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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K


FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001

or

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

For the transition period from                                      to                                     

Commission file number 0-25323


Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  14-1742717
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
21 Corporate Circle, P.O. Box 15098,
Albany, New York

(Address of principal executive offices)
  12212-5098
(zip code)

(518) 464-0279
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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

Title of Each Class   Name of Each Exchange on
Which Registered

None.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

Title of Class

        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 ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

        The aggregate market value of the Registrant's Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant on March 15, 2002 was approximately $763.8 million based upon the closing price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 15, 2002. Shares of Common Stock held by each officer and director and by each person who owns 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

        As of March 15, 2002, there were 32,823,090 outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.



DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

        Portions of the following document are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report on Form 10-K:

(1)
The Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 24, 2002.





ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.
INDEX TO
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

 
   
  Page No.
Part I.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements   1
Item 1.   Business   2
Item 2.   Properties   12
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings   12
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   13

Part II.
Item 5.   Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
Matters
  13
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data   14
Item 7.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   15
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk   28
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data   29
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure   61

Part III.
Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant   61
Item 11.   Executive Compensation   61
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management   61
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions   61

Part IV.
Item 14.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K   61

        This Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Our actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements and therefore, prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, the factors set forth under "Risk Factors and Certain Factors Affecting Forward-Looking Statements," the discussion set forth below and the matters set forth in this Form 10-K generally.



PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

Overview

        We are a leading chemistry-based drug discovery and development company focused on applications for new small molecule prescription drugs. We conduct research and development projects and collaborate with many leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and genomics companies, and are developing new chemistry technology for potential pharmaceutical products. We engage in chemistry research, from lead discovery, optimization and development to commercial manufacturing. We believe we are the only company providing contract chemistry services to customers across the entire product development cycle from lead discovery to commercial manufacturing. Most of the services we offer have been traditionally provided by chemistry divisions within pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, chemical development, analytical chemistry services and small-scale and pilot-plant manufacturing. In December 1999, we expanded our service offerings to include commercial manufacturing through our strategic relationship with and investment in Organichem Corporation. We have designed our services to permit our customers to reduce overall drug development time and cost and to pursue simultaneously a greater number of drug discovery and development opportunities.

        In addition to our chemistry research services, we also conduct proprietary research and development to discover new lead compounds with commercial potential. We anticipate that we would then license these compounds to third parties in return for up-front service fees and milestone payments as well as recurring royalty payments if these compounds are developed into new drugs successfully reaching the market. In 1995, our proprietary research and development activities led to the development and patenting of a substantially pure form of, and a manufacturing process for, the active ingredient in the non-sedating antihistamine marketed by Aventis S.A. as Allegra in the Americas and as Telfast elsewhere. Pursuant to a licensing agreement with Aventis, we have earned a total of $115.7 million in milestones and royalties from the beginning of the contract in 1995 through December 31, 2001 and are entitled to receive ongoing royalties from Aventis based upon a percentage of sales of Allegra. In addition, many of our discovery technology contracts provide for us to receive licensing, milestone and royalty payments for discoveries that lead to products that reach the market.

        We are originally incorporated in 1991 under the laws of New York and reincorporated under the laws of Delaware in 1998.

Industry Overview

        The pace of drug discovery has accelerated significantly in recent years. Fueled by advances in disciplines such as molecular biology, high-throughput synthesis and screening and, in particular, human genomics research, opportunities to develop therapeutics for previously unmet or undermet medical needs are greater than ever before. We believe that human genomics research will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of newly identified biological targets over the next few years. In addition, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are under pressure to deliver new drugs to market and reduce the time required for drug development. This pressure has come about, in part, as a result of the significant number of current drug products on the market for which patent protection will soon expire.

        In order to take advantage of these opportunities and to respond to these pressures, many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have augmented their internal research and development capacity through contract services.

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Drug Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Process

        Although many scientific disciplines are required for new drug discovery and development, chemistry and biology are at the center of this process. Chemists and biologists typically work together to prepare and deliver new chemical substances, develop laboratory models of disease, test compounds to identify agents that demonstrate the desired activity and finally create a marketable drug. The drug discovery and development process includes the following steps:

    lead discovery—the identification of a compound that may be developed into a new drug,

    lead optimization—an iterative process of modifying the structure of a lead compound to optimize its therapeutic properties,

    preclinical testing—the testing of the compound in increasingly complex animal models,

    clinical trials—the multi-phase testing of the compound for safety and efficacy in humans, and

    product commercialization—the manufacture, marketing and sale of commercial quantities of the approved drug.

The Importance of Chemistry in the Drug Discovery and Development Process

        Lead Discovery.    The first major hurdle in drug discovery is the identification of one or more lead compounds that interact with a biological target, such as an enzyme, receptor or other protein, that may be associated with a disease. A biological test, or assay, based on the target is developed and used to test or "screen" chemical compounds. Medicinal chemistry is used to synthesize these compounds rapidly and study the interaction between the three-dimensional molecular structures of the compounds and biological targets. The objective of lead discovery is to identify a lead compound for further research and development.

        Lead Optimization.    Once a lead compound has been identified, medicinal chemistry is used to optimize that lead compound by modifying and synthesizing analogs of active lead candidates with improved potency, selectivity and/or pharmacokinetics (improved absorption, solubility, half-life and metabolism) in order to identify a more promising drug candidate. This iterative process involves the synthesis of compounds for biological testing, the analysis of the screening results and the further design and synthesis of additional compounds based upon the analysis of structure-activity relationships. During lead optimization, specialists in chemical development perform the scale-up synthesis of a lead compound as that compound is advanced through the drug discovery and development process. These scientists are experts in the preparation of chemicals on a larger scale and focus on the efficiency, economics, simplicity and safety of the preparation of such chemicals. Chemical development is also an iterative process which may require progressive improvements in chemical synthesis as subsequent repeat batches are prepared. In addition to providing repeat synthesis, significant process research may be required to refine existing or develop new synthesis processes. Also during the lead optimization stage, analytical chemistry services are required for identity and purity testing and method development.

        Preclinical Testing.    Following the development of a lead compound during the lead optimization stage, advanced preclinical testing is conducted in order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the lead compound prior to initiating human clinical trials. The lead compound must demonstrate a scientifically proven benefit in controlled and well-defined biological tests in animal models, and must exhibit this benefit at doses much lower than those at which side effects would occur. During the lead optimization and preclinical testing phases, scientists continue the synthesis of additional analogs of the lead compound using medicinal chemistry. Often a second compound, referred to as a backup compound or second generation analog, is synthesized and enters the drug development cycle. In addition, continued synthesis is desirable in order to prepare compounds of significant diversity to broaden potential patent coverage. As a result, the advancement of a lead compound into preclinical testing is often a catalyst

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which increases, rather than decreases, the need for additional medicinal chemical synthesis. During this phase, specialists in chemical development continue to conduct significant process research to optimize the production of a compound.

        Clinical Trials.    During clinical trials, several phases of studies are conducted to test the safety and efficacy of a drug candidate. As study populations increase and trial durations lengthen, larger quantities of the active ingredient are required. The bulk active ingredient, and the formulated drug product, must be prepared under current good manufacturing practices, commonly referred to as cGMP, guidelines. Analytical chemistry services are critical to cGMP manufacturing. Additional preparations provide an opportunity to further refine the manufacturing process, with the ultimate goal of maximizing the cost effectiveness and safety of the synthesis prior to commercialization.

Trends Toward Contracting for Chemistry Services

        While contract services have traditionally been limited to the later stages of drug development, such as clinical trial management and manufacturing, many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are utilizing contract chemistry service providers to complement or, in some cases supplement, internal chemistry expertise. Currently, only a few companies provide chemistry services for drug discovery, development and manufacturing, and these companies have typically focused only on certain stages of the drug development process. We believe the following trends have led and will continue to lead to an increase in contract chemistry services in drug discovery, development and manufacturing:

    development of new technologies that have increased the number of targets and accelerated the identification of active compounds,

    pressure to develop new lead compounds due to the near-term loss of patent protection for many drug products,

    increased pressure to reduce the time spent in drug discovery and development to bring drugs to market sooner and maximize patent life,

    increased focus on converting fixed costs to variable costs and streamlining operations by contracting for research and development services,

    heightened regulatory environment and increased complexity that has made the internal management of complicated discovery, development and manufacturing projects more difficult and costly, and

    biotechnology and emerging pharmaceutical companies have available capital, but, in many cases, lack the required in-house discovery and development expertise.

        We believe that significant opportunities exist for a company that provides a comprehensive range of contract chemistry services throughout the drug discovery, development and manufacturing process.

Our Capabilities

        We have a broad range of high-quality drug discovery and development, chemistry research and manufacturing capabilities. The problem-solving abilities of our scientists provide added value throughout the drug discovery, development and manufacturing process. We offer proprietary discovery technologies as well as chemistry services on a contract basis that have traditionally required significant time and capital investment to create internally. Our comprehensive suite of services allows our customers to contract with a single vendor, eliminating the time and cost of transitioning projects among multiple vendors.

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Service Offerings

Drug Discovery Technologies

        We provide proprietary drug discovery technologies that employ biocatalysis technology and that assist in the creation of combinatorial chemistry libraries. Biocatalysis technology uses enzymes and microbial cell systems to synthesize new compounds. Additional discovery technologies that we provide include isolation, purification, structure elucidation and the supply of natural products libraries from microbial and botanical sources, computational chemistry, pharmaco-and toxicogenomics, microbiology, fermentation and asymmetric synthesis.

        Our drug discovery technologies complement our medicinal chemistry services as additional methods of developing and screening large numbers of compounds against drug targets to generate new drug leads. These drug discovery technologies give us the capability to:

    improve chemical compounds for currently marketed drugs,

    develop lead extensions from unsuccessful Phase II or Phase III clinical trials,

    improve solubility and/or bioavailability of drug compounds,

    create libraries of potential lead compounds,

    identify active metabolites,

    widen patent coverage, and

    perform process research, consisting of the improvement or modification of existing processes.

        As part of our acquisition of New Chemical Entities in January 2001, we acquired an extensive collection of over 100,000 diverse compounds and natural products libraries. We seek to sell or license these libraries, or subsets, to customers for high throughput screening and novel drug lead discovery.

        In addition, we recently have initiated a program to internally create a novel library of approximately 100,000 diverse compounds to sell or license to customers for the identification of new drug candidates.

Medicinal Chemistry

        The chemistry functions associated with the identification and optimization of a lead compound are handled by chemists specializing in medicinal chemistry. The role of the medicinal chemist is to synthesize small quantities of new and potentially patentable compounds for biological testing. Our medicinal chemistry group assists our customers in the pursuit of new drug leads as well as in lead development and optimization using modern structure-based drug design. Our medicinal chemistry group uses tools such as computational and combinatorial chemistry in conjunction with the traditional techniques of medicinal drug development. Medicinal chemistry services that we provide include:

    design and synthesis of potential lead compounds,

    design, modification and synthesis of lead compounds with improved potency, selectivity and pharmacokinetics,

    development and synthesis of analogs of lead compounds to broaden patent protection, and

    resynthesis and expansion of customers' chemistry libraries by employing combinatorial and computational chemistry.

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Chemical Development

        Chemical development involves the scale-up synthesis of a lead compound. Processes developed for small scale production of a compound may not be suitable for larger scale production because they may be too expensive, environmentally unacceptable or present safety concerns. Our chemical development scientists design novel or improved methods and processes suitable for medium to large scale production. Our chemical development scientists possess expertise in a broad range of structural classes of molecules and are able to address a wide variety of chemical synthesis and production problems. Chemical development services that we provide include:

    process research, consisting of the improvement or modification of existing processes,

    discovery and development of new product methodologies to prepare products,

    process development and production of single-isomer molecules, and

    development of practical purification techniques.

Analytical Chemistry Services

        Our analytical chemistry services include identity and purity testing, method development and validation, and stability testing. We also provide regulatory consulting services, including the preparation of regulatory filings, chemistry manufacturing and control documentation and testing, and scientific and technical writing. The cGMP guidelines mandated by the FDA necessitate employing analytical support for drugs under development, as well as for drugs already on the market. Our analytical services are designed to support our customers' compliance with these guidelines. We typically provide these services at several stages throughout the drug discovery, development and manufacturing process starting with lead optimization. Analytical services that we provide include:

    test method development and validation,

    quality control and release testing,

    high performance liquid and/or gas chromatography (including purity assessment), separation of enantiomers and identification of impurities,

    stability studies for bulk active ingredients and formulated drug products, and

    preparation of regulatory documentation, including chemistry manufacturing and control sections of investigational new drug applications, new drug applications and drug master files.

cGMP Manufacturing Services

        We provide chemical synthesis and manufacturing services for our customers under cGMP guidelines. All facilities and manufacturing techniques used in the manufacture of products for clinical use or for sale in the United States must be operated in conformity with cGMP guidelines as established by the FDA. Our Albany facility has production facilities and quarantine and restricted access storage necessary for conducting cGMP manufacturing in quantities sufficient for conducting Phase I clinical trials (up to approximately 10 kilograms). Through our strategic relationship with Organichem, our customers can also obtain product quantities sufficient to conduct Phase II and Phase III clinical trials (between 10 and 100 kilograms) as well as commercial product quantities (greater than 100 kilograms).

Large Scale Manufacturing

        Through our strategic relationship and investment in Organichem, we are able to provide large scale chemical synthesis and manufacturing to our customers. Organichem's production facilities adhere

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to cGMP manufacturing and provide the capability for larger scale chemical synthesis of active drug products and intermediates for use in human clinical trials as well as for products on the market. In December 1999, we participated in the formation of Organichem through an investment in the management-led buyout of its facility from Nycomed Amersham. Our investment in Organichem included the purchase of 37.5% of Organichem's common stock and the purchase by us of convertible debt from Organichem which can be converted at our option to an additional 37.5% of Organichem's common stock. During 2001, Organichem repurchased a portion of its common stock, which increased our ownership to 39.2%. Our investment also provides us with the ability to purchase the remaining common stock of Organichem within 90 days after December 31, 2002. The purchase price would be determined based on Organichem's earnings for the year 2002 and would range from a minimum of $15.0 million to a maximum of $30.0 million. If we elect not to purchase the remaining common stock of Organichem, Organichem can require us to purchase the remaining common stock within 60 days of December 31, 2003 for a purchase price to be determined based on Organichem's earnings for the year 2003. The purchase price would range from a minimum of $15.0 million to a maximum of $30.0 million.

Consulting Services

        We provide to our customers, in particular our biotechnology customers, consulting services across all chemistry phases of drug discovery, development and manufacturing.

Proprietary Research and Development

        We conduct proprietary research and development on promising drug candidates utilizing our medicinal chemistry tools as well as our discovery technologies, which consist of our biocatalysis technology, our technology for the synthesis of combinatorial libraries, our natural products related technolgies as well as our microbiology, fermentation and asymmetric synthesis technologies. We are currently pursuing opportunities for applying our discovery technologies to promising drug candidates about which information is publicly available. In the event that we discover promising drug targets, we anticipate that we would license them to third parties in return for licensing, milestone and royalty payments. We also seek to incorporate terms in our contract services agreements with customers which provide for us to receive up-front service fees and milestone payments for advancing new products as well as recurring royalty payments for new drugs successfully reaching the market.

Allegra/Telfast Licensing Agreement

        Our proprietary research and development efforts to date have contributed to the discovery and development of one product that has reached the market. We discovered a new process to prepare a metabolite known as terfenadine carboxylic acid, or TAM, in a purer form. The purer form of TAM is a non-sedating antihistamine known as fexofenadine HCl, which is sold by Aventis under the name Allegra in the Americas and as Telfast elsewhere. We have been issued several United States and foreign patents relating to TAM and the process chemistry by which TAM is produced. Subject to payment of government annuities and maintenance fees, our issued patents relating to TAM expire between 2013 and 2016.

        In March 1995, we entered into a license agreement with Aventis. Under the terms of the license agreement, we granted Aventis an exclusive, worldwide license to any patents issued to us related to our original TAM patent applications. Since the beginning of the agreement through December 31, 2001, we have earned $7.4 million in milestone payments and $108.2 million in royalties under this license agreement. Aventis is obligated under the license agreement to pay ongoing royalties to us based upon sales of Allegra/Telfast. We are not entitled, however, to receive any additional milestone payments under the license agreement. Sales of Allegra/Telfast worldwide were approximately

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$1.56 billion for the year ended December 31, 2001 and approximately $1.07 billion for the year ended December 31, 2000.

Customers

        Our customers include pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies and, to a limited extent, agricultural companies, fine chemical companies and contract chemical manufacturers. Contract revenue from Bristol-Myers Squibb, including contract revenue from Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company which was acquired by Bristol-Meyers Squibb in October 2001, accounted for 12% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2001. Contract revenue from Dupont Pharmaceuticals accounted for 12% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2000. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2001 or for the year ended December 31, 2000. For the year ended December 31, 2001, net contract revenue from our three largest customers represented 18%, 14% and 10% of our net contract revenue. For the year ended December 31, 2000, net contract revenue from our three largest customers respectively represented approximately 22%, 13% and 12% of our net contract revenue.

Marketing

        Our senior management and dedicated business development personnel are primarily responsible for marketing our services. Because our customers are typically highly skilled scientists, our use of technical experts in marketing has allowed us to establish strong customer relationships. In addition to our internal marketing efforts, we also rely on the marketing efforts of consultants, both in the United States and abroad. We market our services directly to customers through targeted mailings, meetings with senior management of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, maintenance of an extensive Internet web site, participation in trade conferences and shows, and advertisements in scientific and trade journals. We also receive a significant amount of business from customer referrals and through expansion of existing contracts.

Employees

        We believe that the successful recruitment and retention of qualified Ph.D., masters and bachelor level scientists is a key element in achieving our strategic goals. We believe that as competitive pressures in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries increase, the recruitment and retention of chemists will become increasingly competitive. In order to meet this challenge, we actively recruit scientists at colleges and universities, through third-party recruitment firms and through contacts of our employees. We believe the sophisticated chemistry performed in the course of our business will assist us in attracting and retaining qualified scientists. We offer competitive salaries and benefits to our scientists. As an incentive directed toward the recruitment and retention of highly skilled scientists, we have a program which provides that any scientist or scientists employed by us named as an inventor on a patent not obtained in connection with a customer contract will receive a percentage of any net licensing, milestone and royalty revenues received by us with respect to the patent. Under this program, Thomas E. D'Ambra, Ph.D., our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, receives payments as the sole inventor on the patents for fexofenadine HCl. Dr. D'Ambra earned $4.2 million in 2001 and $2.9 million 2000 under this program.

        Since January 1, 2001, we have added a net of 191 employees, including 138 scientists. Of the 138 scientists, 65 were added from the acquisitions of New Chemical Entities in January 2001 and the Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Research facility in September 2001. As of February 28, 2002, we had 532 employees, including 370 scientists of whom 55% have Ph.D. degrees. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.

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Competition

        We face competition based on a number of factors, including size, relative expertise and sophistication, speed and costs of identifying and optimizing potential lead compounds and of developing and optimizing chemical processes. We compete with the research departments of pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, combinatorial chemistry companies, contract research companies and research and academic institutions. Many of these competitors have greater financial and other resources and more experience in research and development than we do. Smaller companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through arrangements with large corporate collaborators.

        Historically, pharmaceutical companies have maintained close control over their research and development activities, including the synthesis, screening and optimization of chemical compounds and the development of chemical processes. Many of these companies, which represent a significant potential market for our products and services, are developing or already possess in-house technologies and services offered by us. Academic institutions, governmental agencies and other research organizations are also conducting research in areas in which we provide services either on their own or through collaborative efforts.

        We anticipate that we will face increased competition in the future as new companies enter the market and advanced technologies become available. Our services and expertise may be rendered obsolete or uneconomical by technological advances or entirely different approaches developed by one or more of our competitors. The existing approaches of our competitors or new approaches or technologies developed by our competitors may be more effective than those developed by us. We cannot assure you that our competitors will not develop more effective or more affordable technologies or services, thus rendering our technologies and/or services obsolete, uncompetitive or uneconomical.

Patents and Proprietary Rights

        Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to obtain and enforce patents, protect trade secrets, obtain licenses to technology owned by third parties when necessary, and conduct our business without infringing the proprietary rights of others. The patent positions of pharmaceutical, medical products and biotechnology firms can be uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. We cannot assure you that any patent applications will result in the issuance of patents or, if any patents are issued, whether they will provide significant proprietary protection or commercial advantage, or will not be circumvented by others. In the event a third party has also filed one or more patent applications for inventions which conflict with one of ours, we may have to participate in interference proceedings declared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to determine priority of invention, which could result in the loss of any opportunity to secure patent protection for the inventions and the loss of any right to use the inventions. Even if the eventual outcome is favorable to us, these proceedings could result in substantial cost to us. The filing and prosecution of patent applications, litigation to establish the validity and scope of patents, assertion of patent infringement claims against others and the defense of patent infringement claims by others can be expensive and time consuming. We cannot assure you that in the event that any claims with respect to any of our patents, if issued, are challenged by one or more third parties, that any court or patent authority ruling on such challenge will determine that such patent claims are valid and enforceable. An adverse outcome in such litigation could cause us to lose exclusivity afforded by the disputed rights. If a third party is found to have rights covering products or processes used by us, we could be forced to cease using the technologies covered by such rights, could be subject to significant liability to the third party, and could be required to license technologies from the third party. Furthermore, even if our patents are determined to be valid, enforceable, and broad in scope, we cannot assure you that competitors will not be able to design around such patents and compete with us and our licensees using the resulting alternative technology.

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        We have a policy of seeking patent protection for patentable aspects of our proprietary technology. We have been issued eight United States patents, five New Zealand patents, five Australian patents, three Canadian patents, three Norwegian patents, two Japanese patents and one European patent collectively covering fexofenadine HCl and certain related manufacturing processes. Subject to payment of government annuities and maintenance fees, our United States patents expire between 2013 and 2015, our Canadian, European and Japanese patents expire in 2014 and our New Zealand, Australian and Norwegian patents expire between 2014 and 2016. Through our acquisition of EnzyMed, we obtained an exclusive license to one United States patent relating to a process of reacting enzymes in a non-aqueous solvent. Subject to payment of government annuities and maintenance fees, this patent expires in 2012.

        We seek patent protection with respect to products and processes developed in the course of our activities when we believe such protection is in our best interest and when the cost of seeking such protection is not inordinate. However, we cannot assure you that any patent application will be filed, that any filed applications will result in issued patents or that any issued patents will provide us with a competitive advantage or will not be successfully challenged by third parties. The protections afforded by patents will depend upon their scope and validity, and others may be able to design around our patents.

        We may also enter into collaborations or other arrangements whereby we retain certain ownership rights or may be entitled to receive milestones and royalties with respect to proprietary technology developed by us. On March 15, 2002, we signed an agreement with Bristol-Meyers Squib Company, which includes the transfer of ownership to us of three patent applications related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and central nervous system indications. We intend to seek a third party licensee to develop this technology. Many of our other current contracts with our customers provide that ownership of proprietary technology developed by us in the course of work performed under the contract is vested in the customer, and we retain little or no ownership interest.

        We also rely upon trade secrets and proprietary know-how for certain unpatented aspects of our technology. To protect such information, we require all employees, consultants and licensees to enter into confidentiality agreements limiting the disclosure and use of such information. We cannot assure you that these agreements provide meaningful protection or that they will not be breached, that we would have adequate remedies for any such breach, or that our trade secrets, proprietary know-how, and technological advances will not otherwise become known to others. In addition, we cannot assure you that, despite precautions taken by us, others have not and will not obtain access to our proprietary technology. Further, we cannot assure you that third parties will not independently develop substantially equivalent or better technology.

Government Regulation

        Although the sale of our services is not subject to significant government regulation, the manufacture, transportation and storage of our products are subject to certain laws and regulations. However, our future profitability is indirectly dependent on the sales of pharmaceuticals and other products developed by our customers. Regulation by governmental entities in the United States and other countries will be a significant factor in the production and marketing of any pharmaceutical products that may be developed by our customers. The nature and the extent to which such regulation may apply to our customers will vary depending on the nature of any such pharmaceutical products. Virtually all pharmaceutical products developed by our customers will require regulatory approval by governmental agencies prior to commercialization. Human pharmaceutical products are subject to rigorous preclinical and clinical testing and other approval procedures by the FDA and by foreign regulatory authorities. Various federal and, in some cases, state statutes and regulations also govern or influence the manufacturing, safety, labeling, storage, record keeping and marketing of such pharmaceutical products. The process of obtaining these approvals and the subsequent compliance with

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appropriate federal and foreign statutes and regulations are time consuming and require the expenditure of substantial resources.

        Generally, in order to gain FDA approval, a company first must conduct preclinical studies in the laboratory and in animal models to gain preliminary information on a compound's efficacy and to identify any safety problems. The results of these studies are submitted as a part of an investigational new drug application, or IND, that the FDA must review before human clinical trials of an investigational drug can start. In order to commercialize any products, we or our customer will be required to sponsor and file an IND and will be responsible for initiating and overseeing the clinical studies to demonstrate the safety and efficacy that are necessary to obtain FDA approval of any such products. Clinical trials are normally done in three phases and generally take two to five years, but may take longer, to complete. After completion of clinical trials of a new product, FDA and foreign regulatory authority marketing approval must be obtained. If the product is classified as a new drug, we or our customer will be required to file a new drug application, or NDA, and receive approval before commercial marketing of the drug. The testing and approval processes require substantial time, effort and expense, and we cannot assure you that any approval will be granted on a timely basis, if at all. NDAs submitted to the FDA can take several years to obtain approval. Even if FDA regulatory clearances are obtained, a marketed product is subject to continual review. Later discovery of previously unknown problems or failure to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements may result in restrictions on the marketing of a product or withdrawal of the product from the market as well as possible civil or criminal sanctions. For marketing outside the United States, we will also be subject to foreign regulatory requirements governing human clinical trials and marketing approval for pharmaceutical products. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary widely from country to country.

        All facilities and manufacturing techniques used in the manufacture of products for clinical use or for sale in the United States must be operated in conformity with current good manufacturing procedures (cGMP) guidelines as established by the FDA. Our facilities are subject to scheduled periodic regulatory inspections to ensure compliance with cGMP requirements. Failure on our part to comply with applicable requirements could result in the termination of ongoing research or the disqualification of data for submission to regulatory authorities. A finding that we had materially violated cGMP requirements could result in additional regulatory sanctions and, in severe cases, could result in a mandated closing of our facilities, which would materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

        Our research and development processes involve the controlled use of hazardous materials. We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of such materials and certain waste products. Although we believe that our activities currently comply with the standards prescribed by such laws and regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be eliminated. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any damages that result and any such liability could exceed our resources. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will not be required to incur significant costs to comply with environmental laws and regulations in the future.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

        We lease a two-story 90,500 square foot facility in Albany, New York. The lease for this facility expires on November 30, 2007, although we have an option to renew this lease for an additional ten years. The lease also provides us with an option to purchase the building on November 30, 2002 for $3.5 million, towards which we have made a $1.0 million non-refundable deposit. Our Albany facility has nine medicinal chemistry laboratories, five chemical development laboratories, two analytical laboratories, three analytical instrumentation rooms, five dedicated cGMP manufacturing suites and two areas for stability chambers. We are currently constructing two additional cGMP suites at our Albany facility, which is expected to be completed in July 2002.

        We lease approximately 41,500 square feet of laboratory and office space in a building adjacent to our Albany facility and are currently renovating additional space in the building. Phase one of the renovation at this facility provided 29 scientific workstations. The second phase of the renovation, when completed during 2002, will add another 39 scientific workstations. The lease for this facility expires on December 31, 2011, although we may renew the lease for four additional ten-year periods at our option. We also recently acquired additional properties adjacent to our Albany, New York facility, which may be used for additional expansion.

        We also lease approximately 40,000 square feet of laboratory space in Rensselaer, New York at our East Campus. The lease for these laboratories expires November 30, 2009, although we may renew the lease for eight additional five-year periods at our option. This facility has nine medicinal chemistry, two combinatorial chemistry and three chemical development laboratories. During 2000, we constructed a 23,600 square foot state-of-the-art biotechnology development center with 33 scientific workstations at our East Campus. We have entered into a ten-year lease for this facility. We may renew the lease for eight additional five-year periods at our option.

        We also lease a 15,000 square foot facility in Iowa City, Iowa. We recently announced plans to relocate our operations in Iowa City, Iowa to our recently acquired facility in Mount Prospect, Illinois. We expect the relocation to be completed by May 2002.

        We recently purchased and completed renovations of a 28,000 square foot facility near Syracuse, New York, which includes forty scientific workstations. The construction was financed through an industrial revenue bond.

        We lease approximately 23,700 square feet of primarily research and development space in Bothell, Washington under a lease that expires in October 2007, although we may renew the lease for four additional four year-periods at our option.

        In September 2001, we acquired an 88,000 square foot facility as part of our $10.0 million purchase of a Great Lakes Chemical Corporation research and development facility in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. This facility includes 55 fully equipped scientific workstations as well as a two-bay, non-GMP chemical pilot plant, research fermentation labs and supporting office space.

        For the year-ended December 31, 2001, we had total operating lease costs of $1.6 million.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

        We, from time to time, may be involved in various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party to any such claims or proceedings which, if decided adversely to us, would either individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

        Aventis Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. pharmaceutical business of Aventis S.A., is currently involved in legal proceedings with Barr Laboratories, Inc. regarding an Abbreviated New Drug Application filed by Barr Laboratories with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking authorization to produce and

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market a generic version of Allegra. Aventis Pharmaceuticals has filed three patent infringement suits against Barr in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey alleging infringement of certain U.S. patents related to fexofenadine HCl 60 mg capsules as well as 30, 60, and 180 mg tablets. The third lawsuit was filed on January 28, 2002, after Barr filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application related to Allegra-D, extended-release tablets for oral administration, on December 21, 2001. Under our arrangements with Aventis, we will receive royalties until expiration of our underlying patents or until they are earlier determined to be invalid and/or unenforceable. Under applicable federal law, marketing of an FDA-approved generic capsule or tablet at minimum may not commence unless and until a decision favorable to Barr Laboratories is rendered in any patent litigation or until 30 months have elapsed, whichever comes first. Aventis is taking the lead in preparing and executing a strategy to defend and enforce the intellectual property rights that exist with respect to Allegra.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

        There were no matters submitted during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report to a vote of security holders through solicitation of proxies or otherwise.


PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

        (a)    Market Information. The Common Stock of the Company has been traded on the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq") since the Company's initial public offering on February 4, 1999 and currently trades under the symbol "AMRI." The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices for the Company's Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market for the periods indicated:

Period

  High
  Low
Year ended December 31, 2000            
  First Quarter   $ 38.63   $ 13.69
  Second Quarter   $ 39.13   $ 21.13
  Third Quarter   $ 56.50   $ 25.06
  Fourth Quarter   $ 67.63   $ 42.25
Year ending December 31, 2001            
  First Quarter   $ 60.75   $ 29.81
  Second Quarter   $ 41.49   $ 29.15
  Third Quarter   $ 36.80   $ 19.05
  Fourth Quarter   $ 28.98   $ 22.04

        (b)    Holders. The number of record holders of the Company's Common Stock as of March 15, 2002 was approximately 188. We believe that the number of beneficial owners of our Common Stock at that date was substantially greater.

        (c)    Dividends. We have not declared any cash dividends on our Common Stock since our inception in 1991. We currently intend to retain our earnings for future growth and, therefore, do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Under Delaware law, we are permitted to pay dividends only out of our surplus, or, if there is no surplus, out of our net profits. Although our current bank credit facility permits us to pay cash dividends, subject to certain limitations, the payment of cash dividends may be prohibited under agreements governing debt which we may incur in the future.

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        (d)    Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities.

        None.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

 
  As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
 
  1997
  1998
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
  (In thousands, except per share data)

Consolidated Statements of Income Data:                              
Net contract revenue   $ 8,209   $ 13,649   $ 22,027   $ 37,377   $ 56,812
Non-recurring licensing fees, milestones and royalties     2,500     8,069            
Recurring royalties     31     11,576     21,444     29,226     41,675
   
 
 
 
 
  Total revenue     10,740     33,294     43,471     66,603     98,487
Cost of contract revenue     4,430     7,734     12,491     20,859     31,424
Technology incentive award     253     1,822     2,132     2,921     4,165
Research and development     1,520     1,782     1,827     2,435     4,290
Selling, general and administrative     2,881     5,109     6,873     7,966     12,194
   
 
 
 
 
  Total operating expenses     9,084     16,447     23,323     34,181     52,073
Income from operations     1,656     16,847     20,148     32,422     46,414
Other income (expense):                              
  Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates             (98 )   552     1,130
  Interest income, net     40     38     2,000     4,521     6,430
  Other income (expense), net     (28 )   (37 )   (81 )   187     127
   
 
 
 
 
Total other income, net     12     1     1,821     5,260     7,687
Income before income tax expense     1,668     16,848     21,969     37,682     54,101
Income tax expense     373     6,351     8,195     14,089     19,707
   
 
 
 
 
Net income   $ 1,295   $ 10,497   $ 13,774   $ 23,593   $ 34,394
   
 
 
 
 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.06

 

$

0.46

 

$

0.51

 

$

0.78

 

$

1.04
   
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share   $ 0.05   $ 0.41   $ 0.46   $ 0.74   $ 1.01
   
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic     22,670     22,696     27,132     30,363     33,065
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted     24,819     25,547     29,634     32,063     34,154

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Cash, cash equivalents and investments   $ 4,532   $ 7,347   $ 23,845   $ 152,024   $ 135,865
Property and equipment, net     4,436     14,866     15,879     30,914     59,756
Working capital     5,542     9,142     34,432     161,335     155,276
Total assets     13,548     32,630     88,242     238,566     284,059
Long-term debt, less current maturities     1,776     13,349     168     120     5,930
Total stockholders' equity   $ 9,799   $ 12,824   $ 82,920   $ 228,533   $ 263,633

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

        The following discussion of the results of our operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto included within this report.

Overview

        We are a leading chemistry-based drug discovery and development company, focused on applications for new small molecule prescription drugs. We engage in comprehensive chemistry research from lead discovery, optimization and development to commercial manufacturing. We perform chemistry research for many of the leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and for our own internal research and development.

Critical Accounting Policies And Estimates

        Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, unbilled revenue, income taxes and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

        We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. We recognize revenue and profit on less than ten percent of our contract revenue as work progresses using the percentage-of-completion method, which relies on estimates of total expected contract revenue and costs. We follow this method because we can make reasonably dependable estimates of the revenue and costs applicable to various stages of a contract. Recognized revenues and profit are subject to revisions as the contract progresses to completion. Revisions in profit estimates are charged to income in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. We have estimated the fair value of our libraries of natural product compounds obtained as part of our acquisition of New Chemical Entities in January 2001 and have included their value in our inventory. We also develop novel compounds internally and include their value at cost in our inventory. We write down our inventories for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required in the future. We hold a minority interest in Organichem Corporation and have acquired several companies that have operations in areas within our strategic focus. We record an impairment charge when we believe an investment or an acquisition has experienced a decline in value that is other than temporary. Future adverse changes in market conditions or poor operating results of underlying investments or company acquisitions could result in losses or an inability to recover the carrying value of the investments or acquisitions that may not be reflected in their current carrying value, thereby possibly requiring an impairment charge in the future.

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Net Contract Revenue

        Our net contract revenue consists primarily of fees earned under contracts with third-party customers, net of our reimbursed expenses. Reimbursed expenses consist of laboratory supplies, chemicals and other costs reimbursed by our customers and, in accordance with industry practice, are netted against gross contract revenue. Reimbursed expenses vary from contract to contract. Accordingly, we view net contract revenue as our primary measure of revenue growth rather than licensing fees and royalties, which are dependent upon our licensee's sales.

        In general, we provide services to our customers on the following basis:

    a full-time equivalent basis that establishes the number of full-time equivalents contracted for a project or a series of projects, the duration of the contract period, the fixed price per full-time equivalent, plus an allowance for out-of-pocket expenses, which may or may not be incorporated in the full-time equivalent rate,

    a time and materials basis under which we charge our customers based on an hourly rate plus out-of-pocket expenses, or

    to a lesser extent, a fixed-price basis.

        Typically, our full-time equivalent contracts have terms of six months or longer and our time and materials contracts have terms of one to twelve months. Fixed-price contracts are entered into for much shorter periods of time, generally two to six months. Because our fixed-price contracts relate to projects that are generally limited in scope and are of short duration, we have not historically experienced any material cost overruns under these contracts. Full-time equivalent and time and materials contracts provide for annual adjustments in billing rates for the scientists assigned to the contract. Generally, our contracts may be terminated by the customer upon 30 days' to one-year prior notice, depending on the size of the contract. We recognize contract revenue on a percentage-of-completion or per diem basis. Cost of revenue consists primarily of compensation and associated fringe benefits for employees and other direct project-related costs.

Licensing Fees, Milestones and Royalties

        We seek to include provisions in our contracts for our discovery services which contain licensing, milestone and royalty payments should our proprietary technology and expertise, lead to the discovery of new products that reach the market. To date, we have received substantially all of our milestone and royalty payments under these arrangements from Aventis with respect to Allegra. Generally, the provisions for licensing, milestone and royalty payments included in our contracts are related to the occurrence of specific identifiable events. Upon the occurrence of one of these events, such as the successful completion of a clinical trial phase, and the resolution of any uncertainties or contingencies regarding potential revenue, we plan to record the payment as revenue in the quarter in which we receive the payment.

        Non-recurring Licensing Fees, Milestones and Royalties.    Although we entered into a license agreement with Aventis in 1995, we began to recognize royalty revenue related to sales in the United States under that agreement in February 1998. This delay was due to the significant time expended for issuance of our patents and the resolution of related patent interference claims by Aventis.

        Recurring Royalties.    Recurring royalties consist of royalties from Aventis under a license agreement based on sales of fexofenadine HCl, marketed as Allegra in the Americas and Telfast elsewhere. Royalty payments are due within 45 days after each calendar quarter and are determined based on sales of Allegra/Telfast in that quarter.

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Costs and Expenses

        Cost of Contract Revenue.    Our cost of contract revenue, from which we derive gross profit from net contract revenue, consists primarily of compensation and associated fringe benefits for employees and other direct project-related costs.

        Technology Incentive Award.    We maintain a Technology Development Incentive Plan designed to stimulate and encourage novel technology development by our employees. This plan allows eligible participants to share in a percentage of the net revenue earned by us relating to patented technology with respect to which the eligible participant is named as an inventor. Under our Technology Development Incentive Plan, Thomas E. D'Ambra, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, receives payments as the sole inventor of the patents for fexofenadine HCl equal to 10% of the total payments received by us with respect to those patents.

        Research and Development.    Research and development expense consists of payments in connection with collaborations with academic institutions, compensation and benefits for scientific personnel for work performed on proprietary research projects and costs of supplies and related chemicals. We are funding several internal research and development programs to discover new compounds with commercial potential. We would then seek to license these compounds to a third party in return for up-front license service fees and milestone payments as well as recurring royalty payments if these compounds are successfully developed into new drugs and reach the market. Included in our internal research and development projects is a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer compounds, as well as other projects in the oncology, immunosuppression and anti-infective therapeutic areas.

        Selling, General and Administrative.    Selling, general and administrative expense consists of compensation and related fringe benefits for marketing and administrative employees, professional services, marketing costs and all costs related to facilities and information services.

        Other Income (Expense).    Other income (expense) consists of interest income, interest expense, our equity in our unconsolidated affiliates, Organichem and Fluorous Technologies, realized gains or losses on sales of investment securities and other non-operating expenses.

Results of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2001 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2000

        Net Contract Revenue.    Net contract revenue increased 52% to $56.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $37.4 million for 2000. This increase was due principally to a greater number of projects under contract primarily for medicinal and chemical development services. This increase was facilitated by an increase in the number of scientific staff to 360 at December 31, 2001 from 222 at December 31, 2000. Included in the 138 additional scientific staff are 65 scientists added from the acquisitions of New Chemical Entities and the Great Lakes Chemical Corporation laboratory facility.

        Recurring Royalties.    Recurring royalties for the year ended December 31, 2001 increased 43% to $41.7 million, compared to $29.2 million for 2000. The increase was attributable to increased sales of fexofenadine HCl by Aventis.

        Total Revenue.    Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2001 increased 48% to $98.5 million, compared to $66.6 million for 2000.

        Cost of Contract Revenue.    Cost of contract revenue increased 51% to $31.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $20.9 million for 2000. Net contract revenue margin increased

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to 45% in 2001 from 44% in 2000, primarily due to increased rates on customer contracts and leveraging the expansion of our facilities.

        Technology Incentive Award.    The technology incentive award expense incurred under our Technology Development Incentive Plan increased 43% to $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $2.9 million for 2000. The increase was directly attributable to the increase in recurring royalties.

        Research and Development.    Research and development expense increased 76% to $4.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 compared to $2.4 million for 2000. The increase was due primarily to an increase in internally funded research efforts utilizing drug discovery technologies acquired through the Company's recent acquisitions. Research and development expenditures were 4% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2001 compared to 4% for 2000.

        Selling, General and Administrative.    Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 53% to $12.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $8.0 million for 2000. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in administrative and marketing staff to support the expansion of our operations, an increase in expenses related to recruitment of scientists and additional expenses related to the operations of our research centers in Mount Prospect, Illinois and Bothell, Washington, both of which were acquired in 2001. Selling, general and administrative expenses represented 21% of net contract revenue in 2001 and 2000.

        Total Other Income, Net.    Total other income, net increased 46% to $7.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $5.3 million for 2000. Total other income, net for 2001, was comprised of $6.4 million in interest income, net of interest expense, $1.1 million in income from our unconsolidated affiliates, Organichem and Fluorous Technologies, Inc., and approximately $127,000 of other non-operating income. Total other income, net for 2000 was comprised of $4.5 million in interest income, net of interest expense, $551,600 in income from our unconsolidated affiliate, Organichem, and $186,800 of other non-operating income. The increase in interest income is the result of increased investments resulting from the Company's follow on offering in October 2000.

        Income Tax Expense.    Income tax expense increased to $19.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, compared to $14.1 million for 2000. The effective rate for our provision for income taxes was 36% in 2001 as compared to 37% for 2000. The reduction in the effective tax rate resulted primarily from corporate tax planning during 2001.

Year Ended December 31, 2000 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 1999

        Net Contract Revenue.    Net contract revenue increased 70% to $37.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to $22.0 million for 1999. This increase was due principally to a greater number of projects under contract primarily for medicinal and chemical development services. This increase was facilitated by an increase in the number of scientific staff to 222 at December 31, 2000 from 148 at December 31, 1999.

        Recurring Royalties.    Recurring royalties for the year ended December 31, 2000 increased 36% to $29.2 million, compared to $21.4 million for 1999. The increase was attributable to increased sales of fexofenadine HCl by Aventis.

        Total Revenue.    Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2000 increased 53% to $66.6 million, compared to $43.5 million for 1999.

        Cost of Contract Revenue.    Cost of contract revenue increased 67% to $20.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to $12.5 million for 1999. Net contract revenue margin increased

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to 44% in 2000 from 43% in 1999, primarily due to increased rates on customer contracts and leveraging the expansion of our facilities.

        Technology Incentive Award.    The technology incentive award expense incurred under our Technology Development Incentive Plan increased 37% to $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to $2.1 million for 1999. The increase was directly attributable to the increase in recurring royalties.

        Research and Development.    Research and development expense increased 33% to $2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 compared to $1.8 million for 1999. The increase was due primarily to an increase in internally-funded research efforts.

        Selling, General and Administrative.    Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 16% to $8.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to $6.9 million for 1999. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in administrative and marketing staff to support the expansion of our operations, and an increase in expenses related to recruitment of scientists. Selling, general and administrative expenses represented 21% of net contract revenue in 2000 as compared to 31% for 1999.

        Total Other Income, Net.    Total other income, net was $5.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to $1.8 million for 1999. This was comprised of $4.5 million in interest income, net of interest expense, $551,600 in income from our unconsolidated affiliate, Organichem, and $186,800 of other non-operating income. Total other income, net for 1999 was comprised of $2.0 million in interest income, net of interest expense, a $98,000 loss from our unconsolidated affiliate, Organichem, and $81,000 of other non-operating expense.

        Income Tax Expense.    Income tax expense increased to $14.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, compared to $8.2 million for 1999. The effective rate for our provision for income taxes was 37% in 2000 and 1999

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        We have historically funded our business through operating cash flows, proceeds from borrowings and the issuance of equity securities. For the year ended December 31, 2001, we generated cash of $32.9 million from operating activities.

        Total capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2001 were $21.2 million. Capital expenditures in 2001 were predominantly in connection with the expansion of our facilities in Albany and Syracuse, New York. Additionally, in September 2001, we acquired the Mount Prospect, Illinois facility and operations from Great Lakes Chemical Corporation for approximately $10.0 million. We used approximately $23.0 million to purchase New Chemical Entities, Inc. in January 2001.

        During 2001, we generated $6.0 million from financing activities, consisting of cash generated of $1.1 million from the exercise of stock options and sale of stock under our employee stock purchase program, $5.7 million from low rate industrial development bond financing, offset by $329,000 in payments on capital lease obligations and $451,000 used to purchase treasury stock.

        Working capital was $155.3 million at December 31, 2001 compared to $161.3 million at December 31, 2000. We have available a $25 million credit facility to supplement our liquidity needs. There were no borrowings under this credit facility at December 31, 2001.

        We are pursuing the expansion of our operations through internal growth and strategic acquisitions. We expect that such activities will be funded from existing cash and cash equivalents, cash flow from operations, the issuance of debt or equity securities and borrowings. Future acquisitions, if any, could be funded with cash on hand, cash from operations, borrowings under our credit facility and/or the issuance of equity or debt securities. There can be no assurance that attractive acquisition

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opportunities will be available to us or will be available at prices and upon such other terms that are attractive to us. We regularly evaluate potential acquisitions of other businesses, products and product lines and may hold discussions regarding such potential acquisitions. As a general rule, we will publicly announce such acquisitions only after a definitive agreement has been signed. In addition, in order to meet our long-term liquidity needs or consummate future acquisitions, we may incur additional indebtedness or issue additional equity or debt securities, subject to market and other conditions. There can be no assurance that such additional financing will be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. The failure to raise the funds necessary to finance our future cash requirements or consummate future acquisitions could adversely affect our ability to pursue our strategy and could negatively affect our operations in future periods.

        In February 2000, we purchased American Advanced Organics, a provider of rapid scale-up manufacturing services, for approximately $2.3 million in cash and stock. Based on the financial performance of this division in 2000 we paid the former AAO stockholders an additional $500,000 in cash subsequent to December 31, 2000. Based on the financial performance of this division in 2001, we paid the former AAO stockholders an additional $300,000 in cash subsequent to December 31, 2001, representing the final payment under the purchase agreement with the AAO stockholders.

        In June 2000, we made an investment in Fluorous Technologies, Inc., a newly formed company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fluorous Technologies has licensed from the University of Pittsburgh several patents and pending patent applications for the use of "fluorous organic chemistry" technology for chemical synthesis, isolation and purification. Fluorous Technologies was formed to capitalize on the potential of this technology for pharmaceutical drug discovery, agrochemical product development, and more environmentally friendly chemical manufacturing. We invested $650,000 in Fluorous Technologies representing an initial 69.9% ownership interest. Our ownership interest in Fluorous Technologies is expected to be diluted to less than 50% as Fluorous Technologies issues additional common stock to fund its operations and development. As a result of our investment, a proportionate share of Fluorous Technologies' losses has been included in our consolidated financial results from date of formation.

        In January 2001, we acquired New Chemical Entities, Inc. of Bothell, Washington for $22.4 million in cash and the assumption of $0.6 million in outstanding debt. NCE possesses an extensive collection of over 100,000 diverse compounds and natural products extracts, which are integrated into NCE's drug discovery efforts. These samples are complemented by a chemofocus library composed of pure single compound samples of both natural products and natural product-based compounds augmented by combinatorial chemistry and computational drug design. NCE sells or licenses these libraries, or subsets, to customers for high throughput screening and novel drug lead discovery.

        In September 2001, we purchased Great Lakes Chemical Corporation's 88,000 square foot laboratory facility in Mt. Prospect, Illinois for approximately $10.0 million in cash. The facility, located on 5.5 acres includes chemistry synthesis labs, which contain 55 fully equipped scientific workstations; a two-bay, non-GMP chemical pilot plant; research fermentation facilities; associated analytical support; scale-up fermentation capacity; and supporting office space. The purchase provides the Company with a modern facility, fully equipped with a scientific staff of approximately 50 people with the opportunity for considerable expansion.

        During 2001, we repurchased 20,000 shares of our own stock. From time to time we may repurchase additional shares under the stock repurchase program approved by our board of directors on September 18, 2001. The program allows us to repurchase up to 1.0 million of our shares over a twelve month period. Through March 15, 2002 we repurchased 425,890 additional shares of our stock under our stock repurchase program.

        The following table sets forth the Company's obligations and commitments to make future payments under contracts.

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Payments Due by Period (in thousands)

 
  Total
  Under 1 Year
  1-3 Years
  4-5 Years
  After 5 Years
Contractual Obligations                              
Long-Term Debt   $ 5,726   $ 218   $ 458   $ 470   $ 4,580
Operating Leases   $ 11,182   $ 1,863   $ 2,887   $ 2,312   $ 4,120
Capital Leases   $ 1,040   $ 520   $ 520   $   $

Related Party Transactions

Technology Development Incentive Plan

        In 1993, we adopted a Technology Development Incentive Plan to provide a method to stimulate and encourage novel innovative technology development. To be eligible to participate, the individual must be an employee and must be the inventor or co-inventor of novel technology that results in new revenues received by us. Eligible participants will share in awards based on a percentage of the licensing, royalty or milestone revenue received by us, as defined by the Plan.

        In 1999, 2000 and 2001, we awarded Technology Incentive Compensation to the inventor of the terfenadine carboxylic acid metabolite technology. The inventor is a director, officer and shareholder. The amounts awarded and included in the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001 are $2.1 million, $2.9 million, and $4.2 million, respectively. Included in accrued compensation in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2000 and 2001 are unpaid Technology Development Incentive Compensation awards of $787,000 and $1.2 million, respectively.

Lease Agreement

        We currently have two long-term operating lease for our Albany, New York office and laboratory facilities with one of our shareholders who owns less than 1% of our common stock. We paid approximately $373,000, $275,000 and $275,000 to this related party during the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

Notes Receivable

        From time to time we make loans to employees and officers of the Company in the form of notes receivable. The notes receivable and accrued interest will not be repaid to the Company provided the employee remains in the employ of the Company throughout the term of the loan. If employment is terminated prior to the end of the loan term, a pro-rata portion of the principal and interest shall be repaid to the Company.

Telecommunication Services

        A member of our board of directors is the Chief Executive Officer of one of the providers of telephone and internet services to us. This telecommunications company was paid $88,947 for services rendered to us in 2001.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

        In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations and No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

        SFAS No. 141 requires that all business combinations be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting; use of the pooling-of-interests method is prohibited. Goodwill will initially be recognized

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as an asset and measured as the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Intangible assets other than goodwill will be recognized as an asset apart from goodwill if that asset arises from contractual or other legal rights. The Statement will apply to all business combinations initiated or completed after June 30, 2001. The adoption of SFAS No. 141 on January 1, 2002 did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

        SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill (including goodwill reported on the separate GAAP financial statements of a subsidiary) will not be amortized but will be tested for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. Goodwill will be tested for impairment by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill with an impairment loss recorded for excess goodwill, if any. Intangible assets will be amortized over their estimated useful lives and will be tested at least annually for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 121. Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life will not be amortized until its life is determined to be no longer indefinite. SFAS No. 142 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. We expect the adoption of SFAS No. 142 to reduce our annual amortization costs by approximately $1.50 million.

        In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. SFAS No. 143 requires the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation to be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. We believe the adoption of SFAS No. 143 Statement will not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

        In August 2001, the FASB also issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which supersedes SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of, and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB No. 30. SFAS No. 144 addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of SFAS No. 144 on January 1, 2002 did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

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RISK FACTORS AND CERTAIN FACTORS AFFECTING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        The following factors should be considered carefully in addition to the other information in this Form 10-K. Except as mentioned under "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk" and except for the historical information contained herein, the discussion contained in this Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in this Form 10-K. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed below, as well as those discussed elsewhere herein.

We may not be able to recruit and retain the highly skilled employees we need.

        Our future growth and profitability depends upon the research and efforts of our highly skilled employees, such as our scientists, and their ability to keep pace with changes in drug discovery and development technologies. We believe that there is a shortage of scientists, and we compete vigorously with pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology firms, contract research firms, and academic and research institutions to recruit scientists. If we cannot recruit and retain scientists and other highly skilled employees, we will not be able to continue our existing services and will not be able to expand the services we offer to our customers.

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies may discontinue or decrease their usage of our services.

        We depend on pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that use our services for a large portion of our revenues. Although there is a trend among pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to outsource drug research and development functions, this trend may not continue. If pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies discontinue or decrease their usage of our services, including as a result of the slowdown in the overall United States economy, our revenues and earnings could be lower than we expect and our revenues may decrease or not grow at historical rates.

We may lose one or more of our major customers.

        During the year ended December 31, 2001, we earned approximately 42% of our contract revenues providing services to three major customers. Our customers typically may cancel their contracts with 30 days' to one-year's prior notice depending on the size of the contract, for a variety of reasons, many of which are beyond our control. If any one of our major customers cancels its contract with us, our contract revenues may decrease.

The royalties we earn on Allegra may decrease.

        We have been issued several patents on a pure form of, and a manufacturing process for, fexofenadine HCl. The patent positions of pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnology firms can be uncertain and can involve complex legal and factual questions. Litigation, in particular patent litigation, can be complex and time-consuming and the outcome is inherently uncertain. We cannot assure investors that Aventis will ultimately succeed in its current litigation against Barr Laboratories or that Aventis or we will succeed in any future similar litigation against generic drug manufacturers involving patents with respect to Allegra, including the litigation recently filed by Aventis against IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. in response to IMPAX' recent ANDA filing for a generic version of Allegra-D. In the event that one or more of the patents owned by us or Aventis are ultimately determined to be invalid or unenforceable, Aventis and we would lose exclusivity with respect to the claims covered by those patents. Any such loss of exclusivity and the contemporaneous introduction of generic forms of fexofenadine HCl may cause a reduction in Allegra sales. In addition, under our current arrangements with Aventis, Aventis, with consultation from us, will take the lead with respect to preparing and executing a strategy to defend and enforce certain of their respective patents relating to Allegra. As a

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result, we may not be able to control the conduct of such litigation and the strategic decisions that are made during the course of such litigation.

        On May 11, 2001, an FDA advisory panel recommended that the prescription allergy drugs Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec are safe enough to be made available over-the-counter. The panel had been assembled as a result of a 1998 petition by Blue Cross of California (now Wellpoint Health Networks) requesting that the three top-selling prescription antihistamines be changed to OTC status. The FDA panel's only consideration was whether Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec have the safety profile for over-the-counter use without a learned intermediary. The panel's recommendation is under consideration by the full FDA. The FDA's reaction to its advisory panel's recommendation with regard to the safety of Allegra is uncertain. If the FDA determines that Allegra may be sold in an over-the-counter form, there may be an adverse effect on its reimbursement status by third-party payers and on the price at which it can be sold. Any such price reduction may not be adequately offset by increased volume of sales.

        Royalties from sales of Allegra currently constitute a significant portion of our total revenues and operating income. During the year ended December, 31 2001, our royalties from Allegra were $41.7 million, which represented approximately 42% of our total revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2000, our royalties from Allegra were $29.2 million, which represented approximately 44% of our total revenues. While a final determination with respect to the Barr Laboratories and IMPAX Laboratories ANDAs filing and the stated patent litigation and the FDA Advisory Panel's safety recommendation may not occur for a significant amount of time, perhaps a number of years, each of these matters may ultimately have a significant adverse impact on sales of Allegra. If the dollar amount of Allegra sales subject to our license agreement decreases, due to these or any other factors, our revenues from our license agreement with Aventis may decrease. Because we have very few costs associated with the Allegra license, a decrease in revenues from our license agreement for Allegra would have a disproportionately adverse effect on our results of operation.

We may be unsuccessful in producing and licensing proprietary technology developed from our internal research and development efforts or acquired from a third party.

        We have expended and continue to expend time and money on internal research and development with the intention of producing proprietary technologies in order to patent and then license them to other companies. However, we may not be successful in producing any valuable technology or successful in licensing it to a third party. To the extent we are unable to produce technology that we can license, we may not receive any revenues related to our internal research and development efforts.

We may lose valuable intellectual property if we are unable to protect it.

        Some of our most valuable assets include patents and trade secrets. Part of our business is developing technologies that we patent and then license to other companies. However, some technologies that we develop may already be patented by other companies. For this and other reasons, we may not be able to obtain patents for each new technology that we develop. Even if we are able to obtain patents, the patents may not sufficiently protect our interest in the technology. Similarly, we may not be able to protect our trade secrets by keeping them confidential. Additionally, protecting our patents and trade secrets may be costly and time consuming. To the extent we are unable to protect intellectual property, our investment in those technologies may not yield the benefits we expected. In addition, we may be subject to claims that we are infringing on the intellectual property of others. We could incur significant costs defending such claims. If we are unsuccessful in defending these claims, we may be subject to liability for infringement.

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We may not be able to license technologies that we need to conduct our business.

        In addition to the technologies that we develop, we also rely on technologies that we license from other companies. We may not be able to license technologies that we need in the future or we may be unable to license such technologies on a commercially reasonable basis. Our inability to license the technologies we need could result in increased costs and, therefore, reduced profits, or the inability to engage in certain activities that require those technologies.

Our failure to manage our expansion may adversely affect us.

        Our business has expanded rapidly in the past several years. Expansion places increased stress on our financial, managerial and human resources. As we expand, we will need to recruit and retain additional highly skilled scientists and technicians. Expansion of our facilities may lead to increased expenses and may divert management attention away from operations.

Future acquisitions may disrupt our business and distract our management.

        We have engaged in a number of acquisitions and strategic investments, and we expect to continue to do so. We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates, and if we do identify suitable candidates, we may not be able to make such acquisitions on commercially acceptable terms or at all. If we acquire another company, we may not be able to successfully integrate the acquired business into our existing business in a timely and non-disruptive manner or at all. We may have to devote a significant amount of time and resources to do so. Even with this investment of time and resources, an acquisition may not produce the revenues, earnings or business synergies that we anticipate. If we fail to integrate the acquired business effectively or if key employees of that business leave, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition would be jeopardized. The time, capital, management and other resources spent on an acquisition that fails to meet our expectations could cause our business and financial condition to be materially and adversely affected. In addition, acquisitions can involve non-recurring charges and amortization of significant amounts of goodwill that could adversely affect our results of operations.

We may not be able to realize the benefits of recent acquisitions and strategic investments.

        We acquired EnzyMed, Inc., a provider of combinatorial biocatalysis discovery services, in October 1999; American Advanced Organics, Inc., a contract manufacturer of novel compounds, pharmaceutical intermediates and test drug substances, in February 2000; New Chemical Entities, a chemistry-based drug discovery company, in January 2001; and Great Lakes Chemical Company's research and development facility outside of Chicago, Illinois in September 2001. These transactions may not be as beneficial to us as we expect. In addition to these acquisitions, we made a $30 million strategic investment in Organichem Corporation in December 1999 to facilitate a management buyout of a chemical manufacturing facility from Nycomed Amersham, plc. If Organichem fails to perform as we expect, our investment may not yield adequate returns or we may lose our investment. In addition, the other equity holders of Organichem have the right to require us to purchase their interests in Organichem based on a predetermined formula. We may be required to purchase their entire interests in 2004 at a price that is higher than the fair market value of these interests at the time of purchase, which would negatively impact our financial condition. We also made a $650,000 investment in Fluorous Technologies, Inc. in May 2000. Fluorous Technologies is a development stage company and may not be able to successfully develop technology and products.

We may lose one or more of our key employees.

        Our business is highly dependent on our senior management and scientific staff, including:

    Dr. Thomas E. D'Ambra, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

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    Dr. Donald E. Kuhla, our President and Chief Operating Officer, and

    David P. Waldek, our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

        Although we have employment agreements with the individuals listed above, we do not have employment agreements with all of our key employees. Additionally, the loss of any of our other key employees, including our scientists, may have an adverse effect on our business.

The royalties we earn on Allegra will likely be affected by the seasonal nature of allergies.

        Allergic reactions to plants, pollens and other airborne allergens generally occur during the spring and summer seasons. Therefore, we expect the demand for Allegra to be lower during other times of the year. Because Allegra sales change seasonally based on the demand for allergy medicines, our quarter-to-quarter revenues will likely experience fluctuations.

We face increased competition.

        We compete directly with the in-house research departments of pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies, as well as combinatorial chemistry companies, contract research companies, and research and academic institutions. Many of our competitors have greater financial and other resources than we have. As new companies enter the market and as more advanced technologies become available, we expect to face increased competition. In the future, any one of our competitors may develop technological advances that render the services that we provide obsolete. While we plan to develop technologies, which will give us competitive advantages, our competitors plan to do the same. We may not be able to develop the technologies we need to successfully compete in the future, and our competitors may be able to develop such technologies before we do. Consequently, we may not be able to successfully compete in the future.

We may be held liable for harm caused by drugs that we develop and test.

        We develop, test and, to a limited extent, manufacture drugs that are used by humans. If any of the drugs that we develop, test or manufacture harms people, we may be required to pay damages to those persons. Although we carry liability insurance, we may be required to pay damages in excess of the amounts of our insurance coverage. Damages awarded in a product liability action could be substantial and could have a negative impact on our financial condition.

We may be liable for contamination or other harm caused by hazardous materials that we use.

        Our research and development processes involve the use of hazardous materials. We are subject to federal, state and local regulation governing the use, manufacture, handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials. We cannot completely eliminate the risk of contamination or injury resulting from hazardous materials and we may incur liability as a result of any contamination or injury. We may also incur expenses relating to compliance with environmental laws. Such expenses or liability could have a significant negative impact on our financial condition.

If we fail to meet strict regulatory requirements, we could be required to pay fines or even close our facilities.

        All facilities and manufacturing techniques used to manufacture drugs in the United States must conform to standards that are established by the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. The FDA conducts scheduled periodic inspections of our facilities to monitor our compliance with regulatory standards. If the FDA finds that we fail to comply with the appropriate regulatory standards, it may impose fines on us or, if the FDA determines that our non-compliance is severe, it may close our facilities. Any adverse action by the FDA would have a negative impact on our operations.

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Our operations may be interrupted by the occurrence of a natural disaster or other catastrophic event at our primary facilities.

        We depend on our laboratories and equipment for the continued operation of our business. Our research and development operations and all administrative functions are primarily conducted at our facilities in Albany and Rensselaer, New York. Although we have contingency plans in effect for natural disasters or other catastrophic events, catastrophic events could still disrupt our operations. Even though we carry business interruption insurance policies, we may suffer losses as a result of business interruptions that exceed the coverage available under our insurance policies. Any natural disaster or catastrophic event in the Albany area or in our facilities could have a significant negative impact on our operations.

Terrorist attacks or acts of war may seriously harm our business.

        Terrorist attacks or acts of war may cause damage or disruption to our company, our employees, our facilities and our customers, which could significantly impact our revenues, costs and expenses and financial condition. The terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented events that have created many economic and political uncertainties, some of which may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The long-term effects on our company of the September 11, 2001 attacks are unknown. The potential for future terrorist attacks, the national and international responses to terrorist attacks, and other acts of war or hostility have created many economic and political uncertainties, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition in ways that we currently cannot predict.

Health care reform could reduce the prices pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies can charge for drugs they sell which, in turn, could reduce the amounts that they have available to retain our services.

        We depend on contracts with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for a majority of our revenues. We therefore depend upon the ability of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to earn enough profit on the drugs they market to devote substantial resources to the research and development of new drugs. Future legislation may limit the prices pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies can charge for the drugs they market. Such laws may have the effect of reducing the resources that pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies can devote to the research and development of new drugs. If pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies decrease the resources they devote to the research and development of new drugs, the amount of services that we perform, and therefore our revenues, could be reduced.

The ability of our stockholders to control our policies and effect a change of control of our company is limited, which may not be in your best interests.

        There are provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws which may discourage a third party from making a proposal to acquire us, even if some of our stockholders might consider the proposal to be in their best interests. These provisions include the following:

    our certificate of incorporation provides for three classes of directors with the term of office of one class expiring each year, commonly referred to as a "staggered board." By preventing stockholders from voting on the election of more than one class of directors at any annual meeting of stockholders, this provision may have the effect of keeping the current members of our board of directors in control for a longer period of time than stockholders may desire.

    our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock without stockholder approval and to establish the preferences and rights of any preferred

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      stock issued, which would allow the board to issue one or more classes or series of preferred stock that could discourage or delay a tender offer or change in control.

        Additionally, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which, in general, imposes restrictions upon acquirers of 15% or more of our stock.

Our officers and directors will have significant control over us and their interests may differ from yours.

        At March 15, 2002, our directors and officers beneficially owned or controlled approximately 25.8% of our common stock. Individually and in the aggregate, these stockholders significantly influence our management, affairs and all matters requiring stockholder approval. In particular, this concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing an acquisition of us and may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Because our stock price may be volatile, our stock price could experience substantial declines.

        The market price of our common stock has historically experienced and may continue to experience volatility. Our quarterly operating results, changes in general conditions in the economy or the financial markets and other developments affecting us or our competitors could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. In addition, in recent years, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. In addition, during the past twelve months, the stock market, and in particular technology companies, have experienced significant decreases in market value. This volatility and the recent market decline has affected the market prices of securities issued by many companies, often for reasons unrelated to their operating performance, and may adversely affect the price of our common stock.

Because we do not intend to pay dividends, you will benefit from an investment in our common stock only if it appreciates in value.

        We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business and do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, the success of your investment in our common stock will depend entirely upon any future appreciation. There is no guarantee that our common stock will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which you purchased your shares.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

        We invest our excess cash in interest-bearing investment-grade securities that we hold for the duration of the term of the respective instrument. We do not utilize derivative financial instruments, derivative commodity instruments or other market risk sensitive instruments, positions or transactions in any material fashion. Accordingly, we believe that, while the investment-grade securities we hold are subject to changes in the financial standing of the issuer of such securities, we are not subject to any material risks arising from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices or other market changes that affect market risk sensitive instruments.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.


INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

 
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Report of Independent Accountants

 

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Independent Auditors' Report

 

31

Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2000 and 2001

 

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income
for the Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Report of Independent Accountants

         To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

        In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the index appearing under Item 14(a)(1) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under 14(a)(2) presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

                        /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Albany, New York
February 15, 2002

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Independent Auditors' Report

         The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.:

        We have audited the consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. and subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 1999. In connection with our audit of these consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the financial statement schedule for the year ended December 31, 1999. These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audit.

        We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

        In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. and subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

                        /s/ KPMG LLP

Albany, New York
February 4, 2000

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ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 
  Year ended December 31,
 
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
Net contract revenue   $ 22,027   $ 37,377   $ 56,812  
Recurring royalties     21,444     29,226     41,675  
   
 
 
 
  Total revenue     43,471     66,603     98,487  
   
 
 
 
Cost of contract revenue     12,491     20,859     31,424  
Technology incentive award     2,132     2,921     4,165  
Research and development     1,827     2,435     4,290  
Selling, general and administrative     6,873     7,966     12,194  
   
 
 
 
  Total operating expenses     23,323     34,181     52,073  
   
 
 
 
Income from operations     20,148     32,422     46,414  
Other income (expense):                    
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates     (98 )   552     1,130  
Interest expense     (158 )   (28 )   (229 )
Interest income     2,158     4,549     6,659  
Realized gain (loss) on sale of investment securities     (66 )   3      
Other income (expense), net     (15 )   184     127  
   
 
 
 
  Total other income, net     1,821     5,260     7,687  
   
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense     21,969     37,682     54,101  
Income tax expense     8,195     14,089     19,707  
   
 
 
 
Net income   $ 13,774   $ 23,593   $ 34,394  
   
 
 
 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.51

 

$

0.78

 

$

1.04

 
Diluted earnings per share   $ 0.46   $ 0.74   $ 1.01  

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31, 2000 and 2001

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 
  December 31,
 
 
  2000
  2001
 
Assets              
Current assets:              
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 124,498   $ 46,919  
  Investment securities, available-for-sale     27,526     88,946  
  Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $110,000 and $218,000
at December 31, 2000 and 2001, respectively)
    7,952     9,965  
  Royalty income receivable     7,827     12,361  
  Inventory     1,606     6,473  
  Unbilled services     53     993  
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     1,700     2,144  
   
 
 
    Total current assets     171,162     167,801  
   
 
 
Property and equipment, net     30,914     59,756  
   
 
 
Other assets:              
  Intangible assets and patents, net     2,721     22,184  
  Equity investment in unconsolidated affiliates     16,281     16,439  
  Convertible subordinated debentures from unconsolidated affiliate     16,436     16,273  
  Other assets     1,052     1,606  
   
 
 
    Total other assets     36,490     56,502  
   
 
 
    Total assets   $ 238,566   $ 284,059  
   
 
 
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity              
Current liabilities:              
  Accounts payable   $ 2,591   $ 2,660  
  Unearned income     1,011     2,723  
  Customer deposits     595     325  
  Accrued compensation     2,883     3,877  
  Accrued expenses     1,299     1,249  
  Income taxes payable     1,443     967  
  Current installments on capital leases         506  
  Current installments of long-term debt     5     218  
   
 
 
    Total current liabilities     9,827     12,525  
Long-term liabilities:              
  Long-term debt, excluding current installments     120     5,508  
  Capital leases, excluding current installments         422  
  Deferred income taxes     86     1,971  
   
 
 
Total liabilities     10,033     20,426  
   
 
 
Commitments and contingencies              
Stockholders' equity:              
  Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 2,000,000 shares, none issued or outstanding          
  Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 50,000,000 shares; 32,785,913 shares issued and outstanding in 2000 and 33,106,631 shares issued in 2001     328     331  
Additional paid-in capital     178,871     180,524  
Retained earnings     49,309     83,703  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net     25     (474 )
   
 
 
      228,533     264,084  
Less, treasury shares at cost, -0- shares in 2000; 20,000 shares in 2001         (451 )
   
 
 
    Total stockholders' equity     228,533     263,633  
   
 
 
    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 238,566   $ 284,059  
   
 
 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001
(In thousands)

 
  Common Stock
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
   
   
   
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income

   
   
   
 
 
  Preferred
Stock

  Number
of
Shares

  $0.01
Par
Value

  Additional
Paid-in
Capital

  Retained
Earnings

  Treasury
Stock

  Total
  Comprehensive
Income

 
Balances at January 1, 1999   $ 1   23,543   $ 236   $ 10,640   $ 11,942   $ 66   $ (10,061 ) $ 12,824        
Comprehensive income:                                                      
  Net income                   13,774             13,774   $ 13,774  
  Unrealized (loss) on investment securities, available-for-sale, net of taxes                                 (81 )         (81 )   (81 )
                                                 
 
    Total comprehensive income                                                 $ 13,693  
                                                 
 
  Conversion of 100,000 shares of preferred stock     (1 ) 90         1                        
  Issuance of common stock in connection with stock option plan       2,188     22     1,790                       1,812        
  Tax benefit from exercise of stock options                     3,204                       3,204        
  Sale of 3,366 shares of common stock and reissuance of 2,264 shares of treasury stock, net of issuance expense of $971       3,366     34     41,292             10,061     51,387        
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
Balances at December 31, 1999       29,187     292     56,927     25,716     (15 )       82,920        
Comprehensive income:                                                      
  Net income                           23,593                 23,593   $ 23,593  
  Unrealized (loss) on investment securities, available-for-sale, net of taxes                                 40           40     40  
                                                 
 
    Total comprehensive income                                                 $ 23,633  
                                                 
 
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs         3,000     30     118,587                       118,617        
  Tax benefit from exercise of stock options                     1,187                       1,187        
  Issuance of common stock in connection with stock option plan and ESPP         549     5     832                       837        
  Issuance of common stock in connection with business combination       50     1     1,338                 1,339        
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
Balances at December 31, 2000       32,786     328     178,871     49,309     25         228,533        
Comprehensive income:                                                      
  Net income                           34,394                 34,394   $ 34,394  
  Unrealized gain on investment securities, available-for-sale, net of taxes                                 175           175     175  
  Organichem Corporation Other Comprehensive Loss                                 (674 )         (674 )   (674 )
                                                 
 
    Total comprehensive income                                               $ 33,895  
                                                 
 
  Tax benefit from exercise of stock options                     533                       533        
  Issuance of common stock in connection with stock option plan and ESPP         341     3     1,120                       1,123        
  Treasury shares purchased         (20 )                           (451 )   (451 )      
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
Balances at December 31, 2001   $   33,107   $ 331   $ 180,524   $ 83,703   $ (474 ) $ (451 ) $ 263,633        
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001

(In thousands)

 
  Year ended December 31,
 
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
Operating activities:                    
  Net income   $ 13,774   $ 23,593   $ 34,394  
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:                    
  Depreciation and amortization     1,825     2,413     5,204  
  Tax benefit of stock option exercises     3,204     1,187     533  
  Net realized (gain) loss on sale of investment securities     66     (3 )    
  Provision for doubtful accounts     165         200  
  Non-cash interest income         (1,436 )   (501 )
  Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate     98     (552 )   (1,130 )
  Provision for deferred taxes     365     1,349     1,742  
  Forgiven principal on notes receivable-related party     20     20     20  
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of business combination:                    
  Increase in accounts receivable     (1,511 )   (3,643 )   (1,955 )
  Increase in royalty income receivable     (2,126 )   (2,445 )   (4,534 )
  Increase in inventory     (541 )   (490 )   (1,474 )
  Decrease (increase) in unbilled services     29     23     (923 )
  Decrease (increase) in income taxes     (2,562 )   4,533     (398 )
  Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets     57     (789 )   633  
  Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued compensation and accrued expenses     370     2,975     (197 )
  Increase (decrease) in customer deposits and other current liabilities     96     273     (178 )
  Increase (decrease) in unearned income     (268 )   (466 )   1,477  
   
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities     13,061     26,545     32,913  
   
 
 
 
Investing activities:                    
  Purchases of investment securities     (40,531 )   (6,449 )   (61,358 )
  Proceeds from sales of investment securities     21,183     92      
  Purchase of equity investment in unconsolidated affiliate     (15,131 )   (696 )    
  Purchase of convertible subordinated debenture from unconsolidated affiliate     (15,000 )        
  Purchases of property and equipment     (2,721 )   (16,525 )   (21,155 )
  Purchase of business, net of cash acquired         (869 )   (33,800 )
  Payments for patent application and other related costs     (27 )   (13 )   (222 )
  Payment for lease deposit     (1,000 )        
  Net (increase) decrease in short-term investment     (1,000 )   1,000      
   
 
 
 
  Net cash used in investing activities     (54,227 )   (23,461 )   (116,535 )
   
 
 
 
Financing activities:                    
  Principal payments on long-term debt     (15,181 )   (838 )    
  Principal payments under capital lease obligations             (329 )
  Proceeds from borrowings under long-term debt     500     125     5,700  
  Payment to acquire treasury shares             (451 )
  Proceeds from sale of common stock, net     53,200     119,454      
  Proceeds from exercise of options and ESPP             1,123  
   
 
 
 
Net cash provided by financing activities     38,519     118,741     6,043  
   
 
 
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     (2,647 )   121,825     (77,579 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     5,320     2,673     124,498  
   
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 2,673   $ 124,498   $ 46,919  
   
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:                    
  Increase (decrease) in net unrealized gain/loss on securities available-for-sale, net of tax   $ (81 ) $ 40   $ 175  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:                    
  Cash paid during the period for:                    
    Interest   $ 158   $ 28   $ 221  
    Income taxes   $ 7,188   $ 9,669   $ 17,964  

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Business:

        Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (the "Company") is a leading chemistry-based drug discovery and development company focused on applications for new small molecule prescription drugs. The Company conducts research and development projects and collaborates with many leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and genomics companies, and is developing new chemistry technology for potential pharmaceutical products. The Company engages in chemistry research, from lead discovery, optimization and development to commercial manufacturing. In addition to its chemistry research services, the Company also conducts proprietary research and development to discover new lead compounds with commercial potential. The Company would seek to license these compounds to third parties in return for up-front service fees and milestone payments as well as recurring royalty payments if these compounds are developed into new drugs successfully reaching the market.

        On September 21, 2001, the Company completed its $10,000 acquisition of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation's laboratory facilities in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. The facility, renamed the Mount Prospect Research Center, has expertise in a range of chemical and biochemical disciplines, including chemical process development, analytical chemistry, biocatalysis, microbiology, fermentation, and asymmetric synthesis. See Note 2 for discussion of the Company's acquisition of the Great Lakes Chemical Corporation's research laboratory facilities and operations.

        On January 25, 2001, the Company completed its acquisition of the outstanding stock of New Chemical Entities, Inc. (NCE) of Bothell, Washington, for approximately $23,000. NCE, renamed AMRI Bothell Research Center, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. NCE provides a range of drug discovery services, as well as platform technologies for proprietary lead discovery. The company's core technologies include: isolation, purification, structure elucidation and the supply of natural products libraries from microbial and botanical sources; computational and combinatorial chemistry, including chemoinformatics, proprietary databases and proprietary data mining capabilities; chemical synthesis; and pharmaco- and toxicogenomics. See Note 2 for the discussion of the Company's acquisition of NCE.

        On February 4, 2000, the Company completed its acquisition of the assets of American Advanced Organics, Inc. (AAO) of Syracuse, New York (renamed the Syracuse Research Center) for $1,000 in cash and $1,300 in common stock. The Company's Syracuse Research Center specializes in the production of pharmaceutical intermediates in quantities ranging from a few grams to multi-kilogram batches. The Syracuse Research Centers expertise is in the rapid development and implementation of procedures with a focus on delivering high quality products on or before their scheduled delivery date. See Note 2 for discussion of the Company's acquisition of AAO.

        On December 21, 1999, the Company completed a $30,000 strategic investment in Organichem Corporation (formerly the Rensselaer, New York-based chemical manufacturing facilities of Nycomed Amersham). Organichem Corporation operates a chemical manufacturing facility in Rensselaer, New York, and performs large-scale manufacturing of pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients. See Note 3 for discussion of the Company's equity and other investments in Organichem Corporation.

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        On October 19, 1999, the Company completed a merger with EnzyMed, Inc. (EnzyMed), an Iowa-based provider of combinatorial biocatalysis discovery services (renamed the Biocatalysis Division). Utilizing its proprietary combinatorial biocatalysis technology, EnzyMed specializes in the discovery, optimization, and derivatization of pharmaceutical and agrochemical lead compounds. EnzyMed's proprietary technology employs enzymatic and microbial transformations of core structures to create novel derivatives, which otherwise might not be accessible via traditional chemical syntheses, for screening and development in an iterative fashion. This technology has its most immediate application in the pharmaceutical, animal health, and agrochemical industries.

Basis of Presentation:

        The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, AMRI Bothell Research Center, AMR Technology, Inc. and Albany Molecular Research Export, Inc. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated during consolidation. The Company has not reported segment information because the Company operates in only one business segment. The Company's 39.2% investment in Organichem Corporation (see Note 3) is accounted for using the equity method of accounting.

        The Company's acquisition of Great Lake Chemicals Corporation laboratory facilities on September 21, 2001 has been accounted for as a purchase business combination as further discussed in Note 2. Accordingly, the operating results of the Mount Prospect Research Center have been included in the Company's results of operation from the date of acquisition.

        The Company's acquisition of NCE on January 25, 2001 has been accounted for as a purchase business combination as further discussed in Note 2. Accordingly, the operating results of AMRI Bothell Research Center have been included in the Company's results of operation from the date of acquisition.

        The Company's acquisition of AAO on February 4, 2000 has been accounted for as a purchase business combination as further discussed in Note 2. Accordingly, the operating results of the Syracuse Research Center have been included in the Company's results of operation from the date of acquisition.

        The Company's merger with EnzyMed on October 19, 1999 has been accounted for as a pooling of interests. Accordingly, all prior period consolidated financial statements have been restated to include the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of EnzyMed.

        It is the Company's policy to reclassify prior year consolidated financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.

Revenue Recognition:

        The Company recognizes net revenue from its full-time equivalent and time and materials contracts on a per diem basis as work is performed and fixed fee contracts as projects are completed or on a percentage-of-completion basis, depending on the length of the project. In general, contract provisions include predetermined payment schedules, or the submission of appropriate billing detail

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establishing prerequisites for billings. Unbilled services arise when services have been rendered under these contracts but customers have not been billed. Similarly, unearned income represents prebilling for services that have not yet been performed. Any losses on contracts are recorded when they are determinable and estimable.

        The Company recognizes revenue from licensing fees, milestones and royalties when the earnings process has been deemed completed and any uncertainties or contingencies regarding potential revenue have been resolved.

Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investment:

        Cash equivalents consist of money market accounts and overnight deposits. For purposes of the consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Inventories:

        Inventory consists primarily of commercially available fine chemicals used as raw materials in the research and production process and chemical compounds in the form of natural product and custom libraries. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market. The Company designs and produces the chemical compounds comprising its natural products and custom libraries.

Investment Securities:

        The Company accounts for its investment securities in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities." Investment securities consist of state and political subdivision obligations, corporate debt obligations, and bond mutual funds, with the Company holding all of these securities as available-for-sale.

        Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of related tax effect, on available-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity until realized. Interest income is recognized when earned. Realized gains and losses for securities classified as available-for-sale are included in earnings and are determined using the specific identification method.

Property and Equipment:

        Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed when incurred.

        Depreciation is determined using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the individual assets. Accelerated methods of depreciation have been used for income tax purposes.

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        The Company provides for depreciation of property and equipment over the following estimated useful lives:

Laboratory equipment and fixtures   7-18 years
Office equipment   3-7 years
Computer equipment   3-5 years
Leasehold improvements   18 years
Buildings   25 years

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets:

        Long-lived assets and certain identified intangible assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposal. Measurement of an impairment loss for long-lived assets and certain identified intangible assets that management expects to hold and use are based on the fair value of the asset. Long-lived assets and certain identified intangible assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount of fair value less costs to sell.

Patents and Patent Application Costs:

        The costs of patents issued and acquired are being amortized on the straight-line method over the estimated remaining lives of the issued patents, generally 17 years. Patent application and processing costs are capitalized and will be amortized over the estimated life once a patent is acquired or expensed in the period the patent application is denied.

        Accumulated amortization at December 31, 2000 and 2001 was $23 and $32, respectively.

Licensing Rights:

        Licensing costs are accumulated and amortized once the license agreement is executed. The costs of licensing rights are being amortized on the straight-line method over the term of the license agreement. Licensing costs are written off in the period the licensing rights are canceled or are determined not to provide future benefits.

        Accumulated amortization at December 31, 2000 and 2001 was $12 and $12, respectively.

Research and Development:

        Research and development costs are charged to operations when incurred and are included in operating expenses.

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Income Taxes:

        Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the income tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Stock-Based Compensation:

        The Company applies the intrinsic value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and related interpretations, in accounting for its fixed plan stock options. As such, compensation expense would be recorded only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price. Any compensation expense would be recognized over the vesting period.

Earnings Per Share:

        Basic earnings per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company (such as stock options).

        The following tables provide calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share calculations:

 
  Year Ended December 31, 1999
  Year Ended December 31, 2000
  Year Ended December 31, 2001
 
  Net Income
  Weighted
Average
Shares

  Per Share
Amount

  Net Income
  Weighted
Average
Shares

  Per Share
Amount

  Net Income
  Weighted
Average
Shares

  Per Share
Amount

Basic earnings per share   $ 13,774   27,132   $ 0.51   $ 23,593   30,363   $ 0.78   $ 34,394   33,065   $ 1.04
             
           
           
Dilutive effect of stock options       2,502             1,700             1,089      
   
 
       
 
       
 
     
Diluted earnings per share   $ 13,774   29,634   $ 0.46   $ 23,593   32,063   $ 0.74   $ 34,394   34,154   $ 1.01
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Use of Management Estimates:

        The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities, at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results can vary from these estimates.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

        In July 2001 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

        SFAS No. 141 requires that all business combinations be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting; use of the pooling-of-interests method is prohibited. Goodwill will initially be recognized as an asset and measured as the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Intangible assets other than goodwill will be recognized as an asset apart from goodwill if that asset arises from contractual or other legal rights.    The Statement will apply to all business combinations initiated or completed after June 30, 2001. The adoption of SFAS No. 141 on January 1, 2002 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

        SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill (including goodwill reported on the separate GAAP financial statements of a subsidiary) will not be amortized but will be tested for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. Goodwill will be tested for impairment by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill with an impairment loss recorded for excess goodwill, if any. Intangible assets will be amortized over their estimated useful lives and will be tested at least annually for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 121. Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life will not be amortized until its life is determined to be no longer indefinite. SFAS No. 142 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. Adoption of SFAS No. 142 is expected to reduce the Company's annual amortization costs by approximately $1,500.

        In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. SFAS No. 143 requires the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation to be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. The adoption of SFAS No. 143 is not expected to have a material impact on Company's financial position or results of operations.

        In August 2001, the FASB also issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which supersedes SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of, and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB No. 30. SFAS No. 144 addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of SFAS No. 144 on January 1, 2002 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

2. Business Combinations

Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Mt. Prospect Facility

        On September 21, 2001, the Company consummated its acquisition of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation's laboratory facility in Mount Prospect, Illinois for approximately $10,000 in cash. The results of operations for this business have been included in the consolidated financial statements since

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the acquisition date. The facility has a total of eighty-eight thousand square feet of laboratory and support space and is located on 5.5 acres of land. The facility includes chemistry synthesis labs, which contain 55 fully equipped scientific workstations; a two-bay, non-GMP chemical pilot plant; research fermentation facilities; associated analytical support; scale-up fermentation capacity; and supporting office space. The purchase provides the Company with a modern facility, fully equipped with a scientific staff of approximately fifty people with opportunities for expansion. Pro forma information has not been provided because the acquisition is not material.

        The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair values of the assets acquired at the date of acquisition:

Property, plant and equipment   $ 9,000
Goodwill     1,242
   
  Total assets acquired     10,242
Current liabilities     242
   
  Net assets acquired   $ 10,000
   

        The goodwill which resulted from the purchase is expected to be tax deductible.

New Chemical Entities

        On January 25, 2001, the Company consummated its acquisition of New Chemical Entities, Inc. (NCE) of Bothell, Washington for approximately $23,000 of which $22,400 was in cash and $600 in assumed shareholder debt which was repaid at the closing. NCE, renamed AMRI Bothell Research Center, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The excess purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired, has been recorded as goodwill. Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2001 was approximately $995.

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        The purchase price of $22,400 has been preliminarily allocated as follows:

Cash   $ 19
Accounts receivable, net     255
Chemical libraries     3,393
Other current assets     55
Property and equipment     2,233
Deferred tax assets     1,311
Intangible assets     4,311
Goodwill     14,219
Other assets     459
   
Total assets   $ 26,255
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 761
Unearned revenue     235
Long-term debt, current     428
Deferred taxes     971
Long-term debt, less current portion     1,460
   
Total liabilities     3,855
   
Net assets   $ 22,400
   

        Had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2000 unaudited proforma net income and basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2000 would have been $19,201 and $0.64 and $0.60. Pro forma information has not been presented for 2001 because the acquisition occurred on January 25, 2001 and the results of operations prior to that date were not significant.

American Advanced Organics

        On February 4, 2000, the Company consummated its acquisition of American Advanced Organics, Inc. (AAO) of Syracuse, New York, for approximately $1,000 in cash and $1,300 in common stock (50 shares) and stock options of the Company. The Company also assumed approximately $740 in liabilities. In addition to the $2,300 purchase price, the former AAO stockholders received an additional $500 in cash subsequent to December 31, 2000 based upon AAO's financial performance in 2000. Based on the financial performance of AAO in 2001, the former AAO stockholders received an additional $300 in cash subsequent to December 31, 2001 representing the final payment under the purchase agreement with the AAO stockholders. The excess purchase price over the net assets acquired, which approximated $2,100 is being amortized over fifteen years. Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001 was approximately $132 and $178, respectively.

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3. Investment in Organichem

        (a)    Stock Purchase Agreement

        On December 21, 1999, the Company completed an equity method investment in Organichem Corporation ("Organichem") pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement and purchased convertible subordinated debentures of Organichem pursuant to a Debenture Purchase Agreement. Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired shares of common stock of Organichem representing 37.5% of Organichem's outstanding common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $15,131, which included direct costs of $131 attributable to the Organichem equity investment. During 2000, Organichem purchased a portion of its common stock into treasury, increasing the Company's ownership interest in Organichem to 39.2%. As a result, the Company recorded a one time benefit to earnings of $159, net of taxes of $98.

        The Company has recorded its investment using the equity method of accounting and, accordingly, has recorded the Company's proportionate share of Organichem's income, as adjusted for intercompany interest, for the period since the initial investment through December 31, 2001, and by amortizing the excess cost of its investment in the common stock over the underlying equity in the net assets of Organichem. The acquisition cost exceeded the Company's share of the underlying equity in net assets of Organichem by $9,375.

        The Stock Purchase Agreement also incorporates a Put/Call Agreement among the Company, Organichem and its stockholders that permits the Company to purchase, at the Company's option, all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Organichem within 90 days subsequent to the year ending December 31, 2000. The purchase price is to be determined based on Organichem's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"), as defined in the Put/Call Agreement, for the year ending December 31, 2000, with a minimum and maximum specified purchase price of $15,000 and $30,000, respectively. In the event that the Company does not exercise its call option, Organichem stockholders may require the Company to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Organichem within 60 days subsequent to the year ending December 31, 2003. The purchase price under the put option is to be determined consistent with that specified under the above call option, with the exception that the EBITDA, as defined, shall be based on Organichem's results for the year ending December 31, 2003.

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        Summarized financial information of Organichem as of and for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001 is as follows:

 
  December 31,
2000

  December 31,
2001

Current assets   $ 25,046   $ 26,042
Property, plant and equipment, net     43,306     48,906
Total assets     68,954     75,797
Current liabilities     17,970     21,614
Other liabilities     19,156     35,819
Total equity     15,391     18,364
Total liabilities and equity     68,954     75,797

Net sales

 

$

56,614

 

$

68,204
Gross profit     12,827     16,667
Operating income     7,241     10,189
Net income     1,775     4,139

        (b)    Debenture Purchase Agreement

        Under the terms of the Debenture Purchase Agreement, the Company purchased convertible subordinated debentures ("Debentures") for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000. The Debentures mature on December 21, 2005 and may be converted into 37.5% of the outstanding common stock of Organichem, on a fully diluted basis.

        The Debentures bear interest, payable semi-annually, on the unpaid principal amount at margins over specified fixed or variable London Interbank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") as provided for within the Company's credit agreement with Organichem (9.395% and 5.960% at December 31, 2000 and 2001, respectively). The agreement provided that the interest payable under the Debentures through December 21, 2000 shall be added to the principal of the Debenture, with semi-annual cash interest payments to begin subsequent to December 21, 2000, provided that Organichem is in compliance with the financial covenants of its credit agreement. Accrued interest through December 21, 2000 totaling $1,436 was added to the principal of the Debentures. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Debenture Purchase Agreement, the Company and Organichem have agreed that in the event that either the aforementioned put or call options are exercised, 62.5% of the accrued interest not paid by Organichem as of the date of the put or call exercise shall be applied to reduce the purchase price as determined under the Put/Call Agreement. Accrued interest receivable from Organichem at December 31, 2000 and 2001 totaled $47 and $24, respectively.

        The Debentures are convertible, at the Company's option, at any time after the earliest of (i) December 21, 2000; (ii) notification by Organichem to the Company that Organichem intends to repay the Debenture prior to its maturity; or (iii) the occurrence of an event of default as defined in the Debenture Purchase Agreement.

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4. Investment Securities, Available-for-sale

        The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses and fair value for available-for-sale investment securities by major security type were as follows:

 
  December 31, 2000
 
  Amortized Cost
  Gross Unrealized Gains
  Gross Unrealized Losses
  Fair Value
Obligations of states and political subdivisions   $ 1,674   $ 60   $   $ 1,734
Corporate debt obligations     25,693     100     (1 )   25,792
   
 
 
 
    $ 27,367   $ 160   $ (1 ) $ 27,526
   
 
 
 
 
  December 31, 2001
 
  Amortized Cost
  Gross Unrealized Gains
  Gross Unrealized Losses
  Fair Value
Obligations of states and political subdivisions   $ 8,322   $ 164   $   $ 8,486
Corporate debt obligations     80,053     407         80,460
   
 
 
 
    $ 88,375   $ 571   $   $ 88,946
   
 
 
 

        Proceeds from the sale of an available-for-sale investment security were $92 in 2000, resulting in a realized gain of $3. There were no sales of available-for-sale investment securities in 2001.

        Maturities of corporate debt obligations and obligations of states and political subdivisions classified as available-for-sale at December 31, 2000 and 2001 were as follows:

 
  December 31, 2000
  December 31, 2001
 
  Amortized Cost
  Fair Value
  Amortized Cost
  Fair Value
Due less than one year   $ 24,944   $ 25,047   $ 39,741   $ 39,921
Due after one year through five years     1,674     1,691     48,487     48,868
Due after five years through ten years     547     575     147     157
Due after ten years     202     213        
   
 
 
 
    $ 27,367   $ 27,526   $ 88,375   $ 88,946
   
 
 
 

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5. Property and Equipment

        Property and equipment consists of the following:

 
  December 31,
2001

 
Laboratory equipment and fixtures   $ 19,547   $ 31,130  
Office equipment     3,576     5,042  
Leasehold improvements     9,771     10,153  
Construction-in-progress     1,223     15,083  
Buildings     2,985     7,168  
Land     212     1,368  
   
 
 
      37,314     69,944  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization     (6,400 )   (10,188 )
   
 
 
    $ 30,914   $ 59,756  
   
 
 

        Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment was $1,708, $2,207 and $3,801 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

6. Long-term Debt and Capital Leases

    Long-term Debt

        The Company has a revolving line of credit agreement ("Credit Agreement") with a bank enabling the Company to borrow up to $25,000. The Credit Agreement, which expires on June 29, 2002, provides for various covenants, including requirements for the Company to maintain defined financial ratios and the prohibition against any additional debt, other than in the normal course of business, exceeding $20,000 in the aggregate, at any time.

        At December 31, 2000 and 2001, the Company had no outstanding indebtedness and borrowing availability of $25,000 under the Credit Agreement.

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        Long-term debt is comprised as follows:

 
  December 31,
 
  2000
  2001
Variable interest rate industrial development authority bonds due in increasing annual installments through 2021. Interest payments are due monthly, with a current interest rate of 1.55%   $   $ 5,700
Loan payable to economic development authority in monthly installments of $1 through April 2005 including interest. $95 of the loan may be forgiven if certain employment targets are met     125    
Note payable to financing company in monthly installments of $1 through 2004         26
   
 
      125     5,726
Less current portion     5     218
   
 
    $ 120   $ 5,508
   
 

        The aggregate maturities of long-term debt subsequent to December 31, 2001 are as follows:

2002   $ 218
2003     224
2004     234
2005     230
2006     240
Thereafter     4,580
   
    $ 5,726
   

    Capital Leases

        In connection with the Company's acquisition of NCE in January 2001, the Company assumed the existing capital leases of NCE. The leased equipment consists of the following:

 
  Asset Balance at
December 31, 2001

 
Laboratory equipment   $ 1,250  
Less accumulated amortization     (183 )
   
 
    $ 1,067  
   
 

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        Future minimum lease payments under capital lease as of December 31, 2001 are as follows:

2002   $ 520  
2003     520  
   
 
Total minimum lease payments     1,040  
Less: Amount representing interest     (112 )
   
 
Present value of minimum lease payments     928  
Current portion     (506 )
   
 
Long-term portion   $ 422  
   
 

7. Income Taxes

        Income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:

 
  Year Ended December 31,
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
Current:                  
  Federal   $ 6,880   $ 12,147   $ 17,481
  State     950     593     484
   
 
 
      7,830     12,740     17,965
   
 
 
Deferred:                  
  Federal     155     1,190     1,519
  State     210     159     223
   
 
 
      365     1,349     1,742
   
 
 
    $ 8,195   $ 14,089   $ 19,707
   
 
 

        The differences between income tax expense and income taxes computed using a federal statutory rate of 35% for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, were as follows:

 
  Year Ended December 31,
 
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
Pre-tax income at statutory rate   $ 7,689   $ 13,188   $ 18,935  
Increase (reduction) in taxes resulting from:                    
  Tax-free interest income     (102 )   (32 )   (249 )
  State taxes, net of federal benefit     754     489     459  
  Other, net     (146 )   444     562  
   
 
 
 
    $ 8,195   $ 14,089   $ 19,707  
   
 
 
 

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        The tax effects of temporary differences giving rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 
  December 31,
 
 
  2000
  2001
 
Deferred tax assets:              
  Non-deductible accruals   $ 125   $ 154  
  Non-deductible amortization     150     305  
  Non-deductible lease costs     59     51  
  Inventory     196     59  
  Interest     157     276  
  Other     21     181  
  Research and experimentation credit carryforwards     174     174  
  Net operating loss carryforwards     2,100     1,709  
   
 
 
    Deferred tax assets     2,982     2,909  
Deferred tax liabilities:              
  Property and equipment depreciation differences (accelerated depreciation for tax purposes)     (2,529 )   (3,560 )
  Non-taxable equity earnings     (483 )   (1,120 )
   
 
 
    Net deferred tax liability   $ (30 ) $ (1,771 )
   
 
 

        The preceding table does not include the deferred tax liability of $56 and $200 at December 31, 2000 and 2001, associated with the Company's unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities, available-for-sale, discussed in Note 4.

        The Company's net operating loss carryforwards begin to expire in 2015. As a result of the change in control related to the EnzyMed merger, the Company's use of the net operating loss carryforwards is limited to approximately $1,000 per year.

        In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income and the taxable income in the two previous tax years to which tax loss carryback can be applied. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, taxable income in the carryback period and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of projected future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefits of those deductible differences. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable could be reduced if estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced.

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8. Stockholders' Equity

        On September 18, 2001, the Company's Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program providing for the repurchase of up to 1,000 shares of the Company's common stock over a twelve month period. During 2001, the Company repurchased 20 shares of its stock.

        On October 5, 2000, the Company completed a follow-on offering of its common stock by issuing 3,000 shares at a price of $42.25 per share, less the underwriters discount of $7,290. The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting applicable direct offering costs of $843 were $118,617. A portion of the net proceeds has been used in the acquisition of New Chemical Entities, Inc. (See Note 2).

        On July 20, 2000, the Board of Directors approved a 2-for-1 split of the Company's common stock to stockholders of record as of August 8, 2000. All shares and per share information included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been restated to reflect the stock splits.

        On February 4, 1999, in connection with the Company's initial public offering of common stock, the Company converted 100 shares of its outstanding preferred stock in a ratio of twenty (20) preferred shares to nine (9) common shares. For purposes of diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 1998, all preferred shares were assumed converted to their common stock equivalents.

        On February 4, 1999, the Company completed the initial public offering of its common stock by issuing 5,630 shares, 630 of which were issued pursuant to an underwriters' over-allotment provision, at a price of $10.00 per share. Prior to the offering, there was no public market for the Company's common stock. The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting applicable direct offering costs of $971, were $51,388. The net proceeds were used by the Company to repay outstanding indebtedness under the revolving line of credit agreement, certain promissory notes issued in connection with the Company's repurchase of 2,264 shares of common stock from the former CFO and the equity investment in and purchase of the convertible subordinated debentures from Organichem.

        On October 28, 1998, the Company entered into a severance agreement with its former chief financial officer ("Former CFO"). The Former CFO agreed to exchange all of his outstanding shares and the shares that were represented by all of his outstanding stock options for a purchase price of approximately $10,000. In total, the Company repurchased 2,264 shares of common stock. These treasury shares, along with 3,366 of shares not previously issued, were sold during the Company's February 1999 initial public offering.

        The Company's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") was adopted during August 1998. Up to 600 shares of common stock may be issued under the Plan, which is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. It established two stock offering periods per calendar year, the first beginning on January 1 and ending on June 30, and the second beginning on July 1 and ending December 31. All employees who work more than 20 hours per week are eligible for participation in the Plan. Employees who are deemed to own greater than 5% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company are not eligible for participation in the Plan.

        During each offering, an employee may purchase shares under the Plan by authorizing payroll deductions up to 10% of their cash compensation during the offering period. The maximum number of shares to be issued to any single employee during an offering period is limited to one thousand. At the end of the offering period, the accumulated payroll deductions will be used to purchase common stock

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on the last business day of the offering period at a price equal to 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the first or last day of the offering period, whichever is lower. During the years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001 employees purchased 20 and 21 shares, respectively.

        The Company has a Stock Option Plan, through which the Company may issue incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. Incentive stock options granted to employees may not be granted at prices less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company's common stock at the date of option grant. Non-qualified stock options may be granted to employees, directors, advisors, consultants and other key persons of the Company at prices established at the date of grant, and may be less than the fair market value at the date of grant. All incentive stock options may be exercised at any time, after vesting, over a ten-year period subsequent to the date of grant. Incentive stock options generally vest over five years, with a 60% vesting occurring at the end of the third anniversary of the grant date, 20% at the end of the fourth anniversary of the grant date and 20% at the end of the fifth anniversary of the grant date. Non-qualified stock option vesting terms are established at the date of grant, but shall have a duration of not more than ten years.

        Following is a summary of the status of stock option programs during 1999, 2000 and 2001:

 
  Year Ended December 31,
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
  Number of
Shares

  Weighted
Exercise
Price

  Number of
Shares

  Weighted
Exercise
Price

  Number of
Shares

  Weighted
Exercise
Price

Outstanding, beginning of year   4,032   $ 1.31   2,183   $ 3.23   2,112   $ 9.56
  Granted   331     10.00   572     26.72   661     37.24
  Exercised   (2,170 )   0.83   (532 )   1.37   (320 )   1.84
  Forfeited   (10 )   6.51   (111 )   11.34   (89 )   32.23
   
       
       
     
Outstanding, end of year   2,183   $ 3.09   2,112   $ 9.56   2,364   $ 17.56
   
       
       
     
Options exercisable, end of year   838         817         788      
   
       
       
     
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the year       $ 4.25       $ 13.08       $ 17.04
       
     
     

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        The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2000:

 
   
  Outstanding Options
  Exercisable Options
Range of Option
Exercise Prices

  Number
Outstanding

  Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life

  Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

  Number
Exercisable

  Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

$ 0.28   58   2.9 years   $ 0.28   58   $ 0.28
$ 0.56   86   4.6 years     0.56   86     0.56
$ 0.92-  1.24   169   5.0 years     0.99   158     0.99
$ 1.49-  1.80   618   6.5 years     1.65   357     1.65
$ 2.46-  2.90   74   7.3 years     2.50   7     2.90
$ 4.44   297   7.6 years     4.44   142     4.44
$ 10.00-14.50   259   8.1 years     10.06   4     10.25
$ 15.02-15.56   11   3.9 years     15.07   3     15.02
$ 23.75-35.11   507   9.2 years     25.80      
$ 36.00-54.00   23   9.2 years     44.93   2     48.63
$ 54.59-65.44   10   9.9 years     57.70      
     
           
     
      2,112             817      
     
           
     

        The following summarizes information about stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2001:

 
   
  Outstanding Options
  Exercisable Options
Range of Option
Exercise Prices

  Number
Outstanding

  Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life

  Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

  Number
Exercisable

  Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

$ 0.06—  6.58   976   5.4 years   $ 2.23   776   $ 2.18
$ 6.59—13.12   253   7.2 years     10.03   4     10.25
$ 13.13—19.66   9   3.0 years     15.07   5     15.02
$ 19.67—26.20   505   8.6 years     24.56   0     0.00
$ 26.21—32.74   136   8.8 years     27.93   0     0.00
$ 32.75—39.27   88   9.0 years     34.61   0     0.00
$ 39.28—45.81   367   9.1 years     43.23   0     0.00
$ 45.82—52.35   23   8.5 years     48.80   3     48.62
$ 52.36—58.89   5   8.9 years     54.88   0     0.00
$ 58.90—65.44   2   9.0 years     65.44   0     0.00
     
           
     
      2,364             788      
     
           
     

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        The following are the shares of common stock reserved for issuance and the related exercise prices:

 
  December 31, 2000
  December 31, 2001
 
  Number of
Shares

  Exercise
Price per
Share

  Number of
Shares

  Exercise
Price per
Share

Employee Stock Option Plans   2,112   $ 0.28-$65.44   2,364   $ 0.28-$65.44
Employee Stock Purchase Plan   20   $ 17.90   21   $ 26.70
   
       
     
  Shares reserved for issuance   2,132         2,385      
   
       
     

        Under SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, compensation cost for stock option grants would be based on the fair value at the grant date, and the resulting compensation expense would be shown as an expense on the consolidated statements of operations. Had compensation cost for these plans been determined consistent with SFAS No. 123, the Company's net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the following pro-forma amounts:

 
  Year Ended December 31,
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
Net income:                  
  As reported   $ 13,774   $ 23,593   $ 34,394
  Pro forma   $ 13,469   $ 22,869   $ 32,369
Earnings per share:                  
  Basic as reported   $ 0.51   $ 0.78   $ 1.04
  Basic pro forma   $ 0.50   $ 0.75   $ 0.98
  Diluted as reported   $ 0.46   $ 0.74   $ 1.01
  Diluted pro forma   $ 0.45   $ 0.71   $ 0.95

        The per share weighted-average fair value of stock options granted is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions.

 
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
Expected Life (years):              
  ISO   4   4   4  
  Non-qualified   4   4   4  
Interest rate   5.04 % 6.48 % 4.39 %
Volatility   48.00 % 60.60 % 71.20 %
Dividend yield        

9. Employee Benefit Plan

        The Company maintains a savings and profit sharing plan under section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code covering all eligible employees. Employees must complete six months of service and be

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over 20.5 years of age as of the plan's entry dates. Participants may contribute up to 15% of their compensation, subject to IRS limitations. The Company currently makes matching contributions equal to 50% of the participant's contributions (up to a limit of 6% of the participant's compensation). In addition, the Company has reserved the right to make discretionary profit sharing contributions to employee accounts. The Company has made no discretionary profit sharing contributions. Employer matching contributions vest at a rate of 20% per year beginning after two years of participation in the plan. Employer matching contributions were $151, $272 and $436 for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

10. Lease Commitments

        The Company leases both facilities and equipment used in its operations and classifies those leases as operating leases following the provisions of SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases.

        The Company has a long-term operating lease for its Albany, New York office and laboratory facilities with a shareholder of the Company. The present lease commenced in December 1997 and expires in November 2007, with average monthly rental payments of $30. The lease contains a ten-year renewal option at the option of the Company, with six months' prior notice. The Company currently holds an option to purchase the property for $3,500 in November 2002. During the year ended December 31, 1999, the Company reserved the purchase option on the facility with a $1,000 deposit, which is included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The Company is responsible for paying the cost of utilities, operating costs, and increases in property taxes.

        The Company leases additional laboratory facilities under separate agreements with non-related parties. The Company also leases various equipment with terms ranging from three to five years.

        Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) as of December 31, 2001 are as follows:

 
  Related
Party

  Other
  Total
Year ending December 31                  
  2002   $ 649   $ 1,214   $ 1,863
  2003     649     897     1,546
  2004     649     692     1,341
  2005     649     503     1,152
  2006     649     511     1,160
  Thereafter     2,293     1,827     4,120

        Rental expense amounted to approximately $768, $1,048 and $1,635 during the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively. Included within rent expense was approximately $373, $275 and $275 that was paid to the aforementioned related party of the Company during the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

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11. Related Party Transactions

        (a)    Technology Development Incentive Plan

        In 1993, the Company adopted a Technology Development Incentive Plan to provide a method to stimulate and encourage novel innovative technology development. To be eligible to participate, the individual must be an employee of the Company and must be the inventor or co-inventor of novel technology that results in new revenues generated for, or by, the Company. Eligible participants will share in awards based on a percentage of the licensing, royalty or milestone revenue received by the Company, as defined by the Plan.

        In 1999, 2000 and 2001, the Company awarded Technology Incentive Compensation to the inventor of the terfenadine carboxylic acid metabolite technology. The inventor is a director, officer and shareholder of the Company. The amounts awarded and included in the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001 are $2,132, $2,921 and $4,165, respectively. Included in accrued compensation in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2000 and 2001 are unpaid Technology Development Incentive Compensation awards of $787 and $1,241, respectively.

        (b)    Lease Agreement

        As described in Note 10, the Company currently has a long-term operating lease for its Albany, New York office and laboratory facilities with a shareholder of the Company.

        (c)    Notes Receivable

        From time to time the Company makes loans to employees and officers of the Company in the form of notes receivable. The notes receivable and accrued interest will not be repaid to the Company provided the employee remains in the employ of the Company throughout the term of the loan. If employment is terminated prior to the end of the loan term, a pro-rata portion of the principal and interest shall be repaid to the Company.

        (d)    Telecommunication Services

        A member of the Company's board of directors is the Chief Executive Officer of one of the providers of telephone and internet services to the Company. This telecommunications company was paid $89 for services rendered to the Company in 2001.

12. Royalty & Licensing Arrangement

        On March 15, 1995, the Company entered into a License Agreement and a Stock Purchase Agreement with Marion Merrell Dow Inc., now part of Aventis, S.A. ("Aventis"). Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company sold 3,254 shares of the Company's common stock to Aventis for $2,000. Under the terms of the License Agreement, the Company granted Aventis an exclusive, worldwide license, with the right to grant sublicenses, upon the prior written consent of the Company, to any patents issued to the Company related to its original terfenadine carboxylic acid metabolite patent application. Terfenadine carboxylic acid metabolite is the active ingredient in the non-sedating antihistamine fexofenadine HCl, marketed as a prescription medicine by Aventis, under the brand names "Allegra" in the Americas and "Telfast" in the rest of the world. In return for the

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license, Aventis agreed to pay the Company up to $6,500 based upon the achievement of five patenting milestones and future royalties based on sales of fexofenadine HCl. The five patenting milestones consisted of:

    Issuance of a U.S. "Intermediate Process Claim";

    Issuance of a U.S. "Process Manufacturing Claim";

    Issuance of an ex-U.S. "Process Manufacturing Claim";

    Issuance of a U.S. "Substantially Pure Claim"; and

    Issuance of an ex-U.S. "Substantially Pure Claim." In October 1996, the Company was awarded a patent in Australia that satisfied the ex-U.S. "Process Manufacturing Claim" milestone. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the Company received a milestone payment and will receive a royalty on all sales of fexofenadine HCl in that country. Aventis began selling a product using fexofenadine HCl in January 1997 in Australia.

        In November 1996, the Company was awarded a U.S. patent that satisfied the U.S. "Substantially Pure Claim." However, under the terms of the Agreement, Aventis had the right to institute action to provoke an interference claim and, upon successfully doing so, was not obligated to pay any milestones or royalties until, and if, the interference was resolved in favor of the Company. In February 1998, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences rendered a decision that the Company was first to make the invention and confirming that the Company was properly awarded the aforementioned patent. Accordingly, in the first six months of 1998, the Company received and recognized the associated milestone payment and royalties on all sales of fexofenadine HCl (Allegra) in the United States from November 26, 1996 through December 31, 1997, as stipulated in the Agreement. The total payment was $6,300. Because of the decision that the Company was first to make the invention, the Company is entitled to receive royalties on all subsequent sales of fexofenadine HCl (Allegra) in the United States through the respective patent expiration in 2013.

        On December 1996, the PTO informed the Company that the Company's patent application containing a U.S. "Process Manufacturing Claim" was in interference with a patent application of Aventis. In May 1997, the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences rendered a decision that the Company was first to make the invention. Under the terms of the Agreement, no milestones or royalties are due to the Company until a patent is issued. Under the procedures of the PTO, a patent is not issued until the PTO publishes it. The patent was published in May 1998. Upon the patent publication, the Company was entitled to and did receive the milestone payment for a U.S. "Process Manufacturing Claim." Additionally, the Company is entitled to receive a royalty on worldwide sales of fexofenadine HCl (Allegra and Telfast) from the date of patent issuance until expiration of the patent in 2015.

        In January 1997, the Company was awarded a patent that satisfied the U.S. "Intermediate Process Claim" milestone. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the Company received a milestone payment. There are no royalties associated with this patent.

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        In July 1997, the Company was awarded a New Zealand patent that satisfied the ex-U.S. "Substantially Pure Claim" milestone. In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the Company received a milestone payment and will receive royalties on all sales of fexofenadine HCl (Telfast) in that country.

        Substantially all of the Company's license, milestone and royalty revenue is derived from milestones and royalties related to its patented fexofenadine HCl technology.

13. Concentration of Business

        For the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001, net contract revenue from the Company's three largest customers represented approximately 22%, 10% and 10% for 1999, 22%, 13% and 12% for 2000 and 18%, 14% and 10% for 2001, of total net contract revenue for such years, respectively. In the majority of circumstances, there are agreements in force with these entities that guarantee the Company's continued involvement in present research projects. However, there regularly exists the possibility that the Company will have no further association with these entities once these projects conclude.

        Net contract revenue by country, based on the location of the customer, and expressed as a percentage of total net contract revenue follows:

 
  Year Ended
December 30,

 
 
  1999
  2000
  2001
 
United States   89 % 93 % 93 %
Europe   10   6   4  
Other countries   1   1   3  
   
 
 
 
Total   100 % 100 % 100 %
   
 
 
 

        All significant long-lived assets of the Company are located within the United States.

14. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

        The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments is made in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 107, Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments. Although the estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in current market exchanges.

        The Company is estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments using the following methods and assumptions:

        Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, receivables, and accounts payable: The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximate their fair value because of the short maturities of these instruments.

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        Investment securities, available-for-sale: As disclosed in note 4, investment securities, available-for-sale are estimated based on quoted market prices at the balance sheet date.

        Equity investment in unconsolidated affiliate and subordinated debenture bond from unconsolidated affiliate: The fair value of the Organichem investment is not readily determinable as the company is privately held. At December 31, 2001, management estimates that the fair value of the convertible subordinated debenture from Organichem approximates the carrying value of $16,273.

        Long-term Debt: The carrying value of long-term debt was approximately $125 and $5,726 at December 31, 2000 and 2001, respectively. Management estimates that the fair value of long-term debt was approximately $125 and $5,726 at December 31, 2000 and 2001, respectively, based upon interest rates available to the Company for issuance of similar debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.

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15. Selected Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (unaudited)

        The following tables present unaudited consolidated financial data, as restated to reflect the EnzyMed merger discussed in Note 2, for each quarter of 1999, 2000 and 2001:

 
  First
Quarter

  Second
Quarter

  Third
Quarter

  Fourth
Quarter

1999                        
Net contract revenue   $ 4,587   $ 5,145   $ 5,641   $ 6,654
Gross profit     1,985     2,217     2,404     2,930
Milestones and royalties     4,184     5,850     5,848     5,562
Income from operations     3,878     5,457     5,535     5,278
Net income     2,580     3,712     3,815     3,667
Net income per share:                        
  Basic   $ 0.10   $ 0.14   $ 0.14   $ 0.13
Diluted   $ 0.09   $ 0.12   $ 0.13   $ 0.12

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Net contract revenue   $ 7,833   $ 8,834   $ 9,890   $ 10,820
Gross profit     3,447     3,896     4,384     4,808
Milestones and royalties     5,680     7,744     7,469     8,333
Income from operations     6,240     8,431     8,650     9,102
Net income     4,418     5,862     5,826     7,487
Net income per share:                        
  Basic   $ 0.15   $ 0.20   $ 0.20   $ 0.23
  Diluted   $ 0.14   $ 0.19   $ 0.19   $ 0.22

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Net contract revenue   $ 12,405   $ 13,594   $ 14,653   $ 16,160
Gross profit     5,505     6,092     6,565     7,226
Milestones and royalties     8,760     10,648     9,918     12,349
Income from operations     9,889     11,764     11,407     13,354
Net income     7,745     8,868     8,480     9,301
Net income per share:                        
  Basic   $ 0.24   $ 0.27   $ 0.26   $ 0.28
  Diluted   $ 0.23   $ 0.26   $ 0.25   $ 0.27

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

        The information appearing under the captions "Independent Accountants" in the Company's definitive proxy statement relating to the annual meeting of stockholders to be held May 24, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.


PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.

        The information appearing under the captions "Directors and Executive Officers" and "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in the Company's definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 24, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

        The information appearing under the captions "Executive Compensation—Summary Compensation,—Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation, and—Agreements with Named Executive Officers," and "Information Regarding Directors—The Board of Directors and its Committees" in the Company's definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 24, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.

        The information appearing under the caption "Principal and Management Stockholders" in the Company's definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 24, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

        The information appearing under the caption "Certain Transactions" in the Company's definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 24, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.


PART IV

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

    (a)
    Financial Statements.

(1)
Financial Statements

        The consolidated financial statements and notes are listed under Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

        Index to Consolidated Financial Statements.

    (a)
    Consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2000 and 2001.

    (b)
    Consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

    (c)
    Consolidated statements of stockholders' equity and comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

    (d)
    Consolidated statements of cash flows for the Years Ended December 31, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

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    (e)
    Notes to consolidated financial statements.

(2)
Financial Statement Schedules

        The following financial schedule of Albany Molecular Research, Inc. is included in this annual report on Form 10-K.

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

        Schedules other than that which is listed above have been omitted since they are either not required, are not applicable, or the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or related notes.

(3)
Exhibits

        Exhibits are as set forth in the "Index to Exhibits" which follows the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and immediately precedes the exhibits filed.

    (b)
    Reports on Form 8-K.

        None.

    (c)
    Exhibits.

        The Company hereby files as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K the Exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index on pages 65 through 67 of this Annual Report.

    (d)
    Financial Statement Schedules.

        The Company hereby files as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K the financial statement schedule listed in Item 14(a)(2) set forth above.

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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.

    ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.

DATED: APRIL 1, 2002

 

By:

/s/  
THOMAS E. D'AMBRA, PH.D.      
Thomas E. D'Ambra, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/  THOMAS E. D'AMBRA, PH.D.      
Thomas E. D'Ambra, Ph.D.
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   April 1, 2002

/s/  
DAVID P. WALDEK      
David P. Waldek

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

April 1, 2002

/s/  
DONALD E. KUHLA, PH.D.      
Donald E. Kuhla, Ph.D.

 

President, Chief Operating Officer and Director

 

April 1, 2002

/s/  
CHESTER J. OPALKA      
Chester J. Opalka

 

Director

 

April 1, 2002

/s/  
ANTHONY M. TARTAGLIA, M.D.      
Anthony M. Tartaglia, M.D.

 

Director

 

April 1, 2002

/s/  
FRANK W. HAYDU, III      
Frank W. Haydu, III

 

Director

 

April 1, 2002

/s/  
KEVIN O'CONNOR      
Kevin O'Connor

 

Director

 

April 1, 2002

/s/  
SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON, PH.D.      
Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.

 

Director

 

April 1, 2002

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ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC.
SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Years Ended December 31, 1999, December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001

Description

  Balance at
Beginning of
Period

  Charged to Cost
and Expenses

  Charged to Other
Accounts

  Deductions
Charged to
Reserves

  Balance at
End of
Period

Allowance for doubtful accounts                            
  1999       $ 165,208     $ (55,208 ) $ 110,000
  2000   $ 110,000             $ 110,000
  2001   $ 110,000   $ 200,000     $ (92,000 ) $ 218,000

Note receivable reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  1999   $ 84,000             $ 84,000
  2000   $ 84,000         $ (43,723 ) $ 40,277
  2001   $ 40,277             $ 40,277

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.

  Description


  2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 19, 2000, by and between the Company and NCE Acquisition Corp., New Chemical Entities, Inc. and Certain Stockholders Thereof (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 25, 2000, File No. 000-25323).

  2.2

 

Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 21, 1999 by and among the Company, Organichem Corporation and the other parties named therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 21, 1999, File No. 000-25323).

  2.3

 

Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 21, 1999, by and among the Company and Organichem Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated December 21, 1999 and filed on January 5, 2000, File No. 000-25323).

  3.1

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

  3.2

 

Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

  4.1

 

Specimen certificate for shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.1

 

Lease dated as of October 9, 1992, as amended, by and between the Company and Hoffman Enterprises (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795) ).

10.2

 

1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.3

 

Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Option Plan of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.4

 

1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.5

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and each of its directors (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.6

 

License Agreement dated March 15, 1995 by and between the Company and Marion Merrell Dow Inc. (now Aventis, S.A.) (excluding certain portions which have been omitted as indicated based upon an order for confidential treatment, but which have been filed separately with the Commission) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

 

 

 


10.7

 

Principles of Cooperation Between Albany Molecular Research and Cambrex Corporation dated February 1, 1997 by and between the Company and Cambrex Corporation (excluding certain portions which have been omitted as indicated based upon an order for confidential treatment, but which have been filed separately with the Commission) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.8

 

Agreement dated December 16, 1997 by and between the Company and Eli Lilly and Company (excluding certain portions which have been omitted as indicated based upon an order for confidential treatment, but which have been filed separately with the Commission) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.9

 

Technology Development Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.10

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and Thomas E. D'Ambra, Ph.D. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

10.11

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and Harold Meckler, Ph.D. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

10.12

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and Michael P. Trova, Ph.D. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

10.13

 

Form of Employee Innovation, Proprietary Information and Post-Employment Activity Agreement between the Company and each of its executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

10.15

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and Donald E. Kuhla, Ph.D. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

10.16

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and Lawrence D. Jones, Ph.D. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

10.17

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and David P. Waldek (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, File No. 000-25323).

10.18

 

Employment Agreement between the Company and James J. Grates (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, File No. 000-25323).

10.19

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of June 29, 1998, by and between the Company and Fleet National Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, File No. 000-25323).

10.20

 

Amendment to Agreements, dated as of February 8, 1999, by and between the Company and Fleet National Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, File No. 000-25323).

 

 

 


10.21

 

Restated and Revised Lease Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1999, between the University at Albany Foundation and the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, File No. 000-25323).

10.22

 

Amended and Restated Technology Development Incentive Plan (confidential treatment has been requested as to certain portions of this Exhibit).

21.1

 

Subsidiaries of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-58795)).

23.1

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herewith).

23.2

 

Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).



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Report of Independent Accountants
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PART III
PART IV
SIGNATURES
ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH, INC. SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Years Ended December 31, 1999, December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001
EXHIBIT INDEX