Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended July 5, 2009

or

 

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

Commission File Number 001-5075

PerkinElmer, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

Massachusetts   04-2052042
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

940 Winter Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(781) 663-6900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes ¨    No ¨

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

 

Large accelerated filer   þ      Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨      Smaller reporting company   ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)       

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

As of August 7, 2009, there were outstanding 116,703,357 shares of common stock, $1 par value per share.

 

 

 


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   PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

Item 1.

   Financial Statements    3
   Condensed Consolidated Income Statements    3
   Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets    4
   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows    5
   Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements    6

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    30
   Overview    30
   Recent Developments    33
   Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates    33
   Consolidated Results of Continuing Operations    34
   Reporting Segment Results of Continuing Operations    42
   Liquidity and Capital Resources    43
   Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements    47
   Dividends    47
   Contractual Obligations    47
   Effects of Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements    48
   Effects of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements    50

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    51

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures    52
   PART II. OTHER INFORMATION   

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings    54

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    55

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    62

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    62

Item 6.

   Exhibits    63

Signature

   64

Exhibit Index

   65

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

PERKINELMER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
    

(In thousands, except

per share data)

 

Sales

   $ 434,575      $ 504,965      $ 866,149      $ 963,685   

Cost of sales

     247,102        289,935        490,721        556,541   

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     123,962        141,750        252,376        272,584   

Research and development expenses

     25,568        28,924        51,541        56,771   

Restructuring and lease (reversals) charges, net

     —          (305     7,823        (305
                                

Operating income from continuing operations

     37,943        44,661        63,688        78,094   

Interest and other expense, net

     4,181        4,949        9,018        10,259   
                                

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

     33,762        39,712        54,670        67,835   

Provision for income taxes

     10,807        10,120        16,654        17,504   
                                

Net income from continuing operations

     22,955        29,592        38,016        50,331   

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     (1,051     904        (3,964     672   

Loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     (399     (6,790     (1,988     (7,159
                                

Net income

   $ 21,505      $ 23,706      $ 32,064      $ 43,844   
                                

Basic earnings (loss) per share:

        

Continuing operations

   $ 0.20      $ 0.25      $ 0.33      $ 0.43   

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     (0.01     0.01        (0.03     0.01   

Loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     (0.00     (0.06     (0.02     (0.06
                                

Net income

   $ 0.19      $ 0.20      $ 0.28      $ 0.37   
                                

Diluted earnings (loss) per share:

        

Continuing operations

   $ 0.20      $ 0.25      $ 0.33      $ 0.42   

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     (0.01     0.01        (0.03     0.01   

Loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     (0.00     (0.06     (0.02     (0.06
                                

Net income

   $ 0.18      $ 0.20      $ 0.28      $ 0.37   
                                

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:

        

Basic

     116,063        117,811        116,235        117,558   

Diluted

     116,268        119,263        116,410        118,861   

Cash dividends per common share

   $ 0.07      $ 0.07      $ 0.14      $ 0.14   

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

 

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PERKINELMER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     July 5,
2009
    December 28,
2008
 
     (In thousands, except share
and per share data)
 

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 151,339      $ 179,110   

Accounts receivable, net

     328,228        327,636   

Inventories, net

     216,320        197,967   

Other current assets

     107,447        111,087   

Current assets of discontinued operations

     16,620        14,947   
                

Total current assets

     819,954        830,747   
                

Property, plant and equipment, net:

    

At cost

     581,471        570,257   

Accumulated depreciation

     (380,601     (365,843
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

     200,870        204,414   

Marketable securities and investments

     2,031        3,459   

Intangible assets, net

     456,363        452,473   

Goodwill

     1,425,437        1,396,292   

Other assets, net

     35,747        38,760   

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

     5,471        5,622   
                

Total assets

   $ 2,945,873      $ 2,931,767   
                

Current liabilities:

    

Short-term debt

   $ —        $ 40   

Accounts payable

     153,905        169,447   

Accrued restructuring and integration costs

     9,017        5,904   

Accrued expenses

     317,197        323,815   

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     16,689        17,036   
                

Total current liabilities

     496,808        516,242   
                

Long-term debt

     524,000        509,040   

Long-term liabilities

     347,472        335,354   

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations

     3,261        3,188   
                

Total liabilities

     1,371,541        1,363,824   
                

Commitments and contingencies (see Note 19)

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock—$1 par value per share, authorized 1,000,000 shares; none issued or outstanding

     —          —     

Common stock—$1 par value per share, authorized 300,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 116,703,000 and 117,112,000 shares at July 5, 2009 and December 28, 2008, respectively

     116,703        117,112   

Capital in excess of par value

     242,984        246,549   

Retained earnings

     1,251,276        1,235,521   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (36,631     (31,239
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,574,332        1,567,943   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 2,945,873      $ 2,931,767   
                

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

 

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PERKINELMER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 32,064      $ 43,844   

Add: loss (income) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     3,964        (672

Add: loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

     1,988        7,159   
                

Net income from continuing operations

     38,016        50,331   

Adjustments to reconcile net income from continuing operations to net cash provided by continuing operations:

    

Restructuring and lease charges (reversals), net

     7,823        (305

Depreciation and amortization

     43,879        43,916   

Stock-based compensation

     8,165        8,272   

Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs

     1,270        797   

Gains on dispositions, net

     —          (1,158

Amortization of acquired inventory revaluation

     215        —     

Changes in operating assets and liabilities which (used) provided cash, excluding effects from companies purchased and divested:

    

Accounts receivable, net

     (2,760     7,199   

Inventories, net

     (14,116     (11,761

Accounts payable

     (14,723     6,317   

Accrued expenses and other

     (9,559     (6,862
                

Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations

     58,210        96,746   

Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations

     (6,990     (1,884
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     51,220        94,862   

Investing activities:

    

Capital expenditures

     (13,047     (17,896

Changes in restricted cash balances

     1,412        —     

Payments for business development activity

     —          (148

Proceeds from disposition of investments, net

     —          1,158   

Payments for acquisitions and investments, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

     (49,222     (86,358
                

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations

     (60,857     (103,244

Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations

     (175     (1,573
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (61,032     (104,817

Financing activities:

    

Payments on debt

     (185,611     (510,500

Proceeds from borrowings

     197,000        365,500   

Proceeds from the sale of senior subordinated debt

     —          150,000   

Payment of debt issuance costs

     (7     (1,841

Settlement of cash flow hedges

     —          (11,702

Payments on other credit facilities

     (81     (499

Tax benefit from exercise of common stock options

     25        108   

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under stock plans

     2,079        18,368   

Purchases of common stock

     (14,587     (408

Dividends paid

     (16,358     (16,487
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (17,540     (7,461
                

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (419     7,519   
                

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (27,771     (9,897

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     179,110        203,348   
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 151,339      $ 193,451   
                

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

 

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PERKINELMER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1: Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by PerkinElmer, Inc. (the “Company”), without audit, in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (the “U.S.”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information in the footnote disclosures of these financial statements has been condensed or omitted where it substantially duplicates information provided in the Company’s latest audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, filed with the SEC (the “2008 Form 10-K”). The balance sheet amounts at December 28, 2008 in this report were derived from the Company’s audited 2008 consolidated financial statements included in the 2008 Form 10-K. The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and classifications of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The results of operations for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year or any future period.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141(R)”). SFAS No. 141(R) establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements significant aspects of a business combination. Under SFAS No. 141(R), acquisition costs are generally expensed as incurred; noncontrolling interests are valued at fair value at the acquisition date; in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) is recorded at fair value as an indefinite-lived intangible asset at the acquisition date; restructuring costs associated with a business combination are generally expensed subsequent to the acquisition date; contingent consideration is measured at fair value at the acquisition date, with changes in the fair value after the acquisition date affecting earnings; and changes in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax uncertainties after the measurement period will affect income tax expense. SFAS No. 141(R) amends SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” such that adjustments made to valuation allowances on deferred taxes and acquired tax contingencies associated with acquisitions that closed prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 141(R) would also apply the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R). SFAS No. 141(R) also establishes disclosure requirements to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective on a prospective basis for all business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual period subsequent to December 15, 2008, with the exception of the accounting for valuation allowances on deferred taxes and acquired tax contingencies. The Company adopted SFAS No. 141(R) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) did not have a significant impact on the Company’s acquisition activity or condensed consolidated financial statements in the six months ended July 5, 2009.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” (“SFAS No. 160”). SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest,

 

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changes in a parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. SFAS No. 160 also establishes disclosure requirements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. The Company adopted SFAS No. 160 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS No. 161 is intended to improve transparency in financial reporting by requiring enhanced disclosures of an entity’s derivative instruments and hedging activities and their effects on the entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 applies to all derivative instruments within the scope of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS No. 133”), as well as related hedged items, bifurcated derivatives, and nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments. SFAS No. 161 establishes principles and requirements for how an entity identifies derivative instruments and related hedged items that affect its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 also establishes disclosure requirements that the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses are disclosed in a tabular format, that derivative features which are credit-risk related be disclosed to provide clarification to an entity’s liquidity and that cross-referencing be included within footnotes. The Company adopted SFAS No. 161 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 and has evaluated the requirements of SFAS No. 161, which provides for additional disclosure on the Company’s derivative instruments. See Notes 17 and 18 for the Company’s disclosure on derivative instruments and hedging activities.

In April 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets” (“FSP No. 142-3”). FSP No. 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS No. 142”). The objective of FSP No. 142-3 is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under SFAS No. 141(R), and other accounting principles. FSP No. 142-3 applies to all intangible assets, whether acquired in a business combination or otherwise, and early adoption is prohibited. The Company adopted FSP No. 142-3 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 142-3 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 141(R)-1, “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies” (“FSP No. 141(R)-1”), which amends and clarifies the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and related disclosures of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in a business combination under SFAS No. 141(R). FSP No. 141(R)-1 is effective for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual period subsequent to December 15, 2008. The Company adopted FSP No. 141(R)-1 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS No. 141(R). The adoption of FSP No. 141(R)-1 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s acquisition activity or condensed consolidated financial statements in the six months ended July 5, 2009.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (“FSP No. 157-4”). FSP No. 157-4 amends SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”), and provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly for fair value measurements. FSP No. 157-4 is applied prospectively with retrospective application not permitted, and is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity

 

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early adopting FSP No. 157-4 must also early adopt FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (“FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2”). Additionally, if an entity elects to early adopt either FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1”) or FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2, it must also elect to early adopt FSP No. 157-4. The Company adopted FSP No. 157-4 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 157-4 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2, which amends SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” SFAS No. 124, “Accounting for Certain Investments Held by Not-for-Profit Organizations,” and Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 99-20, “Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased Beneficial Interests and Beneficial Interests That Continue to Be Held by a Transferor in Securitized Financial Assets,” to make the other-than-temporary impairments guidance found therein more operational and to improve the presentation of other-than-temporary impairments in financial statements. FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 replaces the existing requirement that an entity’s management assert it has both the intent and ability to hold an impaired debt security until recovery with a requirement that management assert it does not have the intent to sell the security, and it is more likely than not that the entity will not have to sell the security before recovery of the security’s cost basis. FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 provides increased disclosure about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold and also requires increased and more frequent disclosures regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and aging of securities with unrealized losses. Although FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 does not result in a change in the carrying amount of debt securities, it does require that the portion of an other-than-temporary impairment not related to a credit loss for a held-to-maturity security be recognized in a new category of other comprehensive income and be amortized over the remaining life of the debt security as an increase in the carrying value of the security. FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may early adopt FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 only if it also elects to early adopt FSP No. 157-4. Also, if an entity elects to early adopt either FSP No. 157-4 or FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, the entity also is required to early adopt FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2. The Company adopted FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, which amends SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“SFAS No. 107”), to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. Prior to FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, fair values for these assets and liabilities were only disclosed annually. FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 applies to all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS No. 107 and requires all entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may early adopt FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 only if it also elects to early adopt FSP No. 157-4 and FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2. FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 does not require disclosures for earlier periods presented for comparative purposes at initial adoption. In periods after initial adoption, FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 requires comparative disclosures only for periods ending after initial adoption. The Company adopted FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events” (“SFAS No. 165”), which establishes general standards for the accounting and disclosure of events or transactions that occur during the period after the balance sheet date that management will need to evaluate for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, the circumstances under which an entity shall recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements, and the disclosures that an entity shall make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. The Company adopted SFAS No. 165 in the second

 

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quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 165 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and the Company has evaluated subsequent events through August 14, 2009.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 132(R)-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets” (“FSP No. 132(R)-1”), which requires additional disclosures for employers’ pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets. Pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets were not included within the scope of SFAS No. 157. FSP No. 132(R)-1 requires employers to disclose information about fair value measurements of plan assets similar to the disclosures required under SFAS No. 157, including the investment policies and strategies for the major categories of plan assets, and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. FSP No. 132(R)-1 will be effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009, with earlier application permitted. Upon initial application, the provisions of FSP No. 132(R)-1 are not required for earlier periods that are presented for comparative purposes. The Company will be required to adopt FSP No. 132(R)-1 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009. FSP No. 132(R)-1 provides only disclosure requirements; the Company expects the adoption of this standard will not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assetsan amendment of FASB Statement No. 140” (“SFAS No. 166”). SFAS No. 166 is intended to improve practices that have developed since the issuance of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 140”), that are not consistent with the original intent and key requirements of SFAS No. 140, including establishing a new “participating interest” definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarifying and amending the derecognition criteria for a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, and changing the amount that can be recognized as a gain or loss on a transfer accounted for as a sale when beneficial interests are received by the transferor. SFAS No. 166 also requires enhanced disclosures to provide information about transfers of financial assets and a transferor’s continuing involvement with transferred financial assets. The Company will be required to adopt SFAS No. 166 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. The Company expects the adoption of SFAS No. 166 will not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)” (“SFAS No.167”). SFAS No. 167 amends FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 46 (revised 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” to require an enterprise to qualitatively assess the determination of the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity based on whether the entity has the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity. Also, SFAS No. 167 requires an ongoing reconsideration of the primary beneficiary, and amends the events that trigger a reassessment of whether an entity is a variable interest entity. Enhanced disclosures are also required to provide information about an enterprise’s involvement in a variable interest entity. The Company will be required to adopt SFAS No. 167 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. The Company expects the adoption of SFAS No. 167 will not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles—a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162” (“SFAS No.168”). SFAS No. 168 replaces SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,” and requires that the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (the “Codification”) will now be the source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. All guidance contained in the Codification carries an equal level of authority. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. On the

 

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effective date of SFAS No. 168, the Codification will supersede all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other nongrandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become nonauthoritative. The Company will be required to adopt SFAS No. 168 in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. SFAS No. 168 provides only disclosure requirements; the Company expects the adoption of this statement will not have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 2: Acquisitions

Acquisition of Analytica of Branford, Inc. In May 2009, the Company acquired the outstanding stock of Analytica of Branford, Inc. (“Analytica”). Analytica is a leading developer of mass spectrometry and ion source technology. The Company expects this acquisition to allow the Company to offer its customers access to critical technologies such as time-of-flight and quadrupole mass spectrometers and new ion sources that provide more complete information as well as better throughput. The Company will also gain significant intellectual property in the field of mass spectrometry and ion source technology. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets represents cost and revenue synergies specific to the Company as well as non-capitalizable intangible assets, such as the employee workforce acquired. The Company paid the shareholders of Analytica approximately $21.7 million in cash for this acquisition plus up to $1.3 million in additional consideration, which the Company expects to pay during fiscal year 2009. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been allocated to goodwill, which may be tax deductible if elected by the Company. The Company reports the operations for this acquisition within the results of the Company’s Environmental Health segment from the acquisition date.

Acquisition of Opto Technology Inc. In January 2009, the Company acquired the outstanding stock of Opto Technology Inc. (“Opto Technology”). Opto Technology is a supplier of light-emitting diode (“LED”) based lighting components and subsystems. The Company expects this acquisition to expand its portfolio of high brightness LED components by adding optical subsystems to provide energy efficient solid state lighting solutions to original equipment manufacturers. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets represents cost and revenue synergies specific to the Company as well as non-capitalizable intangible assets, such as the customer base acquired. The Company paid the shareholders of Opto Technology approximately $20.6 million in cash for this acquisition plus up to $8.0 million in potential additional contingent consideration, of which the Company recorded $4.9 million as the fair value at the acquisition date. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, the Company recorded a decrease of $0.3 million to the potential additional contingent consideration as a fair value adjustment. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, the Company received approximately $0.2 million from the former shareholders of Opto Technology for net working capital adjustments. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been allocated to goodwill, none of which is tax deductible. The Company reports the operations for this acquisition within the results of the Company’s Environmental Health segment from the acquisition date.

The Analytica and Opto Technology acquisitions were accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. Allocations of the purchase price for these acquisitions were based on estimates of the fair value of the net assets acquired, and are subject to adjustment upon finalization of the purchase price allocation. The fair values assigned to contingent consideration, tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on management’s estimates and assumptions, as well as other information compiled by management, including valuations that utilize customary valuation procedures and techniques. Contingent consideration has been measured at fair value at the acquisition date with changes in the fair value after the acquisition date affecting earnings. The excess purchase price over those assigned values was recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is reviewed at least annually for impairment. Purchased intangibles with finite lives will be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives. See Note 13 below for additional details.

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contingent liabilities, tax elections, deferred taxes and revisions of preliminary estimates of fair values made at the date of purchase. For acquisitions completed subsequent to fiscal year 2008, during the measurement period, the Company will recognize additional assets or liabilities if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of those assets and liabilities as of that date. The Company expects to finalize any outstanding information no later than one year from the date of acquisition. Adjustments to the initial allocation of the purchase price during the measurement period require the revision of comparative prior period financial information when reissued in subsequent financial statements. The effect of measurement period adjustments to the allocation of the purchase price would be as if the adjustments had been completed on the acquisition date. The effects of measurement period adjustments may cause changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income or expense recognized in prior periods. All changes that do not qualify as measurement period adjustments are included in current period earnings.

The components of the preliminary purchase price and allocations for the Analytica and Opto Technology acquisitions were as follows:

 

     Analytica     Opto
Technology
 
     (In thousands)  

Consideration and acquisition costs:

    

Cash payments

   $ 21,730      $ 20,604   

Less: cash acquired

     (293     —     

Deferred consideration

     1,309        4,857   

Working capital adjustments

     —          (180
                

Total consideration

   $ 22,746      $ 25,281   
                

Allocation of purchase price:

    

Current assets

   $ 2,448      $ 2,155   

Property, plant and equipment

     91        828   

Identifiable intangible assets

     17,600        13,100   

Goodwill

     14,680        16,299   

Deferred taxes

     (6,530     (4,031

Liabilities assumed

     (5,543     (3,070
                

Total

   $ 22,746      $ 25,281   
                

Note 3: Restructuring and Lease (Reversals) Charges, net

The Company has undertaken a series of restructuring actions related to the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and the integration of its business units.

A description of the restructuring plans and the activity recorded for the six months ended July 5, 2009 is listed below. Details of the plans initiated in previous years, particularly those listed under “Previous Restructuring and Integration Plans,” are discussed more fully in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements in the 2008 Form 10-K.

The restructuring plan for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 was principally to reduce resources in anticipation of decreasing demand in certain end markets. The restructuring plan for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 was principally to shift resources into geographic regions and product lines that are more consistent with the Company’s growth strategy. The activities associated with these plans have been reported as restructuring expenses as a component of operating expenses from continuing operations. The Company expects the impact of immediate cost savings from the restructuring plan in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 on

 

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operating results and cash flows to approximately offset the decline in revenue. The Company expects the impact of future cost savings from these restructuring activities on operating results and cash flows to be negligible, as the Company will incur offsetting costs.

Q1 2009 Plan

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, the Company’s management approved a plan to reduce resources in anticipation of decreasing demand in certain end markets (the “Q1 2009 Plan”). As a result of the Q1 2009 Plan, the Company recognized a $4.8 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Human Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of an excess facility. The Company also recognized a $3.0 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Environmental Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of an excess facility. All notifications and actions related to the Q1 2009 Plan were completed by April 5, 2009.

The following table summarizes the Q1 2009 Plan activity for the six months ended July 5, 2009:

 

     Headcount     Severance     Closure
of Excess Facility
    Total  
           (Dollars in thousands)  

Provision

   166      $ 7,365      $ 458      $ 7,823   

Amounts paid and foreign currency translation

   (157     (2,563     (95     (2,658
                              

Balance at July 5, 2009

   9      $ 4,802      $ 363      $ 5,165   
                              

All employee relationships have been severed and the Company anticipates that the remaining severance payments of $4.8 million for workforce reductions will be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. The Company also anticipates that the remaining payments of $0.4 million for the closure of the excess facility will be paid through fiscal year 2012, in accordance with the terms of the applicable lease.

Q3 2008 Plan

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Company’s management approved a plan to shift resources into product lines that are more consistent with the Company’s growth strategy (the “Q3 2008 Plan”). As a result of the Q3 2008 Plan, the Company recognized a $4.5 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Human Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of excess facilities. The Company also recognized a $3.3 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Environmental Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of excess facilities. All notifications and actions related to the Q3 2008 Plan were completed by September 28, 2008.

The following table summarizes the Q3 2008 Plan activity for the six months ended July 5, 2009:

 

     Severance     Closure
of Excess Facilities
    Total  
     (In thousands)  

Balance at December 28, 2008

   $ 2,659      $ 1,152      $ 3,811   

Amounts paid and foreign currency translation

     (1,421     (230     (1,651
                        

Balance at July 5, 2009

   $ 1,238      $ 922      $ 2,160   
                        

All employee relationships have been severed and the Company anticipates that the remaining severance payments of $1.2 million for workforce reductions will be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. The Company also anticipates that the remaining payments of $0.9 million for the closure of the excess facilities will be paid through fiscal year 2011, in accordance with the terms of the applicable leases.

 

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Previous Restructuring and Integration Plans

The principal actions of the restructuring and integration plans from fiscal years 2001 through 2007 were workforce reductions related to the integration of the Company’s businesses in order to reduce costs and achieve operational efficiencies as well as workforce reductions in both the Human Health and Environmental Health segments by shifting resources into geographic regions and product lines that are more consistent with the Company’s growth strategy. During the six months ended July 5, 2009, the Company paid $0.4 million related to these plans. As of July 5, 2009, the Company had approximately $1.7 million of remaining liabilities associated with these restructuring and integration plans, primarily relating to remaining lease obligations related to those closed facilities in both the Human Health and Environmental Health segments. The remaining terms of these leases vary in length and will be paid through fiscal year 2011.

Q3 2009 Plan

During July 2009, the Company’s management approved a plan principally intended to reduce resources in anticipation of decreasing demand in certain end markets (the “Q3 2009 Plan”). The Company expects the impact of immediate cost savings from the Q3 2009 Plan on operating results and cash flows to approximately offset the decline in revenue. The Company expects the impact of future cost savings from this restructuring activity on operating results and cash flows to be negligible, as the Company will incur offsetting costs. The activities associated with the Q3 2009 Plan will be reported as restructuring expenses as a component of operating expenses from continuing operations during the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

As of August 7, 2009 and as a result of the Q3 2009 Plan, the Company anticipates recognizing an initial $1.1 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Human Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of an additional excess facility. The Company also anticipates recognizing an initial $3.3 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Environmental Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities.

Lease Charges

To facilitate the sale of a business in fiscal year 2001, the Company was required to guarantee the obligations that the buyer of the business assumed related to the lease for the building in which the business operates. The lease obligations continue through March 2011. While the Company assigned its interest in the lease to the buyer at the time of the sale of the business, in the event the buyer defaults under the lease, the Company is responsible for all remaining lease payments and certain other building related expenses. During fiscal year 2007, the lessor of the building began the process to evict the buyer as a result of unpaid lease payments and building expenses and sought reimbursement from the Company. The Company recorded a charge of $2.7 million related to payments for this lease obligation. The buyer filed for bankruptcy protection on October 27, 2008 and was delinquent in making both its lease payments and payments for certain building expenses, requiring the Company to make payments of $0.4 million during fiscal year 2008. In addition, the Company made payments of $0.4 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009. As of July 5, 2009, the Company is still responsible for the remaining accrual of $1.9 million, which relates to the remaining lease and building obligations through March 2011, reduced by estimated sublease rentals reasonably expected to be obtained for the property.

 

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Note 4: Interest and Other Expense, net

Interest and other expense, net consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Interest income

   $ (176   $ (827   $ (653   $ (2,185

Interest expense

     4,229        5,746        8,817        12,064   

Gains on dispositions of investments, net

     —          (269     —          (1,158

Other expense, net

     128        299        854        1,538   
                                

Total interest and other expense, net

   $ 4,181      $ 4,949      $ 9,018      $ 10,259   
                                

Note 5: Inventories, net

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

     July 5,
2009
   December 28,
2008
     (In thousands)

Raw materials

   $ 83,056    $ 78,097

Work in progress

     20,473      16,191

Finished goods

     112,791      103,679
             

Total inventories, net

   $ 216,320    $ 197,967
             

Note 6: Income Taxes

The Company regularly reviews its tax positions in each significant taxing jurisdiction in the process of evaluating its unrecognized tax benefits. Adjustments are made to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits when: (i) facts and circumstances regarding a tax position change, causing a change in management’s judgment regarding that tax position; (ii) a tax position is effectively settled with a tax authority; and/or (iii) the statute of limitations expires regarding a tax position.

At July 5, 2009, the Company had gross tax effected unrecognized tax benefits of $42.7 million, of which $39.6 million, if recognized, would affect the continuing operations effective tax rate. The remaining amount, if recognized, would affect discontinued operations. With the Company’s adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, changes in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax uncertainties, after the acquisition date, will affect income tax expense, including those associated with acquisitions that closed prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 141(R).

At July 5, 2009, the Company had $9.0 million of accrued liabilities for uncertain tax positions, including accrued interest, net of tax benefits, and penalties, which should be resolved within the next year as a result of the completion of various audits. A portion of the accrued liabilities for uncertain tax positions could affect the continuing operations effective tax rate depending on the ultimate resolution; however, the Company cannot quantify an estimated range at this time. The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as to income tax of numerous state and foreign jurisdictions.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, the Company has or expects to effectively settle several income tax audits worldwide, including Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States, covering various years ranging from 2006 through 2007. Settling these audits will result in the recognition of income tax benefits in an estimated amount up to $3.0 million. Tax years ranging from 1998 through 2008 remain open to examination by

 

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various state and foreign tax jurisdictions (such as Singapore, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States) in which the Company has significant business operations. The tax years under examination vary by jurisdiction.

Note 7: Debt

Amended Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. On August 13, 2007, the Company entered into an amended and restated senior unsecured revolving credit facility providing for a facility through August 13, 2012, which amended and restated in its entirety the Company’s previous senior revolving credit agreement dated as of October 31, 2005. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, the Company exercised its option to increase the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility to $650.0 million from $500.0 million. Letters of credit in the aggregate amount of approximately $14.0 million were issued under the previous facility, which are treated as issued under the amended facility. The Company uses the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, refinancing existing indebtedness, capital expenditures, share repurchases, acquisitions and strategic alliances. The interest rates under the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility are based on the Eurocurrency rate at the time of borrowing plus a margin, or the base rate from time to time. The base rate is the higher of (i) the corporate base rate announced from time to time by Bank of America, N.A. and (ii) the Federal Funds rate plus 50 basis points. The Company may allocate all or a portion of its indebtedness under the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility to interest based upon the Eurocurrency rate plus a margin, or the base rate. The Eurocurrency margin as of July 5, 2009 was 40 basis points. The weighted average Eurocurrency interest rate as of July 5, 2009 was 0.31%, resulting in a weighted average effective Eurocurrency rate, including the margin, of 0.71%. The Company had drawn down approximately $374.0 million of borrowings in U.S. Dollars under the facility as of July 5, 2009, with interest based on the above described Eurocurrency rate. The agreement for the facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type, which are consistent with those financial covenants contained in the Company’s previous senior revolving credit agreement. The financial covenants in the Company’s amended and restated senior unsecured revolving credit facility include debt-to-capital ratios and a contingent maximum total leverage ratio, applicable if the Company’s credit rating is down-graded below investment grade. The Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants as of July 5, 2009.

6% Senior Unsecured Notes. On May 30, 2008, the Company issued and sold seven-year senior notes at a rate of 6% with a face value of $150.0 million and received $150.0 million in gross proceeds from the issuance. The debt, which matures in May 2015, is unsecured. Interest on the 6% senior notes is payable semi-annually on May 30th and November 30th. The Company may redeem some or all of its 6% senior notes at any time in an amount not less than 10% of the original aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus the applicable make-whole amount. The financial covenants in the Company’s 6% senior notes include debt-to-capital ratios which, if the Company’s credit rating is down-graded below investment grade, would be replaced by a contingent maximum total leverage ratio. The Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants as of July 5, 2009.

The Company entered into forward interest rate contracts in October 2007 that were intended to hedge movements in interest rates prior to the Company’s expected debt issuance. In May 2008, the Company settled forward interest rate contracts with notional amounts totaling $150.0 million upon the issuance of the Company’s 6% senior unsecured notes. The Company did not recognize any ineffectiveness related to these cash flow hedges. The Company recognized $8.4 million, net of taxes of $5.4 million, of accumulated derivative losses in other comprehensive loss related to these cash flow hedges. As of July 5, 2009, the balance remaining in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to these cash flow hedges, net of taxes of $4.6 million, was $7.1 million. The derivative losses are amortized into interest expense when the hedged exposure affects interest expense. The Company amortized into interest expense $1.0 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009 and $1.2 million during fiscal year 2008 for these derivative losses.

 

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Note 8: Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share was computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period less restricted unvested shares. Diluted earnings per share was computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus all potentially dilutive common stock equivalents, primarily shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options using the treasury stock method. The following table reconciles the number of shares utilized in the earnings per share calculations:

 

     Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended
     July 5,
2009
   June 29,
2008
   July 5,
2009
   June 29,
2008
     (In thousands)

Number of common shares—basic

   116,063    117,811    116,235    117,558

Effect of dilutive securities:

           

Stock options

   117    1,380    113    1,239

Restricted stock

   88    72    62    64
                   

Number of common shares—diluted

   116,268    119,263    116,410    118,861
                   

Number of potentially dilutive securities excluded from calculation due to antidilutive impact

   8,882    6,042    9,935    6,987
                   

Antidilutive securities include outstanding stock options with exercise prices and average unrecognized compensation cost in excess of the average fair market value of the Company’s common stock for the related period. Antidilutive options were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share and could become dilutive in the future.

Note 9: Comprehensive Income

The components of comprehensive income, net of income taxes, consist of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
   June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Net income

   $ 21,505    $ 23,706      $ 32,064      $ 43,844   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes:

         

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     42,131      (4,054     (6,141     34,789   

Unrealized net gains (losses) on securities

     47      41        150        (12

Realized net losses on cash flow hedges reclassified to earnings

     299      —          599        —     

Unrealized and realized net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges

     —        5,348        —          (8,013
                               
     42,477      1,335        (5,392     26,764   
                               

Comprehensive income, net of income taxes

   $ 63,982    $ 25,041      $ 26,672      $ 70,608   
                               

 

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The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes, consist of the following:

 

     July 5,
2009
    December 28,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

   $ 76,964      $ 83,105   

Unrecognized losses and prior service costs

     (106,300     (106,300

Unrealized net losses on securities

     (218     (368

Net losses on cash flow hedges

     (7,077     (7,676
                

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes

   $ (36,631   $ (31,239
                

Note 10: Industry Segment Information

The Company discloses information about its operating segments based on the way that management organizes the segments within the Company for making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.

Beginning with fiscal year 2009, the Company has realigned its businesses in a manner intended to allow the Company to prioritize its capabilities on two key strategic operating areas – Human Health and Environmental Health. The Company realigned into these two new operating segments to align its resources to meet the demands of the markets the Company serves and to focus on the important outcomes enabled by its technologies. The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on sales and operating income. Intersegment sales and transfers are not significant. The Company’s management reviews the results of the operations by these two new operating segments. The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements in the 2008 Form 10-K. The results reported for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 reflect this new alignment of the Company’s operating segments. Financial information in this report relating to the three and six months ended June 29, 2008 has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the changes in the Company’s operating segments. The principal products and services of these operating segments are:

 

   

Human Health. Develops diagnostics, tools and applications to help detect disease earlier and more accurately and to accelerate the discovery and development of critical new therapies. Within the Human Health segment, the Company serves both the diagnostics and research markets. Specifically, the Human Health segment includes the Company’s products and services that address the genetic screening and bio-discovery markets, formerly in its Life and Analytical Sciences segment, and its technology serving the medical imaging market, formerly in its Optoelectronics segment.

 

   

Environmental Health. Provides technologies and applications to facilitate the creation of safer food and consumer products, more secure surroundings and efficient energy resources. The Environmental Health segment serves the environmental, safety and security, industrial and laboratory services markets. Specifically, the Environmental Health segment includes the Company’s products and services that address the analytical sciences and laboratory service and support markets, formerly in its Life and Analytical Sciences segment, and its technology designed for the sensors and specialty lighting markets, formerly in its Optoelectronics segment.

The assets and expenses for the Company’s corporate headquarters, such as legal, tax, audit, human resources, information technology, and other management and compliance costs, have been included as “Corporate” below. The Company has a process to allocate and recharge expenses to the reportable segments when such costs are administered or paid by the corporate headquarters based on the extent to which the segment benefited from the expenses. These amounts have been calculated in a consistent manner and are included in the Company’s calculations of segment results to internally plan and assess the performance of each segment for all purposes, including determining the compensation of the business leaders for each of the Company’s operating segments.

 

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Sales and operating profit by segment, excluding discontinued operations, are shown in the table below:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Human Health

        

Sales

   $ 184,850      $ 203,913      $ 362,114      $ 384,002   

Operating income from continuing operations

     24,069        19,629        36,756        31,462   

Environmental Health

        

Sales

     249,725        301,052        504,035        579,683   

Operating income from continuing operations

     22,486        36,320        43,117        67,956   

Corporate

        

Operating loss from continuing operations

     (8,612     (11,288     (16,185     (21,324

Continuing Operations

        

Sales

   $ 434,575      $ 504,965      $ 866,149      $ 963,685   

Operating income from continuing operations

     37,943        44,661        63,688        78,094   

Interest and other expense, net (see Note 4)

     4,181        4,949        9,018        10,259   
                                

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ 33,762      $ 39,712      $ 54,670      $ 67,835   
                                

Note 11: Discontinued Operations

As part of the Company’s continuing efforts to focus on higher growth opportunities, the Company has discontinued certain businesses. The Company has accounted for these businesses as discontinued operations and, accordingly, has presented the results of operations and related cash flows as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of these businesses have been presented separately, and are reflected within the assets and liabilities from discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of July 5, 2009 and December 28, 2008.

The Company recorded the following gains and losses, which have been reported as loss on disposition of discontinued operations:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Net gain (loss) on disposition of ViaCyteSM and Cellular Therapy Technology businesses

   $ 45      $ (8,451   $ (2,386   $ (8,451

Net gain (loss) on disposition of other discontinued operations

     111        283        (6     46   
                                

Net gain (loss) on disposition of discontinued operations before income taxes

     156        (8,168     (2,392     (8,405

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     555        (1,378     (404     (1,246
                                

Loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   $ (399   $ (6,790   $ (1,988   $ (7,159
                                

As part of the Company’s new strategic business alignment into the Human Health and Environmental Health segments and the Company’s continuing efforts to focus on higher growth opportunities, in December 2008, the Company’s management approved separate plans to divest its Photonics and Photoflash businesses within the Environmental Health segment. Photonics and Photoflash products and technologies include xenon

 

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flashtubes and modules. These products are used in a variety of applications including mobile phones and laser machine tools. The Company is actively marketing and is currently committed to a plan to sell both of these businesses.

In addition, during December 2008, the Company’s management approved the shut down of certain instrument businesses within the Human Health segment: Cellular Screening Fluorescence and Luminescence workstations, Analytical Proteomics Instruments and Proteomics and Genomics Instruments. The shut down of the Cellular Screening Fluorescence and Luminescence workstations business, the Analytical Proteomics Instruments business, and the Proteomics and Genomics Instruments business resulted in a pre-tax loss of $4.8 million related to lease and severance costs and the reduction of fixed assets and inventory to net realizable value during fiscal year 2008.

In November 2007, the Company acquired ViaCell, Inc. (“ViaCell”), which specializes in the collection, testing, processing and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells. Following the ViaCell acquisition, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved a plan to sell the ViaCyteSM and Cellular Therapy Technology businesses that were acquired with ViaCell. The Company determined that both businesses did not strategically fit with the other products offered by the Human Health segment. The Company also determined that without investing capital into the operations of both businesses, the Company could not effectively compete with larger companies that focus on the market for such products. After careful consideration, the Company decided in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 to shut down the ViaCyteSM and Cellular Therapy Technology businesses. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss of $8.0 million for severance and facility closure costs during fiscal year 2008 and recorded an additional pre-tax loss of $2.4 million related to facility closure costs during the first six months of fiscal year 2009.

Summary operating results of the discontinued operations for the periods prior to disposition were as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
   July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Sales

   $ 9,198      $ 23,671    $ 16,930      $ 47,294   

Costs and expenses

     10,241        22,590      21,090        48,344   
                               

Operating (loss) income from discontinued operations

     (1,043     1,081      (4,160     (1,050

Other expense, net

     —          —        —          —     
                               

(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes

     (1,043     1,081      (4,160     (1,050

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     8        177      (196     (378
                               

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   $ (1,051   $ 904    $ (3,964   $ (672
                               

Note 12: Stock Plans

In addition to the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Company formerly had three stock-based compensation plans, the Amended and Restated 2001 Incentive Plan, the 2005 Incentive Plan and the Amended and Restated Life Sciences Incentive Plan (collectively the “Prior Plans”), under which the Company’s common stock was made available for stock option grants, restricted stock awards, and stock grants as part of the Company’s compensation programs. The Prior Plans are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 20, 2009 and Note 20 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s 2008 Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2009. On April 28,

 

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2009, the Company’s shareholders approved the 2009 Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”), which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 20, 2009. Under the 2009 Plan, 10.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock, as well as shares of the Company’s common stock previously granted under the Amended and Restated 2001 Incentive Plan and the 2005 Incentive Plan that were cancelled or forfeited without the shares being issued, are authorized for stock option grants, restricted stock awards, and stock grants as part of the Company’s compensation programs. The 2009 Plan replaced the Prior Plans. Awards granted under the Prior Plans, prior to the approval of the 2009 Plan, remain outstanding.

For the three and six months ended July 5, 2009, the total pre-tax stock-based compensation expense for the cost of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and stock grants was $4.7 million and $8.1 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 29, 2008, the total pre-tax stock-based compensation expense for the cost of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and stock grants was $6.1 million and $10.9 million, respectively. The total income tax benefit recognized in the condensed consolidated income statements for stock-based compensation was $1.8 million and $2.7 million for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009, respectively. The total income tax benefit recognized in the condensed consolidated income statements for stock-based compensation was $2.1 million and $3.6 million for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008, respectively. Stock-based compensation costs capitalized as part of inventory were approximately $0.3 million as of both July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008.

Stock Options: The fair value of each option grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company’s weighted-average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model are as follows:

 

     Three and Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 

Risk-free interest rate

   1.6   2.6

Expected dividend yield

   1.9   1.2

Expected lives

   4 years      4 years   

Expected stock volatility

   35   28

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the six months ended July 5, 2009:

 

     Number
of
Shares
    Weighted-
Average
Price
   Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
     (Shares in thousands)    (In years)    (In millions)

Outstanding at December 28, 2008

   9,424      $ 24.81      

Granted

   2,231        13.21      

Exercised

   (190     10.92      

Canceled

   (165     24.87      

Forfeited

   (111     23.39      
                  

Outstanding at July 5, 2009

   11,189      $ 22.75    3.3    $ 7.6
                  

Exercisable at July 5, 2009

   7,547      $ 25.18    1.9    $ 1.3
                  

Vested and expected to vest in the future

   10,063      $ 22.75    3.3    $ 6.8
                  

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 were $4.25 and $3.32, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008 were $6.14 and $5.86, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised for both the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 was $0.8 million. The total intrinsic value of options exercised for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008 were $7.7 million and $8.0 million,

 

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respectively. Cash received from option exercises for the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008 was $2.1 million and $18.4 million, respectively. The related tax benefit, classified as a financing cash activity, was $0.03 million and $0.1 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively.

There was $11.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to nonvested stock options granted as of July 5, 2009. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.0 fiscal years and will be adjusted for any future changes in estimated forfeitures.

The following table summarizes total compensation expense recognized related to the Company’s outstanding stock options, which is a function of current and prior year awards, net of estimated forfeitures, included in the Company’s condensed consolidated income statements for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Cost of sales

   $ 301      $ 273      $ 599      $ 589   

Research and development expenses

     113        123        242        233   

Selling, general and administrative and other expenses

     1,336        1,369        2,967        2,925   
                                

Compensation expense related to stock options

     1,750        1,765        3,808        3,747   

Less: income tax benefit

     (550     (534     (1,197     (1,157
                                

Net compensation expense related to stock options

   $ 1,200      $ 1,231      $ 2,611      $ 2,590   
                                

Restricted Stock Awards: The following table summarizes restricted stock award activity for the six months ended July 5, 2009:

 

     Number
of
Shares
    Weighted-
Average
Grant-
Date Fair
Value
     (Shares in thousands)

Nonvested at December 28, 2008

   321      $ 24.54

Granted

   282        13.21

Vested

   (17     23.21

Forfeited

   (30     23.48
            

Nonvested at July 5, 2009

   556      $ 18.90
            

The weighted-average grant-date fair values of restricted stock awards granted during the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 were $16.67 and $13.21, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair values of restricted stock awards granted during the three and six months ended June 29, 2008 were $28.46 and $25.27, respectively. The fair value of restricted stock awards vested were $0.4 million and $0.03 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. The total compensation expense recognized related to the Company’s outstanding restricted stock awards, which is a function of current and prior year awards, was approximately $0.9 million and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009, respectively. The total compensation expense recognized related to the Company’s outstanding restricted stock awards, which is a function of current and prior year awards, was approximately $0.5 million and $2.7 million for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008, respectively.

As of July 5, 2009, there was $5.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, net of forfeitures, related to nonvested restricted stock awards. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 fiscal years.

 

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Performance Units: The Company granted 205,900 performance units and 127,151 performance units during the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of performance units granted during the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008 were $13.17 and $24.86, respectively. The total compensation expense recognized related to these performance units, which is a function of current and prior year awards, was approximately $1.3 million and $1.9 million for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009, respectively. The total compensation expense recognized related to these performance units, which is a function of current and prior year awards, was approximately $3.0 million and $3.6 million for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008, respectively. As of July 5, 2009, there were 387,863 performance units outstanding subject to forfeiture.

Stock Awards: The Company granted 5,790 shares and 3,740 shares to each non-employee Director during the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. During the first quarter of 2008, a new non-employee Director was granted 667 shares. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock awards granted during the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008 was $17.27 and $26.70, respectively. The total compensation expense recognized related to these stock awards was approximately $0.8 million for each of the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan: During the six months ended July 5, 2009, the Company issued 138,691 shares of common stock under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a weighted-average price of $14.62 per share. At July 5, 2009, there remained available for sale to employees an aggregate of 1.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock out of the 5.0 million shares authorized by shareholders for issuance under this plan.

Stock Repurchase Program: On October 23, 2008, the Company announced that the Board authorized the Company to repurchase up to 10.0 million shares of common stock under a stock repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”). The Repurchase Program will expire on October 22, 2012 unless this authorization is terminated earlier by the Board, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, the Company repurchased 1,000,833 shares of its common stock in the open market at an aggregate cost of $14.2 million, including commissions, under the Repurchase Program. Approximately 8.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock remain available for repurchase from the 10.0 million shares authorized by the Board under the Repurchase Program. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.

The Board has authorized the Company to repurchase shares of common stock to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards granted pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, the Company repurchased 27,102 shares of common stock for this purpose. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.

Note 13: Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Company tests goodwill and non-amortizing intangible assets at least annually for possible impairment. Accordingly, the Company completes the annual testing of impairment for goodwill and non-amortizing intangible assets on the later of January 1 or the first day of each fiscal year. In addition to its annual test, the Company regularly evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that may indicate a potential impairment of goodwill or non-amortizing intangible assets.

As discussed in Note 10, the Company realigned its organization into two new operating segments at the beginning of fiscal year 2009. In conjunction with the realignment of its operating segments, the Company also redefined its reporting units based on the new alignment of its operating segments. Financial information in this report relating to the first six months of fiscal year 2008 has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the changes

 

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in the Company’s operating segments. The Company’s segment management reviews the results of the operations one level below its operating segments. The Company has determined that the reporting units that should be used to test goodwill for impairment are the analytical sciences and laboratory services business, illumination and detection solutions business, genetic screening business, bio-discovery business and medical imaging business. The income approach, specifically the discounted cash flow model (the “DCF model”), was used to determine the fair values of each of the reporting units in order to allocate goodwill on a relative fair value basis.

The process of testing goodwill for impairment involves the determination of the fair value of the applicable reporting units. The test consists of a two-step process. The first step is the comparison of the fair value to the carrying value of the reporting unit to determine if the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The second step measures the amount of an impairment loss, and is only performed if the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit. The Company performed its annual impairment testing for its reporting units as of January 1, 2009, its annual impairment date, and concluded based on the first step of the process that there was no goodwill impairment.

The Company has consistently employed the income approach to estimate the current fair value when testing for impairment of goodwill. A number of significant assumptions and estimates are involved in the application of the income approach to forecast operating cash flows, including markets and market share, sales volumes and prices, costs to produce, tax rates, capital spending, discount rate, and working capital changes. Cash flow forecasts are based on approved business unit operating plans for the early years’ cash flows and historical relationships in later years. The income approach is sensitive to changes in long-term terminal growth rates and the discount rate. The long-term terminal growth rates are consistent with the Company’s historical long-term terminal growth rates, as the current economic trends are not expected to affect the long-term terminal growth rates of the Company. In fiscal year 2009, the long-term terminal growth rates for the Company’s reporting units ranged from 5.0% to 7.5%. The range for the discount rates for the reporting units was 10.5% to 11.5%. Keeping all other variables constant, a 5.0% to 10.0% change in any one of the input assumptions for the various reporting units would still allow the Company to conclude, based on the first step of the process, that there was no impairment of goodwill.

The Company has consistently employed the Relief from Royalty model to estimate the current fair value when testing for impairment of non-amortizing intangible assets. The impairment test consists of a comparison of the fair value of the non-amortizing intangible asset with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of a non-amortizing intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss in an amount equal to that excess is recognized. In addition, the Company currently evaluates the remaining useful life of its non-amortizing intangible assets at least annually to determine whether events or circumstances continue to support an indefinite useful life. If events or circumstances indicate that the useful lives of non-amortizing intangible assets are no longer indefinite, the assets will be tested for impairment. These intangible assets will then be amortized prospectively over their estimated remaining useful life and accounted for in the same manner as other intangible assets that are subject to amortization. The Company performed its annual impairment testing as of January 1, 2009, its annual impairment date, and concluded that there was no impairment of non-amortizing intangible assets.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the period ended July 5, 2009 from December 28, 2008 are as follows:

 

     Human
Health
    Environmental
Health
    Consolidated  
     (In thousands)  

Balance at December 28, 2008

   $ 888,172      $ 508,120      $ 1,396,292   

Foreign currency translation

     (2,014     (923     (2,937

Acquisitions and earn-out adjustments

     —          32,082        32,082   
                        

Balance at July 5, 2009

   $ 886,158      $ 539,279      $ 1,425,437   
                        

 

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Identifiable intangible asset balances at July 5, 2009 and December 28, 2008 by category were as follows:

 

     July 5,
2009
    December 28,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Patents

   $ 124,264      $ 124,693   

Less: Accumulated amortization

     (77,035     (73,183
                

Net patents

     47,229        51,510   
                

Licenses

     72,325        63,963   

Less: Accumulated amortization

     (37,706     (35,238
                

Net licenses

     34,619        28,725   
                

Core technology

     392,580        372,861   

Less: Accumulated amortization

     (180,530     (159,788
                

Net core technology

     212,050        213,073   
                

IPR&D

     3,300        —     

Less: Accumulated amortization

     —          —     
                

Net IPR&D

     3,300        —     
                

Net amortizable intangible assets

     297,198        293,308   
                

Non-amortizing intangible assets:

    

Trade names and trademarks

     159,165        159,165   
                

Totals

   $ 456,363      $ 452,473   
                

Total amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets for the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008 was $27.4 million and $27.9 million, respectively.

Note 14: Warranty Reserves

The Company provides warranty protection for certain products for periods usually ranging from one to three years beyond the date of sale. The majority of costs associated with warranty obligations include the replacement of parts and the time for service personnel to respond to repair and replacement requests. A warranty reserve is recorded based upon historical results, supplemented by management’s expectations of future costs. Warranty reserves are included in “Accrued expenses” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. A summary of warranty reserve activity for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008 is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Balance beginning of period

   $ 9,132      $ 10,156      $ 9,433      $ 10,362   

Provision charged to income

     3,227        3,715        6,285        6,923   

Payments

     (3,241     (3,752     (7,076     (7,041

Adjustments to previously provided warranties, net

     8        (457     911        (1,013

Foreign currency and acquisitions

     645        (52     218        379   
                                

Balance end of period

   $ 9,771      $ 9,610      $ 9,771      $ 9,610   
                                

 

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Note 15: Employee Benefit Plans

The following table summarizes the components of net periodic benefit cost (credit) for the Company’s various defined benefit employee pension and post-retirement plans for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008:

 

     Defined Benefit
Pension Benefits
    Post-Retirement
Medical Benefits
 
     Three Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Service cost

   $ 1,219      $ 1,259      $ 26      $ 25   

Interest cost

     6,179        6,857        56        57   

Expected return on plan assets

     (5,603     (6,746     (189     (258

Amortization of prior service

     (42     (49     (79     (79

Recognition of actuarial losses (gains)

     1,384        759        (1     (91
                                

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

   $ 3,137      $ 2,080      $ (187   $ (346
                                

 

     Defined Benefit
Pension Benefits
    Post-Retirement
Medical Benefits
 
     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Service cost

   $ 2,433      $ 2,508      $ 52      $ 50   

Interest cost

     12,291        13,645        112        114   

Expected return on plan assets

     (11,166     (13,506     (378     (517

Amortization of prior service

     (80     (101     (158     (158

Recognition of actuarial losses (gains)

     2,756        1,521        (2     (181
                                

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

   $ 6,234      $ 4,067      $ (374   $ (692
                                

Note 16: Settlement of Insurance Claim

During fiscal year 2007, the Company settled an insurance claim resulting from a fire that occurred at its facility in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2005. In connection with the settlement, the Company accrued $9.7 million representing management’s estimate of the total cost for decommissioning the building, including environmental matters, that was damaged in the fire. The Company paid $2.5 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009, $1.6 million during fiscal year 2008 and $3.9 million during fiscal year 2007 towards decommissioning the building. The Company anticipates that the remaining payments of $1.7 million will be completed by the end of fiscal year 2009.

Note 17: Derivatives and Hedging Activities

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, which requires entities to provide enhanced disclosure about how and why the entity uses derivative instruments, how the instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133, and how the instruments and related hedged items affect the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of the entity. The Company adopted SFAS No. 161 during the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

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financial instruments. Approximately 60% of the Company’s business is conducted outside of the United States, generally in foreign currencies. The fluctuations in foreign currency can increase the costs of financing, investing and operating the business. The intent of these economic hedges is to offset gains and losses that occur on the underlying exposures from these currencies, with gains and losses resulting from the forward currency contracts that hedge these exposures.

Principal hedged currencies include the British Pound (GBP), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Euro (EUR), Japanese Yen (JPY), and Singapore Dollar (SGD). The Company held forward foreign exchange contracts with U.S. equivalent notional amounts totaling $151.5 million and $115.6 million as of July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. The fair value of these foreign currency derivative contracts was insignificant. The gains and losses realized on foreign currency derivative contracts are not material and the duration of these contracts was generally 30 days during both fiscal years 2009 and 2008.

By nature, all financial instruments involve market and credit risks. The Company enters into derivative instruments with major investment grade financial institutions and has policies to monitor the credit risk of those counterparties.

Note 18: Fair Value Measurements

The Company adopted SFAS No. 157 and SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” as of December 31, 2007, with the exception of the application of the statement to non-recurring nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities that was delayed by FSP No. 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157,” to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, which the Company adopted as of December 29, 2008. The Company uses the market approach technique to value its financial instruments and there were no changes in valuation techniques during the six months ended July 5, 2009. The Company’s financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are primarily comprised of marketable securities and derivative contracts used to hedge the Company’s currency risk. The Company has not elected to measure any additional financial instruments or other items at fair value.

Valuation Hierarchy: The following summarizes the three levels of inputs required by the standard to measure fair value: Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 inputs are observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data; and Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities based on the Company’s assumptions. A financial asset’s or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible.

The following table shows the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis at July 5, 2009 classified in one of the three classifications described above:

 

     Fair Value Measurements at July 5, 2009 Using:
     Total Carrying
Value at
July 5, 2009
    Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
     (In thousands)

Marketable securities

   $ 1,270      $ 1,270    $ —        $ —  

Foreign exchange derivative liabilities, net

     (40     —        (40     —  

 

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Valuation Techniques: The Company’s Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities are comprised of investments in equity and fixed-income securities as well as derivative contracts. For financial assets and liabilities that utilize Level 1 and Level 2 inputs, the Company utilizes both direct and indirect observable price quotes, including common stock price quotes, foreign exchange forward prices, and bank price quotes. Below is a summary of valuation techniques for Level 1 and Level 2 financial assets and liabilities.

 

Marketable securities

   Include equity and fixed-income securities measured at fair value using the quoted market prices at the reporting date.

Foreign exchange derivative assets and liabilities

  

Include foreign exchange derivative contracts that are valued using quoted forward foreign exchange prices at the reporting date.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities.

The Company’s amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility, with a $650.0 million available limit, and the Company’s 6% senior unsecured notes, with a face value of $150.0 million, had outstanding balances as of July 5, 2009 of $374.0 million and $150.0 million, respectively, and as of December 28, 2008 of $359.0 million and $150.0 million, respectively. The interest rate on the Company’s amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility is reset at least monthly to correspond to variable rates that reflect currently available terms and conditions for similar debt. The Company had no change in credit standing during the first six months of fiscal year 2009. Consequently, the carrying value of the current year and prior year credit facilities approximate fair value. The fair value of the 6.0% senior unsecured notes is estimated using market quotes from brokers or is based on current rates offered for similar debt. At July 5, 2009, the 6.0% senior unsecured notes had an aggregate carrying value and a fair value of $150.0 million. At December 28, 2008, the 6.0% senior unsecured notes had an aggregate carrying value of $150.0 million and a fair value of $146.3 million.

As of July 5, 2009, there has not been any significant impact to the fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities due to its credit risk. Similarly, there has not been any significant adverse impact to the Company’s derivative assets based on the evaluation of its counterparties’ credit risks.

Note 19: Contingencies

The Company is conducting a number of environmental investigations and remedial actions at current and former locations of the Company and, along with other companies, has been named a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) for certain waste disposal sites. The Company accrues for environmental issues in the accounting period that the Company’s responsibility is established and when the cost can be reasonably estimated. The Company has accrued $4.5 million as of July 5, 2009, which represents management’s estimate of the total cost of ultimate disposition of known environmental matters. This amount is not discounted and does not reflect the recovery of any amounts through insurance or indemnification arrangements. These cost estimates are subject to a number of variables, including the stage of the environmental investigations, the magnitude of the possible contamination, the nature of the potential remedies, possible joint and several liability, the time period over which remediation may occur, and the possible effects of changing laws and regulations. For sites where the Company has been named a PRP, management does not currently anticipate any additional liability to result from the inability of other significant named parties to contribute. The Company expects that the majority of such accrued amounts could be paid out over a period of up to ten years. As assessment and remediation activities progress at each individual site, these liabilities are reviewed and adjusted to reflect additional information as it becomes available. There have been no environmental problems to date that have had or are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. While it is

 

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possible that a loss exceeding the amounts recorded in the condensed consolidated financial statements may be incurred, the potential exposure is not expected to be materially different from those amounts recorded.

Enzo Biochem, Inc. and Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. (collectively, “Enzo”) filed a complaint dated October 23, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action No. 02-8448, against Amersham plc, Amersham BioSciences, PerkinElmer, Inc., PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Inc., Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Sigma Chemical Company, Inc., Molecular Probes, Inc., and Orchid BioSciences, Inc. The complaint alleges that the Company has breached its distributorship and settlement agreements with Enzo, infringed Enzo’s patents, engaged in unfair competition and fraud, and committed torts against Enzo by, among other things, engaging in commercial development and exploitation of Enzo’s patented products and technology, separately and together with the other defendants. Enzo seeks injunctive and monetary relief. In 2003, the court severed the lawsuit and ordered Enzo to serve individual complaints against the five defendants. The Company subsequently filed an answer and a counterclaim alleging that Enzo’s patents are invalid. In July 2006, the court issued a decision regarding the construction of the claims in Enzo’s patents that effectively limited the coverage of certain of those claims and, the Company believes, excludes certain of the Company’s products from the coverage of Enzo’s patents. Summary judgment motions were filed by the defendants in January 2007, and a hearing with oral argument on those motions took place in July 2007. On March 16, 2009, the summary judgment motions were denied without prejudice and the case was stayed until the federal appellate court decides Enzo’s appeal of the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in Enzo Biochem vs. Applera Corp. and Tropix, Inc., which involves a number of the same patents.

PharmaStem Therapeutics, Inc. (“PharmaStem”) filed a complaint dated February 22, 2002 against ViaCell, Inc., which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and several other defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of United States Patents No. 5,004,681 and No. 5,192,553, relating to certain aspects of the collection, cryopreservation and storage of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood (“PharmaStem I”). After several years of proceedings at the District Court level, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in July 2007 that ViaCell did not infringe these two patents and that the two patents are invalid. PharmaStem filed a certiorari petition in January 2008 seeking to have the United States Supreme Court review the appellate court’s decision as to the invalidity of the patents, but did not seek any further review of the non-infringement decision. However, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in March 2008, so the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in favor of ViaCell is final and non-appealable. PharmaStem had also filed a second complaint against ViaCell and other defendants in July 2004 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging infringement of United States Patents No. 6,461,645 and 6,569,427, which also relate to certain aspects of the collection, cryopreservation and storage of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood (“PharmaStem II”). The Delaware court granted ViaCell’s motion in October 2005 to stay the proceedings in PharmaStem II pending the outcome of PharmaStem I and a decision from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“U.S. PTO”) on certain patent re-examination issues. On September 2, 2008, the U.S. PTO issued a Re-examination Certificate cancelling all claims of United States Patent No. 6,461,645, and on September 16, 2008, the U.S. PTO issued a Re-examination Certificate cancelling all claims of United States Patent No. 6,569,427. As a result of the cancellation of all patent claims involved in PharmaStem II by the U.S. PTO, the Company will seek a dismissal of all claims for relief set forth by PharmaStem in PharmaStem II.

The Company believes it has meritorious defenses to these lawsuits and other proceedings, and it is contesting the actions vigorously in all of the above unresolved matters. While each of these matters is subject to uncertainty, in the opinion of the Company’s management, based on its review of the information available at this time, the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Company is also subject to various other claims, legal proceedings and investigations covering a wide range of matters that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities. Although the Company has established accruals for potential losses that it believes are probable and reasonably estimable, in the opinion of the Company’s management, based on its review of the information available at this time, the total cost of resolving these other contingencies at July 5, 2009 should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. However, each of these matters is subject to uncertainties, and it is possible that some of these matters may be resolved unfavorably to the Company.

 

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

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q, including the following management’s discussion and analysis, contains forward-looking information that you should read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes to condensed consolidated financial statements that we have included elsewhere in this report. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Words such as “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “expects,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from the plans, intentions or expectations we disclose in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important factors below under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A. that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make. We are not obligated to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a leading provider of technology, services and solutions to the diagnostics, research, environmental monitoring, safety and security, and laboratory services markets. Through our advanced technologies, applications, and services, we address critical issues that help to improve the health and safety of people and their environment.

We announced a new alignment of our businesses to allow us to prioritize our capabilities on two key strategic operating areas – Human Health and Environmental Health. We reorganized into these two new operating segments to align our resources to meet the demands of the markets we serve and to focus on the important outcomes enabled by our technologies. This new alignment became effective at the start of our fiscal year 2009. The results reported for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009 reflect this new alignment of our operating segments. Financial information in this report relating to the three and six months ended June 29, 2008 has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the changes in our operating segments. In conjunction with the realignment of our operating segments, we also redefined the reporting units we use to test for the impairment of goodwill related to our businesses. We performed our annual impairment testing as of January 1, 2009, our annual impairment date for our reporting units, and based on the first step of the process we concluded that there was no goodwill impairment.

Human Health

Our new Human Health segment concentrates on developing diagnostics, tools and applications to help detect disease earlier and more accurately and to accelerate the discovery and development of critical new therapies. Within the Human Health segment, we serve both the diagnostics and research markets. The Human Health segment includes our products and services that address the genetic screening and bio-discovery markets, formerly in our Life and Analytical Sciences segment, and our technology serving the medical imaging market, formerly in our Optoelectronics segment. Our Human Health segment generated sales of $184.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 and $362.1 million in the first six months of fiscal year 2009.

Diagnostics Market:

We provide early detection for genetic disorders from pre-conception to early childhood as well as medical imaging for the diagnostics market. We provide early and accurate insights into the health of expectant mothers during pregnancy and their newborns. Our instruments, reagents and software test and screen for disorders and diseases, including Down syndrome, infertility, anemia and diabetes. Our medical imaging detectors are used to enable doctors to make faster and more accurate diagnosis of conditions ranging from broken bones to reduced blood flow in vascular systems. In addition, our detectors improve oncology treatments by focusing radiation directly at the tumors.

 

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Research Market:

In the research market, we provide a broad suite of solutions including reagents, liquid handling and detection technologies that enable researchers to improve the drug discovery process. These applications, solutions and services enable pharmaceutical companies to create better therapeutics by helping to bring such therapeutics to market faster and more efficiently. The portfolio includes a wide range of systems consisting of instrumentation for automation and detection solutions, cellular imaging and analysis hardware and software, and a portfolio of consumables products, including drug discovery and research reagents. We sell our research solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic research customers globally.

Environmental Health

Our new Environmental Health segment provides technologies and applications to facilitate the creation of safer food and consumer products, more secure surroundings and efficient energy resources. The Environmental Health segment serves the environmental, safety and security, industrial and laboratory services markets. The Environmental Health segment includes our products and services that address the analytical sciences and laboratory service and support markets, formerly in our Life and Analytical Sciences segment, and our technology designed for the sensors and specialty lighting markets, formerly in our Optoelectronics segment. Our Environmental Health segment generated sales of $249.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 and $504.0 million in the first six months of fiscal year 2009.

Environmental and Safety and Security Markets:

For the environmental and safety and security markets, we provide analytical technologies that address the quality of our environment, sustainable energy development, and ensure safer food and consumer products as well as sensor and detection solutions that contribute to safer homes, offices and buildings.

We take an active part in minimizing the impact of products and industrial processes on our environment, including our water quality solutions to detect harmful substances, such as trace metal, organic, pesticide, chemical and radioactive contaminants, in the world’s water supply. Through our EcoAnalytixTM initiative, we deliver systems that combine applications, methodologies, standard operating procedures and training required for the specific analyses required.

We also develop the sensors and detectors that maintain safe and sustainable environments. To help ensure safety, our motion detectors turn lights on and off automatically and our gas sensors detect harmful levels of carbon dioxide in the air to help maintain optimal air quality. In addition, our sensors are integral to security systems, helping to ensure the safety of an environment from intruders.

Industrial Market:

We provide analytical instrumentation, detectors, and sensors for the industrial market which includes the semiconductor, chemical, lubricants, construction, office equipment and quality assurance industries.

Laboratory Services Market:

We have over 1,300 service engineers to support our customers throughout the world and to help them improve the productivity of their labs. Our OneSource service business strategy is aligned with customer needs to consolidate laboratory services and improve efficiencies within their labs.

Overview of the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009

Our fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest December 31. We report fiscal years under a 52/53 week format, and as a result certain fiscal years will contain 53 weeks. Our 2009 fiscal year will include 53 weeks, whereas our 2008 fiscal year included 52 weeks. This additional week has been reflected in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

 

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The widespread nature of the current global economic contraction has continued the deterioration for a few of our end markets during the second quarter of fiscal year 2009; however, several of our end markets performed better than we anticipated. Our overall sales in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 declined $70.4 million, or 14%, as compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2008, reflecting a decline of $19.1 million, or 9%, in our Human Health segment sales and a decline of $51.3 million, or 17%, in our Environmental Health segment sales. The decline in our Human Health segment sales during the three months ended July 5, 2009 was due primarily to the decreased demand for our medical imaging products, which has resulted from constraints on medical providers’ capital budgets and a lack of financing availability, as well as government stimulus related order delays in the academic research market as many of our academic customers are redirecting their budgets in hopes of obtaining grants for larger instrument purchases. The decline in our Environmental Health segment sales during the three months ended July 5, 2009 was due primarily to private testing labs and traditional chemical and semiconductor markets reducing capital purchases in response to tight capital budgets and difficulty accessing credit markets.

These declines have been offset in part by certain of our businesses operating in markets which are more isolated from current economic trends, or where our businesses have benefited from a push for more efficient spending, new opportunities from government regulations or possible future research spending. In our Human Health segment, we experienced strong growth in sales to the diagnostics market related to our genetic screening business during the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to that market in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008. The genetic screening business was driven by continued expansion of neonatal screening, particularly in Asia, as well as strong growth in prenatal screening. Our cord blood business also contributed to the growth of our genetic screening business during the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. As the rising cost of healthcare continues to be one of the critical issues contributing to the economic downturn, we anticipate that while there is continued pressure on lab budgets, we may continue to see growth in our newborn screening business later this fiscal year as the benefits of providing earlier detection of disease, which can result in savings of long-term health care cost as well as creating better outcomes for patients, are increasingly valued.

In our Environmental Health segment, our laboratory services business enables our customers to drive efficiencies, increase production time and reduce maintenance costs, all of which are increasingly critical in this weakened economic environment. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, we added a number of new customers to our OneSource multivendor service and continued to gain good momentum for that program in markets beyond our traditional customer base. The growth from OneSource was partially offset by maintenance deferrals and lower pull-through services related to instrument sales, such as qualification and training. The increase in sales to the laboratory service market partially offset decreased sales to the environmental, safety and security and industrial markets. While overall sales to the safety and security market was driven down by the decline in spending in the pharmaceutical market, sales of consumer and food testing products grew in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 due to increased demand for the production and analysis of renewable energy development and new testing requirements for consumer product safety applications.

Our gross margins increased by 50 basis points in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2008. This increase was driven primarily by productivity improvements and product mix, especially growth in higher gross margin product offerings. However, our consolidated operating margin declined approximately 10 basis points in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2008, primarily the result of increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, increased pension expenses and foreign exchange, partially offset by cost saving initiatives.

We believe we are well positioned to continue to take advantage of our end markets where spending trends have countered the prevailing downturn, and to promote our efficiencies in markets where current conditions may increase demand for certain services. Overall, we believe that our strategic focus on Human Health and Environmental Health coupled with our breadth of end markets, deep portfolio of technologies and applications, leading market positions, global scale and financial strength will provide us with a strong foundation to weather the current economic climate.

 

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Recent Developments

Acquisitions:

Acquisition of Analytica of Branford, Inc. In May 2009, we acquired the outstanding stock of Analytica of Branford, Inc. (“Analytica”). Analytica is a leading developer of mass spectrometry and ion source technology. We expect this acquisition to allow us to offer our customers access to critical technologies such as time-of-flight and quadrupole mass spectrometers and new ion sources that provide more complete information as well as better throughput. We will also gain significant intellectual property in the field of mass spectrometry and ion source technology. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets represents cost and revenue synergies specific to us as well as non-capitalizable intangible assets, such as the employee workforce acquired. We paid the shareholders of Analytica approximately $21.7 million in cash for this acquisition plus up to $1.3 million in additional consideration, which we expect to pay during fiscal year 2009. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been allocated to goodwill, which may be tax deductible if elected by us. We report the operations for this acquisition within the results of our Environmental Health segment from the acquisition date.

Acquisition of Opto Technology Inc. In January 2009, we acquired the outstanding stock of Opto Technology Inc. (“Opto Technology”). Opto Technology is a supplier of light-emitting diode (“LED”) based lighting components and subsystems. We expect this acquisition to expand our portfolio of high brightness LED components by adding optical subsystems to provide energy efficient solid state lighting solutions to original equipment manufacturers. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets represents cost and revenue synergies specific to us as well as non-capitalizable intangible assets, such as the customer base acquired. We paid the shareholders of Opto Technology approximately $20.6 million in cash for this acquisition plus up to $8.0 million in potential additional contingent consideration, of which we recorded $4.9 million as the fair value at the acquisition date. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, we recorded a decrease of $0.3 million to the potential additional contingent consideration as a fair value adjustment. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, we received approximately $0.2 million from the former shareholders of Opto Technology for net working capital adjustments. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been allocated to goodwill, none of which is tax deductible. We report the operations for this acquisition within the results of our Environmental Health segment from the acquisition date.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, sales and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, income taxes, restructuring, pensions and other post-retirement benefits, stock-based compensation, warranty costs, contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Critical accounting policies are those policies that affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe our critical accounting policies include our policies regarding revenue recognition, allowances for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, business combinations, value of long-lived assets, including intangibles, employee compensation and benefits, restructuring activities, gains or losses on dispositions and income taxes.

For a more detailed discussion of our critical accounting policies, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (the “2008 Form 10-K”).

 

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Consolidated Results of Continuing Operations

Sales

Sales for the three months ended July 5, 2009 were $434.6 million, as compared to $505.0 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $70.4 million, or 14%, which includes an approximate 6% decrease in sales attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates and an approximate 1% increase from acquisitions. The analysis in the remainder of this paragraph compares segment sales for the three months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to the three months ended June 29, 2008 and includes the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations and acquisitions. The total decrease in sales reflects a $19.1 million, or 9%, decrease in our Human Health segment sales, due to a decrease in research market sales of $9.7 million and a decrease in diagnostics market sales of $9.4 million. Our Environmental Health segment sales decreased $51.3 million, or 17%, due to decreases in environmental, safety and security and industrial markets sales of $46.6 million and a decrease in laboratory services market sales of $4.7 million.

Sales for the six months ended July 5, 2009 were $866.1 million, as compared to $963.7 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $97.5 million, or 10%, which includes an approximate 6% decrease in sales attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates and an approximate 1% increase from acquisitions. The analysis in the remainder of this paragraph compares segment sales for the six months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to the six months ended June 29, 2008 and includes the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations and acquisitions. The total decrease in sales reflects a $21.9 million, or 6%, decrease in our Human Health segment sales, due to a decrease in diagnostics market sales of $15.3 million and a decrease in research market sales of $6.6 million. Our Environmental Health segment sales decreased $75.6 million, or 13%, due to decreases in the environmental, safety and security and industrial markets sales of $73.0 million and a decrease in laboratory services market sales of $2.6 million.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales for the three months ended July 5, 2009 was $247.1 million, as compared to $289.9 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of approximately $42.8 million, or 15%. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased to 56.9% for the three months ended July 5, 2009, from 57.4% for the three months ended June 29, 2008, resulting in an increase in gross margin of 50 basis points to 43.1% for the three months ended July 5, 2009, from 42.6% for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Amortization of intangible assets decreased and was $9.2 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $9.6 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Stock option expense was $0.3 million for each of the three month periods ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008. The increase in gross margin was primarily the result of the combined favorable impact of productivity improvements and product mix, especially growth in higher gross margin products.

Cost of sales for the six months ended July 5, 2009 was $490.7 million, as compared to $556.5 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of approximately $65.8 million, or 12%. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased to 56.7% for the six months ended July 5, 2009, from 57.8% for the six months ended June 29, 2008, resulting in an increase in gross margin of 110 basis points to 43.3% for the six months ended July 5, 2009, from 42.2% for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Amortization of intangible assets decreased and was $17.9 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $18.8 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Stock option expense was $0.6 million for each of the six month periods ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008. The amortization of purchase accounting adjustments to record the inventory from certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 was approximately $0.2 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009. The increase in gross margin was primarily the result of the combined favorable impact of productivity improvements and product mix, especially growth in higher gross margin products.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

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million, or 13%. As a percentage of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses were 28.5% for the three months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to 28.1% for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Amortization of intangible assets increased and was $4.3 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $4.2 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Stock option expense decreased and was $1.3 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Purchase accounting adjustments for contingent consideration and other acquisition costs related to certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 were an expense of approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily the result of cost saving initiatives, partially offset by increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, increased pension expenses and foreign exchange.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended July 5, 2009 were $252.4 million, as compared to $272.6 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of approximately $20.2 million, or 7%. As a percentage of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses were 29.1% for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to 28.3% for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Amortization of intangible assets increased and was $8.5 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $8.0 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Stock option expense increased and was $3.0 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $2.9 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Purchase accounting adjustments for contingent consideration and other acquisition costs related to certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 were an expense of approximately $1.1 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily the result of cost saving initiatives, partially offset by increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, increased pension expenses and foreign exchange.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses for the three months ended July 5, 2009 were $25.6 million, as compared to $28.9 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $3.4 million, or 12%. As a percentage of sales, research and development expenses increased to 5.9% for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to 5.7% for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Amortization of intangible assets decreased and was $0.5 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $0.6 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008. Research and development expenses also included stock option expense of $0.1 million for each of the three month periods ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008. We directed research and development efforts similarly during fiscal years 2009 and 2008, primarily toward the diagnostics and research markets within our Human Health segment, and the environmental and safety and security markets within our Environmental Health segment, in order to help accelerate our growth initiatives.

Research and development expenses for the six months ended July 5, 2009 were $51.5 million, as compared to $56.8 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $5.2 million, or 9%. As a percentage of sales, research and development expenses increased to 6.0% for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to 5.9% for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Amortization of intangible assets decreased and was $1.0 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $1.1 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Research and development expenses also included stock option expense of $0.2 million for each of the six month periods ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008.

Restructuring and Lease (Reversals) Charges, Net

We have undertaken a series of restructuring actions related to the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and the integration of our business units.

A description of the restructuring plans and the activity recorded for the six months ended July 5, 2009 is listed below. Details of the plans initiated in previous years, particularly those listed under “Previous Restructuring and Integration Plans,” are discussed more fully in Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the 2008 Form 10-K.

 

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The restructuring plan for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 was principally to reduce resources in anticipation of decreasing demand in certain end markets. The restructuring plan for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 was principally to shift resources into geographic regions and product lines that are more consistent with our growth strategy. The activities associated with these plans have been reported as restructuring expenses as a component of operating expenses from continuing operations. We expect the impact of immediate cost savings from the restructuring plan in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 on operating results and cash flows to approximately offset the decline in revenue. We expect the impact of future cost savings from these restructuring activities on operating results and cash flows to be negligible, as we will incur offsetting costs.

Q1 2009 Plan

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, our management approved a plan to reduce resources in anticipation of decreasing demand in certain end markets (the “Q1 2009 Plan”). As a result of the Q1 2009 Plan, we recognized a $4.8 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Human Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of an excess facility. We also recognized a $3.0 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Environmental Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of an excess facility. All notifications and actions related to the Q1 2009 Plan were completed by April 5, 2009.

The following table summarizes the Q1 2009 Plan activity for the six months ended July 5, 2009:

 

     Headcount     Severance     Closure
of Excess Facility
    Total  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Provision

   166      $ 7,365      $ 458      $ 7,823   

Amounts paid and foreign currency translation

   (157     (2,563     (95     (2,658
                              

Balance at July 5, 2009

   9      $ 4,802      $ 363      $ 5,165   
                              

All employee relationships have been severed and we anticipate that the remaining severance payments of $4.8 million for workforce reductions will be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. We also anticipate that the remaining payments of $0.4 million for the closure of the excess facility will be paid through fiscal year 2012, in accordance with the terms of the applicable lease.

Q3 2008 Plan

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, our management approved a plan to shift resources into product lines that are more consistent with our growth strategy (the “Q3 2008 Plan”). As a result of the Q3 2008 Plan, we recognized a $4.5 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Human Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of excess facilities. We also recognized a $3.3 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Environmental Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of excess facilities. All notifications and actions related to the Q3 2008 Plan were completed by September 28, 2008.

The following table summarizes the Q3 2008 Plan activity for the six months ended July 5, 2009:

 

     Severance     Closure
of Excess Facilities
    Total  
     (In thousands)  

Balance at December 28, 2008

   $ 2,659      $ 1,152      $ 3,811   

Amounts paid and foreign currency translation

     (1,421     (230     (1,651
                        

Balance at July 5, 2009

   $ 1,238      $ 922      $ 2,160   
                        

 

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All employee relationships have been severed and we anticipate that the remaining severance payments of $1.2 million for workforce reductions will be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010. We also anticipate that the remaining payments of $0.9 million for the closure of the excess facilities will be paid through fiscal year 2011, in accordance with the terms of the applicable leases.

Previous Restructuring and Integration Plans

The principal actions of the restructuring and integration plans from fiscal years 2001 through 2007 were workforce reductions related to the integration of our businesses in order to reduce costs and achieve operational efficiencies as well as workforce reductions in both the Human Health and Environmental Health segments by shifting resources into geographic regions and product lines that are more consistent with our growth strategy. During the six months ended July 5, 2009, we paid $0.4 million related to these plans. As of July 5, 2009, we had approximately $1.7 million of remaining liabilities associated with these restructuring and integration plans, primarily relating to remaining lease obligations related to those closed facilities in both the Human Health and Environmental Health segments. The remaining terms of these leases vary in length and will be paid through fiscal year 2011.

Q3 2009 Plan

During July 2009, our management approved a plan principally intended to reduce resources in anticipation of decreasing demand in certain end markets (the “Q3 2009 Plan”). We expect the impact of immediate cost savings from the Q3 2009 Plan on operating results and cash flows to approximately offset the decline in revenue. We expect the impact of future cost savings from this restructuring activity on operating results and cash flows to be negligible, as we will incur offsetting costs. The activities associated with the Q3 2009 Plan will be reported as restructuring expenses as a component of operating expenses from continuing operations during the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

As of August 7, 2009 and as a result of the Q3 2009 Plan, we anticipate recognizing an initial $1.1 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Human Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities and the closure of an additional excess facility. We also anticipate recognizing an initial $3.3 million pre-tax restructuring charge in the Environmental Health segment related to a workforce reduction from reorganization activities. All actions related to the Q3 2009 Plan are expected to be completed by October 4, 2009 and we anticipate that the total remaining activities will not exceed $4.5 million.

Lease Charges

To facilitate the sale of a business in fiscal year 2001, we were required to guarantee the obligations that the buyer of the business assumed related to the lease for the building in which the business operates. The lease obligations continue through March 2011. While we assigned our interest in the lease to the buyer at the time of the sale of the business, in the event the buyer defaults under the lease, we are responsible for all remaining lease payments and certain other building related expenses. During fiscal year 2007, the lessor of the building began the process to evict the buyer as a result of unpaid lease payments and building expenses and sought reimbursement from us. We recorded a charge of $2.7 million related to payments for this lease obligation. The buyer filed for bankruptcy protection on October 27, 2008 and was delinquent in making both its lease payments and payments for certain building expenses, requiring us to make payments of $0.4 million during fiscal year 2008. In addition, we made payments of $0.4 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009. As of July 5, 2009, we are still responsible for the remaining accrual of $1.9 million, which relates to the remaining lease and building obligations through March 2011, reduced by estimated sublease rentals reasonably expected to be obtained for the property.

 

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Interest and Other Expense, Net

Interest and other expense, net consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Interest income

   $ (176   $ (827   $ (653   $ (2,185

Interest expense

     4,229        5,746        8,817        12,064   

Gains on dispositions of investments, net

     —          (269     —          (1,158

Other expense, net

     128        299        854        1,538   
                                

Total interest and other expense, net

   $ 4,181      $ 4,949      $ 9,018      $ 10,259   
                                

Interest and other expense, net for the three months ended July 5, 2009 was $4.2 million, as compared to $4.9 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $0.8 million. The decrease in interest and other expense, net, for the three months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to the three months ended June 29, 2008 was primarily due to lower interest rates on outstanding debt balances, which was partially offset by lower interest rates on cash balances. Interest expense decreased $1.5 million and interest income decreased $0.7 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to the three months ended June 29, 2008. Other expenses for the three months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to the three months ended June 29, 2008 decreased by $0.2 million, and consisted primarily of expenses related to foreign currency transactions and foreign currency translation. A more complete discussion of our liquidity is set forth below under the heading “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Interest and other expense, net for the six months ended July 5, 2009 was $9.0 million, as compared to $10.3 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $1.2 million. The decrease in interest and other expense, net, for the six months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to the six months ended June 29, 2008 was primarily due to lower interest rates on outstanding debt balances, which was partially offset by an increase in the amount of fixed rate debt and lower interest rates on cash balances. Interest expense decreased $3.2 million and interest income decreased $1.5 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to the six months ended June 29, 2008. Other expenses for the six months ended July 5, 2009 as compared to the six months ended June 29, 2008 decreased by $0.7 million, and consisted primarily of expenses related to foreign currency transactions and foreign currency translation.

Provision for Income Taxes

For the three months ended July 5, 2009, the provision for income taxes from continuing operations was $10.8 million, as compared to a provision of $10.1 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008. The provision for income taxes from continuing operations was $16.7 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to a provision of $17.5 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. The effective tax rate from continuing operations was 32.0% and 30.5% for the three and six months ended July 5, 2009, respectively, as compared to 25.5% and 25.8% for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008, respectively. The higher effective tax rate in fiscal year 2009 was primarily due to an increase in the expected mix of profits from higher tax rate jurisdictions as compared to the three and six months ended June 29, 2008.

Discontinued Operations

As part of our continuing efforts to focus on higher growth opportunities, we have discontinued certain businesses. We have accounted for these businesses as discontinued operations and, accordingly, have presented the results of operations and related cash flows as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of these businesses have been presented separately, and are reflected within the assets and

 

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liabilities from discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of July 5, 2009 and December 28, 2008.

We recorded the following gains and losses, which have been reported as loss on disposition of discontinued operations:

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
    July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Net gain (loss) on disposition of ViaCyteSM and Cellular Therapy Technology businesses

   $ 45      $ (8,451   $ (2,386   $ (8,451

Net gain (loss) on disposition of other discontinued operations

     111        283        (6     46   
                                

Net gain (loss) on disposition of discontinued operations before income taxes

     156        (8,168     (2,392     (8,405

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     555        (1,378     (404     (1,246
                                

Loss on disposition of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   $ (399   $ (6,790   $ (1,988   $ (7,159
                                

As part of our new strategic business alignment into the Human Health and Environmental Health segments and our continuing efforts to focus on higher growth opportunities, in December 2008, our management approved separate plans to divest our Photonics and Photoflash businesses within the Environmental Health segment. Photonics and Photoflash products and technologies include xenon flashtubes and modules. These products are used in a variety of applications including mobile phones and laser machine tools. We are actively marketing and are currently committed to a plan to sell both of these businesses.

In addition, during December 2008, our management approved the shut down of certain instrument businesses within the Human Health segment: Cellular Screening Fluorescence and Luminescence workstations, Analytical Proteomics Instruments and Proteomics and Genomics Instruments. The shut down of the Cellular Screening Fluorescence and Luminescence workstations business, the Analytical Proteomics Instruments business, and the Proteomics and Genomics Instruments business resulted in a pre-tax loss of $4.8 million related to lease and severance costs and the reduction of fixed assets and inventory to net realizable value during fiscal year 2008.

In November 2007, we acquired ViaCell, Inc. (“ViaCell”), which specializes in the collection, testing, processing and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells. Following the ViaCell acquisition, our Board of Directors (our “Board”) approved a plan to sell the ViaCyteSM and Cellular Therapy Technology businesses that were acquired with ViaCell. We determined that both businesses did not strategically fit with the other products offered by the Human Health segment. We also determined that without investing capital into the operations of both businesses, we could not effectively compete with larger companies that focus on the market for such products. After careful consideration, we decided in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 to shut down the ViaCyteSM and Cellular Therapy Technology businesses. We recorded a pre-tax loss of $8.0 million for severance and facility closure costs during fiscal year 2008 and recorded an additional pre-tax loss of $2.4 million related to facility closure costs during the first six months of fiscal year 2009.

 

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Summary operating results of the discontinued operations for the periods prior to disposition were as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended    Six Months Ended  
     July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
   July 5,
2009
    June 29,
2008
 
     (In thousands)  

Sales

   $ 9,198      $ 23,671    $ 16,930      $ 47,294   

Costs and expenses

     10,241        22,590      21,090        48,344   
                               

Operating (loss) income from discontinued operations

     (1,043     1,081      (4,160     (1,050

Other expense, net

     —          —        —          —     
                               

(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes

     (1,043     1,081      (4,160     (1,050

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     8        177      (196     (378
                               

(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

   $ (1,051   $ 904    $ (3,964   $ (672
                               

Contingencies, Including Tax Matters

We are conducting a number of environmental investigations and remedial actions at our current and former locations and, along with other companies, have been named a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) for certain waste disposal sites. We accrue for environmental issues in the accounting period that our responsibility is established and when the cost can be reasonably estimated. We have accrued $4.5 million as of July 5, 2009, which represents our management’s estimate of the total cost of ultimate disposition of known environmental matters. This amount is not discounted and does not reflect the recovery of any amounts through insurance or indemnification arrangements. These cost estimates are subject to a number of variables, including the stage of the environmental investigations, the magnitude of the possible contamination, the nature of the potential remedies, possible joint and several liability, the time period over which remediation may occur, and the possible effects of changing laws and regulations. For sites where we have been named a PRP, our management does not currently anticipate any additional liability to result from the inability of other significant named parties to contribute. We expect that the majority of such accrued amounts could be paid out over a period of up to ten years. As assessment and remediation activities progress at each individual site, these liabilities are reviewed and adjusted to reflect additional information as it becomes available. There have been no environmental problems to date that have had or are expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. While it is possible that a loss exceeding the amounts recorded in the condensed consolidated financial statements may be incurred, the potential exposure is not expected to be materially different from those amounts recorded.

Enzo Biochem, Inc. and Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. (collectively, “Enzo”) filed a complaint dated October 23, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action No. 02-8448, against Amersham plc, Amersham BioSciences, PerkinElmer, Inc., PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Inc., Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Sigma Chemical Company, Inc., Molecular Probes, Inc., and Orchid BioSciences, Inc. The complaint alleges that we have breached our distributorship and settlement agreements with Enzo, infringed Enzo’s patents, engaged in unfair competition and fraud, and committed torts against Enzo by, among other things, engaging in commercial development and exploitation of Enzo’s patented products and technology, separately and together with the other defendants. Enzo seeks injunctive and monetary relief. In 2003, the court severed the lawsuit and ordered Enzo to serve individual complaints against the five defendants. We subsequently filed an answer and a counterclaim alleging that Enzo’s patents are invalid. In July 2006, the court issued a decision regarding the construction of the claims in Enzo’s patents that effectively limited the coverage of certain of those claims and, we believe, excludes certain of our products from the coverage of Enzo’s patents. Summary judgment motions were filed by the defendants in January 2007, and a hearing with oral argument on those motions took place in July 2007. On March 16, 2009, the summary judgment motions were denied without prejudice and the case was stayed until the federal appellate court decides Enzo’s appeal of the judgment of the

 

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United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in Enzo Biochem vs. Applera Corp. and Tropix, Inc., which involves a number of the same patents.

PharmaStem Therapeutics, Inc. (“PharmaStem”) filed a complaint dated February 22, 2002 against ViaCell, Inc., which is now our wholly owned subsidiary, and several other defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of United States Patents No. 5,004,681 and No. 5,192,553, relating to certain aspects of the collection, cryopreservation and storage of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood (“PharmaStem I”). After several years of proceedings at the District Court level, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in July 2007 that ViaCell did not infringe these two patents and that the two patents are invalid. PharmaStem filed a certiorari petition in January 2008 seeking to have the United States Supreme Court review the appellate court’s decision as to the invalidity of the patents, but did not seek any further review of the non-infringement decision. However, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in March 2008, so the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in favor of ViaCell is final and non-appealable. PharmaStem had also filed a second complaint against ViaCell and other defendants in July 2004 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging infringement of United States Patents No. 6,461,645 and 6,569,427, which also relate to certain aspects of the collection, cryopreservation and storage of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood (“PharmaStem II”). The Delaware court granted ViaCell’s motion in October 2005 to stay the proceedings in PharmaStem II pending the outcome of PharmaStem I and a decision from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“U.S. PTO”) on certain patent re-examination issues. On September 2, 2008, the U.S. PTO issued a Re-examination Certificate cancelling all claims of United States Patent No. 6,461,645, and on September 16, 2008, the U.S. PTO issued a Re-examination Certificate cancelling all claims of United States Patent No. 6,569,427. As a result of the cancellation of all patent claims involved in PharmaStem II by the U.S. PTO, we will seek a dismissal of all claims for relief set forth by PharmaStem in PharmaStem II.

We believe we have meritorious defenses to these lawsuits and other proceedings, and we are contesting the actions vigorously in all of the above unresolved matters. While each of these matters is subject to uncertainty, in the opinion of our management, based on its review of the information available at this time, the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, we have or expect to effectively settle several income tax audits worldwide, including Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States, covering various years ranging from 2006 through 2007. Settling these audits will result in the recognition of income tax benefits in an estimated amount up to $3.0 million. Tax years ranging from 1998 through 2008 remain open to examination by various state and foreign tax jurisdictions (such as Singapore, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States (“U.S.”)) in which we have significant business operations. The tax years under examination vary by jurisdiction. We regularly review our tax positions in each significant taxing jurisdiction in the process of evaluating our unrecognized tax benefits. Adjustments are made to our unrecognized tax benefits when: (i) facts and circumstances regarding a tax position change, causing a change in management’s judgment regarding that tax position; (ii) a tax position is effectively settled with a tax authority; and/or (iii) the statute of limitations expires regarding a tax position.

We are also subject to various other claims, legal proceedings and investigations covering a wide range of matters that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities. Although we have established accruals for potential losses that we believe are probable and reasonably estimable, in the opinion of our management, based on its review of the information available at this time, the total cost of resolving these other contingencies at July 5, 2009 should not have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements. However, each of these matters is subject to uncertainties, and it is possible that some of these matters may be resolved unfavorably to us.

 

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Reporting Segment Results of Continuing Operations

Human Health

Sales for the three months ended July 5, 2009 were $184.9 million, as compared to $203.9 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $19.1 million, or 9%, which includes an approximate 6% decrease in sales attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates. The analysis in the remainder of this paragraph compares selected sales by product type for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to the three months ended June 29, 2008, and includes the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations and acquisitions. The decrease in sales was primarily a result of a decrease in research market sales of $9.7 million and a decrease in diagnostics market sales of $9.4 million. The decline in our Human Health segment sales during the three months ended July 5, 2009 was due primarily to the decreased demand for our medical imaging products, which has resulted from constraints on medical providers’ capital budgets and a lack of financing availability, as well as government stimulus related order delays in the academic research market as many of our academic customers are redirecting their budgets in hopes of obtaining grants for larger instrument purchases.

Sales for the six months ended July 5, 2009 were $362.1 million, as compared to $384.0 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $21.9 million, or 6%, which includes an approximate 6% decrease in sales attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates and an approximate 1% increase from acquisitions. The analysis in the remainder of this paragraph compares selected sales by product type for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to the six months ended June 29, 2008, and includes the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations and acquisitions. The decrease in sales was primarily a result of a decrease in diagnostics market sales of $15.3 million and a decrease in research market sales of $6.6 million. The decline in our Human Health segment sales during the six months ended July 5, 2009 was due primarily to the decreased demand for our medical imaging products, which has resulted from constraints on medical providers’ capital budgets and a lack of financing availability.

Operating income from continuing operations for the three months ended July 5, 2009 was $24.1 million, as compared to $19.6 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, an increase of $4.4 million, or 23%. Amortization of intangible assets was $10.2 million and $10.5 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. Purchase accounting adjustments for other acquisition costs related to certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 were an expense of approximately $0.5 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009. The favorable impact of productivity improvements and product mix, especially growth in higher gross margin products, increased operating income, which was partially offset by increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, increased pension expenses and foreign exchange.

Operating income from continuing operations for the six months ended July 5, 2009 was $36.8 million, as compared to $31.5 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, an increase of $5.3 million, or 17%. Amortization of intangible assets was $20.0 million and $20.4 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. Restructuring and lease charges were $4.8 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009 as a result of our Q1 2009 Plan. Purchase accounting adjustments for other acquisition costs related to certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 were an expense of approximately $0.7 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009. The favorable impact of productivity improvements and product mix, especially growth in higher gross margin products, increased operating income, which was partially offset by increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, and increased pension expenses.

Environmental Health

Sales for the three months ended July 5, 2009 were $249.7 million, as compared to $301.1 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $51.3 million, or 17%, which includes an approximate 6% decrease in sales attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates and an approximate 1% increase from acquisitions. The following analysis in the remainder of this paragraph compares selected sales by market and product type for the three months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to the three months ended June 29, 2008,

 

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and includes the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations and acquisitions. The decrease in sales was a result of decreases in environmental, safety and security and industrial markets sales of $46.6 million and a decrease in laboratory services market sales of $4.7 million. The decline in our Environmental Health segment sales during the three months ended July 5, 2009 was due primarily to private testing labs and traditional chemical and semiconductor markets reducing capital purchases in response to tight capital budgets and difficulty accessing credit markets.

Sales for the six months ended July 5, 2009 were $504.0 million, as compared to $579.7 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $75.6 million, or 13%, which includes an approximate 6% decrease in sales attributable to unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates and an approximate 1% increase from acquisitions. The following analysis in the remainder of this paragraph compares selected sales by market and product type for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to the six months ended June 29, 2008, and includes the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations and acquisitions. The decrease in sales was a result of decreases in environmental, safety and security and industrial markets sales of $73.0 million and a decrease in laboratory services market sales of $2.6 million. The decline in our Environmental Health segment sales during the six months ended July 5, 2009 was due primarily to private testing labs and traditional chemical and semiconductor markets reducing capital purchases in response to tight capital budgets and difficulty accessing credit markets.

Operating income from continuing operations for the three months ended July 5, 2009 was $22.5 million, as compared to $36.3 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $13.8 million, or 38%. Amortization of intangible assets was $3.8 million for each of the three month periods ended July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008. Purchase accounting adjustments for contingent consideration and other acquisition costs related to certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 were a credit of approximately $0.5 million for the three months ended July 5, 2009. Restructuring and lease reversals were $0.3 million for the three months ended June 29, 2008 as a result of lease costs associated with the sale of a business from 2001. The combined unfavorable impact of decreased sales volume, increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, increased pension expenses and foreign exchange decreased operating income, which was partially offset by productivity improvements.

Operating income from continuing operations for the six months ended July 5, 2009 was $43.1 million, as compared to $68.0 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $24.8 million, or 37%. Amortization of intangible assets was $7.4 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $7.5 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. Restructuring and lease charges were $3.0 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009 as a result of our Q1 2009 Plan. Purchase accounting adjustments for contingent consideration and other acquisition costs related to certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 were an expense of approximately $0.4 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009. The amortization of purchase accounting adjustments to record the inventory from certain acquisitions completed in fiscal year 2009 was approximately $0.2 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009. The combined unfavorable impact of decreased sales volume, increased sales and marketing expenses, particularly in emerging territories, and increased pension expenses decreased operating income, which was partially offset by productivity improvements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We require cash to pay our operating expenses, make capital expenditures, make acquisitions, service our debt and other long-term liabilities, repurchase shares of our common stock and pay dividends on our common stock. Our principal sources of funds are from our operations and the capital markets, particularly the debt markets. In the near term, we anticipate that our operations will generate sufficient cash to fund our operating expenses, capital expenditures, interest payments on our debt and dividends on our common stock. In the long term, we expect to use internally generated funds and external sources to satisfy our debt and other long-term liabilities.

 

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Principal factors that could affect the availability of our internally generated funds include:

 

   

deterioration of sales due to weakness in markets in which we sell our products and services, and

 

   

changes in our working capital requirements.

Principal factors that could affect our ability to obtain cash from external sources include:

 

   

financial covenants contained in the financial instruments controlling our borrowings that limit our total borrowing capacity,

 

   

increases in interest rates applicable to our outstanding variable rate debt,

 

   

a ratings downgrade that would limit our ability to borrow under our amended and restated senior unsecured revolving credit facility and our overall access to the corporate debt market,

 

   

increases in interest rates or credit spreads, as well as limitations on the availability of credit, that affect our ability to borrow under future potential facilities on a secured or unsecured basis,

 

   

a decrease in the market price for our common stock, and

 

   

volatility in the public debt and equity markets.

On October 23, 2008, we announced that our Board authorized us to repurchase up to 10.0 million shares of our common stock under a stock repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”). The Repurchase Program will expire on October 22, 2012 unless this authorization is terminated earlier by our Board, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, we repurchased 1,000,833 shares of our common stock in the open market at an aggregate cost of $14.2 million, including commissions, under the Repurchase Program. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.

Our Board has authorized us to repurchase shares of our common stock to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards granted pursuant to our equity incentive plans. During the first six months of fiscal year 2009, we repurchased 27,102 shares of our common stock for this purpose. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.

At July 5, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $151.3 million and an amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility with $262.0 million available for additional borrowing.

In connection with the settlement of an insurance claim resulting from a fire that occurred at our facility in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2005, we accrued $9.7 million during fiscal year 2007, representing management’s estimate of the total cost for decommissioning the building, including environmental matters, that was damaged in the fire. We paid $2.5 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009, $1.6 million during fiscal year 2008 and $3.9 million during fiscal year 2007 towards decommissioning the building. We anticipate that the remaining payments of $1.7 million will be completed by the end of fiscal year 2009.

Recent distress in the global financial markets has adversely impacted general economic conditions by severely diminishing liquidity and credit availability, creating extreme volatility in security prices, widening credit spreads, and decreasing valuations of certain investments. The widening of credit spreads may create a less favorable environment for certain of our businesses and may affect the fair value of financial instruments that we issue or hold. Increases in credit spreads, as well as limitations on the availability of credit at rates we consider to be reasonable, could affect our ability to borrow under future potential facilities on a secured or unsecured basis, which may adversely affect our liquidity and results of operations.

 

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Our pension plans have not experienced any material impact on liquidity or counterparty exposure due to the volatility in the credit markets; however, as a result of losses experienced in global equity markets, our pension funds had a negative return for fiscal year 2008, offset by only modest gains for the first six months of fiscal year 2009, which in turn created increased pension costs in fiscal year 2009 and potentially in additional future periods. In addition, we may be required to fund our pension plans with a contribution of approximately $18.0 million by fiscal year 2010, and we could potentially have to make additional funding payments in future periods. We cannot predict how long these conditions will exist or how our businesses may be affected. In difficult global financial markets, we may be forced to fund our operations at a higher cost, or we may be unable to raise as much funding as we need to support our business activities.

Cash Flows

Operating Activities. Net cash provided by continuing operations was $58.2 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to net cash provided by continuing operations of $96.7 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008, a decrease of $38.5 million. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended July 5, 2009 was driven by the repayment and termination of our accounts receivable securitization facility for $40.0 million. The accounts receivable securitization facility totaled $40.0 million at December 28, 2008. Depreciation and amortization was $43.9 million, income from continuing operations was $38.0 million, and restructuring and lease charges were $7.8 million. These amounts were partially offset by a net decrease in working capital of $31.6 million. Contributing to the net decrease in working capital for the six months ended July 5, 2009, excluding the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations, was a decrease in accounts payable of $14.7 million, an increase in inventory of $14.1 million and an increase in accounts receivable of $2.8 million, which included the repayment and termination of our accounts receivable securitization for $40.0 million. The increase in inventory was primarily the result of lower sales volume and expanding the amount of inventory held at sales locations within our Environmental Health and Human Health segments to improve timing of sales. The decrease in accounts payable was a result of the timing of disbursements during the first six months of fiscal year 2009. The increase in accounts receivable was a result of lower sales volume and strong performance in accounts receivable collections during the first six months of fiscal year 2009, offset by the repayment and termination of our accounts receivable securitization for $40.0 million. Changes in accrued expenses, other assets and liabilities and other items, net, totaled $0.1 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, and primarily related to the timing of payments for tax, restructuring and salary and benefits.

Investing Activities. Net cash used in continuing operations investing activities was $60.9 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $103.2 million of cash used in continuing operations investing activities for the six months ended June 29, 2008. For the six months ended July 5, 2009, we used $40.8 million of net cash for acquisitions and we used $8.4 million in related transaction costs for acquisitions completed prior to fiscal year 2009, earn-out payments, acquired licenses and other costs in connection with these and other transactions. Capital expenditures for the six months ended July 5, 2009 were $13.0 million, primarily in the areas of tooling and other capital equipment purchases. These cash outflows were partially offset by $1.4 million related to the release of restricted cash balances.

Financing Activities. Net cash used in continuing operations financing activities was $17.5 million for the six months ended July 5, 2009, as compared to $7.5 million used in continuing operations financing activities for the six months ended June 29, 2008. For the six months ended July 5, 2009, we repurchased approximately 1.0 million shares of our common stock, including 27,102 shares to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards, for a total cost of $14.6 million. This compares to repurchases of 17,549 shares of our common stock to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards, for a total cost of $0.4 million for the six months ended June 29, 2008. This use of cash was offset by proceeds from common stock option exercises of $2.1 million, including the related tax benefit, for the six months ended July 5, 2009. This compares to the proceeds from common stock option exercises of $18.5 million, including the related tax benefit, for the six months ended June 29, 2008. During the six months ended July 5, 2009, debt borrowings from our amended

 

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senior unsecured revolving credit facility totaled $197.0 million, which was offset by debt reductions of $185.6 million. This compares to debt borrowings from our amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility of $365.5 million, which was offset by debt reductions of $510.5 million during the six months ended June 29, 2008. We also paid $16.4 million in dividends during the six months ended July 5, 2009.

Borrowing Arrangements

Amended Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. On August 13, 2007, we entered into an amended and restated senior unsecured revolving credit facility providing for a facility through August 13, 2012, which amended and restated in its entirety our previous senior revolving credit agreement dated as of October 31, 2005. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, we exercised our option to increase the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility to $650.0 million from $500.0 million. Letters of credit in the aggregate amount of approximately $14.0 million were issued under the previous facility, which are treated as issued under the amended facility. We use the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, refinancing existing indebtedness, capital expenditures, share repurchases, acquisitions and strategic alliances. The interest rates under the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility are based on the Eurocurrency rate at the time of borrowing plus a margin, or the base rate from time to time. The base rate is the higher of (i) the corporate base rate announced from time to time by Bank of America, N.A. and (ii) the Federal Funds rate plus 50 basis points. We may allocate all or a portion of our indebtedness under the amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility to interest based upon the Eurocurrency rate plus a margin, or the base rate. The Eurocurrency margin as of July 5, 2009 was 40 basis points. The weighted average Eurocurrency interest rate as of July 5, 2009 was 0.31%, resulting in a weighted average effective Eurocurrency rate, including the margin, of 0.71%. We had drawn down approximately $374.0 million of borrowings in U.S. Dollars under the facility as of July 5, 2009, with interest based on the above described Eurocurrency rate. The agreement for the facility contains affirmative, negative and financial covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type, which are consistent with those financial covenants contained in our previous senior revolving credit agreement. The financial covenants in our amended and restated senior unsecured revolving credit facility include debt-to-capital ratios and a contingent maximum total leverage ratio, applicable if our credit rating is down-graded below investment grade. We were in compliance with all applicable covenants as of July 5, 2009, and anticipate being in compliance for the duration of the term of the credit facility.

6% Senior Unsecured Notes. On May 30, 2008, we issued and sold seven-year senior notes at a rate of 6% with a face value of $150.0 million and received $150.0 million in gross proceeds from the issuance. The debt, which matures in May 2015, is unsecured. Interest on the 6% senior notes is payable semi-annually on May 30th and November 30th. We may redeem some or all of our 6% senior notes at any time in an amount not less than 10% of the original aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus the applicable make-whole amount. The financial covenants in our 6% senior notes include debt-to-capital ratios which, if our credit rating is down-graded below investment grade, would be replaced by a contingent maximum total leverage ratio. We were in compliance with all applicable covenants as of July 5, 2009, and anticipate being in compliance for the duration of the term of the notes.

We entered into forward interest rate contracts in October 2007 that were intended to hedge movements in interest rates prior to our expected debt issuance. In May 2008, we settled forward interest rate contracts with notional amounts totaling $150.0 million upon the issuance of our 6% senior unsecured notes. We did not recognize any ineffectiveness related to these cash flow hedges. We recognized $8.4 million, net of taxes of $5.4 million, of accumulated derivative losses in other comprehensive loss related to these cash flow hedges. As of July 5, 2009, the balance remaining in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to these cash flow hedges, net of taxes of $4.6 million, was $7.1 million. The derivative losses are amortized into interest expense when the hedged exposure affects interest expense. We amortized into interest expense $1.0 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009 and $1.2 million during fiscal year 2008 for these derivative losses.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Receivables Securitization Facility

During fiscal year 2001, we established a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary to maintain a receivables purchase agreement with a third-party financial institution. Under this arrangement, we sold, on a revolving basis, certain of our accounts receivable balances to the consolidated subsidiary which simultaneously sold an undivided percentage ownership interest in designated pools of receivables to a third-party financial institution. As collections reduced the balance of sold accounts receivable, new receivables were sold. Our consolidated subsidiary retained the risk of credit loss on the receivables. Accordingly, the full amount of the allowance for doubtful accounts had been provided for on our balance sheets. The amount of receivables sold and outstanding with the third-party financial institution was not to exceed $50.0 million. Under the terms of this agreement, our consolidated subsidiary retained collection and administrative responsibilities for the balances. The agreement required the third-party financial institution to be paid interest during the period from the date the receivable was sold to its maturity date.

In March 2009, our consolidated subsidiary entered into an agreement to extend the term of the accounts receivable securitization facility to December 30, 2009. On June 30 2009, our consolidated subsidiary exercised the right to terminate the receivables purchase agreement with a third-party financial institution releasing both parties of their rights, liabilities and obligations under this agreement. The aggregate amount of receivables sold to the consolidated subsidiary was $58.7 million as of June 30, 2009 and $72.8 million as of December 28, 2008. At December 28, 2008, an undivided interest of $40.0 million in the receivables had been sold to the third-party financial institution under this agreement. The remaining interest in receivables of $32.8 million that was sold to and held by the consolidated subsidiary was included in accounts receivable in the condensed consolidated financial statements at December 28, 2008.

Dividends

Our Board declared regular quarterly cash dividends of seven cents per share in the first two quarters of fiscal year 2009 and in each quarter of fiscal year 2008. On July 21, 2009, we announced that our Board had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 that will be paid in November 2009. In the future, our Board may determine to reduce or eliminate our common stock dividend in order to fund investments for growth, repurchase shares or conserve capital resources.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of July 5, 2009:

 

     Operating
Leases
   Amended
Sr. Unsecured
Revolving
Credit Facility
Maturing 2012(1)
   6.0% Sr.
Notes
Maturing 2015(2)
   Employee
Benefit
Plans
   Uncertain
Tax
Positions(3)
   Total
     (In thousands)

2009

   $ 22,408    $ —      $ —      $ 12,373    $ 9,030    $ 43,811

2010

     31,204      —        —        24,872      —        56,076

2011

     25,165      —        —        25,212      —        50,377

2012

     22,018      374,000      —        25,768      —        421,786

2013

     19,051      —        —        27,110      —        46,161

Thereafter

     104,349      —        150,000      144,457      —        398,806
                                         

Total

   $ 224,195    $ 374,000    $ 150,000    $ 259,792    $ 9,030    $ 1,017,017
                                         

 

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(2) For the purposes of this table, the obligation has been calculated without interest obligations.
(3) The amount includes accrued interest, net of tax benefits, and penalties. We have excluded $38.3 million, including accrued interest, net of tax benefits, and penalties, from the amount related to our uncertain tax positions as we cannot make a reasonably reliable estimate of the amount and period of related future payments.

Effects of Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141(R)”). SFAS No. 141(R) establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements significant aspects of a business combination. Under SFAS No. 141(R), acquisition costs are generally expensed as incurred; noncontrolling interests are valued at fair value at the acquisition date; in-process research and development is recorded at fair value as an indefinite-lived intangible asset at the acquisition date; restructuring costs associated with a business combination are generally expensed subsequent to the acquisition date; contingent consideration is measured at fair value at the acquisition date, with changes in the fair value after the acquisition date affecting earnings; and changes in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax uncertainties after the measurement period will affect income tax expense. SFAS No. 141(R) amends SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” such that adjustments made to valuation allowances on deferred taxes and acquired tax contingencies associated with acquisitions that closed prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 141(R) would also apply the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R). SFAS No. 141(R) also establishes disclosure requirements to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective on a prospective basis for all business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual period subsequent to December 15, 2008, with the exception of the accounting for valuation allowances on deferred taxes and acquired tax contingencies. We adopted SFAS No. 141(R) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) did not have a significant impact on our acquisition activity or our condensed consolidated financial statements in the six months ended July 5, 2009.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” (“SFAS No. 160”). SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest, changes in a parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. SFAS No. 160 also establishes disclosure requirements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. We adopted SFAS No. 160 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS No. 161 is intended to improve transparency in financial reporting by requiring enhanced disclosures of an entity’s derivative instruments and hedging activities and their effects on the entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 applies to all derivative instruments within the scope of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as well as related hedged items, bifurcated derivatives, and nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments. SFAS No. 161 establishes principles and requirements for how an entity identifies derivative instruments and related hedged items that affect its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 also establishes disclosure requirements that the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses are disclosed in a tabular format, that derivative features which are credit-risk related be disclosed to provide clarification to an entity’s liquidity and that cross-referencing be included within footnotes. We adopted SFAS No. 161 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 and have evaluated the requirements of SFAS No. 161, which provides for additional

 

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disclosure on our derivative instruments. See Notes 17 and 18 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for our disclosure on derivative instruments and hedging activities.

In April 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets” (“FSP No. 142-3”). FSP No. 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS No. 142”). The objective of FSP No. 142-3 is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under SFAS No. 141(R), and other accounting principles. FSP No. 142-3 applies to all intangible assets, whether acquired in a business combination or otherwise, and early adoption is prohibited. We adopted FSP No. 142-3 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 142-3 did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 141(R)-1, “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies” (“FSP No. 141(R)-1”), which amends and clarifies the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and related disclosures of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in a business combination under SFAS No. 141(R). FSP No. 141(R)-1 is effective for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual period subsequent to December 15, 2008. We adopted FSP No. 141(R)-1 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS No. 141(R). The adoption of FSP No. 141(R)-1 did not have a significant impact on our acquisition activity or our condensed consolidated financial statements in the six months ended July 5, 2009.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (“FSP No. 157-4”). FSP No. 157-4 amends SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”), and provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly for fair value measurements. FSP No. 157-4 is applied prospectively with retrospective application not permitted, and is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity early adopting FSP No. 157-4 must also early adopt FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (“FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2”). Additionally, if an entity elects to early adopt either FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1”) or FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2, it must also elect to early adopt FSP No. 157-4. We adopted FSP No. 157-4 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 157-4 did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2, which amends SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” SFAS No. 124, “Accounting for Certain Investments Held by Not-for-Profit Organizations,” and Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 99-20, “Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased Beneficial Interests and Beneficial Interests That Continue to Be Held by a Transferor in Securitized Financial Assets,” to make the other-than-temporary impairments guidance found therein more operational and to improve the presentation of other-than-temporary impairments in financial statements. FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 replaces the existing requirement that an entity’s management assert it has both the intent and ability to hold an impaired debt security until recovery with a requirement that management assert it does not have the intent to sell the security, and it is more likely than not that the entity will not have to sell the security before recovery of the security’s cost basis. FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 provides increased disclosure about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold and also requires increased and more frequent disclosures regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and aging of securities with unrealized losses. Although FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 does not result in a change in the

 

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carrying amount of debt securities, it does require that the portion of an other-than-temporary impairment not related to a credit loss for a held-to-maturity security be recognized in a new category of other comprehensive income and be amortized over the remaining life of the debt security as an increase in the carrying value of the security. FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may early adopt FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 only if it also elects to early adopt FSP No. 157-4. Also, if an entity elects to early adopt either FSP No. 157-4 or FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, the entity also is required to early adopt FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2. We adopted FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2 did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, which amends SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“SFAS No. 107”), to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value in interim financial statements as well as in annual financial statements. Prior to FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, fair values for these assets and liabilities were only disclosed annually. FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 applies to all financial instruments within the scope of SFAS No. 107 and requires all entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity may early adopt FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 only if it also elects to early adopt FSP No. 157-4 and FSP No. 115-2 and 124-2. FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 does not require disclosures for earlier periods presented for comparative purposes at initial adoption. In periods after initial adoption, FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 requires comparative disclosures only for periods ending after initial adoption. We adopted FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of FSP No. 107-1 and APB 28-1 did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events” (“SFAS No. 165”), which establishes general standards for the accounting and disclosure of events or transactions that occur during the period after the balance sheet date that management will need to evaluate for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, the circumstances under which an entity shall recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements, and the disclosures that an entity shall make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. We adopted SFAS No. 165 in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 165 did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and we have evaluated subsequent events through August  14, 2009.

Effects of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 132(R)-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets” (“FSP No. 132(R)-1”), which requires additional disclosures for employers’ pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets. Pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets were not included within the scope of SFAS No. 157. FSP No. 132(R)-1 requires employers to disclose information about fair value measurements of plan assets similar to the disclosures required under SFAS No. 157, including the investment policies and strategies for the major categories of plan assets, and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. FSP No. 132(R)-1 will be effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009, with earlier application permitted. Upon initial application, the provisions of FSP No. 132(R)-1 are not required for earlier periods that are presented for comparative purposes. We will be required to adopt FSP No. 132(R)-1 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009. FSP No. 132(R)-1 provides only disclosure requirements; we expect the adoption of this standard will not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166 “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assetsan amendment of FASB Statement No. 140” (“SFAS No.166”). SFAS No. 166 is intended to improve practices that have developed since the issuance of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 140”), that are not consistent with the original intent and

 

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key requirements of SFAS No. 140, including establishing a new “participating interest” definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarifying and amending the derecognition criteria for a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, and changing the amount that can be recognized as a gain or loss on a transfer accounted for as a sale when beneficial interests are received by the transferor. SFAS No. 166 also requires enhanced disclosures to provide information about transfers of financial assets and a transferor’s continuing involvement with transferred financial assets. We will be required to adopt SFAS No. 166 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. We expect the adoption of SFAS No. 166 will not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167 “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)” (“SFAS No.167”). SFAS No. 167 amends FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 46 (revised 2003), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” to require an enterprise to qualitatively assess the determination of the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity based on whether the entity has the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity. Also, SFAS No. 167 requires an ongoing reconsideration of the primary beneficiary, and amends the events that trigger a reassessment of whether an entity is a variable interest entity. Enhanced disclosures are also required to provide information about an enterprise’s involvement in a variable interest entity. We will be required to adopt SFAS No. 167 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. We expect the adoption of SFAS No. 167 will not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles—a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162” (“SFAS No.168”). SFAS No. 168 replaces SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,” and requires that the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (the “Codification”) will now be the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. All guidance contained in the Codification carries an equal level of authority. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. On the effective date of SFAS No. 168, the Codification will supersede all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other nongrandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become nonauthoritative. We will be required to adopt SFAS No. 168 in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. SFAS No. 168 provides only disclosure requirements; we expect the adoption of this statement will not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market Risk

Market Risk. We are exposed to market risk, including changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates. To manage the volatility relating to these exposures, we enter into various derivative transactions pursuant to our policies to hedge against known or forecasted market exposures. We briefly describe several of the market risks we face below. The following disclosure is not materially different from the disclosure provided under the heading, “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk,” in our 2008 Form 10-K.

Foreign Exchange Risk. The potential change in foreign currency exchange rates poses a substantial risk to us, as approximately 60% of our business is conducted outside of the United States, generally in foreign currencies. Our risk management strategy currently uses forward contracts to mitigate certain balance sheet foreign currency transaction exposures. The intent is to offset gains and losses that occur on the underlying exposures from these currencies, with gains and losses resulting from the forward contracts that hedge these exposures. In addition, we are able to partially mitigate the impact that fluctuations in currencies have on our net income as a result of our manufacturing facilities located in countries outside the United States, material sourcing and other spending which occur in countries outside the United States, resulting in natural hedges.

 

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Principal hedged currencies include the British Pound (GBP), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Euro (EUR), Japanese Yen (JPY), and Singapore Dollar (SGD). We held forward foreign exchange contracts with U.S. equivalent notional amounts totaling $151.5 million and $115.6 million as of July 5, 2009 and June 29, 2008, respectively. The fair value of these foreign currency derivative contracts was insignificant. The gains and losses realized on foreign currency derivative contracts are not material and the duration of these contracts was generally 30 days during both fiscal years 2009 and 2008.

We do not enter into foreign currency derivative contracts for trading or other speculative purposes, nor do we use leveraged financial instruments. Although we attempt to manage our foreign currency exchange risk through the above activities, when the U.S. Dollar weakens against other currencies in which we transact business, generally sales and net income will be positively, but not proportionately impacted.

Foreign Currency Risk—Value-at-Risk Disclosure. We continue to measure foreign currency risk using the Value-at-Risk model described in “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk,” of our 2008 Form 10-K. The measures for our Value-at-Risk analysis have not changed materially.

Interest Rate Risk. As described above, our debt portfolio includes variable rate instruments. Fluctuations in interest rates can therefore have a direct impact on both our short-term cash flows, as they relate to interest, and our earnings. To manage the volatility relating to these exposures, we enter into various derivative transactions pursuant to our policies to hedge against known or forecasted interest rate exposures.

We entered into forward interest rate contracts in October 2007 that were intended to hedge movements in interest rates prior to our expected debt issuance. In May 2008, we settled forward interest rate contracts with notional amounts totaling $150.0 million, upon the issuance of our 6% senior unsecured notes. We did not recognize any ineffectiveness related to these cash flow hedges. We recognized $8.4 million, net of taxes of $5.4 million, of accumulated derivative losses in other comprehensive loss related to these cash flow hedges. As of July 5, 2009, the balance remaining in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to these cash flow hedges, net of taxes of $4.6 million, was $7.1 million. The derivative losses are amortized into interest expense when the hedged exposure affects interest expense. We amortized into interest expense $1.0 million during the first six months of fiscal year 2009 and $1.2 million during fiscal year 2008 for these derivative losses.

Interest Rate Risk—Sensitivity. Our 2008 Form 10-K presents sensitivity measures for our interest rate risk. The measures for our sensitivity analysis have not changed materially. We refer to “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk,” in our 2008 Form 10-K for our sensitivity disclosure.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of our quarter ended July 5, 2009. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end

 

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of our quarter ended July 5, 2009, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended July 5, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Enzo Biochem, Inc. and Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. (collectively, “Enzo”) filed a complaint dated October 23, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action No. 02-8448, against Amersham plc, Amersham BioSciences, PerkinElmer, Inc., PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Inc., Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, Sigma Chemical Company, Inc., Molecular Probes, Inc., and Orchid BioSciences, Inc. The complaint alleges that we have breached our distributorship and settlement agreements with Enzo, infringed Enzo’s patents, engaged in unfair competition and fraud, and committed torts against Enzo by, among other things, engaging in commercial development and exploitation of Enzo’s patented products and technology, separately and together with the other defendants. Enzo seeks injunctive and monetary relief. In 2003, the court severed the lawsuit and ordered Enzo to serve individual complaints against the five defendants. We subsequently filed an answer and a counterclaim alleging that Enzo’s patents are invalid. In July 2006, the court issued a decision regarding the construction of the claims in Enzo’s patents that effectively limited the coverage of certain of those claims and, we believe, excludes certain of our products from the coverage of Enzo’s patents. Summary judgment motions were filed by the defendants in January 2007, and a hearing with oral argument on those motions took place in July 2007. On March 16, 2009, the summary judgment motions were denied without prejudice and the case was stayed until the federal appellant court decides Enzo’s appeal of the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in Enzo Biochem vs. Applera Corp. and Tropix, Inc., which involves a number of the same patents.

PharmaStem Therapeutics, Inc. (“PharmaStem”) filed a complaint dated February 22, 2002 against ViaCell, Inc. (“ViaCell”), which is now our wholly owned subsidiary, and several other defendants in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of United States Patents No. 5,004,681 and No. 5,192,553, relating to certain aspects of the collection, cryopreservation and storage of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood (“PharmaStem I”). After several years of proceedings at the District Court level, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in July 2007 that ViaCell did not infringe these two patents and that the two patents are invalid. PharmaStem filed a certiorari petition in January 2008 seeking to have the United States Supreme Court review the appellate court’s decision as to the invalidity of the patents, but did not seek any further review of the non-infringement decision. However, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in March 2008, so the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in favor of ViaCell is final and non-appealable. PharmaStem had also filed a second complaint against ViaCell and other defendants in July 2004 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging infringement of United States Patents No. 6,461,645 and 6,569,427, which also relate to certain aspects of the collection, cryopreservation and storage of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood (“PharmaStem II”). The Delaware court granted ViaCell’s motion in October 2005 to stay the proceedings in PharmaStem II pending the outcome of PharmaStem I and a decision from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“U.S. PTO”) on certain patent re-examination issues. On September 2, 2008, the U.S. PTO issued a Re-examination Certificate cancelling all claims of United States Patent No. 6,461,645, and on September 16, 2008, the U.S. PTO issued a Re-examination Certificate cancelling all claims of United States Patent No. 6,569,427. As a result of the cancellation of all patent claims involved in PharmaStem II by the U.S. PTO, we will seek a dismissal of all claims for relief set forth by PharmaStem in PharmaStem II.

We believe we have meritorious defenses to these lawsuits and other proceedings, and we are contesting the actions vigorously in all of the above unresolved matters. While each of these matters is subject to uncertainty, in the opinion of our management, based on its review of the information available at this time, the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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potential losses that we believe are probable and reasonably estimable, in the opinion of our management, based on its review of the information available at this time, the total cost of resolving these other contingencies at July 5, 2009 should not have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements. However, each of these matters is subject to uncertainties, and it is possible that some of these matters may be resolved unfavorably to us.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following important factors affect our business and operations generally or affect multiple segments of our business and operations and are not materially different from those factors reported in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 5, 2009:

If the markets into which we sell our products decline, or do not grow as anticipated due to a decline in general economic conditions or uncertainties surrounding the approval of government or industrial funding proposals, we may see an adverse effect on the results of our business operations.

Our customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, laboratories, academic and research institutions, public health authorities, private healthcare organizations, doctors and government agencies. Our quarterly sales and results of operations are highly dependent on the volume and timing of orders received during the quarter. In addition, our revenues and earnings forecasts for future quarters are often based on the expected trends in our markets. However, the markets we serve do not always experience the trends that we may expect. Negative fluctuations in our customers’ markets, the inability of our customers to secure credit or funding, restrictions in capital expenditures, general economic conditions or cuts in government funding would likely result in a reduction in demand for our products and services. In addition, government funding is subject to economic conditions and the political process, which is inherently fluid and unpredictable. Our revenues may be adversely affected if our customers delay or reduce purchases as a result of uncertainties surrounding the approval of government or industrial funding proposals. Such declines could harm our consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows and trading price of our common stock, and could limit our ability to sustain profitability.

Our growth is subject to global economic, political and other risks.

We have operations in many parts of the world. The health of the global economy has a significant impact on our business. Since 2008, worldwide economic conditions have experienced a severe downturn due to the sequential effects of the credit market crisis and the resulting impact on the finance and banking industries, volatile currency exchange rates and energy costs, inflation concerns, decreased consumer confidence, reduced corporate profits and capital expenditures, and liquidity concerns. For example, the current tightening of credit in the financial markets may make it more difficult for customers to obtain financing for their operations, resulting in a material decrease in the orders we receive. Our business is also affected by local economic environments, including inflation, recession, financial liquidity and currency volatility or devaluation. Political changes, some of which may be disruptive, could interfere with our supply chain, our customers and all of our activities in a particular location. In addition, our global manufacturing facilities face risks to their production capacity that may relate to natural disasters, labor relations or regulatory compliance. While some of these risks can be hedged using financial instruments and some are insurable, such attempts to mitigate these risks are costly and not always successful. In addition, our ability to engage in such mitigation has decreased or become even more costly as a result of recent market developments.

If we do not introduce new products in a timely manner, we may lose market share and be unable to achieve revenue growth targets.

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competing with us in these industries have significant financial and other resources to invest in new technologies, substantial intellectual property portfolios, substantial experience in new product development, regulatory expertise, manufacturing capabilities, and the distribution channels to deliver products to customers. Our products could become technologically obsolete over time, or we may invest in technology that does not lead to revenue growth, or continue to sell products for which the demand from our customers is declining, in which case we may lose market share or not achieve our revenue growth targets. The success of our new product offerings will depend upon several factors, including our ability to:

 

   

accurately anticipate customer needs,

 

   

innovate and develop new technologies and applications,

 

   

successfully commercialize new technologies in a timely manner,

 

   

price our products competitively, and manufacture and deliver our products in sufficient volumes and on time, and

 

   

differentiate our offerings from our competitors’ offerings.

Many of our products are used by our customers to develop, test and manufacture their products. We must anticipate industry trends and consistently develop new products to meet our customers’ expectations. In developing new products, we may be required to make significant investments before we can determine the commercial viability of the new product. If we fail to accurately foresee our customers’ needs and future activities, we may invest heavily in research and development of products that do not lead to significant sales. We may also suffer a loss in market share and potential sales revenue if we are unable to commercialize our technology in a timely and efficient manner.

In addition, some of our licensed technology is subject to contractual restrictions, which may limit our ability to develop or commercialize products for some applications.

We may not be able to successfully execute acquisitions or license technologies, integrate acquired businesses or licensed technologies into our existing businesses, or make acquired businesses or licensed technologies profitable.

We have in the past supplemented, and may in the future supplement, our internal growth by acquiring businesses and licensing technologies that complement or augment our existing product lines, such as Opto Technology Inc., acquired in January 2009, and Analytica of Branford, Inc., acquired in May 2009. However, we may be unable to identify or complete promising acquisitions or license transactions for many reasons, including:

 

   

competition among buyers and licensees,

 

   

the high valuations of businesses and technologies,

 

   

the need for regulatory and other approval, and

 

   

our inability to raise capital to fund these acquisitions.

Some of the businesses we acquire may be unprofitable or marginally profitable. Accordingly, the earnings or losses of acquired businesses may dilute our earnings. For these acquired businesses to achieve acceptable levels of profitability, we would have to improve their management, operations, products and market penetration. We may not be successful in this regard and may encounter other difficulties in integrating acquired businesses into our existing operations, such as incompatible management, information or other systems, cultural differences, unforeseen regulatory requirements, previously undisclosed liabilities or difficulties in predicting financial results. As a result, our financial results may differ from our forecasts or the expectations of the investment community in a given quarter or over the long term.

 

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To finance our acquisitions, we may have to raise additional funds, either through public or private financings. We may be unable to obtain such funds or may be able to do so only on terms unacceptable to us. We may also incur expenses related to completing acquisitions or licensing technologies, or in evaluating potential acquisitions or technologies, which expenses may adversely impact our profitability.

We may not be successful in adequately protecting our intellectual property.

Patent and trade secret protection is important to us because developing new products, processes and technologies gives us a competitive advantage, although it is time-consuming and expensive. We own many United States and foreign patents and intend to apply for additional patents. Patent applications we file, however, may not result in issued patents or, if they do, the claims allowed in the patents may be narrower than what is needed to protect fully our products, processes and technologies. Similarly, applications to register our trademarks may not be granted in all countries in which they are filed. For our intellectual property that is protected by keeping it secret, such as trade secrets and know-how, we may not use adequate measures to protect this intellectual property.

Third parties may also challenge the validity of our issued patents, may circumvent or “design around” our patents and patent applications, or may claim that our products, processes or technologies infringe their patents. In addition, third parties may assert that our product names infringe their trademarks. We may incur significant expense in legal proceedings to protect our intellectual property against infringement by third parties or to defend against claims of infringement by third parties. Claims by third parties in pending or future lawsuits could result in awards of substantial damages against us or court orders that could effectively prevent us from manufacturing, using, importing or selling our products in the United States or other countries.

If we are unable to renew our licenses or otherwise lose our licensed rights, we may have to stop selling products or we may lose competitive advantage.

We may not be able to renew our existing licenses, or licenses we may obtain in the future, on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we lose the rights to a patented or other proprietary technology, we may need to stop selling products incorporating that technology and possibly other products, redesign our products or lose a competitive advantage. Potential competitors could in-license technologies that we fail to license and potentially erode our market share.

Our licenses typically subject us to various economic and commercialization obligations. If we fail to comply with these obligations, we could lose important rights under a license, such as the right to exclusivity in a market. In some cases, we could lose all rights under the license. In addition, rights granted under the license could be lost for reasons out of our control. For example, the licensor could lose patent protection for a number of reasons, including invalidity of the licensed patent, or a third-party could obtain a patent that curtails our freedom to operate under one or more licenses.

If we do not compete effectively, our business will be harmed.

We encounter aggressive competition from numerous competitors in many areas of our business. We may not be able to compete effectively with all of these competitors. To remain competitive, we must develop new products and periodically enhance our existing products. We anticipate that we may also have to adjust the prices of many of our products to stay competitive. In addition, new competitors, technologies or market trends may emerge to threaten or reduce the value of entire product lines.

 

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Our quarterly operating results could be subject to significant fluctuation, and we may not be able to adjust our operations to effectively address changes we do not anticipate, which could increase the volatility of our stock price and potentially cause losses to our shareholders.

Given the nature of the markets in which we participate, we cannot reliably predict future sales and profitability. Changes in competitive, market and economic conditions may require us to adjust our operations, and we may not be able to make those adjustments or make them quickly enough to adapt to changing conditions. A high proportion of our costs are fixed, due in part to our research and development and manufacturing costs. Thus, small declines in sales could disproportionately affect our operating results in a quarter. Factors that may affect our quarterly operating results include:

 

   

demand for and market acceptance of our products,

 

   

competitive pressures resulting in lower selling prices,

 

   

adverse changes in the level of economic activity in regions in which we do business,

 

   

decline in general economic conditions or government funding,

 

   

adverse income tax audit settlements,

 

   

differing tax laws and changes in those laws, or changes in the countries in which we are subject to tax,

 

   

fluctuations in our effective tax rate,

 

   

adverse changes in industries, such as pharmaceutical and biomedical,

 

   

changes in the portions of our sales represented by our various products and customers,

 

   

delays or problems in the introduction of new products,

 

   

our competitors’ announcement or introduction of new products, services or technological innovations,

 

   

increased costs of raw materials, energy or supplies,

 

   

changes in the volume or timing of product orders, and

 

   

changes in assumptions used to determine contingent consideration in acquisitions.

A significant disruption in third-party package delivery and import/export services, or significant increases in prices for those services, could interfere with our ability to ship products, increase our costs and lower our profitability.

We ship a significant portion of our products to our customers through independent package delivery and import/export companies, including UPS and Federal Express in the United States, TNT, UPS and DHL in Europe and UPS in Asia. We also ship our products through other carriers, including national trucking firms, overnight carrier services and the U.S. Postal Service. If one or more of the package delivery or import/export providers experiences a significant disruption in services or institutes a significant price increase, the delivery of our products could be prevented or delayed. Such events could cause us to incur increased shipping costs that could not be passed on to our customers, negatively impacting our profitability and our relationships with certain of our customers.

Disruptions in the supply of raw materials, certain key components, and supplies from our limited or single source suppliers could have an adverse effect on the results of our business operations, and could damage our relationships with customers.

The production of our products requires a wide variety of raw materials, key components and supplies that are generally available from alternate sources of supply. However, certain critical raw materials, key components and supplies required for the production of some of our principal products are available from limited or single sources of supply. We generally have multi-year contracts with no minimum purchase requirements with these

 

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suppliers, but those contracts may not fully protect us from a failure by certain suppliers to supply critical materials or from the delays inherent in being required to change suppliers and, in some cases, validate new raw materials. Such raw materials, key components and supplies could usually be obtained from alternative sources with the potential for an increase in price, decline in quality or delay in delivery. A prolonged inability to obtain certain raw materials, key components or supplies is possible and could have an adverse effect on our business operations, and could damage our relationships with customers.

The manufacture and sale of products may expose us to product liability claims for which we could have substantial liability.

We face an inherent business risk of exposure to product liability claims if our products or product candidates are alleged or found to have caused injury, damage or loss. We may in the future be unable to obtain insurance with adequate levels of coverage for potential liability on acceptable terms or claims of this nature may be excluded from coverage under the terms of any insurance policy that we can obtain. If we are unable to obtain such insurance or the amounts of any claims successfully brought against us substantially exceed our coverage, then our business could be adversely impacted.

If we fail to maintain satisfactory compliance with the regulations of the United States Food and Drug Administration and other governmental agencies, we may be forced to recall products and cease their manufacture and distribution, and we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties.

Some of the products produced by our Human Health segment are subject to regulation by the United States Food and Drug Administration and similar agencies internationally. These regulations govern a wide variety of product activities, from design and development to labeling, manufacturing, promotion, sales, resales and distribution. If we fail to comply with those regulations or those of similar international agencies, we may have to recall products, cease their manufacture and distribution, and may be subject to fines or criminal prosecution. Our operations are subject to regulation by different state and federal government agencies in the United States and other countries. If we fail to comply with those regulations, we could be subject to fines, penalties, criminal prosecution or other sanctions.

Changes in governmental regulations may reduce demand for our products or increase our expenses.

We compete in markets in which we or our customers must comply with federal, state, local and foreign regulations, such as environmental, health and safety, and food and drug regulations. We develop, configure and market our products to meet customer needs created by these regulations. Any significant change in these regulations could reduce demand for our products or increase our costs of producing these products.

The healthcare industry is highly regulated and if we fail to comply with its extensive system of laws and regulations, we could suffer fines and penalties or be required to make significant changes to our operations which could have a significant adverse effect on the results of our business operations.

The healthcare industry, including the genetic screening market, is subject to extensive and frequently changing international and United States federal, state and local laws and regulations. In addition, legislative provisions relating to healthcare fraud and abuse, patient privacy violations and misconduct involving government insurance programs provide federal enforcement personnel with substantial powers and remedies to pursue suspected violations. We believe that our business will continue to be subject to increasing regulation as the federal government continues to strengthen its position on healthcare matters, the scope and effect of which we cannot predict. If we fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we could suffer civil and criminal damages, fines and penalties, exclusion from participation in governmental healthcare programs, and the loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations necessary to operate our business, as well as incur liabilities from third-party claims, all of which could have a significant adverse effect on our business.

 

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Economic, political and other risks associated with foreign operations could adversely affect our international sales and profitability.

Because we sell our products worldwide, our businesses are subject to risks associated with doing business internationally. Our sales originating outside the United States represented the majority of our total sales in the fiscal quarter ended July 5, 2009. We anticipate that sales from international operations will continue to represent a substantial portion of our total sales. In addition, many of our manufacturing facilities, employees and suppliers are located outside the United States. Accordingly, our future results of operations could be harmed by a variety of factors, including:

 

   

changes in foreign currency exchange rates,

 

   

changes in a country’s or region’s political or economic conditions, particularly in developing or emerging markets,

 

   

longer payment cycles of foreign customers and timing of collections in foreign jurisdictions,

 

   

trade protection measures and import or export licensing requirements,

 

   

differing tax laws and changes in those laws, or changes in the countries in which we are subject to tax,

 

   

adverse income tax audit settlements or loss of previously negotiated tax incentives,

 

   

differing business practices associated with foreign operations,

 

   

difficulty in staffing and managing widespread operations,

 

   

differing labor laws and changes in those laws,

 

   

differing protection of intellectual property and changes in that protection, and

 

   

differing regulatory requirements and changes in those requirements.

If we do not retain our key personnel, our ability to execute our business strategy will be limited.

Our success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service of our executive officers and key management and technical personnel, particularly our experienced engineers, and on our ability to continue to attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel. The competition for these employees is intense. The loss of the services of one or more of our key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. In addition, there could be a material adverse effect on us should the turnover rates for engineers and other key personnel increase significantly or if we are unable to continue to attract qualified personnel. We do not maintain any key person life insurance policies on any of our officers or employees.

Our success also depends on our ability to execute leadership succession plans. The inability to successfully transition key management roles could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

If we experience a significant disruption in our information technology systems or if we fail to implement new systems and software successfully, our business could be adversely affected.

We rely on several centralized information systems throughout our company to keep financial records, process orders, manage inventory, process shipments to customers and operate other critical functions. If we were to experience a prolonged system disruption in the information technology systems that involve our interactions with customers and suppliers, it could result in the loss of sales and customers and significant incremental costs, which could adversely affect our business.

Restrictions in our credit facility and outstanding debt instruments may limit our activities.

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to engage in activities that could otherwise benefit our company. These debt instruments include restrictions on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to:

 

   

pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase our capital stock,

 

   

sell assets,

 

   

incur obligations that restrict their ability to make dividend or other payments to us,

 

   

guarantee or secure indebtedness,

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates, and

 

   

consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

We are also required to meet specified financial ratios under the terms of our debt instruments. Our ability to comply with these financial restrictions and covenants is dependent on our future performance, which is subject to prevailing economic conditions and other factors, including factors that are beyond our control such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates, changes in technology and changes in the level of competition.

Our failure to comply with any of these restrictions in our amended senior unsecured revolving credit facility and our 6% senior unsecured notes may result in an event of default under either or both of these debt instruments, which could permit acceleration of the debt under either or both debt instruments, and require us to prepay that debt before its scheduled due date.

Our results of operations will be adversely affected if we fail to realize the full value of our intangible assets.

As of July 5, 2009, our total assets included $1.9 billion of net intangible assets. Net intangible assets consist principally of goodwill associated with acquisitions and costs associated with securing patent rights, trademark rights, core technology and technology licenses, net of accumulated amortization. We test certain of these items—specifically all of those that are considered “non-amortizing”—at least on an annual basis for potential impairment by comparing the carrying value to the fair market value of the reporting unit to which they are assigned. All of our amortizing intangible assets are evaluated for impairment should discrete events occur that call into question the recoverability of the intangible assets.

Adverse changes in our business, adverse changes in the assumptions used to determine the fair value of our reporting units, or the failure to grow our Human Health and Environmental Health segments may result in impairment of our intangible assets, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

Our share price will fluctuate.

Over the last several quarters, stock markets in general and our common stock in particular have experienced significant price and volume volatility. Both the market price and the daily trading volume of our common stock may continue to be subject to significant fluctuations due not only to general stock market conditions but also to a change in sentiment in the market regarding our operations and business prospects. In addition to the risk factors discussed above, the price and volume volatility of our common stock may be affected by:

 

   

operating results that vary from the expectations of securities analysts and investors;

 

   

the financial performance of the major end markets that we target;

 

   

the operating and securities price performance of companies that investors consider to be comparable to us;

 

   

announcements of strategic developments, acquisitions and other material events by us or our competitors; and

 

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changes in global financial markets and global economies and general market conditions, such as interest or foreign exchange rates, commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets.

Dividends on our common stock could be reduced or eliminated in the future.

On June 12, 2009, we announced that our Board had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share for the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 that was paid in August 2009. On July 21, 2009, we announced that our Board had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 that is payable in November 2009. In the future, our Board may determine to reduce or eliminate our common stock dividend in order to fund investments for growth, repurchase shares or conserve capital resources.

 

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

Stock Repurchase Program

The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by us for the periods indicated.

 

     Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

Period

   Total Number of
Shares
Purchased(1)(2)
   Average Price
Paid Per
Share
   Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs
   Maximum Number of
Shares that May Yet
Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs

April 6, 2009 – May 3, 2009

   833    $ 12.23    833    7,999,167

May 4, 2009 – May 31, 2009

   0    $ 0.00    0    7,999,167

June 1, 2009 – July 5, 2009

   0    $ 0.00    0    7,999,167
                     

Activity for quarter ended July 5, 2009

   833    $ 12.23    833    7,999,167
                     

 

(1) On October 23, 2008, we announced that our Board authorized us to repurchase up to 10.0 million shares of our common stock under the Repurchase Program. The Repurchase Program will expire on October 22, 2012 unless this authorization is terminated earlier by our Board, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we repurchased 1,000,000 shares of our common stock in the open market at an aggregate cost of $14.2 million, including commissions, under the Repurchase Program. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, we repurchased 833 shares of our common stock in the open market at an aggregate cost of $0.01 million, including commissions, under the Repurchase Program. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.
(2) Our Board has authorized us to repurchase shares of our common stock to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards granted pursuant to our equity incentive plans. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, we repurchased 27,102 shares of our common stock for this purpose. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2009 we did not repurchase any of our common stock for this purpose. The repurchased shares have been reflected as additional authorized but unissued shares, with the payments reflected in common stock and capital in excess of par value.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Information regarding matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the quarter ended July 5, 2009 at our annual meeting of shareholders held April 28, 2009 is set forth under the heading “Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 5, 2009 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit Name

10.1    The Termination and Release Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 to the Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of December 21, 2001 among PerkinElmer Receivables Company, PerkinElmer, Inc., ABN AMRO Bank N.V., the Committed Purchasers and Windmill Funding Corporation.
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

PERKINELMER, INC.

By:

 

/S/    FRANK A. WILSON         

 

Frank A. Wilson

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,

and Chief Accounting Officer

August 14, 2009

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit Name

10.1    The Termination and Release Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 to the Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of December 21, 2001 among PerkinElmer Receivables Company, PerkinElmer, Inc., ABN AMRO Bank N.V., the Committed Purchasers and Windmill Funding Corporation.
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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