Underlying business growth of 18.9 percent with gross profit margin improvement. Transformation on track.
Fiscal 2012 revenue guidance increased.
TORONTO, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Patheon Inc. (TSX: PTI), a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, announced today fiscal 2012 second quarter and first half results.
Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Highlights
- Revenues in the quarter increased to $181.5 million from $170.0 million in the same period last year, an increase of 6.8 percent. Excluding the $17.4 million benefit from the contract cancellation recorded last year, revenue increased by 18.9 percent.
- Gross profit in the quarter increased to $34.0 million from $30.4 million in the same period last year, an increase of 11.8 percent. Excluding the $17.4 million benefit from prior year’s contract cancellation, gross profit increased by 162 percent.
- Adjusted EBITDA decreased in the quarter to $9.7 million from $12.9 million in the same period last year, a decrease of 24.8 percent. Excluding the $17.4 million benefit from prior year’s contract cancellation and $6.0 million in consulting fees related to the strategic initiatives recorded in the second quarter of 2012, Adjusted EBITDA increased by $20.2 million.
- The loss before discontinued operations increased to $(79.6) million compared to $(10.3) million in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 due primarily to the after tax impact of the previously announced impairment charges of $57.9 million and repositioning expenses of $4.9 million, as well as the after tax impact of $4.7 million from the consulting fees related to strategic initiatives.
James C. Mullen, Patheon’s Chief Executive Officer said, “The 18.9 percent underlying business growth in the second quarter is very encouraging, as we are winning new business and growing existing customer relationships. Our transformation activities are on track and this has contributed to gross profit margin improvement in both businesses. Looking forward, we anticipate that the consulting costs associated with our transformation activities will be minimal in the third and fourth quarters and we expect to recoup all of our consulting costs to date through savings by the end of this year. As a result of our transformation successes, we are increasing revenue guidance.”
Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter and Six Months Operating Results from Continuing Operations
Revenue for the second quarter increased $11.5 million, or 6.8 percent, to $181.5 million, from $170.0 million in the same period last year.
Commercial manufacturing (CMO) revenues for the second quarter increased $8.5 million, or 6.1 percent, to $147.0 million, from $138.5 million in the same period last year. Excluding the $17.4 million benefit from the contract cancellation recorded in the second quarter of last year, CMO revenues would have increased by $25.9 million, or 21.4 percent. Pharmaceutical Development Services’ revenues for the second quarter increased $3.0 million, or 9.5 percent, to $34.5 million, from $31.5 million in the same period last year. Higher development activities from new contracts across most sites contributed to the improved performance.
Revenue for the six month period was $335.4 million, down from $345.7 million, a decrease of 3.0 percent from the same period last year.
Commercial manufacturing revenues for the six month period decreased to $269.9 million, or 6.0 percent, from $287.2 million in same period last year. Excluding the benefit from the contract cancellation recorded in the first half of fiscal 2011, commercial manufacturing revenues would have increased by 13.9 percent. PDS revenues for the six month period increased to $65.5 million, or 12.0 percent, from $58.5 million in the same period last year.
Gross profit for the second quarter increased $3.6 million to $34.0 million, from $30.4 million last year. Excluding the benefit from the prior year contract cancellation, gross profit in the second quarter would have increased by $21.0 million. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to higher volumes, lower depreciation expense and lower inventory write-offs, partially offset by the unfavorable impact associated with replacing the cancelled contract with other production.
Gross profit for the six month period decreased to $48.4 million from $72.6 million in the same period last year. Excluding the benefit from the prior year contract cancellation, gross profit in the six month period would have increased by $26.1 million. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to lower volumes, the unfavorable impact associated with replacing the majority of the cancelled contract with other production, partially offset by lower depreciation expense and lower inventory write-offs.
The loss before discontinued operations for the quarter was ($79.6) million, or (61.6¢) per share compared to a loss before discontinued operations of $(10.3) million, or (8.0¢) per share in the same period last year, due primarily to the after tax impact of the previously announced impairment charges of $57.9 million and repositioning expenses of $4.9 million, as well as the after tax impact of $4.7 million from the consulting fees related to strategic initiatives. The net loss before discontinued operations for the six months was ($98.9) million, or (76.6¢) per share compared to a loss of ($6.5) million, or (5.0¢) per share in the same period of fiscal 2011 due to the factors discussed above.
2012 Outlook
Based on encouraging revenue trends in the first half of the year the company is increasing its full year revenue guidance. The company expects 2012 revenue to be in excess of $725 million.
Conference Call
Patheon will host a conference call and Web cast today (June 13, 2012) at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). Interested parties are invited to access the conference call, via telephone, in listen-only mode, toll free at 1-888-231-8191 (U.S., including Puerto Rico) and 1-647-427-7450 (Canada and International). Listeners are encouraged to dial in five to fifteen minutes in advance to avoid delays. Slides will also be available for viewing during the call by accessing Patheon’s Web site at http://ir.patheon.com/events.cfm.
A telephone replay of the conference call will be available between Wednesday, June 13, 2012 and Wednesday, June 20, 2012 by dialing 1-855-859-2056(toll free) or 1-403-451-9481, and by entering identification number 82262791, followed by the number key. The conference call will be archived at http://www.patheon.com.
About Patheon
Patheon Inc. (TSX: PTI) is a leading global provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry. The company provides the highest quality products and services to approximately 300 of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Its services range from preclinical development through commercial manufacturing of a full array of dosage forms including parenteral, soft gel, solid and liquid forms.
The company’s comprehensive range of fully integrated Pharmaceutical Development Services includes pre-formulation, formulation, analytical development, clinical manufacturing, scale-up and commercialization. The company’s integrated development and manufacturing network of 10 manufacturing facilities, nine development centers and one clinical trial material packaging facility across North America and Europe, enables customer products to be launched with confidence anywhere in the world.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
References in this press release to “Adjusted EBITDA” are to income (loss) before discontinued operations before repositioning expenses, interest expense, foreign exchange losses reclassified from other comprehensive income, refinancing expenses, gains and losses on sale of fixed assets, gain on extinguishment of debt, income taxes, asset impairment charge, depreciation and amortization and other income and expenses. “Adjusted EBITDA margin” is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. Since Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure that does not have a standardized meaning, it may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Readers are cautioned that these non-GAAP measures should not be construed as alternatives to net income (loss) determined in accordance with GAAP as indicators of performance. Adjusted EBITDA is used by management as an internal measure of profitability. The company has included these measures because it believes that this information is used by certain investors to assess its financial performance, before non-cash charges and certain costs that the company does not believe are reflective of its underlying business. An Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation of these amounts to the closest U.S. GAAP measure is included with the financial statements in this press release.
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