain regulatory requirements associated with the manufacture of the product. The customer (Abbott) simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the R&D and Clinical Activities as study data are generated to support regulatory approval submissions. Control is effectively transferred over time as we complete the TRANSCEND clinical study of our SurVeil DCB. Revenue related to this contract is recognized using the cost-to-cost method which measures progress based on costs incurred to date relative to the expected total cost of the services, as the Company believes this represents a faithful depiction of the satisfaction of its performance obligation. Use of the cost-to-cost method requires significant estimates including the total cost of the TRANSCEND study, which is expected to be completed over the next six years. Revenue is recorded based on the cost-to-cost completion estimate relative to the transaction price, which is equal to the total upfront fee plus the expected value of the clinical and regulatory milestones. As of March 31, 2019, consideration from the clinical and regulatory milestones has been fully constrained and excluded from the contract price, due to the high level of uncertainty as to the achievement of the underlying regulatory approval(s) and/or clinical milestones. Significant judgment is used to estimate total revenue and cost at completion for this contract.

Research and development  The Company performs third-party research and development activities, which are typically charged to customers on a time-and-materials basis. Generally, revenue for research and development is recorded over time as the services are provided to the customer in the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice. These services are generally charged to the customer as they are provided. Payment terms for R&D services are generally set at 30-45 days after the consideration becomes due and payable.

If a contract contains more than one distinct performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price.

Contract Assets, Deferred Revenue and Remaining Performance Obligations

Contract assets are generally short in duration given the nature of products produced and services provided by the Company. Contract assetsasset balances consist of sales-based and minimum royalty revenue earned for which unconditional right to payment does not exist as of the balance sheet date. These assets are comprised of estimated sales-based royalties earned, but not yet reported by the Company’s customers, minimum royalties on non-cancellable contracts, and contingent milestones earned but not yet billable based on the terms of the contract. The increase in contract assets from October 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 resulted primarily from changes in estimated sales-based royalties earned but not collected at each balance sheet date.

The Company recordsdate and are subject to timing fluctuations at the end of a contract liability, or deferred revenue, when there is an obligation to provide a product or service to the customer and payment is received or due in advance of performance, or when payment is received for a period outside the contract term.given period. The Company’s deferred revenue, at March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018or contract liability, is primarily related to the upfront paymentand milestone payments received pursuant to the collaborative license and commercialization agreement with Abbott Agreement (Note 3).Vascular, Inc. (the “Abbott Agreement”) for the Company’s SurVeil™ drug-coated balloon product (“SurVeil DCB”) discussed in Note 3.

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Remaining performance obligations include deferred revenue and amounts the Company expects to receive for goods and services that have not yet been delivered or provided under existing, noncancellable contracts. For contracts that have an original duration of one year or less, the Company has elected the practical expedient applicable to such contracts and does not disclose the transaction price for remaining performance obligations at the end of each reporting period and when the Company expects to recognize this revenue. As of March 31, 2019,2020, the estimated revenue expected to be recognized in future periods related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied for executed contracts with an original duration of one year or more wastotaled approximately $16.7$14.3 million. This revenue is entirely relatedThese remaining performance obligations relate to the R&D and Clinical Services performance obligation in the Abbott Agreement from the upfront payment received in fiscal 2018 and does not include revenue from potential(Note 3), exclude contingent milestone payments that mayunder the Abbott Agreement, and are expected to be received throughout the course of the agreement. The Company expects to recognize the remaining revenue from this

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performance obligationrecognized over the next sixfive years through fiscal 2025 as the services, which are primarily comprised ofprincipally the TRANSCEND clinical study, are completed.

3. Collaborative Arrangement

Under the Abbott Agreement, Abbott will have exclusive worldwide commercialization rights for the SurVeil DCB to treat the superficial femoral artery, which is currently being evaluated in a U.S. pivotal clinical trial. Separately, Abbott also received options to negotiate agreements for Surmodics' below-the-knee and arteriovenous (AV)(“AV”) fistula DCBdrug-coated balloon (“DCB”) products, which are currently in pre-clinical development and a first-in humanfirst-in-human clinical study, respectively. Surmodics is responsible for conducting all necessary clinical trials and other activities required to achieve U.S. and European Union regulatory clearances for the SurVeil DCB, including completion of the ongoing TRANSCEND clinical trial. Abbott and Surmodics will participate on a joint development committee charged with providing guidance on the Company’s clinical and regulatory activities with regard to the SurVeil DCB product.

To account for the Abbott Agreement, the Company applied the guidance in ASC Topic 808 (Collaborative Arrangements) as the parties are active participants and are exposed to significant risks and rewards dependent on commercial success of the collaborative activity. The Company has determined that the upfront and milestone payments represent consideration paid in a vendor-customer relationship and has thus applied the guidance in ASC Topic 606 to these payments and the related performance obligations, as further discussed in Note 2. The Company is the principal in the arrangement and the related development costs and the revenue and R&D costs will be reported gross in license fee revenue and research and development costs on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company has received a $25 million upfront fee as well as a $10 million milestone payment under the Abbott Agreement and may receive up to $67$56 million of additional payments upon achievement of various clinical and regulatory milestones. ForRevenue recognized from the Abbott agreement totaled $1.5 million and $1.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $2.8 million and $4.0 million in the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized revenue totaling $1.6 million and $4.0 million, respectively, from the Abbott arrangement, all of which was previously included in deferred revenue. For both the three and six months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recognized revenue totaling $0.5 million from the Abbott arrangement. As of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 2018,2019, deferred revenue from the upfront paymentand milestone payments received of $16.7$14.3 million and $20.6$17.1 million, respectively, iswas recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Upon the commercialization of the SurVeil DCB, Surmodics will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of clinical and commercial quantities of the product. Revenue from these product sales, including a per-unit transfer price and a share of net profits resulting from third-party sales by Abbott, will be recognized if and when these products are shipped and control is transferred to the customer.

 

 

4. Fair Value Measurements

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

Fair Value Hierarchy

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

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

The Company did not have any Level 1 assets as of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 2018.2019.

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

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The Company’s Level 2 assets as of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 20182019 consisted of money market funds, commercial paper instruments and corporate bonds.

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

The Level 3 liability as of March 31, 2019 consisted of contingent consideration obligations related to the fiscal 2016 acquisition of NorMedix, Inc. (“NorMedix”). Level 3 liabilities as of September 30, 2018 consisted of contingent consideration obligations related to the fiscal 2016 acquisitions of Creagh Medical Ltd. (“Creagh Medical”) and NorMedix. Consideration owed to the sellers of Creagh Medical from revenue and value-creating milestones achieved through September 30, 2018 was paid during the six months ended March 31, 2019. Consideration owed to the sellers of NorMedix upon achievement of revenue and value-creating milestones through September 30, 2019, if any, is due to be paid in first quarter of fiscal 2020. Contingent consideration included in current liabilities of $3.0 million and $11.0 million as of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, represents the Company’s estimated fair value of amounts expected to be paid within one year of each respective balance sheet date. During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company paid contingent consideration obligations related to the Creagh Medical acquisition totaling $11.0 million, including $9.1 million classified as cash flows used in financing activities on the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. The financing portion of the contingent consideration payment is equal to the acquisition-date value of the contingent consideration obligation, in accordance with ASC 230 Statements of Cash Flows.

In valuing Level 3 assets and liabilities, the Company is required to maximize the use of quoted market prices and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The Company’s Level 3 liability as of September 30, 2019 consisted of contingent consideration obligations related to the fiscal 2016 acquisition of NorMedix, Inc. (“NorMedix”).

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

In instances where the inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement has been determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular item to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, including the consideration of inputs specific to the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assetsAssets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level of the fair value hierarchy were as of March 31, 2019:follows:

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Instruments

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 

 

Total Fair

Value as of

March 31, 2019

 

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Instruments

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

 

 

Total

Fair Value

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

 

 

$

17,950

 

 

$

 

 

$

17,950

 

 

$

 

 

$

10,394

 

 

$

 

 

$

10,394

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

24,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,190

 

Total assets

 

$

 

 

$

41,973

 

 

$

 

 

$

41,973

 

 

$

 

 

$

43,584

 

 

$

 

 

$

43,584

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,009

)

 

$

(3,009

)

Total liabilities

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,009

)

 

$

(3,009

)

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September 30, 2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Instruments

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

 

 

Total

Fair Value

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

 

 

$

24,375

 

 

$

 

 

$

24,375

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

24,931

 

 

 

 

 

$

24,931

 

Total assets

 

$

 

 

$

49,306

 

 

$

 

 

$

49,306

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,200

)

 

$

(3,200

)

Total liabilities

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,200

)

 

$

(3,200

)

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The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2018:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

for Identical

Instruments

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 

 

Total Fair

Value as of September 30, 2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

 

 

$

13,999

 

 

$

 

 

$

13,999

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

41,352

 

 

 

 

 

$

41,352

 

Total assets

 

$

 

 

$

55,351

 

 

$

 

 

$

55,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(14,466

)

 

$

(14,466

)

Total liabilities

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(14,466

)

 

$

(14,466

)

The following table summarizes the changesChanges in the contingent consideration liabilities measured at fair value using Level 3 inputs were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Beginning balance

 

$

 

 

$

3,326

 

 

$

3,200

 

 

$

14,466

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

(362

)

 

 

 

 

 

(511

)

Settlements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,200

)

 

 

(10,979

)

Interest accretion

 

 

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

159

 

Foreign currency translation loss (gain)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(126

)

Ending balance

 

$

 

 

$

3,009

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,009

 

Settlements of contingent consideration liabilities consisted of payments to the sellers of NorMedix for revenue and value-creating milestones achieved. For the threesix months ended March 31, 2020, acquisition-related contingent consideration payments totaling $3.2 million were classified as $0.6 million and $2.6 million in cash flows used in operating and financing activities, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. For the six months ended March 31, 2019, acquisition-related contingent consideration payments totaling $11.0 million were classified as $2.0 million and 2018:$9.0 million in cash flows used in operating and financing activities, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Beginning balance

 

$

3,326

 

 

$

16,162

 

 

$

14,466

 

 

$

14,864

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value adjustments

 

 

(362

)

 

 

(2,317

)

 

 

(511

)

 

 

(1,298

)

Settlements

 

 

 

 

 

(925

)

 

 

(10,979

)

 

 

(925

)

Interest accretion

 

 

45

 

 

 

87

 

 

 

159

 

 

 

186

 

Foreign currency translation loss (gain)

 

 

 

 

 

338

 

 

 

(126

)

 

 

518

 

Ending balance

 

$

3,009

 

 

$

13,345

 

 

$

3,009

 

 

$

13,345

 

 

There were no transfers of assets or liabilities between amounts measured using Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 fair value measurements duringin fiscal 2019 to date, or2020 and fiscal 2018.2019.

Valuation Techniques

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

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

Available-for-sale securities — Fair market values for these assets are based on quoted vendor prices and broker pricing in active markets underlying the securities where all significant inputs are observable. To ensure the accuracy of quoted vendor prices and broker pricing, the Company performs regular reviews of investment returns to industry benchmarks and sample tests of individual securities to validate quoted vendor prices with other available market data.

Contingent consideration obligations — The values of the contingent consideration liabilities were determined based on discounted cash flow analyses that included revenue estimates, probability of strategic milestone achievement and a discount rate, which are considered significant unobservable inputs. For the NorMedix revenue-based milestones, the Company discounted forecasted revenue by 20.5%, which represents the Company’s weighted average cost of capital for this transaction, adjusted for the short-term nature of the cash flows. The present value of forecasted revenue was used as an input into an option pricing approach, which also considered the Company’s risk of non-payment of the NorMedix revenue-based milestones. Non-revenue milestones for the NorMedix acquisition that have not already been achieved were projected to have a 5%-100% probability of achievement and expected payments were discounted using the Company’s estimated cost of debt of 6.0%. To the extent that actual results differ from these estimates, the fair value of the contingent consideration liabilities could change significantly during the contingency periods. Accretion expense is recorded as an increase to the contingent consideration liabilities due to the passage of time. Fair

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value adjustments represent changes in the value of the obligations related to adjustments to forecasted revenue and probability of strategic milestone completion. The contingent consideration liability related to the Creagh Medical acquisition was denominated in Euros. Foreign currency translation gains and losses are recorded as this obligation is marked to exchange rates at period-end and on the date of settlement.

 

 

5. Investments

Investments consisted principally of commercial paper and corporate bond securities and are classified as available-for-sale as of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 2018.2019. These available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, excluded from the condensed consolidated statements of operations and reported in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) as well as a separate component of stockholders’ equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, except for other-than-temporary impairments, which are reported as a charge to current earnings as they occur. A loss would be recognized when there is an other-than-temporary impairment in the fair value of any individual security classified as available-for-sale, with the associated net unrealized loss reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income with a corresponding adjustment to other income. This adjustment would result in a new cost basis for the investment. Interest earned on debt securities, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is included in investment income, net within other income. Realized gains and losses from the sales of debt securities, which are included in other income, are determined using the specific identification method. Investment purchases are accounted for on the date the trade is executed, which may not be the same as the date the transaction is cash settled.

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The amortized cost, unrealized holding gains and losses, and fair value of available-for-sale securities were as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Unrealized Gains

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair

Value

 

Short-term commercial paper and corporate bonds

 

$

24,030

 

 

$

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

24,023

 

Commercial paper and corporate bonds

 

$

33,356

 

 

$

 

 

$

(166

)

 

$

33,190

 

Total

 

$

24,030

 

 

$

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

24,023

 

 

$

33,356

 

 

$

 

 

$

(166

)

 

$

33,190

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Unrealized Gains

 

 

Unrealized Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair

Value

 

Short-term commercial paper and corporate bonds

 

$

41,403

 

 

$

 

 

$

(51

)

 

$

41,352

 

Commercial paper and corporate bonds

 

$

24,918

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

 

 

$

24,931

 

Total

 

$

41,403

 

 

$

 

 

$

(51

)

 

$

41,352

 

 

$

24,918

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

 

 

$

24,931

 

 

6. Inventories

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

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Raw materials

 

$

1,969

 

 

$

1,890

 

 

$

2,997

 

 

$

2,034

 

Work-in process

 

 

807

 

 

 

780

 

 

 

1,521

 

 

 

892

 

Finished products

 

 

1,569

 

 

 

1,346

 

 

 

1,222

 

 

 

1,575

 

Total

 

$

4,345

 

 

$

4,016

 

 

$

5,740

 

 

$

4,501

 

 

7. Other Assets

Other assets consistconsisted of the following:

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

ViaCyte, Inc.

 

$

479

 

 

$

479

 

 

$

 

 

$

479

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

2,234

 

 

 

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

1,602

 

 

 

967

 

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

1,645

 

Other assets, net

 

$

2,081

 

 

$

1,446

 

Other assets

 

$

4,360

 

 

$

2,124

 

 

The Company has invested a total of $5.3 million in ViaCyte, Inc. (“ViaCyte”), a privately-held California-based biotechnology firm that is developing a unique treatment for diabetes using coated islet cells, the cells that produce insulin in the human body. The

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As of September 30, 2019, the balance of the investment of $0.5 million, which iswas net of previously recorded other-than-temporary impairments of $4.8 million, iswas accounted for under the cost method and representsrepresented less than a 1% ownership interest. The Company does not exert significant influence over ViaCyte’s operating or financial activities.

The carrying value of each cost method investment is reviewed quarterly for changes in circumstances or the occurrence of events that suggest the Company’s investment may not be recoverable. The fair value of cost method investments is not adjusted if there are no identified events or changes in circumstances that may have a material effect on the fair value of the investment. In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded a $0.5 million other-than-temporary impairment loss based on a current financing round and market valuations to reduce the carrying value of the investment to zero.

Other noncurrent assets include prepaid expenses related to our ongoing clinical trials and a receivable related to refundable Irish research and development tax credits.

 

 

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8. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist principally of acquired patents and technology, customer lists and relationships, licenses, and trademarks. The Company recordedIntangible asset amortization expense ofwas $0.6 million and $0.7 million for both the three month periodsmonths ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 2018. The Company recorded amortization expense of $1.3 million and $1.4 million for each of the six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 2018, respectively.2019.

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Weighted Average Original Life (Years)

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

Weighted Average Original Life (Years)

 

 

Gross

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net

 

Definite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer lists and relationships

 

 

8.9

 

 

$

17,687

 

 

$

(10,022

)

 

$

7,665

 

 

 

8.9

 

 

$

17,460

 

 

$

(11,404

)

 

$

6,056

 

Developed technology

 

 

11.5

 

 

 

9,563

 

 

 

(2,780

)

 

 

6,783

 

 

 

11.5

 

 

$

9,510

 

 

$

(3,650

)

 

$

5,860

 

Non-compete

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

230

 

 

 

(173

)

 

 

57

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

$

230

 

 

$

(219

)

 

$

11

 

Patents and other

 

 

16.5

 

 

 

2,321

 

 

 

(1,644

)

 

 

677

 

 

 

16.5

 

 

$

2,321

 

 

$

(1,791

)

 

$

530

 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,801

 

 

 

(14,619

)

 

 

15,182

 

Total definite-lived intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,521

 

 

 

(17,064

)

 

 

12,457

 

Unamortized intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-process research and development

 

 

 

 

 

 

258

 

 

 

 

 

 

258

 

Trademarks and trade names

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

30,639

 

 

$

(14,619

)

 

$

16,020

 

Total intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

$

30,101

 

 

$

(17,064

)

 

$

13,037

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Weighted Average Original Life (Years)

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net

 

 

Weighted Average Original Life (Years)

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net

 

Definite-lived intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer lists and relationships

 

 

8.9

 

 

$

18,086

 

 

$

(9,377

)

 

$

8,709

 

 

 

8.9

 

 

$

17,374

 

 

$

(10,661

)

 

$

6,713

 

Developed technology

 

 

11.5

 

 

 

9,656

 

 

 

(2,361

)

 

 

7,295

 

 

 

11.5

 

 

 

9,490

 

 

 

(3,196

)

 

 

6,294

 

Non-compete

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

230

 

 

 

(150

)

 

 

80

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

230

 

 

 

(196

)

 

 

34

 

Patents and other

 

 

16.5

 

 

 

2,321

 

 

 

(1,569

)

 

 

752

 

 

 

16.5

 

 

 

2,321

 

 

 

(1,716

)

 

 

605

 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,293

 

 

 

(13,457

)

 

 

16,836

 

Total definite-lived intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,415

 

 

 

(15,769

)

 

 

13,646

 

Unamortized intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-process research and development

 

 

 

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

 

 

 

267

 

Trademarks and trade names

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,140

 

 

$

(13,457

)

 

$

17,683

 

Total intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

$

29,995

 

 

$

(15,769

)

 

$

14,226

 

 

Based on the intangible assets in service as of March 31, 2019, excluding any possible future amortization associated with acquired in-process research and development (“IPR&D”), which has not met technological feasibility as of March 31, 2019,2020, estimated amortization expense for the remainder of fiscal 20192020 and each of the next five fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):

 

Remainder of 2019

 

$

1,317

 

2020

 

 

2,458

 

Remainder of 2020

 

$

1,177

 

2021

 

 

2,319

 

 

 

2,287

 

2022

 

 

2,279

 

 

 

2,247

 

2023

 

 

1,685

 

 

 

1,596

 

2024

 

 

1,611

 

 

 

1,591

 

2025

 

 

1,532

 


Future amortization amounts presented above are estimates. Actual future amortization expense may be different as a result of future acquisitions, impairments, completion or abandonment of IPR&D intangible assets, changes in amortization periods, foreign currency translation rates, or other factors.

The Company defines IPR&D as the value of technology acquired for which the related projects have substance and are incomplete. IPR&D acquired in a business acquisition is recognized at fair value and requires the IPR&D to be capitalized as an indefinite-lived intangible asset until completion of the IPR&D project or abandonment. Upon completion of the development project (generally when regulatory approval to market the product is obtained), an impairment assessment is performed prior to amortizing the asset over its estimated useful life. If the IPR&D projects are abandoned, the related IPR&D assets would be written off.

 

9. Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value assigned to the assets purchased and liabilities assumed in connection with a business acquisition. Goodwill is not amortized but is subject, at a minimum, to annual tests for impairment in accordance with accounting guidance for goodwill. The carrying amount of goodwill is evaluated annually, and between annual evaluations if events occur or circumstances change indicatingand indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may be impaired.

Goodwill as of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018 totaled $26.5 million and $27.0 million, respectively. 14


Goodwill in the Medical Device reporting unit represents the gross value from the fiscal 2016 acquisitions of Creagh Medical Limited (“Creagh Medical”) and NorMedix. Goodwill in the In Vitro Diagnostics reporting unit represents the gross value from the acquisition of BioFX Laboratories, Inc. (“BioFX”) in fiscal 2007.

Goodwill was not impaired in either reporting unit based on the outcome of the fiscal 20182019 annual impairment test which utilized a quantitative assessment. The carrying amount of goodwill was evaluated as of March 31, 2020 with consideration of macroeconomic, industry and Company-specific events and circumstances. As of and for the six months ended March 31, 2020, there have been no events or circumstances that have occurred in the first six months of fiscal 2019 to indicate it is more likely than not that goodwill has been impaired.was impaired for either of the Company's reporting units.

The changeChanges in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the six months ended March 31, 2019 waswere as follows:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

Medical Device

 

 

Total

 

 

In Vitro

Diagnostics

 

 

Medical

Device

 

 

Total

 

Balance as of September 30, 2018

 

$

8,010

 

 

$

19,022

 

 

$

27,032

 

Balance as of September 30, 2019

 

$

8,010

 

 

$

18,161

 

 

$

26,171

 

Currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

(483

)

 

 

(483

)

 

 

 

 

 

105

 

 

 

105

 

Balance as of March 31, 2019

 

$

8,010

 

 

$

18,539

 

 

$

26,549

 

Balance as of March 31, 2020

 

$

8,010

 

 

$

18,266

 

 

$

26,276

 

 

10. Accrued Other Liabilities

Accrued other liabilities consisted of the following:

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Accrued professional fees

 

$

270

 

 

$

311

 

 

$

348

 

 

$

434

 

Accrued clinical study expense

 

 

1,876

 

 

 

2,839

 

 

 

1,639

 

 

 

2,163

 

Accrued purchases

 

 

1,389

 

 

 

533

 

 

 

1,467

 

 

 

679

 

Customer claim

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

Construction in progress

 

 

 

 

 

1,199

 

Deferred rent

 

 

125

 

 

 

121

 

Acquisition of in process research and development

 

 

965

 

 

 

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

989

 

Due to customers

 

 

490

 

 

 

19

 

Operating lease liability, current portion

 

 

354

 

 

 

 

Deferred rent, current portion

 

 

 

 

 

130

 

Other

 

 

472

 

 

 

262

 

 

 

202

 

 

 

376

 

Total

 

$

5,097

 

 

$

6,265

 

Accrued other liabilities

 

$

4,645

 

 

$

4,790

 

 

11. Stock-based Compensation

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

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The Company’s stock-basedStock-based compensation expenses were allocated toexpense was reported as follows in the following expense categories:condensed consolidated statements of operations:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Product costs

 

$

32

 

 

$

23

 

 

$

64

 

 

$

17

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

32

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

64

 

Research and development

 

 

178

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

391

 

 

 

337

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

178

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

391

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

749

 

 

 

899

 

 

 

1,735

 

 

 

1,649

 

 

 

1,121

 

 

 

749

 

 

 

2,219

 

 

 

1,735

 

Total

 

$

959

 

 

$

1,101

 

 

$

2,190

 

 

$

2,003

 

 

$

1,304

 

 

$

959

 

 

$

2,697

 

 

$

2,190

 

As of March 31, 2019,2020, approximately $9.2$9.5 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested awards is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.4 years. The unrecognized compensation costs above include $0.2 million, remaining to be expensed over the life of the awards, based on payout levels associated with performance share awards that are currently anticipated to be fully expensed because the performance conditions are expected to exceed minimum threshold levels.

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Stock Option Awards

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted. TheStock option fair value assumptions and the weighted average per share fair valuesvalue of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were $18.12 and $9.00, respectively, and $18.28 and $10.32 during the six months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Stock option fair value assumptions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-free interest rates

 

 

2.5

%

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

2.5

%

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

2.8

%

 

Expected life (years)

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.8

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.8

 

 

 

4.7

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

 

4.6

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

Expected volatility

 

 

34.9

%

 

 

33.0

%

 

 

33.4

%

 

 

33.0

%

 

 

38.4

%

 

 

34.9

%

 

 

37.9

%

 

 

33.4

%

 

Dividend yield

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

Weighted average grant date fair value of stock

options granted

 

$

13.65

 

 

$

18.12

 

 

$

14.24

 

 

$

18.28

 

 

 

The risk-free interest rate assumption was based on the U.S. Treasury’s rates for U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with maturities similar to those of the expected term of the awards. The expected life of options granted was determined based on the Company’s experience. Expected volatility was based on the Company’s stock price movement over a period approximating the expected term. Based on management’s judgment, dividend yields were expected to be 0.0%zero for the expected life of the options. The Company also estimated forfeitures of options granted, which were based on historical experience.

Non-qualified stock options are granted at fair market value on the date of grant. Non-qualified stock options expire in seven years, or upon termination of employment or service as a Board member. With respect to members of our Board, non-qualified stock options generally become exercisable on a monthly pro-rata basis within the one-year period following the date of grant. With respect to our employees, non-qualified stock options generally become exercisable with respect to 25% of the shares on each of the first four anniversaries following the grant date. The stock-based compensation expense table above includes stock option expenses recognized related to these awards, which totaled $0.5$0.6 million and $0.4$0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 2018, respectively, and $1.0$1.2 million and $0.8$1.0 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively.respectively.

The total pre-tax intrinsic value of options exercised duringwas $0.9 million and less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 2018 was less than $0.1$1.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively, and $0.1 million and $3.3 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively. The intrinsicrespectively. Intrinsic value represents the difference between the Company’s common stock fair market value on the date of exercise and the option’s exercise price.

Restricted Stock Awards

The Company has entered into restricted stock agreements with certain key employees, covering the issuance of common stock (“Restricted Stock”). Under accounting guidance, these shares are considered to be non-vested shares. The Restricted Stock is released to the key employees if they are employed by the Company at the end of the vesting period. Restricted Stock vesting periods range from one to three years. During the six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company awarded 43,71360,112 and 53,45543,713 Restricted Stock shares, respectively, to certain key employees and officers. Forfeiture of 80012,980 and 3,482800 Restricted Stock

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shares occurred during the six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. As of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 2018, 94,9712019, 95,359 and 85,42490,409 Restricted Stock shares were outstanding, respectively. Compensation expense has been recognized for the estimated fair value of the common shares, net of estimated forfeitures, and is being charged to operating expenses over the vesting term. The stock-based compensation expense table includes Restricted Stock expenses recognized related to these awards, which totaled $0.4$0.5 million and $0.3$0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 2018, respectively, and $0.8$1.0 million and $0.5$0.8 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively.respectively.

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Performance Share Awards

The Company has entered into performance share agreements with certain key employees covering the issuance of common stock (“Performance Shares”). Performance Shares vest upon the achievement of all or a portion of certain performance objectives (which may include financial or project objectives), which must be achieved during the performance period. The Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) approves the performance objectives used for our executive compensation programs, which objectives were cumulative revenue and cumulative earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) for the three-year performance periods for awards granted in fiscal 2016 (2016 – 2018) and fiscal 2017 (2017 – 2019). The fiscal 2017 awards also includeincluded performance objectives related to achievement of the Company’s strategic initiatives. Assuming that the minimum performance level is attained, the number of shares that may actually vest will vary based on performance from 20% (minimum) to 200% (maximum) of the target number of shares. Shares will be issued to participants as soon as practicable following the end of each performance period, subject to Committee approval and verification of results. Awards granted in fiscal 20162017 were finalized in the six months ended March 31, 2019first quarter of fiscal 2020 and resulted in the issuance of 76,39667,653 shares, (maximum was 132,676 shares)with a value of $2.8 million, based on the performance objectives relative to actual results achieved during the performance period. The per share compensation cost for each award iswas fixed on the grant date. Compensation expense is recognized in each period based on management’s estimate of the achievement level of actual and forecasted results, as appropriate, compared with the specified performance objectives and the related impact on the number of Performance Shares expected to vest. The stock-based compensation expense table includes Performance Shares expense (benefit) recognized related to these awards, which totaled $(0.2) million and $0.2$(0.1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $(0.1) million and $0.4 million for the six months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. Performance Shares expense recognized in the three and 2018, respectively.six months ended March 31, 2020 was insignificant as all Performances Shares were vested as of September 30, 2019.

The fair values of the Performance Shares, at target, were $1.2 million for awards granted in fiscal 2017. There werehave been no Performance Share awards granted insubsequent to fiscal 2018 and none, to date, in fiscal 2019.

The aggregate number of shares that could be awarded to our executives if the minimum, target and maximum performance goals are met, based on the fair value at the date of grant is as follows as of March 31, 2019:

Performance Period

 

Minimum Shares

 

 

Target Shares

 

 

Maximum Shares

 

Fiscal 2017 – 2019

 

 

9,352

 

 

 

46,758

 

 

 

93,516

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“Stock Purchase Plan”), the Company is authorized to issue up to 600,000 shares of common stock. All full-time and part-time U.S. employees can choose to have up to 10% of their annual compensation withheld, with a limit of $25,000, to purchase the Company’s common stock at purchase prices defined within the provisions of the Stock Purchase Plan. As of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, there was $0.1 million of employee contributions included in accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Stock compensation expense recognized related to the Stock Purchase Plan for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 totaled less than $0.1 million in each respective period. The stock-based compensation table includes the Stock Purchase Plan expenses.2017.

Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Units

During the six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company awarded 11,87116,858 and 21,26511,871 restricted stock units (“RSUs”), respectively, to non-employee directors and certain key employees in foreign jurisdictions. As of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, 62,420 and 60,440 RSUs were outstanding, respectively. RSU awards are not considered issued or outstanding common stock of the Company until they vest. As of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, outstanding, unvested RSUs totaled 69,784 and 62,242, respectively. Compensation expense has been recognized for the estimated fair value of the common shares and is being charged to operating expenses over the vesting term. The estimated fair value of the RSUs was calculated based on the closing market price of Surmodics’ common stock on the grant date. The stock-based compensation expense table includes RSU expenses recognized related to these awards, which totaled $0.2 million and $0.1 million for both the three-month periodsthree months ended March 31, 20192020 and 20182019, respectively, and $0.3$0.3 million and $0.2 for each of the six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 2018, respectively2019.

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Directors may elect to receive their annual fees for services to the Board in deferred stock units (“DSUs”). Certain directors electedDirectors may elect this option beginning on January 1, 2013 with subsequent deferral elections updated quarterly. During the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, 1,846 and 2018, 1,422 and 1,432 units, respectively, were issued with a total fair value of less than $0.1 million in each period. As of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, outstanding,Outstanding, fully vested DSUs totaled 28,41331,375 and 26,991,29,729 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense related to DSU awards totaled less than $0.1 million for both the three-month periodsthree months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 and 2018 and $0.1$0.1 million for botheach the six-month periodssix months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the amended 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“Employee Stock Purchase Plan”), the Company is authorized to issue up to 600,000 shares of common stock. All full-time and part-time U.S. employees can choose to contribute up to 10% of their annual compensation, with a limit of $25,000, to purchase the Company’s common stock at purchase prices defined within the provisions of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. As of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, there was less than $0.1 million of employee contributions to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan included in accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Stock-based compensation expense recognized related to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan for the three and 2018.six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 totaled less than $0.1 million in each respective period. The stock-based compensation expense table includes the Employee Stock Purchase Plan expenses.

12. Net Income (Loss) Per Share Data

Basic net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s potentially dilutive common shares are those that result from dilutive common stock options, non-vested stock relating to restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and deferred stock units, andas well as performance shares.shares in years prior to fiscal 2020. Options to purchase shares of common stock as well as unvested restricted stock and performance stock units are considered to be potentially dilutive common shares. However, these shares have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share as their effect is antidilutive for the six months ended March 31, 2018, as a result of the net loss incurred for the period. Therefore, diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding and diluted net loss per share were the same as basic weighted average number of shares outstanding and net loss per share for the six months ended March 31, 2018.

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The calculation of weighted average diluted shares outstanding excludes outstanding stock options associated with the right to purchase less than 0.1 million and 0.2 million shares of common stock for the three and six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively, and $0.2less than 0.1 million and 0.2 million shares of common stock infor the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as their inclusion would have had an antidilutive effect on diluted net income per share for those periods.

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

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

1,534

 

 

$

2,572

 

 

$

(22

)

Net income available to common shareholders

 

$

1,462

 

 

$

1,262

 

 

$

1,610

 

 

$

2,572

 

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

13,390

 

 

 

13,102

 

 

 

13,379

 

 

 

13,078

 

 

 

13,507

 

 

 

13,390

 

 

 

13,474

 

 

 

13,379

 

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

 

 

395

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

437

 

 

 

 

Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options,

nonvested restricted stock, restricted stock

units, deferred stock units and performance

shares

 

 

244

 

 

 

395

 

 

 

305

 

 

 

437

 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

13,785

 

 

 

13,465

 

 

 

13,816

 

 

 

13,078

 

 

 

13,751

 

 

 

13,785

 

 

 

13,779

 

 

 

13,816

 

 

The Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $25.3 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. This authorization does not have an expiration date.

 

13. Income Taxes

For interimThe Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), enacted on March 27, 2020, includes significant business tax provisions. In particular, the CARES Act modified the rules associated with net operating losses (“NOLs”) and made technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. Under the temporary provisions of CARES Act, NOL carryforwards and carrybacks may offset 100% of taxable income tax reporting,for taxable years beginning before 2021. In addition, NOLs arising in 2018, 2019 and 2020 taxable years may be carried back to each of the Company estimates its annual effective tax rate and applies itpreceding five years to year-to-date pretax income (loss), excluding unusual or infrequently occurring discrete items. Tax jurisdictions with losses for which tax benefits cannot be realized are excluded. generate a refund.

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $0.2$1.9 million and $1.2$0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 2018, respectively. The Company recorded income tax benefit of $0.3$2.2 million and $0.2$0.3 million for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In the three and 2018. In December 2017,six months ended March 31, 2020, the Tax Cuts and Jobsincome tax benefit includes a discrete tax benefit of $1.8 million as result of our ability under the CARES Act tax legislation was signed into law, which reducedto carry back NOLs incurred to periods when the U.S. Federal statutory tax rate fromwas 35% to 21%, among other changes. As a result of the enactment of this legislation, the tax provision for the first six months of fiscal 2018 included discrete tax expense of $1.2 million from the Company’s net deferred tax assets revaluation based on the enactedversus our current tax rate of 21%, as compared with the previous rate of 35%.

The effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 differs from the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21% primarily due to the discrete tax benefits recognized under the CARES Act, favorable impacts of increasedthe U.S. federal research and development tax credits in both periods, as well as stock award activity in the six-month period. These benefits were partly offset by non-deductible acquired intangible asset amortization, as well asperiod, and operating losses incurred in Ireland,results of our Irish subsidiary, where tax benefits arebenefit is offset by a valuation allowance. The effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended March 31, 2018 differs from the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 24.5%

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primarily due to operating losses incurred in Ireland, where tax benefits are offset by a valuation allowance, and non-deductible acquired intangible asset amortization, contingent consideration accretion, including fair value adjustments, as well as unrealized foreign currency translation losses on Euro-denominated contingent consideration liabilities. These increases to the effective income tax rate were partially offset by the U.S. federal research and development income tax credit. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 was impacted byCompany recognized discrete tax benefits of less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, related to sharestock-based compensation awards vested, expired, cancelled and exercised during the periods. The effective income tax rate forof less than $0.1 million in each of three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 and $0.3 million and $0.5 million in the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018 was impacted by discrete tax benefits of $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to share awards vested, expired, cancelled and exercised during the periods.respectively.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate is $1.7$2.7 million and $1.4$2.1 million as of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 2018,2019, respectively. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in the income tax (benefit) provision.benefit.

For interim income tax reporting, the Company estimates its annual effective tax rate and applies it to year-to-date pretax (loss) income, excluding unusual or infrequently occurring discrete items. Tax jurisdictions with losses for which tax benefits cannot be realized are excluded. The Company files income tax returns, including returns for its subsidiaries, in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in various state jurisdictions as well as several non-U.S. jurisdictions. Uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination. U.S. income tax returns for years prior to fiscal 20152016 are no longer subject to examination by federal tax authorities. For tax returns for state and local jurisdictions, the Company is no longer subject to examination for tax years generally before fiscal 2007.2009. For tax returns for non-U.S. jurisdictions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examination for years prior to 2012.2014. Additionally, the Company has been indemnified of liability for any taxes relating to Creagh Medical and NorMedix for periods prior to their respective acquisition dates, pursuant to the terms of the related share purchase agreements. As of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, thereThere were no undistributed earnings in foreign subsidiaries. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) completed an examinationsubsidiaries as of our fiscal 2016 U.S. federal income tax return in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, with an immaterial payment made associated primarily with timing adjustments.March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019.

 

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14. Segment and Geographical Information

The Company’s management evaluates performance and allocates resources based on reported results for two reportable segments, as follows: (1) the Medical Device unit, which is comprised of manufacturing balloonsdesigns, develops and catheters usedmanufactures interventional medical devices, primarily for a variety of interventional cardiology,the peripheral and other applications,vascular market; surface modification coating technologies to improve access, deliverability, and predictable deployment of medical devices,devices; as well as drug deliverydrug-delivery coating technologies to provide site-specific drug deliverydrug-delivery from the surface of a medical device, with end markets that include coronary, peripheral, and neurovascular,neuro-vascular and urology, among others, and (2) the In Vitro Diagnostics unit, which consists of component products and technologies for diagnostic immunoassay as well as molecular teststest kits and biomedical research applications, with products that include protein stabilization reagents, substrates, antigens and surface coatings.

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The tables below present segmentSegment revenue, operating (loss) income, (loss) and depreciation and amortization, were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Device

 

$

17,301

 

 

$

14,052

 

 

$

34,559

 

 

$

26,826

 

 

$

16,304

 

 

$

17,301

 

 

$

33,708

 

 

$

34,559

 

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

5,375

 

 

 

5,006

 

 

 

10,358

 

 

 

9,245

 

 

 

6,518

 

 

 

5,375

 

 

 

11,730

 

 

 

10,358

 

Total revenue

 

$

22,676

 

 

$

19,058

 

 

$

44,917

 

 

$

36,071

 

 

$

22,822

 

 

$

22,676

 

 

$

45,438

 

 

$

44,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Device

 

$

(23

)

 

$

232

 

 

$

334

 

 

$

(157

)

 

$

(1,453

)

 

$

(23

)

 

$

(1,876

)

 

$

334

 

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

2,915

 

 

 

2,423

 

 

 

5,370

 

 

 

4,093

 

 

 

3,462

 

 

 

2,915

 

 

 

6,061

 

 

 

5,370

 

Total segment operating income

 

 

2,892

 

 

 

2,655

 

 

 

5,704

 

 

 

3,936

 

 

 

2,009

 

 

 

2,892

 

 

 

4,185

 

 

 

5,704

 

Corporate

 

 

(2,027

)

 

 

(2,130

)

 

 

(4,127

)

 

 

(4,044

)

 

 

(2,165

)

 

 

(2,027

)

 

 

(4,607

)

 

 

(4,127

)

Total operating income (loss)

 

$

865

 

 

$

525

 

 

$

1,577

 

 

$

(108

)

Total operating (loss) income

 

$

(156

)

 

$

865

 

 

$

(422

)

 

$

1,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Device

 

$

1,447

 

 

$

1,324

 

 

$

2,835

 

 

$

2,596

 

 

$

1,439

 

 

$

1,447

 

 

$

2,894

 

 

$

2,835

 

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

117

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

233

 

 

 

190

��

 

 

109

 

 

 

117

 

 

 

219

 

 

 

233

 

Corporate

 

 

255

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

507

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

248

 

 

 

255

 

 

 

487

 

 

 

507

 

Total depreciation and amortization

 

$

1,819

 

 

$

1,586

 

 

$

3,575

 

 

$

3,106

 

 

$

1,796

 

 

$

1,819

 

 

$

3,600

 

 

$

3,575

 

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

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

15. Leases

The Company leases facilities for research, office, manufacturing and warehousing. The Company determines whether a contract is a lease or contains a lease at inception date. Upon commencement, the Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and lease liability based on the net present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. The net present value of future minimum lease payments recorded upon lease commencement is reduced by the discounted value of any leasehold improvement incentives payable to the Company considered to be in-substance fixed payments. The unamortized balance of leasehold improvement incentives in the form of tenant allowances represents the primary difference between the balance of the right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities. As the Company’s leases typically do not provide an implicit rate, the Company’s lease liabilities are measured on a discounted basis using the Company's incremental borrowing rate. Lease terms used in the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities include only options to extend the lease that are reasonably certain to be exercised. The condensed consolidated balance sheets do not include recognized assets or liabilities for leases that, at the commencement date, have a term of twelve months or less and do not include an option to purchase the underlying asset that is reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company recognizes such leases in the condensed consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

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The Company’s leases include one or more options to renew and extend the lease term at the Company’s discretion. These renewal options are not included in right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as they are not reasonably certain of exercise. The Company regularly evaluates renewal options, and when they are reasonably certain to be exercised, the renewal period is included in the lease term.

Operating lease cost was $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Cash paid for operating lease liabilities approximated operating lease cost for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

Operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

Right-of-use assets:

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

$

2,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

$

354

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

3,009

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

3,363

 

15.

As of March 31, 2020, operating lease maturities for the remainder of fiscal 2020 and each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (in thousands):

Remainder of 2020

 

$

243

 

2021

 

 

539

 

2022

 

 

537

 

2023

 

 

548

 

2024

 

 

559

 

2025

 

 

570

 

Thereafter

 

 

1,507

 

Total expected operating lease payments

 

 

4,503

 

Less: Imputed interest

 

 

(1,140

)

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

3,363

 

As of March 31, 2020, the weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases was 7.9 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine operating lease liabilities was 4.6%.

16. Commitments and Contingencies

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

In April 2018, a customer notified the Company that it believed it overpaid hydrophilic coating royalties to the Company from January 2009 through December 2017. During fiscal 2018, the Company recorded $1.0 million in selling, general and administrative expenses related to this claim, which was included in other accrued liabilities as of September 30, 2018. During the quarter ended March 31, 2019, the Company settled this claim and made a payment to the customer totaling $0.4 million, resulting in a reduction of selling, general and administrative expenses of $0.6 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019.

InnoCore Technologies BV. In Marchfiscal 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement whereby Surmodicsthe Company obtained an exclusive license to a drug delivery coating for licensed products within the vascular field which included peripheral, coronary and neurovascular biodurable stent products. The license requires the Company to make an annual minimum payment of 200,000 euros (equivalent to $224,000$220,000 using a euro to US dollar exchange rate of $1.1217$1.0999 to the Euro as of March 31, 2019)2020) until the last patent expires, which is currently estimated to be September 2027. The total minimum future payments associated with this license are approximately $2.0$1.6 million as of March 31, 2019.2020. The license is currently utilized by one of the Company’s drug delivery customers.

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Operating Leases.Clinical Trials.The Company leases certain facilities under noncancelable operating lease agreements. Rent expensehas engaged clinical trial clinical research organization (“CRO”) consultants to assist with the administration of its ongoing clinical trials. The Company has executed separate contracts with two CROs for services rendered in connection with the TRANSCEND pivotal clinical trial for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 was $0.1SurVeil DCB, including pass-through expenses paid by the CROs, of up to $25 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Rent expense forin the three and six months ended March 31, 2018 was $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. In November 2017, the Company executed a lease for a 36,000 square feet facility in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. This facility will consolidate substantially all of our whole products solutions research and development operations into one location. Payments under the lease agreement over the ten-year lease term commenced in May 2018. In connection with this lease, the Company deposited $0.4 million into a restricted cash account, which was returned to the Company during the six months ended March 31, 2019. Annual commitments pursuant to operating lease agreements in place asaggregate. As of March 31, 2019 2020, an estimated $10.5 million remains to be paid by the Company on these contracts, which may vary depending on actual pass-through expenses incurred to execute the trial. The Company estimates that the total cost of the TRANSCEND clinical trial will be in the range of $35 million to $40 million from inception to completion. In the event the Company were to terminate any trial, it may incur certain financial penalties which would become payable to the CRO for costs to wind down the remainderterminated trial.

Asset Acquisitions. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, and each of the next five fiscal years are as follows (in thousands):

Remainder of 2019

 

$

226

 

2020

 

 

458

 

2021

 

 

396

 

2022

 

 

391

 

2023

 

 

399

 

2024

 

 

407

 

Thereafter

 

 

1,526

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

$

3,803

 

Asset Acquisition. In May 2018, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Embolitech, LLC to acquireacquired certain intellectual property assets supporting ongoing development of the Company’s medical device pipeline and paid the sellers $0.8 million. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay up to $1.3 million of additional consideration upon achievement of certain strategic milestones within a contingency period ending in 2022, of which $0.2 million is guaranteed to be paid in fiscal 2021.

In fiscal 2018, the Company acquired certain intellectual property assets of Embolitech, LLC (the “Embolitech Transaction”). As part of the Embolitech Transaction, the Company paid the sellers $5.0 million duringin fiscal 2018. Additionally,2018 and $1.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company is obligated to pay $3.5additional installments totaling $2.5 million in several installments beginning January 2020 and ending December 2023.fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2024. These payments may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain sales and regulatory milestones. An additional $2.0 million payment is contingent upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones within a contingency period ending in 2033.

As of March 31, 2019 and September 30, 2018, $2.12020, $0.1 million and $2.9$2.2 million respectively,related to these asset acquisitions is included in other accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the condensed consolidated balance sheetssheets. As of September 30, 2019, $1.0 million and $2.1 million related to the Embolitech Transaction. As of March 31, 2019 $1.0 millionthese asset acquisitions is included in other currentaccrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets related to the Embolitech Transaction.sheets.

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

The following discussion and analysis provides information management believes is useful in understanding the operating results, cash flows and financial condition of Surmodics, Inc. and subsidiaries (referred to as “Surmodics,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and other like terms). The discussion should be read in conjunction with both the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, each included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.2019. This discussion contains various “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We refer readers to the statement entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” located at the end of this Item 2.

Overview

Surmodics is a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the healthcare industry. In fiscal 2019,industry, with the mission of improving the detection and treatment of disease. We remain committed to developing medical device products and platforms leveraging the technologies and manufacturing capabilities in our revenue performance continues to be driven by our core Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostics (“IVD”) businesses. Revenue in the Medical Device business is comprised of product sales, hydrophilic coatings royalties and license fees, and contract research and development services. Medical Device segment revenue increased 23%unit for the second quartertreatment of fiscal 2019 as compared with the same prior-year period. Medical Device revenue was favorably impacted by increased medical device product sales, license fee revenue from our Abbott Vascular, Inc.peripheral arterial disease (“Abbott”PAD”) agreement described below, and contract research and development services. Our IVD business derives its revenue from diagnostic technology product sales. Revenue from the IVD segment increased 7% in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared with the same prior-year period, driven by growth across several product categories.

We continue to derive our revenue from three primary sources: (1) product sales revenue from the sale of reagent chemicals to licensees, the sale of stabilization products, antigens, substrates and surface coatings to the diagnostic and biomedical research markets as well as the sale of medical devices and related products (such as balloons and catheters) to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) suppliers and distributors; (2) royalties and license fees from licensing our proprietary surface modification and device drug delivery technologies to customers; and (3)  contract coating, design, research and commercial development fees generated on customer projects. Revenue fluctuates from quarter to quarter depending on, among other factors: orders of our medical device and diagnostics products; our customers’ success in selling products incorporating our technologies; the timing of introductions of licensed products by us and our customers; the timing of introductions of products that compete with our customers’ products; the number of and activity level associated with customer development projects; the number and terms of new license agreements that are finalized each quarter; and the value of reagent chemicals, medical device, diagnostic and other products sold to customers.

Since fiscal 2013, with our investment invascular diseases. Our primary focus has been the continued development of our drug-coated balloon (“DCB”) platform, our radial access device platform, and our thrombectomy device platform.

COVID-19 Pandemic Update

A novel strain of coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The disease caused by it, COVID-19, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. On March 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance for U.S. healthcare providers to limit all elective medical procedures in order to conserve personal protective equipment and limit exposure to COVID-19 during the pendency of the pandemic. In addition to limiting elective medical procedures, many hospitals and other healthcare providers have strictly limited access to their facilities during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and healthcare delivery, led to social distancing recommendation, and created significant volatility in financial markets.

In response to the pandemic and business disruptions, first and foremost, we have been focused on a strategyprioritized the health and safety of our employees, customers, suppliers and others with whom we partner in our business activities. We have instructed employees to developwork from home when possible and to maintain recommended physical distancing when working in our facilities. We also have eliminated non-essential in-person contact with customers, suppliers and other third parties.

Many of our customers use our licensed technology and purchased materials to manufacture proprietary medicalproducts used in procedures impacted by the CMS guidance to limit elective procedures. In addition, our customers and business partners need access to healthcare providers and facilities to effectively market, distribute and sell products incorporating our coating and device technologies, as well as our whole-product solutions. Likewise, we and our business partners need access to healthcare providers and facilities to conduct clinical trials and other activities required to achieve regulatory clearing for our products that combine our surface modification coatings with medical devices orunder development. We are carefully monitoring rapidly evolving changes in healthcare delivery systems (“whole-product solutions”). Our aim isand may adjust our operating and product development plans accordingly.

Given the unprecedented and dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot reasonably estimate the impacts it may have on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in the future. However, we expect that reductions in elective procedures in response to provide customers earlier access to highly differentiated whole-product solutions that address unmet clinical needs. On February 26, 2018, we entered into an agreement with Abbott (the “Abbott Agreement”) whereby AbbottCMS guidance will have exclusive worldwide commercialization rights for Surmodics’ SurVeil® DCB to treatan adverse impact, which may be material, on our future revenues, profitability and cash flows. The extent and duration of that impact will depend upon the superficial femoral artery (the “SurVeil DCB”), which is currently being evaluated in a U.S. pivotal clinical trial. Separately, Abbott also received options to negotiate agreements for Surmodics' below-the-kneeextent of procedure postponements and arteriovenous (AV) fistula DCB products, which are currently in pre-clinical development and a first-in human clinical study, respectively. Upon the regulatory approvalduration of the SurVeil DCB, Surmodics will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of clinical and commercial quantities of the product and will realize revenue from product sales to Abbott, which will include a share of profits resulting from third-party sales. In the quarter ended March 31, 2019, we recognized revenue of $1.6 million related to the Abbott Agreement, which is included in royalties and license fees in our medical device segment. Revenue from the upfront fee is recognized as regulatory and clinical activities, primarily the TRANSCEND clinical trial, are performed. Variable consideration from the contingent milestones is excluded from revenue until the underlying contingencies are resolved, at which point the milestone will be recognized as the promised regulatory and clinical activities are performed. In December 2018, we commenced a first-in-human clinical study of our Avess™ DCB for treatment of AV fistulae, commonly associated with hemodialysis. We expect to complete enrollment in this study by the end of fiscal 2019.pandemic.

We have several U.S. and international issued patents and pending international patent applications protecting various aspects of proprietary surface modification technologies, including compositions, methods of manufacture and methods of coating devices. The expiration datesProduct Development

Our business model for these patents and the anticipated expiration dates of patent applications that cover our hydrophilic coating technologies range from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2035. Our fourth-generation PhotoLink technology is protected by a family of patents that begin to expire in November 2019. The royalty revenue associated with our fourth-generation technology was approximately 21% of our consolidated fiscal 2018 revenue. Of the license agreements using our fourth-generation technology, most continue to generate royalty revenue at a reduced royalty rate beyond patent expiration. We also continue to generate significant royalty

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revenue from license agreements leveraging our earlier generation coating technologies that continue to provide royalties for our “know-how” or other proprietary rights. Our remaining hydrophilic royalty revenue is primarily derived from other Surmodics coating technologies that are protected by a number of patents extending to fiscal 2035. While we are actively seeking to convert our customers to an advanced generation of our hydrophilic coating technology, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in doing so, or that those customers that have converted, or will convert, will sell products utilizing our technology which will generate earned royalty revenue for us.

Overview of Research and Development Activities

We continue to invest in our whole-product solutions strategy through researchis to design, develop and development (“R&D”) activities inmanufacture highly differentiated products that incorporate our proprietary products pipeline, includingcatheter, balloon, thrombectomy and/or surface modification coating technologies to improve patient outcomes and reduce procedure costs, while maintaining patient safety. We are focused on developing devices that consider the needs of various care settings ranging from hospitals to alternate care facilities, in order to provide improved care and address unmet needs in the treatment of PAD and other vascular diseases. Our strategy has been built on our investment in proprietary device technologies, as well as state-of-the-art medical device design, development and manufacturing capabilities. Over the past several years, we have made investments to enhance our clinical and regulatory activities necessarycapabilities, and in fiscal 2020, we intend to bring thesemake additional investments to obtain clinical data, reduce the time from product development to commercialization, and drive clinician engagement with our products after approval to market.optimize adoption.

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The continuedBelow is a brief summary of our pipeline of medical device products under development of new products is criticaland recently commercialized, grouped by product family.

Drug-coated balloons

SurVeilTMDCBpaclitaxel-coated DCB to treat PAD in the superficial femoral artery. In fiscal 2018, we entered into an agreement with Abbott Vascular, Inc. (“Abbott”) that provided Abbott with exclusive worldwide commercialization rights to the SurVeil DCB product. Full enrollment for the SurVeil DCB TRANSCEND clinical study was completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019. As of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, patient follow up visits are ongoing. We are engaging with the FDA to determine how to treat data for patients who are unable to complete their visit within the follow-up window because of COVID-19.

In fiscal 2019, we submitted all required modules to our strategy to offer whole-product solutionsthe European Notified Body for the medical device industry.Conformité Européenne Mark (“CE Mark”) approval prerequisite for commercialization in the European Union. In our first quarter of fiscal 2020, due to an ongoing regulatory matter concerning the long-term mortality signal from paclitaxel-coated devices, the European Notified Body temporarily paused CE Mark review of all new paclitaxel-coated devices. As of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the European Notified Body has resumed review of our application and is moving steadily through the latter stages of the approval process. We remain confident in the capability of our devices and the quality of the data that supports regulatory approval.

AvessTM DCB – paclitaxel-coated DCB for the treatment of arteriovenous (“AV”) fistulae commonly associated with hemodialysis. We commenced and completed enrollment in a first-in-human clinical study of our Avess DCB in fiscal 2019. As of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, initial study results demonstrated promising early safety data and performance insights. We are exploring avenues with the study’s principal investigators to publish study results.

SundanceTM DCB – sirolimus-coated DCB for the treatment of below-the-knee PAD. In fiscal 2019, we froze the design of our Sundance DCB. As of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, our application for a first-in-human clinical study of this device has been approved in certain geographies. We are targeting commencement of this study in fiscal 2020, contingent on the feasibility of safely initiating the trial at clinical sites in light of COVID-19.

Radial access

Sublime™ radial access platform – access and therapeutic devices designed to provide access to and treat the peripheral vasculature via the radial (wrist) artery. In Aprilfiscal 2019, we received United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)FDA clearance for the Sublime™our Sublime guide sheath, designed to enablewhich enables the delivery of lower extremity interventions from the radial artery. Radial artery access has been widely adopted for use in coronary procedures where devices have been developed to accommodate that need. The Sublime guide sheath is intended to introduce therapeutic or diagnostic devices into the vasculature, excluding the coronary and neuro vasculature. Radial access offers many benefits relative to femoral access including reduced puncture site bleeding complications, earlier ambulation, reduced length of hospital stay, and lower healthcare costs.  WeIn fiscal 2020, we expect to submitcontinue to develop and pursue clearance for regulatory approvalother radial access devices, including our Sublime radial-access .014” percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (“PTA”) balloon catheter.

Thrombectomy

Pounce™thrombectomy platform– mechanical thrombectomy device designed to remove difficult, organized blood clots with potential applications for additional medical device productsmultiple vascular indications. Our goal is to expand our thrombectomy platform to include devices designed to treat deep vein thrombosis, as well as stroke and pulmonary embolism. As of the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we have filed for FDA 510(k) clearance for our first indication, treatment of clots in the peripheral arteries, and are in review with the FDA. We are targeting 510(k) clearance for this first indication in fiscal 2019.2020.

Specialty catheters

Telemarkcoronary/peripheral support microcatheter. In July 2017,fiscal 2019, we receivedexecuted an investigational device exemptionagreement with Medtronic plc (“IDE”Medtronic”) from the FDA to initiate a pivotal clinical trial of the distribute our SurVeilTelemark DCB. The randomized clinical trial, TRANSCEND, is now underway and is focused on evaluating the SurVeil DCB for treatment for PAD microcatheter in the upper leg comparedU.S. and Europe. In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we achieved the CE Mark for Telemark. Shipment of initial orders of our Telemark microcatheter commenced early in fiscal 2020 in readiness for commercial launch.

.014” and .018” low-profile PTA balloon dilation cathetersspecialty PTA balloon catheters for difficult-to-treat lesions. In fiscal 2019, we executed an agreement with the Medtronic IN.PACT® Admiral® DCB. The objectiveCook Medical for worldwide distribution, excluding Japan. Shipment of the TRANSCEND clinical trialinitial orders is scheduled to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the SurVeil DCB device for treatment of subjects with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (“PAD”) due to stenosis of the femoral and/or popliteal arteries. If successful, the TRANSCEND clinical trial will be used to support regulatory approvals and reimbursement (U.S. and Europe). The trial will enroll up to 446 subjects at up to 60 sitescommence in the U.S.third quarter of fiscal 2020.

For more information regarding our product development and 18 outsidecommercialization strategy, see Part I, Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the U.S. The trial’s primary efficacy endpointfiscal year ended September 30, 2019.

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PhotolinkTM Fourth-Generation Patents

Our fourth-generation PhotoLink hydrophilic technology is primary patency, defined asprotected by a compositefamily of freedom from restenosis and clinically-driven target lesion revascularization through 12 months post-index procedure. All randomized subjects will be followed through 60 months post-index procedure. We began enrollment in the TRANSCEND clinical trialpatents that expired in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. Until regulatory approvals have been obtained, the SurVeil DCB is not approved2020 in all countries where patent coverage existed for commercial sale. There is no assurance that the TRANSCEND clinical trial will support regulatory approval, or that any anticipated time frame will be met. We estimate that the total cost of the TRANSCEND clinical trial will range between $32 million to $40 million from inception to completion. To the extent that we achieve certain agreed-upon milestones in connectionthis technology. The Medical Device business royalty revenue associated with the TRANSCEND clinical trial, we may receive up to $67 million of additional milestone payments pursuant to the Abbott Agreement.

On March 15, 2019, the FDA issued a communication (the “March 15 communication”) to healthcare providers about the potential for increased long-term mortality after use of paclitaxel-coated balloons and paclitaxel-eluting stents (collectively “paclitaxel-coated products”) to treat peripheral arterial disease (“PAD”) in the femoropopliteal artery. The communication updates a previous notification from the FDA on the same topic, whichour fourth-generation hydrophilic coating technology was in response to meta-analysis of randomized trials published in the Journal of the American Heart Association in December 2018.  Following the March 15 communication, the Company temporarily paused patient enrollment in TRANSCEND and sought guidance from the FDA regarding the recommendations contained in the communication and their impact on the TRANSCEND trial.  Based on discussions with FDA, the Company took several actions in response to the FDA’s recommendations, including updates to investigator communications, patient Informed Consent Forms (“ICF”), and data safety review and patient follow-up procedures. Many of the TRANSCEND clinical trial sites have secured Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee approval of the updated ICF and are actively enrolling and randomizing patients. The March 15 communication and ensuing developments have resulted in uncertainty regarding our goal to complete enrollment in the TRANSCEND clinical trial before the endapproximately 21% of our fiscal year. As2019 revenue. Of the license agreements using our early-generation technologies, most continue to generate royalty revenue for know-how and other proprietary rights, at a result, we anticipate fiscal 2019 revenue from the $25 million upfront payment of $7.0 to $7.5 million from the Abbott Agreement, of which $4.0 million has been recognized through March 31, 2019.

We are executing on our plan to develop and commercialize 12-15 medical device products by the end of fiscal 2023. Additional planned activities include initiation of surface modification experiments that improve medical device performance, as well as incorporationreduced royalty rate, beyond patent expiration. The remainder of our catheter and thrombectomy technology platforms into variousroyalty revenues are derived from our other devices intended for the emerging peripheral vascular treatment market. Wecoatings that are also continuing to develop other products that utilize our DCB platform, including DCB’s for treatment of PAD below-the-knee and AV fistulae. We may also acquire technologies, when appropriate, to complement or integrate with our existing proprietary products.

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We prioritize our internal R&D programs based onprotected by a number of factors, including a program’s strategic fit, commercial impact and market size, potential competitive advantages, technical feasibility, and the amount of investment required. The measures and metrics usedpatents that extend to monitor a program’s progress vary, but typically include key deliverables, milestones, timelines, and an overall program budget. We typically make decisions to continue or terminate a program based on research results (relative to the above measures and metrics) and other factors, including our own strategic and/or business priorities, and the amount of additional investment required to complete development.

With respect to cost components, R&D expenses consist of labor, materials and overhead costs (for example, utilities, depreciation, and indirect labor) for both customer R&D and internal R&D programs. We manage our R&D organization in a flexible manner, balancing workloads/resources between internal R&D and customer R&D programs, based on the level of customer program activity and resource needs for our internally developed product programs. Therefore, costs incurred for customer R&D and internal R&D can shift as customer and internal project activity increases or decreases.at least fiscal 2035.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates

Critical accounting policies are those policies that require the application of management’s most challenging, subjective or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Critical accounting policies involve judgments and uncertainties that are sufficiently likely to result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions, and are updated at least quarterly.conditions. For the six months ended March 31, 2019,2020, there were no significant changes in our critical accounting policies, other than those required by the adoption of ASC Topic 606 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers. See Notes 1 and 2 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for disclosure of these policies, as well as a summary of the impact of the adoption of ASC Topic 606 on the opening consolidated balance sheet as of October 1, 2018, as compared with the consolidated balance sheet previously presented as of September 30, 2018.

policies. For a detailed description of our other critical accounting policies and significant estimates, see Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under Item 7 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.2019.

Results of Operations

Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2020

Revenue. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 20192020 was $22.7$22.8 million, an increase of $3.6 million, or 19.0%0.6%, as compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2018. 2019. Revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2019ended March 31, 2020 was $44.9$45.4 million, an increase of $8.8 million, or 24.5%1.2%, as compared with the first six months of fiscal 2018. Theended March 31, 2019. The following is a summary of revenue by operating segment.

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

%

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31,

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Change

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Device

 

$

17,301

 

 

$

14,052

 

 

 

23.1

%

 

$

34,559

 

 

$

26,826

 

 

 

28.8

%

 

$

16,304

 

 

$

17,301

 

 

 

(5.8

)%

 

$

33,708

 

 

$

34,559

 

 

 

(2.5

)%

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

5,375

 

 

 

5,006

 

 

 

7.4

%

 

 

10,358

 

 

 

9,245

 

 

 

12.0

%

 

 

6,518

 

 

 

5,375

��

 

 

21.3

%

 

 

11,730

 

 

 

10,358

 

 

 

13.2

%

Total Revenue

 

$

22,676

 

 

$

19,058

 

 

 

19.0

%

 

$

44,917

 

 

$

36,071

 

 

 

24.5

%

 

$

22,822

 

 

$

22,676

 

 

 

0.6

%

 

$

45,438

 

 

$

44,917

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

Medical Device. Medical Device revenue was $17.3$16.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, an increase2020, a decrease of 23.1%5.8% as compared with $14.1$17.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2018. 2019. Medical Device revenue for the six months ended March 31, 2020 was $33.7 million, a decrease of 2.5% as compared with $34.6 million infor the six months ended March 31, 2019.

Product sales increased 19.7%, or $0.9 million, for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 as compared with the prior-year quarter and increased 12.2%, or $1.1 million, for the first six months of fiscal 2019, an2020 compared to the same prior-year period. This increase of 29%was due primarily to increased demand for coatings reagents, as compared with $26.8well a modest impact from recently commercialized products.

Royalties and license fee revenue decreased 17.2%, or $1.7 million, for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and decreased 8.3%, or $1.7 million, for the first six months of fiscal 2018.

Product sales increased 23.6%, or $0.9 million, in the current quarter2020, as compared with the prior-year quarter, due primarily to a $0.8 million increase in balloon catheter sales. Additionally, royalties and license fee revenue increased 17.9%, or $1.5 million, insame prior year periods. Revenue for the current-year second quarter of fiscal 2020 was negatively impacted by the previously communicated expiration of our fourth-generation hydrophilic patents, as compared withwell as by the prior-year second quarter,postponement of procedures as a result of a $1.1 million increase inCOVID-19. Additionally, Abbott Agreement license fee revenue fromfor the first six months of fiscal 2020 declined by $1.2 million due to relatively higher necessary spending early in fiscal 2019 to support the TRANSCEND clinical trial during the active trial enrollment phase. For the second quarter of fiscal 2020, Abbott Agreement as well as growth in royalties from our hydrophilic coatings customers. Additionally, a $0.9license fee revenue was declined slightly by $0.1 million increase in research,compared to the same prior-year period.

Research, development and other revenue indecreased $0.2 million for the fiscal 2019 second quarter asof fiscal 2020 and decreased $0.3 million for the first six months of fiscal 2020 compared withto the same prior year period resulted from increased revenue fromperiods. These decreases were due to the timing of new product development projects with several of our contract R&D customers.

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Product salesIn Vitro Diagnostics. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue increased 23.9%21.3%, or $1.8$1.1 million, for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and increased 13.2%, or $1.4 million, for the first six months of fiscal 20192020, as compared with the same prior-year period, due primarily to a $1.9 million increaseprior year periods. Order volume from core customers of our distributed antigen products, which fluctuates quarter-to-quarter, was strong in balloon catheter sales. Additionally, royalties and license fee revenue increased 29.2%, or $4.5 million, for the first six monthssecond quarter of fiscal 2019 as2020 compared withto the same prior-year period,period. Additionally, demand expansion continues for our microarray DNA slide products.

Operating costs and expenses. Major costs and expenses as a resultpercentage of a $3.5 million increase in license feetotal revenue fromwere as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amount

 

 

% Total

Revenue

 

 

Amount

 

 

% Total

Revenue

 

 

Amount

 

 

% Total

Revenue

 

 

Amount

 

 

% Total

Revenue

 

Product costs

 

$

3,769

 

 

 

17

%

 

$

3,093

 

 

 

14

%

 

$

6,972

 

 

 

15

%

 

$

6,616

 

 

 

15

%

Research and development

 

 

11,935

 

 

 

52

%

 

 

13,555

 

 

 

60

%

 

 

24,077

 

 

 

53

%

 

 

25,041

 

 

 

56

%

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

6,733

 

 

 

30

%

 

 

4,876

 

 

 

22

%

 

 

13,676

 

 

 

30

%

 

 

10,825

 

 

 

24

%

Acquired intangible asset amortization

 

 

541

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

604

 

 

 

3

%

 

 

1,135

 

 

 

3

%

 

 

1,210

 

 

 

3

%

Product costs. Product gross margin (defined as product revenue less related product costs) was 68.0% and 68.7% of product revenue for the Abbott Agreement, as well as growth in royalties from our hydrophilic coatings customers.

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Additionally, a $1.4 million increase in research, developmentsecond quarter of fiscal 2020 and other2019, respectively, and 67.9% and 66.3% of product revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively. For both the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2020, product gross margin was unfavorably impacted by product mix within our IVD business, partly offset by the favorable impact of both medical device product mix and leverage on volume. Product gross margin for the first six months of fiscal 2020 was impacted by these same factors, with a greater degree of favorable impact from medical device product mix.

Research and development (R&D) expenses. R&D expenses decreased $1.6 million to 52% of revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, as compared with 60% of revenue for the same prior year period resultedprior-year period. For the first six months of fiscal 2020, R&D expenses decreased $1.0 million to 53% of revenue, as compared to 56% of revenue for the same prior-year period. This decrease is principally due to lower clinical trial spending principally for the SurVeil TRANSCEND clinical trial with the progression from active enrollment in fiscal 2019 to patient follow up in fiscal 2020. This was partly offset by personnel investments in quality, technical, regulatory, and proprietary product development.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses. SG&A expenses increased $1.9 million to 30% of revenue from projectsfor the second quarter of fiscal 2020, as compared with several22% of our contract R&D customers.

In Vitro Diagnostics. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue for the same prior-year period. For the first six months of fiscal 2020, SG&A expenses increased 7.4%$2.9 million to $5.430% of revenue, as compared with 24% of revenue for the same prior-year period. Contributing to the increase in SG&A expense was a $0.6 million reduction to expense in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared with $5.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2018, primarily due to an increase in sales of our chemical components used in diagnostics tests and microarray slides, partly offset by a decline in sales of distributed antigens. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue increased 12.0% to $10.4 million for the first six months of fiscal 2019 as compared with $9.2 million in the same prior-year period, primarily due to an increase in sales across several product categories, partly offset by a decline in sales of distributed antigens.

Costs and Operating Expenses

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

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Six Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amount

 

 

% Total Revenue

 

 

Amount

 

 

% Total Revenue

 

 

Amount

 

 

% Total Revenue

 

 

Amount

 

 

% Total Revenue

 

Product costs

 

$

3,093

 

 

 

14

%

 

$

2,913

 

 

 

15

%

 

$

6,616

 

 

 

15

%

 

$

5,804

 

 

 

16

%

Research and development

 

 

13,555

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

10,774

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

25,041

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

18,605

 

 

 

52

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

4,876

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

6,440

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

10,825

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

11,628

 

 

 

32

 

Acquired intangible asset amortization

 

 

604

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

636

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1,210

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1,254

 

 

 

3

 

Contingent consideration gain

 

 

(317

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2,230

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(352

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1,112

)

 

 

(3

)

Product costs. Product gross margin (defined as product sales less related product costs) was 68.7% and 66.5% of product sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. Product gross margin was 66.3% and 65.4% of product sales for the first six months of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in product gross margin percentage in the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, as compared with the same prior-year periods, was due to increased revenue and product mix changes in our IVD business, as well as favorable impacts of production volume increases in our Irish manufacturing facility. As previously disclosed, the scale-up of our Irish manufacturing facility and growth in sales from that facility are expected to negatively impact product gross margins in our Medical Device business in fiscal 2019 relative to prior years.

Research and development (R&D) expenses. R&D expenses increased $2.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, as compared with the same prior-year period. R&D expenses in the first six months of fiscal 2019 increased $6.4 million as compared with the same prior-year period. These increases were primarily the result of higher planned spending for our DCB and proprietary product development and clinical activities, including our TRANSCEND clinical trial. We plan to continue current levels of R&D spending throughout the remainder of fiscal 2019 to support our whole-product solutions strategy, including similar levels of clinical and regulatory costs as we continue enrollment in the TRANSCEND clinical trial for our SurVeil DCB and the first-in-human trial for our Avess DCB. We anticipate fiscal 2019 R&D expense will be in the mid-fifties as a percent of fiscal 2019 revenue.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses. SG&A expenses decreased $1.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared with the same prior-year period. SG&A expenses decreased $0.8 million in the first six months of fiscal 2019, as compared with the same prior-year period. The decreases in SG&A expenses from the prior-year periods is primarily due to a $0.6 million benefitresulting from a customer claim settlement in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 whichthat was settled for less than the amount previously accrued. The prior-year periods included a $1.0 million chargewe had reserved. Current year personnel and other investments to SG&Asupport product pipeline development and preparation for product market evaluations also contributed to the estimated customer claim accrual. We expect fiscal 2019 SG&A expenses will range between 24% and 26%, as a percent of revenue.increase.

IntangibleAcquired intangible asset amortizationamortization.. As part of our fiscal 2016 acquisitions in our Medical Device business, we acquired certain intangible assets, which are being amortized over periods ranging from 4 to 14 years. In addition, we own certain intangible assets related to the fiscal 2007 BioFx acquisition in fiscal 2007. We recognized $0.6 million in amortizationacquisition. Amortization expense related to these acquisitions inwas consistent with the three months ended March 31, 2019prior year period for both the second quarter and 2018. We recognized $1.2 million and $1.3 million in amortization expense related to these acquisitions in the first six months of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. Acquired intangible asset amortization is estimated to total $2.4 million in fiscal 2019.2020.

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Contingent consideration gaingain.. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, we We recorded net gains of $0.3 million and $2.2$0.4 million in the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, respectively, related to our contingent consideration liabilities from prior-year acquisitions. For the first six months of fiscalFiscal 2019 and 2018, we recorded net gains of $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively, related to our contingent consideration liabilities from prior-year acquisitions. The contingent consideration gains in each period are related to changes in estimated probabilities of achievement of certain revenue and strategic milestones, partly offset by normally scheduled accretion expense related to the passage of time. expense. In fiscal 2019, if there are changes in the amount, probability or timing of achievement of contingent consideration milestones, there may be material adjustments in the consolidated statements of operations to reflect changes in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities. All remaining contingent consideration obligations are expected to be paid in December 2019.

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

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Investment income, net

 

$

265

 

 

$

142

 

 

$

581

 

 

$

263

 

Interest expense

 

 

(37

)

 

 

 

 

 

(74

)

 

 

 

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

 

 

5

 

 

 

(353

)

 

 

141

 

 

 

(539

)

Gains on strategic investment and other

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

177

 

Other income (loss), net

 

$

235

 

 

$

(211

)

 

$

657

 

 

$

(99

)

The increase in investment income in the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2019, as compared with the prior-year periods, is the result of higher interest rates on debt investments, as well as an increase in investment principal. Interest expense in the fiscal 2019 periods is related to the outstanding obligations stemming from our acquisition of technology from Embolitech in the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The foreign exchange gain (loss) in the six months ended March 31, 2019 and the three and six months ended March 31, 2018 are primarily related to the change in exchange rates associated with the Euro-denominated contingent consideration liability from the Creagh Medical acquisition, which was paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. As these amounts have now been settled,2020, we do not expect foreign currency exchange gains or lossescompleted the final contingent consideration payment of $3.2 million to be significantNorMedix.

Other (expense) income. Other (expense) income totaled ($0.3) million and $0.2 million for the remaindersecond quarter of fiscal 2019. We recognized a gain on a previously sold strategic investment in2020 and 2019, respectively, and ($0.2) million and $0.7 million for the first six months of fiscal 2018 as additional consideration was released from escrow.2020 and 2019, respectively. In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we recognized a $0.5 million impairment loss on our investment in ViaCyte, Inc. to reduce the carrying value to zero. For the first six months of fiscal 2020, the impact of U.S. dollar to Euro foreign currency fluctuations resulted in losses in the current fiscal year and gains in the same prior-year period. Additionally, investment income declined commensurate with lower current-year interest rates.

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Income tax provision.benefit The. For the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, we recorded an income tax benefit was $0.2 million and $1.2 million for three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The income tax benefit was $0.3of $1.9 million and $0.2 million, forrespectively. For the first six months endedof fiscal 2020 and 2019, we recorded an income tax benefit of $2.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted on March 31, 201927, 2020 and 2018, respectively.includes significant business tax provisions. In December 2017,particular, the Tax Cuts and JobsCARES Act modified the rules associated with net operating losses (“NOLs”). In the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we recorded a discrete tax legislation was signed into law, which reducedbenefit of $1.8 million as result of our ability under the U.S. FederalCARES Act to carry back NOLs incurred to periods when the statutory tax rate fromwas 35% toversus our current tax rate of 21%, among other changes. As a result of the enactment of this legislation, the Company’s net loss for the six months ended March 31, 2018 included discrete tax expense of $1.2 million from our net deferred tax assets revaluation based on the change in the statutory tax rate. .

The Company’s effective tax rate reflects the impact of state income taxes, permanent tax items and discrete tax benefits, as well as operating results in Ireland, where tax expense or benefit is offset by a valuation allowance.

The tax benefits recognized in the three and six months ended March 31, 20192020 and 20182019 reflect expected full-year pre-tax operating results, impacted by our estimated U.S. federal R&D tax credit. The tax benefits recognized in the six months ended March 31, 2019credit and 2018 reflect expected full-year pre-tax operating results, impacted by excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation due to equity award exercise activityactivity.

Segment Operating Results

Operating results for each of our reportable segments were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

% Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

% Change

 

Operating (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Device

 

$

(1,453

)

 

$

(23

)

 

 

6217

%

 

$

(1,876

)

 

$

334

 

 

 

(662

)%

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

3,462

 

 

 

2,915

 

 

 

19

%

 

 

6,061

 

 

 

5,370

 

 

 

13

%

Total segment operating income

 

 

2,009

 

 

 

2,892

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,185

 

 

 

5,704

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

 

(2,165

)

 

 

(2,027

)

 

 

7

%

 

 

(4,607

)

 

 

(4,127

)

 

 

12

%

Total operating (loss) income

 

$

(156

)

 

$

865

 

 

 

(118

)%

 

$

(422

)

 

$

1,577

 

 

 

(127

)%

Medical Device. Medical Device business operating losses were $1.5 million and estimated U.S. federal R&D tax credit. In the six months ended March 31, 2018, the tax benefit was reduced by the aforementioned $1.2 million revaluation of deferred tax assets as a result of the tax rate.

Discrete tax benefit from excess tax benefits realized from share awards vested, expired, cancelled and exercised of less than $0.1 and $0.2 million were recognized infor the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively, representing (8.9)% and 2018, respectively, and $0.5 and $0.4 million in(0.1)% of revenue, respectively. For the first six months of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively.

We expect income tax benefit to be in2020, the range of $0.4 million to $0.8 million for fiscal 2019. Currently, income and losses generated in Ireland from our Creagh Medical acquisition do not reflect an Irish income tax expense (benefit) as they are offset by a valuation allowance. Therefore, taxable income or losses in Ireland, where the statutory tax rate is 12.5%, will result in no reported tax benefit or expense in fiscal 2019. Certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act significantly change the treatment of accumulated and future earnings of foreign subsidiaries. While we do not have accumulated earnings subject to a repatriation tax under the law, we may be subject to additional U.S. tax on our foreign subsidiary’s income in future years.

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Segment Operating Results

Operating income (loss) for each of our reportable segments is as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

%

Change

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

%

Change

 

Operating income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Device

 

$

(23

)

 

$

232

 

 

 

(110

)%

 

$

334

 

 

$

(157

)

 

NM

 

In Vitro Diagnostics

 

 

2,915

 

 

 

2,423

 

 

 

20

%

 

 

5,370

 

 

 

4,093

 

 

 

31

%

Total segment operating income

 

 

2,892

 

 

 

2,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,704

 

 

 

3,936

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

 

(2,027

)

 

 

(2,130

)

 

 

(5

)%

 

 

(4,127

)

 

 

(4,044

)

 

 

2

%

Total operating income (loss)

 

$

865

 

 

$

525

 

 

 

65

%

 

$

1,577

 

 

$

(108

)

 

NM

 

Medical Device. In the second quarter of fiscal 2019, our Medical Device business incurredreported an operating loss of less than $0.1$1.9 million, or (5.6)% of revenue, as compared with operating income of $0.2$0.3 million, or 1.0% of revenue, in the same prior-year quarter.period.

Medical Device operating results were unfavorably impacted by the decline in revenue volume during the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2020. Product gross margins improved to 66.9% and 66.5% for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2020, respectively, as compared with 64.3% and 60.7% in the same prior-year respective periods, due primarily to leverage on volume and favorability in fiscal 2020 product mix. Operating expenses, excluding product costs, increased $0.3 million and $1.5 million for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2020, respectively. This reflects the impacts of the prior-year $0.6 million expense reduction from a claim settlement and the prior-year $0.3 contingent consideration gain. For the second quarter of fiscal 2020, increases in SG&A to support our whole product solutions strategy were offset by a decline in R&D from higher clinical study costs in fiscal 2019. SG&A increased in fiscal 2020 as we invest in development of our medical device pipeline and related sales and marketing infrastructure, including additional headcount, to support our whole-products solutions strategy.

In Vitro Diagnostics. Our In Vitro Diagnostics business reported operating income inof $3.5 million and $2.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively, representing 53.1% and 54.2% of revenue, respectively. For the first six months of fiscal 2020 and 2019, improved by $0.5In Vitro Diagnostics operating income totaled $6.1 million to $0.3and $5.4 million, from an operating loss of $0.2 million in the same prior-year period. Operating (loss) income as a percentagerespectively, representing 51.7% and 51.8% of revenue, was (0.1)%respectively. Product gross margins were to 68.9% and 1.7%69.3% in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. Operating income (loss) as a percentage of revenue was 1.0% and (0.6)% in the first six months of fiscal 20192020, respectively, compared to 72.5% and 2018, respectively. Impacting operating results71.4% in the second quarter were a $2.8 million increase in R&D expenses related to our planned investment in our DCB and proprietary medical device product development and clinical programs, as well as a $1.9 million reduction in the gain related to our contingent consideration obligations as compared with the prior-year quarter. These items were partly offset by a $3.3 million increase in revenue and a $1.5 million reduction in SG&A expenses related to the aforementioned customer claim settlement.

Operating results improved in the first six months of fiscal 2019 from the comparable prior-year period as a result of a $7.7 million increase in revenue and a $0.7 million reduction of SG&A expenses, partly offset by a $6.4 million increase in R&D expenses related to our planned investment in our DCB and proprietary medical device product development and clinical programs. Additionally, we recognized a gain of $0.4 million related to our contingent consideration obligations in the first six months of fiscal 2019, as compared with a gain of $1.1 million in the prior-year period.

In Vitro Diagnostics. Operating income improved by $0.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, as compared with the prior-year quarter. Operating income improved by $1.3 million in the first six months of fiscal 2019, as compared with the same prior-year period. Operating income as a percentage of revenue was 54.2% and 48.4% in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018 respectively. Operating income as a percentage of revenue was 51.8% and 46.8% in the first six months of fiscal 2019 and 2018 respectively.  respective periods. Product gross margins increased to 72.5% and 71.9%were impacted by a shift in the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, respectively, from 71.4% and 68.4%, in the respective prior-year periods. Productrevenue mix towards products with relatively lower gross margins and operating income have increased in fiscal 2019 due to increased revenue, favorable product mix and manufacturing leverage.margins.

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

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2019, we had2020, working capital of $51.2totaled $64.0 million, an increase of $4.8$2.8 million from September 30, 2018.2019. Working capital is defined by us as current assets minus current liabilities. The increase from the prior year-end is a result of contract assets totaling $7.1 million recorded during fiscal 2019 as a result of the adoption of ASC Topic 606, as well as increases in operating income from the prior year, partly offset by payments for capital expenditures totaling $3.1 million. Our cashCash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments totaled $46.5$48.4 million atas of March 31, 2019,2020, a decrease of $18.5$6.9 million from $65.0$55.3 million atas of September 30, 2018.2019. This change was primarily driven by the $11.0$3.2 million contingent consideration payment related to the Creagh MedicalNorMedix acquisition, as well as payment of accrued compensation liabilities totaling $4.1$2.3 million in capital expenditures, of $3.1$2.4 million and $2.7 million of cash payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards,. These outflows were partly offset by growth and $1.0 million payment to Embolitech, LLC for acquisition of in operating income in the current fiscal year to date, as compared with the same prior-year period.process R&D.

The Company’s investment policy excludes ownership of collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage-backed derivatives and other derivative securities without prior written approval of the Board of Directors. Our investments primarily consist of money market,

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corporate bond and commercial paper securities.securities and are reported at fair value as available-for-sale investments totaling $33.2 as of March 31, 2020. Our investment policy requires that no more than 5% of investments be held in any one credit or issue, excluding U.S. government and government agency obligations. The primary investment objective of the portfolio is to provide for the safety of principal and appropriate liquidity while generating an above-benchmark (“Barclays(Barclays Short Treasury 1-3 Month Index”)Index) total rate of return on a pre-tax basis. Management plans to continue to direct its investment advisors to manage the Company’s securities investments primarily for the safety of principal and the enhancement of liquidity for the foreseeable futuretime being as it continues to assess other investment opportunitiesthe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company, its business and uses of its cash flows.

The following table is a summary of cash provided by (used in) operating, investing, and securities investments, including those described below.

Summaryfinancing activities, the effect of Cash Flowsexchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and the net change in cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cash (used in) provided by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

 

(3,938

)

 

 

27,431

 

 

 

1,257

 

 

 

(3,938

)

Investing activities

 

 

14,272

 

 

 

(14,356

)

 

 

(10,749

)

 

 

14,272

 

Financing activities

 

 

(11,478

)

 

 

(1,680

)

 

 

(5,647

)

 

 

(11,478

)

Effect of exchange rates on changes in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(54

)

 

 

133

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(54

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(1,198

)

 

$

11,528

 

 

$

(15,153

)

 

$

(1,198

)

Operating Activities. We used cash forCash provided by operating activities of approximately $3.9totaled $1.3 million infor the first six months ended March 31, 2019 asof fiscal 2020, compared withto cash generated from operating activitiesused of $27.4$3.9 million in the same prior-year period. DuringNet income was $1.6 million and $2.6 million during the first six months ended March 31,of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively. Net changes in operating assets and 2018, we had net income (loss)liabilities reduced cash flows from operating activities by $8.2 million and $9.8 million during the first six months of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively. Significant changes in operating assets and liabilities affecting cash flows during these periods included:

Cash provided by accounts receivable totaled $1.9 million in the first six months of fiscal 2020, as compared with cash used of $0.8 million in the same prior-year period, due to the current-year reduction in contract assets related to reduced royalty payments receivable from customers.

Cash used by accrued liabilities totaled $1.8 million in the first six months of fiscal 2020, as compared with cash used of $4.1 million in the same prior-year period, attributable to accrued incentive compensation.

Cash used by deferred revenue was $2.6 million and $(0.1)$4.1 million respectively. Additionally, in the first six months of fiscal 2020 and 2019, period, $2.0 million of the $11.0 million payment of contingent consideration obligationsrespectively. This change is entirely related to the Creagh Medical acquisition was recordedtiming of recognition of revenue from Abbott in each respective period.

Income taxes also impacted cash provided by operating activities. As a result of the NOL carryback provisions of the CARES Act, income tax receivable increased to $4.3 million as aof March 31, 2020, as compared with $0.6 million as of September 30, 2019, and deferred income taxes decreased to $4.8 million, as compared with $6.2 million as of September 30, 2019.

Additionally, the portion of acquisition-related contingent consideration payments classified as reduction of cash flows from operations was $0.6 million and $2.0 million in the first six months of of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively, as it related to accretion expense, which increased these obligations from the acquisition date through final settlement. Net changes in operating assets and liabilities had a negative impact on cash flows of $9.8 million in the six months ended March 31, 2019 as compared with a positive impact of $22.3 million in the same prior-year period, which included the $25 million upfront payment received from Abbott. Significant changes in operating assets and liabilities during these periods included:

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Investing Activities.

Cash used by deferred revenue was $4.1 million in the fiscal 2019 period, as compared with cash provided by deferred revenue of $24.6 million in the fiscal 2018 period. This change is entirely related to the timing of recognition of revenue and receipt of the $25 million upfront payment from Abbott in each respective period.

Cash used by accrued liabilities was $4.1 million, as compared with cash provided by accrued liabilities of $0.8 million for the first six months of fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in cash used by accrued liabilities the fiscal 2019 period, as compared with the fiscal 2018 period, is due to a $1.2 million increase in incentive compensation payments and a reduction in the customer claim settlement accrual of $1.0 million in the current fiscal year period, as well as a reduction of accrued clinical trial expenses of $1.0 million.

Cash used by accounts receivableinvesting activities totaled $0.8$10.7 million in the first six months of fiscal 2019,2020, as compared with less than $0.1cash provided by investing activities of $14.3 million in the same prior-year period. In the first six months of fiscal 2018 period. This is primarily due to the increase2020 and 2019, net purchases and maturities of available-for-sale investments were a use of $8.4 million in product sales and related accounts receivablecash in the first six months of fiscal 2019 period.

Cash provided by accounts payable2020 and a source of $17.4 million in cash for the first six months of fiscal 2019. Capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment totaled $1.3$2.3 million and $3.1 million in the first six months of fiscal 2020 and 2019, as compared with cashrespectively.

Financing Activities. Cash used in accounts payable of $0.4financing activities totaled $5.6 million in the same fiscal 2018 period. The increase in accounts payable in the fiscal 2019 period is due primarily to an increase in amounts owed for clinical trial expenses.

Investing Activities. We received cash from investing activities of $14.3and $11.5 million in the first six months of fiscal 2020 and 2019, as compared with cash used in investing activitiesrespectively. Contingent consideration payments of $14.4$3.2 million in the first six months of fiscal 2018. We invested $3.12020 related to the Normedix acquisition, with $0.6 million and $4.0$2.6 million in propertyclassified as cash used by operating and equipment in the first six months of fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018, respectively.financing activities, respectively. In the first six months of fiscal 2019, and 2018, we received $17.4paid contingent consideration of $11.0 million related to the Creagh Medical acquisition, with $2.0 million and $9.1 million classified as cash used $10.5 million, respectively, from maturities of available-for-sale debt securities, net of purchases of other investments.

Financing Activities. We used cash inby operating and financing activities, of $11.5 million and $1.7 million inrespectively. In the first six months of fiscal 20192020 and 2018, respectively.   In the first six months of fiscal 2019, and 2018, we paid $2.7$2.4 million and $1.1$2.7 million, respectively, to purchase common stock to pay employee taxes resulting from the exercise of stock options and vesting of other stock awards. DuringIn the first six months of fiscal 2019,2020, we paid contingent consideration of $11.0$1.0 million to Embolitech, LLC related to the Creagh Medicalour fiscal 2018 acquisition $9.1 million of which was recorded as cash from financing activities.in process R&D.

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We believe that our existing cash, and cash equivalents and investments, which totaled $46.5$48.4 million as of March 31, 2019,2020, together with cash flow from operations, will provide liquidity sufficient to meet our cash needs and fund our operations and planned capital expenditures for the next twelve months. There can be no assurance, however, that Surmodics’our business will continue to generate cash flows at current levels, and disruptions in financial marketshistoric levels. Uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic may negatively impactcause us to seek additional funding to meet our abilityoperating needs. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If we do not have, or are not able to access capital in a timely manner and on attractive terms.obtain, sufficient funds, we may have to delay development or commercialization of our products or otherwise curtail our operations.

Customer Concentrations. Our licensed technologies provide royalty revenue, which represents the largest revenue stream to the Company.

We have licensesagreements with a diverse base of customers and certain customers have multiple products using our technology. Abbott and Medtronic plc (“Medtronic”) are our largest customers, comprising 11%19% and 16%14%, respectively, of our consolidated revenue for fiscal 2018.2019. These same customers each comprised 15%16% and 12% of our consolidated revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2019.ended March 31, 2020, respectively. Abbott has several separately licensed products, including the SurVeilSurVeil DCB license, which generate royalty revenue for Surmodics, none of which represented more than 9%6% of total revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2019.ended March 31, 2020. Medtronic has several separately licensed products that generate royalty revenue for Surmodics, none of which represented more than 3%5% of our total revenue.revenue for the six months ended March 31, 2020. No other individual customer using licensed technology constitutes more than 10% of Surmodics’ total fiscal 20192020 to date or fiscal 20182019 revenue.

Share Purchase Activity

Our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $25.3 million of the Company’s outstanding stock in open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers or by any combination of such methods. The authorization has no fixed expiration date.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 20192020 and September 30, 2018,2019, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, expectations concerningconcerning: the impacts, duration and severity of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of responses to it on healthcare systems, the general economy, our business partners, and our operations; clinical studies; our growth strategy, including our ability to sign new license agreements, bring new products to market, and broaden our hydrophilic coatings royalty revenue,revenue; investments to obtain clinical data, reduce the time from product development to commercialization, and drive clinician engagement with our products after approval to optimize adoption; the development and receipt or pursuit of regulatory clearance for future products; the impact of patent expirations on our hydrophilic coatings royalty revenue,revenue; product development programs,programs; various milestone achievements,achievements; research and development plans and expenses, including the estimated cost associated with the TRANSCEND clinical trial,trial; future cash flow and sources of funding, short-term requirements,and their ability together with existing cash, cash equivalents, and investments to provide liquidity sufficient to meet our cash needs and fund our operations and planned capital expenditures for the next twelve months; future property and equipment investment levels,levels; plans regarding our securities investments; the impact of potential lawsuits or claims,claims; the impact of Abbott, Medtronic, as well as other significant customers, including new diagnostic kit customers,customers; our ability to recognize the expected benefits of our acquisitions and the Company’s strategy to transform to a provider of whole-product solutions,solutions; the timing, impact, and success of the clinical evaluation of the SurVeil DCB,DCB; and our expectations related to ourfiscal 2020 income tax expense for fiscal 2019.(benefit) expense. Without limiting the foregoing, words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “project,” “will” and similar terminology, generally identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may also represent challenging goals for us. These statements, which represent the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning various future events, are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those of such forward-looking statements. We caution that undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Some of the factors which could cause results to differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement are set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.2019. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update publicly these forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

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

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

clinical and regulatory developments relating to the evaluation of risks associated with paclitaxel-coated products, which developments may adversely impact our ability to complete our TRANSCEND clinical trial on any particular time frame, obtain marketing approval (or the timing of any such approval) for our SurVeil DCB and other paclitaxel-coated products, to treat PAD in the femoral and/or popliteal arteries;

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marketing approval (or the timing of any such approval) for our SurVeil DCB and other paclitaxel-coated products, to treat PAD in the femoral and/or popliteal arteries;

our ability to successfully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize our SurVeil DCB product, including our reliance on clinical research organizations to manage the TRANSCEND clinical trial and uncertainty related to the impacts of any clinical research relative to drug-coated balloons, including our Avess™ DCB, other DCB products and other catheter and balloon-based products, which will impact our ability to receive additional milestone payments under our agreement with Abbott;

general economic conditions which are beyond our control, such as the impact of recession, customer mergers and acquisitions, business investment, and changes in consumer confidence;confidence, and medical epidemics or pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which has, and will likely continue, to negatively impact our business and results from operations (as further described under “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q);

a decrease in our available cash or failure to generate cash flows from operations could impact short-term liquidity requirements and expected capital and other expenditures;

the difficulties and uncertainties associated with the lengthy and costly new product development and foreign and domestic regulatory approval processes, such as delays, difficulties or failures in achieving acceptable clinical results or obtaining foreign or FDA marketing clearances or approvals, which may result in lost market opportunities, failure to bring new products to market or postpone or preclude product commercialization by licensees or ourselves;

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

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

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

our ability to successfully convert our customers from the fourth generation of our PhotoLink® hydrophilic technology protected by a family of patents which will begin to expireexpired in November 2019the first quarter of fiscal 2020 (in the U.S.) to one of our advanced generation technologies or extend the royalty-bearing term of the customer license agreements, and to offset any decline in revenue from customers that we are unable to convert;

our ability to identify and execute new acquisition opportunities as well as the process of integrating acquired businesses poses numerous risks, including an inability to integrate acquired operations, personnel, technology, information systems, and internal control systems and products; a lack of understanding of tax, legal and cultural differences; diversion of management’s attention; difficulties and uncertainties in transitioning the customers or other business relationships from the acquired entity to us; the loss of key employees of acquired companies;

other factors described under “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in “Risk Factors” and other sections of Surmodics’our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018,2019, which you are encouraged to read carefully.

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

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our investment policy requires investments with high credit quality issuers and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. Our investments consist principally of interest-bearing corporate debt securities with varying maturity dates, which are less than one year. Because of the credit criteria of our investment policies, the primary market risk associated with these investments is interest rate risk. We do not use derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk or to speculate on future changes in interest rates. As of March 31, 2019,2020, we held $24.0$33.2 million in available-for-sale debt securities, all with maturity dates of less than one year, therefore interest rate fluctuations would have an insignificant impact on our results of operations or cash flows. Our policy also allows the Company to hold a substantial portion of funds in cash and cash equivalents, which are defined as financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less and may include money market instruments, certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, corporate bonds and commercial paper instruments.

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

We are exposed to increasing Euro currency risk with respect to our manufacturing operations in Ireland. In a period where the U.S. dollar is strengthening or weakening as compared with the Euro, our revenue and expenses denominated in Euro currency are translated into U.S. dollars at a lower or higher value than they would be in an otherwise constant currency exchange rate environment. All sales transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars or Euros. We generate royalty revenue from the sale of customer products in foreign jurisdictions. Royalties generated in foreign jurisdictions by customers are converted and paid in U.S. dollars per contractual terms. Substantially all of our purchasing transactions are denominated in U.S. Dollars or Euros. To date, we have not entered into any

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foreign currency forward exchange contracts or other derivative financial instruments to hedge the effects of adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, referred to collectively herein as the Certifying Officers, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2019.2020. Based on that evaluation, the Company��sCompany’s Certifying Officers concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Certifying Officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended March 31, 20192020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company has been involved in various legal actions involving its operations, products and technologies, including intellectual property and employment disputes.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

InThe risks described below and those identified in our reportAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018,2019, filed with the SEC on November 30, 2018, we identifyDecember 3, 2019, under “Part 1, Item 1A. Risk Factors.” important factors whichFactors” could affect our financial performance and could cause our actual results for future periods to differ materially from our anticipated results or other expectations, including those expressed in any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ThereThe COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse effect on our business and results of operations and is expected to continue to have been nofurther adverse effects, which could be material, changeson our business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, and capital investments.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted supply chains and created significant volatility in financial markets. We have implemented business policies intended to protect our employees from the spread of COVID-19. Those policies include employees working from home when possible and employees in our risk factors subsequentfacilities increasing physical distancing.

On March 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance for U.S. healthcare providers to limit all elective medical procedures in order to conserve personal protective equipment and limit exposure to COVID-19 during the pendency of the pandemic. Many of our customers use our licensed technology and purchased materials to manufacture products used in procedures impacted by the guidance. Based on the CMS guidance, we adjusted the assumptions used in our royalty revenue recognition for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, which resulted in a reduction in royalty revenues for the quarter. In addition to limiting medical procedures, many hospitals and other healthcare providers have strictly limited access to their facilities during the pandemic.

We cannot predict the duration or scope of the pandemic, actions that may be taken by governments and businesses in response to the filingpandemic, or the impacts of the pandemic on healthcare systems. The impacts of the pandemic may include, but not be limited to:

Reduced revenues from our customers, including our major customers, whose products are impacted by CMS guidance to limit elective medical procedures;

Diminished ability or willingness of third parties to market, distribute and sell products incorporating our coating and device technologies, as well as our whole-product solutions, due to reduced demand from, or lack of access to, healthcare facilities and providers;

Diminished ability, or inability, to complete clinical trials and other activities required to achieve regulatory clearing for our products under development due to lack of access to healthcare facilities, healthcare providers and patients;

Diminished or lost access to third party service providers that we use in our research and development or marketing efforts;

Reduced cash flow from our operations due to reductions in revenues or collections from our customers and increases in operating costs related to actions we have taken in response to the pandemic;

Reduced business productivity due to inefficiencies in employees working from home or increasing physical distancing and other pandemic response protocols in our production facilities;

Increased susceptibility to the risk of information technology security breaches and other disruptions due to increased volumes of remote access to our information systems from our employees working at home;

Inability to source sufficient components used in our products due to disruptions in supply chains;

Loss of manufacturing capacity, which could lead to failures to meet product delivery commitments, or increased operating costs if one of our Form 10-K forfacilities were to experience a COVID-19 outbreak;

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Diminished ability to identify, evaluate and acquire, or effectively integrate, complementary businesses, products, materials or technologies due to travel restrictions, physical distancing protocols, and lack of access to third party service providers related to our development activities;

Difficulties in assessing and securing intellectual property rights due to lack of access to, or delayed responsiveness of, third party service providers or governmental agencies;

Impairment of goodwill or other assets due to reductions in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, other than a risk factor relatedfair value of our reporting units;

Diminished ability to delaysretain personnel over concerns about workplace exposure to COVID-19, or to hire and effectively train new personnel, due to physical distancing protocols; and

Increased volatility in our ongoingstock price due to financial market instability.

These and planned clinical studies, further discussed below.

Delays in clinical studies are commonother factors relating to, or arising from, the pandemic could have material adverse effects on our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition, and have many causes, and any significant delay in clinical studies being conducted bycapital investments. Actual or anticipated adverse effects on our cash flows or financial condition may lead us could result in delays in obtaining regulatory approvals and jeopardize theto seek additional funding. Any future debt financing into which we enter may impose upon us covenants that restrict our operations, including limitations on our ability to proceedincur liens or additional debt, pay dividends, repurchase our common stock, make certain investments and engage in certain merger, consolidation or asset sale transactions. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If we do not have, or are not able to obtain, sufficient funds, we may have to delay development or commercialization of our SurVeil DCB and other products.

We began enrollment in the TRANSCEND clinical study forproducts or otherwise curtail our SurVeil DCB in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and, in December 2018, we commenced a first-in-human clinical study of our Avess DCB.  There are risks involved in these and other clinical studies, including that they may fail to enroll a sufficient number of patients for a variety of reasons or be completed on schedule, if at all. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, we temporarily paused patient enrollment in TRANSCEND, the pivotal clinical trial of our SurVeil DCB following the March 15, 2019 publication of a FDA letter to physicians relating to the FDA' s preliminary analysis of a potentially concerning signal of increased long-term mortality related to paclitaxel-coated devices. While we resumed patient enrollment in TRANSCEND shortly after making updates to informed consent forms, providing updates to investigator communications related to the FDA communication and taking certain other steps, there can be no assurance that we will not experience future similar delays in this or any other clinical trial. Clinical trials for any of our products could be delayed for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to:

delays in reaching agreement with applicable regulatory authorities on a clinical study design;

issuance of publications or communications relating to the safety of certain medical devices, including recent studies and communications regarding the evaluation of risks associated with paclitaxel-coated products including the FDA notice mentioned above;

suspension or termination of a clinical study by us, the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities due to adverse events or safety concerns relating to our product; and

delays in recruiting suitable patients willing to participate in a trial, or delays in having patients complete participation or return for post-treatment follow-up.

If the initiation or completion of any of the ongoing or planned clinical studies for our products is delayed for any of the above or other reasons, the regulatory approval process would be delayed and the ability to commercialize and commence sales of our products could be materially harmed. Additionally, clinical study delays may allow our competitors to bring products to market before we do, which could impair our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidates.operations. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect onmaterially harm our business financial condition and results of operations.operating results.

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

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table presents information with respect to purchasesCompany did not purchase any of its common stock of the Company made during the three months ended March 31, 2019,2020. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had an aggregate of $25.3 million available for future common stock repurchases under an authorization approved by the Company orBoard of Directors for up to $20.0 million on behalfNovember 6, 2015, all of which is remaining, and an authorization approved by the Company or any “affiliated purchaser”Board of the Company, as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act.

Period

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

 

 

Average

Price Paid

per Share

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

as Part of

Publicly

Announced

Plans or

Programs

 

 

Approximate Dollar

Value of

Shares That

May Yet Be

Purchased

Under the

Plans or

Programs (1)

 

1/1/19 — 1/31/19

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

$

25,298,238

 

2/1/19 — 2/28/19

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

$

25,298,238

 

3/1/19 — 3/31/19

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

$

25,298,238

 

Total

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

$

25,298,238

 

(1)

AsDirectors on November 5, 2014 of March 31, 2019, the Company has an aggregate of $25.3 million available for future common stock repurchase under an authorization approved by the Board of Directors for up to $20.0 million on November 6, 2015, all of which is remaining, and an authorization approved by the Board of Directors on November 5, 2014 for which $5.3 million is remaining. These authorizations for share repurchases do not have a fixed expiration date.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

Item 6. ExhibitsEXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Share Purchase Agreement by and among Surmodics, Inc. and the shareholders of Creagh Medical Ltd. dated as of November 20, 2015 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s 8-K filed on November 27, 2015, SEC File No. 0-23837.

2.2

Put and Call Option Agreement by and among Surmodics, Inc. and the shareholders of Creagh Medical Ltd. dated as of November 20, 2015 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s 8-K filed on November 27, 2015, SEC File No. 0-23837.

2.3

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated January 8, 2016, by and among Surmodics, Inc. and the shareholders of NorMedix, Inc. and Gregg Sutton as Seller’s Agent — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016, SEC File No. 0-23837.

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 29, 2016, SEC File No. 0-23837.

3.2

Restated Bylaws of Surmodics, Inc., as amended December 18, 2015 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2015.

10.1

Surmodics, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Schedule 14A filed on December 21, 2018, SEC File No. 0-23837.

31.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101*

Financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for Surmodics, Inc. for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019, filed on May 3, 2019, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

*

Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirementsCompany’s 8-K filed on November 27, 2015, SEC File No. 0-23837.

2.2

Put and Call Option Agreement by and among Surmodics, Inc. and the shareholders of Creagh Medical Ltd. dated as of November 20, 2015 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s 8-K filed on November 27, 2015, SEC File No. 0-23837.

2.3

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated January 8, 2016, by and among Surmodics, Inc. and the shareholders of NorMedix, Inc. and Gregg Sutton as Seller’s Agent — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2016, SEC File No. 0-23837.

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Securities ExchangeCompany’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 29, 2016, SEC File No. 0-23837.

3.2

Restated Bylaws of Surmodics, Inc., as amended December 18, 2015 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2015, SEC File No. 0-23837.

31.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 1934,2002.

31.2*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

May 3, 2019

32.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101*

Financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for Surmodics, Inc. for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020, filed on April 29, 2020, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (I) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

*

Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

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

April 29, 2020

Surmodics, Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Timothy J. Arens

Timothy J. Arens

Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

(duly authorized signatory and principal financial officer)

 

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Timothy J. Arens

Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

(duly authorized signatory and principal financial officer)

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