10-K/A 1 d10ka.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-K/A

 

Amendment No. 1

 


 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the fiscal year ended: June 30, 2005

 

OR

 

¨ 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 001-15971

 


 

Memry Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   06-1084424

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3 Berkshire Blvd., Bethel, CT   06801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 739-1100

 


 

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

 

Title of each class


 

Name of each exchange on which registered


Common Stock, par value $.01 per share   American Stock Exchange

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 


 

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  x    No  ¨

 

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.  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

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

 

The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $47,934,000 on December 31, 2004 based upon the closing trade price of $2.07 on that date and based on the assumption, for purposes of this computation only, that all of the registrant’s directors and officers are affiliates.

 

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock as of September 21, 2005 was 28,697,866.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

 

None.

 



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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Memry Corporation (referred to herein as “Memry” or the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 is being filed to amend and restate Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September 27, 2005 (the “Original Filing”).

 

This report continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing and the Company has not updated the disclosures in this report to speak of any later date. While this report primarily relates to the historical period covered, events may have taken place since the date of the Original Filing that might have been reflected in this report if they had taken place prior to the Original Filing. All information contained in this Amendment No. 1 is subject to updating and supplementing as provided in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the date of such reports.


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Memry Corporation

For The Year Ended June 30, 2005

 

Index

 

         Page

Part I.

        
Item 1.   Business    1
Item 2.   Properties    11
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings    11
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    12
Part II.         
Item 5.   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities    12
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data    13
Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    14
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    25
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    25
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    26
Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures    26
Item 9B.   Other Information    26
Part III.         
Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant    26
Item 11.   Executive Compensation    30
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters    36
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions    39
Item 14.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services    39
Part IV.         
Item 15.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules    40
Signatures        44


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PART I.

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Memry Corporation (referred to herein as “Memry” or the “Company”) was incorporated in 1981. Memry’s product lines consist of shape memory alloys (“SMAs”) and specialty polymer-extrusion products. Both products provide design, engineering, development and manufacturing services to the medical device and other industries using the Company’s proprietary shape memory alloy and polymer-extrusion technologies. Medical device products include stent components, catheter components, guidewires, laparoscopic surgical sub-assemblies and orthopedic instruments. The Company’s commercial and industrial products consist of semi-finished materials and components. The Company also provides engineering services to assist customers in the development of products based on the properties of shape memory alloys and extruded polymers.

 

On November 9, 2004, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Putnam Plastics Company LLC (“Putnam Plastics Company”), completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumed selected liabilities of Putnam Plastics Corporation (the “Putnam Acquisition”) and incorporated its operations as a wholly-owned subsidiary, Putnam Plastics Company (The term “Putnam” is used herein to refer to the business operated by Putnam Plastic Corporation prior to the Putnam Acquisition and Putnam Plastics Company thereafter). Putnam is one of the nation’s leading, specialty polymer-extrusion companies serving the medical device, laser, fiber-optic, automotive and industrial markets. Its primary products are complex, multi-lumen, multi-layer extrusions used for guide wires, catheter shafts, delivery systems and various other interventional medical procedures. Putnam’s products are known for their complex configurations, multiple material construction and innovative designs. Putnam also is well known for its ability to manufacture to tight tolerances.

 

The Company conducts its operations from its three operating facilities located in Bethel, Connecticut, Menlo Park, California and the Putnam facility in Dayville, Connecticut. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 3 Berkshire Blvd., Bethel, Connecticut 06801, and its telephone number at such address is (203) 739-1100.

 

TECHNOLOGY

 

SMAs. SMAs are advanced materials which possess the ability to change their shape in response to thermal and mechanical changes, and the ability to return to their original shape following deformations from which conventional materials cannot recover. These abilities result from the transformation of the crystalline structure of the SMA in reaction to thermal and mechanical changes. As a result of the crystalline structure changes, SMAs are also able to produce forces many times greater than those produced by conventional materials.

 

The major defining properties of the SMAs with which the Company works are “super elasticity” and “thermal shape memory.” Currently the predominant SMA utilized by the Company is a nickel-titanium alloy commonly referred to as nitinol. The mechanical properties that can be engineered into nitinol-based devices permit innovative product designs that presently would be difficult or impossible to replicate with other materials. Unlike ordinary metal, certain SMAs are capable of fully recovering their shape after being deformed as much as six to eight percent, and of performing this recovery on a repeated basis. This is more than ten times the recovery ability of ordinary metals. This “super elasticity” feature has applications for surgical instruments and devices, orthodontic apparatus, cellular telephone antennae, and other devices. Thermal recovery applications typically involve instances where a device is controlled or actuated in response to a pre-determined thermal change. Examples of such uses include heat activated coupling or sealing devices, valve actuation systems, and thermally actuated mechanical systems. The majority of today’s commercial applications involve the use of the materials’ “super elastic” properties.

 

Specialty polymer-extrusion. Extrusion is the technology of forcing molten plastic through a metal die to form a predetermined shape. The extrusion process is a continuous process as opposed to injection molding which is commonly a batch process. Standard polymer extrusions are most commonly single lumen, single material constructs that require very basic, very common technology to produce and are often produced in very large quantities at commodity pricing. Specialty polymer extrusions can be categorized by their complex configurations, multiple material construction and their unique design.

 

Putnam’s unique set of capabilities allow the fabrication of multi-layered tubes (co-extrusions in which at least two materials are extruded simultaneously), Total Intermittent Extrusions (“T.I.E.™”) in which one tube can be extruded in such a fashion as to allow rigid-to-soft handling characteristics in one extrusion, thermoset polyimide tubing which offers superior mechanical, electrical and thermal properties, braided tubing where metal or polyester wires can be extruded into a tubing wall to provide unique handling properties, and multi-lumen tubing in which multiple lumens may be created within one outer wall to allow for multiple fluids to flow through one tubing construct.

 

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MARKETS

 

The vast majority of the Company’s product lines, both SMA’s and extruded polymers, are sold to the medical device industry. A small amount of product is sold into non-medical markets.

 

Medical Device Industry. Although the Company has expertise in a variety of SMAs, the Company utilizes primarily the super elastic characteristic of nitinol for medical device applications. The value of nitinol’s super elastic characteristics in the medical device sector is its ability to provide ease of access and delivery of sophisticated medical devices. In addition, nitinol is kink resistant, exerts a constancy of force, is biocompatible (non-toxic) and is non-ferromagnetic, thereby allowing the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on patients with nitinol-based implants. Because of these unique characteristics, nitinol has become integral to the design of a variety of new medical products, notably for peripheral vascular and non-vascular stents, guidewires and catheters, urological products and orthopedic devices.

 

Vascular endoprostheses, so-called stents, are small tubular scaffolding keeping recanalized vessels open or, for covered stents or stent grafts, preventing aneurysmatic vessels from enlarging and potentially rupturing. Stents are placed endoluminally in the vessel using catheter-based delivery systems. Once deployed, stents exert a radial force against the walls of the vessel to enable these lumens to remain open and functional. A number of different stent designs, materials and delivery systems, with varying characteristics, are currently available, in clinical studies or under development. The most prevalent stent designs are either lattice tubes made via laser cutting or wire-based stents.

 

Stents have emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the medical device market and have led to significant advances in interventional cardiology, radiology and endovascular surgery. Stents are used increasingly as adjuncts or alternatives to a variety of endoluminal procedures because it is believed they are beneficial to overall patient outcome and may, over time, reduce total treatment costs. From its infancy in 1990, the stent market has grown to estimated worldwide sales of approximately $3.5 billion in 2002 and is forecast by Reuters to exceed $5 billion by 2007, with the projected increase mainly fueled by drug-eluting stents. The vast majority of stents are currently utilized in the treatment of coronary artery disease and are made primarily of stainless steel or cobalt chrome alloys. Coronary stents are normally deployed through the expansion of a balloon on a catheter-based delivery system with a second balloon frequently used to further expand the stent. The Company does not currently process or market stainless steel or cobalt chrome stents.

 

Because of their unequaled large expansion ratio, crush resistance, and ease of deployment, self expanding nitinol stents are expected to capture a large portion of the peripheral vasculature stent market. This market includes the endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aneurysms. Self-expanding nitinol stents are typically deployed via balloonless catheter-based delivery systems constraining the stent under a sheath that is subsequently withdrawn to allow the stent elastic expansion against the vessel walls. The Company is an active participant in the processing and marketing of nitinol peripheral stent components.

 

Guidewires and/or catheters, in this context, refer to tubes or wires inserted into a vessel for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. The guidewires and/or catheters can be used in the delivery of medical devices, drugs or stents. Because of the super elastic characteristic, together with other attributes of nitinol described above, nitinol is replacing stainless steel as the material of choice in many of these instruments.

 

The use of nitinol in the orthopedic marketplace utilizes both the super elastic and shape memory characteristics of the material, depending upon the application. This market can be segregated into two product classifications, implantables and tools/instrumentation. Implantable devices which benefit from the properties of nitinol range from bone staples, which utilize the shape memory properties of the material in total joints or trauma surgeries to reduce and ultimately enable repair of fractures, to fixation devices which utilize the super elastic characteristics of nitinol. The super elastic characteristics of nitinol enhance the capabilities of arthroscopic surgery by providing additional flexibility in the tools and instrumentation. This additional flexibility is also valuable in spinal fusion devices and replacement products.

 

A wide range of retrieval devices, stents, and catheters for use in the urological marketplace are further enhanced by the super elastic characteristics of nitinol. Flexibility and placement options, heretofore extremely difficult or impossible to obtain utilizing current materials, are now much more readily accessible through the design inclusion of nitinol. Multifaceted assemblies, made from either nitinol wire or laser cut nitinol tubing in the form of baskets, graspers, or coils, are less invasive and less traumatic to the system due to the increased flexibility and pre-set response temperatures made possible by the properties of this alloy.

 

Memry currently produces the wire, strip and tubing that are used to fabricate guidewires, catheters, stents, urological and orthopedic components and increasingly provides completed sub assemblies to medical device companies, as well as other surgical and diagnostic instrument components.

 

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In addition, Putnam is one of the nation’s leading specialty polymer extrusion companies serving the medical device industry. Although still considered a niche market, the field of specialty polymers continues to expand rapidly as more refined technologies from companies such as Putnam emerge as realistic alternatives to in-house technologies at the large medical device companies. Putnam is able to make catheter tubing that needs multiple, co-extruded materials and requires precise control of all dimensions. Co-extruded polyimide is also used in applications that require precise tolerances and high mechanical requirements.

 

In fiscal 2005, sales to medical device companies accounted for approximately 94% of consolidated revenues and sales to non-medical device companies accounted for the additional 6%.

 

Non-Medical Markets. The non-medical industry sectors served by the Memry nitinol product line include primarily the telecommunications, aerospace/defense and automotive industries. While the success of nitinol products in the medical device industry is typically derived from the super elastic characteristics of nitinol, applications in these industrial sectors employ both the super elastic and the shape memory characteristics of nitinol. Although the development cycles in these industries, particularly aerospace/defense and automotive, are longer than those of the medical device sector, once the product is adopted it typically provides for larger volume demand, is more easily leveraged into other customers, and does not suffer from strict regulatory requirements.

 

Examples of such products the Company currently provides to these markets include sealing devices, actuators and fasteners. Memry currently sells heat actuated sealing devices used in diesel engine fuel injection systems to maintain air pressure. Fasteners are products that also employ the characteristics of shape memory to hold or couple two pieces of wire and/or metal together. A super elastic nitinol wire is sold as the element wire in retractable antennae for portable cellular telephones. It has superior durability and quickly recovers its straight shape when bending stresses are removed. The super elasticity effect helps to avoid kinking and deformation.

 

Putnam has also leveraged its brand name into non-medical sectors including the fiber-optic and automotive industries. For the fiber-optic market, Putnam produces a fiber conduit co-extruded from special polymers that allows customers to blow fibers several hundred feet within the walls of a building during network installation. Putnam also supplies a coated wire that is used as a hinge box for automobile parts such as a center glove box in the automotive industry.

 

OPERATIONS

 

The Company conducts its SMA business through its manufacturing facilities in Menlo Park, California and Bethel, Connecticut. Located in Menlo Park, California, the west coast facility produces semi-finished SMAs in two basic forms: wire and tube. This facility also provides added value to its tubular product through laser processing, shape setting and polishing procedures resulting in the delivery of finished stent components, as well as certain other value-added activities. Memry’s east coast manufacturing operations, located in the same facility as the Company’s corporate headquarters in Bethel, Connecticut, processes wire into semi-finished strip, and produces formed components and value-added sub-assemblies, predominantly based on wire and strip-based SMAs. The microcoil and guidewire components utilized in various medical procedures are fabricated and supplied from the Company’s eastern operations in Bethel, Connecticut.

 

The Putnam facility is located in Dayville, Connecticut. Processes in the facility include polymer-extrusion, co-extrusion, braiding, and sheathing. The facility also includes a secondary operations department, which offers a wide variety of services including, tube grinding, printing, hole-punching, tipping, and insert molding.

 

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

 

Shape Memory Alloys

 

Beta-Titanium Alloy. Memry announced during fiscal 2002 that it had received a patent for a new nickel-free titanium alloy. The new alloy contains small amounts of molybdenum, aluminum, vanadium and niobium. The Company believes it is the first nickel-free titanium alloy that is also super elastic and exhibits shape recovery properties. Memry believes the new alloy may offer advantages over existing materials in a variety of applications, including eyewear, orthodontia and orthopedic devices. If the Company is successful in developing commercial applications for this material, it is likely that a combination of licensing and in-house processing of the material in semi-finished form will be employed to realize value from the alloy.

 

Semi-Finished Materials. Raw nitinol material from specialty alloy suppliers is processed into various shapes and sizes and referred to as “semi-finished” materials. These materials, characterized generally as wire, strip or tubing, are sold to customers in standard configurations, processed further to meet specific customer specifications, or serve as the starting material for the formed components produced by the Company.

 

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Wire. Memry’s nitinol wire products are sold as standard products, available in a variety of sizes, produced in non-standard sizes, to meet specific customer requirements, and used as the precursor to a formed component. Memry produces wire with a diameter ranging from .004 to .250 inches. In addition, the Company may apply a variety of finishing techniques, depending on customer specifications, including such steps as polishing or coating. Applications for the Company’s wire products include cellular phone antennae, guidewires, endodontic files and needles.

 

Strip. The Company’s nitinol strip is sold in standard dimensions, as well as custom sizes as specified by the customer. Memry produces strip with a thickness ranging from .001 to .01 inches and a width ranging from five to twenty times the thickness. The majority of the strip product, however, serves as the starting material for formed components made by Memry. Example applications include the strip sold to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) for wrapping around catheters for reinforcement of drainage catheters and biopsy forceps.

 

Tube. Nitinol tubing, or micro-tubing as it is sometimes called, is likewise sold in standard or customized sizes. Memry produces tubes with an outside diameter ranging from .012 to .205 inches and an outside diameter to internal diameter ratio from 1.15 to 1.70. Tubes are typically used in applications requiring flexible shafts, pushability and torqueability. Examples of such applications include stents, catheters, delivery guides, needles, MRI instruments and surgical instruments.

 

Formed Components. Formed components are typically non-standard products. Formed components are made by taking the semi-finished materials and further processing them by bending, kinking, stamping, crimping, laser cutting, electropolishing, etc., into specific forms as specified by customers. Examples of applications for formed components include the bending or arching of wire for use as orthodontic braces, helical and strip actuators, micro coils, patented locking rings for electronic connectors, enabling components of medical instruments (particularly stent structures), and sealing components. Memry recently expanded its secondary operations capability with the addition of equipment that provide grinding, tipping and coating services. The Company currently uses these capabilities in the production of guidewire and occlusion devices. Also recently added was wire EDM which is being utilized in the production of female incontinence components and bypass anchors.

 

Sub-Assemblies. Memry manufactures and sells value-added sub-assemblies to OEMs, principally in the medical device field. This is done by taking the semi-finished materials and/or formed components produced by Memry and combining or assembling them with other products that have been outsourced by Memry to form a larger component or “sub-assembly” of the OEMs’ finished product. Memry combines its SMA expertise with additional manufacturing and process knowledge and third-party supply chain management to cost-effectively produce a sub-assembled product for OEMs. The single largest portion of Memry’s eastern business is selling assemblies and components to United States Surgical Corporation (“USSC”), a division of Tyco Healthcare Group, LP (“Tyco”), and other medical industry OEMs. The primary item sold by Memry to USSC is a SMA sub-assembly used by USSC for endoscopic instruments. The use of super elastic SMAs allows the instruments to be constrained outside the body, inserted into the body in its constrained form through small passages, to then take a different shape while inside the body, and then to return to their constrained shape for removal. The primary value-added product produced by the Company’s Menlo Park operations are finished stent rings utilized by Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in their AneuRx AAA stent graft product.

 

Engineering Services. Memry is engaged in reimbursable development projects in which the Company designs, manufactures and sells prototype components and products to customers. Memry is currently working on a number of programs to develop SMA components for OEM customer’s products. The Company will accept customer-sponsored development contracts when management believes that the customer is likely to order a successfully developed component or product in sufficient quantity to justify the allocation of the engineering resources necessary. Generally under such programs, the identity of the customer is confidential; the data, inventions, patents and intellectual property rights which specifically relate to the SMA component are either owned by the customer, or, in several instances, shared between the Company and the customer; and data, inventions, patents, and intellectual property rights pertaining to the SMA technology that do not specifically relate to the customer’s product are owned by the Company.

 

Specialty Polymer-Extrusion

 

Co-extrusion. Putnam manufactures a variety of co-extruded tubing for a variety of medical tubing applications. Co-extrusion is the simultaneous extrusion of two materials that form two distinct layers in one tube. The layers can be different materials where each material brings a set of distinct properties to the tube. Some of the applications require a stiff inside material to increase burst strength and a flexible exterior material to maintain flexibility

 

T.I.E.™. T.I.E. tubing is manufactured with a unique patented process which enables engineers to design a product with continuously extruded rigid-to-soft tubing. Also available in multi-lumen, this can reduce the cost of manufacturing compared to

 

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standard bonding technology. The soft tip can be made in a different color than the shaft for recognition purposes. This tubing is available in many thermoplastic materials, including polyurethane and Pebax®. Most conventional tubes are either rigid or soft throughout and do not offer this important property.

 

Thermoset Polyimide Tubing. Putnam offers thin walled thermoset polyimide tubing and wire coatings. Polyimide tubing is manufactured to extremely close dimensions while insuring exceptional performance. It has standard interior diameter range from .006 to .080 inches and standard wall thickness from .0005 to .006 inches. Polyimide may also be co-extruded with other polymers such as Peek, Polyurethane, Nylon 11-12, Pebax® and various other materials. Polyimide has superior mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. It is strong, flexible, non-corrosive and chemically inert.

 

Single Lumen. A single lumen tube is a tube having a specified inner diameter, from .005 to .7 inches, outer diameter, from .01 to .85 inches or wall thickness, down to .0015 inches.

 

Multi-Lumen. A multi-lumen tube is an extrusion that contains two or more lumens within a single outer wall. Each of the lumens can be a different size or shape. Multi-lumen tubing can have up to 15 lumens and a variety of materials and compounds can been extruded and a specific lumen can be lined with a different material.

 

Taper/Bump. Tapered tubing is a continuous extruded tube consisting of several inside and outside diameters. Typically, the tubing can have a large straight bore diameter tapering to a smaller diameter. Transitions can be controlled to a specific taper length going from small to large diameter and vice versa. Additionally, transitions can be small (1.25 inches) or occur over a very long length, such as 60 inches.

 

Braided Reinforced Tubing. Putnam offers braiding capability in many polymers and is available in 16- or 24- wire configurations. Braiding wires vary from .0005 by .002 to .003 by .012 inches flat stainless steel and is also available is round wires. The braid can be wound with various spacings of the wire. By changing several factors during the braiding process, the characteristics of the tube can be altered to fit performance requirements. Braided catheter tubing is available in 2-10 French range in nylon, polyurethane and a variety of other polymers, radiopaque and natural. Braid reinforced tubing is used in angioplasty, diagnostic and guiding catheters. Its advantages over non-reinforced tubing include: increased burst strength for higher injection pressures; increased pushability, for the ability to pass more tortious lesions; and increased torquability, for better hub to tip response.

 

Wire Coating. Putnam can coat many types of wire with a variety of polymers. Wires as small as .002 and as big as .2 inches are coated on a regular basis. Polyimide coatings are available for electrical properties. Fluoropolymer coatings are used for electrical and low friction applications. Wires can also be extruded into the wall of multi-lumen tubing. Putnam is currently working with engineers from Memry’s Bethel facility to apply a polymer coating to a nitinol wire, part of a larger effort to develop a coated guidewire.

 

STRATEGY

 

The Company’s strategy has several components which support each other. The overall objective of the Company is to become a leading supplier of components and sub-assemblies to the medical device industry. Memry is focused specifically on providing high value-added solutions to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases utilizing less-invasive technologies and procedures. A key component of this strategy is to maintain the Company’s leadership position in the provision and processing of SMAs and specialty polymer-extrusion by strengthening their position in SMA and leveraging, strengthening and growing the specialty polymer-extrusion business. This will require Memry to continue developing the relevant technology and also to become a very efficient and cost effective manufacturer. A second element of the strategy is to diversify and expand the Company’s revenue base by providing additional products and services. This will enable Memry to attract new customers and to expand our business with our existing customer base.

 

A third element of the strategy is to obtain value from the Company’s body of intellectual property through licensing, joint ventures, or sales of technology. Finally, Memry is continuing to explore the possibility of expanding the Company’s product and service offerings through acquisitions, such as Putnam, joint ventures, and/or investments. Each of these strategic elements will be further described below.

 

Maintain leadership position in Shape Memory Alloys and Specialty Polymer-Extrusion

 

Strengthen position in Shape Memory Alloys. Memry’s core business remains focused on its expertise in shape memory alloys, particularly nitinol, with the objective of sustaining growth in both the medical and non-medical markets. Because of the innovative nature of the medical device industry, however, the Company has found the return on invested development resources to

 

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be most attractive in the medical device sector. The Company therefore focuses the majority of its engineering and manufacturing expertise on the development of products for the medical device markets, where the properties provided by SMAs provide significant performance advantages or, in many cases, represent the enabling component of the medical device.

 

In cases where non-medical customers support the engineering and process development expense and there is strategic interest on the part of Memry, however, the Company will also undertake the development of non-medical applications. In addition, the Company has in the past applied, and anticipates in the future to apply, advancements made in the development of medical devices to applications in the lower margin, higher volume non-medical sectors where customers are not supporting development activities.

 

In order to continue to advance the Company’s leadership position in SMAs, the Company continues to implement the following initiatives:

 

Advancing Processing Expertise and Quality Assurance. Nitinol is a non-linear material, which makes it a very difficult material to process. Memry believes that one of its competitive advantages is its ability to effectively process this material. One of these processes is the production of tubes used primarily in the production of stents. The Company believes that this process, proprietary to the Company, will provide Memry with an advantage over competitors with regard to product quality and cost for selected products when it is fully implemented. Memry has underway a number of process enhancement initiatives designed to enhance both the current manufacturing processes and Memry’s competitive position, some of which are intended to result in new patent applications. Because many of the materials produced by Memry are used in medical devices, the product quality requirements placed on Memry by its customers are high. Both of Memry’s U.S. manufacturing facilities are ISO 9001:2000 certified.

 

Modernizing Manufacturing Capabilities. To meet growing demand, particularly in the medical device market for the production of nitinol stents and other components, the Company has committed to optimizing the manufacturing efficiency of its current facilities and expects to invest between $1.5 million and $2.5 million in capital equipment and facility improvements in the SMA product line in fiscal 2006.

 

Modifying Manufacturing Operations. To accommodate the growing capacity requirements of the Company’s core medical OEM customer business, and to increase the efficiency of operation, the Company will continue to analyze the optimum manufacturing strategy for the Company, including which Memry facility should house each operation and what role outsourcing will play in overall operations. All critical technology development will be coordinated by the Company’s Office of Technology, located in Connecticut.

 

Leverage, strengthen and grow the Specialty Polymer-Extrusion product line. The Putnam Acquisition was an important step in achieving the Company’s primary strategic objective of becoming a leading supplier of components and sub-assemblies to the medical device industry. To continue to grow the specialty polymer-extrusion product line, the Company has set the following objectives:

 

Expand secondary operations. The Company will continue to grow the specialty polymer-extrusion product line by focusing on plastic related secondary operations such as insert molding, tipping, hole punching and grinding. The Company believes expanding secondary operations will allow Putnam to provide a broader scope of services and deliver more complete components and sub-assemblies. Expanding product and engineering capabilities is very important to medical device companies which are trying to increase their own efficiencies by reducing the number of their suppliers.

 

Process Improvement. The Company is committed to investing in Putnam’s manufacturing operations to improve efficiency, shorten lead times on new products, and improve overall quality. Success in these efforts will increase customer satisfaction and generate cost savings for the Company

 

Synergy with nitinol products. Currently, the Company is introducing a guidewire product to the market that utilizes a Memry nitinol wire with a Putnam plastic jacket. In addition, the Company is developing a nitinol braided kink-resistant catheter that will utilize Putnam’s polymer braiding technology. Success in these and other on-going joint development efforts will allow our customers to consolidate vendors, simplify their supply chain, and reduce costs. In addition, with the capability to manufacture both plastic and SMA components, the Company can be considered a secondary source for a broader range of customers who might want to minimize their supply risk.

 

Provide new products and services

 

Diversify and expand the Company’s revenue base. The medical device industry has been undergoing significant change over the last few years. As part of that change, many of the larger participants have recognized that their competitive differentiation comes from two key elements: device design and product marketing. These are the core competencies in which successful medical

 

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device companies excel and on which many medical device companies are focusing their resources. As a result, industry participants are looking to outsource to other companies with specialized expertise, some of the other essential parts of the business; especially engineering incorporating advanced material technologies and manufacturing processes. These factors have resulted in a growing trend towards outsourcing in the medical device industry, impacting the full breadth of the manufacturing cycle from material engineering to final product assembly.

 

The market drivers for the outsourcing trend include increased competitive pressures, a need to shorten the device development cycle, and efficient use of resources.

 

Memry believes that it can address the market opportunity created by these changes in the medical device industry. By combining a strong advanced materials technological capability to assist medical device companies with engineering skills that address issues involving the characteristics of SMAs and specialty polymer-extrusion as well as developing cost effective, high quality manufacturing processes and supply chain relationships, Memry believes that it can alleviate these issues for its OEM customers.

 

In order to expand on this “fully-integrated” service concept, the Company has implemented the following:

 

Increasing Engineering Service Capabilities. Memry possesses significant expertise in the characterization and performance variables of various SMAs and specialty polymer-extrusion products. This expertise is often critical in the design of medical devices. Although Memry has in the past actively participated in the design of OEM customer products, the Company has a program to clearly characterize and communicate to customers both the Company’s capabilities and the terms and conditions under which the Company will contract to assist existing and potential customers through these services. In addition, it has increased the scope of service to the medical device market by adding sophisticated surface chemistry treatments.

 

Processing Additional Formed Components. Over the past several years, the Company has taken advantage of additional opportunities in the market to increase its business of processing semi-finished material into formed components. For instance in fiscal 2005, the Company significantly increased its shipments of microcoil and guidewire assemblies. The Company anticipates that it will continue to focus its resources on seeking additional customers for existing component concepts and new opportunities for its semi-finished material.

 

Obtain value from intellectual property

 

Over the years, Memry has developed a considerable amount of intellectual property (“IP”). Some of it is in the form of patents, other in the form of trade secrets and know-how. In recent years, the Company has retained IP consultants and lawyers in an effort to commercialize and obtain value from this IP in other than its traditional route of manufacturing and selling products. While this effort has been unsuccessful to date, the Company will continue in its efforts to realize additional value from its intellectual property.

 

Expand Memry’s product and service offerings through acquisitions or joint ventures

 

While there remain attractive growth opportunities in the core product/service areas described above, Memry will continue to investigate broadening the Company’s capabilities through acquisitions, joint ventures, and/or investment. As was the case in the Putnam Acquisition, Memry is screening strategic partners along several variables, including: growth opportunity, diversification of product lines and customers, profit potential, and access to new technology. The Company anticipates that any acquisition, joint venture, or investment would be in a business segment that is strategically related to its current business.

 

In addition to the Putnam Acquisition, the Company continues its joint development program with and has made a $400,000 initial investment in Biomer Technology Limited (“Biomer”), a privately owned company specializing in the development and manufacture of state-of-the-art polymers and biocompatible coatings for stents and other medical devices. Based in Runcorn, England, Biomer is a biomaterials company that has developed a range of high-performance polyurethanes, process technology, components and products for medical device manufacturing.

 

SALES AND MARKETING

 

Sales to Raychem. In 1996, in connection with the acquisition by Memry of its West coast facility from Raychem Corporation (the “Raychem Acquisition”), Memry and Raychem entered into a Private Label/Distribution Agreement pursuant to which Raychem was made Memry’s exclusive distributor for the product line acquired by Memry in certain specified fields of use for an initial term of five years. Sales by the Company to certain customers, including United States Surgical Corporation, were excluded from the scope of this Agreement, as were any future sales for all medical implant and certain consumer recreational applications. In February 2000, Memry and the Raychem division of Tyco entered into a Sales Agency Agreement in order to replace the original agreement between

 

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the two parties. Under the revised agreement, all medical applications were marketed and sold directly by Memry’s internal sales and marketing organization. At the same time, Memry retained Raychem to be its exclusive sales agent for all industrial and commercial applications served by the Company, including sales to the orthodentia and endodentia markets. Industrial and commercial sales handled by Raychem under the agreement were reported as gross sales, with commission due Raychem treated as sales expense. The Company terminated this agreement effective September 30, 2002. Subsequent to this date, products formerly sold by Raychem have been marketed and sold directly by Company personnel.

 

Sales to Memry Europe. In connection with the sale of Memry Europe, N.V. to Wilfried Van Moorleghem in February of 2001, Memry entered into a License and Supply Agreement with Memry Europe (which has been renamed Advanced Medical Technologies (“AMT”)). Pursuant to the License and Supply Agreement, Memry agreed to supply to AMT certain alloys and tubing products. In addition, conditional upon Memry being granted certain patents, Memry agreed to grant to AMT a right and royalty-bearing license to such patents and a right and royalty-bearing license to certain electropolishing technology and tubing technology.

 

Personnel. The Company currently has thirteen sales and marketing personnel, of which six operate primarily from headquarters, and one is the vice-president of the overall activity.

 

Major Customers. The Company’s two largest customers are Medtronic and Tyco, accounting for approximately 32% and 15% of the Company’s consolidated revenues in fiscal 2005. Revenue totals for each customer include sales to all divisions of each customer. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues.

 

Customer Agreements. The Company executed supply agreements in fiscal 2003 with two customers.

 

Medtronic supply agreement. The Company executed this agreement during fiscal 2003 for a term of three years, however, Medtronic has the right to terminate this agreement after the second anniversary date for any reason or no reason. Medtronic has not elected to exercise this option. In addition, the agreement provides for renewal terms of two years each at Medtronic’s option, subject to the Company’s right to reject any renewal term, all on the terms set forth in the agreement. The agreement covers all current products sold to Medtronic, and includes a right of first refusal during the term on next generation developments. The agreement also provides for research and development initiative support and collaboration. This agreement provides for a forecast of product to be supplied by the customer to the Company, with a commitment of purchase at varying levels on a quarterly basis.

 

Tyco supply agreement. The Company and Tyco executed this exclusive agreement during fiscal 2003 for a term of three years wherein the Company is the exclusive supplier for all nitinol base organ retrieval bags. The Company is also named as a preferred supplier for all successor products.

 

SOURCES OF SUPPLY

 

The principal raw material used by the Company in nitinol products is SMAs. The Company obtains its SMAs from two principal sources: Alleghany Technologies’ Wah Chang Division of Albany, Oregon and Special Metals Corporation of New Hartford, New York. The Company expects to be able to continue to acquire SMAs in sufficient quantities for its needs from these suppliers. In addition, if the Company were, for whatever reason, not able to secure an adequate supply of SMAs from these suppliers, the Company believes that other sources exist that would be able to supply the Company with sufficient quantities of SMAs, although it is likely the Company could suffer some transitional difficulties if it had to switch to such alternative sources.

 

The principal raw material used by the Company in polymer extrusion products is polymers. The Company obtains its polymers from four principal sources: Foster Corporation of Putnam, Connecticut, which is 50% owned by the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation who is now an executive officer of the Company and member of the Board of Directors of the Company, Noveon, Inc. of Woburn, Massachusetts, New England Urethanes of North Haven, Connecticut and Dow Chemical Corporation of La Porte, Texas. The Company expects to be able to continue to acquire polymers in sufficient quantities for its needs from these suppliers. In addition, if the Company were, for whatever reason, not able to secure an adequate supply of polymers from these suppliers, the Company believes that there is an active worldwide polymer market and would not anticipate any long term problem procuring necessary quantities of polymers.

 

While the Company also relies on outside suppliers for its non-SMA and non-polymer components of sub-assembled products, the Company does not anticipate any difficulty in continuing to obtain non-SMA non-polymer raw materials and components necessary for the continuation of the Company’s business.

 

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COMPETITION

 

The Company faces competition from other SMA processors, who compete with the Company in the sale of semi-finished materials (primarily with the Company’s California operation) and formed components (with Memry’s Connecticut and California operations). There are several major U.S., European and Japanese companies engaged in the supply or use of SMAs, some of which have substantially greater resources than the Company. Within the U.S., the two major SMA suppliers to both the Company and the industry as a whole are Alleghany Technologies’ Wah Chang Division and Special Metals Corporation. Each of these companies has substantially greater resources than the Company and could determine that it wishes to compete with the Company in the Company’s markets. Special Metals Corporation has become a competitor of the Company for semi-finished wire and strip materials. Japanese competitors include Furakawa Electric Co. and Daido-Special Metals Ltd., both of which produce SMAs and sell to users in Japan and internationally. The principal European competitors are Minitubes SA, a private French nitinol tube supplier, and G. Rau/EuroFlex, a German company that has a business relationship with NDC (See below). In addition, AMT (formerly Memry Europe) is a European competitor. However, pursuant to the License and Supply Agreement between Memry and AMT, the parties agreed that AMT has the rights to use certain of our technology only in Europe and Asia, while we have retained such rights elsewhere. The Company believes that Johnson and Johnson, through its subsidiary Nitinol Devices and Components Company (NDC), is our largest competitor, followed by Fort Wayne Metals Inc. and Shape Memory Alloy Applications, Inc., recently acquired by Johnson Matthey Inc., all three of which are based in the United States of America (“U.S.”).

 

In the specialty polymer-extrusion sector, the Company believes Putnam has created certain barriers to entry due to its ability to manufacture specialized products that can hold tight tolerances with quick turnaround times from order to delivery. Putnam’s competitors, however, also make similar claims in terms of tolerances and turnaround times. Among its competitors in the specialty polymer-extrusion market, Accellant Corp. (formerly MedSource Technologies, Inc.), Extrumed, Inc. and Medical Extrusion Technologies compete with Putnam in a broad range of products. A fourth competitor, MicroLumen Inc., competes with the Company primarily in the Polyimide product line.

 

The Company intends to compete, and advance its position based primarily on its manufacturing capabilities, its proprietary intellectual property positions, its knowledge of the processing parameters of the alloys and polymers, and its unique design and assembly capabilities, particularly in the medical device field. However, Memry has experienced increased competitive pressure in the SMA market over the past two fiscal years, and anticipates that this pressure will continue in the future. It is likely that this competitive activity will result in downward pressure on prices and have a negative impact on gross margins.

 

PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY

 

In the last decade, the Company has received seven issuances of U.S. patents in the fields of medical devices, automotive components, valving mechanisms, sporting goods, and consumer products using SMAs and related effects. These patents are directed at the articles as well as the method of manufacture of such articles. These include recently issued U.S. patents on SMA sealing components for automotive and hydraulic applications as well as on “nickel-free” pseudoelastic beta Ti alloys for orthopedic. orthodontic and other medical uses under the trade-named “Flexium” as well as sporting goods and eyewear, applications. There are a number of patent applications that are either pending or have provisional status covering sporting goods, medical devices and potential protection in eyewear. The Company has foreign patents in force in various foreign countries where the Company does business or where the Company is otherwise desirous of having foreign patent coverage. The Company has also applied for patent protection in several foreign countries.

 

In addition to Memry’s proprietary patents, the Company has also received in the last two years sixteen issuances of foreign and domestic patents on expandable cell designs for uses in oil field wellbores. These patents are jointly owned with Schlumberger Technology Corporation (“Schlumberger”) according to the Development Agreement executed between the two companies on January 1, 2001.

 

The Company owns an additional eight U.S. patents that are in force, as well as a variety of foreign patents, relating primarily to alloy compositions, the production of these alloy compositions, the production of semi-finished materials such as tubing, and the utilization of nickel-titanium alloys having superelasticity and shape memory effects. Further, in connection with the Raychem Acquisition, the Company was assigned a non-exclusive license to use NiTiNb alloys and related processing technologies for couplings, connectors, and sealing devices in fields other than fluid fitting products for uses in marine, aerospace or nuclear markets.

 

Under the terms of the Raychem Acquisition, the Company is, under certain circumstances, required to license the acquired intellectual property back to Raychem for specified uses. For example, (i) upon the termination of the Company’s Sales Agency Agreement with Raychem, Raychem received a non-exclusive perpetual license to utilize these patents to sell products within specified fields of use for a specified royalty, and (ii) Raychem has a non-exclusive, transferable perpetual license to utilize these

 

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patents in connection with certain intellectual property relating to the medical products market that was not acquired by the Company as part of the Raychem Acquisition. The Company believes that this latter license has now been transferred to Medtronic, Inc., a medical products manufacturer (and a customer of the Company), when Medtronic purchased certain intellectual property (excluded from the Raychem Acquisition) from Raychem during fiscal 1997. The Company also has various other patents and trademarks which, while useful, are presently not individually material to the Company’s operations.

 

The Company’s patent rights do not dominate the field of SMA utilization and the Company does not have specific patent protection for its most important products or product components. The Company’s patent rights do not dominate any specific fields in which the Company sells products. The Company does believe, however, that various patents provide it with advantages in the manufacture and sale of different products, and that its know-how relating to various SMA’s provides the Company with a competitive advantage.

 

In the specialty polymer-extrusion market, prior to the acquisition, Putnam Plastics Corporation had strategically elected not to patent many of its tooling design and proprietary manufacturing processes. Based on its industry experience, Putnam Plastics Corporation developed proprietary technologies that, in management’s estimation, afforded them more protection then the patent process. Putnam Plastics Corporation did seek and was granted a patent for the T.I.E.™ product in 1989 that is still in force. Going forward, the Company will determine the need to patent technologies based on the most cost effective method of protecting the Company’s proprietary technologies.

 

While a United States of America patent is presumed valid, the presumption of validity is not conclusive, and the scope of a patent’s claim coverage, even if valid, may be less than needed to secure a significant market advantage. Gaining effective market advantage through patents can sometimes necessitate an expenditure on litigation, though this route is often fraught with uncertainties and delay. Although the Company’s technical staff is generally familiar with the SMA patent environment and has reviewed patent searches when considered relevant, the Company has not requested any legal opinion to determine whether any of its current or contemplated products would infringe any existing patents.

 

The Company cannot guarantee that any patent will be issued as a result of its pending applications in either the U.S. or any foreign country or any future applications in either the United States of America or any foreign country or that, if issued, these patents will be sufficient to protect the Company’s technology. The patent laws and laws concerning proprietary rights of some foreign countries may not protect the Company’s patent or proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States of America. This may make the possibility of piracy of the Company’s technology and products more likely.

 

The Company cannot guarantee that the steps it has taken to protect its patents will be adequate to prevent misappropriation of its technology. In addition, the Company cannot guarantee that any existing or future United States of America or foreign patents will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or that any patent granted will provide us with adequate protection or any competitive advantages.

 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

 

During fiscal 2005, the Company spent $2,401,000 on “pure” research and development (i.e., research and development performed by the Company at its own cost for purposes of developing future products). In comparison, the Company spent approximately $2,878,000 and $2,465,000 during fiscal 2004 and 2003, respectively, on similar research and development. The decrease in “pure” research and development was due to a shift in focus of staff engineers at the Company’s nitinol operations from development of future products to new process development and prototype support. These costs contribute to the development of SMA components pursuant to customer arrangements which is considered “funded” research, and, for purposes of the Company’s financial statements, are part of “cost of revenues,” rather than research and development. The Company anticipates modest increases in the amount of “pure” research and development that it undertakes as the Company’s growth continues.

 

Due to the shift of engineering focus and the Putnam Acquisition, the Company spent $2,414,000 during fiscal 2005 on “funded” research and development. These costs are borne directly by the customers of the Company. By comparison, the Company spent $618,000 and $483,000 on “funded” research and development in fiscal 2004 and 2003, respectively. The amount of “funded” research and development that the Company will undertake in the future will depend upon its customers’ needs.

 

EMPLOYEES

 

As of June 30, 2005, the Company had 321 full-time employees and four part-time employees. Of the full-time employees, 40 were executive or management personnel and 44 were science and research personnel.

 

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None of our employees are represented by collective bargaining units. The Company believes that its relationship with its employees is generally good.

 

In addition, as of June 30, 2005, the Company had 35 “temporary” employees (i.e., employees of temporary staffing companies) working for the Company.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

The Company’s headquarters and east coast manufacturing operations are located at 3 Berkshire Blvd., Bethel, CT 06801. The facility is leased pursuant to a lease agreement entered into in May 2001, the term of which expires on June 17, 2011. The building is a single story, brick and block construction facility located in Berkshire Corporate Park, a suburban office center. The premises has a floor area of approximately 37,500 square feet, of which approximately 8,200 square feet is used by the Company for general administrative, executive, and sales purposes, and approximately 29,300 square feet is used for engineering, manufacturing, research and development operations and an environmentally controlled area (“clean room”). The lease provides for an initial monthly base rental of approximately $28,000, with provision for annual adjustment, effective June 1st of each calendar year, based on the Consumer Price Index. Effective June 1, 2005, the monthly rent was increased to approximately $32,000 to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.

 

A leased facility located at 4065 Campbell Avenue, Menlo Park, California 94025 is the principal site of the Company’s west coast manufacturing operations. These premises have a floor area of approximately 28,032 square feet, which is used by the Company for manufacturing, warehousing, general administrative and research and development operations. On August 27, 2001, the Company signed a lease, effective October 1, 2001, with 4065 Associates, L.P., the landlord of the facilities located at 4065 Campbell Avenue, Menlo Park, for a lease which was scheduled to end on March 31, 2003. The lease provided for a monthly base rental of approximately $49,000. On November 6, 2001, the Company amended the lease to extend the term until September 30, 2004. Under the terms of the amended lease, the Company was to continue to pay a monthly base rent of approximately $49,000 through March, 2003, and subsequent to that date, the monthly base rental would be modified to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. A second amendment to the lease became effective July 1, 2003, extending the lease to June 30, 2008 and adjusted the monthly rent amount to approximately $24,000. Subsequent rent adjustments of approximately 3% per year are also set forth in the second amendment. Effective July 1, 2005, the monthly base rent was adjusted to approximately $25,000. The other major provisions of the lease remain unchanged.

 

To accommodate growth in the Company’s medical device components business, on March 15, 2000, the Company subleased approximately 10,000 square feet of additional light manufacturing and office space at 4020 Campbell Avenue, Menlo Park, California. On April 12, 2001, the Company amended the sublease to extend the term until September 30, 2004, with a series of options to extend the sublease through April 14, 2006. On June 25, 2004, the Company extended the sublease until September 30, 2005 at a monthly base rent of approximately $11,220. The other major provisions of the lease remain unchanged. In December 2004, the Company signed an agreement to lease the entire 22,000 square foot facility at a monthly base rent of $18,000 through June 30, 2008, with a sixty month renewal option at market rates.

 

Upon the completion of the Putnam Acquisition in November 2004, the Company signed a lease for Putnam’s manufacturing facility located at 130 Louisa Viens Drive, Dayville, CT 06241 These premises have a floor area of approximately 35,950 square feet, which is used by Putnam for manufacturing, warehousing, general administrative and research and development operations. The lessor is Mr. James V. Dandeneau, the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation, and currently a director and executive officer of the Company. The term of the lease is from November 9, 2004 to November 30, 2009 with renewal options to extend the term for two terms of thirty months at market rates. The monthly base rent is $18,000.

 

On January 1, 2005, the Company signed a lease for 2,012 square feet of storage space at 40 Louisa Viens Drive, Dayville, CT from Mr. Dandeneau for $1,000 per month on a month-to-month basis.

 

Management believes that the existing facilities of the Company are suitable and adequate for the Company’s present needs and that the properties are adequately covered by insurance. If the Company is successful in achieving substantial growth, it is possible that the Company will require additional manufacturing and office space over the next several years.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The Company is a co-defendant in a series of counterclaims filed by Kentucky Oil, NV (“Kentucky Oil”) vs. the Company and a third-party, Schlumberger. The referenced action was initiated by a filing made by the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on May 14, 2004. The Company filed the action in response to written statements made by Kentucky

 

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Oil to Schlumberger alleging that the Company had misappropriated proprietary technology from Kentucky Oil and improperly transferred it to Schlumberger. In its complaint, the Company alleged that Kentucky Oil committed libel, business disparagement, and engaged in unfair business practices against the Company as a result of the statements. In addition, the Company requested a declaratory judgment that no misappropriation of technology occurred.

 

Pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, the civil action was transferred to the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, on September 13, 2004. Further, as result of the stipulation, Kentucky Oil waived its objections to personal jurisdiction and the Company withdrew its claims for libel, disparagement, and unfair business practices, leaving the Company’s claim for a declaratory judgment as the sole remaining count.

 

Kentucky Oil filed an Answer and Counterclaims on November 2, 2004, which included counterclaims against the Company for breach of a Collaboration Agreement, on behalf of Kentucky Oil (“First and Second Counterclaims”), against the Company and Schlumberger for misappropriation of trade secrets (“Third Counterclaim”), conversion of intellectual property (“Fourth Counterclaim”), joinder of Defendant Peter Besselink as co-inventor of several patent applications filed by Schlumberger based on the alleged misappropriated intellectual property (“Fifth Counterclaim”), and, alternatively, for a declaration that the Schlumberger patent applications are invalid and unenforceable (“Sixth Counterclaim”). In February of 2005, the Company and Schlumberger filed motions to dismiss Kentucky Oil’s Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Counterclaims. The motions were heard on April 1, 2005 and, on April 8, 2005, the Court issued an Order granting the motions to dismiss as to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Counterclaims, and denying the motions as to the Third Counterclaim.

 

On May 6, 2005, Kentucky Oil filed its second amended counterclaims, adding claims against the Company and Schulmberger for unfair competition and unjust enrichment. Schulmberger filed a motion to dismiss the two new counterclaims in June 2005, and a hearing on the motions was held on July 8, 2005. On June 30, 2005, the parties held a mediation session before a court appointed mediator in which the parties did not reach a settlement. On July 14, 2005, the Court issued an order denying the motion to dismiss the newly added counterclaims.

 

On September 2, 2005, the Court held a case management conference to assess the status of discovery and to establish a discovery plan going forward. As a result of the conference, the Court set a 90-day period for the parties to conduct written discovery and set another case management conference to be held after the 90-day period, on December 9, 2005. The Company believes the counterclaims are without merit and is vigorously defending its position.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

PART II.

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

The Company’s Common Stock trades on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol MRY. On June 30, 2005, there were 3,992 holders of record of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

The following table sets forth the quarterly high and low closing prices for the common stock over the past two years.

 

     Fiscal year ended June 30

     2005

   2004

     High

   Low

   High

   Low

1st Quarter

   $ 2.25    $ 1.16    $ 1.49    $ 0.97

2nd Quarter

     2.80      2.00      2.13      1.30

3rd Quarter

     2.15      1.73      2.06      1.53

4th Quarter

     2.15      1.53      2.13      1.56

 

The Company has never paid a cash dividend on its Common Stock and the Company does not contemplate paying any cash dividends on its Common Stock in the near future. Pursuant to the Company’s November 9, 2004 amended and restated loan agreement with its principal lender, the Company is not permitted to declare or pay cash dividends.

 

On November 9, 2004, in connection with the Putnam Acquisition, the Company issued 2,857,143 shares of Memry common stock (with a fair value of $4.6 million) to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation, Mr. James V. Dandeneau. The shares

 

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are subject to various restrictions, including a holding period which prohibits the sale of the shares for a period of eighteen months after November 9, 2004. Additionally, after the expiration of the holding period, subject to certain exceptions, the sale of shares in the public market is limited to 250,000 per calendar quarter. Mr. Dandeneau is currently an executive officer of the Company and member of the Board of Directors. On December 8, 2004, a warrantholder exercised warrants for 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2 per share. Such issuance was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

(a) The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data with respect to the Company for each of the five years in the period ended on June 30, 2005, which were derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and should be read in conjunction therewith. Please see Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for further information concerning the comparability of the selected financial data of the Company.

 

     Years Ended June 30,

 
     2005 (1)

   2004

   2003 (2)

   2002

   2001

 
     In thousands, except per share data  

Revenues

   $ 45,008    $ 34,492    $ 34,007    $ 32,895    $ 29,913  

Net income (loss)

     2,725      2,378      8,828      3,783      (4,689 )

Earnings (loss) per share:

                                    

Basic

   $ 0.10    $ 0.09    $ 0.35    $ 0.16    $ (0.21 )

Diluted

     0.10      0.09      0.34      0.15      (0.21 )

Total Assets

     52,800      32,988      30,127      22,188      19,053  

Long-term debt including current maturities

     11,374      1,479      1,892      2,008      3,119  

Stockholders’ equity

     35,769      28,224      25,648      16,620      11,130  

(1) The selected financial data of the Company includes the results of operations of Putnam since the November 9, 2004 date of acquisition.
(2) During the year ended June 30, 2003, the deferred income tax valuation allowance of $7,569,000 was eliminated based on management’s assessment of the Company’s operating performance and realizability of operating loss carryforwards and other temporary differences.

 

(b) The following table sets forth selected quarterly consolidated financial data for the years ended June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2004.

 

SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

 

In thousands, except per share data

 

     FIRST
QUARTER


   SECOND
QUARTER


   THIRD
QUARTER


   FOURTH
QUARTER


   FISCAL
YEAR


Revenues

                                  

FY2005

   $ 9,112    $ 9,877    $ 12,674    $ 13,345    $ 45,008

FY2004

     8,159      8,104      8,571      9,658      34,492

Gross Profit

                                  

FY2005

     3,500      3,826      5,072      5,515      17,913

FY2004

     3,459      2,932      3,411      4,008      13,810

Net Income

                                  

FY2005

     703      406      735      881      2,725

FY2004

     497      228      365      1,288      2,378

Basic Earnings Per Share

                                  

FY2005

   $ 0.03    $ 0.01    $ 0.03    $ 0.03    $ 0.10

FY2004

     0.02      0.01      0.01      0.05      0.09

Diluted Earnings Per Share

                                  

FY2005

   $ 0.03    $ 0.01    $ 0.03    $ 0.03    $ 0.10

FY2004

     0.02      0.01      0.01      0.05      0.09

 

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

 

OVERVIEW

 

Memry provides design, engineering, development and manufacturing services to the medical device and other industries using the Company’s proprietary shape memory alloy and specialty polymer-extrusion technologies. Shape memory alloys are advanced materials which possess the ability to change their shape in response to thermal and mechanical changes, and the ability to return to their original shape following deformations from which conventional materials cannot recover. Specialty polymer-extrusion products are complex, multi-lumen, multi-layer extrusions used for guide wires, catheter shafts, delivery systems and various other interventional medical procedures.

 

The Company provides shape memory alloy products and services from facilities located in Bethel, Connecticut and Menlo Park, California and specialty polymer-extrusion products and services from the Putnam facility in Dayville, Connecticut. Memry processes raw material (usually nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium, and plastic polymers) into semi-finished products such as wire, strip or nitinol and co-extruded tube. Products in these forms are referred to as “semi-finished” materials and are marketed directly, primarily to medical device companies, for use in products such as guidewires, endodontic files, stents, delivery systems, catheters and catheter shafts. The Company also further processes its semi-finished materials into formed components and sub-assemblies. Formed components are made by taking the semi-finished material and further processing them by bending, kinking, coating, stamping, crimping, grinding, tipping, laser cutting, etc. into specific forms specified by customers. Sub-assemblies involve taking the semi-finished materials or formed components produced by the Company and combining or assembling them with other products that have been outsourced by Memry to form a larger component or “sub-assembly” required by an OEM, usually in the medical device field. Examples are sub-assemblies sold for use in endoscopic instruments and finished stent rings utilized in stent graft products. The Company believes that the medical device market for shape memory alloys and specialty polymer- extrusion is growing. Early applications were for general surgical instruments and for various vascular procedures. Recently, new opportunities have appeared in orthopedic, urological, electrophysiology, and embolic protection devices.

 

Approximately 94% of the Company’s products and services are sold to medical device companies, with the balance being utilized in a variety of industrial and commercial applications. The Company sells primarily through a direct sales force, with sales representatives located in the U.S. and Europe. The medical device industry has very strict quality requirements, and the ability to meet these requirements and the requested shipment schedules is a key determinant of success. Price competition has historically been a key competitive variable in products that are not technically difficult to manufacture, such as basic wire for use in applications such as cell-phone antennas. Recently, as awareness of potential applications has increased and the industry has grown, the Company has noted increased competition for tube products and sub-assemblies, with commensurate pressure on prices and margins.

 

Two key areas where management focuses its attention are to reduce the Company’s dependence on a small number of products/procedures and to improve manufacturing efficiency. Through product development and acquisition, the Company has expanded the number of products and customers over the past several years and reduced its dependence on a few key products, notably AAA stent graft components. Product and customer diversification continues to be a major strategic initiative for the Company. In addition to providing additional products and services through its core business operations, the Company is continuing to explore diversification through acquisitions, such as Putnam, joint ventures, and investments. Much of the variability in the Company’s margins over the past several years can be explained by variations in manufacturing efficiency due to product mix and volume. In addition, the Company has gained efficiencies through a constant process improvement process which has made manufacturing processes more efficient and improved product yields, thereby reducing material losses and improving margins.

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

 

On November 9, 2004, the Company completed the Putnam Acquisition. The results of Putnam’s operations have been included in the consolidated results of operations during the period from November 9, 2004, the date of the Putnam Acquisition, to June 30, 2005. The purchase price, including acquisition costs, consisted of $18.9 million in cash (of which $629,000 were accrued payments as of June 30, 2005), 2,857,143 shares of Memry common stock (with a fair value of $4.6 million) and $2.5 million in deferred payments (with a fair value of $2.2 million). The shares are subject to various restrictions, including a holding period which prohibits the sale of the shares for a period of eighteen months after November 9, 2004. Additionally, after the expiration of the holding period, subject to certain exceptions, the sale of shares in the public market is limited to 250,000 per calendar quarter. The cash portion of the purchase price was financed through a senior credit facility, the issuance of subordinated debt and cash on hand. Refer to the discussion of liquidity and capital resources within this management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for further details regarding the financing of the Putnam Acquisition.

 

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Putnam is one of the nation’s leading, specialty polymer-extrusion companies serving the medical device industry. Its primary products are complex, multi-lumen, multi-layer extrusions used for guide wires, catheter shafts, delivery systems and various other interventional medical procedures.

 

Looking forward, management of the Company believes the Putnam Acquisition will reinforce the Company’s market position as a strategic supplier of enabling technologies, products and services to the medical-device industry. The Company and Putnam supply critical products for many of the same device companies and, occasionally, for the same applications within those companies. It is expected that the combination of the two companies will lead to greater leverage in penetrating the current market and customer base. In addition, together, the Company and Putnam expect to be able to create new applications and customers that could not be developed by either company alone.

 

ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

 

We have adopted various accounting policies to prepare the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our significant policies are disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Our estimates and assumptions, including those related to accounts receivable, inventories, goodwill, intangible assets, income taxes, and contingencies and litigation, are updated as appropriate, which in most cases is at least quarterly. We base our estimates on historical experience or various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, and the results form the basis for making judgments about the reported values of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates.

 

Estimates are considered to be critical if they meet both of the following criteria: (1) the estimate requires assumptions about material matters that are uncertain at the time the accounting estimates are made, and (2) other materially different estimates could have been reasonably made or material changes in the estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Our critical accounting estimates include the following:

 

Accounts Receivable. We provide allowances for doubtful accounts on our accounts receivable for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, which may result in the impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. On a regular basis, we review and evaluate the customers’ financial condition, which generally includes a review of the customers’ financial statements, trade references and past payment history with us. We specifically evaluate identified customer risks that may be present and collateral requirements, if any, from the customer, which may include, among other things, deposits, prepayments or letters of credit.

 

Inventories. We state our inventories at the lower of cost or market. We maintain inventory levels based on our projections of future demand and market conditions. Any sudden decline in demand or technological change can cause us to have excess or obsolete inventories. On an ongoing basis, we review for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventories and write-down our inventories to their estimated net realizable value based upon our forecasts of future demand and market conditions. These write-downs are reflected in cost of goods sold. If actual market conditions are less favorable than our forecasts, additional inventory write-downs may be required. Our estimates are primarily influenced by a sudden decline in demand due to economic downturn and technological changes.

 

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill represents the excess of the aggregate purchase price over the fair value of net assets of acquired businesses. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if changes in circumstance or the occurrence of events suggest an impairment exists. The test for impairment requires us to make several estimates about fair value. Goodwill was $13,946,000 and $1,038,000 at June, 2005 and June 30, 2004, respectively, an increase of $12,908,000 attributable to the Putnam Acquisition.

 

Intangible assets consist primarily of management’s estimates of developed technology, customer relationships, trade name, and other intangible assets that have been identified as a result of the appraisal process regarding the Putnam Acquisition. These assets are being amortized over their useful life, determined to be 4.5 to 20 years, depending on asset class. For further details of the acquisition, refer to the discussion of recent developments within this management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the acquired patents existing prior to the Putnam Acquisition are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life of 15 years. We review intangible assets for impairment annually or as changes in circumstance or the occurrence of events suggest the remaining value is not recoverable. Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, were $7,842,000 and $933,000 as of June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. All of the increase is attributable to the Putnam Acquisition, offset by amortization expense of $491,000 for the year ended June 30, 2005.

 

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Income Taxes. Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The recognition of a valuation allowance for deferred taxes requires management to make estimates about the Company’s future profitability. The estimates associated with the valuation of deferred taxes are considered critical due to the amount of deferred taxes recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and the judgment required in determining the Company’s future profitability. Deferred tax assets were $4,899,000 and $6,150,000 at June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

Contingencies and Litigation. We are currently involved in certain legal proceedings and, as required, have accrued estimates of probable costs for the resolution of these claims. These estimates have been developed in consultation with outside counsel and are based upon an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. It is possible, however, that future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by changes in our assumptions or the effectiveness of our strategies related to these proceedings. See Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements for more detailed information on our litigation exposure.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Years Ended June 30,

       
     2005

    2004

    Increase

 

Revenues


   $

   %

    $

   %

    $

   %

 

Product line:

                                       

Shape memory alloys and other metals

   $ 36,975,000    82.2 %   $ 34,492,000    100.0 %   $ 2,483,000    7.2 %

Specialty polymer-extrusion

     8,033,000    17.8       —      —         8,033,000    100.0  
    

  

 

  

 

  

Total

   $ 45,008,000    100.0 %   $ 34,492,000    100.0 %   $ 10,516,000    30.5 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

 

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The following table sets forth the Company’s consolidated statements of income for the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

     Years Ended June 30,

    Increase/(decrease)

 
     2005

    2004

   
     $

    %

    $

    %

    $

    %

 

Revenues

   $ 45,008,000     100.0 %   $ 34,492,000     100.0 %   $ 10,516,000     30.5 %

Cost of Revenues

     27,095,000     60.2       20,682,000     60.0       6,413,000     31.0  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Gross Profit

     17,913,000     39.8       13,810,000     40.0       4,103,000     29.7  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Operating Expenses:

                                          

Research and development

     2,401,000     5.3       2,878,000     8.3       (477,000 )   (16.6 )

General, selling and administration

     9,571,000     21.2       7,600,000     22.0       1,971,000     25.9  

Amortization of intangible assets

     379,000     0.8       133,000     0.4       246,000     185.0  
    


 

 


 

 


 

       12,351,000     27.4       10,611,000     30.7       1,740,000     16.4  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Operating Income

     5,562,000     12.4       3,199,000     9.3       2,363,000     73.9  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     (182,000 )   (0.4 )     —       —         (182,000 )   N/A  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Other income

     60,000     0.1       —       —         60,000     N/A  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Interest:

                                          

Expense

     (1,189,000 )   (2.6 )     (74,000 )   (0.2 )     (1,115,000 )   N/A  

Income

     157,000     0.3       92,000     0.2       65,000     70.7  
    


 

 


 

 


 

       (1,032,000 )   (2.3 )     18,000     0.0       (1,050,000 )   N/A  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Income before income taxes

     4,408,000     9.8       3,217,000     9.3       1,191,000     37.0  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Provision for income taxes

     1,683,000     3.7       839,000     2.4       844,000     100.6  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Net Income

   $ 2,725,000     6.1 %   $ 2,378,000     6.9 %   $ 347,000     14.6 %
    


 

 


 

 


 

 

Year Ended June 30, 2005, compared to Year Ended June 30, 2004.

 

Revenues. For the past several years, the Company has focused on increasing the amount of value-added products it provides to the marketplace, i.e., products where additional processing is performed on basic nitinol wire, strip, or tube before it is shipped to the customer. Putnam, as part of its extruded polymer business, is also focusing on increasing the amount of value-added work it does to its basic polymer catheters. One market segment of particular interest to the Company is the market for repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) using nitinol-based stent grafts. These stent-graft repair products are a significant driver of the Company’s revenue. However, because the market for stent components is very dynamic and rapidly changing, the Company has found it difficult to accurately forecast demand for its stent components. Delays in product launches, uncertain timing on regulatory approvals, inventory adjustments by our customers, market share shifts between competing stent platforms and the introduction of next-generation products have all contributed to the variability in revenue generated by shipments of medical stent components.

 

Revenues increased 30% to $45,008,000 during the year ended June 30, 2005 compared to $34,492,000 during fiscal year 2004, an increase of $10,516,000. Most of the increase is due to the inclusion of revenues generated by Putnam. Putnam’s revenues during the period from November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005 were $8,033,000.

 

Another major contributor to the increase in revenues was shipments of nitinol wire-based stent components which increased approximately $1,150,000 during the year ended June 30, 2005 compared to fiscal year 2004. Shipments of nitinol tube-based stent components increased approximately $1,100,000 over the same period. Looking foward to fiscal year 2006, the Company anticipates that overall nitinol stent component revenue for fiscal year 2006 will suffer some decline from the revenues in fiscal year 2005.

 

Also contributing to the increase in revenues in fiscal 2005 were higher shipments of arch wire products which increased approximately $775,000, microcoil and guidewire products which increased approximately $425,000 and tinel lock, which increased

 

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approximately $200,000. Shipments of components utilized in general surgical applications increased approximately $1,000,000 fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004. Additionally, revenue from prototype development, and research and development activities increased approximately $600,000 (excluding Putnam’s revenue during the period from November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005 for similar activities of an additional $750,000). The Company believes that the increase in revenue from prototype development and research and development activities is an indication that its efforts to “fill the pipeline” with new product development opportunities is having some success. Offsetting these increases was an approximately $2,625,000 decline in revenue from super elastic tube resulting primarily from what the Company believes are inventory adjustments at a major tube customer, price discounts, and customer loss of market share. Shipments of high pressure sealing plugs decreased approximately $200,000 in the fiscal year 2005 compared to the fiscal year 2004.

 

Costs and Expenses. Cost of revenues increased $6,413,000 or 31% to $27,095,000 in fiscal 2005 from $20,682,000 in fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily the result of two factors. First, there was a shift in focus of staff engineers at Memry’s nitinol operations from new process development and prototype support, which is an operating expense, to manufacturing support, which is a manufacturing expense. In addition, the $8,033,000 of revenues from November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005 due to the Putnam Acquisition had a cost of revenues of $4,537,000.

 

As a result of these factors, the Company’s gross profit declined slightly from 40.0% for the year ended June 30, 2004 to 39.8% for the year ended June 30, 2005. The Company’s ability to maintain or grow its gross profit margin is dependent on several factors. One is the success of the Company in securing sufficient business to absorb plant overhead, particularly high margin nitinol tube business. The Company is also in the process of reviewing the manufacturing operations at Putnam, including whether additional investment in staff, equipment, and systems may be required to grow Putnam’s revenues over the next several years. To the extent such expenditures are required, it may have the effect of reducing profitability, particularly in the short-term, at Putnam.

 

Operating expenses, including research and development costs, general, selling and administration expenses and amortization of intangible assets increased $1,740,000 or 16%, to $12,351,000 during fiscal 2005, compared to $10,611,000 for fiscal 2004. The dollar increase reflects the addition of administrative and sales and marketing personnel and programs associated with the Putnam Acquisition and amortization of related intangible assets of $358,000. In addition, the Company increased its investment in sales and marketing through additional spending on advertising, trade shows, and marketing literature. The Company also incurred higher personnel costs, including bonuses of $318,000, and increased consultants’ fees in conjunction with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404 implementation efforts. Offsetting these increases, the shift in focus of staff engineers at the Company’s nitinol operations from new process development and prototype support, which is an operating expense, to manufacturing support, which is a manufacturing expense, had the effect of reducing operating expenses.

 

The decrease of operating expenses as a percentage of revenue from 31% in fiscal year 2004 to 27% in fiscal year 2005 was primarily a net result of the above factors and the 30% increase in revenues in fiscal 2005 over fiscal 2004. Revenue growth from the Putnam Acquisition and of nitinol-based products has enabled and will allow the Company to leverage the efforts of its sales and marketing and administrative organizations by broadening the line of products sold through our sales channels and utilizing existing human resource, accounting, and executive staff in supporting the Company’s requirements.

 

Nonoperating income and expenses. Loss on extinguishment of debt of $182,000 in fiscal year 2005 was due to the write-off of deferred financing costs of $107,000 and the penalty on the prepayment of subordinated debt of $75,000. The Company prepaid this portion of the subordinated debt in order to reduce interest expense in future periods. Net interest expense was $1,032,000 for fiscal 2005 compared to net interest income of $18,000 in fiscal 2004. The change from year to year was due principally to an increase in interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs associated with a higher level of borrowing utilized to finance a portion of the Putnam Acquisition.

 

Income Taxes. The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $1,683,000 for the year ended June 30, 2005, compared to a provision of $839,000 for the year ended June 30, 2004. The increase in provision is the result of an increase in the Company’s pretax income in fiscal 2005 and the recording of state research and development (“R&D”) tax credits of $350,000 in fiscal 2004. Before the R&D tax credits in fiscal 2004, the effective income tax rates were 38% in fiscal year 2005 and 37% in fiscal year 2004.

 

Net Income. As a result of the factors discussed above, the Company’s net income increased by $347,000, to $2,725,000 for the fiscal year 2005 compared to net income of $2,378,000 for fiscal year 2004.

 

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Year Ended June 30, 2004, compared to Year Ended June 30, 2003.

 

     Years Ended June 30,

    Increase/(decrease)

 
     2004

    2003

   
     $

    %

    $

    %

    $

    %

 

Revenues

   $ 34,492,000     100.0 %   $ 34,007,000     100.0 %   $ 485,000     1.4 %

Cost of Revenues

     20,682,000     60.0       22,608,000     66.5       (1,926,000 )   (8.5 )
    


 

 


 

 


 

Gross Profit

     13,810,000     40.0       11,399,000     33.5       2,411,000     21.2  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Operating Expenses:

                                          

Research and development

     2,878,000     8.3       2,465,000     7.2       413,000     16.8  

General, selling and administration

     7,600,000     22.0       6,664,000     19.6       936,000     14.0  

Amortization of intangible assets

     133,000     0.4       133,000     0.4       —       —    
    


 

 


 

 


 

       10,611,000     30.7       9,262,000     27.2       1,349,000     14.6  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Operating Income

     3,199,000     9.3       2,137,000     6.3       1,062,000     49.7  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Interest:

                                          

Expense

     (74,000 )   (0.2 )     (126,000 )   (0.4 )     52,000     (41.3 )

Income

     92,000     0.2       61,000     0.2       31,000     50.8  
    


 

 


 

 


 

       18,000     0.0       (65,000 )   (0.2 )     83,000     (127.7 )
    


 

 


 

 


 

Income before income taxes

     3,217,000     9.3       2,072,000     6.1       1,145,000     55.3  
    


 

 


 

 


 

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     839,000     2.4       (6,756,000 )   (19.9 )     7,595,000     (112.4 )
    


 

 


 

 


 

Net Income

   $ 2,378,000     6.9 %   $ 8,828,000     26.0 %   $ (6,450,000 )   (73.1 )%
    


 

 


 

 


 

 

Revenues. Revenues increased 1% in fiscal 2004, to $34,492,000 from $34,007,000 in fiscal 2003, a net increase of $485,000. Shipments of wire-based medical stent components decreased approximately $1,900,000 between fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004. The decrease in the wire-based medical stent components is a result of inventory adjustments and delays in product launch by a large medical device customer of the Company. Tube-based medical stent components increased approximately $1,400,000 during the same period.

 

Other medical device component shipments, including products utilized in minimally invasive surgery, decreased approximately $1,700,000 between fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004. This decrease related almost entirely to a customer of the Company that faced new competition which has led to a decrease in unit shipments to that customer and a reduction in unit prices charged by the Company. Microcoil and guidewire products, where the Company placed increased marketing and sales emphasis, increased approximately $550,000 between fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004. A new orthopedic product for bone tamps provided approximately $300,000 of revenues in fiscal 2004.

 

Revenues from sales of high pressure sealing plugs, arch wire and other wire products increased approximately $600,000 during fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003, and revenues from prototype development and R&D activities increased approximately $150,000 during fiscal 2004 as compared to fiscal 2003. Revenues from super elastic tube shipments increased $1,500,000 in fiscal 2004 versus fiscal 2003, due primarily to increasing usage in neurological applications and for embolic protection procedures. Shipments of martinsitic wire and rod, utilized in various industrial applications, decreased approximately $350,000. Shipments of tinel lock decreased approximately $100,000 in fiscal 2004 versus fiscal 2003.

 

Costs and Expenses. Manufacturing costs (including costs associated with research and development revenues) decreased to $20,682,000 in fiscal 2004 from $22,608,000 in fiscal 2003, a decrease of $1,926,000, or 8.5%. This decrease is due mainly to productivity improvements in the form of higher yields and the resultant reduction in scrap, primarily in tube manufacturing and processing in the Company’s west coast facility. The Company’s Bethel, Connecticut manufacturing facility also experienced productivity improvements in fiscal 2004 compared to fiscal 2003, reflecting improved manufacturing yields and rapid adjustment of staffing to levels of business.

 

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Due to the reduction in manufacturing costs, the Company’s gross profit from product sales increased to 40.0% in fiscal 2004 from 33.5% in fiscal 2003. This improvement was due primarily to efficiencies gained by process improvements in tube and stent production. The Company’s ability to maintain these improved levels of gross profit will depend primarily on its success in securing sufficient business to absorb plant overhead, maintaining product pricing in the face of increasing competitive pressure, and maintaining manufacturing yields at acceptable levels.

 

Operating expenses, including general, selling and administration expenses and research and development costs increased $1,349,000, or 14.6%, to $10,611,000 in fiscal 2004, as compared to $9,262,000 in fiscal year 2003. General, selling and administration expenses increased to $7,600,000 in fiscal 2004 from $6,664,000 in fiscal year 2003, an increase of $936,000. This increase is primarily due to the bonus of $596,000 in fiscal 2004, which is based on a plan approved by the Company’s compensation committee that accrues bonuses based on a combination of pre-tax profit and individual performance. There was no bonus expense in fiscal 2003. Another factor that contributed to the increase in general, selling and administration expenses was the increase in investment banking fees which reflects the Company’s increased efforts in the areas of business development and mergers and acquisitions. The Company has maintained its current levels of expenditures on selling and marketing in order to support future growth in revenues. The Company incurred research and development expenses of $2,878,000 relating to its own internal products as well as the development of future products in fiscal 2004 compared to $2,465,000 during fiscal 2003. This increase is primarily due to an increase in engineering expense resulting from a shift in focus of staff engineers from manufacturing support to new process development and prototype support.

 

Amortization of intangible assets was $133,000 for both periods. Net interest changed to income of $18,000 in fiscal 2004 from an expense of $65,000 in fiscal 2003, due primarily to an increase in interest income associated with a higher average cash balance and a reduction in interest expense associated with a reduced level of borrowings.

 

Income Taxes. The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $839,000 for fiscal year 2004 versus a tax benefit of $6,756,000 for fiscal 2003. This change is due primarily to the elimination of the deferred tax valuation allowance of $7,569,000 in fiscal 2003 to recognize deferred tax assets at amounts considered by management more likely than not to be realized and the recording of state R&D tax credits of $350,000 in fiscal year 2004. Before the state R&D tax credits in fiscal 2004 and prior to the elimination of the deferred tax valuation allowance in fiscal 2003, the effective rates were 37% in fiscal 2004 and 39% in fiscal 2003.

 

Net Income. Due to the items noted above, the Company’s net income decreased by $6,450,000, to $2,378,000 in fiscal 2004 compared to net income of $8,828,000 in fiscal 2003.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

At June 30, 2005, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance was $4,141,000, a decrease of $8,263,000 from $12,404,000 at the start of fiscal 2005. In addition, the Company has $1,500,000 of cash collateral deposits relating to cash reserve requirements of the Credit and Security Agreement with Webster Business Credit Corporation dated November 9, 2004 (the “Webster Agreement”) that are classified as other assets. Net cash provided by operating activities was $7,152,000 for the year ended June 30, 2005, an increase of $1,059,000 from $6,093,000 provided during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004. This increase was due principally to an increase in cash generated by net income and adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities of $2,116,000 and increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $834,000, partially offset by increases in inventories of $1,423,000, accounts receivable of $218,000 and prepaid expenses and other current assets of $162,000.

 

Net cash used in investing activities increased $21,506,000 to $22,230,000 during fiscal year 2005 compared to $724,000 during fiscal year 2004. This increase was due to cash used for the Putnam Acquisition of $18,245,000, cash collateral deposits of $1,500,000, increases in capital expenditures of $1,371,000, and an investment made in Biomer of $400,000, in the form of a 2% unsecured convertible promissory note.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2005, net cash provided by financing activities was $6,815,000, reflecting the senior financing and equipment line of credit from Webster Business Credit Corporation and subordinated loans from Brookside Pecks Capital Partners, L.P. and Ironbridge Mezzanine Fund, L.P. of $12,012,000 reduced by the pay-down of notes payable and capital lease obligations of $4,710,000 as well as financing fees of $659,000. Working capital at June 30, 2005 was $8,342,000, a decrease of $8,561,000 from $16,903,000 at June 30, 2004. The decrease in working capital is primarily a result of cash and cash equivalents used for the Putnam Acquisition.

 

In fiscal 2004 the primary capital requirement was to fund additions to property, plant and equipment. In fiscal year 2005, the primary capital requirement was to fund the Putnam Acquisition, additions to property, plant, and equipment, and the Company’s investment in Biomer.

 

On January 30, 2004, the Company and Webster Bank entered into a Second Amended and Restated Commercial Revolving Loan, Term Loan, Line of Credit and Security Agreement which was scheduled to expire on January 30, 2009 (the “Webster

 

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Facility”). The Webster Facility included a revolving line of credit for borrowings up to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 or (b) an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) 85% of the eligible accounts receivable plus (2) the lesser of $3,000,000 or 30% of eligible inventories. In connection with the Webster Facility, several existing term loans and equipment line advances totaling $1,546,000, plus additional proceeds of $28,000, totaling $1,574,000 were refinanced into a single term loan, payable in equal monthly installments over a five year period ending January 30, 2009. The Webster Facility included an equipment line of credit that provided for equipment financing up to the lesser of $1,000,000 or 80% of the hard cost for eligible equipment through January 30, 2009. The Webster Facility also provided for an acquisition line of credit of up to $2,000,000 providing certain terms and conditions are met. Interest on the term note payable, revolving line of credit, equipment line of credit, and acquisition line of credit was variable based on LIBOR plus a spread adjusted quarterly based upon the Company’s fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined. The Webster Facility was collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets. On November 9, 2004, the Webster Facility was repaid and replaced by the Webster Agreement discussed in the subsequent paragraph.

 

In connection with the Putnam Acquisition on November 9, 2004, the Company entered into a credit and security agreement with Webster Business Credit Corporation (the “Webster Agreement”) which replaced the Webster Facility. The Webster Agreement includes a term loan facility consisting of a five year term loan of $1.9 million (the “Five Year Term”) and a three year term loan of $2.5 million (the “Three Year Term”), collectively (the “Term Loan Facility”). Both term loans are repayable in equal monthly installments with the additional requirement that, under the Three Year Term, a prepayment of 50% of excess cash flow, as defined, be made annually within 90 days of the Company’s fiscal year end. The excess cash flow prepayment requirement was waived by Webster Business Credit Corporation for fiscal 2005, but remains in effect for the remaining years of the loan term. Interest under the Five Year Term is based upon, at the Company’s option, LIBOR plus 2.75% or the alternate base rate, as defined, plus 0.25%. Interest under the Three Year Term is based upon, at the Company’s option, LIBOR plus 3.75% or the alternate base rate, as defined, plus 1.25%. Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility were used to repay approximately $1.4 million in outstanding borrowings under the Webster Facility and to partially fund the Putnam Acquisition.

 

The Webster Agreement also provides for a revolving line of credit for borrowings up to the lesser of (a) $6,500,000 or (b) an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) 85% of the eligible accounts receivable plus (2) the lesser of $3,000,000 or 55% of eligible inventories. Interest under the revolving line of credit is based upon, at the Company’s option, LIBOR plus 2.50% or the alternate base rate, as defined. The entire outstanding principal amount of the revolving line of credit is due November 9, 2009. As of June 30, 2005, there were no amounts outstanding under the revolving line of credit. Additionally, the Webster Agreement includes an equipment line of credit that provides for equipment financing up to the lesser of $1,000,000 or 80% of the hard cost for eligible equipment through November 9, 2005 at the same financing terms as the Five Year Term. Any outstanding amount under the equipment line as of November 9, 2005 will convert to a term loan payable monthly based on a seven year amortization schedule, but with a balloon payment of the then unpaid balance due November 9, 2009. Borrowings under the Webster Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

The Webster Agreement contains various restrictive covenants, including, among others, the limitation of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, limitations on encumbrances and additional debt, limitations on the payment of dividends or redemption of stock and compliance a fixed charge coverage ratio and leverage ratio, as defined. Additionally, the Company is required to maintain cash as collateral security until the Three Year Term loan is paid in full. For the first year of the Webster Agreement, the collateral security is $1,500,000. This amount has been classified as cash collateral deposits on the consolidated balance sheet. After the first year of the Webster Agreement, collateral security must be held in an amount equal to 125% of the outstanding principal of the Three Year Term loan. Based on the current payment schedule, the outstanding principal balance on November 9, 2006 and November 9, 2007 would be $1,667,000 and $833,000, respectively, which would require collateral security in the amounts of $2,083,000 and $1,042,000 at November 9, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

 

Additional financing for the Putnam Acquisition was obtained on November 9, 2004 from Brookside Pecks Capital Partners, L.P. and Ironbridge Mezzanine Fund, L.P. in the form of a $7.0 million subordinated loan due November 9, 2010 (the “Subordinated Loan”). The interest rate on the Subordinated Loan is 17.5%, of which 12% is payable quarterly with the remaining 5.5% payable in additional promissory notes having identical terms as to the Subordinated Loan. The interest rate is subject to reduction in the event certain pretax income thresholds are met and subject to increase in the event of default.

 

The Subordinated Loan contains various restrictive covenants including, among others, the limitation of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, limitations on encumbrances and additional debt, limitations on the payment of dividends or redemption of stock and compliance with a fixed charge coverage ratio and leverage ratio, as defined.

 

In June 2005, the Company made a payment of $2.5 million against the Subordinated Loan which resulted in a 3% prepayment penalty of $75,000 and, as a result of the prepayment, the Company wrote-off $107,000 of deferred financing costs. The total of $182,000 is included in the loss on extinguishment of debt on the consolidated statement of income. At June 30 2005, a note payable of $4,752,000 was outstanding under the Subordinated Loan.

 

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The remaining financing for the Putnam Acquisition was provided for with the Company’s cash on hand and $2.5 million in deferred payments. The deferred payments are non-interest bearing and are required to be paid to the seller in three equal annual installments beginning November 9, 2005. At June 30, 2005, an obligation of $2,313,000 was outstanding for the non-interest bearing deferred payments.

 

On August 24, 2004, the Company entered into a joint development program (the “Agreement”) with Biomer Technology Limited (“Biomer”), a privately-owned company specializing in the development and manufacture of state-of-the-art polymers and biocompatible coatings for stents and other medical devices. Under the terms of the Agreement the Company made a $400,000 initial investment in Biomer in the form of a 2% unsecured convertible promissory note (the “Note”). Interest on the Note is payable upon conversion, or upon repayment of the Note. As of June 30, 2005, the Company has accrued $7,000 in interest income that has been added to the note receivable. Under the terms of the Note, the Note plus accrued interest will be converted to ordinary shares of Biomer stock upon the occurrence of the earlier of, as defined, the successful completion of the joint development program, an additional equity financing of Biomer, the sale of Biomer, or December 31, 2005. Based upon conversion of the Note and the occurrence of the event that determines the conversion, the Company will own a 2.6% to 4.4% interest in Biomer. Under limited circumstances the Note plus accrued interest must be repaid in cash. The Agreement requires the Company to make an additional investment of $350,000 in Biomer in the event, as defined, a financing of Biomer occurs after the Note has been converted and successful completion of the joint development program has been accomplished. Additionally, as part of the joint development program and in consideration for services provided by Biomer in the joint development program, the Company agreed to pay Biomer $200,000 in four equal quarterly installments of $50,000 beginning August 24, 2004. As of June 30, 2005, three installments have been paid totaling $150,000. An additional $50,000 payment has been accrued as of June 30, 2005. The $200,000 is being amortized over the one year term of the joint development plan.

 

The Company has requirements to fund plant and equipment projects to support the expected increased sales volume of shape memory alloys and extruded-polymer products during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 and beyond. The Company expects that it will be able to finance these expenditures through a combination of existing working capital cash flows generated through operations and increased borrowings (including equipment financing). The largest risk to the liquidity of the Company would be an event that caused an interruption of cash flow generated through operations, because such an event could also have a negative impact on the Company’s ability to access credit. The Company’s current dependence on a limited number of products and customers represents the greatest risk to operations.

 

The Company has in the past grown through acquisitions (including the Putnam Acquisition, Wire Solutions, Inc. and Raychem Corporation’s nickel titanium product line). As part of its continuing growth strategy, the Company expects to continue to evaluate and pursue opportunities to acquire other companies, assets and product lines that either complement or expand the Company’s existing businesses. The Company intends to use available cash from operations, debt, and authorized but unissued common stock to finance any such acquisitions.

 

In December 2004, the Company signed a lease for one of its manufacturing facilities located in Menlo Park, CA, expanding its usage of the building from 10,000 to 22,000 square feet. The term of the lease is December 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008 and the monthly base rent is $18,000. A section of the building had been sublet for six months, but the sublessee did not exercise its one year option as of June 30, 2005 and the sublease was terminated.

 

Also in November 2004, the Company signed a lease for Putnam’s manufacturing facility located in Dayville, Connecticut. The lessor is Mr. James V. Dandeneau, the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation, and currently a director and executive officer of the Company. The term of the lease from November 10, 2004 to November 30, 2009 with renewal options to extend the lease for two terms of thirty months. The monthly rent is $18,000.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

Following the Putnam Acquisition, the Company entered into agreements with the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation, who is now an executive officer of Memry and serves on the Board of Directors, and continued a supply arrangement with a corporation in which he is a 50% owner. Also, In November 2004, in conjunction with the Putnam Acquisition, the Company signed a lease for Putnam’s manufacturing facility located in Dayville, Connecticut in which the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation is the lessor. The term of the lease is from November 10, 2004 to November 30, 2009 with renewal options to extend the term for thirty months. The monthly rent was based on an independent appraisal and is $18,000. In addition, the Company is leasing 2,012 square feet of warehousing space from the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation on a month-to-month basis. Total rent paid to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation was $145,000 during the year ended June 30, 2005. The sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation also owns a 50% shareholder of a company that is a supplier and customer of Putnam. Purchases from and sales to this company were $124,000 and $13,000, respectively, during the period from November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Company does not maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements, transactions, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities that would be expected to have a material current or future effect upon the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Presented below is a summary of contractual obligations as of June 30, 2005. See Notes 8 and 12 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding long-term debt and operating lease obligations, respectively.

 

    

Payment due by date

(dollars in thousands)


Contractual Obligations


   Total

   Less than
1 year


   1 – 3
years


   3 – 5
years


   More than
5 years


Long-term debt obligations

   $ 11,374    $ 2,615    $ 3,469    $ 538    $ 4,752

Operating lease obligations

     5,312      1,130      2,240      1,164      778

Capital lease obligations

     —        —        —        —        —  

Accrued purchase price of Putnam Acquisition

     629      629      —        —        —  

Purchase obligations

     73      73      —        —        —  
    

  

  

  

  

Total

   $ 17,388    $ 4,447    $ 5,709    $ 1,702    $ 5,530
    

  

  

  

  

 

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. SFAS No. 123(R) is a revision of SFAS No. 123 and supercedes APB No. 25 and its related implementation guidance. SFAS No. 123(R) establishes standards for the accounting for transactions where an entity exchanges its equity for goods or services. It also addressed transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. SFAS No. 123(R) focuses primarily on accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) allows entities to apply a modified retrospective application to periods before the required effective date. SFAS No. 123(R) is effective for public entities that do not file as small business issuers as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005, or in our case, July 1, 2005. We have not yet determined whether to use the modified retrospective application for periods prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 123(R).

 

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs. SFAS No. 151 amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight handling costs and wasted material (spoilage). In addition, SFAS No. 151 requires that the allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on normal capacity of the production facilities. The provisions of SFAS No. 151 are effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. We do not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 151 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, which eliminates the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. SFAS No. 153 will be effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. We do not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 153 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections which replaces APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and SFAS No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements - An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 28. SFAS No. 154 provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. Specifically, SFAS No. 154 requires “retrospective application” of the direct effect for a voluntary change in accounting principle to prior periods’ financial statements, if it is practicable to do so. SFAS No. 154 also strictly redefines the term “restatement” to mean the correction of an error by revising previously issued financial statements. SFAS No. 154 replaces APB No. 20, which requires that most voluntary changes in accounting principle be recognized by including in net income of the period of the change to the new accounting principle. Unless adopted early, SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. We do not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 154 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

Certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not historical fact, as well as certain information incorporated herein by reference, constitute “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and often depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise. The Company’s future operating results may differ materially from the results discussed in, or implied by, forward-looking statements made by the Company. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and the other risks detailed in the Company’s other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can usually identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often use words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “plan”, “believe,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, prospective products or product approvals, future performance or results of current and anticipated products, sales efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings, and financial results.

 

Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and information incorporated by reference may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors mentioned in this discussion—for example, product competition and the competitive environment—will be important in determining future results. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual future results may vary materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

 

Other Factors That May Affect Future Results

 

  trends toward managed care, healthcare cost containment and other changes in government and private sector initiatives, in the U.S. and other countries in which we do business, that are placing increased emphasis on the delivery of more cost-effective medical therapies

 

  the trend of consolidation in the medical device industry as well as among customers of medical device manufacturers, resulting in more significant, complex and long-term contracts than in the past and potentially greater pricing pressures

 

  efficacy or safety concerns with respect to marketed products, whether scientifically justified or not, that may lead to product recalls, withdrawals or declining sales

 

  changes in governmental laws, regulations and accounting standards and the enforcement thereof that may be adverse to us

 

  other legal factors including environmental concerns

 

  agency or government actions or investigations affecting the industry in general or us in particular

 

  changes in business strategy or development plans

 

  business acquisitions, dispositions, discontinuations or restructurings

 

  the integration of businesses acquired by us

 

  availability, terms and deployment of capital

 

  economic factors over which we have no control, including changes in inflation and interest rates

 

  the developing nature of the market for our products and technological change

 

  intensifying competition in the SMA field

 

  success of operating initiatives

 

  operating costs

 

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  advertising and promotional efforts

 

  the existence or absence of adverse publicity

 

  our potential inability to obtain and maintain patent protection for our alloys, processes and applications thereof, to preserve our trade secrets and to operate without infringing on the proprietary rights of third parties

 

  the possibility that adequate insurance coverage and reimbursement levels for our products will not be available

 

  our dependence on outside suppliers and manufacturers

 

  our exposure to potential product liability risks which are inherent in the testing, manufacturing, marketing and sale of medical products

 

  the ability to retain management

 

  business abilities and judgment of personnel

 

  availability of qualified personnel

 

  labor and employee benefit costs

 

  natural disaster or other disruption affecting Information Technology and telecommunication infrastructures

 

  acts of war and terrorist activities.

 

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Market risk generally represents the risk of loss that may be expected to result from the potential change in value of a financial instrument as a result of fluctuations in credit ratings of the issuer, equity prices, interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates. We do not use derivative financial instruments for any purpose.

 

We are also subject to interest rate risk on our $4.3 million notes payable with Webster Business Credit Corporation at June 30, 2005. Interest on the notes payable is variable based on LIBOR or an alternate base, as defined. We do not believe that an increase or decrease of 10% in the effective interest rate on the notes payable would have a material effect on our future results of operations.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and the reports of independent registered public accounting firms thereon are set forth on pages F-1 through F-22 hereof.

 

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

 

As noted in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 7, 2003, on September 30, 2003, the Company dismissed McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm and appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP as its new independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to dismiss McGladrey & Pullen and to retain Deloitte & Touche was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee. McGladrey & Pullen’s reports on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 

During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2002, and the subsequent period through September 30, 2003, there were no disagreements with McGladrey & Pullen on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to McGladrey & Pullen’s satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference thereto in connection with their report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for such year.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

 

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management including our president and chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our president and chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Not Applicable

 

PART III.

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Directors of the Company

 

The following table lists information regarding the Board of Directors of the Company:

 

Name


   Age

  

Positions with the Company


   Director Since

James G. Binch

   58    President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
   1989

W. Andrew Krusen, Jr.(1),(2)

   57    Director    1994

Kempton J. Coady, III(2),(3)

   57    Director    1999

Dr. Edwin Snape(3)

   65    Chairman of the Board    2002

Francois Marchal(1), (2)

   61    Director    2003

Michel de Beaumont(3)

   63    Director    2004

Robert P. Belcher

   57   

Senior Vice President - Finance and

Administration, Chief Financial Officer,

Secretary and Treasurer and Vice

Chairman and Director

   2004

 

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Name


   Age

  

Positions with the Company


   Director Since

Carmen L. Diersen(1)

   45    Director    2004

James V. Dandeneau

   47   

President Putnam Plastics Division and

Director

   2004

(1) Member of Audit Committee.
(2) Member of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
(3) Member of Compensation Committee.

 

James G. Binch has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 1991, and served as Chairman of the Board from September 1993 until February 2004. He has also served as President of the Company since February 2004, also serving in such capacity from December 1991 until July 1999, and served as Treasurer of the Company from July 1994 until September 1999. He was the President and a director of Trinity Capital Corporation, a merchant-banking firm, from its inception in 1987 until 1994. He has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and the sole stockholder of Harbour Investment Corporation, the general partner of Harbour Holdings Limited Partnership, an investment management company, since its inception in June 1992. From 1985 to 1987, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Lummus Crest, Inc., the principal engineering subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc., with annual revenues of $300,000,000 and approximately 4,000 employees. From 1980 to 1985, Mr. Binch served as Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning for Combustion Engineering, Inc., a manufacturing and engineering firm. Mr. Binch is a graduate engineer from Princeton University. He also holds an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

W. Andrew Krusen, Jr. is a graduate of Princeton University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology. Since 1989, he has been President of Dominion Financial Group, Inc. (“DFG”), a family controlled corporation involved in real estate development and financial services. DFG serves as the managing General Partner of WIT Ventures, LTD., a family limited partnership where Mr. Krusen and his immediate family members are limited partners. Mr. Krusen is also the Managing Member of Gulf Standard Energy Company, LLC, an oil and gas concern; Chairman of the Executive Committee of Dominion Financial Group International, LDC; and Chairman of Florida Capital Group, Inc., a bank holding company. He is a director of Raymond James Trust Company, Trinsic, Inc., Highpine Oil & Gas Ltd., and Beall’s, Inc.

 

Kempton J. Coady, III has been the President of Sona MedSpa Massachusetts since October, 2004. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Coady was Principal and owner of Medical Device Kempton & Associates, Inc., a provider of consulting services to corporate and private equity groups. From 2000 to 2002 Mr. Coady served as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Deltex Medical Group plc. Deltex Medical Group plc was privately held from 1998 to April 2000 and was known as Deltex Medical Holdings Limited where Mr. Coady also served as the Group Chief Executive Officer and as Executive Director. Prior to that, from 1997 to 1998, Mr. Coady was Senior Managing Director at Quintiles MTC/BRI Corporation, a medical device contract research company. Mr. Coady was the Vice President of Business Development from 1996 to 1997 and Vice President—Worldwide Marketing from 1995 to 1996 for the Patient Monitoring Division of Datascope Corporation, a medical device company. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Coady was the President and Chief Executive Officer of MCG International, a medical device company. Mr. Coady holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry/Biology from Bates College, and an M.P.S. degree in Health Care Administration and an M.B.A. degree, both from Cornell University.

 

Dr. Edwin Snape has been a principal of New England Partners, a private equity investment firm, since 1994. Previously, Dr. Snape was a Managing General Partner of the Vista Group, a private equity investment firm. Dr. Snape is a director of Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Diomed Holdings, Inc., MSO Medical and Deltex Medical Holdings Ltd.

 

Francois Marchal has been a Director and Investor of Aval Fund Management, Guernsey, since 1998. From September 1988 to June 1998, Mr. Marchal was employed by Societe Generale de Banque in Paris where he headed sales of French equities in Paris, London, New York and Tokyo. As a registered French broker, he was a Director Participant and Manager of the brokerage firm Nouailhetas. He also worked as a Portfolio Manager for family owned private companies and worked for a period as a Financial Analyst and Portfolio Manager for Banque De L’Union Europeene. Mr. Marchal is also a Director of Laboratoires Boiron, a listed

 

 

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French company, of Didot-Bottin, a French listed industrial holding company and Pastel & Associates, a private fund management company. Mr. Marchal holds a doctoral degree in law (Diplôme d’études supérieures) from Paris “Faculte de Droit” and a degree in business administration (Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisé) from the University of Paris Dauphine.

 

Michel de Beaumont has been a Director of American Equities Overseas (UK) Ltd., a private securities brokerage and corporate finance firm, since he co-founded the firm in 1981. Previously, he was Vice President of American Securities Corporation, responsible for continental European clients, developing fund management, brokerage and corporate finance. He served as Vice President of Institutional Sales for Smith Barney Harris Upman as the European coordinator responsible for marketing new research ideas to European clients. Earlier positions included Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Finance in the Institutional Sales department for Oppenheimer & Co., and Financial Analyst responsible for France and French-speaking Switzerland dealing with institutional clients for investment banker Dominick & Dominick. He is also a director of Beijing Med-Pharm Corporation, located in Springfield, New Jersey. Mr. de Beaumont holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Paris and a degree in Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry from the Universities of Poiters and Paris.

 

Robert P. Belcher has been employed by the Company since July 1999 and was elected by the Board of Directors to serve as Vice Chairman in July 2004. Mr. Belcher was elected by the Board to serve as Senior Vice President - Finance and Administration in July 2001 and as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer in September 1999 (and still serves in such positions). From September 1999 until July 2001, he served as Vice President. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Belcher served as Chief Financial Officer for Eatwell Enterprises, as well as Managing Director of Associated Asset Management Inc. From 1996 through 1998, Mr. Belcher was the Chief Financial Officer for Anderson Group Inc. From 1994 to 1996, he served as a Principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton in their New York office. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Belcher was Executive Vice President of Trinity Capital Corporation, a privately held merchant banking business based in Stamford, Connecticut. From 1981 until 1988, Mr. Belcher served in a variety of senior staff positions with Combustion Engineering, Inc., including Corporate Vice President - Operations Consulting and Corporate Vice President - Strategic Planning. His experience with Combustion Engineering, Inc., as well as with Kendall Company’s Hospital Products Division, involved numerous manufacturing cost studies, budget development and control, as well as information systems development. Mr. Belcher received his B.A. degree and M.A. degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University and his M.B.A. with high distinction from the Harvard Business School. In addition, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Supply Officer from 1971 to 1974.

 

Carmen L. Diersen joined American Medical Systems, Inc. as Executive Vice President in March 2004 and assumed the office of Chief Financial Officer on March 22, 2004. From 1992 to 2004, she held positions in which she was responsible for finance, business development, and general management at Medtronic, Inc. From March 2002 through 2003, she was Vice President, General Manager, Musculoskeletal Tissue Services; from February 1999 through March 2002, she was Vice President of Finance and Administration and Vice President of Business Development, Americas and Asia Pacific. Between 1992 and 1999, Ms. Diersen held financial positions in Medtronic, Inc.’s Heart Valve Division, its Tachyarrhythmia Management Division and its Bradycardia Pacing Division. From 1982 to 1992, she held various financial positions at Honeywell Inc. Ms. Diersen received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of North Dakota and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

James V. Dandeneau has been President of the Company’s subsidiary, Putnam Plastics Company, LLC, since November 2004. Prior to that time, Mr. Dandeneau was the President of Putnam Plastics Corporation, a company that Mr. Dandeneau founded in 1984. Under his direction, Putnam Plastics has become one of the nation’s leading specialty polymer-extrusion companies serving the medical device industry. Mr. Dandeneau graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a B.S. degree in plastic engineering. He worked with Sabin Corporation, a division of Cook, Inc., from the time he graduated until he founded Putnam Plastics.

 

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Executive Officers of the Company

 

The following table lists information regarding the current executive officers of the Company:

 

Name


  

Position


   Age

James G. Binch    President and Chief Executive Officer    58
Robert P. Belcher    Senior Vice President - Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer and Vice Chairman    57
Dean J. Tulumaris    Chief Operating Officer    49
Dr. Ming H. Wu    Vice President - Office of Technology    50
James V. Dandeneau    President Putnam Plastics Division    47

 

Executive officers are elected until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Information with respect to Messrs. Binch, Belcher and Dandeneau is set forth above.

 

Dean J. Tulumaris has been employed by the Company since August 2002. From that time through May 2004, he served as the Company’s Vice President – Operations and General Manager. Since May 2004, he has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Tulumaris was the Vice President and General Manager of Medsource Corporation’s Plastic Division. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Vice President of Eastern Operations for Reynolds & Reynolds, a manufacturer and distributor of printed-paper labels in Dayton, Ohio. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Tulumaris was the Director of Ohio Operations for Rubbermaid, Inc. Mr. Tulumaris holds a B.A. degree in Business Economics and an M.B.A. degree in Operations from Lewis University.

 

Dr. Ming H. Wu has served the Company since March 2000 as Vice President - Office of Technology. From July 1998, until March 2000, Dr. Wu served the Company as Vice President and General Manager - Eastern Operations. From January 1998 through June 1998, Dr. Wu was Vice President of Engineering -Eastern Operations and from September 1996 through January 1998, he served as Director of Engineering. From July 1987 through August 31, 1996, Dr. Wu served the Company as Chief Metallurgist. Prior to his employment at the Company, Dr. Wu was Adjunct Research Professor at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Wu holds an M.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires directors, executive officers and 10% beneficial owners of the Company’s Common Stock to file certain reports concerning their ownership of the Company’s equity securities. Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to the Company during its most recently completed fiscal year, and Forms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to the Company with respect to its most recently completed fiscal year, no person who, at any time during the fiscal year, was a director, officer or beneficial owner of 10% or more of the Company’s Common Stock failed to file on a timely basis, as disclosed on such forms, reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Code of Ethics

 

The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to all members of the Board of Directors and to all officers and employees of the Company, including its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller. The Code is available on the Company’s website, www.memry.com, and print copies are available to any stockholder who makes a request directed to the attention of the Secretary, Memry Corporation, 3 Berkshire Boulevard, Bethel, Connecticut 06801. The Code also serves as the Company’s “code of ethics,” as defined in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K. In addition, except as otherwise may be required by the listing standards for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange, the Company intends to satisfy the disclosure requirements of Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of the Code that applies to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller or any person performing similar functions and relates to any element of the definition of “code of ethics” set forth in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K by posting such information on its website, www.memry.com.

 

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Committees

 

The Board of Directors has established three committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

 

Audit Committee

 

The Audit Committee presently consists of Messrs. Krusen and Marchal and Ms. Diersen. The main function of the Audit Committee is to oversee the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes, internal systems of control, independent auditor relationships and audit of the Company’s financial statements. The Audit Committee is also responsible for determining the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and any change in that appointment, and for ensuring the auditors’ independence. Each member of the Audit Committee is “independent,” as such term is defined in the listing standards for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange. Each member of the Audit Committee also satisfies the Securities and Exchange Commission’s additional independence requirement for members of audit committees. The Board has determined that Ms. Diersen, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director, is an audit committee financial expert (as such term is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission). The Board made such determination on the basis of Ms. Diersen’s prior experience, including, among other things, her extensive experience as a financial officer and in other positions that involve the performance of functions similar to those performed by a financial officer, as well as her educational background, as described above. The Audit Committee met seven times during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. A copy of the written charter adopted by the Board of Directors for the Audit Committee and as currently in effect is included on the Company’s website, www.memry.com. The Audit Committee reviews and reassesses the adequacy of the Audit Committee Charter, and the Board of Directors confirms the Audit Committee Charter, on an annual basis.

 

Compensation Committee

 

The Compensation Committee, the members of which are currently Messrs. Coady and de Beaumont and Dr. Snape, is authorized, subject to review by the entire Board (i) to determine the compensation of officers and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) to review the adequacy of all employee benefit plans and revise existing plans or develop new plans when appropriate. The Compensation Committee is also authorized to make awards under, and oversee the administration of, the Company’s stock option plans. Each member of the Compensation Committee is “independent,” as defined in the listing standards for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange. The Compensation Committee met five times during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.

 

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

 

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the members of which are currently Messrs. Krusen, Coady and Marchal, is responsible for identifying, screening, and recommending qualified candidates to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors and for taking a leadership role in shaping the corporate governance of the Company. A copy of the written charter adopted by the Board of Directors for the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as currently in effect is included on the Company’s website, www.memry.com. Pursuant to its charter, the Committee is directed, among other things, to: develop and recommend to the Board specific guidelines and criteria for selecting nominees to the Board; formulate a process to identify and evaluate candidates to be recommended; review periodically compensation programs for non-employee directors and make recommendations for changes when appropriate; evaluate the performance of incumbent members of the Board to determine whether to recommend such persons for re-election; and review the corporate governance principles of the Company and the Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics, recommending changes where appropriate. Each member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is “independent,” as defined in the listing standards for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee met one time during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. During the first quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee met to recommend the nomination of the directors for which proxies are being hereby solicited.

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Executive Compensation

 

The following table sets forth certain information for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 regarding the total remuneration paid to the Company’s chief executive officer and its other executive officers.

 

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          Annual Compensation

   Long-Term
Compensation
Awards


       

Name & Principal Position


   Fiscal
Year


   Salary

    Bonus

   Number of
Shares of
Common Stock
Underlying
Options


    All Other
Compensation


 

James G. Binch

President and Chief Executive Officer

   2005    $ 311,000     $ 69,498    0 (1)   $ 36,231 (2)
   2004      284,500       —      115,000 (1)     36,000 (2)
   2003      278,077       139,590    115,000 (1)     36,000 (2)

Robert P. Belcher

   2005    $ 214,373     $ 36,938    100,000 (3)   $ 21,000 (4)

Senior Vice President - Finance and

   2004      200,900       —      40,000 (3)     6,000 (4)

Administration, Chief

   2003      198,649       71,473    40,000 (3)     6,000 (4)

Financial Officer,

Secretary and Treasurer

and Vice Chairman

                                  

Dean J. Tulumaris

Chief Operating Officer

   2005    $ 186,923     $ 25,543    60,000 (6)   $ 11,073 (7)
   2004      168,923 (5)     20,000    100,000 (6)     6,000 (7)
   2003      139,554       —      85,000 (6)     3,554 (7)

Dr. Ming H. Wu

Vice President - Office of Technology

   2005    $ 162,091     $ 20,988    0     $ —    
   2004      151,414       —      25,000 (8)     —    
   2003      149,655       39,874    25,000 (8)     —    

James V. Dandeneau(10)

President Putnam Plastics Division

   2005    $ 126,923 (9)(10)   $ 0    40,000 (11)   $ 2,308 (12)
                                  

(1) With respect to the 115,000 options granted in fiscal 2003, 57,500 are exercisable and 57,500 become exercisable in equal installments on May 21 of each of 2006 and 2007 at an exercise price of $1.03 per share. With respect to the 115,000 options granted in fiscal 2004, 28,750 are exercisable and 86,250 become exercisable in equal installments on May 18, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Options were not granted in fiscal year 2005.

 

(2) Mr. Binch received a $6,000 car allowance in each of fiscal 2003 and 2004 and a $6,331 car allowance in fiscal 2005. Mr. Binch received four quarterly payments of $7,500 each in each of fiscal years 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively, all of which are intended to be invested by Mr. Binch at his discretion for retirement planning.

 

(3) With respect to the 40,000 options granted in fiscal 2003, 20,000 are exercisable and 20,000 become exercisable in equal installments on May 21 of each of 2006 and 2007 at an exercise price of $1.03 per share. With respect to the 40,000 options granted in fiscal 2004, 10,000 are exercisable and 30,000 become exercisable in equal installments on May 18 of each of 2006, 2007 and 2008 at an exercise price of $1.74 per share. With respect to the 100,000 options granted in fiscal 2005, 25,000 are exercisable and 75,000 become exercisable in equal installments on July 21 of each of 2006, 2007 and 2008 at an exercise price of $1.40 per share.

 

(4) Mr. Belcher received car allowances of $6,000 in each of fiscal 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively. Mr. Belcher received a payment of $15,000 in fiscal 2005, all of which is intended to be invested by Mr. Belcher at his discretion for retirement planning.

 

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(5) In its 2004 Proxy Statement, the Company reported that Mr. Tulumaris’ annual salary for fiscal year 2004 was $195,062. Mr. Tulumaris’ annual salary for fiscal year 2004 was actually $168,238. The annual salary set forth in the Company’s 2004 Proxy Statement included a bonus paid in the amount of $20,000 and car allowances of $6,000 paid to Mr. Tulumaris.
(6) With respect to 60,000 of the aggregate 85,000 options granted to Mr. Tulumaris in fiscal 2003, 30,000 are currently exercisable, and 30,000 become exercisable in equal installments on November 6 of each of 2005 and 2006 at an exercise price of $1.47 per share. Of the remaining 25,000 options, 12,500 are currently exercisable, and 12,500 become exercisable in equal installments on May 21 of each of 2006 and 2007 at an exercise price of $1.03 per share. With respect to the 100,000 options granted in fiscal 2004, 25,000 are exercisable and 75,000 become exercisable in equal installments on May 18 of each of 2006, 2007 and 2008 at an exercise price of $1.74 per share. The 60,000 options granted in fiscal 2005 become exercisable in equal installments on May 26 of each of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 at an exercise price of $1.66 per share.
(7) Mr. Tulumaris received car allowances of $6,000 in each of fiscal 2003 and 2004 and $4,615 in fiscal 2005 and leased car payments of $5,697 and $761 for car insurance payments.
(8) With respect to the 25,000 options granted to Dr. Wu in fiscal 2003, 12,500 are exercisable and 12,500 become exercisable in equal installments on May 21 of each of 2006 and 2007 at an exercise price of $1.03 per share. With respect to the 25,000 options granted in fiscal 2004, 6,250 are exercisable and 18,750 become exercisable in equal installments on May 18 of each of 2006, 2007 and 2008 at an exercise price of $1.74 per share. Options were not granted in fiscal year 2005.
(9) Mr. Dandeneau became an executive officer of the Company in November 2004. As such, there is no information reportable for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2004 and 2003 for Mr. Dandeneau.
(10) Mr. Dandeneau began employment with the Company in November 2004 and thus the salary received in fiscal year 2005 represented payment for services from November 2004 through June 2005.
(11) The 40,000 options granted in fiscal 2005 become exercisable in equal installments on November 11 of each of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 at an exercise price of $2.38 per share.
(12) Mr. Dandeneau received a $2,308 car allowance in fiscal 2005.

 

 

Option/Stock Appreciation Right (“SAR”) Grants during the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2005

 

INDIVIDUAL GRANTS


   POTENTIAL
REALIZABLE VALUE AT
ASSUMED ANNUAL
RATES OF STOCK
PRICE APPRECIATION
FOR OPTION TERM


Name


   Number of Shares of
Common Stock Underlying
Unexercised
Options/SARs Granted


  Percent of Total
Options/SARs
Granted to
Employees in
Fiscal Year(1)


    Exercise or
Base Price
per Share


   Expiration
Date


  
             5%

   10%

   Options

    SARs

            

James G. Binch

   —       —     —   %     N/A    N/A      N/A      N/A

Robert P. Belcher

   100,000 (2)   —     18.71 %   $ 1.40    07/21/14    $ 88,045    $ 223,124

Dean Tulumaris

   60,000 (3)   —     11.22 %   $ 1.66    05/26/15    $ 62,637    $ 158,736

Dr. Ming H. Wu

   —       —     —   %     N/A    N/A      N/A      N/A

James V. Dandeneau

   40,000 (4)   —     7.49 %   $ 2.40    11/09/14    $ 60,374      152,999

 


 

(1) Assumes full vesting of options. 
(2) The options vest in equal installments on July 21st of each of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
(3) The options vest in equal installments on May 26th of each of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
(4) The options vest in equal installments on November 9th of each of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

 

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Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises during the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2005 and Value as of

 

Name


   Shares
Acquired
on
Exercise


   Value
Realized


  

Number of Shares of Common
Stock Underlying Unexercised
Options/SARs as of

June 30, 2005


  

Value of Unexercised In-the-

Money Options/SARs as of
June 30, 2005 (1)


         Exercisable

   Unexercisable

   Exercisable

   Unexercisable

James G. Binch

   —      —      945,380    172,500    $ 178,712    $ 82,512

Robert P. Belcher

   —      —      323,000    185,000      147,850      119,700

Dean J. Tulumaris

   —      —      67,500    177,500      36,550      73,250

Dr. Ming H. Wu

   —      —      138,700    37,500      51,344      17,937

James V. Dandeneau

   —      —      —      40,000      —        —  

 


 

(1) Based on the closing price per share of the Company’s Common Stock of $2.03 on June 30, 2005, the last trading day of the Company’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.

 

Employment Agreements

 

Employment Agreement with James G. Binch

 

Effective September 8, 2004, the Company and Mr. Binch entered into an Employment Agreement that is intended to cover Mr. Binch’s employment until the time of his retirement and the appointment of a successor President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The initial term of the agreement ends on December 31, 2005, which term then automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless or until Mr. Binch or the Company gives notice of his or its intention not to renew. Neither party has given such notice with respect to the intention not to renew, and as such, Mr. Binch’s term of employment has been automatically renewed until December 31, 2006.

 

The agreement entitles Mr. Binch to receive (i) an annual base salary of $300,000; (ii) additional compensation in the form of an annual bonus determined by and in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iii) an automobile allowance of $500 per month; (iv) up to $7,500 per calendar quarter towards retirement and/or deferred compensation benefits; and (v) certain other fringe benefits and perquisites as set forth in the agreement.

 

The agreement also provides that if Mr. Binch’s employment is terminated (a) by the Company without cause (including by the Company determining not to renew the term at a time that cause does not then exist), or (b) by Mr. Binch for “Good Reason,” Mr. Binch would become entitled to (i) bi-weekly payments equal to his bi-weekly salary payments for two years from the date of termination; (ii) bonuses for the fiscal years ending during such period equal in each year to 50% of the sum of the annual bonuses he received with respect to the two fiscal years ending immediately prior to the date of termination; and (iii) during such period, continued quarterly payments for retirement and/or deferred compensation benefits. “Good Reason” is defined to mean (x) the failure by the Company to observe or comply with any provision of the agreement (if such failure has not been cured within 30 days after written notice of same has been given to the Company), or (y) a material diminution in the position, duties and/or responsibilities of Mr. Binch upon or following a “Change of Control of the Company” (as such term is defined in the agreement).

 

The agreement provides that in the event of termination of Mr. Binch’s employment for any reason other than for cause, (i) each outstanding option held by Mr. Binch as of September 8, 2004 that is not an incentive stock option and that remains unexercised, but vested, at the time of termination shall terminate upon the tenth anniversary of grant of such option and (ii) each outstanding option held by Mr. Binch as of September 8, 2004 that is an incentive stock option shall be amended to provide that each such vested option shall be deemed to no longer be an incentive stock option, but shall not terminate until the tenth anniversary of grant of such option (it being further agreed and understood that any options described above which remain unvested at the time of termination will, by their terms, terminate at such time).

 

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Employment Agreement with Robert P. Belcher

 

Effective July 21, 2004, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Mr. Belcher in substitution for an employment agreement which had been in place since September 2001. Pursuant to the amended agreement, Mr. Belcher serves in the capacities of Vice Chairman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. The initial term of the amended agreement ended on August 31, 2005, which then automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless or until Mr. Belcher or the Company gives notice of his or its intention not to renew. Pursuant to this provision, the term of the agreement has most recently been automatically renewed through July 20, 2006. The agreement entitles Mr. Belcher to receive (i) an annual base salary of $214,000; (ii) a one-time grant of 100,000 incentive stock options, vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on July 21, 2005, at an exercise price equal to $1.40 per share; (iii) additional compensation in the form of an annual target bonus equal to 50% of the annual base salary and/or stock option grants determined by and in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iv) an automobile allowance of $500 per month; (v) up to $15,000 per year towards retirement and/or deferred compensation benefits; and (vi) certain other fringe benefits and perquisites as set forth in the agreement.

 

If the Company elects not to renew the amended agreement as of the end of any term, then the Company shall be required to pay to Mr. Belcher his base salary for a period of 15 months following the termination of the employment agreement, as and when the same would otherwise be due, and an amount equal to 125% of his target bonus, as then in effect, in one lump sum, unless such non-renewal by the Company is for cause.

 

The amended agreement also provides that if Mr. Belcher’s employment is terminated (a) by the Company without cause (other than at the end of any term), or (b) by Mr. Belcher for “Good Reason,” Mr. Belcher would become entitled to a lump-sum payment equal to the sum of (i) 125% of his annual salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the date of termination, plus (ii) 125% of the amount of the target cash bonus for Mr. Belcher for the fiscal year that the termination occurs. “Good Reason” is defined to mean (x) the failure by the Company to observe or comply with any provision of the amended agreement (if such failure has not been cured within 10 days after written notice of same has been given to the Company), (y) a material diminution in the position, duties and/or responsibilities of Mr. Belcher upon or following a “Change of Control of the Company” (as such term is defined in the amended agreement), provided that Mr. Belcher elected to terminate the agreement on that basis not later than two years following the date of such Change of Control, or (z) or the relocation of Mr. Belcher’s principal place of business to a location more than 60 miles from both Bethel, Connecticut and Easton, Connecticut, without his consent. In the event of a termination as described above, all incentive and non-qualified stock options then held by Mr. Belcher that were still subject to any vesting requirements would have such vesting requirements terminated (such that all such options would then become immediately exercisable), to the extent allowable under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the plans pursuant to which the same were granted.

 

Employment Agreement with James V. Dandeneau

 

In connection with its acquisition of the assets of Putnam Plastics Corporation in November of 2004, the Company’s subsidiary, Putnam Plastics Company LLC, entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Dandeneau, effective November 10, 2004. The Company purchased substantially all of the assets and assumed selected liabilities of Putnam Plastics Corporation, which was owned by MPAV Acquisition LLC, and in doing so, assumed the Employment Agreement with Mr. Dandeneau. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Dandeneau serves as President Putnam Plastics Company LLC. The initial term of the agreement ends on November 9, 2007. The agreement entitles Mr. Dandeneau to receive (i) an annual base salary of $200,000; (ii) the option to acquire 40,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on November 10, 2005; at an exercise price equal to $2.40 per share; (iii) additional compensation in the form of an annual target bonus equal to 45% of the annual base salary and/or stock option grants determined by and in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iv) an automobile allowance of $500 per month; and (v) certain other fringe benefits and perquisites as set forth in the amended agreement.

 

The agreement provides that if Mr. Dandeneau’s employment is terminated (a) by the Company without cause (other than at the end of any term), or (b) by Mr. Dandeneau for “Good Reason,” Mr. Dandeneau would become entitled to a lump-sum payment equal to the sum of (i) 100% of his annual salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the date of termination until November 9, 2007, plus (ii) 100% of the target bonus otherwise payable until November 9, 2007. “Good Reason” is defined to mean (x) the failure by the Company to observe or comply with any provision of the agreement (if such failure has not been cured within 10 days after written notice of same has been given to the Company), or (y) a material diminution in the position, duties and/or responsibilities of Mr. Dandeneau upon or following a “Change of Control of the Company” (as defined in the agreement), provided that Mr. Dandeneau elected to terminate the agreement on that basis not later than two years following the date of such Change of Control.

 

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Employment Agreement with Dean J. Tulumaris

 

Effective May 26, 2005, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Mr. Tulumaris, which superseded and replaced the Offer Letter between the Company and Mr. Tulumaris, dated July 31, 2002. Pursuant to the agreement and subsequent amendment, Mr. Tulumaris serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. The initial term of the amended agreement ends on May 17, 2006, and then automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless or until Mr. Tulumaris or the Company gives notice of his or its intention not to renew. The agreement entitles Mr. Tulumaris to receive (i) an annual base salary of $180,000; (ii) a one-time grant of 100,000 incentive stock options, vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on May 18, 2005, at an exercise price equal to $1.74 per share; (iii) a one-time cash bonus of $20,000, (iv) additional compensation in the form of an annual target bonus equal to 45% of the annual base salary and/or stock option grants determined by and in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company; (v) an automobile allowance of $500 per month; and (vi) certain other fringe benefits and perquisites as set forth in the amended agreement.

 

If the Company elects not to renew the amended agreement at the end of any one-year term, then the Company shall pay to Mr. Tulumaris his base salary for a period of 12 months following the termination of the amended agreement, as and when the same would otherwise be due including continuation of employee health insurance as provided to active employees, and an amount equal to 100% of his target bonus as then in effect, in one lump sum, unless such non-renewal by the Company is for cause.

 

The amendment to the Amended and Restated Employment agreement provides that if Mr. Tulumaris’ employment is terminated (a) by the Company without cause (other than at the end of any term), or (b) by Mr. Tulumaris for “Good Reason,” in addition to the other rights to which Mr. Tulumaris is entitled upon a termination as provided in the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, Mr. Tulumaris would become entitled to a lump-sum payment equal to the sum of (i) 100% of his annual salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the date of termination, plus (ii) 100% of the bonus otherwise payable for the fiscal year during which termination occurs. “Good Reason” is defined to mean (x) the failure by the Company to observe or comply with any provision of the agreement (if such failure has not been cured within 10 days after written notice of same has been given to the Company), or (y) a material diminution in the position, duties and/or responsibilities of Mr. Tulumaris upon or following a “Change of Control of the Company” (as defined in the agreement), provided that Mr. Tulumaris elected to terminate the agreement on that basis not later than two years following the date of such Change of Control.

 

Employment Agreement with Ming H. Wu

 

On March 1, 2003, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Dr. Ming H. Wu. Pursuant to the agreement, Dr. Wu serves in the capacity of Vice President – Office of Technology. The agreement is a one-year employment agreement, which automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless or until Dr. Wu or the Company gives notice of his or its intention not to renew. Pursuant to this provision, the term of the agreement has most recently been automatically renewed through February 28, 2006. The employment agreement entitles Dr. Wu to receive (i) an annual base salary of $150,000; (ii) additional compensation in the form of an annual target bonus of 35% of Dr. Wu’s annual base salary and/or stock option grants, determined by and in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company; and (iii) certain other fringe benefits and perquisites as set forth in the agreement. In July 2005, Dr. Wu’s salary was increased from $156,015 to $161,944.

 

If the Company elects not to renew the employment agreement at the end of any one-year term, then the Company shall pay to Dr. Wu his base salary for a period of 12 months following the termination of the employment agreement, as and when the same would otherwise be due, and an amount equal to 50% of his target bonus, as then in effect, in one lump sum, unless such non-renewal by the Company is for cause.

 

Dr. Wu’s agreement also provides that if his employment is terminated (a) by the Company without cause (other than at the end of any term), or (b) by Dr. Wu for “Good Reason,” Dr. Wu would become entitled to a lump-sum payment equal to the sum of (i) 100% of his annual salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the date of termination, plus (ii) 50% of the bonus otherwise payable for the fiscal year during which termination occurs. “Good Reason” is defined to mean (x) the failure by the Company to observe or comply with any provision of the agreement (if such failure has not been cured within 10 days after written notice of same has been given to the Company), or (y) a material diminution in the position, duties and/or responsibilities of Dr. Wu upon or following a “Change of Control of the Company” (as defined in the agreement), provided that Dr. Wu elected to terminate the agreement on that basis not later than two years following the date of such Change of Control.

 

Each of the employment agreements described above also contains substantially similar provisions with respect to termination in the event of the death or due to the disability of the employee. In the event of a termination upon the death of any such employee, his employment shall terminate effective at the time of death; provided, however, that such termination shall not result in the loss of any benefit or rights, which he may have accrued through the date of his death. If his employment is terminated prior to the expiration of the term due to his death, the Company shall make a severance payment to the employee or his legal representatives equal to his regular salary payments through the end of the month in which such death occurs. In addition, the Company shall make a severance payment to the employee or his legal representative equal to his target bonus, pro rated for the portion of such fiscal year

 

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completed prior to his death; provided, however, that such pro rated portion of his target bonus shall be paid following the completion of such fiscal year at the time similar bonuses are paid to other employees of the Company. If one of the employees becomes disabled (as described in his employment agreement), his employment may be terminated, at the Company’s option, at the end of the calendar month during which his disability is determined; provided, however, that such termination shall not result in the loss of any benefits or rights which such employee may have accrued through the date of his disability. If the employee’s employment is terminated prior to the expiration of the term due to his disability, the Company shall make a severance payment to him or his legal representative equal to his regular salary payments for a period of six months from the date of such termination or, if sooner, until payments begin under any disability insurance policy maintained by the Company for such employee’s benefit.

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The following table sets forth, as of October 21, 2005, information regarding beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock by (i) each person who is known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock (based on information furnished to the Company on behalf of such persons or otherwise known to the Company), (ii) each of the directors of the Company and nominees for director of the Company, (iii) each of the executive officers named in the annual compensation table captioned “Summary Compensation Table” below, and (iv) all current directors and executive officers as a group. Beneficial ownership of a security is determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security, subject to Rule 13d-3(b) if, among other things, that person has the right to acquire such security within 60 days.

 

COMMON STOCK

 

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner


   Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership


 

Percentage of Common

Stock Outstanding (1)


New England Partners Capital, L.P.

One Boston Plaza, Suite 3630

Boston, Massachusetts 02108

   1,925,000(2)   6.7%

James G. Binch

362 Canoe Hill Road

New Canaan, Connecticut 06840

      860,537(3)   3.0%

W. Andrew Krusen, Jr.

3415 Morrison Avenue,

Tampa, Florida 33629

      734,665(4)   2.6%

Kempton J. Coady, III

4 Fernwood Road

Westport, Connecticut 06880

      150,622(5)   *

Dr. Edwin Snape

1095 Long Pond Road

Wellfleet, Massachusetts 02667

   1,965,695(6)   6.8%

Francois Marchal

Compagnie Financiere Aval S.A.

6 Route de Malagnou

Case Postale 521

CH-1211 Geneve 17

Switzerland

      367,743(7)   1.3%

 

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Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner


   Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership


  Percentage of Common
Stock Outstanding (1)


Michel de Beaumont

American Equities Overseas (UK)

12 Park Place

London SW1A 1LP

England

      179,909(8)   *

Robert P. Belcher

165 Grassy Hill Road

Woodbury, Connecticut 06798

      418,000(9)   1.5%

Carmen L. Diersen

10527 Parker Drive

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347

          5,674(10)   *

James V. Dandeneau

P O Box 159

307 Thompson Road

Thompson, Connecticut 06277

   2,478,569(11)     8.6%

Dean J. Tulumaris

56 Charolais Way

Burlington, CT 06013

        82,500(12)   *

Dr. Ming H. Wu

4 Empire Lane

Bethel, Connecticut 06801

      142,200(13)   *

All directors and executive officers

as a group (11 persons)

   7,386,114(14)   25.7%

 * Less than one percent.

 

(1) In each case where shares subject to warrants or options are included as beneficially owned by an individual or group, the percentage of all shares owned by such individual or group is calculated as if all such warrants or options had been exercised prior to such calculation.
(2) The information as to the beneficial ownership of Common Stock by New England Partners Capital, L.P. (“NEP”) was obtained from its statement on Schedule 13G filed on February 18, 2002 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Includes warrants currently exercisable to purchase 375,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.25 per share.
(3) Includes 859,530 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date. Also includes 1,007 shares of Common Stock owned by Mr. Binch’s daughter. Mr. Binch disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares owned by his daughter.
(4) Includes 20,713 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date. Also includes 275,000 shares of Common Stock owned by WIT Ventures, LTD. (“WIT”), 8,000 shares of Common Stock owned by Krusen-Vogt & Co., (“KVC”), 269,000 shares of Common Stock owned by Dominion Financial Group International LDC (“DFGI”), and 25,000 shares owned by Dominion Capital Management. Mr. Krusen is the President and a principal stockholder of JAWIT Corporation, which is the managing General Partner of WIT, a General Partner of KVC and a limited partner of WIT. In addition, Mr. Krusen is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of DFGI, and also indirectly beneficially owns certain outstanding securities of DFGI through WIT.

 

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(5) Includes 20,713 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date. Also includes 50,000 shares of Common Stock held by Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, as custodian of an IRA for the benefit of Mr. Coady’s wife.
(6) Includes 5,819 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date. Also includes (i) 1,569,979 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 10,459 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of vested stock options, and (iii) warrants currently exercisable to purchase 375,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.25 per share, each owned by NEP. Edwin Snape is a managing member of NEP Capital, LLC, the general partner of NEP. Dr. Snape disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities (except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities).
(7) Includes 2,739 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date. Also includes 365,004 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Compagnie Financiere Aval S.A. Mr. Marchal is the General Administrator and a partner of Compagnie Financiere Aval S.A. Mr. Marchal disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities (except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities).
(8) Includes 2,061 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date. Also includes (i) 40,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Emerge Capital and (ii) 127,700 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Samisa Investment Corp. (“Samisa”). Mr. de Beaumont is a stockholder and beneficial owner of Emerge Capital and Samisa. Mr. de Beaumont disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities (except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities).
(9) Includes 373,000 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date.
(10) Includes 715 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date.
(11) Includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date.
(12) Includes 82,500 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date.
(13) Includes 138,700 shares of Common Stock that may be acquired through the exercise of (i) vested stock options and (ii) stock options that will vest within 60 days after the Record Date.
(14) See prior footnotes.

 

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

Plan Category


  

(a)

Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights


  

(b)

Weighted-average

exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights


  

(c)

Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))


Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

   4,685,331    $ 1.89    2,398,603

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

   0    $ 0.00    N/A
    
  

  

Total

   4,685,331    $ 1.89    2,398,603

 

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

In connection with the Putnam Acquisition, the Company entered into agreements with James V. Dandeneau, the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation. Mr. Dandeneau is now an executive officer of the Company and serves on the Board of Directors.

 

The Company paid a purchase price of $18.9 million in cash, 2,857,143 shares of the Company’s common stock, and $2.5 million in deferred payments. The deferred payments are non-interest bearing and are required to be paid in three equal annual installments beginning November 9, 2005. The 2,857,143 shares of the Company’s common stock included as part of the consideration for the acquisition were issued without registration in reliance on the exemption set forth in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the shares are subject to certain restrictions, including a black out period during which the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation is prohibited from selling any of the shares for a period of 18 months after November 9, 2004, and after such 18-month period, the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation is generally prohibited from selling more than 250,000 shares through the public markets in any calendar quarter.

 

In conjunction with the Putnam Acquisition, the Company signed a lease for Putnam’s manufacturing facility located in Dayville, Connecticut in which the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation is the lessor. The term of the lease is from November 10, 2004 to November 30, 2009 with renewal options to extend the term for thirty months. The monthly rent was based on an independent appraisal and is $18,000. The Company is also responsible for certain insurance, taxes and maintenance on the facility.

 

In addition, the Company is leasing 2,012 square feet of warehousing space from the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation on a month-to-month basis. Total rent paid to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation was $145,000 during the year ended June 30, 2005. Mr. Dandeneau is also the 50% shareholder of a company that is a supplier and customer of Putnam. Purchases from and sales to this company were $124,000 and $13,000, respectively, during the period from November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

The aggregate fees billed for audit services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP for fiscal years 2005 and 2004, and the aggregate fees billed during fiscal years 2005 and 2004 for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP of the other types listed below, were as follows:

 

     Year Ended June 30,

     2005

   2004

Audit Fees

   $ 161,570    $ 120,750

Audit-Related Fees

     6,880      7,500

Tax Fees

     27,950      66,142

Acquisition and All Other Fees

     175,838      51,344

 

Audit-Related Fees for fiscal 2005 were comprised of reviewing the annual report to shareholders and Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 404 compliance plan. Tax Fees for fiscal 2005 were comprised of tax return and estimate preparation ($18,350) and miscellaneous tax research ($9,600). Acquisition and All Other Fees for fiscal 2005 were primarily related to the Putnam acquisition. The Audit Committee pre-approved all of these services except for the license to access the Deloitte Accounting Research Tool (DART), which services, representing less than 1% of the total amount of fees paid by the Company to Deloitte & Touche LLP during fiscal 2005, were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to Rule 210.2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-X, as amended.

 

Audit-Related Fees for fiscal 2004 were comprised of a Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 workshop. Tax Fees for fiscal 2004 were comprised of a research and development tax credit project ($60,468), return preparation assistance ($3,100) and miscellaneous tax research ($2,574). The Audit Committee pre-approved all of these services for fiscal 2004 except for those comprising return preparation assistance and miscellaneous tax research, which services, representing approximately 4.78% of the total amount of fees paid by the Company to Deloitte & Touche LLP during fiscal 2004, were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to Rule 210.2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-X, as amended.

 

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PART IV.

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 

  (1) Financial Statements: Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms; Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2005 and 2004; Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004, and 2003; Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004, and 2003; and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003; and notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

  (2) Financial statement schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the information is otherwise included.

 

(b) Exhibit Listing

 

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Exhibit
Number


  

Description of Exhibit


    
2.1    Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 9, 2004, among the Company, Putnam Plastics Corporation and Mr. James Dandeneau    (19)
3.1    Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended    (7)
3.2    By-Laws of the Company, as amended    (2)
3.3    Amendment Number 1 to By-Laws of the Company, as amended    (6)
4.1    Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued to Brooks, Houghton & Company, Inc., dated June 30, 2001    (9)
4.2    Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued to Brooks, Houghton & Company, Inc., dated August 30, 2001    (9)
4.3    Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued to New England Partners, dated November 6, 2001    (9)
4.4    Warrant to Purchase Common Stock issued by the Company to ipCapital Group, Inc., dated December 18, 2001    (10)
4.5    Nontransferable Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement, dated January 31, 2002, between the Company and Robert J. Thatcher    (11)
4.6    Warrant No. 02-05 to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, dated April 3, 2002, issued to ipCapital Group Inc.    (11)
4.7    Warrant No. 02-06 to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, dated April 3, 2002, issued to ipCapital Group Inc.    (11)
4.8    Warrant No. 03-01 to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, dated April 10, 2003, issued to Trautman Wasserman & Co., Inc.    (12)
4.9    Warrant No. 03-02 to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, dated July 1, 2003, issued to Trautman Wasserman & Co., Inc.    (14)
4.10    Warrant No. 03-03 to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, dated October 1, 2003, issued to Trautman Wasserman & Co., Inc.    (15)
4.11    Warrant No. 03-04 to Purchase Common Stock of the Company, dated January 1, 2004, issued to Trautman Wasserman & Co., Inc.    (16)
10.1    Employee Non-Disclosure agreement, dated as of October 18, 1994, between the Company and James G. Binch    *(1)
10.2    Convertible Subordinated Debenture Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 1994, between the Company and CII    (2)
10.3    Employee Agreement on Inventions and Patents, between the Company and James G. Binch    *(2)
10.4    Memry Corporation Stock Option Plan, as amended    *(3)
10.5    Amended and Restated Tinel-Lock Supply Agreement, dated as of February 19, 1997, and effective as of December 20, 1996, between the Company and Raychem Corporation    (4)
10.6    Memry Corporation’s Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended as of December 8, 2004    *(19)
10.7    Form of Nontransferable Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 1997 Plan    *(5)
10.8    Sublease, dated February 3, 2000, by and between the Company and Pacific Financial Printing    (7)
10.9    Lease, dated February 8, 2001, between Berkshire Industrial Corporation and the Company    (8)
10.10    Business Park Lease, dated August 27, 2001, between 4065 Associates, L.P. and the Company, together with Agreement to Defer Certain Work, dated August 27, 2001, by and between 4065 Associates, L.P. and the Company    (8)
10.11    Amendment to Lease, dated November 6, 2001, between 4065 Associates L.P. and Memry Corporation, with Amendment to Agreement, dated November 6, 2001, by and between 4065 Associates L.P. and the Company    (9)
10.12    Sublease extension, dated September 2, 2003, by and between the Company and Pacific Financial Printing    (13)
10.13    Amendment to Lease, dated July 24, 2003, between 4065 Associates L.P. and the Company, with Second Amendment to Agreement, dated July 24, 2003, by and between 4065 Associates L.P. and the Company    (13)
10.14    Master Supply Agreement, date June 13, 2003, by and between Medtronic, Inc. and the Company    (13)
10.15    Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2003, by and between the Company and United States Surgical, Division of Tyco Healthcare Group, LP    +(13)
10.16    Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2004, between Dean Tulumaris and the Company    *(20)
10.17    Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2003, between Ming Wu and the Company    *(14)

 

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Exhibit
Number


  

Description of Exhibit


    
10.18    Second Amended and Restated Commercial Revolving Loan, Term Loan, Line of Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, between the Company and Webster Bank.    (16)
10.19    Revolving Credit Note dated November 9, 2004 made by the Company to the order of Webster Business Credit Corporation    (18)
10.20    Capital Expenditure Note dated November 9, 2004 made by the Company to the order of Webster Business Credit Corporation    (18)
10.21    Credit and Security Agreement dated as of November 9, 2004 between the Company as borrower and Webster Business Credit Corporation as lender    (18)
10.22    Sublease extension, dated June 16, 2004, by and among the Company, Pacific Financial Printing and Albert Gounod    (17)
10.23    Employment Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2004, between Robert P. Belcher and the Company    (17)
10.24    Employment Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2004, between James G. Binch and the Company    (17)
10.25    Commercial Lease Agreement dated as of November 9, 2004 between James V. Dandeneau, as lessor, and MPAV Acquisition LLC, as lessee    (18)
10.26    Term Loan A Note dated November 9, 2004 made by the Company to the order of Webster Business Credit Corporation    (18)
10.27    Term Loan B Note dated November 9, 2004 made by the Company to the order of Webster Business Credit Corporation    (18)
10.28    Guaranty Agreement dated of as November 9, 2004 made by MPAV Acquisition LLC in favor of Webster Business Credit Corporation    (18)
10.29    Subordinated Loan Agreement dated as of November 9, 2004 among the Company and MPAV Acquisition LLC, as borrowers, and Ironbridge Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and Brookside Pecks Capital Partners, L.P., as lenders    (18)
10.30    Subordinated Promissory Note dated November 9, 2004 made by the Company and MPAV Acquisition LLC, jointly and severally, to the order of Brookside Pecks Capital Partners, L.P.    (18)
10.31    Subordinated Promissory Note dated November 9, 2004 made by the Company and MPAV Acquisition LLC, jointly and severally, to the order of Ironbridge Mezzanine Fund, L.P.    (18)
10.32    Standard Industrial/Commercial Single-Tenant Lease — Net dated as of December 1, 2004 between Albert M. Gounod and the Company    (18)
10.33    Summary of Additional Compensation for Non-Management Chairs of the Board of Directors and Board Committees of Memry Corporation, as approved on December 8, 2004    *(21)
10.34    Supply Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2004, by and between MPAV Acquisition LLC and Foster Corporation.    (22)
10.35    Employment Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2004, between James Dandeneau and Putnam Plastics Company LLC.    *(22)
21.1    Information regarding Subsidiaries    (23)
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP    (23)
23.2    Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP    (23)
31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    (23)

 

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31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    (23 )
32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    (23 )
32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    (23 )
99.1    Amended and Restated Memry Corporation Audit Committee Charter    (19 )

 * Management contract or compensatory plan of arrangement.
 + Certain confidential portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to an Order Granting Confidential Treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, dated April 6, 2004.
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994.(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, as amended.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1996.
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997, as amended.
(5) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 1997.
(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998.
(7) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000.
(8) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 1O-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto.
(9) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2001.
(10) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2001.
(11) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2002.
(12) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003.
(13) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.
(14) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003.
(15) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2003.
(16) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004.
(17) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004.
(18) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on November 12, 2004.
(19) Incorporated by reference to the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2004
(20) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2004.
(21) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 14, 2004,
(22) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2004.
(23) Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 28, 2005

 

MEMRY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ JAMES G. BINCH


   

James G. Binch

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

By:  

/s/ ROBERT P. BELCHER


   

Robert P. Belcher

Senior Vice President—Finance and Administration

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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 in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


   Date

/s/ MICHELE DE BEAUMONT


Michele de Beaumont

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ ROBERT P. BELCHER


Robert P. Belcher

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ JAMES G. BINCH


James G. Binch

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ KEMPTON J. COADY, III


Kempton J. Coady, III

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ JAMES V. DANDENEAU


James V. Dandeneau

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ CARMEN L. DIERSEN


Carmen L. Diersen

 

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ W. ANDREW KRUSEN, JR.


W. Andrew Krusen, Jr.

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ FRANCOIS MARCHAL


Francois Marchal

   Director    October 28, 2005

/s/ EDWIN SNAPE


Edwin Snape

   Chairman    October 28, 2005

 

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CONTENTS

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM    F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   

F-2

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS     

Consolidated balance sheets

   F-3

Consolidated statements of income

   F-4

Consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity

   F-5

Consolidated statements of cash flows

   F-6

Notes to consolidated financial statements

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Stockholders and Board of Directors

Memry Corporation

Bethel, Connecticut

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Memry Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal controls over financial reporting. Our audits include consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also 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 audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 205 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/S/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
September 26, 2005

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Memry Corporation

Bethel, Connecticut

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows of Memry Corporation and subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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 Memry Corporation and subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/S/ McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
New Haven, Connecticut
August 11, 2003

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

June 30, 2005 and 2004

 

     2005

    2004

 

ASSETS

                

Current Assets

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 4,141,000     $ 12,404,000  

Accounts receivable, net

     5,846,000       4,132,000  

Inventories

     4,948,000       2,956,000  

Deferred tax asset

     1,391,000       975,000  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     288,000       41,000  
    


 


Total current assets

     16,614,000       20,508,000  
    


 


Property, Plant and Equipment, net

     8,370,000       5,090,000  
    


 


Other Assets

                

Intangible assets, net

     7,842,000       933,000  

Goodwill

     13,946,000       1,038,000  

Cash collateral deposits

     1,500,000       —    

Deferred financing costs, less accumulated amortization of $74,000 in 2005 and $5,000 in 2004

     465,000       51,000  

Deferred tax asset

     3,508,000       5,175,000  

Note receivable

     407,000       —    

Deposits and other assets

     148,000       193,000  
    


 


Total other assets

     27,816,000       7,390,000  
    


 


TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 52,800,000     $ 32,988,000  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Current Liabilities

                

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 5,453,000     $ 3,213,000  

Notes payable

     2,615,000       320,000  

Capital leases

     —         29,000  

Income tax payable

     204,000       43,000  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     8,272,000       3,605,000  
    


 


Notes Payable, less current maturities

     8,759,000       1,159,000  
    


 


Commitments and Contingencies (See Notes)

                

Stockholders’ Equity

                

Common stock, $.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized; 28,580,591 shares issued and outstanding in 2005 and 25,570,419 shares issued and outstanding in 2004

     286,000       256,000  

Additional paid-in capital

     53,893,000       49,103,000  

Accumulated deficit

     (18,410,000 )     (21,135,000 )
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     35,769,000       28,224,000  
    


 


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

   $ 52,800,000     $ 32,988,000  
    


 


 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

     2005

    2004

    2003

 

Revenues

   $ 45,008,000     $ 34,492,000     $ 34,007,000  

Cost of Revenues

     27,095,000       20,682,000       22,608,000  
    


 


 


Gross profit

     17,913,000       13,810,000       11,399,000  
    


 


 


Operating Expenses

                        

Research and development

     2,401,000       2,878,000       2,465,000  

General, selling and administration

     9,571,000       7,600,000       6,664,000  

Amortization of intangible assets

     379,000       133,000       133,000  
    


 


 


       12,351,000       10,611,000       9,262,000  
    


 


 


Operating income

     5,562,000       3,199,000       2,137,000  
    


 


 


Loss on extinguishment of debt

     (182,000 )     —         —    
    


 


 


Other income

     60,000       —         —    
    


 


 


Interest

                        

Expense

     (1,189,000 )     (74,000 )     (126,000 )

Income

     157,000       92,000       61,000  
    


 


 


       (1,032,000 )     18,000       (65,000 )
    


 


 


Income before income taxes

     4,408,000       3,217,000       2,072,000  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     1,683,000       839,000       (6,756,000 )
    


 


 


Net income

   $ 2,725,000     $ 2,378,000     $ 8,828,000  
    


 


 


Basic earnings per share

   $ 0.10     $ 0.09     $ 0.35  
    


 


 


Diluted earnings per share

   $ 0.10     $ 0.09     $ 0.34  
    


 


 


 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

     Common Stock

  

Additional

Paid-in

Capital


  

Accumulated

Deficit


    Total

    

Shares

Issued


  

Par

Value


       

Balance, July 1, 2002

   25,252,546    $ 253,000    $ 48,708,000    $ (32,341,000 )   $ 16,620,000

Issuance of common stock and warrants

   284,976      2,000      198,000      —         200,000

Net income

   —        —        —        8,828,000       8,828,000
    
  

  

  


 

Balance, June 30, 2003

   25,537,522      255,000      48,906,000      (23,513,000 )     25,648,000

Issuance of common stock and warrants

   32,897      1,000      197,000      —         198,000

Net income

   —        —        —        2,378,000       2,378,000
    
  

  

  


 

Balance, June 30, 2004

   25,570,419      256,000      49,103,000      (21,135,000 )     28,224,000

Issuance of common stock

   153,029      1,000      249,000      —         250,000

Issuance of restricted common stock in conjunction with acquisition

   2,857,143      29,000      4,541,000      —         4,570,000

Net income

   —        —        —        2,725,000       2,725,000
    
  

  

  


 

Balance, June 30, 2005

   28,580,591    $ 286,000    $ 53,893,000    $ (18,410,000 )   $ 35,769,000
    
  

  

  


 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

     2005

    2004

    2003

 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

                        

Net income

   $ 2,725,000     $ 2,378,000     $ 8,828,000  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                        

Provision (benefit) for doubtful accounts

     36,000       (111,000 )     (44,000 )

Depreciation and amortization

     2,574,000       1,853,000       1,958,000  

Gain on sale of asset

     (10,000 )     —         (12,000 )

Deferred income taxes (benefit)

     1,251,000       656,000       (6,806,000 )

Equity based compensation

     78,000       198,000       152,000  

Accreted interest on note receivable

     (7,000 )     —         —    

Accreted interest on notes payable

     336,000       —         —    

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     107,000       —         —    

Change in operating assets and liabilities (net of business acquisition):

                        

Accounts receivable

     (430,000 )     (212,000 )     2,116,000  

Inventories

     (1,026,000 )     397,000       943,000  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     (129,000 )     33,000       (49,000 )

Other assets

     45,000       13,000       122,000  

Note receivable– related party

     —         110,000       —    

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     1,460,000       626,000       (959,000 )

Income taxes payable

     142,000       152,000       (118,000 )
    


 


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     7,152,000       6,093,000       6,131,000  
    


 


 


Cash Flows From Investing Activities

                        

Capital expenditures

     (2,095,000 )     (724,000 )     (1,526,000 )

Note receivable

     (400,000 )     —         —    

Payment for business acquisition

     (18,245,000 )     —         —    

Cash collateral deposits

     (1,500,000 )     —         —    

Proceeds from sale of asset

     10,000       —         40,000  
    


 


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (22,230,000 )     (724,000 )     (1,486,000 )
    


 


 


Cash Flows From Financing Activities

                        

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     172,000       —         48,000  

Proceeds from notes payable

     11,400,000       1,574,000       399,000  

Principal payments on notes payable

     (4,681,000 )     (1,987,000 )     (529,000 )

Financing costs

     (659,000 )     (55,000 )     —    

Proceeds from equipment line of credit

     612,000       —         —    

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

     (29,000 )     (6,000 )     (5,000 )
    


 


 


Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     6,815,000       (474,000 )     (87,000 )
    


 


 


(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (8,263,000 )     4,895,000       4,558,000  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

     12,404,000       7,509,000       2,951,000  
    


 


 


Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

   $ 4,141,000     $ 12,404,000     $ 7,509,000  
    


 


 


Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

                        

Cash payments for interest

   $ 721,000     $ 89,000     $ 129,000  
    


 


 


Cash payments for income taxes

   $ 272,000     $ 30,000     $ 168,000  
    


 


 


Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

                        

Conversion of revolving loans payable to equipment term loan

   $ —       $ —       $ 276,000  
    


 


 


Capital lease obligation incurred

   $ —       $ 35,000     $ —    
    


 


 


Business Acquisition:

                        

Fair value of assets acquired, including goodwill

   $ 25,807,000                  

Cash paid

     (18,245,000 )                

Accrued purchase price payments

     (629,000 )                

Fair value of restricted common stock issued

     (4,570,000 )                

Present value of deferred payment

     (2,228,000 )                
    


               

Liabilities assumed

   $ 135,000                  
    


               

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Note 1. Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Nature of business

 

Memry Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1981, is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing products and components that are sold primarily to the medical device industry. The Company utilizes shape memory alloys and extruded polymers in the production of most of its products. The results of operations of Putnam Plastics Company (“Putnam Plastic Company”) have been included in the consolidated statements of income from the November 9, 2004 date of acquisition of substantially all of the assets and assumed selected liabilities of Putnam Plastics Corporation (the “Putnam Acquisition”). The term “Putnam” is used herein to refer to the business operated by Putnam Plastic Corporation prior to the Putnam Acquisition and Putnam Plastics Company thereafter. See Note 5. Export sales for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were $9,170,000 $2,626,000 and $1,292,000, respectively.

 

Accounting estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Memry Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Putnam Plastics Company and Memry Holdings, S.A. Putnam Plastics Company was established to complete the Putnam Acquisition. Memry Holdings, S.A. is a holding company whose principal asset consisted of an investment in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Memry Europe, N.V., which was sold on February 8, 2001. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

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. During the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company had cash deposits in excess of FDIC insured limits at various banks. The Company has not experienced any losses from such excess deposits.

 

Accounts receivable

 

Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate for doubtful accounts based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a monthly basis. Management determines the allowance for doubtful accounts by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering a customer’s financial condition, credit history, and current economic conditions. Accounts receivable are written-off when deemed uncollectible.

 

Inventories

 

Inventories consist principally of various metal alloy rod, shape memory alloys and polymer pellets. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined on the first-in, first-out method, or market.

 

Disclosure of fair value of financial statements

 

The carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these financial instruments. The carrying value of the notes payable approximates fair value because current rates offered to the Company for debt with similar remaining maturities are approximately the same.

 

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company measures impairment by comparing the asset’s estimated fair value to its carrying amount. The estimated fair value of these assets is based on estimated future cash flows to be generated by the assets, discounted at a market rate of interest.

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the aggregate purchase price over the fair value of net assets of acquired businesses. The Company accounts for goodwill in accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill not be amortized, but subjected to an impairment test on an annual basis or when facts and circumstances suggest such assets may be impaired. The Company has completed its impairment tests for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, which did not result in an indication of impairment. All of the $13,946,000 of goodwill at June 30, 2005 is deductible for income tax purposes.

 

Revenue recognition

 

Revenues from product sales are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured. Transfer of title and risk of ownership occurs upon shipment of product. Certain revenues are earned in connection with research and development grants and contracts, which are principally with various governmental agencies. Such revenues are recognized when services are rendered. Some of the Company’s research and development projects are customer-sponsored and typically provide the Company with the production rights or pay a royalty to the Company if a commercially viable product results. Such revenues are recognized as indicated above. Revenues from research and development activities were $2,306,000, $967,000 and $902,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

Depreciation of equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. The estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

 

     Years

Furniture and fixtures

   5-10

Tooling and equipment

   3-10

Office equipment

   3-5

 

Leasehold improvements are amortized over the term of the lease or the improvement’s estimated useful life, if shorter.

 

Costs incurred in obtaining financing are capitalized and amortized over the term of the related debt. Amortization of deferred financing costs was $138,000, $10,000 and $13,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

401(k) plan

 

The Company maintains a 401(k) profit sharing and savings plan for the benefit of substantially all of its employees. The Plan provides for contributions by the Company in such amounts as the Board of Directors may annually determine. Contributions were $280,000, $232,000 and $214,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Research and development expense

 

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. The Company incurs research and development expenses for purposes of developing its own future products. Such costs are included in operating expenses. The Company also incurs research and development expenses that are funded by customers pursuant to customer arrangements. Such costs are included in cost of revenues were $2,414,000, $618,000 and $483,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Shipping and handling costs

 

Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight are included in general, selling and administration expenses and were $93,000, $84,000 and $99,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Income taxes

 

Deferred income taxes are provided on the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their income tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws on the date of enactment.

 

Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share amounts are computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share amounts assume the exercise of all potential common stock instruments unless the effect is antidilutive.

 

The following is information about the computation of weighted-average shares utilized in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003:

 

     2005

   2004

   2003

Weighted average number of basic shares outstanding

   27,496,849    25,553,916    25,466,769

Effect of dilutive securities:

              

Warrants

   225,692    123,648    90,180

Stock options

   540,180    297,472    120,720
    
  
  

Weighted average number of fully diluted shares outstanding

   28,262,721    25,975,036    25,677,669
    
  
  

 

Stock compensation plans

 

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, encourages all entities to adopt a fair value based method of accounting for employee stock compensation plans, whereby compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. However, SFAS No. 123 also allows an entity to continue to measure compensation cost for those plans using the intrinsic value based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” whereby compensation cost is the excess, if any, of the quoted market price of the stock at the grant date (or other measurement date) over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock. Stock options issued to employees and directors under the Company’s stock option and warrant plans have no intrinsic value at the grant date, and under Opinion No. 25 no compensation cost is recognized. On January 1, 2003, the Company adopted SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure, an Amendment of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 123.” The Company has elected to continue with the accounting methodology in APB Opinion No. 25 and, as a result, has provided pro forma disclosures of net income and earnings per share, and other disclosures, as if the fair value based method of accounting had been applied.

 

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MEMRY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Had compensation cost for issuance of such stock options been recognized based on the fair values of awards on the grant dates in accordance with the method described in SFAS No. 123, reported net income and per share amounts for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 would have been as follows:

 

     2005

    2004

    2003

 

Net income, as reported

   $ 2,725,000     $ 2,378,000     $ 8,828,000  

Deduct total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

     (302,000 )     (232,000 )     (103,000 )
    


 


 


Pro forma net income

   $ 2,423,000     $ 2,146,000     $ 8,725,000  
    


 


 


Basic earnings per share:

                        

As reported

   $ 0.10     $ 0.09     $ 0.35  
    


 


 


Pro forma

   $ 0.09     $ 0.08     $ 0.34  
    


 


 


Diluted earnings per share:

                        

As reported

   $ 0.10     $ 0.09     $ 0.34  
    


 


 


Pro forma

   $ 0.09     $ 0.08     $ 0.34  
    


 


 


 

The fair value of each grant, used to determine the pro forma information above, is estimated at the grant date using the fair value option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for grants awarded for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003:

 

     2005

  2004

  2003

Dividend rate

      

Risk free interest rate

   2.89% - 3.90%   1.93% - 3.13%   1.47% - 1.79

Weighted average expected lives, in years

   3.0   3.0   3.0

Price volatility

   70%   78%   79%

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. SFAS No. 123(R) is a revision of SFAS No. 123 and supersedes APB No. 25 and its related implementation guidance. SFAS No. 123(R) establishes standards for the accounting for transactions where an entity exchanges its equity for goods or services. It also addressed transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. SFAS No. 123(R) focuses primarily on accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) allows entities to apply a modified retrospective application to periods before the required effective date. SFAS No. 123(R) is effective for public entities that do not file as small business issuers as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005, or in the Company’s case, July 1, 2005. The Company has not yet determined whether to use the modified retrospective application for periods prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 123(R).

 

Impact of recently issued accounting standards

 

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs. SFAS No. 151 amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight handling costs and wasted material (spoilage). In addition, SFAS No. 151 requires that the allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on normal capacity of the production facilities. The provisions of SFAS No. 151 are effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 151 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, which eliminates the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. SFAS No. 153 will be effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 153 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections which replaces APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and SFAS No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements - An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 28. SFAS No. 154 provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. Specifically, SFAS No. 154 requires “retrospective application” of the direct effect for a voluntary change in accounting principle to prior periods’ financial statements, if it is practicable to do so. SFAS No. 154 also strictly redefines the term “restatement” to mean the correction of an error by revising previously issued financial statements. SFAS No. 154 replaces APB No. 20, which requires that most voluntary changes in accounting principle be recognized by including in net income of the period of the change to the new

 

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Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

accounting principle. Unless adopted early, SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of SFAS No. 154 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Note 2. Inventories

 

Inventories consist of the following at June 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

     2005

   2004

Raw materials and supplies

   $ 2,022,000    $ 1,154,000

Work-in-process

     2,021,000      1,260,000

Finished goods

     905,000      542,000
    

  

     $ 4,948,000    $ 2,956,000
    

  

 

Note 3. Property, Plant and Equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following at June 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

     2005

   2004

Furniture and fixtures

   $ 1,382,000    $ 1,052,000

Tooling and equipment

     15,532,000      11,069,000

Leasehold improvements

     2,983,000      2,551,000
    

  

       19,897,000      14,672,000

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

     11,527,000      9,582,000
    

  

     $ 8,370,000    $ 5,090,000
    

  

 

Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment was $1,945,000, $1,709,000 and $1,810,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. As of June 30, 2005, there were amounts due for capital expenditures included in accounts payable of $16,000 in addition to the $2,095,000 of cash disbursed for capital expenditures during the year ended June 30, 2005. In fiscal year 2005, the Company also acquired $3,114,000 of property, plant and equipment in connection with the Putnam Acquisition.

 

Note 4. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

 

Intangible assets and goodwill include the allocation of the purchase price relating to the Putnam Acquisition on November 9, 2004.

 

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The following table sets forth intangible assets, including the accumulated amortization:

 

          June 30, 2004

     Useful Life

   Cost

   Accumulated
Amortization


   Net Carrying
Value


Patents

   15 years    $ 2,000,000    $ 1,067,000    $ 933,000
         

  

  

          June 30, 2005

     Useful Life

   Cost

   Accumulated
Amortization


   Net Carrying
Value


Patents

   15 years    $ 2,000,000    $ 1,200,000    $ 800,000

Customer relationships

   15 years      3,400,000      151,000      3,249,000

Developed technology

   15 years      2,500,000      111,000      2,389,000

Trade name

   20 years      1,100,000      37,000      1,063,000

Employment agreement

   4.5 years      400,000      59,000      341,000
         

  

  

Total

        $ 9,400,000    $ 1,558,000    $ 7,842,000
         

  

  

 

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Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their expected useful lives. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $491,000, $133,000 and $133,000 for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of the 2005 amount, $112,000 was charged to cost of goods sold. Estimated annual amortization expense of intangible assets for the next five years is expected to be as follows:

 

YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,

 

     Amount

2006

   $ 671,000

2007

     671,000

2008

     670,000

2009

     656,000

2010

     582,000

Thereafter

     4,592,000
    

     $ 7,842,000
    

 

GOODWILL

 

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended June 30, 2005, are as follows (There was no change to the carrying amount of the goodwill during the year ended June 30, 2004):

 

     Amount

Balance as of July 1, 2004

   $ 1,038,000

Goodwill acquired during year

     12,908,000
    

Balance as of June 30, 2005

   $ 13,946,000
    

 

The goodwill acquired during the year ended June 30, 2005 results from the excess of the purchase price in excess of the fair value of Putnam’s identifiable assets acquired and selected liabilities assumed in connection with the Putnam Acquisition. There is an outstanding potential payment for the “Tax Gross-Up” of personal income tax differences due to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation. The Company has estimated that the income tax difference will be $400,000 and this amount has been included in the purchase price. The Putnam Asset Purchase Agreement limits the Company’s liability for this item to $600,000, all of which would be accounted for as goodwill. In addition, there was a final working capital adjustment that was paid to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation of $229,000 subsequent to year-end, that was accrued for as of June 30, 2005.

 

Note 5. Acquisition

 

On November 9, 2004, the Company completed the Putnam Acquisition. Putnam is one of the nation’s leading, specialty polymer-extrusion companies serving the medical device, laser, fiber-optic, automotive and industrial markets. Its primary products are complex, multi-lumen, multi-layer extrusions used for guide wires, catheter shafts, delivery systems and various other interventional medical procedures. Putnam’s products are known for their complex configurations, multiple material construction and innovative designs. Putnam also is well known for its ability to manufacture to tight tolerances.

 

The purchase price, including acquisition costs, consisted of $18.9 million in cash (of which $629,000, see Note 4, has been accrued as of June 30, 2005), 2,857,143 shares of Memry Corporation common stock (with a fair value of $4.6 million) and $2.5 million in deferred payments (with a fair value of $2.2 million). The shares are subject to various restrictions, including a black out period which prohibits the sale of the shares for a period of eighteen months after November 9, 2004. Additionally, after the expiration of the black out period, subject to certain exceptions, the sale of shares in the public market is limited to 250,000 per calendar quarter. For a description of the financing of the Putnam Acquisition, see Note 8.

 

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Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

The purchase price of the Putnam Acquisition has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values. The Company has allocated the purchase price as follows:

 

     Amount

Goodwill

   $ 12,908,000

Developed technology, customer relationships and other intangible assets

     7,400,000

Tangible assets acquired, net of liabilities assumed

     5,364,000
    

Purchase price

   $ 25,672,000
    

 

The consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2005 include the financial results of Putnam beginning November 9, 2004. The following table discloses the unaudited pro forma consolidated results assuming the Putnam Acquisition was made at the beginning of fiscal 2004:

 

     Year Ended June 30,

     2005

   2004

Revenues

   $ 48,798,000    $ 44,756,000

Net income

     2,699,000      2,534,000

Earnings per share:

             

Basic

   $ .09    $ .09

Diluted

     .09      .09

 

The unaudited pro forma consolidated results neither purport to be indicative of results that would have occurred had the Putnam Acquisition been in effect for the periods presented, nor do they purport to be indicative of the results that will be obtained in the future.

 

Note 6. Note Receivable

 

On August 24, 2004, the Company entered into a joint development program (the “Agreement”) with Biomer Technology Limited (“Biomer”), a privately-owned company specializing in the development and manufacture of state-of-the-art polymers and biocompatible coatings for stents and other medical devices. Under the terms of the Agreement the Company made a $400,000 initial investment in Biomer in the form of a 2% unsecured convertible promissory note (the “Note”). Interest on the Note is payable upon conversion, or upon repayment of the Note. As of June 30, 2005, the Company has accrued $7,000 in interest income that has been added to the note receivable. Under the terms of the Note, the Note plus accrued interest will be converted to ordinary shares of Biomer stock upon the occurrence of the earlier of, as defined, the successful completion of the joint development program, an additional equity financing of Biomer, the sale of Biomer, or December 31, 2005. Based upon conversion of the Note and the occurrence of the event that determines the conversion, the Company will own a 2.6% to 4.4% interest in Biomer. Under limited circumstances the Note plus accrued interest must be repaid in cash. The Agreement requires the Company to make an additional investment of $350,000 in Biomer in the event, as defined, a financing of Biomer occurs after the Note has been converted and successful completion of the joint development program has been accomplished. Additionally, as part of the joint development program and in consideration for services provided by Biomer in the joint development program, the Company agreed to pay Biomer $200,000 in four equal quarterly installments of $50,000 beginning August 24, 2004. As of June 30, 2005, three installments have been paid totaling $150,000. An additional $50,000 payment has been accrued as of June 30, 2005. The $200,000 is being amortized over the one year term of the joint development plan.

 

Note 7. Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following at June 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

     2005

   2004

Accounts payable

   $ 1,747,000    $ 979,000

Accrued bonuses

     914,000      596,000

Accrued vacation

     693,000      531,000

Accrued purchase price of Putnam Acquisition

     629,000      —  

Accrued expenses – other

     1,470,000      1,107,000
    

  

     $ 5,453,000    $ 3,213,000
    

  

 

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Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Note 8. Notes Payable

 

Notes payable consist of the following at June 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

     2005

   2004

Five year term note payable to Webster Bank pursuant to second amended and restated facility dated January 30, 2004, due in monthly installments of $26,333, plus interest at a variable rate, due January 30, 2009.

   $ —      $ 1,469,000

Five year term note payable to Webster Business Credit Corporation dated November 9, 2004, due in monthly installments of $31,666, plus interest at a variable rate, due November 9, 2009.

     1,678,000      —  

Three year term note payable to Webster Business Credit Corporation dated November 9, 2004, due in monthly installments of $69,445, plus interest at a variable rate, due November 9, 2007.

     2,014,000      —  

Advance on equipment line of credit from Webster Business Credit Corporation, interest at a variable rate, interest only until December 2005, then becomes a seven year term loan in monthly installments of $7,285, plus interest at a variable rate.

     612,000      —  

Subordinated loan payable to Brookside Pecks Capital Partners, L.P. and Ironbridge Mezzanine Fund, L.P., due November 9, 2010. Interest of 12% interest per annum is paid quarterly, plus the loan accrues additional interest at 5.5% per annum which is paid in the form of additional promissory notes.

     4,752,000      —  

Deferred payment as part of Putnam acquisition of $2.5 million, in three equal annual installments beginning November 9, 2005. The payments are non-interest bearing and had a present value of $2.2 million (at a discount rate of 6%) as of November 9, 2004.

     2,313,000      —  

Promissory note to Chase Manhattan Auto Finance, due in monthly installments of $437, at 5.9% per annum, due June 16, 2006.

     5,000      10,000
    

  

       11,374,000      1,479,000

Less current maturities

     2,615,000      320,000
    

  

     $ 8,759,000    $ 1,159,000
    

  

 

Future maturities of notes payable at June 30, 2005 are as follows:

 

     Amount

2006

   $ 2,615,000

2007

     1,957,000

2008

     1,512,000

2009

     380,000

2010

     158,000

Thereafter

     4,752,000
    

     $ 11,374,000
    

 

On January 30, 2004, the Company and Webster Bank entered into a Second Amended and Restated Commercial Revolving Loan, Term Loan, Line of Credit and Security Agreement which was scheduled to expire on January 30, 2009 (the “Webster Facility”). The Webster Facility included a revolving line of credit for borrowings up to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 or (b) an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) 85% of the eligible accounts receivable plus (2) the lesser of $3,000,000 or 30% of eligible inventories. In connection with the Webster Facility, several existing term loans and equipment line advances totaling $1,546,000, plus additional proceeds of $28,000, totaling $1,574,000 were refinanced into a single term loan, payable in equal monthly installments over a five year period ending January 30, 2009. The Webster Facility included an equipment line of credit that provided for equipment financing up to the lesser of $1,000,000 or 80% of the hard cost for eligible equipment through January 30, 2009. The Webster Facility also provided for

 

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Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

an acquisition line of credit of up to $2,000,000 providing certain terms and conditions are met. Interest on the term note payable, revolving line of credit, equipment line of credit, and acquisition line of credit was variable based on LIBOR plus a spread adjusted quarterly based upon the Company’s fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined. The Webster Facility was collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets. On November 9, 2004, the Webster Facility was repaid and replaced by the Webster Agreement discussed in the subsequent paragraph.

 

In connection with the Putnam Acquisition on November 9, 2004, the Company entered into a credit and security agreement with Webster Business Credit Corporation (the “Webster Agreement”) which replaced the Webster Facility. The Webster Agreement includes a term loan facility consisting of a five year term loan of $1.9 million (the “Five Year Term”) and a three year term loan of $2.5 million (the “Three Year Term”), collectively (the “Term Loan Facility”). Both term loans are repayable in equal monthly installments with the additional requirement that, under the Three Year Term, a prepayment of 50% of excess cash flow, as defined, be made annually within 90 days of the Company’s fiscal year end. The excess cash flow prepayment requirement was waived by Webster Business Credit Corporation for fiscal 2005, but remains in effect for the remaining years of the loan term. Interest under the Five Year Term is based upon, at the Company’s option, LIBOR plus 2.75% or the alternate base rate, as defined, plus 0.25%. Interest under the Three Year Term is based upon, at the Company’s option, LIBOR plus 3.75% or the alternate base rate, as defined, plus 1.25%. Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility were used to repay approximately $1.4 million in outstanding borrowings under the Webster Facility and to partially fund the Putnam Acquisition.

 

The Webster Agreement also provides for a revolving line of credit for borrowings up to the lesser of (a) $6,500,000 or (b) an amount equal to the aggregate of (1) 85% of the eligible accounts receivable plus (2) the lesser of $3,000,000 or 55% of eligible inventories. Interest under the revolving line of credit is based upon, at the Company’s option, LIBOR plus 2.50% or the alternate base rate, as defined. The entire outstanding principal amount of the revolving line of credit is due November 9, 2009. As of June 30, 2005, there were no amounts outstanding under the revolving line of credit. Additionally, the Webster Agreement includes an equipment line of credit that provides for equipment financing up to the lesser of $1,000,000 or 80% of the hard cost for eligible equipment through November 9, 2005 at the same financing terms as the Five Year Term. Any outstanding amount under the equipment line as of November 9, 2005 will convert to a term loan payable monthly based on a seven year amortization schedule, but with a balloon payment of the then unpaid balance due November 9, 2009. Borrowings under the Webster Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

The Webster Agreement contains various restrictive covenants, including, among others, the limitation of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, limitations on encumbrances and additional debt, limitations on the payment of dividends or redemption of stock and compliance a fixed charge coverage ratio and leverage ratio, as defined. Additionally, the Company is required to maintain cash as collateral security until the Three Year Term loan is paid in full. For the first year of the Webster Agreement, the collateral security is $1,500,000. This amount has been classified as cash collateral deposits on the consolidated balance sheet. After the first year of the Webster Agreement, a collateral security must be held in an amount equal to 125% of the outstanding principal of the Three Year Term loan. Based on the current payment schedule, the outstanding principal balance on November 9, 2006 and November 9, 2007 would be $1,667,000 and $833,000, respectively, which would require collateral security in the amounts of $2,083,000 and $1,042,000 at November 9, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

 

Additional financing for the Putnam Acquisition was obtained on November 9, 2004 from Brookside Pecks Capital Partners, L.P. and Ironbridge Mezzanine Fund, L.P. in the form of a $7.0 million subordinated loan due November 9, 2010 (the “Subordinated Loan”). The interest rate on the Subordinated Loan is 17.5%, of which 12% is payable quarterly with the remaining 5.5% payable in additional promissory notes having identical terms as to the Subordinated Loan. The interest rate is subject to reduction in the event certain pretax income thresholds are met and subject to increase in the event of default.

 

The Subordinated Loan contains various restrictive covenants including, among others, the limitation of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, limitations on encumbrances and additional debt, limitations on the payment of dividends or redemption of stock and compliance with a fixed charge coverage ratio and leverage ratio, as defined.

 

In June 2005, the Company made a payment of $2.5 million against the Subordinated Loan which resulted in a 3% prepayment penalty of $75,000 and, as a result of the prepayment, the Company wrote-off $107,000 of deferred financing costs. The total of $182,000 is included in the loss on extinguishment of debt on the consolidated statement of income.

 

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Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Note 9. Capital Stock

 

Common stock

 

During the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, 39,674, 45,546 and 50,068 shares of common stock with a fair value of $78,000, $72,000 and $73,000, respectively, were awarded to Company directors as compensation. Compensation expense recognized for the issuance of shares of common stock is calculated utilizing the fair market value of the common stock at the date of issuance. During the year ended June 30, 2004, the Company began issuing the shares in the quarter subsequent to their award. As a result, 8,862 and 12,649 shares awarded during the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, were issued in the subsequent year.

 

On November 9, 2004, in connection with the Putnam Acquisition, the Company issued 2,857,143 shares of Memry common stock (with a fair value of $4.6 million) to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation.

 

Incentive plans

 

During the year ended June 30, 1994, the Company adopted the Memry Corporation Stock Option Plan (the “1994 Plan”). Under the 1994 Plan, incentive stock options were granted at prices equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant, and were exercisable at the date of grant unless otherwise stated. In addition, non-qualified stock options were granted at prices determined by the Company’s compensation committee, which may have been less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant, in which case an expense equal to the difference between the stock option exercise price and fair market value was recognized. The exercise period for both the incentive and non-qualified stock options generally could not exceed ten years. The 1994 Plan expired on September 23, 2003. No additional stock options may be granted from the 1994 Plan after this date.

 

During the year ended June 30, 1998, the Company adopted the Memry Corporation Long-term Incentive Plan (the “1997 Plan”). Under the 1997 Plan, 6,000,000 incentive and non-qualified stock options may be granted to employees and non-employee directors under terms similar to the 1994 Plan. Also, under the 1997 Plan, Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”), Limited Stock Appreciation Rights (“Limited SARs”), restricted stock, and performance shares may be granted to employees. With respect to SARs, upon exercise, the Company must pay to the employee the difference between the current market value of the Company’s common stock and the exercise price of the SARs. The SARs terms are determined at the time of each individual grant. However, if SARs are granted which are related to an incentive stock option, then the SARs will contain similar terms to the related option. Limited SARs may be granted in relation to any option or SARs granted. Upon exercise, the Company must pay to the employee the difference between the current market value of the Company’s common stock and the exercise price of the related options or SARs. Upon the exercise of SARs or Limited SARs, any related stock option or SARs outstanding will no longer be exercisable. As of June 30, 2005 and 2004, there were no SARs or Limited SARs outstanding.

 

Restricted shares of common stock may also be granted to employees for no consideration. The terms of the restriction are determined at the time of each individual grant. Generally, if employment is terminated during the restriction period, the participant must forfeit any common stock still subject to restriction. Performance shares are granted to employees based on individual performance goals, and may be paid in shares or cash determined based on the shares earned and the market value of the Company’s common stock at the end of certain defined periods. No performance or restricted shares have been issued to employees.

 

Also under the 1997 Plan, each quarter, all non-employee directors were to be granted shares of the Company’s common stock with a value equal to $7,500, determined based on the market value of the Company’s stock at the end of each quarter. During the year ended June 30, 2002, this policy was amended such that all non-employee directors, each quarter, are granted shares of the Company’s common stock with a value equal to $3,000 and stock options with a value equal to $4,500, determined based on the closing market value of the Company’s stock as of the date of the approval by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

During the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company’s directors were granted 65,000, 49,000 and 75,000 stock options, respectively. The following table summarizes the Company’s stock options outstanding at June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 and changes during the years then ended:

 

     Options
Outstanding


    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price


Balance, July 1, 2002

   2,407,977     $ 2.23

Canceled

   (346,225 )     1.60

Granted

   939,098       1.62

Exercised

   (37,498 )     1.28
    

 

Balance, June 30, 2003

   2,963,352       2.13

Canceled

   (107,444 )     2.02

Granted

   769,005       1.67
    

 

Balance, June 30, 2004

   3,624,913       1.97

Canceled

   (263,318 )     1.62

Granted

   533,304       1.90

Exercised

   (59,568 )     1.19
    

 

Balance, June 30, 2005

   3,835,331     $ 2.00
    

 

 

At June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, 2,446,766, 2,158,413 and 1,695,274 (weighted average exercise price of $2.18, $2.26 and $2.48, respectively) of the outstanding stock options were exercisable. The weighted-average grant date fair value per stock option granted during the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $0.83, $0.85 and $0.68, respectively. For the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, all stock options granted have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant.

 

Stock options outstanding at June 30, 2005 are as follows:

 

    Options Outstanding

  Options Exercisable

Range of
Exercise Prices


  Number
Outstanding


  Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (In
Years)


  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price


  Number
Exercisable


  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price


$0.90 to $1.20   649,520   7.0   $ 1.03   432,740   $ 1.03
  1.21 to   1.60   607,017   4.8     1.45   390,354     1.49
  1.61 to   2.00   1,255,760   7.0     1.80   612,448     1.86
  2.01 to   2.40   601,000   7.8     2.20   289,190     2.20
  2.41 to   2.80   4,440   4.8     2.65   4,440     2.65
  2.81 to   3.20   297,648   4.8     2.84   297,648     2.84
  3.21 to   4.00   419,946   3.1     4.00   419,946     4.00

 
 
 

 
 

$0.90 to $4.00   3,835,331   6.2   $ 2.00   2,446,766   $ 2.18

 
 
 

 
 

 

Warrants

 

The Company has also issued warrants. The cost charged to operations for warrants granted for investment banking services incurred during the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $ $-0-, $126,000 and $23,000, respectively. All warrants are immediately exercisable upon issuance.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

The following table summarizes warrants outstanding at June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, and the changes during the years then ended:

 

     Warrants
Outstanding


    Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price


Balance, July 1, 2002

   3,914,772     $ 1.90

Canceled

   (39,170 )     2.00

Granted

   62,500       1.70

Exercised

   (587,935 )     1.03
    

 

Balance, June 30, 2003

   3,350,167       2.05

Canceled

   (2,581,000 )     2.20

Granted

   187,500       1.70
    

 

Balance, June 30, 2004

   956,667       1.46

Canceled

   (56,667 )     2.00

Exercised

   (50,000 )     2.00
    

 

Balance, June 30, 2005

   850,000     $ 1.39
    

 

 

Warrants outstanding at June 30, 2005 are as follows:

 

    Warrants Outstanding

  Warrants Exercisable

Range of Exercise
Prices


  Number
Outstanding


  Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (In
Years)


  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price


  Number
Exercisable


  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price


$1.05   75,000   1.1   $ 1.05   75,000   $ 1.05
1.25 to 1.50   525,000   2.9     1.30   525,000     1.30
1.70   250,000   3.1     1.70   250,000     1.70

 
 
 

 
 

$1.05 to $1.70   850,000   2.8   $ 1.39   850,000   $ 1.39

 
 
 

 
 

 

Note 10. Major Customers

 

Revenues for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, includes sales to major customers, each of which accounted for greater than 10% of the total revenues of the Company. Sales to these customers during the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, and accounts receivable from these customers at June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, are as follows (Putnam revenues are included for the period subsequent to the Putnam Acquisition, November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005):

 

     2005

   2004

   2003

     Sales

   Accounts
Receivable


   Sales

   Accounts
Receivable


   Sales

   Accounts
Receivable


Company A

   $ 6,774,000    $ 584,000    $ 5,544,000    $ 979,000    $ 7,385,000    $ 972,000

Company B

     14,364,000      1,674,000      13,464,000      1,474,000      15,492,000      1,691,000
    

  

  

  

  

  

     $ 21,138,000    $ 2,258,000    $ 19,008,000    $ 2,453,000    $ 22,877,000    $ 2,663,000
    

  

  

  

  

  

 

Note 11. Major Suppliers

 

The Company currently purchases a significant portion of raw materials from six suppliers. However, management believes that several other suppliers could provide similar materials on comparable terms without significantly impacting shipping or sales.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Note 12. Operating Leases

 

The Company leases its Bethel and Dayville, Connecticut and California manufacturing and office facilities under operating leases. The lease on the Bethel, Connecticut facility expires in June 2011 and the lease on the principal California facility expires in June 2008. In conjunction with the Putnam Acquisition, the Company entered into a lease agreement for the Dayville, Connecticut facility with the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation that expires in November 2009 with renewal options to extend the term for thirty months. In addition, the Company is leasing 2,012 square feet of warehousing space from the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation on a month-to-month basis. Total rent paid to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation was $145,000 during the year ended June 30, 2005.

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases, with remaining terms of one year or more, are as follows at June 30, 2005:

 

     Amount

2006

   $ 1,130,000

2007

     1,118,000

2008

     1,122,000

2009

     583,000

2010

     581,000

Thereafter

     778,000
    

     $ 5,312,000
    

 

Rent expense for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, was $1,294,000, $1,357,000 and $1,607,000, respectively. The leases require the Company to pay operating expenses. Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the minimum lease term.

 

Note 13. Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. For financial reporting purposes, deferred tax assets were reduced by a valuation allowance of $7.6 million at June 30, 2002 based on management’s opinion at that time regarding the estimated realizability of operating loss carryforwards and temporary differences due to the absence of sustained profitability of the Company. During the year ended June 30, 2003, the valuation allowance was eliminated based on management’s assessment of the Company’s operating performance and realizability of operating loss carryforwards and other temporary differences. During the year ended June 30, 2004, amended state income tax returns were filed for the years ended June 30, 2000 through 2003 to report research and development (“R&D”) tax credits for those years. Based on the Company’s recent history of profitability and its forecasts for future periods, management believes that it is more likely than not that operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards and other temporary differences will be realized. The effects of the carryforwards and temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities at June 30, 2005 and 2004 are as follows:

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

     2005

   2004

Deferred tax assets:

             

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 155,000    $ 143,000

Inventory write-downs

     135,000      93,000

Capitalization of inventory costs

     775,000      517,000

Vacation accruals

     279,000      214,000

State R&D and other credit carryforwards

     579,000      447,000

Net operating loss carryforwards

     3,215,000      4,767,000

Other

     46,000      8,000
    

  

Deferred tax assets

     5,184,000      6,189,000

Deferred tax liabilities:

             

Amortization of intangible assets

     285,000      39,000
    

  

Net deferred tax assets

   $ 4,899,000    $ 6,150,000
    

  

 

The provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:

 

     2005

    2004

    2003

 

Current:

                        

Federal

   $ 235,000     $ 55,000     $ 14,000  

State

     197,000       128,000       36,000  
    


 


 


       432,000       183,000       50,000  
    


 


 


Deferred:

                        

Federal

     1,275,000       1,011,000       (6,657,000 )

State

     (24,000 )     (355,000 )     (149,000 )
    


 


 


       1,251,000       656,000       (6,806,000 )
    


 


 


     $ 1,683,000     $ 839,000     $ (6,756,000 )
    


 


 


 

A reconciliation of the income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the Federal statutory income tax rate of 34% to the income before taxes to the provision (benefit) for income taxes as reported in the consolidated statements of income is as follows:

 

     2005

         2004

          2003

       

Provision for income taxes at statutory Federal rate

   $ 1,498,000    34 %   $ 1,094,000     34 %   $ 705,000     34 %

Increase (decrease) resulting from:

                                         

State income tax, net of federal tax benefit

     115,000    2 %     84,000     3 %     86,000     4 %

State R&D tax credits

     —      —         (350,000 )   (11 )%     —       —    

Decrease in valuation allowance

     —      —         —       —         (7,569,000 )   (365 )%

Permanent items and other

     70,000    2 %     11,000     0 %     22,000     1 %
    

  

 


 

 


 

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

   $ 1,683,000    38 %   $ 839,000     26 %   $ (6,756,000 )   (326 )%
    

  

 


 

 


 

 

At June 30, 2005, the Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes, which expire as follows:

 

     Amount

2008

     1,208,000

2009

     3,126,000

2010

     2,498,000

2011

     2,622,000
    

     $ 9,454,000
    

 

In addition, the Company has state tax credit carryforwards available to offset future taxable income of $389,000, which expire in various amounts from 2006 through 2023.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Note 14. Bonus Plan

 

The Company has a bonus plan under which its employees may earn a bonus based on a combination of pre-tax profits and individual performance. The payment of bonuses is subject to annual approval by the Board of Directors. Expenses recognized under this plan were $897,000, $596,000 and $-0- for the years ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Note 15. Operating Segment

 

The Company is engaged in one operating segment; the manufacture of components for medical devices with two major product lines, memory shaped alloys and specialty polymer-extrusion.

 

Note 16. Severance

 

During the second quarter of the year ended June 30, 2002, severance agreements were entered into with two former employees, both of whom held management positions while employed at the Company. For the year ended June 30, 2002, $375,000 was charged to operations under these agreements, of which $22,000 was paid, leaving a remaining obligation of $353,000 at June 30, 2002. Total payments charged to this liability through June 30, 2003 were $325,000, leaving a remaining obligation at June 30, 2003 of $50,000. As of June 30, 2004, this liability has been paid in full.

 

Note 17. Litigation

 

The Company is a co-defendant in a series of counterclaims filed by Kentucky Oil, NV (“Kentucky Oil”) vs. Memry and a third-party, Schlumberger Technology Corporation (“Schlumberger”). The referenced action was initiated by a filing made by the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on May 14, 2004. The Company filed the action in response to written statements made by Kentucky Oil to Schlumberger alleging that the Company had misappropriated proprietary technology from Kentucky Oil and improperly transferred it to Schlumberger. In its complaint, the Company alleged that Kentucky Oil committed libel, business disparagement, and engaged in unfair business practices against the Company as a result of the statements. In addition, the Company requested a declaratory judgment that no misappropriation of technology occurred.

 

Pursuant to a stipulation between the parties, the civil action was transferred to the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, on September 13, 2004. Further, as result of the stipulation, Kentucky Oil waived its objections to personal jurisdiction and the Company withdrew its claims for libel, disparagement, and unfair business practices, leaving the Company’s claim for a declaratory judgment as the sole remaining count.

 

Kentucky Oil filed an Answer and Counterclaims on November 2, 2004, which included counterclaims against the Company for breach of a Collaboration Agreement (“First and Second Counterclaims”), against the Company and Schlumberger for misappropriation of trade secrets (“Third Counterclaim”), conversion of intellectual property (“Fourth Counterclaim”), joinder of Defendant Peter Besselink as co-inventor of several patent applications filed by Schlumberger based on the alleged misappropriated intellectual property (“Fifth Counterclaim”), and, alternatively, for a declaration that the Schlumberger patent applications are invalid and unenforceable (“Sixth Counterclaim”). In February of 2005, the Company and Schlumberger filed motions to dismiss Kentucky Oil’s Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Counterclaims. The motions were heard on April 1, 2005 and, on April 8, 2005, the Court issued an Order granting the motions to dismiss as to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Counterclaims, and denying the motions as to the Third Counterclaim.

 

On May 6, 2005, Kentucky Oil filed its second amended counterclaims, adding claims against the Company and Schulmberger for unfair competition and unjust enrichment. Schulmberger filed a motion to dismiss the two new counterclaims in June 2005, and a hearing on the motions was held on July 8, 2005. On June 30, 2005, the parties held a mediation session before a court appointed mediator. The parties did not reach a settlement. On July 14, 2005, the Court issued an order denying the motion to dismiss the newly added counterclaims.

 

On September 2, 2005, the Court held a case management conference to assess the status of discovery and to establish a discovery plan going forward. As a result of the conference, the Court set a 90-day period for the parties to conduct written discovery and set another case management conference to be held after the 90-day period, on December 9, 2005. The Company believes the counterclaims are without merit and is vigorously defending its position. The Company has, however, accrued $175,000 as of June 30, 2005, which represents the Company’s estimated minimum liability, and charged the amount to operations during the year ended June 30, 2005.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, Continued

Years Ended June 30, 2005, 2004 and 2003

 

Note 18. Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

 

     Balance at
Beginning of
Year


   Charged to
Costs and
Expenses


    Deductions
and Write-offs (A)


   Balance at
End of Year


Allowance for doubtful accounts:

                            

Year ended June 30, 2005

   $ 30,000    $ 36,000     $ 6,000    $ 60,000
    

  


 

  

Year ended June 30, 2004

   $ 148,000    $ (111,000 )   $ 7,000    $ 30,000
    

  


 

  

Year ended June 30, 2003

   $ 207,000    $ (44,000 )   $ 15,000    $ 148,000
    

  


 

  


(A) Represents uncollectible accounts receivable written-off.

 

Note 19. Related Party Transactions

 

Following the Putnam Acquisition, the Company entered into agreements with the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation, who is currently an executive officer of the Company and serves on the Board of Directors. The Company entered into a lease for Putnam’s manufacturing facility located in Dayville, Connecticut in which the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation is the lessor (see Note 12). The monthly rent of $18,000 is based on an independent appraisal. In addition, the Company is leasing 2,012 square feet of warehousing space from the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation on a month-to-month basis. Total rent paid to the sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation was $145,000 during the year ended June 30, 2005. The sole shareholder of Putnam Plastics Corporation also is a 50% shareholder of a company that is a supplier and customer of Putnam. Purchases from and sales to this company were $124,000 and $13,000, respectively, during the period from November 9, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

 

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