Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2015

 

 

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-33092

 

Delaware   04-2825458

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

63 Second Avenue

Burlington, MA 01803

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

781-221-2266

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

April 28, 2015, LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding its financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibits are furnished or filed as part of this Report, as applicable:

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release issued by LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. on April 28, 2015.


Signature(s)

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
Date: April 28, 2015 By: Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.

/s/ JOSEPH P. PELLEGRINO, JR.

Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
99.1    Press release issued by LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. on April 28, 2015.
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

LeMaitre Q1 2015 Record Sales $18.9mm (+13%), Op. Inc. $2.3mm

BURLINGTON, MA, April 28, 2015 — LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMAT), a provider of vascular devices, today reported Q1 2015 results, announced a $0.04/share dividend and provided guidance.

Q1 2015 results included:

 

    Record sales of $18.9mm, +13% vs. Q1 2014

 

    Operating income of $2.3mm vs. an operating loss of $0.2mm

 

    Operating margin of 12%

 

    Net income of $1.4mm vs. a net loss of $0.2mm

 

    Earnings of $0.08 per diluted share vs. ($0.01)

 

    EBITDA of $3.2mm vs. $0.6mm

Q1 2015 sales of $18.9mm increased 13% (+14% organic) vs. Q1 2014. International sales increased 15%, while The Americas increased 12%. XenoSure and the HYDRO LeMaitre Valvulotome were the primary drivers of growth. Unit sales increased 12% in Q1 2015.

Gross margin increased to 69.2% in Q1 2015 from 67.0% in Q1 2014 largely due to XenoSure manufacturing efficiencies and price increases.

Operating expenses in Q1 2015 were $10.8mm, down 6% from $11.5mm in the year-earlier quarter. The decrease was driven by lower selling expenses and the absence of restructuring charges in Q1 2015. The Company ended Q1 2015 with 81 sales reps vs. 87 at the end of Q1 2014.

Chairman and CEO George LeMaitre said, “We continue to pursue 10% sales growth and 20% profit growth.”

Quarterly Dividend

On April 23, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.04/share of common stock. The dividend will be paid June 5, 2015 to shareholders of record on May 22, 2015.


Business Outlook

The Company expects Q2 2015 sales of $18.9mm, a reported increase of 4% vs. Q2 2014. Excluding currency effects, this represents 12% sales growth. Excluding currency effects and acquisitions, this represents 6% sales growth (organic growth). The company expects Q2 2015 gross margin of 69.5%. The Company also expects Q2 2015 operating income of $2.0mm (11% operating margin).

The Company has increased its full-year 2015 sales guidance to $75.0mm, a reported increase of 5% vs. 2014. Excluding currency effects, this represents 13% sales growth. Excluding currency effects and acquisitions, this represents 8% sales growth (organic growth). The Company expects 2015 gross margin of 69.5%. The Company has increased its 2015 operating income guidance to $8.2mm (11% operating margin), an increase of 30% vs. 2014.

Conference Call Reminder

Management will conduct a conference call at 5:00pm ET today to review the Company’s financial results and discuss its business outlook for the remainder of the year. The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. Individuals who are interested in listening to the webcast should log on to the Company’s website at www.lemaitre.com/investor. The conference call may also be accessed by dialing 877-546-5021 (+1 857-244-7553 for international callers), using pass-code 60182778. For individuals unable to join the live conference call, a replay will be available on the Company’s website.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is included in the tables attached to this release.

About LeMaitre Vascular

LeMaitre Vascular is a provider of devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, a condition that affects more than 20 million people worldwide. The Company develops, manufactures and markets disposable and implantable vascular devices to address the needs of its core customer, the vascular surgeon.

LeMaitre and the LeMaitre Vascular logo are registered trademarks of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. This press release contains other trademarks and trade names of the Company.

For more information about the Company, please visit http://www.lemaitre.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

LeMaitre Vascular management believes that in order to better understand the Company’s short-term and long-term financial trends, investors may wish to consider certain non-GAAP financial measures as a supplement to financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and do not have standardized meanings. These non-GAAP measures result from facts and circumstances that may vary in frequency and/or impact on continuing operations. Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial performance measures in accordance with GAAP. In addition to the description provided below, reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release.

In this press release, the Company has reported non-GAAP sales growth percentages after adjusting for the impact of foreign currency exchange, business development transactions, and/or other events as well as EBITDA or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The Company refers to the calculation of non-GAAP sales percentages as “organic.” The Company analyzes non-GAAP sales on a constant currency basis, net of acquisitions and other non-recurring events, and EBITDA to better measure the comparability of results between periods. Because changes in foreign currency exchange rates have a non-operating impact on net sales, and acquisitions, product discontinuations, and other strategic transactions are episodic in nature and are highly variable to the reported sales results, the Company believes that evaluating

 

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growth in sales on a constant currency basis net of such transactions provides an additional and meaningful assessment of sales to management. The Company believes that evaluating EBITDA provides an approximation of the cash generating ability of its operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

The Company’s current financial results, as discussed in this release, are preliminary and unaudited, and subject to adjustment. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this press release regarding the Company’s business that are not historical facts may be “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Specifically, forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s expectations regarding Q2 2015 and 2015 sales, gross margin and operating income levels. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current, preliminary expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results expected, including, but not limited to, the risk that the Company may not realize the anticipated benefits of its strategic activities; the risk that assumptions about the market for the Company’s products and the productivity of the Company’s direct sales force and distributors may not be correct; risks related to the integration of acquisition targets; risks related to product demand and market acceptance of the Company’s products; the risk that the XenoSure product is not as accretive and does not achieve the gross margins currently anticipated by the Company; the risk that the Company is not successful in transitioning to a direct-selling model in new territories; adverse or fluctuating conditions in the general domestic and global economic markets and other risks and uncertainties included under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as updated by our subsequent filings with the SEC, all of which are available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://www.lemaitre.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances after the date they were made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact:

J.J. Pellegrino, CFO

LeMaitre Vascular

781-425-1691

jpellegrino@lemaitre.com

Financial Statements

 

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LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC (NASDAQ: LMAT)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(amounts in thousands)

 

     March 31, 2015     December 31, 2014  
     (unaudited)        

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 17,025      $ 18,692   

Accounts receivable, net

     11,877        10,803   

Inventory

     16,456        16,714   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,439        2,379   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

  47,797      48,588   

Property and equipment, net

  6,594      6,878   

Goodwill

  17,132      17,281   

Other intangibles, net

  6,619      7,157   

Deferred tax assets

  1,263      1,418   

Other assets

  168      170   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

$ 79,573    $ 81,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$ 1,128    $ 1,127   

Accrued expenses

  6,023      7,479   

Acquisition-related obligations

  1,237      1,435   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

  8,388      10,041   

Deferred tax liabilities

  2,917      2,919   

Other long-term liabilities

  341      325   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  11,646      13,285   

Stockholders’ equity

Common stock

  189      188   

Additional paid-in capital

  76,041      75,389   

Retained earnings

  3,917      3,248   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (3,961   (2,365

Treasury stock

  (8,259   (8,253
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

  67,927      68,207   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$ 79,573    $ 81,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC (NASDAQ: LMAT)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     For the three months ended  
     March 31, 2015      March 31, 2014  

Net sales

   $ 18,947       $ 16,754   

Cost of sales

     5,830         5,530   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

  13,117      11,224   

Operating expenses:

Sales and marketing

  5,858      6,229   

General and administrative

  3,617      3,315   

Research and development

  1,152      1,344   

Medical device excise tax

  181      164   

Restructuring charges

  —        403   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

  10,808      11,455   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

  2,309      (231

Other income (loss):

Other income (loss), net

  17      (42
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

  2,326      (273

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

  957      (66
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

$ 1,369    $ (207
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per share of common stock

Basic

$ 0.08    $ (0.01
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

$ 0.08    $ (0.01
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted - average shares outstanding:

Basic

  17,422      15,586   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

  17,796      15,586   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash dividends declared per common share

$ 0.040    $ 0.035   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC (NASDAQ: LMAT)

SELECTED NET SALES INFORMATION

(amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     For the three months ended  
     March 31, 2015     March 31, 2014  
     $      %     $      %  

Net Sales by Geography

          

Americas

   $ 11,583         61   $ 10,341         62

International

     7,364         39     6,413         38
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Net Sales

$ 18,947      100 $ 16,754      100
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC (NASDAQ: LMAT)

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(amounts in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP sales growth:

For the three months ending March 31, 2015

Net sales as reported

$ 18,947   

Impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations

  1,509   

Net impact of acquisitions and distributed sales excluding currency

  (1,311
  

 

 

      

Adjusted net sales

$ 19,145   

For the three months ending March 31, 2014

Net sales as reported

$ 16,754   

Net impact of divestures excluding currency

  (16
  

 

 

      

Adjusted net sales

$ 16,738   
    

 

 

    

Adjusted net sales increase for the three months ending March 31, 2015

  

$ 2,407      14
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP sales growth:

For the three months ending June 30, 2015

Net sales per guidance

$ 18,900   

Impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations

  1,458   

Net impact of acquisitions and distributed sales excluding currency

  (1,146
  

 

 

      

Adjusted net sales

$ 19,212   

For the three months ending June 30, 2014

Net sales as reported

$ 18,161   

Net impact of divestures excluding currency

  (31
  

 

 

      

Adjusted net sales

$ 18,130   
    

 

 

    

Adjusted net sales increase for the three months ending June 30, 2015

  

$ 1,082      6
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP sales growth:

For the year ending December 31, 2015

Net sales per guidance

$ 75,000   

Impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations

  5,090   

Net impact of acquisitions and distributed sales excluding currency

  (3,597
  

 

 

      

Adjusted net sales

$ 76,493   

For the year ending December 31, 2014

Net sales as reported

$ 71,097   

Net impact of divestures excluding currency

  (76
  

 

 

      

Adjusted net sales

$ 71,021   
    

 

 

    

Adjusted net sales increase for the year ending December 31, 2015

$ 5,472      8
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP sales growth - Excluding changes in foreign currency:

For the three months ending June 30, 2015

Net sales per guidance

$ 18,900   

Impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations

  1,458   
  

 

 

       

Adjusted net sales

$ 20,358   

For the three months ending June 30, 2014

Net sales as reported

$ 18,161   
     

 

 

    

Adjusted net sales increase for the three months ending June 30, 2015

  

$ 2,197      12
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP sales growth - Excluding changes in foreign currency:

For the year ending December 31, 2015

Net sales per guidance

$ 75,000   

Impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations

  5,090   
  

 

 

       

Adjusted net sales

$ 80,090   

For the year ending December 31, 2014

Net sales as reported

$ 71,097   
     

 

 

    

Adjusted net sales increase for the year ending December 31, 2015

$ 8,993      13
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For the three months ended  
     March 31, 2015      March 31, 2014  

Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP EBITDA

     

Net income (loss), as reported

   $ 1,369       $ (207

Amortization and depreciation expense

     832         831   

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     957         (66
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

EBITDA

$ 3,158    $ 558   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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