INTERPACE BIOSCIENCES, INC. - Quarter Report: 2006 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
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(Mark
One)
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006
OR
¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from _______________ to
_______________
Commission
file Number: 0-24249
PDI,
INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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22-2919486
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S
Employer
Identification
No.)
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Saddle
River Executive Centre
1
Route 17 South
Saddle
River, New Jersey 07458
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(Address
of principal executive offices and zip code)
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(201)
258-8450
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(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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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
Q
No
£
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check
one):
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer ý
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No ý
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date:
Class
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Shares
Outstanding
May
5, 2006
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Common
stock, $0.01 par value
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14,047,940
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PDI,
INC.
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Form
10-Q for Period Ended March 31, 2006
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
No.
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Consolidated
Financial Statements
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
at
March 31, 2006 (unaudited) and December 31, 2005
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3
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations
for
the three month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(unaudited)
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4
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
for
the three month periods ended March 31, 2006 and 2005
(unaudited)
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5
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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6
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition
and Results of Operations
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16
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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23
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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23
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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24
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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25
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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26
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Signatures
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27
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2
PDI,
INC.
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CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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(in
thousands, except share and per share data)
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March
31,
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December
31,
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2006
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2005
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(unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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78,268
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$
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90,827
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Short-term
investments
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23,933
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6,807
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Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
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$193
and $778, respectively
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19,931
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27,148
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Unbilled
costs and accrued profits on contracts in progress
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14,323
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5,974
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Income
tax receivable
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2,480
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6,292
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Other
current assets
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13,518
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14,078
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Total
current assets
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152,453
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151,126
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Property
and equipment, net
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15,214
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16,053
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Goodwill
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13,112
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13,112
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Other
intangible assets, net
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16,911
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17,305
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Other
long-term assets
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3,053
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2,710
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Total
assets
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$
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200,743
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$
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200,306
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$
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2,869
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$
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5,693
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Income
taxes payable
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7,179
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6,805
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Unearned
contract revenue
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11,056
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12,598
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Accrued
returns
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231
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231
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Accrued
incentives
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14,943
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12,028
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Accrued
payroll and related benefits
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7,476
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7,556
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Other
accrued expenses
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15,468
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19,785
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Total
current liabilities
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59,222
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64,696
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Commitments
and Contingencies (Note 6)
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Stockholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, $.01 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, no
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shares
issued and outstanding
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-
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-
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Common
stock, $.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
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15,065,946
and 14,947,771 shares issued, respectively;
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14,047,940
and 13,929,765 shares outstanding, respectively
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151
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149
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Additional
paid-in capital
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117,696
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118,325
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Retained
earnings
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36,804
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31,183
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Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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84
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71
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Unamortized
compensation costs
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-
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(904
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)
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Treasury
stock, at cost (1,018,006 shares)
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(13,214
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)
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(13,214
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)
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Total
stockholders' equity
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$
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141,521
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$
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135,610
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Total
liabilities & stockholders' equity
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$
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200,743
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$
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200,306
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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3
PDI,
INC.
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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(in
thousands, except for per share data)
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Three
Months Ended
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March
31,
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2006
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2005
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Revenue,
net
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$
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78,812
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$
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82,024
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Program
expenses
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59,717
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63,981
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Gross
profit
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19,095
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18,043
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Compensation
expense
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6,622
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9,004
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Other
selling, general and administrative expenses
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4,596
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9,814
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Total
operating expenses
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11,218
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18,818
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Operating
income (loss)
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7,877
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(775
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Other
income, net
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975
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669
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Income
(loss) before income tax
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8,852
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(106
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Income
tax expense (benefit)
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3,231
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(44
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)
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Net
income (loss)
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$
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5,621
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$
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(62
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)
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Net
income (loss) per share of common stock:
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Basic
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$
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0.41
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$
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(0.00
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)
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Assuming
dilution
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$
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0.40
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$
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(0.00
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)
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Weighted
average number of common shares and
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common
share equivalents outstanding:
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Basic
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13,824
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14,675
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Assuming
dilution
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13,914
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14,849
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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4
PDI,
INC.
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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(in
thousands)
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Three
Months Ended
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March
31,
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2006
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2005
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
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Net
income (loss) from operations
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$
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5,621
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$
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(62
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)
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Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
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provided
by operating activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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1,485
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1,486
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Loss
on disposal of assets
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-
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91
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Stock
compensation costs
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190
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269
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Deferred
income taxes, net
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(238
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)
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288
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Provision
for bad debt
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(710
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)
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42
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Other
changes in assets and liabilities:
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Decrease
(increase) in accounts receivable
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7,788
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(930
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)
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Increase
in unbilled costs
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(8,349
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)
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(4,786
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)
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Decrease
in income tax receivable
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3,812
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-
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Decrease
(increase) in other current assets
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370
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(574
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)
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(Increase)
decrease in other long-term assets
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184
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8
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Decrease
in accounts payable
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(2,824
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)
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(2,412
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)
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Increase
(decrease) in income taxes payable
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374
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(448
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)
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(Decrease)
increase in unearned contract revenue
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(1,542
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)
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1,331
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Decrease
in accrued returns
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-
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(2,657
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)
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Increase
(decrease) in accrued incentives
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2,915
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(8,285
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)
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(Decrease)
increase in accrued payroll and related benefits
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(80
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)
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515
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(Decrease)
increase in accrued liabilities
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(4,141
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)
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3,362
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Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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4,855
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(12,762
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)
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Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
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(Purchases)
sales of short-term investments, net
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(17,113
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)
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15,488
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Repayments
from Xylos
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75
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-
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Purchase
of property and equipment
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(428
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)
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(1,721
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)
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Cash
paid for acquisition, including acquisition costs
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-
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(29
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)
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Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
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(17,466
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)
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13,738
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Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
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Net
proceeds from exercise of stock options
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52
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388
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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52
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388
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Net
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
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(12,559
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)
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1,364
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Cash
and cash equivalents - beginning
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90,827
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81,000
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|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents - ending
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$
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78,268
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$
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82,364
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
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5
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share
amounts)
1.
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BASIS
OF PRESENTATION:
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The
accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related
notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements
of PDI, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company or PDI) and related notes as
included in the Company’s
Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2005 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim
financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting
of
normal recurring adjustments) that, in the judgment of management, are necessary
for a fair presentation of such financial statements. Operating results for
the
three month period ended March 31, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the
results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006.
2.
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SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
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Accounting
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
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, including, but not limited to, incentives
earned or penalties incurred on contracts, accrued incentives payable to
employees, receivable valuations, impairment of goodwill, valuation allowances
related to deferred income taxes, restructuring costs, insurance loss accruals,
fair value of assets, sales returns and litigation accruals. Management's
estimates are based on historical experience, facts and circumstances available
at the time, and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable
under the circumstances. The Company reviews these matters and reflects changes
in estimates as appropriate. Actual results could materially differ from those
estimates.
Basic
and Diluted Net Income per Share
Basic
and
diluted net income per share is calculated based on the requirements of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128, “Earnings
Per Share.” A reconciliation of the number of shares of common stock used in the
calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three month period
ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:
Three
Months Ended March 31,
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2006
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2005
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Basic
weighted average number of common
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13,824
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14,675
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Dilutive
effect of stock options, SARs
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and
restricted stock
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90
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174
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Diluted
weighted average number
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of
common shares
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13,914
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14,849
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Outstanding
options to purchase 815,044 and 1,302,011 shares of common stock at March 31,
2006 and 2005, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted
earnings per share because the exercise prices of the options were greater
than
the average market price of the common shares and therefore, the effect would
be
antidilutive. Additionally, there were 45,456 stock-settled stock appreciation
rights (SARs) outstanding at March 31, 2006 that were not included in the
computation of earnings per share because the exercise prices of the SARs were
greater than the average market price of the common shares and therefore, the
effect would be antidilutive.
6
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
New
Accounting Pronouncements
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of, and accounts for
stock-based compensation in accordance with, Financial Accounting Standards
Board SFAS No. 123 - revised 2004 (SFAS 123R), “Share-Based Payment” which
replaced` SFAS No. 123 (“SFAS 123”), “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”
and supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion Opinion No. 25 (“APB 25”),
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” Under the fair value recognition
provisions of SFAS 123R, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant
date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense on a
straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting
period. The Company elected the modified prospective method, under which prior
periods are not revised for comparative purposes. The valuation provisions
of
SFAS 123R apply to new grants after the effective date and to grants that were
outstanding as of the effective date and are subsequently modified. Compensation
for grants that were not fully vested as of the effective date will be
recognized over the remaining service period using the fair value determined
in
accordance with SFAS 123, which was the basis for the previous pro-forma
disclosures in accordance with SFAS 123. The Company has adopted the use of
the
straight-line attribution method over the requisite service period for the
entire award. Results of prior periods do not reflect any restated amounts,
and
the Company had no cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of SFAS 123R
under
the modified prospective method. The adoption of SFAS 123R did not have a
material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations
and cash flows. See Note 8 for further information regarding the Company’s
stock-based compensation assumptions and expenses, including pro forma
disclosures for prior periods as if we had recorded stock-based compensation
expense.
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 154 (SFAS 154), "Accounting
Changes and Error Corrections." SFAS 154 changes the requirements for the
accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. This Statement
requires retrospective applications to prior periods' financial statements
of a
voluntary change in accounting principle unless it is impracticable. In
addition, this Statement requires that a change in depreciation, amortization
or
depletion for long-lived, non-financial assets be accounted for as a change
in
accounting estimate effected by a change in accounting principle. The adoption
of SFAS 154 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
3.
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INVESTMENTS
IN MARKETABLE SECURITIES:
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The
available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value and consist of assets
held by the Company in a Rabbi Trust associated with its deferred compensation
plan. At March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the carrying value of
available-for-sale securities was approximately $1.9 million and included
approximately $1,111,000 and $1,076,000, respectively, in money market accounts,
and approximately $739,000 and $811,000, respectively, in mutual funds. At
March
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, included in accumulated other comprehensive
income were gross unrealized gains of approximately $140,000 and $98,000,
respectively, and gross unrealized losses of approximately $3,000 and $28,000,
respectively.
The
Company’s other marketable securities consist of a laddered portfolio of
investment grade debt instruments such as obligations of U.S. Treasury and
U.S.
Federal Government agencies, municipal bonds and commercial paper. These
investments are categorized as held-to-maturity because the Company’s management
has the intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity.
Held-to-maturity securities are carried at amortized cost and have a weighted
average maturity of 13.1 months. A portion of these held-to-maturity securities
are maintained in separate accounts to support the Company’s standby letters of
credit. The Company has standby letters of credit of approximately $9.8 million
and $10.5 million at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, as
collateral for its existing insurance policies and its facility leases. At
March
31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, held-to-maturity securities were included in
short-term investments (approximately $22.1 million and $4.9 million,
respectively), other current assets (approximately $7.3 million and $7.8
million, respectively) and other long-term assets (approximately $2.5 million
and $2.7 million, respectively). At March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005,
held-to-maturity securities included:
March
31,
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December
31,
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2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Cash/money
accounts
|
$
|
1,630
|
$
|
1,953
|
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Certificate
of deposit
|
2,155
|
2,131
|
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Municipal
bonds
|
21,595
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2,620
|
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US
Treasury obligations
|
997
|
987
|
|||||
Government
agency obligations
|
5,488
|
7,742
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
31,865
|
$
|
15,433
|
7
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
4.
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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS: |
For
the
three months ended March 31, 2006, there were no changes to the carrying amount
of goodwill. Goodwill is attributable to the acquisition of Pharmakon and is
reported in the Marketing Services operating segment.
All
identifiable intangible assets recorded as of March 31, 2006 are being amortized
on a straight-line basis over the lives of the intangibles, which range from
5
to 15 years.
As
of March 31, 2006
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As
of December 31, 2005
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Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Net
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Net
|
||||||||||||||
Covenant
not to compete
|
$
|
140
|
$
|
44
|
$
|
96
|
$
|
1,634
|
$
|
1,491
|
$
|
143
|
|||||||
Customer
relationships
|
16,300
|
1,721
|
14,579
|
17,371
|
2,491
|
14,880
|
|||||||||||||
Corporate
tradename
|
2,500
|
264
|
2,236
|
2,652
|
370
|
2,282
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
18,940
|
$
|
2,029
|
$
|
16,911
|
$
|
21,657
|
$
|
4,352
|
$
|
17,305
|
Amortization
expense for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $394,000 and
$473,000, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for the current year
and
the next four years is as follows:
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
||||
$
1,354
|
|
$
1,281
|
|
$
1,281
|
|
$
1,272
|
|
$
1,253
|
5.
|
OTHER
ASSETS:
|
In
October 2002, the Company acquired $1.0 million of preferred stock of Xylos
Corporation (Xylos). In addition, the Company provided Xylos with short-term
loans totaling $500,000 in the first half of 2004. The Company determined its
$1.0 million investment and $500,000 short-term loan to Xylos were impaired
as
of December 31, 2004 and both were written down to zero. Xylos has made two
loan
payments of $50,000 in each of the second and third quarters of 2005 and one
loan payment of $75,000 in the first quarter of 2006. These payments were
recorded as a credit to bad debt expense in the periods in which they were
received.
In
May
2004, the Company entered into a loan agreement with TMX Interactive, Inc.
(TMX), a provider of sales force effectiveness technology. Pursuant to the
loan
agreement, the Company provided TMX with a term loan facility of $500,000 and
a
convertible loan facility of $500,000, both of which were due to be repaid
on
November 26, 2005. Through March 31, 2006, TMX provided services to PDI valued
at $245,000. The receipt of these services was used as payment towards the
loan
and the balance of the loan receivable at March 31, 2006 is $755,000. In 2005,
due to TMX’s continued losses and uncertainty regarding its future prospects,
the Company established an allowance for credit losses of $755,000 against
the
TMX loans.
6.
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES:
|
Litigation
Due
to
the nature of the business in which the Company is engaged, such as product
detailing and in the past, the distribution of products, it could be exposed
to
certain risks. Such risks include, among others, risk of liability for personal
injury or death to persons using products the Company promotes or distributes.
There can be no assurance that substantial claims or liabilities will not arise
in the future due to the nature of the Company’s
business activities and recent increases in litigation related to healthcare
products, including pharmaceuticals. The Company seeks to reduce its potential
liability under its service agreements through measures such as contractual
indemnification provisions with clients (the scope of which may vary from client
to client, and the performances of which are not secured) and insurance. The
Company could, however, also be held liable for errors and omissions of its
employees in connection with the services it performs that are outside the
scope
of any indemnity or insurance policy. The Company could be materially adversely
affected if it was required to pay damages or incur defense costs in connection
with a claim that is outside the scope of an indemnification agreement; if
the
indemnity, although applicable, is not performed in accordance with its terms;
or if the Company’s liability exceeds the amount of applicable insurance or
indemnity.
8
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
Securities
Litigation
In
January and February 2002, the Company, its former chief executive officer
and
its former chief financial officer were served with three complaints that were
filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (the Court)
alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act).
These complaints were brought as purported shareholder class actions under
Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 established
thereunder. On May 23, 2002, the Court consolidated all three lawsuits into
a
single action entitled In re PDI Securities Litigation, Mater File No.
02-CV-0211, and appointed lead plaintiffs (Lead Plaintiffs) and Lead Plaintiffs’
counsel. On or about December 13, 2002, Lead Plaintiffs filed a second
consolidated and amended complaint (Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint),
which superseded their earlier complaints. In February 2003, the Company filed
a
motion to dismiss the Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint. On or about
August 22, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
dismissed the Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint without prejudice to
plaintiffs. On October 21, 2005, Lead Plaintiffs filed a third consolidated
and
amended complaint (Third Consolidated and Amended Complaint). Like its
predecessor, the Third Consolidated and Amended Complaint names the Company,
its
former chief executive officer and its former chief financial officer as
defendants; purports to state claims against the Company on behalf of all
persons who purchased its common stock between May 22, 2001 and August 12,
2002;
and seeks money damages in unspecified amounts and litigation expenses including
attorneys’ and experts’ fees. The essence of the allegations in the Third
Consolidated and Amended Complaint is that the Company intentionally or
recklessly made false or misleading public statements and omissions concerning
its financial condition and prospects with respect to its marketing of Ceftin
in
connection with the October 2000 distribution agreement with GSK, its marketing
of Lotensin in connection with the May 2001 distribution agreement with
Novartis, as well as its marketing of Evista in connection with the October
2001
distribution agreement with Eli Lilly and Company. On December 21, 2005, the
Company filed a motion to dismiss the Third Consolidated and Amended Complaint
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Rules 9(b) and
12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Company believes that
the
allegations in this purported securities class action are without merit and
intends to defend the action vigorously.
Bayer-Baycol
Litigation
The
Company has been named as a defendant in numerous lawsuits, including two class
action matters, alleging claims arising from the use of Baycol, a prescription
cholesterol-lowering medication. Baycol was distributed, promoted and sold
by
Bayer in the U.S. through early August 2001, at which time Bayer voluntarily
withdrew Baycol from the U.S. market. Bayer had retained certain companies,
such
as the Company, to provide detailing services on its behalf pursuant to contract
sales force agreements. The Company may be named in additional similar lawsuits.
To date, the Company has defended these actions vigorously and has asserted
a
contractual right of defense and indemnification against Bayer for all costs
and
expenses that it incurs relating to these proceedings. In February 2003, the
Company entered into a joint defense and indemnification agreement with Bayer,
pursuant to which Bayer has agreed to assume substantially all of the Company’s
defense costs in pending and prospective proceedings and to indemnify the
Company in these lawsuits, subject to certain limited exceptions. Further,
Bayer
agreed to reimburse the Company for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
through such date in defending these proceedings. As of March 31, 2006, Bayer
has reimbursed the Company for approximately $1.6 million in legal expenses,
the
majority of which was received in 2003 and was reflected as a credit within
selling, general and administrative expense. The Company did not incur any
costs
or expenses relating to these matters during 2004, 2005,
or the
first three months of 2006.
Cellegy
Litigation
On
April
11, 2005, the Company settled a lawsuit which was pending in the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California against Cellegy Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (Cellegy), which was set to go to trial in May of 2005 (PDI, Inc. v.
Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. C 03-05602 (SC)). The Company had
claimed (i) that it was fraudulently induced to enter into a December 31, 2002
license agreement with Cellegy (the License Agreement) to market the product
Fortigel, and (ii) that Cellegy had otherwise breached the License Agreement
by
failing, inter alia, to provide it with full information about Fortigel or
to
take all necessary steps to obtain expeditious FDA approval of Fortigel. The
Company sought return of its $15 million upfront payment, other damages and
an
order rescinding the License Agreement. Under the terms of the settlement,
in
exchange for executing a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice of the lawsuit,
Cellegy agreed to and did deliver to the Company: (i) a cash payment in the
amount of $2,000,000; (ii) a Secured Promissory Note in the principal amount
of
$3,000,000, with a maturity date of October 11, 2006; (iii) a Security
Agreement, granting the Company a security interest in certain collateral;
and
(iv) a Nonnegotiable Convertible Senior Note, with a face value of $3,500,000,
with a maturity date of April, 11, 2008.
9
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
On
December 1, 2005, the Company commenced a breach of contract action against
Cellegy in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (PDI,
Inc. v. Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 05 Civ. 10137 (PKL)). The Company alleges
that Cellegy breached the terms of the Security Agreement and Secured Promissory
Note that it received in connection with the settlement. The Company further
alleges that to secure its debt to it, Cellegy granted the Company a security
interest in certain "Pledged Collateral," which is broadly defined in the
Security Agreement to include, among other things, 50% of licensing fees,
royalties or "other payments in the nature thereof" received by Cellegy in
connection with then-existing or future agreements for Cellegy's drugs
Rectogesic® and Tostrex® outside of the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Upon receipt
of such payments, Cellegy agreed to make prompt payment to the Company. The
Company alleges that it is owed 50% of a $2,000,000 payment received by Cellegy
in connection with the renegotiation of its license and distribution agreement
for Rectogesic® in Europe, and that Cellegy's failure to pay the Company
constitutes an event of default under the Security Agreement and a related
Nonnegotiable Convertible Senior Note. For Cellegy's breach of contract, the
Company seeks damages in the total amount of $6,400,000 plus Default Interest
from Cellegy.
On
December 27, 2005, Cellegy filed an answer to the Company’s complaint, denying
the allegations contained therein, and asserting affirmative defenses. Discovery
is ongoing, and pursuant to a scheduling order entered by the court, is to
be
completed by November 21, 2006.
California
Class Action Litigation
On
September 26, 2005, the Company was served with a complaint in a purported
class
action lawsuit that was commenced against the Company in the Superior Court
of
the State of California for the County of San Francisco on behalf of certain
of
the Company’s current and former employees, alleging violations of certain
sections of the California Labor Code. During the quarter ended September 30,
2005, the Company accrued approximately $3.3 million for potential penalties
and
other settlement costs relating to both asserted and unasserted claims relating
to this matter. In October 2005, the Company filed an answer generally denying
the allegations set forth in the complaint. In December 2005, the Company
reached a tentative settlement of this action, subject to court approval. As
a
result, the Company reduced its accrual relating to asserted and unasserted
claims relating to this matter to $600,000 during the quarter ended December
31,
2005. The balance of the accrual at March 31, 2006 is $475,000. However, there
can be no assurance that the court will approve the tentative settlement, that
the reserve will be adequate to cover potential liability, or that the ultimate
outcome of this action will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
business, financial condition and results of operations.
Letters
of Credit
As
of
March 31, 2006, the Company has $9.8 million in letters of credit outstanding
as
required by its existing insurance policies and as required by its facility
leases.
7.
|
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:
|
A
reconciliation of net income (loss) as reported in the consolidated statements
of operations to other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes is presented
in
the table below.
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||
March
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
5,621
|
$
|
(62
|
)
|
||
Other
comprehensive income
|
|||||||
Unrealized
holding gain/(loss) on
|
|||||||
available-for-sale
securities arising during period
|
25
|
(51
|
)
|
||||
Reclassification
adjustment for realized losses
|
|||||||
included
in net income (loss)
|
(12
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss)
|
$
|
5,634
|
$
|
(113
|
)
|
8. STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION:
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123R using the modified prospective
transition method. SFAS 123R requires all stock-based payments to employees
to
be recognized in the financial statements based on the grant date fair value
of
the award. Under the modified prospective transition method, the Company is
required to record stock-based compensation expense for all awards granted
after
the date of adoption and for the unvested portion of previously granted awards
outstanding as of the date of adoption. In accordance with the modified
prospective transition method, the Company’s consolidated financial statements
for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the
impact of SFAS 123R.
10
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
Stock
Incentive Plans
In
March
1998, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved the 1998 Stock
Option Plan (the 1998 Plan) which reserved for issuance up to 750,000 shares
of
the Company’s common stock, pursuant to which officers, directors and key
employees of the Company and consultants to the Company were eligible to receive
incentive and/or non-qualified stock options. The 1998 Plan, which had an
initial term of ten years from the date of its adoption, was administered by
a
committee designated by the Board. The selection of participants, allotment
of
shares, determination of price and other conditions relating to the purchase
of
options was determined by the committee, in its sole discretion. Stock options
granted under the 1998 Plan are exercisable for a period of up to 10 years
from
the date of grant at an exercise price which is not less than the fair market
value of the common stock on the date of the grant, except that the term of
an
incentive stock option granted under the 1998 Plan to a shareholder owning
more
than 10% of the outstanding common stock may not exceed five years and its
exercise price may not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the common
stock on the date of the grant.
In
May
2000 the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved the 2000 Omnibus
Incentive Compensation Plan (the 2000 Plan). The maximum number of shares as
to
which awards or options could be granted under the 2000 Plan was 2.2 million
shares. Eligible participants under the 2000 Plan included officers and other
employees of the Company, members of the Board and outside consultants, as
specified under the 2000 Plan and designated by the Compensation and Management
Development Committee of the Board (the Compensation Committee). The right
to
grant awards under the 2000 Plan was to terminate ten years after the date
the
2000 Plan was adopted. No participant could be granted, in the aggregate, more
than 100,000 shares of Company common stock from all awards under the 2000
Plan.
In
June
2004, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved the PDI, Inc.
2004 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the 2004 Plan). The 2004 Plan replaced
the
2000 Plan and the 1998 Plan. The 2004 Plan reserved an additional 893,916 shares
for new awards as well as combined the remaining shares available under the
1998
Plan and 2000 Plan. The maximum number of shares as to which awards or options
may at any time be granted under the 2004 Plan is approximately 2.9 million
shares. Eligible participants under the 2004 Plan include officers and other
employees of the Company, members of the Board and outside consultants, as
specified under the 2004 Plan and designated by the Compensation Committee.
Unless earlier terminated by action of the Board, the 2004 Plan will remain
in
effect until such time as no stock remains available for delivery under the
2004
Plan and the Company has no further rights or obligations under the 2004 Plan
with respect to outstanding awards under the 2004 plan. No participant may
be
granted more than the annual limit of 400,000 shares plus the amount of the
participant's unused annual limit relating to share-based awards as of the
close
of the previous year, subject to adjustment for splits and other extraordinary
corporate events.
On
March
29, 2005, under the terms of the 2004 Plan, the Compensation Committee created
the 2005 PDI, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the 2005 LTI Plan), which permits
the issuance of certain equity and equity-based incentive awards. Under the
provisions of the 2005 LTI Plan, the Company sought to provide its eligible
employees with equity awards based, in part, upon the attainment of certain
financial performance goals during a three (3) year period (the Performance
Period). The amount of these long-term incentive awards, which may be earned
over the Performance Period, were based, in part, on the Company’s financial
performance and the attainment of related individual performance goals during
the prior calendar year. To provide each participant with an equity stake in
the
Company, and the potential to create or increase his or her stock ownership
in
the Company, awards under the 2005 LTI Plan consisted of: (i) SARs; and (ii)
performance contingent shares of Company common stock (Performance Contingent
Shares).
On
March
23, 2006, under the terms of the 2004 Plan, the Compensation Committee created
the 2006 PDI, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the 2006 LTI Plan). This plan
includes grants of SARs and restricted stock. In making recommendations for
grants under this plan, the Compensation Committee considered the overall
performance of the Company and the business unit of the Company for which the
executive has responsibility, the individual contribution and performance level
of the executive, and the need to retain key management personnel.
11
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
SFAS
123R
requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based payment awards
on
the date of grant using an option-pricing model. In 2006 and 2005, the fair
value of each grant was estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.
The Black-Scholes option pricing model considers a range of assumptions related
to volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected life. Expected volatility
was based on historical volatility. As there is no trading volume for the
Company’s publicly listed options, implied volatility was not representative of
the Company’s current volatility so the historical volatility was more
indicative of the Company’s expected future stock performance. The risk-free
rate was based on U.S. Treasury security yields at the time of grant. The
dividend yield was based on historical information. The expected life was
determined using the safe-harbor method permitted by Securities Exchange
Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”). The Company expects
to use this simplified method for valuing employee SARs grants as permitted
by
the provisions of SAB 107 until more detailed information about exercise
behavior becomes available over time. When stock options are issued the Company
will use an expected life commensurate with their historical exercise patterns.
The following table provides the weighted average assumptions used in
determining the fair value of the stock-based awards granted during the three
months ended March 31, 2006 and March 31, 2005, respectively:
2006
|
2005
|
||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.74%
|
4.05%
|
|
Expected
life
|
3.5
years
|
4
years
|
|
Expected
dividends
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
66.97%
|
100%
|
|
SFAS
123R
also requires that the Company recognize compensation expense for only the
portion of options, SARs or restricted shares that are expected to vest.
Therefore, the Company applies estimated forfeiture rates that are derived
from
historical employee termination behavior. If the actual number of forfeitures
differs from those estimated by management, adjustments to compensation expense
may be required in future periods.
The
weighted average grant date fair value of options and SARs granted during the
three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $6.18 and $14.23, respectively.
During the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, the aggregate intrinsic
values of options exercised under the Company’s stock option plans were
approximately $122,000 and $182,000, respectively, determined as of the date
of
option exercise. As of March 31, 2006, there was $2.4 million of total
unrecognized compensation cost net of estimated forfeitures, related to
non-vested awards that are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average
period of approximately 1.9 years. The Company does not capitalize stock-based
compensation costs. The Company reversed the balance of $904,000 of unamortized
compensation costs that pertained to restricted stock as of the December 31,
2005 balance sheet date to additional paid-in capital as required by SFAS
123R.
Changes
in the Company’s outstanding stock options and SARs for the three month period
ended March 31, 2006 were as follows:
Weighted-
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted-
|
Average
|
||||||||||||
Average
|
Remaining
|
Aggregate
|
|||||||||||
Exercise
|
Contractual
|
Intrinsic
|
|||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Term
(in years)
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2006
|
1,381,096
|
$
|
26.20
|
6.58
|
$
|
494,463
|
|||||||
Granted
|
105,782
|
12.05
|
4.98
|
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
(16,667
|
)
|
5.26
|
||||||||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
(373,595
|
)
|
30.17
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2006
|
1,096,616
|
23.81
|
6.03
|
98,708
|
|||||||||
Exercisable
at March 31, 2006
|
937,334
|
25.78
|
6.02
|
92,408
|
Changes
in the Company’s outstanding shares of restricted stock for the three month
period ended March 31, 2006 were as follows:
12
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
Weighted-
|
Average
|
||||||||||||
Average
|
Remaining
|
Aggregate
|
|||||||||||
Grant
|
Vesting
|
Intrinsic
|
|||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Period
(in years)
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2006
|
112,723
|
$
|
17.49
|
1.08
|
$
|
1,521,761
|
|||||||
Granted
|
108,021
|
11.87
|
2.27
|
1,260,605
|
|||||||||
Vested
|
(10,000
|
)
|
26.67
|
||||||||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
(6,513
|
)
|
20.06
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2006
|
204,231
|
13.99
|
1.58
|
2,383,376
|
Pro
Forma Information under FAS 123 for Periods Prior to Fiscal
2006
Prior
to
the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company used the intrinsic value method of
accounting for stock-based employee compensation in accordance with APB 25.
Under the intrinsic value method no compensation expense was recognized in
association with its stock awards which were issued with an exercise price
equal
to market value on the date of grant. The following table illustrates the effect
on net loss and net loss per share if the Company had applied SFAS 123 for
the
three-month period ended March 31, 2005 using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model.
|
|
Three
Months
|
|
|
|
|
Ended
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
Net
loss, as reported
|
|
$
|
(62
|
)
|
Add:
Stock-based employee compensation
|
|
|
|
|
expense
included in reported net loss,
|
|
|
|
|
net
of related tax effects
|
|
|
190
|
|
Deduct:
Total stock-based
|
|
|
|
|
employee
compensation expense determined
|
|
|
|
|
under
fair value based methods for all
|
|
|
|
|
awards,
net of related tax effects
|
|
|
(4,852
|
)
|
Pro
forma net loss
|
|
$
|
(4,724
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
per share
|
|
|
|
|
Basic—as
reported
|
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
Basic—pro
forma
|
|
$
|
(0.32
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted—as
reported
|
|
$
|
(0.00
|
)
|
Diluted—pro
forma
|
|
$
|
(0.32
|
)
|
Prior
to
the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company accelerated the vesting of 97,706 SARs
on
December 30, 2005 and placed a restriction on the transfer or sale of the common
stock received upon the exercise of these SARs that matched the original vesting
schedule of the SARs. On February 9, 2005 the Company accelerated the vesting
of
all outstanding unvested underwater stock options. The total number of stock
options that were accelerated was 473,334. The Company accelerated the vesting
of both the options and SARs to avoid recognizing compensation expense in future
periods.
13
PDI,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
9.
|
INCOME TAXES: |
The
income tax provision was approximately $3.2 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2006, compared to an income tax benefit of $44,000 for the three
months ended March 31, 2005. The effective tax rate for the three months ended
March 31, 2006 was 36.5%, compared to an effective tax rate of 41.5% for the
three months ended March 31, 2005.
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||
March
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
$
|
3,231
|
$
|
(44
|
)
|
||
Effective
income tax rate
|
36.5
|
%
|
(41.5
|
%)
|
10.
|
SEGMENT
INFORMATION:
|
The
accounting policies of the segments are described in Note 1 of the
Company’s
Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2005. Corporate
charges are allocated to each of the operating segments on the basis of total
salary costs. Corporate charges include corporate headquarter costs and certain
depreciation expense. Certain corporate capital expenditures have not been
allocated from the sales services segment to the other operating segments since
it is impracticable to do so.
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||
March
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Revenue:
|
|||||||
Sales
services
|
$
|
67,953
|
$
|
72,718
|
|||
Marketing
services
|
10,859
|
9,306
|
|||||
PPG
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
78,812
|
$
|
82,024
|
|||
Operating
income (loss):
|
|||||||
Sales
services
|
$
|
6,337
|
$
|
1,441
|
|||
Marketing
services
|
1,540
|
101
|
|||||
PPG
|
-
|
(2,317
|
)
|
||||
Total
|
$
|
7,877
|
$
|
(775
|
)
|
||
Reconciliation
of income (loss) from operations to
|
|||||||
income
(loss) before income taxes:
|
|||||||
Total
income (loss) from operations
|
|||||||
for
operating groups
|
$
|
7,877
|
$
|
(775
|
)
|
||
Other
income, net
|
975
|
669
|
|||||
Income
before income taxes
|
$
|
8,852
|
$
|
(106
|
)
|
||
Capital
expenditures:
|
|||||||
Sales
services
|
$
|
353
|
$
|
78
|
|||
Marketing
services
|
75
|
1,643
|
|||||
PPG
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
428
|
$
|
1,721
|
|||
Depreciation
expense:
|
|||||||
Sales
services
|
$
|
932
|
$
|
894
|
|||
Marketing
services
|
159
|
117
|
|||||
PPG
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
1,091
|
$
|
1,011
|
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
11.
|
SUBSEQUENT EVENT: |
On
May 8,
2006 the Company announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Michael
J.
Marquard as Chief Executive Officer. It is expected that Mr. Marquard will
join
the Company effective May 11, 2006 and replace Larry Ellberger, the Company’s
interim CEO since October 2005. Mr. Marquard has also been nominated for
election to the Company’s Board of Directors at its annual stockholders’ meeting
scheduled to be held on June 6, 2006.
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Tabular
information in thousands, except per share amounts)
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Various
statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are “forward-looking
statements” (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995) regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking
statements included in this report are based on current expectations that
involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our plans and objectives are based,
in
part, on assumptions involving judgments about, among other things, future
economic, competitive and market conditions, the impact of any stock repurchase
programs and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible
to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. Some of the
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those indicated by the forward-looking statements are general economic
conditions, changes in our operating expenses, adverse patent rulings, FDA,
legal or accounting developments, competitive pressures, failure to meet
performance benchmarks in significant contracts, changes in customer and market
requirements and standards, the adequacy of the reserves the Company has taken,
the financial visibility of certain companies whose debt and equity securities
we hold, outcome of certain litigations, and the Company’s ability to implement
its current business plans. This report also includes payments that Cellegy
is
obligated to make in the future. There is no assurance that these payments
will
be made and that Cellegy will remain financially viable and able to make the
required payments. Although we believe that our assumptions underlying the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of these assumptions could prove
inaccurate and, therefore, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking
statements included in this report will prove to be accurate. In light of the
significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included
in
this report, the inclusion of these statements should not be interpreted by
anyone that our objectives and plans will be achieved. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or
implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
factors, risks and uncertainties (i) identified or discussed herein, (ii) set
forth in “Risk Factors” under Part I, item 1, of the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as amended, as filed with the
SEC, and (iii) set forth in the Company’s periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K
as filed with the SEC since January 1, 2006. We undertake no obligation to
revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
Overview
We
are a
diversified sales and marketing services company serving the biopharmaceutical
and medical device and diagnostics (MD&D) industries. We create and execute
sales and marketing programs. We do this by working with companies who own
the
intellectual property rights to pharmaceuticals and MD&D products and
recognize our ability to add value to these products and maximize their sales
performance. We have a variety of agreement types that we enter into with our
clients, from fee for service arrangements to arrangements which involve
risk-sharing and incentive based provisions.
Reporting
Segments and Operating Groups
In
the
fourth quarter of 2005, we announced that we would be discontinuing our MD&D
business unit. For the 2006 reporting periods beginning in the second quarter,
the MD&D business unit will be reported as discontinued operations. For the
three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, our reporting segments are as
follows:
¨
|
Sales
Services:
|
·
|
dedicated
contract sales (Performance Sales Teams);
|
·
|
shared
contract sales (Select Access);
|
·
|
medical
devices and diagnostics (MD&D) contract sales and clinical sales teams
|
¨
|
Marketing
Services:
|
·
|
Education
and communication (Vital Issues in Medicine or
VIM);
|
·
|
Pharmakon;
and
|
·
|
TVG
Marketing Research and Consulting
(MR&C)
|
¨
|
PDI
Products Group (PPG)
|
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An
analysis of these reporting segments and their results of operations is
contained in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements and in the
Consolidated
Results of Operations
discussion below.
Description
of Businesses
Sales
Services
Performance
Sales Teams (formerly dedicated teams)
A
dedicated contract sales team works exclusively on behalf of one client. The
sales team is customized to meet the specifications of our client with respect
to representative profile, physician targeting, product training, incentive
compensation plans, integration with clients’
in-house sales forces, call reporting platform and data integration. Without
adding permanent personnel, the client gets a high quality, industry-standard
sales team comparable to its internal sales force.
Select
Access’
(formerly Shared Sales Teams)
Our
Select Access teams sell multiple brands from different pharmaceutical
companies. Using these teams, we make a face-to-face selling resource available
to those clients that want an alternative to a dedicated team. Select Access
is
a leading provider of these detailing programs in the U.S. Since costs are
shared among various companies, these programs may be less expensive for the
client than programs involving a dedicated sales force. With a Select Access
team, the client still gets targeted coverage of its physician audience within
the representatives’
geographic territories.
MD&D
Contract Sales and Clinical Sales Teams
(Will be
discontinued in the second quarter of 2006)
Our
medical teams group provided an array of sales and marketing services to the
MD&D industry. It provided dedicated sales teams to the MD&D industry as
well as clinical after sales support teams. Our clinical after sales support
teams employed nurses, medical technologists and other clinicians who trained
and provided hands-on clinical education and after sales support to the medical
staff of hospitals and clinics that recently purchased our clients’
equipment. Our activities maximized product utilization and customer
satisfaction for the medical practitioners, while simultaneously enabling our
clients’ sales forces to continue their selling activities instead of
in-servicing the equipment.
Marketing
Services
Vital
Issues in Medicine - VIM®
(Formerly PDI EdComm)
VIM®
is an
ACCME-accredited medical education company. VIM® examines the latest healthcare
issues and advancements in clinical practice to help healthcare professionals
enhance their knowledge base for better clinical outcomes and patient results.
Our strong relationships with major teaching hospitals and key opinion leaders
enable us to develop strategic medical communications that are evidence-based,
scientifically rigorous and clinically relevant. Services include content
development, strategic consulting, publication planning, and implementation
of a
wide variety of live meetings, enduring materials and Web-based
activities.
Pharmakon
Pharmakon’s
emphasis is on the creation, design and implementation of interactive peer
persuasion programs. Pharmakon’s peer programs can be designed as promotional,
continuing medical education (CME) or marketing research/advisory programs.
We
acquired Pharmakon in August 2004. Each marketing program can be offered through
a number of different venues, including: teleconferences, dinner meetings,
“lunch and learns” and webcasts. Within each of our programs, we offer a number
of services including strategic design, tactical execution, technology support,
moderator services and thought leader management.
TVG
Marketing Research and Consulting
TVG
Marketing Research and Consulting (MR&C) employs leading edge, in some
instances proprietary, research methodologies. We provide qualitative and
quantitative marketing research to pharmaceutical companies with respect to
healthcare providers, patients and managed care customers in the U.S. and
globally. We offer a full range of pharmaceutical marketing research services,
including studies to identify the most impactful business strategy, profile,
positioning, message, execution, implementation and post implementation for
a
product. Our marketing research model improves the knowledge clients obtain
about how physicians and other healthcare professionals will likely react to
products.
We
utilize a systematic approach to pharmaceutical marketing research. Recognizing
that every marketing need, and therefore every marketing research solution,
is
unique, we have developed our marketing model to help identify the work that
needs to be done in order to identify critical paths to marketing goals. At
each
step of the marketing model, we can offer proven research techniques,
proprietary methodologies and customized study designs to address specific
product needs.
In
addition to conducting marketing research, we have trained several thousand
industry professionals at our public seminars. Our professional development
seminars focus on key marketing processes and issues.
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PDI
Products Group (PPG)
The
goal
of the PPG segment has been to source biopharmaceutical products in the U.S.
through licensing, copromotion, acquisition or integrated commercialization
services arrangements. This segment did not have any revenue for the quarter
ended March 31, 2006 or for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Notwithstanding
the fact that we have shifted our strategy to deemphasize the PPG segment and
focus on our service businesses, we may continue to review opportunities which
may include copromotion, distribution arrangements, as well as licensing and
brand ownership of products. We do not currently anticipate any revenue for
2006
from the PPG segment.
Nature
of Contracts by Segment
Our
contracts are nearly all fee for service. They may contain operational
benchmarks, such as a minimum amount of activity within a specified amount
of
time. These contracts can include incentive payments that can be earned if
our
activities generate results that meet or exceed performance targets. Contracts
may be terminated with or without cause by our clients. Certain contracts
provide that we may incur specific penalties if we fail to meet stated
performance benchmarks. Occasionally, our contracts may require us to meet
certain financial covenants, such as maintaining a specified minimum amount
of
working capital.
Sales
Services
The
majority of our revenue is generated by contracts for dedicated sales teams.
These contracts are generally for terms of one to three years and may be renewed
or extended. The majority of these contracts, however, are terminable by the
client for any reason upon 30 to 90 days’ notice. Certain contracts provide for
termination payments if the client terminates us without cause. Typically,
however, these penalties do not offset the revenue we could have earned under
the contract or the costs we may incur as a result of its termination. The
loss
or termination of a large contract or the loss of multiple contracts could
have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of
operations.
Marketing
Services
Our
marketing services contracts generally are for projects lasting from two to
six
months. The contracts are generally terminable by the client for any reason.
Upon termination, the client is generally responsible for payment for all work
completed to date, plus the cost of any nonrefundable commitments made on behalf
of the client. Due to the typical size of these contracts, it is unlikely the
loss or termination of any individual contract would have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition or results of
operations.
PPG
The
contracts within the products group can be either performance based or fee
for
service and may require sales, marketing and distribution of a product. In
performance based contracts, we typically provide and finance a portion, if
not
all, of the commercial activities in support of a brand in return for a
percentage of product sales. An important performance parameter is normally
the
level of sales or prescriptions attained by the product during the period of
our
marketing or promotional responsibility, and in some cases, for periods after
our promotional activities have ended.
Consolidated
Results of Operations
The
following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain statements of
operations data as a percentage of revenue. The trends illustrated in this
table
may not be indicative of future results.
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Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||
Operating
data
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
Revenue,
net
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
|||
Program
expenses
|
75.8
|
%
|
78.0
|
%
|
|||
Gross
profit
|
24.2
|
%
|
22.0
|
%
|
|||
Compensation
expense
|
8.4
|
%
|
11.0
|
%
|
|||
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses
|
5.8
|
%
|
12.0
|
%
|
|||
Total
operating expenses
|
14.2
|
%
|
22.9
|
%
|
|||
Operating
income (loss)
|
10.0
|
%
|
(0.9
|
%)
|
|||
Interest
income, net
|
1.2
|
%
|
0.8
|
%
|
|||
Income
(loss) before income tax
|
11.2
|
%
|
(0.1
|
%)
|
|||
Income
tax expense (benefit)
|
4.1
|
%
|
(0.1
|
%)
|
|||
Net
income (loss)
|
7.1
|
%
|
(0.1
|
%)
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2006 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2005
Revenue
Revenue
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 was $78.8 million, 3.9% less than revenue
of $82.0 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
Revenue
from the sales services segment for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 was $68.0
million, 6.6% less than revenue of $72.7 million from that segment for the
comparable prior year period. This decrease is attributable to the decreased
size of the Performance Teams sales force in the first quarter of 2006 as
compared to the comparable prior year period.
Effective
April 30, 2006, AstraZeneca terminated its contract sales force arrangement
with
us, as previously announced on February 28, 2006. The size of the AstraZeneca
sales force was approximately 800 representatives. The revenue impact of this
termination is expected to be between $65 and $70 million in 2006. Unless and
until we generate sufficient Performance Sales Teams or other new business
to
offset the loss of Astra Zeneca, our first quarter 2006 financial results will
not be duplicated in upcoming quarters.
Revenue
for the marketing services segment was $10.9 million in the quarter ended March
31, 2006, 16.7% more than the $9.3 million in the comparable prior year period.
This increase is attributable to higher revenue in the first quarter of 2006
at
all three business units within this segment compared to the first quarter
of
2005. The PPG segment did not have any revenue in the first quarters of 2006
and
2005.
Cost
of goods and services
Cost
of
goods and services for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 was $59.7 million,
6.7%
less than cost of goods and services of $64.0 million for the quarter ended
March 31, 2005. As a percentage of total net revenue, cost of goods and services
decreased to 75.8% for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 from 78.0% in the
comparable prior year period, which resulted in an increase in gross profit
margin of 2.2 percentage points to 24.2% in the first quarter of 2006 from
22.0%
in the comparable prior year period.
Program
expenses (i.e., cost of services) associated with the sales services segment
for
the quarter ended March 31, 2006 were $53.7 million, 8.1% less than program
expenses of $58.5 million for the prior year period. As a percentage of sales
services segment revenue, program expenses for the quarter decreased to 79.1%
from 80.4% in the prior year period, which resulted in an increase of gross
profit margin to 20.9% from 19.6% in the comparable prior year period. This
increase in gross profit was partially attributable to increased performance
based incentives earned by the sales services segment in the first quarter
of
2006 compared to the first quarter of 2005.
Cost
of
goods and services associated with the marketing services segment was $5.9
million, a $459,000 increase over the comparable prior year period. The gross
margin percentage for marketing services increased by 4.2 percentage points
to
45.0% in the first quarter of 2006 as compared to 40.8% in the comparable prior
year period. Part of the improvement in gross profit margin in this segment
resulted from a more favorable mix of business.
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Compensation
expense
Compensation
expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 was $6.6 million, 26.5% less than
$9.0 million for the comparable prior year period. This decrease is primarily
attributable to $1.1 million in employee severance costs that were recognized
in
the first quarter of 2005 and reduced employee costs at our corporate
headquarters in the first quarter of 2006. As a percentage of total net revenue,
compensation expense decreased to 8.4% for the quarter ended March 31, 2006
from
11.0% in the comparable prior year period.
Compensation
expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 attributable to the sales services
segment was $4.4 million compared to $6.5 million for the quarter ended March
31, 2005; as a percentage of revenue it decreased to 6.4% from 9.0% in the
comparable prior year period. Excluding severance of approximately $728,000
in
the first quarter of 2005, employee costs in this segment were down
approximately $1.4 million. Approximately $900,000 of this variance can be
attributed mainly to reduced headcount.
Compensation
expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 attributable to the marketing
services segment was $2.2 million, approximately 8.9% less than the comparable
prior year period. This decrease is also primarily attributable to employee
severance costs incurred in the first quarter of 2005. As a percentage of
revenue, compensation expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 decreased
to
20.6% from 26.4% in the comparable prior year period.
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses
Total
other selling, general and administrative expenses were $4.6 million for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006, 53.2% less than other selling, general and
administrative expenses of $9.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
In
the first quarter of 2005 the PPG segment incurred $2.3 million in legal costs
associated with our Cellegy lawsuit which was settled in April 2005 as
previously announced. Excluding these costs, in the first quarter of 2006 other
SG&A benefited from a $1.0 million reduction in professional services
expense (which include legal, HR, and other professional consulting services),
and approximately $700,000 in bad debt collections recorded as credits to other
selling, general and administrative expense. Additionally, facilities and
depreciation costs were approximately $600,000 lower in the first quarter of
2006, compared to the first quarter of 2005, primarily due to the reduction
in
facilities leased and the effect of the sublease entered into in June 2005.
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses attributable to the sales services
segment for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 were $3.5 million, which was 5.1%
of revenue, compared to other selling, general and administrative expenses
for
the comparable prior year period of $6.3 million, or 8.6% of revenue. This
decrease is primarily due to some of the factors mentioned above. Approximately
$500,000 of the variance related to the closing down of our MD&D operating
unit, as was previously announced. Beginning in the second quarter of 2006,
MD&D’s revenue and costs will be reported separately below the Operating
Income line as “Discontinued Operations.”
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses attributable to the marketing
services segment for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 were approximately $1.1
million, compared to $1.2 million for the comparable prior year period; this
decrease can be attributed to reduced facilities costs.
Other
selling, general and administrative expenses attributable to the PPG segment
were approximately $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2005, due to the Cellegy
litigation expenses mentioned above.
Operating
income (loss)
There
was
operating income for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 of approximately $7.8
million, compared to an operating loss of $775,000 in the comparable prior
year
period. The increase can be attributed to several factors, including improved
margins in both segments and the reductions in selling, general and
administrative expenses mentioned previously.
There
was
operating income of $6.3 million for the quarter ended for the quarter ended
March 31, 2006 for the sales services segment, $4.9 million more than operating
income of $1.4 million for that segment in the comparable prior year period.
This increase is primarily due to the reasons listed above. Select Access also
made a strong operating income contribution in the quarter ended March 31,
2006
primarily due to additional call volume on a seasonal product which we will
not
be promoting in the second and third quarters of 2006.
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Operating
income for the marketing services segment was $1.5 million for the quarter
ended
March 31, 2006 compared to operating income of $101,000 in that segment for
the
comparable prior year period. As a percentage of revenue, operating income
for
the marketing services segment was 14.2% for the quarter ended March 31, 2006
as
compared to 1.1% for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. This increase in
operating income was due primarily to higher gross profit for this segment,
and
reduced costs associated with lower headcount and overhead costs.
The
PPG
operating loss of $2.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 is
attributable to legal expenses relating to the Cellegy litigation.
Other
income, net
Other
income, net, for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 was $975,000 and
$669,000, respectively, and was composed primarily of interest income. The
increase in interest income is primarily due to higher interest rates in the
quarter ended March 31, 2006.
Income
tax expense (benefit)
Federal
and state income tax expense was approximately $3.2 million for the quarter
ended March 31, 2006, compared to an income tax benefit of $44,000 for the
quarter ended March 31, 2005. The effective tax rate for the quarter ended
March
31, 2006 was 36.5%, compared to an effective tax rate of 41.5% for the quarter
ended March 31, 2005.
Net
income (loss)
There
was
net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 of approximately $5.6 million,
compared to a net loss of approximately $62,000 in the comparable prior year
period.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
March 31, 2006, we had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
of
approximately $102.2 million and working capital of $93.2 million, compared
to
cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of approximately $97.6
million and working capital of approximately $86.4 million at December 31,
2005.
For
the
three months ended March 31, 2006, net cash provided by operating activities
was
$4.9 million, compared to $12.8 million net cash used in operating activities
for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The net changes in the “Other changes
in assets and liabilities” section of the consolidated statement of cash flows
may fluctuate depending on a number of factors, including the number and size
of
programs, contract terms and other timing issues; these variations may change
in
size and direction with each reporting period. Non-cash net charges include
$1.5
million in depreciation and amortization and $190,000 in stock compensation
expense for the three months ended March 31, 2006.
As
of
March 31, 2006, we had $14.3 million of unbilled costs and accrued profits
on
contracts in progress. When services are performed in advance of billing, the
value of such services is recorded as unbilled costs and accrued profits on
contracts in progress. Normally all unbilled costs and accrued profits are
earned and billed within 12 months from the end of the respective period. As
of
March 31, 2006, we had $11.1 million of unearned contract revenue. When we
bill
clients for services before they have been completed, billed amounts are
recorded as unearned contract revenue, and are recorded as income when
earned.
For
the
three months ended March 31, 2006, net cash used in investing activities was
$17.5 million as compared to $13.7 million provided by investing activities
for
the comparable prior year period. We purchased approximately $17.1 million
of
short-term investments in 2006 as part of our laddered portfolio of investment
grade debt instruments, with a weighted average maturity of 13.1 months. Our
portfolio is comprised of U.S. Treasury and U.S. Federal Government agencies’
bonds, municipal bonds, and commercial paper. We are focused on preserving
capital, maintaining liquidity, and maximizing returns in accordance with our
investment criteria. We incurred approximately $428,000 of capital expenditures
primarily for computer equipment during the three months ended March 31, 2006.
Capital expenditures for the three months ended March 31, 2005 were $1.7 million
primarily associated with the relocation of our offices within the Marketing
Services group. For both periods, all capital expenditures were funded out
of
available cash.
On
August
31, 2004, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Pharmakon, LLC. As
of
March 31, 2006 we continue to hold $500,000 in a related escrow account, which
is recorded in other current assets on our balance sheet and will be paid out
during 2006, subject to certain working capital adjustments. Based upon the
attainment of annual profit targets agreed upon at the date of acquisition,
the
members of Pharmakon, LLC received approximately $1.4 million in additional
payments on April 1, 2005 based on Pharmakon’s attainment of the profit target
for the year ended December 31, 2004. Additionally, the members of Pharmakon,
LLC can still earn up to an additional $3.3 million in cash based upon
achievement of certain annual profit targets through December 2006.
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For
the
three months ended March 31, 2006, net cash provided by financing activities
was
approximately $52,000, compared to $388,000 in the comparable prior year period.
For both periods, these amounts were the proceeds received from the exercise
of
stock options.
On
April
27, 2005, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to one million
shares of our common stock. On July 6, 2005, we announced that our Board of
Directors had authorized the repurchase of an additional one million shares.
At
our discretion, we may continue to repurchase shares on the open market or
in
privately negotiated transactions, or both, depending on cash flow expectations
and other uses of cash. Some or all of the repurchases will be made pursuant
to
a Company 10(b)5-1 Plan. All purchases will be made from our available cash.
There were no repurchases of shares during the three months ended March 31,
2006
and 2005.
Our
revenue and profitability depend to a great extent on our relationships with
a
limited number of large pharmaceutical companies. For the three months ended
March 31, 2006, we had two major clients that accounted for approximately 36.1%
and 22.5%, respectively, or a total of 58.6% of our service revenue. We are
likely to continue to experience a high degree of client concentration,
particularly if there is further consolidation within the pharmaceutical
industry. The loss or a significant reduction of business from any of our major
clients, or a decrease in demand for our services, could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For
example, on April 30, 2006, AstraZeneca terminated its contract sales force
arrangement with us, as previously announced on February 28, 2006. The size
of
the AstraZeneca sales force was approximately 800 representatives. The revenue
impact of this termination is expected to be between $65 and $70 million in
2006. However,
unless and until we generate sufficient new business to offset the loss of
the
AstraZeneca sales force, which accounted for $28.3 million in revenue for the
three months ended March 31, 2006, the current results will not be duplicated
in
upcoming quarters.
In
the
fourth quarter of 2005, we accrued facility realignment expenses of
approximately $2.4 million that related to excess office space we have at both
our Saddle River, NJ and Dresher, PA offices. The excess office space amounted
to approximately 7,300 square feet in Saddle River and approximately 11,600
square feet in Dresher. We are expecting to sub-lease both of these spaces
in
the second half of 2006 and are expecting to have capital expenditures of
approximately $1.3 million in the preparation of these spaces for subletting.
We
have
federal income tax receivables, net of the first quarter federal tax provision,
of approximately $2.5 million on our balance sheet as of March 31, 2006. We
received a federal refund of approximately $800,000 in February 2006 and we
expect to receive an additional federal refund of $4.7 million in the fourth
quarter of 2006. We expect to receive state refunds totaling approximately
$400,000 in the fourth quarters of 2006 and 2007.
We
believe that our existing cash balances and expected cash flows generated from
operations will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements
for
the next 12 months. We continue to evaluate and review financing opportunities
and acquisition candidates in the ordinary course of business.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
There
have been no material changes from the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended,
for the year ended December 31, 2005 relating to the Company’s exposure to
market risk from interest rates.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of disclosure controls and procedures
An
evaluation as of March 31, 2006 was carried out under the supervision and with
the participation of our management, including the Interim Chief Executive
Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design
and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based upon that evaluation,
our
Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer concluded
that those disclosure controls and procedures were adequate to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or
submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and
(ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including our Interim Chief
Executive and Interim Chief Financial Officers, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes
in internal controls
There
has
been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in
Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the
quarter covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
Securities
Litigation
In
January and February 2002, we, our former chief executive officer and our former
chief financial officer were served with three complaints that were filed in
the
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (the Court) alleging
violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). These
complaints were brought as purported shareholder class actions under Sections
10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 established thereunder.
On
May 23, 2002, the Court consolidated all three lawsuits into a single action
entitled In re PDI Securities Litigation, Mater File No. 02-CV-0211, and
appointed lead plaintiffs (Lead Plaintiffs) and Lead Plaintiffs’ counsel. On or
about December 13, 2002, Lead Plaintiffs filed a second consolidated and amended
complaint (Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint), which superseded their
earlier complaints.
In
February 2003, we filed a motion to dismiss the Second Consolidated and Amended
Complaint. On or about August 22, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District
of New Jersey dismissed the Second Consolidated and Amended Complaint without
prejudice to plaintiffs.
On
October 21, 2005, Lead Plaintiffs filed a third consolidated and amended
complaint (Third Consolidated and Amended Complaint). Like its predecessor,
the
Third Consolidated and Amended Complaint names us, our former chief executive
officer and our former chief financial officer as defendants; purports to state
claims against us on behalf of all persons who purchased our common stock
between May 22, 2001 and August 12, 2002; and seeks money damages in unspecified
amounts and litigation expenses including attorneys’ and experts’ fees. The
essence of the allegations in the Third Consolidated and Amended Complaint
is
that we intentionally or recklessly made false or misleading public statements
and omissions concerning our financial condition and prospects with respect
to
our marketing of Ceftin in connection with the October 2000 distribution
agreement with GSK, our marketing of Lotensin in connection with the May 2001
distribution agreement with Novartis, as well as our marketing of Evista in
connection with the October 2001 distribution agreement with Eli Lilly and
Company.
On
December 21, 2005, we filed a motion to dismiss the Third Consolidated and
Amended Complaint under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
and
Rules 9(b) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We believe
that
the allegations in this purported securities class action are without merit
and
we intend to defend the action vigorously.
Bayer-Baycol
Litigation
We
have
been named as a defendant in numerous lawsuits, including two class action
matters, alleging claims arising from the use of Baycol, a prescription
cholesterol-lowering medication. Baycol was distributed, promoted and sold
by
Bayer in the U.S. through early August 2001, at which time Bayer voluntarily
withdrew Baycol from the U.S. market. Bayer had retained certain companies,
such
as us, to provide detailing services on its behalf pursuant to contract sales
force agreements. We may be named in additional similar lawsuits. To date,
we
have defended these actions vigorously and have asserted a contractual right
of
defense and indemnification against Bayer for all costs and expenses we incur
relating to these proceedings. In February 2003, we entered into a joint defense
and indemnification agreement with Bayer, pursuant to which Bayer has agreed
to
assume substantially all of our defense costs in pending and prospective
proceedings and to indemnify us in these lawsuits, subject to certain limited
exceptions. Further, Bayer agreed to reimburse us for all reasonable costs
and
expenses incurred through such date in defending these proceedings. As of March
31, 2006, Bayer has reimbursed us for approximately $1.6 million in legal
expenses, the majority of which was received in 2003 and was reflected as a
credit within selling, general and administrative expense. We did not incur
any
costs or expenses relating to these matters during 2004, 2005 or the first
three
months of 2006.
Cellegy
Litigation
On
April
11, 2005, we settled a lawsuit which was pending in the U.S. District Court
for
the Northern District of California against Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Cellegy), which was set to go to trial in May 2005 (PDI, Inc. v. Cellegy
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. C 03-05602 (SC)). We had claimed (i) that we
were fraudulently induced to enter into a December 31, 2002 license agreement
with Cellegy (the License Agreement) to market the product Fortigel and (ii)
that Cellegy had otherwise breached the License Agreement by failing, inter
alia, to provide us with full information about Fortigel or to take all
necessary steps to obtain expeditious FDA approval of Fortigel. We sought return
of our $15 million upfront payment, other damages and an order rescinding the
License Agreement.
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Under
the
terms of the settlement, in exchange for our executing a stipulation of
dismissal with prejudice of the lawsuit, Cellegy agreed to and did deliver
to
us: (i) a cash payment in the amount of $2,000,000; (ii) a Secured Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $3,000,000, with a maturity date of October
11,
2006; (iii) a Security Agreement, granting us a security interest in certain
collateral; and (iv) a Nonnegotiable Convertible Senior Note, with a face value
of $3,500,000, with a maturity date of April, 11, 2008.
On
December 1, 2005, we commenced a breach of contract action against Cellegy
in
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (PDI, Inc. v.
Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 05 Civ. 10137 (PKL)). We allege that Cellegy
breached the terms of the Security Agreement and Secured Promissory Note we
received in connection with the settlement. We further allege that to secure
its
debt to us, Cellegy granted us a security interest in certain "Pledged
Collateral," which is broadly defined in the Security Agreement to include,
among other things, 50% of licensing fees, royalties or "other payments in
the
nature thereof" received by Cellegy in connection with then-existing or future
agreements for Cellegy's drugs Rectogesic® and Tostrex® outside of the United
States, Mexico, and Canada. Upon receipt of such payments, Cellegy agreed to
make prompt payment to us. We allege that we are owed 50% of a $2,000,000
payment received by Cellegy in connection with the renegotiation of its license
and distribution agreement for Rectogesic® in Europe, and that Cellegy's failure
to pay us constitutes an event of default under the Security Agreement and
the
related Nonnegotiable Convertible Senior Note. For Cellegy's breach of contract,
we seek damages in the total amount of $6,400,000 plus default interest from
Cellegy.
On
December 27, 2005, Cellegy filed an answer to our complaint, denying the
allegations contained therein, and asserting affirmative defenses. Discovery
is
ongoing, and pursuant to a scheduling order entered by the court, is to be
completed by November 21, 2006.
California
Class Action Litigation
On
September 26, 2005, we were served with a complaint in a purported class action
lawsuit that was commenced against us in the Superior Court of the State of
California for the County of San Francisco on behalf of certain of our current
and former employees, alleging violations of certain sections of the California
Labor Code. During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, we accrued
approximately $3.3 million for potential penalties and other settlement costs
relating to both asserted and unasserted claims relating to this matter. In
October 2005, we filed an answer generally denying the allegations set forth
in
the complaint. In December 2005, we reached a tentative settlement of this
action, subject to court approval and as a result, we reduced the accrual
relating to asserted and unasserted claims relating to this matter to $600,000
during the quarter ended December 31, 2005. The current balance of the accrual
is $475,000. However, there can be no assurance that the court will approve
our
tentative settlement, that the reserve will be adequate to cover potential
liability, or that the ultimate outcome of this action will not have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of
operations
Other
Legal Proceedings
We
are
currently a party to other legal proceedings incidental to our business. As
required, we have accrued our estimate of the probable costs for the resolution
of these claims. While management currently believes that the ultimate outcome
of these proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of
operations, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties. Were we to settle
a
proceeding for a material amount or were an unfavorable ruling to occur, there
exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our business, financial
condition or results of operations. Legal fees are expensed as
incurred.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
Please
see our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended
December 31, 2005 for a detailed description of our risk factors. There
have been no material changes to our risk factors since we filed our Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2005. If
any of risks described therein were to occur, it could have a material adverse
impact on our business, financial condition or results of
operations.
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Item
6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Index is included after signatures. New exhibits, listed as follows, are
attached:
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
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31.1
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Certification
of Interim Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith as Exhibit
31.1.
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31.2
|
Certification
of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith as Exhibit
31.2.
|
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32.1
|
Certification
of Interim Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as
adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
filed
herewith as Exhibit 32.1.
|
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32.2
|
Certification
of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as
adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
filed
herewith as Exhibit 32.2.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Date:
May 10, 2006
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(Registrant)
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/s/Larry Ellberger | |||
Larry
Ellberger
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Interim
Chief Executive Officer
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/s/DeLisle B. Callender | |||
DeLisle
B. Callender
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Interim
Chief Financial Officer
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