10-Q 1 c95792e10vq.htm FORM 10-Q Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
     
þ   Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     
For The Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 2009
OR
     
o   Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     
From the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number 1-11570
 
ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
New York   13-3098275
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
245 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10167
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 750-0064
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES þ NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES o NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company þ
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES o NO þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
     
Class   Outstanding at February 8, 2010
Common Stock   45,136,229 Shares
 
 

 

 


 

ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
FIRST QUARTER REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
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 Exhibit 31.1
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 Exhibit 32.1
 Exhibit 32.2
Forward-Looking Statements: The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements. Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements include: general economic and market conditions; Allied Healthcare International Inc.’s (the “Company”) ability to continue to recruit and retain flexible healthcare staff; the Company’s ability to enter into contracts with local governmental social service departments, National Health Service Trusts, hospitals, other healthcare facility clients and private clients on terms attractive to the Company; the general level of demand for healthcare and social care; dependence on the proper functioning of the Company’s information systems; the effect of existing or future government regulation of the healthcare and social care industry, and the Company’s ability to comply with these regulations; the impact of medical malpractice and other claims asserted against the Company; the effect of regulatory change that may apply to the Company and that may increase costs and reduce revenue and profitability; the ability to use net operating loss carry forwards to offset net income; the effect that fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may have on the Company’s dollar-denominated results of operations; and the impairment of goodwill, of which the Company has a substantial amount on the balance sheet, may have the effect of decreasing earnings or increasing losses. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in or implied by the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report include those described in the Company’s most recently filed SEC documents, such as its most recent annual report on Form 10-K, all quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and any current reports on Form 8-K filed since the date of the last Form 10-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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Part I
Item 1.  
Financial Statements (Unaudited).
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company begin on page 3.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data)
                 
    December 31,     September 30,  
    2009     2009  
    (Unaudited)        
ASSETS
               
 
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 35,811     $ 35,273  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $923 and $839, respectively
    19,679       19,594  
Unbilled accounts receivable
    12,833       11,572  
Deferred income taxes
    451       389  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    1,866       1,188  
 
           
 
               
Total current assets
    70,640       68,016  
 
               
Property and equipment, net
    7,833       7,756  
Goodwill
    95,684       95,649  
Other intangible assets, net
    1,330       1,646  
Deferred income taxes
    42        
 
           
 
               
Total assets
  $ 175,529     $ 173,067  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 983     $ 1,186  
Accrued expenses, inclusive of payroll and related expenses
    22,635       24,304  
Taxes payable
    1,395       201  
 
           
 
               
Total current liabilities
    25,013       25,691  
 
               
Deferred income taxes
          103  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities
    25,013       25,794  
 
           
 
               
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
               
 
               
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $.01 par value; authorized 10,000 shares, issued and outstanding — none
           
Common stock, $.01 par value; authorized 80,000 shares, issued 45,721 and 45,571 shares, respectively
    457       456  
Additional paid-in capital
    241,957       241,555  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (14,432 )     (14,418 )
Accumulated deficit
    (75,172 )     (78,026 )
 
           
 
               
 
    152,810       149,567  
Less cost of treasury stock (585 shares)
    (2,294 )     (2,294 )
 
           
 
               
Total shareholders’ equity
    150,516       147,273  
 
           
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 175,529     $ 173,067  
 
           
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Revenues:
               
Net patient services
  $ 69,384     $ 61,528  
 
           
 
               
Cost of revenues:
               
Patient services
    48,507       42,715  
 
           
 
               
Gross profit
    20,877       18,813  
 
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    17,080       15,559  
 
           
 
               
Operating income
    3,797       3,254  
 
               
Interest income
    105       264  
Interest expense
          (7 )
Foreign exchange loss
    (18 )     (322 )
 
           
 
               
Income before income taxes
    3,884       3,189  
 
               
Provision for income taxes
    1,030       722  
 
           
 
               
Net income
  $ 2,854     $ 2,467  
 
           
 
               
Basic and diluted net income per share of common stock
  $ 0.06     $ 0.05  
 
           
 
               
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
               
Basic
    45,127       44,986  
 
           
Diluted
    45,417       44,986  
 
           
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 2,854     $ 2,467  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    728       600  
Amortization of intangible assets
    324       318  
Increase in allowance for doubtful accounts
    130       84  
Loss on sale of fixed assets
    2        
Foreign exchange loss
    15       202  
Stock based compensation
    115       99  
Deferred income taxes
    (55 )     714  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding the effect of businesses acquired and sold:
               
Increase in accounts receivable
    (209 )     (4,544 )
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets
    (1,983 )     2,297  
Decrease in accounts payable and other liabilities
    (859 )     (427 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by operating activities
    1,062       1,810  
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Capital expenditures
    (806 )     (718 )
Proceeds from sale of business
          118  
 
           
 
               
Net cash used in investing activities
    (806 )     (600 )
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Stock options exercised
    288        
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by financing activities
    288        
 
           
 
               
Effect of exchange rate on cash
    (6 )     (5,336 )
 
           
 
               
Increase (decrease) in cash
    538       (4,126 )
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    35,273       26,199  
 
           
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 35,811     $ 22,073  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental cash flow information:
               
Cash paid for interest
  $     $ 7  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities:
               
Capital expenditures included in accrued expenses
  $     $ 431  
 
           
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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1.  
Basis of Presentation:
The Company is a provider of flexible, or temporary, healthcare staffing services to the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) healthcare and social care (often referred to as domiciliary care) industry. The Company was incorporated in New York in 1981. The Company’s flexible healthcare staffing business provides personal or basic care and nursing services in the home, nursing and care homes and hospitals. The Company’s healthcare staff consists principally of homecare aides (known as carers in the U.K.), nurses and nurses aides.
Essentially, all services provided by the Company are provided by its integrated network of approximately 110 branches, which are located throughout most of the U.K. The Company’s management evaluates operating results on a branch basis. For financial reporting purposes, all its branches are aggregated into one reportable segment.
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements presented herein are unaudited and include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations of the interim periods pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America (“U.S.”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the SEC rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. The balance sheet at September 30, 2009 has been derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet at that date, but does not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009. Although the Company’s operations are not highly seasonal, the results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of operating results for the full year.
2.  
Stock-Based Compensation:
Stock Options
For the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, stock-based compensation cost recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses decreased income before income taxes by $0.1 million in each respective period. As of December 31, 2009, there was $0.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based compensation awards, net of estimated forfeitures, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted average period of approximately 2.0 years. The compensation cost as generated by the Black-Scholes option-pricing model may not be indicative of the future benefit, if any, that may be received by the option holder. Shares available for future grant under the 2002 Stock Option Plan were 2.9 million shares at December 31, 2009.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
Following is a summary of stock option activity during the three months ended December 31, 2009 (in thousands, except per share data):
                                 
                    Weighted-        
                    Average        
                    Remaining     Aggregate  
    Stock     Weighted-Average     Contractual Life     Intrinsic  
Stock Options   Options     Exercise Price ($)     In Years     Value ($)  
Outstanding at October 1, 2009
    2,991       2.22                  
Exercised
    (150 )     1.92                  
Forfeited
    (30 )     2.07                  
 
                             
Outstanding at December 31, 2009
    2,811       2.24       8.0       2,235  
 
                       
Exercisable at December 31, 2009
    1,076       2.49       7.1       807  
 
                       
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2009
    2,241       2.28       8.0       1,772  
 
                       
The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended December 31, 2009 was $0.2 million. For options exercised during the three months ended December 31, 2009, $0.3 million was received in cash to cover the exercise price of the options exercised. There were no options exercised in the three months ended December 31, 2008.
Following is a summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested stock options as of December 31, 2009 and the activity for the three months ended December 31, 2009 (in thousands, except per share data):
                 
            Weighted-Average  
    Stock     Grant-Date  
Nonvested Stock Options   Options     Fair Value ($)  
Nonvested at October 1, 2009
    1,855       1.01  
Vested
    (91 )     1.02  
Forfeited
    (29 )     1.07  
 
             
Nonvested at December 31, 2009
    1,735       1.01  
 
             
The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $0.1 million in each period.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
The Company has granted certain options that, in addition to the time vesting requirement, have performance conditions based on one or more of the Company’s growth in sales, earnings per share, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before interest, taxes and amortization or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Of the 2.8 million options outstanding at December 31, 2009, 1.1 million options have both time and performance conditions. The following is a summary of the status of the Company’s options that have both the time vesting requirement and performance conditions (in thousands, except per share data):
                                 
                    Weighted-        
                    Average        
                    Remaining     Aggregate  
    Stock     Weighted-Average     Contractual Life     Intrinsic  
Time and Performance Based Stock Options   Options     Exercise Price ($)     In Years     Value ($)  
Outstanding at October 1, 2009
    1,099       2.05                  
Forfeited
    (24 )     2.05                  
 
                         
Outstanding at December 31, 2009
    1,075       2.05       7.9       923  
 
                       
Exercisable at December 31, 2009
    250       1.95       7.4       239  
 
                       
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2009
    563       2.01       8.2       506  
 
                       
                 
    Stock     Grant-Date  
Time and Performance Based Stock Options   Options     Fair Value ($)  
Nonvested at October 1, 2009
    939       0.96  
Vested
    (91 )     1.02  
Forfeited
    (23 )     1.06  
 
             
Nonvested at December 31, 2009
    825       0.95  
 
             
The total grant date fair value of time and performance based stock options that vested during the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $0.1 million in each period.
Stock Appreciation Rights:
In fiscal 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of its Compensation Committee, made a grant of 0.6 million stock appreciation rights (the “SARs”) to Alexander (Sandy) Young, its Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). The SARs represent the right to receive a payment, in shares of the Company’s common stock, equal to the product of (a) the number of SARs granted that vest and (b) the excess of (i) the closing sale price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date that the SARs are settled over (ii) the base price of $1.51 (the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq on April 21, 2009, the date that the SARs were granted to Mr. Young).
The SARs are subject to both time vesting and performance vesting.
Time Vesting. The SARs generally will not vest if Mr. Young’s employment with the Company is terminated prior to January 14, 2011, the third anniversary of the date he became the Company’s CEO. However, if Mr. Young’s employment terminates because of his death or disability, he shall become vested in the SARs to the extent determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee’s determination shall be made by multiplying that portion of the SARs that are deemed potentially to have vested by reason of satisfaction of the applicable performance levels by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of completed months elapsed since October 1, 2007 through the date of termination of employment and the denominator of which is 48.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
In addition, in the event of a “change of control” (as defined in the SARs agreement), the SARs will become immediately vested to the same extent provided in the previous paragraph and shall be exercisable for a period of 30 days after the change of control. If Mr. Young’s employment with the Company is terminated for reasons that the Compensation Committee determines constitutes “cause” (as defined in the SARs agreement), the SARs will be forfeited, without regard to whether they have become vested.
Performance Vesting. The determination of whether the SARs have vested will be made as soon as practicable after the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 and will be based on the achievement of the performance measures set forth in the SARs agreement with Mr. Young. The SARs agreement establishes a threshold, base and stretch level of improvement (in percentage terms) in growth in each of sales, earnings per share and earnings before interest, taxes and amortization (“EBITA”) during the period from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2011 as compared to the base year ended September 30, 2007 and provides that the amount of SARs that will vest will be dependent on whether the threshold, base and stretch levels have been met in each performance measure. The determination of vesting attributable to each performance measure shall be independent from the other performance measures. A performance below threshold in one performance measure does not preclude vesting under any other performance measure.
If the actual results for any performance measure fall between the threshold and the base, or between the base and the stretch, vesting of the SARs will be prorated.
The SARs agreement with Mr. Young provides that the potential maximum value of the SARs (when aggregated with the value of the vested portion of the option to purchase 0.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock held by Mr. Young ) is £3.0 million (approximately $4.8 million at the closing exchange rate at December 31, 2009). If the total value of the SARs and the value of the vested portion of Mr. Young’s options exceeds £3.0 million, then the base price of $1.51 for the SARs will be increased so that the total value is equal to £3.0 million.
At December 31, 2009, the Company estimated that none of the performance measures will be achieved which resulted in zero stock-based compensation cost related to SARs to be recognized as of December 31, 2009. At December 31, 2009, the Company had $0.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to SARs compensation awards. A change in the estimate of the SARs performance measures vesting could result in the Company incurring such cost over a period through September 30, 2011. The compensation cost as generated by the Monte-Carlo pricing model may not be indicative of the future benefit, if any, that may be received by the SARs holder.
3.  
Property and Equipment:
Property and equipment is carried at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the related lease terms or estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter. Furniture, fixtures and equipment are amortized on a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives ranging from three to eight years. Computer software is amortized on a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives ranging from three to seven years.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
Major classes of property and equipment, net, consist of the following at December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009 (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,     September 30,  
    2009     2009  
Furniture, fixtures and equipment (including software)
  $ 17,101     $ 16,448  
Leasehold improvements
    1,123       1,036  
 
           
 
    18,224       17,484  
Less, accumulated depreciation and amortization
    10,391       9,728  
 
           
 
  $ 7,833     $ 7,756  
 
           
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment for the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively.
4.  
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:
The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended December 31, 2009 (in thousands):
                         
    Goodwill     Accumulated        
    Pre Impairment     Impairment        
    Losses     Losses     Goodwill  
Balance at October 1, 2009
  $ 192,900     $ (97,251 )   $ 95,649  
Foreign exchange effect
    72       (37 )     35  
 
                 
Balance at December 31, 2009
  $ 192,972     $ (97,288 )   $ 95,684  
 
                 
Of the $95.7 million goodwill amount, approximately $6.2 million is deductible for U.K. income tax purposes.
Intangible assets subject to amortization are being amortized on the straight-line method and consist of the following (in thousands):
                                 
            December 31, 2009  
    Range     Gross             Net  
    Of     Carrying     Accumulated     Carrying  
    Lives     Amount     Amortization     Amount  
Customer relationships
    5 - 12     $ 8,505     $ 7,175     $ 1,330  
Trade names
    3       164       164        
Non-compete agreements
    2 - 3       192       192        
Favorable leasehold interests
    2 - 5       8       8        
 
                         
Total
          $ 8,869     $ 7,539     $ 1,330  
 
                         

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
                                 
            September 30, 2009  
    Range     Gross             Net  
    Of     Carrying     Accumulated     Carrying  
    Lives     Amount     Amortization     Amount  
Customer relationships
    5 - 12     $ 8,502     $ 6,856     $ 1,646  
Trade names
    3       164       164        
Non-compete agreements
    2 - 3       192       192        
Favorable leasehold interests
    2 - 5       8       8        
 
                         
Total
          $ 8,866     $ 7,220     $ 1,646  
 
                         
Amortization expense for other intangible assets subject to amortization was $0.3 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. At December 31, 2009, estimated future amortization expense of other intangible assets still subject to amortization is as follows: approximately $0.8 million for the nine months ending September 30, 2010 and $0.4 million, $0.1 million, $0.1 million and $24,000 for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively. The change in the net carrying amount at December 31, 2009 is due to amortization expense and the foreign exchange effect.
5.  
Accrued Expenses:
Accrued expenses consist of the following at December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009 (in thousands):
                 
    December 31,     September 30,  
    2009     2009  
Payroll and related expenses
  $ 17,956     $ 19,750  
Professional fees
    814       1,087  
Refunds payable
    1,086       1,024  
Other
    2,779       2,443  
 
           
 
  $ 22,635     $ 24,304  
 
           
6.  
Income Taxes:
The Company recorded a provision for income taxes amounting to $1.0 million or 26.5% of income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to a provision of $0.7 million or 22.6% of income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2008. The difference in the effective tax rate between the three months ended December 31, 2009 and the three months ended December 31, 2008 is mainly due to the utilization of loss carry forwards in the U.S. for which no benefit had been previously recorded and permanent differences.
As of December 31, 2009, the Company has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits, which remains unchanged from September 30, 2009.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
7.  
Earnings Per Share:
Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS adjusts basic EPS for the effects of stock options and warrants only when such effect is dilutive. The Company uses the treasury stock method to calculate the effect of potential common shares, which require it to compute total assumed proceeds as the sum of (a) the amount the employee must pay upon exercise of the award, (b) the amount of unrecognized share-based compensation costs attributed to future services and (c) the amount of tax benefits, if any, that would be credited to additional paid-in capital assuming exercise of the award. Share-based compensation awards for which total assumed proceeds exceed the average market price over the applicable period have an antidilutive effect on EPS and are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had outstanding stock options (including performance-based stock options) and warrants to purchase 0.9 million and 2.6 million shares, respectively, of common stock ranging in price from $2.11 to $6.20 and $1.72 to $6.20 per share, respectively, that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS either because the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares or the conditions of the performance-based stock options have yet to be satisfied or such effect would have been anti-dilutive. Further, 0.6 million of contingently issuable shares related to the SARs issued to the CEO, as further described in Note 2, have not been included in the computation of diluted EPS at December 31, 2009.
The weighted average number of shares used in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations for the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding as used in computation of basic EPS of common stock
    45,127       44,986  
Effect of dilutive securities — stock options and warrants
    290        
 
           
Shares used in computation of diluted EPS of common stock
    45,417       44,986  
 
           
8.  
Comprehensive Income (Loss):
Components of comprehensive income (loss) include net income and all other non-owner changes in equity, such as the change in the cumulative translation adjustment, which is the only item of other comprehensive income (loss) impacting the Company. The translation of the financial statement of the Company’s U.K. operations is impacted by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The following table displays comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Net income
  $ 2,854     $ 2,467  
Change in cumulative translation adjustment
    (14 )     (27,227 )
 
           
Comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes
  $ 2,840     $ (24,760 )
 
           

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
9.  
Commitments and Contingencies:
Employment Agreements
The Company has employment agreements with its two executive officers that provide for minimum aggregate annual compensation of approximately $0.6 million (at the closing exchange rate at December 31, 2009) in fiscal 2010.
Contractual Cash Obligations
The Company has entered into various operating lease agreements for office space and equipment. Lease obligations reflect future minimum rental commitments required under operating lease agreements as of December 31, 2009. Certain of these leases provide for renewal options.
Other obligations represent our contractual commitment for a new branch operating system, investment bank fees associated with our capital resources review and purchase commitment for new office equipment.
The following table summarizes our contractual cash obligations as of December 31, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
                         
    Total Lease     Total Other     Total  
Fiscal   Obligations     Obligations     Obligations  
2010
  $ 1,892     $ 985     $ 2,877  
                   
2011
    1,693       959       2,652  
                   
2012
    1,022       718       1,740  
                   
2013
    348       207       555  
                   
2014
    121             121  
                   
Thereafter
    69             69  
 
                 
                   
 
  $ 5,145     $ 2,869     $ 8,014  
 
                 
Contingencies:
The Company believes that it has been in compliance, in all material respects, with the applicable provisions of the federal statutes, regulations and laws and applicable state laws, together with all applicable laws and regulations of other countries in which the Company operates. There can be no assurance that an enforcement action will not be brought against the Company, or that the Company will not be found to be in violation of one or more of these provisions. At present, the Company cannot anticipate what impact, if any, administrative or judicial interpretation of the applicable federal and state laws and those of other countries may have on the Company’s consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings and claims incidental to its normal business activities. The Company is vigorously defending its position in all such proceedings. Management believes these matters should not have a material adverse impact on the consolidated financial position, cash flows or results of operations of the Company.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
Liabilities for loss contingencies, arising from claims, assessments, litigation and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of liability can be reasonably estimated. Based on management’s best estimate of probable liability, the Company has accrued $0.2 million for such costs at December 31, 2009 and at September 30, 2009.
In some of the Company’s supply of healthcare staffing services it has historically benefited from a concession under U.K. law (the “Staff Hire Concession”) which allowed it to charge value-added tax (“VAT”) only on the amount of commission charged to the purchaser of flexible staff. The Staff Hire Concession expired on March 31, 2009. The Company has undertaken a review of its post-concession VAT treatment and concluded that, other than permanent placement, its supplies are exempt from VAT on the basis that it provides nursing and welfare services and not the supply of staff (which are not exempt from VAT). However, if the Company is deemed to supply staff, there is, by concession, a further exemption from VAT under U.K. law for the supply of nursing staff and nursing auxiliaries where certain conditions are met (the “Nursing Agencies Concession”). The foregoing reflects the Company’s advisors view of the law as it currently stands, but there is a risk that this interpretation could be challenged by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”). The Company has sent correspondences to HMRC to seek its concurrence with its VAT position. HMRC has sought clarification on the Company’s historical and post-concession VAT treatment before it can make a conclusion on the Company’s VAT position. If HMRC ultimately does not concur with the Company’s VAT treatments, then a VAT liability may be imposed. At December 31, 2009, the Company has not recorded a liability relating to this matter as it believes a VAT liability is not probable to occur.
10.  
Profit Sharing and Private Pension Plans:
The Company has a defined contribution plan, pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, covering all U.S. employees who meet certain requirements. In addition to the U.S. plan, the Company’s U.K. subsidiaries also sponsor personal pension plans that operate as salary reduction plans. Further, as part of certain employees’ compensation, the company has agreed to make payments towards their U.K. — based private pension fund. The Company expects to contribute $0.2 million to such plans in fiscal 2010.
11.  
Recent Accounting Standards:
Noncontrolling Interests. In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“the FASB”) issued a standard which establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. Effective October 1, 2009, the Company adopted this standard which did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Business Combinations. In December 2007, the FASB issued a standard which establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree. This standard also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination, requires that acquisition costs be expensed and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. Effective October 1, 2009, the Company adopted this standard which did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations; however, this standard may have an impact on the accounting for any future acquisitions.

 

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited)
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. In March 2008, the FASB issued a standard which enhances required disclosures regarding derivative instruments and hedging activities, including enhanced disclosure regarding how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. Effective October 1, 2009, the Company adopted this standard which did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Transfers of Financial Assets. In June 2009, the FASB issued a standard which provides guidance to improve transparency about transfers of financial assets and a transferor’s continuing involvement, if any, with transferred financial assets. This standard amends various provisions of the previously issued standard relating to transfers and servicing of financial assets and extinguishments of liabilities to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports about a transfer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involvement in transferred financial assets. This standard is effective for the Company in fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010 and is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. In June 2009, the FASB issued a standard, which changes the criteria to determine whether to consolidate a variable interest entity, to provide more relevant and reliable information to users of financial statements. This standard is effective for the Company in fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010 and is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations as the Company does not have variable interest entities.
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. In August 2009, the FASB issued a standard to further update the fair value measurement guidance to clarify how an entity should measure liabilities at fair value. This standard update provides clarification that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using certain techniques. When quoted prices are not available, the quoted price of the identical liability traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities traded as an asset, or another valuation approach should be used. This standard update also clarifies that restrictions preventing the transfer of a liability should not be considered as a separate input or adjustment in the measurement of fair value. This standard is effective for the Company in fiscal year beginning October 1, 2010 and is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
12.  
Fair Value Measurements:
The Company’s short term financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, unbilled accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses and taxes payable. The carrying value of the short term financial instruments approximates the fair value due to their short term nature. These financial instruments have no stated maturities or the financial instruments have short term maturities that approximate market value.
13.  
Subsequent Events:
The Company has evaluated its activity through February 9, 2010, the date its financial statements were issued.

 

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Item 2.  
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
General
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainty. Our actual results could differ materially from the results discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed on page 1 in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under “Forward-Looking Statements.”
We are a leading provider of flexible, or temporary, healthcare staffing services to the healthcare and social care industry in the United Kingdom, as measured by revenues, market share and number of staff. Our flexible healthcare staffing service provides personal or basic care and nursing services in the customers’ own homes, public or private hospitals and nursing and care homes. Homecare staffing, which accounts for over 80% of our healthcare staffing services, is provided for individuals (normally elderly individuals) who require domiciliary care, individuals with learning disabilities and individuals of all ages who require health-related services for complex care needs. The main purchaser of our services for customers’ own homes is local governmental social services departments, private individuals and National Health Services (the “NHS”) Primary Care Trusts. We also supply nursing staff services to nursing homes and hospitals that account for our remaining healthcare staffing services.
The services provided by us are provided by our integrated network of approximately 110 branches, which are located throughout most of the U.K. Our healthcare staff consists principally of homecare aides (known as carers in the U.K.), nurses and nurses aides. Our management evaluates operating results on a branch basis. All our branches are aggregated into one reportable segment for financial reporting purposes.
In some of our supply of healthcare staffing services we have historically benefited from a concession under U.K. law (the “Staff Hire Concession”) which allowed us to charge value-added tax (“VAT”) only on the amount of commission charged to the purchaser of flexible staff. The Staff Hire Concession expired on March 31, 2009. We had undertaken a review of our post-concession VAT treatment and concluded that, other than permanent placement, our supplies are exempt from VAT on the basis that we provide nursing and welfare services and not the supply of staff (which are not exempt from VAT). However, if we are deemed to supply staff, there is, by concession, a further exemption from VAT under U.K. law for the supply of nursing staff and nursing auxiliaries if certain conditions are met (the “Nursing Agencies Concession”). Since the majority of our services are now exempt from VAT, our overall costs have increased as we are not able to recover any VAT that we incur on purchases from our suppliers (such as, for example, utilities) in respect of the goods and services that they supply to us. In addition, effective January 1, 2010, the standard rate of U.K. VAT reverted to 17.5%. (from the previous rate of 15%), which will increase the amount of any irrecoverable VAT.
The foregoing reflects our advisors’ view of the law as it currently stands, but there is a risk that this interpretation could be challenged by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”). If any of our services are deemed to be not exempt from VAT, then the costs paid by our customers may increase, thereby potentially reducing our competitiveness, revenues and/or profit margins. We have sent correspondences to HMRC to seek its concurrence with our VAT position. HMRC has sought clarification on our historical and post-concession VAT treatment before it can make a conclusion on our VAT position. If HMRC ultimately does not concur with our VAT treatment, then a VAT liability may be imposed on our company. At December 31, 2009, we have not recorded a liability relating to this matter as we believe a VAT liability is not probable to occur.

 

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We are aware of legislative changes which will go into effect in fiscal 2011 that would disallow the U.K. tax deduction on intra-group interest expense. We are currently evaluating our intra-group position and the likely impact of this change on our consolidated financial statements and results of operations.
A further legislative change that will go into effect in April 2011 is the U.K. government’s introduction of a 1% increase to the National Insurance employer contribution amounts. The extent to which we can recover this additional cost from our customers is uncertain and could impact our profit margins.
The provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 relating to personal accounts were enacted to address the U.K. government’s concerns that many U.K. workers are not saving enough for retirement. The Pensions Act 2008 will require employers to automatically enroll all eligible jobholders, who are not already in a qualifying workplace or personal pension plan, into either a qualifying workplace or personal pension plan or a new type of savings arrangement, known as the personal accounts plan. Automatic enrollment means that if jobholders do not wish to be a member of the plan offered to them they must actively opt out of that arrangement. Upon the phase in of the legislation, employers will be required to contribute a minimum of 3% of the jobholders qualifying earnings, which will be supplemented by contributions from the jobholder so that, in total, the pension contribution for each jobholder should equal a minimum of 8% of the jobholder’s qualifying earnings. There will be limits set on the amount that employers and jobholders can contribute in any one year. The personal accounts plan will be a new trust-based occupational plan, which is independent of the U.K. government and run by a Trustee Corporation. The current U.K. government plan is to introduce these new requirements starting in October 2012 and they will be phased in over a number of years. The extent to which we can recover this additional cost from our customers is uncertain and could impact our profit margins.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosures in a given reporting period. We believe the following accounting policies are critical areas affecting our financial condition and results of operations where estimates are required.
Accounts Receivable
We estimate the collectability of our accounts receivable, which requires a considerable amount of judgment in assessing the ultimate realization of these receivables, including the current credit-worthiness of each customer. Significant changes in required reserves may occur in the future as we continue to expand our business and as conditions in the marketplace change.

 

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Our company maintains credit controls to ensure cash collection on a timely basis. The credit terms agreed with our customers range from 7 days to a maximum of 30 days from invoice date. We maintain a credit department which consists of approximately 20 personnel who are targeted to collect outstanding receivables. We have established the following guidelines for the credit department to use as well as for us to assess the credit department’s performance:
   
to maintain accounts receivable levels (including unbilled accounts receivable) to below 45 days;
   
to limit our overdues (greater than 90 days) within agreed targets; and
   
to limit bad debt write off in the year within agreed targets.
We also apply a policy of withdrawing supply from customers who are significantly overdue. Many private customers are contracted on a “direct debit” basis where we can collect payment direct from customers’ bank accounts.
We have devised a provisioning methodology based on the customer profile and historical credit risk across our U.K. business. Accounts receivable are written off when the credit control department determines the amount is no longer collectible. In addition, we do not have a threshold for account balance write-offs as our policy focuses on all balances, whatever the size.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
We have significant amounts of goodwill and other intangible assets. The determination of whether or not goodwill has become impaired involves a significant amount of judgment. Changes in strategy and/or market conditions could significantly impact these judgments and require adjustments to recorded amounts of goodwill. We have recorded goodwill and separately identifiable intangible assets resulting from our acquisitions through December 31, 2009. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. A more frequent evaluation will be performed if indicators of impairment are present. In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we determined that there were no such indicators. We completed the annual impairment test of goodwill during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and determined that there was no impairment to our goodwill balance. If we are required to record an impairment charge in the future, it could have an adverse impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes using the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities reflect tax carryforwards and the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting and income tax purposes, as determined under currently enacted tax rates. Deferred tax assets are recorded if future realization is more likely than not. Deferred taxes are recorded primarily for bad debts, foreign, federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, depreciation and amortization of intangibles, which are reported in different periods for income tax purposes than for financial reporting purposes. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized. The determination of whether or not valuation allowances are required to be recorded involves significant estimates regarding the future profitability of our company, as well as potential tax strategies for the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards.
We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. As of December 31, 2009, our company has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits, which remains unchanged from September 30, 2009.

 

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Contingencies
We are involved in various legal proceedings and claims incidental to our normal business activities. We are required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes to these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A determination of the amount of reserves required, if any, for these contingencies are made after careful analysis of each individual issue. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments in each matter or changes in approach such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters.
Revenue Recognition
Patient services are recognized when services are performed and substantiated by proper documentation. For patient services, which are billed at fixed rates, revenue is mainly recognized upon completion of timesheets that also require the signature of the recipient of services and through electronic call monitoring.
We receive a majority of our revenue from local governmental social services departments and the NHS.
Business Combinations
Amounts paid for acquisitions are allocated to the tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. We then allocate the purchase price in excess of net tangible assets acquired to identifiable intangible assets. Any excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired is allocated to goodwill. We obtain a third-party valuation in order to complete our purchase price allocations.
Results of Operations
Overview
We are one of the larger suppliers of homecare services in the U.K. Current trends in homecare services that have continued to contribute to the growth of this business include the increasing shift from care in residential homes to care in the home, which in most cases is a lower cost option, a move toward supplier consolidation by the local governmental authorities, an increase in the aging population and additional opportunities as a result of the increase in demand for higher sophisticated homecare service lines, such as continuing care and care for individuals with learning disabilities. Recently, we have noticed that some local authorities and Primary Care Trusts are using consultants to review pricing and margins. This is to be expected with the current public sector debt levels and anticipated controls on spending after this year’s U.K. elections. We will continue to monitor this closely.
Nursing homes results have been impacted by the general economic market. We have experienced a lesser demand for our services from nursing homes, which we believe is a result of the economic recession, as nursing homes are trying to reduce their costs as well as their own permanent staff working additional hours.

 

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The NHS requires any healthcare staffing company that provides temporary staff to NHS Hospitals in a region to enter into a Framework Agreement setting forth, among other things, applicable quality standards and maximum payment rates. In fiscal 2009, the old Framework Agreements between the NHS and healthcare staffing companies entered the formal re-tender stage and we were successfully awarded a new Framework Agreement. The new Framework Agreement came into operation in October 2009 Our London hospital staffing branch, which represents over 70% of our hospitals revenue, grew by over 50% and was successful in maintaining a gross profit percentage similar to that of the prior year. However, this was offset by significant declines in our regional hospitals business, which traditionally was at higher margins. We believe that our plan to open a dedicated hospitals branch in the Midlands region is a sensible approach to growing this regional business on a similar model as our London operation. If successful, we will consider extending this hub approach into other key cities.
Three Months Ended December 31, 2009 vs. Three Months Ended December 31, 2008
To provide an increased understanding of our company’s business we are providing a breakdown of our revenues, gross profits, selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) costs and operating income at constant exchange rates using the comparable prior period weighted average exchange rate.
                                                                 
    Revenue     Gross Profit  
    Q1     Q1     %     Q1     Gross     Q1     Gross     %  
    2010     2009     Change     2010     Profit %     2009     Profit %     Change  
 
                                                               
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                               
Homecare
  $ 56,583     $ 48,257       17.3 %   $ 17,400       30.8 %   $ 14,952       31.0 %     16.4 %
Nursing Homes
    5,139       7,578       -32.2 %     1,628       31.7 %     2,328       30.7 %     -30.1 %
Hospitals
    5,248       5,693       -7.8 %     1,123       21.4 %     1,533       26.9 %     -26.7 %
 
                                                       
Total, at constant exchange rates
    66,970       61,528       8.8 %     20,151       30.1 %     18,813       30.6 %     7.1 %
Effect of foreign exchange
    2,414                     726                                
 
                                                       
Total, as reported
  $ 69,384     $ 61,528       12.8 %   $ 20,877             $ 18,813               11.0 %
 
                                                       
 
                                                               
SG&A, at constant exchange rates
                          $ 16,509             $ 15,559               6.1 %
Effect of foreign exchange
                            571                                
 
                                                           
Total SG&A, as reported
                          $ 17,080             $ 15,559               9.8 %
 
                                                           
 
                                                               
Operating Income, at constant exchange rates
                          $ 3,642             $ 3,254               11.9 %
Effect of foreign exchange
                            155                                
 
                                                           
Operating Income, as reported
                          $ 3,797             $ 3,254               16.7 %
 
                                                           
In addition to disclosing results of operations that are determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the chart above shows non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the impact of foreign exchange on our current period results. Management believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP measures provides useful information to investors regarding our company’s results of operations, as these non-GAAP measures allow investors to better evaluate ongoing business performance. Investors should consider non-GAAP measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. The chart also provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
Revenues
Total revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2009, before the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates, increased by $5.4 million, or 8.8%, to $67.0 million, compared with $61.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008. Contributing to the increase in revenues was homecare revenues which grew by 17.3% to $56.6 million. Nursing home revenues declined by 32.2% to $5.1 million. Hospitals revenues decreased by 7.8% to $5.3 million. After the favorable impact of currency exchange of $2.4 million, revenues increased to $69.4 million.

 

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Gross Profit
Gross profit, before the favorable impact of foreign exchange, increased 7.1% to $20.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009 from $18.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008. Changes in foreign exchange increased gross profit by $0.7 million to $20.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009 compared to $18.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 11.0%. As a percentage of total revenue, gross profit for the three months ended December 31, 2009 was 30.1%, as compared to 30.6% for the comparable prior period mainly due to our sales mix.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Total SG&A expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2009, before the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange, increased by $0.9 million, or 6.1% to $16.5 million compared to $15.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008. While current period SG&A costs of 24.6% of revenues are lower than the prior year period of 25.3%, we are continuing to invest in certain areas of our business that includes such items as continuing care, learning disabilities, IT systems, and business improvement projects to ensure that we support future growth in revenues. At the same time, we maintain tight controls over other areas of SG&A costs so as to maintain our objective of reducing SG&A costs as a percent of revenues. The increase in SG&A costs is mainly related to the opening of new branches, investment in specialized service lines which include continuing care and learning disabilities, and costs associated with process improvements including the roll out of our new IT system. This increase was partially offset by additional net receipts of currently available government grants for training support of $0.1 million as compared to the prior year. Changes in foreign exchange increased the reported result by $0.6 million to $17.1 million compared to $15.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008.
Interest Income
Total interest income for the three months ended December 31, 2009 was $0.1 million compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008. The decrease in interest income was mainly attributable to decrease in interest rates.
Provision for Income Taxes
We recorded a provision for income taxes amounting to $1.0 million or 26.5% of income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2009, compared to a provision of $0.7 million or 22.6% of income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2008. The difference in the effective tax rate between the three months ended December 31, 2009 and the three months ended December 31, 2008 is mainly due to the utilization of loss carry forwards in the U.S. for which no benefit had been previously recorded and permanent differences.
Net Income
As a result of the foregoing, we recorded net income of $2.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009 compared to net income of $2.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2008.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
For the three months ended December 31, 2009, we generated $1.1 million of cash from operating activities. Cash requirements for the three months ended December 31, 2009 for capital expenditures ($0.8 million) were met through cash on hand.
We believe existing capital resources and those to be generated from operating activities will be adequate to conduct our operations for the next twelve months.
Accounts Receivable
We maintain a cash management program that focuses on the reimbursement function, as growth in accounts receivable has been the main operating use of cash historically. At December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009, $19.7 million (11.2%) and $19.6 million (11.3%), respectively, of our total assets consisted of accounts receivable.
Our goal is to maintain accounts receivable levels equal to or less than 45 days (including unbilled accounts receivable), which would tend to mitigate the risk of negative cash flows from operations by reducing the required investment in accounts receivable and thereby increasing cash flows from operations. We maintain credit controls to ensure cash collection on a timely basis. Days sales outstanding (“DSOs”), excluding unbilled accounts receivable, is a measure of the average number of days taken by our company to collect its accounts receivable, calculated from the date services are invoiced. The timing of our invoicing and cash collections as well as the pattern of our weekly invoicing cycles causes fluctuations in our monthly DSOs. At December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009, our average DSOs (excluding unbilled accounts receivable) were 26 and 25, respectively.
At December 31, 2009 gross receivables, excluding unapplied cash and surcharges, were $22.0 million, of which $17.3 million or 78.5% were represented by amounts due from U.K. governmental bodies, either the local governmental social service departments (the “SSD”) or the NHS. At September 30, 2009 gross receivables, excluding unapplied cash and surcharges, were $21.8 million, of which $16.6 million or 76.3% were represented by amounts due from U.K. governmental bodies. The remaining accounts receivable balance is due from commercial payors (nursing homes and private hospitals) and private payors.

 

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The following table summarizes the accounts receivable aging by payor mix at December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
                                                 
    0-30     31-60     61-90     91-120     121 Days     AR At  
At December 31, 2009   Days     Days     Days     Days     And Over     12/31/2009  
 
                                               
SSD
  $ 8,709     $ 778     $ 267     $ 190     $ 261     $ 10,205  
 
                                               
NHS
    6,082       628       124       74       175       7,083  
 
                                               
Commercial Payors
    1,800       279       88       42       30       2,239  
 
                                               
Private Payors
    1,901       193       98       51       251       2,494  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Gross AR at 12/31/09
  $ 18,492     $ 1,878     $ 577     $ 357     $ 717     $ 22,021  
 
                                     
 
                                               
Less: Unapplied Cash
                                            (1,064 )
 
                                               
Less: Surcharges(A)
                                            (355 )
Less: Allowance For Doubtful Accounts
                                            (923 )
 
                                             
 
                                               
Accounts Receivable, net
                                          $ 19,679  
 
                                             
                                                 
    0-30     31-60     61-90     91-120     121 Days     AR At  
At September 30, 2009   Days     Days     Days     Days     And Over     9/30/2009  
 
                                               
SSD
  $ 9,138     $ 769     $ 484     $ 181     $ 359     $ 10,931  
 
                                               
NHS
    4,670       554       241       90       161       5,716  
 
                                               
Commercial Payors
    2,200       262       64       33       32       2,591  
 
                                               
Private Payors
    1,994       157       104       60       275       2,590  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Gross AR at 9/30/09
  $ 18,002     $ 1,742     $ 893     $ 364     $ 827     $ 21,828  
 
                                     
 
                                               
Less: Unapplied Cash
                                            (1,124 )
 
                                               
Less: Surcharges(A)
                                            (271 )
Less: Allowance For Doubtful Accounts
                                            (839 )
 
                                             
 
                                               
Accounts Receivable, net
                                          $ 19,594  
 
                                             
     
(A)  
Surcharges represent interest charges to customers on overdue accounts. The surcharges are recognized in income only upon receipt of payment.
Each fiscal year we undertake a review of our methodology and procedure for reserving for our doubtful accounts. This process also takes into account our actual experience of write offs in the period. The policy is then applied at each quarter end to arrive at a closing reserve for doubtful accounts. See “Critical Accounting Policies—Accounts Receivable,” for a description of our methodology procedure.
Given the high percentage of U.K. governmental debt, the large number of customer accounts with low-value debt within the remainder of the accounts receivable ledger and the methodology for making provisions for doubtful accounts, we believe our provisioning method is prudent and appropriate to our business.
We provide homecare aides and nurses on the basis of terms (payment due within 7 to 30 days of invoice) and prices (rate per hour or fraction of an hour) agreed to in advance with our customers. The work is either logged by electronic call monitoring or time sheets are signed by clients for the work performed and then invoices are generated based on agreed billing rates. Consequently, there is no process for approval of invoices. Our credit control policies currently achieve an average collection of approximately 26 days from submission of invoices.
As our current operations are in the U.K. and the majority of accounts receivable are from U.K. governmental bodies for which payment terms and prices are agreed in advance, we have not recorded any contractual allowances.

 

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Commitments
Employment Agreements
We have employment agreements with our two executive officers that provide for minimum aggregate annual compensation of approximately $0.6 million (at the closing exchange rate at December 31, 2009), in fiscal 2010.
In January 2008, we entered into an employment agreement with Sandy Young, our chief executive officer. The employment agreement is terminable by either Mr. Young or the company by giving not less than twelve months’ prior written notice to the other party or automatically on Mr. Young’s 65th birthday. The salary of Mr. Young is currently £218,463 (approximately $348,000 at the closing exchange rate at December 31, 2009). In addition, pursuant to his employment agreement:
   
we awarded Mr. Young 0.2 million stock options in February 2008;
   
we granted Mr. Young 0.6 million stock appreciation rights in April 2009, the terms of which are described in Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for our quarter ended December 31, 2009;
   
we provide Mr. Young with a car allowance; and
   
we have agreed to make a payment equal to 15% of Mr. Young’s annual salary towards his U.K.-based private pension fund.
In May 2008 we entered into an employment agreement with Paul Weston, our chief financial officer. Our employment agreement with Mr. Weston provides that either party may terminate the agreement upon six month’s written notice. In addition, under our employment agreement with Mr. Weston, we are required to pay him 12 months’ salary in the event he is terminated due to an acquisition. Our employment agreement with Mr. Weston further provides that Mr. Weston will not compete against us for a period of six months following the termination of his employment with us. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Weston currently receives a salary of £161,247 (approximately $256,800 at the closing exchange rate at December 31, 2009). In addition, pursuant to his employment agreement with us, Mr. Weston receives a car allowance and we have agreed to make a payment equal to 15% of his annual salary towards his U.K.-based private pension fund.
Operating Leases
The Company has entered into various operating lease agreements for office space and equipment. Certain of these leases provide for renewal options.

 

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Contractual Cash Obligations
The following table summarizes our contractual cash obligations as of December 31, 2009 (dollars in thousands):
                         
    Total Lease     Total Other     Total  
Fiscal   Obligations     Obligations     Obligations  
2010
  $ 1,892     $ 985     $ 2,877  
 
                       
2011
    1,693       959       2,652  
 
                       
2012
    1,022       718       1,740  
 
                       
2013
    348       207       555  
 
                       
2014
    121             121  
 
                       
Thereafter
    69             69  
 
                 
 
                       
 
  $ 5,145     $ 2,869     $ 8,014  
 
                 
Lease obligations reflect future minimum rental commitments required under operating lease agreements as of December 31, 2009. Certain of these leases provide for renewal options. Other obligations represent our contractual commitment for a new branch operating system, investment bank fees associated with our capital resources review and purchase commitment for new office equipment. We anticipate incurring total expenditures for our new branch operating system, both contractual and non-contractual, including software, hardware, hosting services and training costs of approximately $6.9 million (at the closing exchange rate at December 31, 2009), of which $3.2 million has been incurred in fiscals 2008 and 2009 and in the three months ended December 31, 2009 and $3.7 million is expected to be incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 through fiscal 2011. We anticipate that funding will come from our existing cash and cash provided by operating activities.
Contingencies
See Note 9 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for our quarter ended December 31, 2009 for a discussion of contingencies.
Impact of Recent Accounting Standards
See Note 11 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for our quarter ended December 31, 2009.

 

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Item 3.  
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Foreign Currency Exchange
We face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. These exposures may change over time and could have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial results. Currently, we do not hedge foreign currency exchange rate exposures.
The translation of the operating results of our U.K. operations is impacted by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. For the year to date fiscal 2010 period as compared to the year to date fiscal 2009 average rate, the translation of our U.K. financial statements into U.S. dollars resulted in increased revenues of $2.4 million, increased operating income of $0.2 million and increased net income of $0.1 million. We estimate that a 10% change in the exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar would have a $6.9 million, $0.4 million and $0.3 million impact on reported quarterly revenues, operating income and net income, respectively.
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relate primarily to our cash equivalents. Our cash equivalents include highly liquid short-term investments purchased with initial maturities of 90 days or less.

 

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Item 4.  
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our company’s management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2009.
Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, “disclosure controls and procedures” are defined as controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based on such evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2009, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, “internal control over financial reporting” is defined as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, an issuer’s principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the issuer’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II
Item 6.  
Exhibits
         
  31.1    
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
       
 
  31.2    
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
       
 
  32.1    
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
       
 
  32.2    
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.

 

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 9, 2010
         
  ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC.  
 
 
  By:   /s/ Paul Weston    
    Paul Weston   
    Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Duly Authorized to Sign on Behalf of Registrant)
 

 

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