UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the quarterly period ended  June 30, 2016
   
OR  
   
¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period from __________ to _____________.

 

Commission File Number 000-23357

 

BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

 

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

INDIANA

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

 

35-1345024

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

     

2701 KENT AVENUE

WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

47906

(Zip code)

 

(765) 463-4527

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YES x         NO ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES x         NO ¨

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ¨         Accelerated filer ¨        Non-accelerated filer ¨        Smaller Reporting Company x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

YES ¨         NO x

 

As of August 9, 2016, 8,107,558 of the registrant's common shares were outstanding.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
     
Item 1 Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited):  
     
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 3
     
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Nine Months Ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 4
     
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015 5
     
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 6
     
Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 13
     
Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 26
     
Item 4 Controls and Procedures 26
     
PART II OTHER INFORMATION  
     
Item 1A Risk Factors 26
     
Item 6 Exhibits 28
     
  Signatures 29

 

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BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

    June 30,
2016
    September 30,
2015
 
    (Unaudited)        
Assets                
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 492     $ 438  
Accounts receivable                
Trade, net of allowance of $541 at June 30, 2016 and $559 at September 30, 2015, respectively     2,497       2,904  
Unbilled revenues and other     1,025       1,110  
Inventories     1,476       1,466  
Prepaid expenses     820       773  
Refundable income taxes     4        
Total current assets     6,314       6,691  
                 
Property and equipment, net     16,090       15,989  
Goodwill     1,009       1,009  
Debt issue costs     73       94  
Other assets     28       32  
                 
Total assets   $ 23,514     $ 23,815  
                 
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable   $ 3,950     $ 2,858  
Accrued expenses     824       1,710  
Customer advances     3,407       3,414  
Income tax accruals     16       30  
Revolving line of credit     1,551       86  
Fair value of warrant liability           189  
Fair value of interest rate swap     48       50  
Current portion of capital lease obligation     152       230  
Current portion of long-term debt     3,863       786  
Total current liabilities     13,811       9,353  
                 
Capital lease obligation, less current portion     232       68  
Long-term debt, less current portion           3,666  
Total liabilities     14,043       13,087  
                 
Shareholders’ equity:                
Preferred shares, authorized 1,000,000 shares, no par value:                
1,185 Series A shares at $1,000 stated value issued and outstanding at June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively     1,185       1,185  
Common shares, no par value:                
Authorized 19,000,000 shares; 8,107,558 shares and 8,105,007 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively     1,989       1,988  
Additional paid-in capital     21,230       21,193  
Accumulated deficit     (14,885 )     (13,691 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     (48 )     53  
                 
Total shareholders’ equity     9,471       10,728  
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 23,514     $ 23,815  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
    2016     2015     2016     2015  
                         
Service revenue   $ 3,773     $ 5,001     $ 11,881     $ 13,929  
Product revenue     1,280       1,149       3,406       3,792  
Total revenue     5,053       6,150       15,287       17,721  
                                 
Cost of service revenue     3,183       3,003       9,838       9,501  
Cost of product revenue     697       657       1,976       2,024  
Total cost of revenue     3,880       3,660       11,814       11,525  
                                 
Gross profit     1,173       2,490       3,473       6,196  
Operating expenses:                                
Selling     405       379       1,072       1,141  
Research and development     103       160       392       489  
General and administrative     1,030       1,037       3,165       3,468  
Mediation settlement, net           (620 )           (606 )
Total operating expenses     1,538       956       4,629       4,492  
                                 
Operating (loss) income     (365 )     1,534       (1,156 )     1,704  
                                 
Interest expense     (107 )     (67 )     (243 )     (223 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability – decrease     21       34       189       353  
Other income     1             2       1  
Net income (loss) before income taxes     (450 )     1,501       (1,208 )     1,835  
                                 
Income tax (benefit) expense     (17 )     23       (15 )     25  
                                 
Net income (loss)   $ (433 )   $ 1,478     $ (1,193 )   $ 1,810  
                                 
Other comprehensive income (loss):     (2 )     (49 )     (101 )     19  
                                 
Comprehensive income (loss)   $ (435 )   $ 1,429     $ (1,294 )   $ 1,829  
                                 
Basic net income (loss) per share   $ (0.05 )   $ 0.18     $ (0.15 )   $ 0.22  
Diluted net income (loss) per share   $ (0.05 )   $ 0.16     $ (0.15 )   $ 0.16  
                                 
Weighted common shares outstanding:                                
Basic     8,108       8,080       8,107       8,077  
Diluted     8,108       8,810       8,107       8,845  

 

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BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

    Nine Months Ended June 30,  
    2016     2015  
             
Operating activities:                
Net income (loss)   $ (1,193 )   $ 1,810  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:                
Depreciation and amortization     1,031       1,069  
Change in fair value of warrant liability – (decrease)     (189 )     (353 )
Employee stock compensation expense     34       67  
Provision for doubtful accounts, net     (19 )     1  
Loss on sale of property and equipment     12       5  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     511       (611 )
Inventories     (10 )     3  
Income tax accruals     (18 )     20  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     14       146  
Accounts payable     990       (226 )
Accrued expenses     (886 )     (775 )
Customer advances     (7 )     19  
Net cash provided by operating activities     270       1,175  
                 
Investing activities:                
Capital expenditures     (837 )     (666 )
Net cash used by investing activities     (837 )     (666 )
                 
Financing activities:                
Payments of long-term debt     (589 )     (589 )
Payments of debt issuance costs     (41 )      
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     3        
Payments on revolving line of credit     (7,832 )     (5,569 )
Borrowings on revolving line of credit     9,297       5,367  
Payments on capital lease obligations     (217 )     (214 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities     621       (1,005 )
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes           31  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     54       (465 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     438       981  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 492     $ 516  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:                
Equipment financed under capital leases   $ 303     $  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands except per share data or as otherwise indicated)

(Unaudited)

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“We,” the “Company” or “BASi”) engage in contract laboratory research services and other services related to pharmaceutical development. We also manufacture scientific instruments for life sciences research, which we sell with related software for use by pharmaceutical companies, universities, government research centers and medical research institutions. Our customers are located throughout the world.

 

We have prepared the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and therefore should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements, and the notes thereto, included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 include all adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods and of our financial position at June 30, 2016. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the year ending September 30, 2016.

 

We are currently in default with our credit arrangements with Huntington Bank, as more fully described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Credit Facility.” Huntington Bank has reserved all rights with respect to our default, including the ability to accelerate and immediately demand payment of the outstanding debt under our term loan and revolving loan, to exercise its security interest, to take possession of or sell the underlying collateral, to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving loan and to terminate our interest rate swap. Were Huntington Bank to demand payment of the outstanding debt (whether at or prior to the scheduled maturity of the loans on September 30, 2016), we would currently have insufficient funds to satisfy that obligation, and the bank’s exercise of alternative remedies could also have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to resolve our liquidity issues on satisfactory terms, or at all. We have classified the entire term loan payable to Huntington Bank and the interest rate swap agreement with Huntington Bank as current liabilities of the Company.

 

2. MANAGEMENT’S PLAN

 

The Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes continuity of operations and realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets and liabilities that may result in the event the Company’s plans, including plans to rectify our liquidity issues, are not successful. As noted above, we are currently in default of our credit arrangements and Huntington Bank has reserved all rights with respect to our default. The Company’s liquidity circumstances, including the potential inability to find replacement financing, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, and management has and will continue to take measures to mitigate that possibility.

 

The Company is engaged in exploring initiatives to address solutions to our liquidity issues, which include the evaluation and pursuit of various sources of financing, including a sale and leaseback of the West Lafayette facility. Management is also undergoing a detailed review of all current account management and acquisition strategies and market programs and has introduced new initiatives designed to increase revenue around focused strength areas. These key areas of expertise include increasing our IND-enabling studies in nonhuman primates, partnering with clinics for sample analysis and sample kit preparation, offering bioequivalence study expertise to our generics clients and increasing market awareness and adoption of the BASi Culex™ In-vivo Automated Blood Sampling System and related consumables via equipment grants. Management has been, and continues to be, actively engaged in more effectively controlling operating costs in the short term as we strive for long term stabilization and growth.

 

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3. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The 2008 Stock Option Plan (“the Plan”) is used to promote our long-term interests by providing a means of attracting and retaining officers, directors and key employees and aligning their interests with those of our shareholders. The Plan is described more fully in Note 9 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015. All options granted under the Plan have an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common shares on the date of grant. We expense the estimated fair value of stock options over the vesting periods of the grants. We recognize expense for awards subject to graded vesting using the straight-line attribution method, reduced for estimated forfeitures. Forfeitures are revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates and an adjustment is recognized at that time. The Compensation Committee may also issue non-qualified stock option grants with vesting periods different from the Plan. As of June 30, 2016, there are 30 shares underlying options outstanding that were granted outside of the Plan. The assumptions used are detailed in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015. Stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2015 was $19 and $67, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 was $5 and $34, respectively.

 

A summary of our stock option activity for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 is as follows (in thousands except for share prices):

 

    Options
(shares)
    Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
    Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
                   
Outstanding - October 1, 2015     319     $ 1.73     $ 1.38  
Exercised     (3 )   $ 1.14     $ 0.95  
Granted     10     $ 0.94     $ 0.79  
Terminated     (16 )   $ 2.14     $ 1.78  
Outstanding – June 30, 2016     310     $ 1.69     $ 1.34  

 

4. INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

 

We compute basic income (loss) per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.

 

During the three and nine month period ended June 30, 2015 and 2016, respectively, the Company had three categories of dilutive potential common shares: the Series A preferred shares issued in May 2011 in connection with the Company’s registered direct offering, the warrants issued in connection with the same offering in May 2011 (which expired in May, 2016), and shares issuable upon exercise of options. We compute diluted earnings per share using the if-converted method for preferred stock and the treasury stock method for stock options and warrants. Shares issuable upon exercise of options, warrants for 799 common shares and 592 common shares issuable upon conversion of preferred shares were not considered in computing diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive.

 

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The following table reconciles our computation of basic net income (loss) per share to diluted net income (loss) per share:

 

    Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
    2016     2015     2016     2015  
Basic net income (loss) per share:                                
Net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders   $ (433 )   $ 1,478     $ (1,193 )   $ 1,810  
Weighted average common shares outstanding     8,108       8,080       8,107       8,077  
Basic net income (loss) per share   $ (0.05 )   $ 0.18     $ (0.15 )   $ 0.22  
Diluted net income (loss) per share:                                
Net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders   $ (433 )   $ 1,478     $ (1,193 )   $ 1,810  
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability           (34 )           (353 )
Diluted net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders   $ (433 )   $ 1,444     $ (1,193 )   $ 1,457  
                                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding     8,108       8,080       8,107       8,077  
Plus: Incremental shares from assumed conversions                                
Series A preferred shares           592             592  
Class A warrants           15             48  
Dilutive stock options/shares           123             128  
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding     8,108       8,810       8,107       8,845  
Diluted net income (loss) per share   $ (0.05 )   $ 0.16     $ (0.15 )   $ 0.16  

 

5. INVENTORIES

 

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

    June 30,
2016
    September 30,
2015
 
             
Raw materials   $ 1,174     $ 1,112  
Work in progress     233       247  
Finished goods     341       408  
    $ 1,748     $ 1,767  
Obsolescence reserve     (272 )     (301 )
    $ 1,476     $ 1,466  

 

6. SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

We operate in two principal segments - research services and research products. Our Service segment provides research and development support on a contract basis directly to pharmaceutical companies. Our Product segment provides liquid chromatography, electrochemical and physiological monitoring products to pharmaceutical companies, universities, government research centers and medical research institutions. Our accounting policies in these segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies found in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015.

 

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    Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
    2016     2015     2016     2015  
                         
Revenue:                                
Service   $ 3,773     $ 5,001     $ 11,881     $ 13,929  
Product     1,280       1,149       3,406       3,792  
    $ 5,053     $ 6,150     $ 15,287     $ 17,721  
                                 
Operating income (loss):                                
Service   $ (364 )   $ 1,440     $ (962 )   $ 1,510  
Product     (1 )     94       (194 )     194  
    $ (365 )   $ 1,534     $ (1,156 )   $ 1,704  
                                 
Interest expense     (107 )     (67 )     (243 )     (223 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability – decrease     21       34       189       353  
Other income     1             2       1  
                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes   $ (450 )   $ 1,501     $ (1,208 )   $ 1,835  

 

7. INCOME TAXES

 

We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes.  We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. We recognize the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We record valuation allowances based on a determination of the expected realization of tax assets.

 

We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. We measure the amount of the accrual for which an exposure exists as the largest amount of benefit determined on a cumulative probability basis that we believe is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement of the position.

 

At June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, we had a $16 liability for uncertain income tax positions. The difference between the federal statutory rate of 34% and our effective rate of 1.2% is due to changes in our valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets.

 

We record interest and penalties accrued in relation to uncertain income tax positions as a component of income tax expense. Any changes in the liability for uncertain tax positions would impact our effective tax rate. We do not expect the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

We file income tax returns in the U.S and several U.S. states. We remain subject to examination by taxing authorities in the jurisdictions in which we have filed returns for years after 2010.

 

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8. DEBT

 

Credit Facility

 

On May 14, 2014, we entered into a Credit Agreement with Huntington Bank, which was subsequently amended on May 14, 2015 (“Agreement”). The Agreement includes both a term loan and a revolving loan and is secured by mortgages on our facilities in West Lafayette and Evansville, Indiana and liens on our personal property. As of December 31, 2015, we were not in compliance with certain financial covenants of the Agreement. Huntington Bank advised us that the failure to meet these financial covenants constituted an event of default under the Agreement and reserved all of its rights with respect thereto. As of March 31, 2016, we were also in default of the financial covenants covering the period then ended.

 

On April 27, 2016, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement with Huntington Bank and on July 1, 2016, the Company entered into a Second Forbearance Agreement and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Second Forbearance Agreement”) with Huntington Bank. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Second Forbearance Agreement, Huntington Bank agreed to continue to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under the Agreement and from terminating the Company’s related swap agreement with respect to the Company’s non-compliance with applicable financial covenants under the Agreement and any further non-compliance with such covenants during the forbearance period ending September 30, 2016 and to continue to make advances under the Agreement.

 

In exchange for Huntington Bank’s agreement to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under the Agreement, the Company agreed to, among other things: (i) amend the maturity dates for the term and revolving loans under the Agreement to September 30, 2016, (ii) meet an additional financial covenant during the forbearance period; (iii) take commercially reasonable efforts to obtain financing sufficient to repay indebtedness under the Agreement in full upon the expiration of the forbearance period; (iv) periodically deliver to Huntington Bank certain financial and budget information during the forbearance period; and (v) engage a consultant for purposes of preparing a report to Huntington Bank evaluating various matters concerning the Company.

 

The Second Forbearance Agreement provided for immediate termination of the forbearance period upon the occurrence of, among other events, the failure of the Company to perform, observe or comply with the terms of the Second Forbearance Agreement. As of June 30, 2016, the Company was not in compliance with the additional financial covenant under the Second Forbearance Agreement, resulting in termination of the forbearance period. Huntington Bank has reserved its rights resulting from this default, but as of August 15, 2016, has not exercised any of its remedies. The available remedies include among others, the ability to accelerate and immediately demand payment of the outstanding debt under our term loan and revolving loan, to exercise its security interest, to take possession of or sell the underlying collateral, to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving loan, to increase interest accruing on the debt by five percent (5%) per annum over the otherwise applicable rate effective after receipt of written notice from Huntington Bank, and to terminate our interest rate swap.

 

The term loan for $5,500 bears interest at LIBOR plus 325 basis points with monthly principal payments of approximately $65 plus interest. We have made all required principal payments on the term loan. The balance on the term loan at June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was $3,863 and $4,452, respectively. The revolving loan for $2,000 bears interest at LIBOR plus 300 basis points with interest paid monthly. The revolving loan also carries a facility fee of .25%, paid quarterly, for the unused portion of the revolving loan. The revolving loan includes an annual clean-up provision that requires the Company to maintain a balance of not more than 20% of the maximum loan of $2,000 for a period of 30 days in any 12 month period while the revolving loan is outstanding. The revolving loan balance was $1,551 and $86 at June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. Due to our default, Huntington Bank may accelerate the maturity of the term loan and the revolving loan and demand immediate payment.

 

Were Huntington Bank to demand payment of the outstanding debt (whether at or prior to the scheduled maturity of the loans on September 30, 2016), we would currently have insufficient funds to satisfy that obligation, and the bank’s exercise of alternative remedies could also have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition. As an example, in recent periods we have drawn on our revolving facility to supplement cash from operations. Should cash from operating activities remain insufficient to cover expenses and if Huntington Bank determines to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving facility, we may not have the requisite funds to continue operations.

 

We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to complete initiatives to refinance our indebtedness or otherwise resolve our liquidity issues. If we are unable to execute on our initiatives, we may have insufficient funds to both satisfy our debt obligations and operate our business.

 

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We incurred $134 of costs in connection with the issuance of the credit facility. These costs were capitalized and are being amortized to interest expense on a straight-line basis over five years based on the contractual term of the credit facility. In connection with the Forbearance Agreement, we incurred $41 of costs which were amortized during the third fiscal quarter of 2016, or the period covered by the first Forbearance Agreement. As of June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, the unamortized portion of debt issuance costs related to the credit facility was $73 and $94, respectively, and was included in Debt issue costs, net on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Interest Rate Swap

 

We entered into an interest rate swap agreement with respect to the above loans to fix the interest rate with respect to 60% of the value of the term loan at approximately 5.0%. We entered into this interest rate swap agreement to hedge interest rate risk of the related debt obligation and not to speculate on interest rates. The changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”) to the extent effective. We assess on an ongoing basis whether the derivative that is used in the hedging transaction is highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged debt. The Second Forbearance Agreement amended the terms of the interest rate swap to match the terms of the underlying debt resulting in no ineffectiveness.

 

9. RESTRUCTURING

 

In March 2012, we announced a plan to restructure our bioanalytical laboratory operations. We consolidated our laboratory in McMinnville, Oregon into our 120,000 square foot headquarters facility in West Lafayette, Indiana and closed our facility and bioanalytical laboratory in Warwickshire, United Kingdom. We continue to sell our products globally while further consolidating delivery of our CRO services into our Indiana locations.

 

We reserved for lease payments at the cease use date for our UK facility and have considered sublease rentals and the estimated cost and number of days it may take to restore the space to its original condition prior to our improvements. In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we began amortizing into general and administrative expense, equally through the cease use date, the estimated rent income of $200 when the reserve was originally established. In the first three and nine months of fiscal 2015, we recorded $20 and $60, respectively, of the estimated rent income as expense. We have been unsuccessful at subleasing the facility. Based on these matters, we have $1,000 reserved for UK lease related costs at June 30, 2016. We do not expect to accrue additional amounts in fiscal 2016. We have previously communicated with the landlord regarding the nature and timing of rent under the lease. The full restructuring reserve is classified in other accounts payable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The UK building lease expires in 2023 but includes an early termination option after 7 years, which occurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 and was exercised.

 

Other costs of $117 have been accrued for legal and professional fees and other costs estimated to be incurred in connection with transitioning services from sites being closed as well as costs incurred to remove improvements previously made to the UK facility. In fiscal 2015, all related investments in the UK operations were written off.

 

10. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The provisions of the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Topic defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and provides the disclosure requirements about fair value measurements. This Topic also establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s judgment about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. The hierarchy is broken down into three levels based on the inputs as follows:

 

    Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access.

 

    Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

 

    Level 3 – Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

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In May 2011, we issued Class A and B Warrants that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. We recorded these warrants as a liability determining the fair value at inception on May 11, 2011. Subsequent quarterly fair value measurements, using the Black Scholes model which is considered a level 2 measurement, are calculated with fair value changes charged to the statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The Class B Warrants expired in May 2012 and the liability was reduced to zero and the Class A Warrants expired in May, 2016 and the liability was reduced to zero. Therefore no assumptions were used to compute the fair value of the Class A Warrants at June 30, 2016.

 

The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventories, prepaid expenses and other assets, accounts payable and other accruals approximate their fair values because of their nature and respective duration. The carrying value of the note payable approximates fair value due to the variable nature of the interest rates.

 

We use an interest rate swap, designated as a hedge, to fix 60% of the term loan debt from our credit facility with Huntington Bank. We did not enter into this derivative transaction to speculate on interest rates, but to hedge interest rate risk. The swap is recognized as a liability on the balance sheet at its fair value. The fair value is determined utilizing a cash flow model that takes into consideration interest rates and other inputs observable in the market from similar types of instruments, and is therefore considered a level 2 measurement.

 

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level as of June 30, 2016, for the Company’s financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
                   
Interest rate swap agreement   $ -     $ 48     $ -  
Class A warrant liability   $ -     $ -     $ -  

 

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level as of September 30, 2015, for the Company’s financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
                   
Interest rate swap agreement   $ -     $ 50     $ -  
Class A warrant liability   $ -     $ 189     $ -  

 

11. MEDIATION

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company received $640 in cash through a mediated settlement and incurred related legal expenses of $20 and $34 for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2015. The settlement fully resolved the Company’s dispute with a service provider with whom we no longer do business. This settlement and related legal expenses were recorded under operating expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

 

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ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

This report contains statements that constitute forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements appear in a number of places in this Report and may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations with respect to (i) our strategic plans; (ii) trends in the demand for our products and services; (iii) trends in the industries that consume our products and services; (iv) our ability to develop new products and services; (v) our ability to make capital expenditures and finance operations; (vi) global economic conditions, especially as they impact our markets; (vii) our cash position; (viii) our ability to integrate a new sales and marketing team; (ix) our ability to service our outstanding indebtedness and (x) our expectations regarding the volume of new bookings, pricing, gross profit margins and liquidity. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward looking statements as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond our control.

 

In addition, we have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. Although we believe that the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements contained herein are based are reasonable, actual events may differ from those assumptions, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based upon those assumptions may not accurately project future events. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included or incorporated by reference elsewhere in this report. In addition to the historical information contained herein, the discussions in this report may contain forward-looking statements that may be affected by risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in Item 1A, Risk Factors contained herein and in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.

 

The following amounts are in thousands, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Recent Events

 

Credit Facility

 

We are currently in default of our credit arrangements with Huntington Bank, as more fully described under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Credit Facility." Huntington Bank has reserved all rights with respect to our default, including the ability to accelerate and immediately demand payment of the outstanding debt under our term loan and revolving loan, to exercise its security interest, to take possession of or sell the underlying collateral, to increase interest accruing on the debt, to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving loan, and to terminate our interest rate swap. Were Huntington Bank to demand payment of the outstanding debt (whether at or prior to the scheduled maturity of the loans on September 30, 2016), we would currently have insufficient funds to satisfy that obligation, and the bank’s exercise of alternative remedies could also have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.

 

The Company is engaged in exploring initiatives to address solutions to our liquidity issues, which include the evaluation and pursuit of various sources of financing, including a sale and leaseback of the West Lafayette facility. Management is also undergoing a detailed review of all current account management and acquisition strategies and market programs and has introduced new initiatives designed to increase revenue around focused strength areas. These key areas of expertise include increasing our IND-enabling studies in nonhuman primates, partnering with clinics for sample analysis and sample kit preparation, offering bioequivalence study expertise to our generics clients and increasing market awareness and adoption of the BASi Culex™ In-vivo Automated Blood Sampling System and related consumables via equipment grants. Management has been, and continues to be, actively engaged in more effectively controlling operating costs in the short term as we strive for long term stabilization and growth. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to resolve our liquidity issues on satisfactory terms, or at all.

 

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Business Overview

 

We are an international contract research organization providing drug discovery and development services. Our clients and partners include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and governmental organizations. We apply innovative technologies and products and a commitment to quality to help clients and partners accelerate the development of safe and effective therapeutics and maximize the returns on their research and development investments. We offer an efficient, variable-cost alternative to our clients' internal product development programs. Outsourcing development work to reduce overhead and speed drug approvals through the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") is an established alternative to in-house development among pharmaceutical companies. We derive our revenues from sales of our research services and drug development tools, both of which are focused on determining drug safety and efficacy. The Company has been involved in the research of drugs to treat numerous therapeutic areas for over 40 years.

 

We support the preclinical and clinical development needs of researchers and clinicians for small molecule and large biomolecule drug candidates. We believe our scientists have the skills in analytical instrumentation development, chemistry, computer software development, physiology, medicine, analytical chemistry and toxicology to make the services and products we provide increasingly valuable to our current and potential clients. Our principal clients are scientists engaged in analytical chemistry, drug safety evaluation, clinical trials, drug metabolism studies, pharmacokinetics and basic research at many of the small start-up biotechnology companies and the largest global pharmaceutical companies.

 

Our business is largely dependent on the level of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies' efforts in new drug discovery and approval. Our Service segment is a direct beneficiary of these efforts, through outsourcing by these companies of research work. Our Product segment is an indirect beneficiary of these efforts, as increased drug development leads to capital expansion, providing opportunities to sell the equipment we produce and the consumable supplies we provide that support our products.

 

Developments within the industries we serve have a direct, and sometimes material, impact on our operations. Currently, many large pharmaceutical companies have major "block-buster" drugs that are nearing the end of their patent protections. This puts significant pressure on these companies both to develop new drugs with large market appeal, and to re-evaluate their cost structures and the time-to-market of their products. Contract research organizations ("CRO's") have benefited from these developments, as the pharmaceutical industry has turned to out-sourcing to both reduce fixed costs and to increase the speed of research and data development necessary for new drug applications. The number of significant drugs that have reached or are nearing the end of their patent protection has also benefited the generic drug industry. Generic drug companies provide a significant source of new business for CROs as they develop, test and manufacture their generic compounds.

 

We also believe that the development of innovative new drugs is going through an evolution, evidenced by the significant reduction of expenditures on research and development at several major international pharmaceutical companies, accompanied by increases in outsourcing and investments in smaller start-up companies that are performing the early development work on new compounds. Many of these smaller companies are funded by either venture capital or pharmaceutical investment, or both, and generally do not build internal staffs that possess the extensive scientific and regulatory capabilities to perform the various activities necessary to progress a drug candidate to the filing of an Investigative New Drug application with the FDA.

 

A significant portion of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry is now being driven by biotech and small, venture capital funded, drug development companies. Many of these companies are "single-molecule" entities, whose success depends on one innovative compound. While several of the biotech companies have reached the status of major pharmaceuticals, the industry is still characterized by smaller entities. These developmental companies generally do not have the resources to perform much of the research within their organizations, and are therefore dependent on the CRO industry for both their research and for guidance in preparing their FDA submissions. These companies have provided significant new opportunities for the CRO industry, including us. They do, however, provide challenges in selling, as they frequently have only one product in development, which causes CROs to be unable to develop a flow of projects from a single company. These companies may expend all their available funds and cease operations prior to fully developing a product. Additionally, the funding of these companies is subject to investment market fluctuations, which changes as the risk profiles and appetite of investors change.

 

While continuing to maintain and develop our relationships with large pharmaceutical companies, we intend to aggressively promote our services to developing businesses, which will require us to expand our existing capabilities to provide services early in the drug development process, and to consult with customers on regulatory strategy and compliance leading to their FDA filings. Our Enhanced Drug Discovery services, part of this strategy, utilizes our proprietary Culex® technology to provide early experiments in our laboratories that previously would have been conducted in the sponsor’s facilities. As we move forward, we must balance the demands of the large pharmaceutical companies with the personal touch needed by smaller biotechnology companies to develop a competitive advantage. We intend to accomplish this through the use of and expanding upon our existing project management skills, strategic partnerships and relationship management.

 

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Research services are capital intensive. The investment in equipment and facilities to serve our markets is substantial and continuing. While our physical facilities are adequate to meet market needs for the near term, rapid changes in automation, precision, speed and technologies necessitate a constant investment in equipment and software to meet market demands. We are also impacted by the heightened regulatory environment and the need to improve our business infrastructure to support our increasingly diverse operations, which will necessitate additional capital investment. Our ability to generate capital to reinvest in our capabilities, both through operations and financial transactions, is critical to our success. While we are currently committed to fully utilizing recent additions to capacity, sustained growth will require additional investment in future periods. Our financial position could limit our ability to make such investments.

 

Executive Summary

 

As noted above, we are currently in default of our credit arrangements with Huntington Bank. Please see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Credit Facility."

 

Our revenues are dependent on a relatively small number of industries and customers. As a result, we closely monitor the market for our services and products. In the first nine months of fiscal 2016, we experienced a 14.7% decrease in revenues in our Service segment and a 10.2% decrease in revenues for our Product segment as compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2015. Our Service revenue was negatively impacted by fewer bioequivalence studies and a mix shift favoring method development and validation projects as well as a lower number of samples analyzed in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 versus the comparable period of fiscal 2015. The turnover in the business development personnel during fiscal 2015 contributed to the decline in bioequivalence studies and new large sample analysis projects. The revenue decline in our Product segment was mainly due to lower sales of our analytical instruments and lower sales of instruments in our Culex ® , in vivo sampling product line as compared to the prior fiscal year. The decline in Product revenue, however, is beginning to improve with increased revenue levels in the second and third fiscal quarters as compared to the first fiscal quarter, but have yet to overcome the variance from fiscal 2015.

 

We review various metrics to evaluate our financial performance, including revenue, margins and earnings. Revenues decreased approximately 13.7% and gross margin decreased 44.0% in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 as compared to the prior year period. The reduction in margin was mainly impacted by the lower Service revenue in the current fiscal year resulting in decreased absorption of fixed costs. The lower margins contributed to the reported operating loss of $1,156 for the first nine months of fiscal 2016 compared to operating income of $1,704 for the prior year period. For a detailed discussion of our revenue, margins, earnings and other financial results for the nine months ended June 30, 2016, see “Results of Operations” below.

 

As of June 30, 2016, we had $492 of cash and cash equivalents as compared to $438 of cash and cash equivalents at the end of fiscal 2015. In the first nine months of fiscal 2016, cash provided by operating activities amounted to $270 down from $1,175 provided in the first nine months of fiscal 2015, partially due to the operating loss we reported in the first nine months of fiscal 2016. We also utilized $1,465 in additional borrowings on our line of credit. Total capital expenditures were $837 in the first nine months of fiscal 2016, up from $666 in the first nine months of fiscal 2015.

 

In January 2015, we entered into a lease agreement with an initial term of approximately nine years and 11 months for 50,730 square feet of office, manufacturing and warehouse space located at the Company’s headquarters to monetize underutilized space. We do not believe the lease will materially impact the Company’s business or service capabilities over the foreseeable future. The lease agreement has provided and will provide the Company with additional cash in the range of approximately $50 per month during the first year of the initial term to approximately $57 per month during the final year of the initial term.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table summarizes the condensed consolidated statement of operations as a percentage of total revenues:

 

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    Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 
    2016     2015     2016     2015  
                         
Service revenue     74.7 %     81.3 %     77.7 %     78.6 %
Product revenue     25.3       18.7       22.3       21.4  
Total revenue     100.0       100.0       100.0       100.0  
                                 
Cost of Service revenue (a)     84.4       60.0       82.8       68.2  
Cost of Product revenue (a)     54.4       57.3       58.0       53.4  
Total cost of revenue     76.8       59.5       77.3       65.0  
                                 
Gross profit     23.2       40.5       22.7       35.0  
                                 
Total operating expenses     30.5       15.5       30.3       25.3  
                                 
Operating income (loss)     (7.3 )     25.0       (7.6 )     9.7  
                                 
Other income (expense)     (1.7 )     (0.5 )     (0.3 )     0.7  
                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes     (9.0 )     24.5       (7.9 )     10.4  
                                 
Income tax expense     (0.3 )     0.4       (0.1 )     0.1  
                                 
Net Income (loss)     (8.7 )%     24.1 %     (7.8 )%     10.3 %

 

(a) Percentage of service and product revenues, respectively

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2015

 

Service and Product Revenues

 

Revenues for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2016 decreased 17.8% to $5,053 compared to $6,150 for the same period last year.

 

Our Service revenue decreased 24.6% to $3,773 in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $5,001 for the prior year period. Bioanalytical analysis revenues declined due to fewer samples received and analyzed in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. Preclinical services benefited in the third quarter of fiscal 2015 from an early termination that accelerated revenue recognition, which was not repeated in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. Other laboratory services revenues were negatively impacted by fewer bioequivalence studies in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 versus the comparable period in fiscal 2015.

 

    Three Months Ended 
June 30,
             
    2016     2015     Change     %  
Bioanalytical analysis   $ 1,121     $ 1,735     $ (614 )     -35.4 %
Preclinical services     2,405       2,884       (479 )     -16.6 %
Other laboratory services     247       382       (135 )     -35.3 %

 

Sales in our Product segment increased 11.4% in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 from $1,149 to $1,280 when compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The majority of the increase stems from increased instrument sales from our Culex automated in vivo sampling line plus an increase in analytical instruments over the same period in the prior fiscal year.

 

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    Three Months Ended 
June 30,
             
    2016     2015     Change     %  
Culex, in-vivo sampling systems   $ 550     $ 511     $ 39       7.6 %
Analytical instruments     520       430       90       20.9 %
Other instruments     210       208       2       0.9 %

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 was $3,880 or 76.8% of revenue, compared to $3,660 or 59.5% of revenue for the prior year period.

 

Cost of Service revenue as a percentage of Service revenue increased to 84.4% during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 from 60.0% in the comparable period last year. The principal cause of this increase was the decrease in revenues, which led to lower absorption of the fixed costs in our Service segment. A significant portion of our costs of productive capacity in the Service segment are fixed. Thus, decreases in revenues lead to increases in costs as a percentage of revenue. In addition, due to the timing of certain studies, we incurred higher scientific professional services costs in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 versus the same period of fiscal 2015.

 

Cost of Product revenue as a percentage of Product revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 decreased to 54.4% from 57.2% in the comparable prior-year period. This decrease is mainly due to a change in the mix of products sold in the third quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Selling expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 increased 6.8% to $405 from $379 for the comparable period of fiscal 2015. This increase is mainly due to higher commissions in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to the same period in fiscal 2015.

 

Research and development expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 decreased 35.6% over the comparable period of prior year to $103 from $160. The decrease was primarily due to lower utilization of outsourced professional engineering services in the fiscal 2016 period.

 

General and administrative expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 decreased to $1,031 from $1,037 for the comparable prior year period. The principal reason for the decrease was the additional building rental income of $19, which was deducted from general and administrative expense, as well as decreased utility expense partially offset by increased consulting expenses in the third quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

Operating expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 were also favorably impacted by a mediation settlement from a service provider as described in Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, which reduced operating expenses during the period by $620, net of legal expenses.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

Other expense for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 increased to $85 from $33 for the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. The primary reason for the increase is due to higher interest expense in the fiscal 2016 quarter. Interest expense increased slightly to $107 from $67 with increased use of the line of credit and costs related to the first Forbearance Agreement executed in the third fiscal quarter of 2016.

 

Income Taxes

 

Our effective tax rate for the quarters ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 was 3.8% and 1.5%, respectively. The current year expense primarily relates to state income taxes and true-up adjustments of the prior fiscal year.

 

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Nine Months Ended June 30, 2016 Compared to Nine Months Ended June 30, 2015

 

Service and Product Revenues

 

Revenues for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 decreased 13.7% to $15,287 compared to $17,721 for the same period last fiscal year.

 

Our Service revenue decreased 14.7% to $11,881 in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 compared to $13,929 for the prior fiscal year period. Bioanalytical analysis revenues declined due to fewer samples received and analyzed in fiscal 2016. Preclinical services benefited in the third quarter of fiscal 2015 from an early termination that accelerated revenue recognition, which was not repeated in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. Other laboratory services revenues were negatively impacted by fewer bioequivalence studies in the fiscal 2016 period versus the comparable period in fiscal 2015.

 

    Nine Months Ended 
June 30,
             
    2016     2015     Change     %  
Bioanalytical analysis   $ 4,130     $ 5,298     $ (1,168 )     -22.0 %
Preclinical services     7,167       7,663       (496 )     -6.5 %
Other laboratory services     584       968       (384 )     -39.7 %

 

Sales in our Product segment decreased 10.2% in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 from $3,792 to $3,406 when compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The majority of the decrease in the nine months resulted from declines in instrument sales from our Culex automated in vivo sampling line as well as our analytical instruments in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. The overall decline was partially offset by an increase in other instruments revenue over the same period in the prior fiscal year.

 

    Nine Months Ended 
June 30,
             
    2016     2015     Change     %  
Culex, in-vivo sampling systems   $ 1,483     $ 1,840     $ (357 )     -19.4 %
Analytical instruments     1,272       1,443       (171 )     -11.8 %
Other instruments     651       509       142       27.9 %

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2016 was $11,814 or 77.3% of revenue, compared to $11,525 or 65.0% of revenue for the prior year period.

 

Cost of Service revenue as a percentage of Service revenue increased to 82.8% during the first nine months of fiscal 2016 from 68.2% in the comparable period last year. The principal cause of this increase was the decrease in revenues, which led to lower absorption of the fixed costs in our Service segment. A significant portion of our costs of productive capacity in the Service segment are fixed. Thus, decreases in revenues lead to increases in costs as a percentage of revenue. In addition, due to the timing of certain studies, we incurred higher scientific professional services in the third quarter of fiscal 2016 that increased costs versus the same period of fiscal 2015.

 

Cost of Product revenue as a percentage of Product revenue in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 increased to 58.0% from 53.4% in the comparable prior year period. This increase is mainly due to a change in the mix of products sold in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 as well as costs incurred related to the design and implementation of lean manufacturing initiatives in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

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Operating Expenses

 

Selling expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 decreased 6.0% to $1,072 from $1,141 for the comparable fiscal 2015 period. This decrease is mainly due to lower commissions and outside services in the first nine months of fiscal 2016.

 

Research and development expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2016 decreased 19.8% over the comparable fiscal 2015 period to $392 from $489. The decrease was primarily due to lower utilization of outsourced professional engineering services, partially offset by the addition of engineering personnel.

 

General and administrative expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2016 decreased 8.7% to $3,165 from $3,468 for the comparable fiscal 2015 period. The principal reason for the decrease was the additional building rental income of $287, which was deducted from general and administrative expense, as well as decreased utility expense, partially offset by increased recruiting costs and consulting expenses in the first nine months of fiscal 2016.

 

Operating expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2015 were also favorably impacted by a mediation settlement from a service provider as described in Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, which reduced operating expenses by $606, net of legal expenses.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

Other expense for the first nine months of fiscal 2016 was $52 versus other income of $131 for the same period of fiscal 2015. The primary reason for the decrease is change in the fair value of the warrant liability. Interest expense increased slightly to $243 from $223 with increased use of the line of credit and costs related to the first Forbearance Agreement executed in the third fiscal quarter of 2016.

 

Income Taxes

 

Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 was 1.2% and 1.4%, respectively. The current year expense primarily relates to state income taxes and true-up adjustments of the prior fiscal year.

 

Restructuring Activities

 

In March 2012, we announced a plan to restructure our bioanalytical laboratory operations. We consolidated our laboratory in McMinnville, Oregon into our 120,000 square foot headquarters facility in West Lafayette, Indiana and closed our facility and bioanalytical laboratory in Warwickshire, United Kingdom. We continue to sell our products globally while further consolidating delivery of our CRO services into our Indiana locations.

 

We reserved for lease payments at the cease use date for our UK facility and have considered free rent, sublease rentals and the number of days it would take to restore the space to its original condition prior to our improvements. In the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we began amortizing into general and administrative expense, equally through the cease use date, the estimated rent income of $200 when the reserve was originally established. In the first three and nine months of fiscal 2015, we recorded $20 and $60, respectively, of the estimated rent income as expense. We have been unsuccessful at subleasing the facility. Based on these matters, we have $1,000 reserved for UK lease related costs at June 30, 2016. We do not expect to accrue additional amounts in fiscal 2016. We have previously communicated with the landlord regarding the nature and timing of rent under the lease. The full restructuring reserve is classified in other accounts payable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets because the full amount is due and payable. The UK building lease expired in 2023 but included an opt out provision after 7 years, which occurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 and was exercised.

 

Other costs of $117 have been accrued for legal and professional fees and other costs estimated to be incurred in connection with transitioning services from sites being closed as well as costs incurred to remove improvements previously made to the UK facility. In fiscal 2015, all related investments in the UK operations were written off.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Comparative Cash Flow Analysis

 

At June 30, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of $492, compared to $438 at September 30, 2015.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $270 for the nine months ended June 30, 2016 compared to cash provided by operating activities of $1,175 for the nine months ended June 30, 2015. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities in the nine months of fiscal 2016 partially resulted from the operating loss versus operating income in the comparable fiscal 2015 period. Other contributing factors to our cash provided by operations in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 were noncash charges of $1,031 for depreciation and amortization and a net decrease in accounts receivable of $511 as well as a net increase in accounts payable of $990. These items were partially offset by a decrease in accrued expenses of $886.

 

Days’ sales in accounts receivable decreased to 63 days at June 30, 2016 from 73 days at September 30, 2015 due to improved collections from certain customers and a decrease in unbilled revenues . It is not unusual to see a fluctuation in the Company's pattern of days’ sales in accounts receivable. Customers may expedite or delay payments from period-to-period for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, the timing of capital raised to fund on-going research and development projects.

 

Included in operating activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2015 are non-cash charges of $1,069 for depreciation and amortization and a decrease in prepaid expenses of $146. These were offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $611 as well as a decrease in accrued expenses of $775 and accounts payable of $226

 

Investing activities used $837 in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 due to capital expenditures as compared to $666 in the first nine months of fiscal 2015. The investing activity in fiscal 2016 consisted of investments in computing infrastructure, building improvements and other capital improvements as well as equipment . The increase in capital expenditures in fiscal 2016 reflects the investments being made to support our growth initiatives as well as the investments to relocate our manufacturing and update our office and meeting space following the lease executed with Cook Biotech in fiscal 2015.

 

Financing activities provided $621 in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 as compared to cash used in financing activities of $1,005 for the first nine months of fiscal 2015. The main source of cash in the fiscal 2016 period was net borrowings on our line of credit of $1,465, partially offset by long-term debt and capital lease payments of $806. In the first nine months of fiscal 2015, we had long-term debt and capital lease payments of $803, as well as net payments on our line of credit of $202.

 

Capital Resources

 

Credit Facility

 

On May 14, 2014, we entered into a Credit Agreement with Huntington Bank, which was subsequently amended on May 14, 2015 (“Agreement”). The Agreement includes both a term loan and a revolving loan and is secured by mortgages on our facilities in West Lafayette and Evansville, Indiana and liens on our personal property. As of December 31, 2015, we were not in compliance with certain financial covenants of the Agreement. Huntington Bank advised us that the failure to meet these financial covenants constituted an event of default under the Agreement and reserved all of its rights with respect thereto. As of March 31, 2016, we were also in default of the financial covenants covering the period then ended.

 

On April 27, 2016, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement with Huntington Bank and on July 1, 2016, the Company entered into a Second Forbearance Agreement and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Second Forbearance Agreement”) with Huntington Bank. Subject to the conditions set forth in the Second Forbearance Agreement, Huntington Bank agreed to continue to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under the Agreement and from terminating the Company’s related swap agreement with respect to the Company’s non-compliance with applicable financial covenants under the Agreement and any further non-compliance with such covenants during the forbearance period ending September 30, 2016 and to continue to make advances under the Agreement.

 

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In exchange for Huntington Bank’s agreement to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under the Agreement, the Company agreed to, among other things: (i) amend the maturity dates for the term and revolving loans under the Agreement to September 30, 2016, (ii) meet an additional financial covenant during the forbearance period; (iii) take commercially reasonable efforts to obtain financing sufficient to repay indebtedness under the Agreement in full upon the expiration of the forbearance period; (iv) periodically deliver to Huntington Bank certain financial and budget information during the forbearance period; and (v) engage a consultant for purposes of preparing a report to Huntington Bank evaluating various matters concerning the Company.

 

The Second Forbearance Agreement provided for immediate termination of the forbearance period upon the occurrence of, among other events, the failure of the Company to perform, observe or comply with the terms of the Second Forbearance Agreement. As of June 30, 2016, the Company was not in compliance with the additional financial covenant under the Second Forbearance Agreement, resulting in termination of the forbearance period. Huntington Bank has reserved its rights resulting from this default, but as of August 15, 2016, has not exercised any of its remedies. The available remedies include among others, the ability to accelerate and immediately demand payment of the outstanding debt under our term loan and revolving loan, to exercise its security interest, to take possession of or sell the underlying collateral, to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving loan, to increase interest accruing on the debt by five percent (5%) per annum over the otherwise applicable rate effective after receipt of written notice from Huntington Bank, and to terminate our interest rate swap.

 

The term loan for $5,500 bears interest at LIBOR plus 325 basis points with monthly principal payments of approximately $65 plus interest. We have made all required principal payments on the term loan. The balance on the term loan at June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was $3,863 and $4,452, respectively. The revolving loan for $2,000 bears interest at LIBOR plus 300 basis points with interest paid monthly. The revolving loan also carries a facility fee of .25%, paid quarterly, for the unused portion of the revolving loan. The revolving loan includes an annual clean-up provision that requires the Company to maintain a balance of not more than 20% of the maximum loan of $2,000 for a period of 30 days in any 12 month period while the revolving loan is outstanding. The revolving loan balance was $1,551 and $86 at June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. Due to our default, Huntington Bank may accelerate the maturity of the term loan and the revolving loan and demand immediate payment.

 

Were Huntington Bank to demand payment of the outstanding debt (whether at or prior to the scheduled maturity of the loans on September 30, 2016), we would currently have insufficient funds to satisfy that obligation, and the bank’s exercise of alternative remedies could also have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition. As an example, in recent periods we have drawn on our revolving facility to supplement cash from operations. Should cash from operating activities remain insufficient to cover expenses and if Huntington Bank determines to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving facility, we may not have the requisite funds to continue operations.

 

We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to complete initiatives to refinance our indebtedness or otherwise resolve our liquidity issues. If we are unable to execute on our initiatives, we may have insufficient funds to both satisfy our debt obligations and operate our business.

 

Interest Rate Swap

 

We entered into an interest rate swap agreement to fix the interest rate with respect to 60% of the value of the term loan at approximately 5.0%. We entered into this interest rate swap agreement to hedge interest rate risk of the related debt obligation and not to speculate on interest rates. The changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap are recorded in AOCI to the extent effective. We assess on an ongoing basis whether the derivative that is used in the hedging transaction is highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged debt. The Second Forbearance Agreement amended the terms of the interest rate swap to match the terms of the underlying debt resulting in no ineffectiveness.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Liquidity and Capital Resources" discuss the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Preparation of these financial statements requires management to make judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Certain significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the financial statements require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments, and are considered critical accounting policies. We have identified the following areas as critical accounting policies.

 

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Revenue Recognition

 

The majority of our bioanalytical and analytical research service contracts involve the development of analytical methods and the processing of bioanalytical samples for pharmaceutical companies and generally provide for a fixed fee for each sample processed. Revenue is recognized under the specific performance method of accounting and the related direct costs are recognized when services are performed. Our preclinical research service contracts generally consist of preclinical studies, and revenue is recognized under the proportional performance method of accounting. Revisions in profit estimates, if any, are reflected on a cumulative basis in the period in which such revisions become known. The establishment of contract prices and total contract costs involves estimates we make at the inception of the contract. These estimates could change during the term of the contract and impact the revenue and costs reported in the consolidated financial statements. Revisions to estimates have generally not been material. Research service contract fees received upon acceptance are deferred until earned, and classified within customer advances. Unbilled revenues represent revenues earned under contracts in advance of billings.

 

Product revenue from sales of equipment not requiring installation, testing or training is recognized upon shipment to customers. One product includes internally developed software and requires installation, testing and training, which occur concurrently. Revenue from these sales is recognized upon completion of the installation, testing and training when the services are bundled with the equipment sale.

 

Long-Lived Assets, Including Goodwill

 

Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset.

 

We carry goodwill at cost. Other intangible assets with definite lives are stated at cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. All intangible assets acquired that are obtained through contractual or legal right, or are capable of being separately sold, transferred, licensed, rented, or exchanged, are recognized as an asset apart from goodwill. Goodwill is not amortized.

 

Goodwill is tested annually for impairment and more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. First, we can assess qualitative factors in determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. Then, we follow a two-step quantitative process. In the first step, we compare the fair value of each reporting unit, as computed primarily by present value cash flow calculations, to its book carrying value, including goodwill. We do not believe that market value is indicative of the true fair value of the Company mainly due to average daily trading volumes of less than 1%. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, no further work is required and no impairment loss is recognized. If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, the goodwill of the reporting unit is potentially impaired and we would then complete step 2 in order to measure the impairment loss. In step 2, the implied fair value is compared to the carrying amount of the goodwill. If the implied fair value of goodwill is less than the carrying value of goodwill, we would recognize an impairment loss equal to the difference. The implied fair value is calculated by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit (as determined in step 1) to all of its assets and liabilities (including unrecognized intangible assets) and any excess in fair value that is not assigned to the assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill.

 

The discount rate, gross margin and sales growth rates are the three material assumptions utilized in our calculations of the present value cash flows used to estimate the fair value of the reporting units when performing the annual goodwill impairment test. Our reporting units with goodwill at June 30, 2016 are bioanalytical services and preclinical services, which are both included in our Service segment, based on the discrete financial information available which is reviewed by management. We utilize a cash flow approach in estimating the fair value of the reporting units, where the discount rate reflects a weighted average cost of capital rate. The cash flow model used to derive fair value is sensitive to the discount rate and sales growth assumptions used.

 

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Considerable management judgment is necessary to evaluate the impact of operating and macroeconomic changes and to estimate future cash flows. Assumptions used in our impairment evaluations, such as forecasted sales growth rates and our cost of capital or discount rate, are based on the best available market information. Changes in these estimates or a continued decline in general economic conditions could change our conclusion regarding an impairment of goodwill and potentially result in a non-cash impairment loss in a future period. The assumptions used in our impairment testing could be adversely affected by certain of the risks discussed in “Risk Factors” in Item 1A contained herein and in our 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. There have been no significant events since the timing of our impairment tests that have triggered additional impairment testing. At June 30, 2016, remaining recorded goodwill was $1,009.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

We recognize the cost resulting from all share-based payment transactions in our financial statements using a fair-value-based method. We measure compensation cost for all share-based awards based on estimated fair values and recognize compensation over the vesting period for awards. We recognized stock-based compensation related to stock options of $5 and $34 during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016, respectively. We recognized stock-based compensation related to stock options of $19 and $67 during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2015, respectively.

  

We use the binomial option valuation model to determine the grant date fair value. The determination of fair value is affected by our stock price as well as assumptions regarding subjective and complex variables such as expected employee exercise behavior and our expected stock price volatility over the term of the award. Generally, our assumptions are based on historical information and judgment is required to determine if historical trends may be indicators of future outcomes. We estimated the following key assumptions for the binomial valuation calculation:

 

Risk-free interest rate. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields in effect at the time of grant for the expected term of the option.

 

Expected volatility. We use our historical stock price volatility on our common stock for our expected volatility assumption.

 

Expected term. The expected term represents the weighted-average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. The expected term is determined based on historical exercise behavior, post-vesting termination patterns, options outstanding and future expected exercise behavior.

 

Expected dividends. We assumed that we will pay no dividends.

 

Employee stock-based compensation expense recognized in the first nine months of fiscal 2016 and 2015 was calculated based on awards ultimately expected to vest and has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. Forfeitures are revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates and an adjustment will be recognized at that time.

 

Changes to our underlying stock price, our assumptions used in the binomial option valuation calculation and our forfeiture rate as well as future grants of equity could significantly impact compensation expense to be recognized in fiscal 2016 and future periods.

 

Income Taxes

 

As described in Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, we use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes.  We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. We recognize the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We record valuation allowances based on a determination of the expected realization of tax assets.

 

We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position. We measure the amount of the accrual for which an exposure exists as the largest amount of benefit determined on a cumulative probability basis that we believe is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement of the position.

 

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We record interest and penalties accrued in relation to uncertain income tax positions as a component of income tax expense. Any changes in the accrued liability for uncertain tax positions would impact our effective tax rate. Over the next twelve months we do not anticipate changes to the carrying value of our reserve.  Interest and penalties are included in the reserve.

 

As of June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, we had a $16 liability for uncertain income tax positions.

 

We file income tax returns in the U.S. and several U.S. states. We remain subject to examination by taxing authorities in the jurisdictions in which we have filed returns for years after 2010.

 

We have an accumulated net deficit in our UK subsidiary. With the closure of the UK facility, we no longer have any filing obligations in the UK. Consequently, the related deferred tax asset on such losses and related valuation allowance on the UK subsidiary have been removed.

 

Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost method of accounting. We evaluate inventories on a regular basis to identify inventory on hand that may be obsolete or in excess of current and future projected market demand. For inventory deemed to be obsolete, we provide a reserve for this inventory. Inventory that is in excess of current and projected use is reduced by an allowance to a level that approximates the estimate of future demand.

 

Fair Value of Warrant Liability

 

In May 2011, we issued Class A and B Warrants measured at fair value on a recurring basis. We recorded these warrants as a liability determining the fair value at inception on May 11, 2011. Subsequent quarterly fair value measurements, using the Black Scholes model which is considered a level 2 fair value measurement, were calculated with fair value changes charged to the statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The Class B Warrants expired in May, 2012 and the liability was reduced to zero and the Class A Warrants expired in May, 2016 and the liability was reduced to zero. The fair value of the warrants exercised was $854. The following table sets forth the changes in the fair value of the warrant liability since inception:

 

                                  Change in  
    Fair Value per Share     Fair Value in $$     Fair Value  
Evaluation Date   Warrant A     Warrant B     Warrant A     Warrant B     Total     (Income) Expense  
5/11/2011   $ 1.433     $ 0.779     $ 1,973     $ 1,072     $ 3,045     $ -  
6/30/2011     1.536       0.811       2,114       1,116       3,230       185  
9/30/2011     0.844       0.091       1,162       124       1,286       (1,944 )
12/30/2011     0.901       0.074       1,240       102       1,342       56  
3/30/2012     0.933       0.001       1,284       2       1,286       (56 )
6/29/2012     0.602       -       828       -       828       (458 )
9/28/2012     0.881       -       1,213       -       1,213       385  
12/31/2012     0.796       -       1,096       -       1,096       (117 )
3/28/2013     0.899       -       1,238       -       1,238       142  
6/28/2013     0.668       -       920       -       920       (318 )
9/30/2013     0.444       -       612       -       612       (308 )
12/31/2013     1.396       -       1,573       -       1,573       961  
3/31/2014     1.152       -       934       -       934       200  
6/30/2014     1.067       -       852       -       852       (66 )
9/30/2014     0.846       -       676       -       676       (160 )
12/31/2014     0.696       -       556       -       556       (120 )
3/31/2015     0.447       -       357       -       357       (199 )
6/30/2015     0.404       -       323       -       323       (34 )
9/30/2015     0.236       -       189       -       189       (134 )
12/31/2015     0.124       -       100       -       100       (89 )
03/31/2016     0.025       -       21       -       21       (79 )
06/30/2016     -       -       -       -       -       (21 )

 

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Interest Rate Swap

 

The Company uses an interest rate swap designated as a cash flow hedge to fix the interest rate on 60% of the Huntington Bank debt due to changes in interest rates. The changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”) to the extent effective. We assess on an ongoing basis whether the derivative that is used in the hedging transaction is highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged debt. The terms of the interest rate swaps match the terms of the underlying debt resulting in no ineffectiveness. When we determine that a derivative is not highly effective as a hedge, hedge accounting is discontinued and we reclassify gains or losses that were accumulated in AOCI to other income (expense), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

Effective October 1, 2018, the Company will be required to adopt the new guidance of ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition . Topic 606 requires the Company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance requires the Company to apply the following steps: (1) identify the contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation. The Company will be required to adopt Topic 606 either on a full retrospective basis to each prior reporting period presented or on a modified retrospective basis with the cumulative effect of initially applying the new guidance recognized at the date of initial application. If the Company elects the modified retrospective approach, it will be required to provide additional disclosures of the amount by which each financial statement line item is affected in the current reporting period, as compared to the guidance that was in effect before the change, and an explanation of the reasons for significant changes. The Company has not yet assessed the impact of the new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued new guidance in Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40).” The update provides guidance regarding management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2014, the FASB issued new guidance in ASU No. 2014-16, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) – Determining whether the host contract in a hybrid financial instrument issued in the form of a share is more akin to debt or to equity.” The guidance clarifies how current GAAP should be interpreted in subjectively evaluating the economic characteristics and risks of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument that is issued in the form of a share. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2015, the FASB amended guidance in ASU No. 2015-02, “Consolidation Topic 810.” The guidance made certain targeted revisions to various areas of the consolidation guidance, including the determination of the primary beneficiary of an entity, among others. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2015, the FASB amended the existing accounting standards for imputation of interest. The amendments require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by these amendments. The Company is required to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied retrospectively with the adjusted balance sheet of each individual period presented, in order to reflect the period-specific effects of applying the new guidance. The Company is currently evaluating the timing and the impact of these amendments on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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In July 2015, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance related to the measurement of inventory. The amendment revises inventory to be measured at lower of cost and net realizable value from lower of cost or market. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured using last-in, first-out (LIFO) or the retail inventory method. This guidance will be effective prospectively for the first quarter of fiscal 2018, with early application permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued updated guidance on leases which, for operating leases, requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, in its balance sheet. The standard also requires a lessee to recognize a single lease cost, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term, on a generally straight-line basis. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application permitted. We are currently evaluating the effects of the adoption and have not yet determined the impact the revised guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

ITEM 3 – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

A smaller reporting company is not required to provide the information required by this Item 3.

 

ITEM 4 - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of directors that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information 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 an evaluation conducted under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2016, we, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, determined that those controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2016.

 

Changes in Internal Controls

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II

 

ITEM 1A - RISK FACTORS

 

Before investing in our securities you should carefully consider the risks described below as well as the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2015, including those under the heading “Risk Factors” appearing in Item 1A of Part I of the Form 10-K, as well as other information contained in this Quarterly Report. Realization of any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

 

We are currently in default of our credit arrangements with Huntington Bank.

 

We are currently in default of our credit arrangements with Huntington Bank, as more fully described under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Credit Facility." Huntington Bank has reserved all rights with respect to our default, including the ability to accelerate and immediately demand payment of the outstanding debt under our term loan and revolving loan, to exercise its security interest, to take possession of or sell the underlying collateral, to increase interest accruing on the debt, to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving loan, and to terminate our interest rate swap.

 

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Were Huntington Bank to demand payment of the outstanding debt (whether at or prior to the scheduled maturity of the loans on September 30, 2016), we would currently have insufficient funds to satisfy that obligation, and the bank’s exercise of alternative remedies could also have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition. As an example, in recent periods we have drawn on our revolving facility to supplement cash from operations. Should cash from operating activities remain insufficient to cover expenses and if Huntington Bank determines to refrain from making additional advances under the revolving facility, we may not have the requisite funds to continue operations.

 

We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to complete initiatives to refinance our indebtedness or otherwise resolve our liquidity issues. If we are unable to execute on our initiatives, we may have insufficient funds to both satisfy our debt obligations and operate our business.

 

If we are unable to refinance our indebtedness with Huntington Bank and were Huntington Bank to demand payment of such indebtedness, or in the event that we are otherwise unable to satisfy our financial obligations, we may face bankruptcy or insolvency, and may lack the financing to continue operations.

 

If we are unable to refinance the indebtedness under our credit facility and were Huntington Bank to demand payment of such indebtedness, or if we are unable to otherwise satisfy our financial obligations as they become due, we may find it necessary to file for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and upon any such filing we are likely to require immediate access to funding in order to continue operations. Funding for the Company in bankruptcy cannot be assured, and would most likely be in the form of debtor-in-possession financing. We may be unable to find any lender willing to provide us with debtor-in-possession financing and any such financing that we are able to obtain would require approval by the bankruptcy court. If such financing is not available, then we may find it necessary to discontinue our operations. A bankruptcy filing by us would subject our business and operations to various additional risks, including the following:

 

· a bankruptcy filing and operating under bankruptcy protection would involve significant costs, including expenses of legal counsel and other professional advisors;

 

· transactions outside the ordinary course of business would be subject to the prior approval of the bankruptcy court, which might limit our ability to respond timely to certain events or take advantage of certain opportunities;

 

· we might be unable to retain key executives and employees through the process of reorganization;

 

· we may be unable to successfully develop, prosecute, confirm, and consummate a plan of reorganization that would be acceptable to the bankruptcy court and our creditors, equity holders, and other parties in interest; and

 

· our common stock may cease to be listed on a national securities exchange, which would make it difficult for stockholders to sell or accurately value our common stock.

 

Our credit facility difficulties could have an adverse impact on our business and increase our operating costs.

 

The fact that we are in default on our credit facility is likely to cause our customers and vendors to seek financial assurances from us before they are willing to continue doing business with us and they may instead choose to do business with our competitors. These circumstances may result in increased costs of our operations, thereby adversely affecting our results of operations. In addition, we may incur significant expenses in order to address our credit issues.

 

To resolve our credit issues, among other initiatives, we may explore the sale of certain assets. Any such sales would likely require cooperation from Huntington Bank, given the collateral and other restraints imposed by our credit arrangements. We cannot provide assurance that the terms of effectuated sales would favor us or how the loss of sold assets might impact our operations going forward.

 

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Continued depressed revenues could have an adverse impact on our liquidity and our business in general.

 

During recent periods we have experienced depressed revenues as compared to historical levels. A significant portion of our costs are fixed. Thus, decreases in revenues lead to decreased margins, which in turn negatively impacts cash provided from operating activities. To supplement cash from operating activities, we have recently relied, and may in the future rely, on our cash balance and supplemental funds from our credit arrangements.

 

We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to satisfy our cash requirements from cash provided by operating activities on a go-forward basis. If our working capital needs and capital expenditure requirements exceed cash provided by operating activities, then we may again look to our cash balance and committed credit lines, if any, to satisfy those needs. As noted, Huntington Bank may refrain from making additional advances under our revolving loan. In addition, alternative financing sources may hesitate to enter into credit arrangements with us due in part to real and/or perceived difficulties in achieving revenue growth.

 

If we are unable to increase revenues or otherwise supplement the cash that would be derived therefrom, we may have difficulty meeting our obligations on a timely manner, if at all.

 

In the event that we are able to successfully refinance our debt, our borrowing costs may increase.

 

In the event that we are able to successfully refinance our debt, the relevant lender or lenders may require that we pay substantially higher interest and fees on our debt going forward. This may result in increased costs of our operations thereby adversely affecting our results of operations, and we cannot provide assurance that any higher interest or fees will be sustainable by us.

 

ITEM 6 - EXHIBITS

 

(a) Exhibits:

 

See the Exhibit Index to this Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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:

 

    BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    (Registrant)
Date:  August 15, 2016    
    By:  /s/  Jacqueline M. Lemke
    Jacqueline M. Lemke
    President and Chief Executive Officer
     
    BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    (Registrant)
     
Date:  August 15, 2016   By:  /s/  Jill C. Blumhoff
    Jill C. Blumhoff
    Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number     Description of Exhibits
       
(10) 10.1   Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement between Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. and The Huntington Bank, executed April 27, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K, dated May 4, 2016).
       
  10.2   Second Forbearance Agreement and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement between Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. and The Huntington Bank, effective June 30, 2016 (filed herewith).
       
  10.3   Employment Agreement, by and between Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. and Jill C. Blumhoff effective May 13, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K , dated May 13, 2016).
       
  10.4   Employee Incentive Stock Option Agreement between Jill C. Blumhoff and Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., dated May 13, 2016 (filed herewith).
       
(31) 31.1  

Certification of Chief Executive Officer (filed herewith).

       
  31.2  

Certification of Chief Financial Officer (filed herewith).

       
(32) 32.1   Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350) (filed herewith). .
       
  32.2   Written Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350) (filed herewith). .
       
  101   XBRL data file (filed herewith).

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

SECOND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This Second Forbearance Agreement and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of the 1st day of July, 2016, by and between BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. , an Indiana corporation (the “ Company ”) and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association (the Bank ).

 

RECITALS :

 

A.           Pursuant to the terms and conditions of a certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014 by and between the Company and the Bank, as amended by a First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 14, 2015, such Credit Agreement, as so amended, hereinafter (the “ Loan Agreement ”), the Bank agreed to make to the Company (i) loans (collectively, the “ Revolving Loans ”) up to the maximum aggregate sum of $2,000,000 under a revolving line of credit and (ii) a term loan in the principal amount of $5,500,000 (the “ Term Loan ,” and together with the Revolving Loans, collectively the “ Loans ”).

 

B.           To evidence the Revolving Loans, on or about May 14, 2014, the Company executed and delivered to the Bank a certain Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) in the original principal sum of $2,000,000.00 (the “ Revolving Note ”).

 

C.           To evidence the Term Loans, on or about May 14, 2014, the Company executed and delivered to the Bank a certain Promissory Note (Term Loan) in the original principal sum of $5,500,000.00 (the “ Term Note ”, and together with the Revolving Note hereinafter sometimes collectively the “ Notes ”).

 

D.           In connection with the Term Loan, on May 14, 2014, the Company and the Bank entered into a certain ISDA 2002 Master Agreement and related schedules, and thereafter, on May 16, 2014, the Company and the Bank entered into a Confirmation pursuant thereto (all of the foregoing documents are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Swap Agreement ”).

 

E.           To secure all of its Obligations (as that term is defined in the Loan Agreement) to the Bank, the Company executed and delivered to the Bank a certain Security Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014 (the “ Security Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company granted the Bank a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s personal property assets, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, including without limitation accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods, equipment, general intangibles and inventory, and all proceeds of, products of and supporting obligations of the foregoing.

 

F.           The Bank perfected the security interests granted to it pursuant to the Security Agreement by filing a UCC-1 financing statement with the Indiana Secretary of State.

 

G.           To further secure all of its Obligations (as that term is defined in the Loan Agreement) to the Bank, the Company executed and delivered to the Bank a certain Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated as of May 14, 2014 (the “ West Lafayette Mortgage ”), pursuant to which the Company granted the Bank a mortgage, security interest and assignment of rents with respect to certain real property located in West Lafayette, Indiana (the “ West Lafayette Property ”).

 

 

 

 

H.           In consideration of the Bank entering into the Loan Agreement, BAS EVANSVILLE, INC. , an Indiana corporation (the “ Guarantor ”), agreed, pursuant to a certain Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 14, 2014 (the “ Guaranty ”), to unconditionally guarantee the repayment of all obligations owing from the Company to the Bank, including the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement;

 

I.           To secure the Guarantor’s obligations to the Bank, including its obligations under the Guaranty, the Guarantor executed and delivered to the Bank a certain Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing dated as of May 14, 2014 (the “ Mt. Vernon Mortgage ”), pursuant to which the Company granted the Bank a mortgage, security interest and assignment of rents with respect to certain real property located in Mt. Vernon, Indiana (the “ Mt. Vernon Property ”).

 

J.           As of April 27, 2016, the Company and the Bank entered into that certain Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “ First Forbearance Agreement ”), whereby the Bank agreed, on the terms set forth therein, to forbear from exercising its rights with regard to Designated Defaults (as defined herein) until June 30, 2016 and to amend the Loan Agreement to provide for a June 30, 2016 maturity for the Loans.

 

K.          Pursuant to the terms of the First Forbearance Agreement, the Company executed and delivered to the Bank a Short Form Copyright Security Agreement, a Short Form Patent Security Agreement and a Short Form Trademark Security Agreement, each dated April 27, 2016 (collectively, the “ IP Security Agreements ”).

 

L.           The Bank perfected the security interests granted to it pursuant to the IP Security Agreements through its filed UCC-1 financing statement with the Indiana Secretary of State and by filing the applicable IP Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.

 

M. The Bank continues to be the holder of the Notes and the Loan Agreement (such documents, as amended, together with the Security Agreement, the West Lafayette Mortgage, the Guaranty, the Mt. Vernon Mortgage, the First Forbearance Agreement, the IP Security Agreements, and all other agreements, documents and instruments related thereto or at any time evidencing or securing the Loans, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Loan Documents ”).

 

N.           As of June 27, 2016, the Company owed to the Bank the principal sum of $1,662,923.21 on the Revolving Loans and the principal sum of $3,863,100.00 on the Term Loan, together with accrued interest, fees, expenses, reimbursement obligations and other charges and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including without limitation attorneys’ fees (collectively the “ Indebtedness ”).

 

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O.           In the First Forbearance Agreement, the Company acknowledged the existence of Events of Default under the terms of the Loan Documents resulting from (i) the Company’s failure to comply with Section 5(g)(i) of the Loan Agreement with regard to its Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Test Period ending December 31, 2015, and (ii) the Company’s failure to comply with Section 5(g)(ii) of the Loan Agreement with regard to its Maximum Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period ending December 31, 2015 (collectively, the “ Designated Defaults ”).

 

P.           By reason of the continued existence of the Designated Defaults, the expiration of the Forbearance Period provided in the First Forbearance Agreement and the maturity of the Loans, as of July 1, 2016, the Bank shall have no obligation to make additional advances under the Loan Agreement and the Bank shall have full legal right to exercise its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents and under applicable law. Such remedies include, but are not limited to, the right to repossession and sale, foreclosure, or use, as the case may be, of the Collateral.

 

Q.           The Company has requested that the Bank agree to continue to forbear for a specific period of time from exercising its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents and under applicable law pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to extend the maturity date of the Loans. The Bank is willing to do so, but only on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and mutual promises and covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.           Defined Terms . All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Documents.

 

2.           Forbearance . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, absent a breach or default under this Agreement (a “ Default ”), and except as otherwise provided herein, the Bank shall refrain from taking any action to foreclose or recover the Collateral or otherwise initiate collection proceedings against the Company or the Collateral from the effective date of this Agreement through and including September 30, 2016 (the “ Forbearance Period ”) on account of the Designated Defaults or any other failure of the Company to comply with Sections 5(g)(i) or 5(g)(ii) of the Loan Agreement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding the foregoing and except as modified by this Agreement, (a) the Bank reserves the right to enforce each and every term of this Agreement and the Loan Documents; (b) the Bank is under no duty or obligation of any kind or any nature to grant the Company any additional period of forbearance beyond the Forbearance Period; (c) the Bank’s actions in entering into this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of, or estoppel to assert, any of the Bank’s rights under the Loan Documents or under applicable law; and (d) the Bank’s actions in entering into this Agreement are without prejudice to the Bank’s right to pursue any and all remedies available to it upon expiration of the Forbearance Period or immediately upon the occurrence of a Default. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Designated Defaults shall continue to constitute an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 5(c) (allowing for unlimited audits).

 

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3.            Revolving Loans . The Company acknowledges that, as a result of the Designated Defaults, the Bank is no longer obligated to make Revolving Loans under the Loan Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Forbearance Period and so long as no Default has occurred, the Bank hereby agrees to continue to make Revolving Loans under the Loan Agreement, subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement as modified by this Agreement.

 

4.            Amendment of Loan Agreement .

 

(a)           Revolving Loan Maturity . The definition of “Revolving Loan Maturity Date” in Section 1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to now read:

 

Revolving Loan Maturity Date ” means September 30, 2016.

 

(b)           Term Loan Maturity . The Loan Agreement is hereby amended such that each reference to “June 30, 2016” contained in Section 2(b)(ii), is deleted and replaced with “September 30, 2016”.

 

5.            Amendment of Other Loan Documents . All other Loan Documents (including but not limited to the Notes), are hereby amended to the extent necessary (i) to reflect a maturity date for the Revolving Loan and Revolving Note of September 30, 2016, and (ii) to reflect a maturity date for the Term Loan and Term Note of September 30, 2016.

 

6.            Minimum EBITDA . In addition to the financial covenants set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Company shall not permit its EBITDA in a cumulative amount beginning on January 1, 2016 until the date specified below to be less than the following:

 

June 30, 2016   $ 167,555  
July 31, 2016   $ 47,777  
August 31, 2016   $ (65,492 )

 

Within fifteen 15 days following each of the foregoing dates, the Company shall deliver to the Bank a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate officer of the Company demonstrating compliance by the Company with the financial covenants set forth in this Section, which certificate must be in such form and detail as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Bank.

 

7.           Replacement Financing . The Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to obtain financing sufficient to repay the Indebtedness in full upon the expiration of the Forbearance Period. On or before the 30th day of each month, the Company shall provide or cause to be provided to the Bank a report on its efforts and progress in obtaining such replacement financing. The Company shall provide or cause to be provided to the Bank copies of all loan proposals, term sheets or offers within five days of the receipt by the Company or its investment bank.

 

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8.           Termination of Commercial Card Account Agreement . The Borrower shall take all actions necessary to terminate that certain Commercial Card Account Agreement between the Borrower and the Bank (the “ Commercial Card Account Agreement ”) such that the termination will be effective on or before the expiration of the Forbearance Period. The Borrower shall follow the requirements of the Commercial Card Account Agreement with regard to such termination, including the requirement to provide notice to the Bank, and shall cause any outstanding balance on the Account (as such term is defined in the Commercial Card Account Agreement) to be paid in full on or before the date of such termination.

 

9.           Additional Reporting . In addition to the reporting requirements contained in the Loan Documents, during the Forbearance Period, the Company shall provide or cause to be provided to the Bank in form reasonably satisfactory to the Bank: (i) on or before Monday of each week, an updated 13-week cash flow forecast for the Company that includes actual versus projected results for the preceding week; (ii) on or before the 15 th day of each month, financial statements and reports for the Company on a monthly and year-to-date basis, including an income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows, together with an accounts receivable aging report and an accounts payable aging report; and (iii) such other financial information as may be reasonably requested by the Bank.

 

10.          Loan Documents in Effect . All terms and conditions of the Loan Documents, and the liens and security interests granted thereby, shall remain in full force and effect after the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, except as modified herein.

 

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11.          Confirmation of Security Interests and Liens . The Company hereby acknowledges, reaffirms, grants, pledges and assigns to the Bank, to secure the prompt and full payment and complete performance of all Obligations, a security interest in the Company’s right, title and interest in all present and future (a) accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, payment intangibles, healthcare receivables, instruments, promissory notes, supporting obligations and other forms of obligations and property securing rights to payment, negotiable and non-negotiable documents, notes, drafts, acceptances, amounts owing from the provision of services or the license of Intellectual Property, and other forms of obligations, all books, records, ledger cards, computer programs, and other documents or property, including without limitation such items which are evidencing or relating to the accounts and inventory; (b) goods and inventory, wherever located, goods held for sale or lease, furnished under any contract of service or held as raw materials, work in process or supplies, and all materials used or consumed in the business of the Company, and shall include all right, title and interest of the Company in any property, the sale or other disposition of which has given rise to Accounts and which has been returned to or repossessed or stopped in transit by the Company; (c) (i) equipment, including without limitation machinery, manufacturing, distribution, selling, data processing and office equipment, assembly systems, tools, molds, dies, fixtures, appliances, furniture, furnishings, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, aircraft engines, and trade fixtures, (ii) other tangible personal property, and (iii) any and all accessions, parts and appurtenances attached to any of the foregoing or used in connection therewith, and any substitutions therefor and replacements, products and proceeds thereof; (d) trade names, trademarks, trade secrets, service marks, data bases, software and software systems, including the source and object codes, information systems, discs, tapes, customer lists, telephone numbers, credit memoranda, goodwill, patents, patent applications, patents pending, copyrights, royalties, literary rights, licenses and franchises; (e) general intangibles, income and other tax refunds, proceeds of insurance, eminent domain and condemnation awards, choses in action, commercial tort claims, preference recoveries and all claims in respect of transfers of any kind, all transfers by states and governmental units of states, letter of credit rights and proceeds of letters of credit, franchise rights, installment contracts, and any and all policies or certificates of insurance, goods, cash and property, which now or hereafter are at any time in the possession or control of the Bank or in transit by mail or carrier to or from the Bank, or in the possession of any third party acting on the Bank’s behalf, without regard to whether the Bank received the same in pledge for safekeeping, as agent for collection or transmission or otherwise, or whether the Bank has conditionally released the same; (f) investment property, including without limitation securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, securities entitlements, securities accounts, commodities contracts and commodities accounts; (g) deposit accounts, whether general, special, time, demand, provisional, or final, all cash or monies wherever located, any and all deposits or other sums at any time due to the Company; and (h) cash and non-cash proceeds, substitutions, replacements, additions and accessions to any Collateral, all insurance proceeds, all documents, negotiable documents, documents of title, warehouse receipts, storage receipts, dock receipts, dock warrants, express bills, freight bills, airbills, bills of lading and other documents relating to any Collateral, and all products thereof. The Company further represents, warrants and agrees that as of the date hereof, there are no claims, set-offs or defenses to the Obligations or the Bank’s exercise of any rights or remedies available to it as a creditor in realizing upon the Collateral or the Loan Documents, or under applicable law. In addition, the Company has not assigned any claim, set-off, or defense to any person, individual, or entity.

 

12.          Swap Agreement . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Designated Defaults are and shall continue to constitute Events of Default under the Swap Agreement such that the Bank may immediately, upon the earlier of (a) the end of the Forbearance Period or (b) the occurrence of a Default, designate an Early Termination Date (as defined in the Swap Agreement) and that, upon the occurrence of such Early Termination Date, the Borrower will be obligated to pay the Early Termination Amount (as defined in the Swap Agreement) and all other amounts owing under the Swap Agreement as a result of such Early Termination Date.

 

13.          Consultant . Within thirty (30) days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall engage the services of a consultant (the “ Consultant ”) reasonably satisfactory to the Bank for the purposes of preparing a report in form and level of detail reasonably acceptable to the Bank (the “ Consultant’s Report ”) (a) evaluating all aspects of operations; (b) determining the viability of future cash flows; (c) determining marketability of the Company or any of its assets; and (d) evaluating financing options sufficient to repay the Loans in full. The Company shall provide the Consultant with full access to its facilities, books and records. The Company shall cause the Consultant to provide to the Bank a copy of the Consultant’s Report on or before September 15, 2016.

 

14.          Use of Collateral . During the Forbearance Period, the Company shall be permitted to use the Collateral in the conduct of their business, as long as such use is not inconsistent with the Loan Documents and this Agreement.

 

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15.          Foreclosure of Collateral . Upon the earlier of (a) the end of the Forbearance Period or (b) the occurrence of a Default, the Bank shall have the right to foreclose, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, this Agreement, and applicable law. The Company hereby consents and agrees to such foreclosure, sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral by the Bank, its agents, or its designees. The Company hereby waives, renounces and forever relinquishes all right to notice prior to disposition of the Collateral required by the Loan Documents or applicable law.

 

16.          Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Agreement . The Company understands that this Agreement shall not be effective, and the Bank shall have no obligation to forbear from exercising any rights or remedies, unless and until each of the following conditions precedent has been satisfied not later than the respective date set forth below, or waived by the Bank (in its sole discretion), for whose sole benefit such conditions exist, with the Bank’s determination as to whether they have been timely satisfied being conclusive absent manifest error:

 

(a)          On or before July 1, 2016, the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Bank this Agreement;

 

(b)          On or before July 1, 2016, the Company shall have remitted to the Bank $3,600 in reimbursement of the Bank’s legal fees and expenses;

 

(c)          On or before July 1, 2016, the Company shall have remitted to the Bank a loan forbearance fee in the amount of $14,650 (the “ Forbearance Fee ”), which is fully earned and nonrefundable upon execution of this Agreement;

 

(d)          On or before July 1, 2016, the Guarantor shall have executed and delivered to the Bank the attached Reaffirmation and Consent of Guarantor;

 

17.          Representations and Warranties . To induce the Bank to enter into this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to the Bank as follows:

 

(a)           Recitals . The Recitals in this Agreement are true and correct in all respects;

 

(b)           Organization . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Indiana;

 

(c)           Authority . The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and has taken all corporate or limited liability company action required by law, its articles of incorporation or organization, code of regulations or operating agreement, and any other governing documents to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement. This Agreement is the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;

 

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(d)           Consents and Approvals . No consent or approval of any party is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement does not (a) contravene or result in a breach or default under the Company’s articles of incorporation or organization, code of regulations or operating agreement, other governing documents, or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which any of its properties are bound, or (b) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or award applicable to the Company; and

 

(e)           Continuing Representations . Except in respect of the Designated Defaults, all representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement. The Loan Documents represent unconditional, absolute, valid and enforceable obligations against the Company. The Company does not have a right of setoff or recoupment, counterclaim, claims or defenses against the Bank or any other person or entity that would or might affect the enforceability of any provisions of any of the Loan Documents or the collectability of sums advanced by the Bank in connection with the Indebtedness. The Company understands and acknowledges that the Bank is entering into this Agreement in reliance upon, and in partial consideration for, these acknowledgments and representations, and agrees that such reliance is reasonable and appropriate.

 

18.          Other Covenants . Unless the Bank otherwise consents in writing, during the Forbearance Period, the Company will do all of the following:

 

(a)          Comply with all requirements of the Loan Documents to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement;

 

(b)          Ensure that the Bank is fully informed at all times of all material developments or events relating to the operation of the Company’s businesses, including changes in key personnel, or the manner of operating the businesses; and

 

(c)          Take any and all reasonable actions of any kind or nature whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, that are necessary to prevent the Bank from suffering a loss with respect to the Indebtedness, the Collateral or the Loan Documents or of any rights or remedies of the Bank with respect to the Indebtedness, the Collateral, the Loan Documents or this Agreement in the event of a Default by the Company under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents (or the ability to exercise any such rights or remedies).

 

19.          Default . A Default shall exist under this Agreement if any one or more of the following events shall have occurred:

 

(a)          Except with respect to the Designated Defaults or any other failure of the Company to comply with Sections 5(g)(i) and 5(g)(ii) of the Loan Agreement, any breach or default in or failure to perform or observe any term, condition, or covenant set forth in, or any Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, or any other document previously, now, or hereafter executed and delivered by the Company to the Bank shall occur after the date hereof, including but not limited to any failure of the Company to pay when due any principal or interest owing under the Loan Documents or any default in the performance of any obligation under Sections 5 or 6 of the Loan Agreement; or

 

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(b)          Any breach or default in performance by the Company of any of the agreements, terms, conditions, covenants, warranties or representations set forth in this Agreement;

 

(c)          Any representation, warranty, acknowledgement, or agreement of the Company in this Agreement was false or misleading in any respect when made;

 

(d)          (i) The Company shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Company any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment; or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Company any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a writ of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets, which results in the entry of an order for any such relief; or (iv) the Company shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above; and

 

(e)          The Bank, in its sole, good faith discretion, determines that a material adverse change has occurred after the date hereof in the financial condition, operations or business of the Company, or in the value of the Collateral or the Bank’s interest in the Collateral.

 

20.          Remedies Upon a Default . Immediately upon the occurrence of a Default, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any of the Loan Documents, (a) the Bank shall not be obligated to make any disbursements or advances to the Company, including any Revolving Loans, (b) the Bank shall have the right to accelerate the maturity of the Loans, (c) the Bank shall have the right to charge interest on any and all Obligations at a rate equal to five hundred (500) basis points above the non-default interest rate that would otherwise be in effect, regardless of whether such Obligation is accelerated or otherwise past due, and (d) the Bank shall have the default rights and remedies set forth in the Loan Documents and in any other document previously, now or hereafter executed and delivered to the Bank by the Company, the rights and remedies contained in this Agreement, and all rights and remedies existing under applicable law. All rights and remedies shall be cumulative and not exclusive, and the Bank shall have the right to exercise any and all other rights and remedies that may be available. Any action by the Bank against any property or party shall not serve to release or discharge any other security, property, or person in connection with this transaction.

 

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21.          Indemnification . In addition to any other obligation of indemnification, the Company hereby assumes responsibility and liability for, and hereby holds harmless and indemnifies the Bank from and against, any and all, by way of example but without limitation, liabilities, demands, obligations, injuries, costs, damages (direct, indirect, or consequential), awards, charges, expenses, payments of money and attorneys’ fees, incurred or suffered, directly or indirectly, by the Bank and/or asserted against the Bank, by any person or entity whatsoever, including the Company arising out of this Agreement, or any document executed in connection herewith, or the relationship between or among the parties hereto, or the exercise of any right or remedy, including the realization, disposition or sale of the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or the exercise of any right in connection therewith, for which the Bank may be liable, for any reason whatsoever except for the Bank’s own acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any such obligation of indemnification shall be considered part of the Indebtedness, as that term is defined in this Agreement.

 

22.          Waiver of Suretyship Defenses . The Company hereby waives the defenses of impairment of collateral for the obligations currently evidenced by the Notes, waives the defenses of impairment of a person against whom the Bank has any right of recourse, and waives any defenses of any accommodation maker, and consents that without discharging the Company, the time for payment and any other provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents may be extended or modified an unlimited number of times before or after maturity without notice to it.

 

23.          Consent to Relief from Automatic Stay . The Company agrees that if it shall (a) file with any bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or be the subject of any petition under Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, (b) be the subject of any order for relief issued under such Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, (c) file or be the subject of any petition seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or future federal or state act or law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or other relief for debtors, (d) seek consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator, (e) be the subject of any order, judgment or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction approving a petition filed against it for any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, disillusionment or similar relief under any present or future federal or state act or law relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, or relief for debtors, the Bank shall thereupon be entitled to relief from any automatic stay imposed by Section 362 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or from any other stay or suspension of remedies imposed in any other manner with respect to the exercise of the rights and remedies otherwise available to the Bank under the terms of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the Company shall consent to any such relief sought by the Bank. The Company agrees that upon the occurrence of a Default, the Bank shall be entitled to appointment of a receiver for the Collateral on an ex parte basis, without notice to the Company, and without regard to the value of the Collateral.

 

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24.          Effect and Construction of Agreement . Except as expressly provided herein, the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms, and this Agreement shall not be construed to (a) impair the validity, perfection or priority of any lien or security interest securing the Indebtedness, (b) waive or impair any rights, powers or remedies of the Bank under the Loan Documents upon termination of the Forbearance Period, (c) constitute an agreement by the Bank or require the Bank to extend the Forbearance Period, grant additional forbearance periods or extend the time for payment of any of the Indebtedness, or (d) make any loans or other extensions of credit to the Company after termination of the Forbearance Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and any of the Loan Documents, this Agreement shall govern. The Company acknowledges that it has consulted with counsel and with such other experts and advisors as it has deemed necessary in connection with the negotiation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring that it be construed against the party causing this Agreement or any part hereof to be drafted.

 

25.          Notice . All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail as follows:

 

If to the Bank: The Huntington National Bank
  2361 Morse Road, NC3W33
  Columbus, OH 43229
  Attn:  Douglas Howard, Vice President
   
With a copy to: Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
  41 South High Street
  Columbus, Ohio 43215
  Attn:  James P. Botti, Esq.
   
If to the Company: Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.
  2701 Kent Avenue
  West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
  Attention: Jacqueline M. Lemke, President
   
With a copy to: Ice Miller LLP
  One American Square, Suite 2900
  Indianapolis, Indiana  46282
  Attn:  Stephen J. Hackman, Esq.

 

All such notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received, provided that if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day.

 

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26.          Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not authorize any assignment by the Company of its rights or duties hereunder. The Bank does not undertake to give or to do or refrain from doing anything directly to or for the benefit of any person other than the Company and, with respect to the Company, other than as described herein. Although third parties may incidentally benefit from this Agreement, there are no intended beneficiaries other than the Company and the Bank.

 

27.          Indulgence; Modifications . No delay or failure of the Bank to exercise any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall affect such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise thereof, nor the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights of the Bank hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that the Bank would otherwise have except as modified herein. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination, consent, or waiver of or to any provision of this Agreement, or any of the Loan Documents, nor any consent to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Bank.

 

28.          Governing Law and Service of Process . This Agreement is made in the State of Ohio and the validity, construction, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement, and the rights of the parties thereunder shall be determined under, governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. Service of process, sufficient for personal jurisdiction in any action against the Company, may be made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address set forth in Paragraph 25 hereof.

 

29.          Execution in Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Subject to Paragraph 16 hereof, this Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.

 

30.          Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with any agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, or incorporated herein by reference, contain the entire agreement of the parties hereto and no party shall be bound by anything not expressed in writing.

 

31.          Severability . If any part, term or provision of this Agreement is determined by a court to be illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with any law of the State of Ohio, federal law, or any other applicable law, the validity and enforceability of the remaining portions or provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

 

32.          Reversal of Payments . If the Bank receives any payments or proceeds of Collateral that are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be paid to a trustee, debtor-in-possession, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, common law, equitable cause or otherwise, then, to such extent, the obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied by such payments or proceeds shall be reserved and continue as if such payments or proceeds had not been received by the Bank.

 

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33.          Attorneys’ Fees . The Company shall reimburse the Bank promptly upon demand for all costs and expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses (without any requirement to produce a detailed time analysis), expended or incurred by the Bank (regardless whether arising out of any arbitration, judicial reference or legal action), in connection with (a) the structuring, negotiation and preparation of, or the interpretation of, or the amendment or enforcement of, this Agreement and the Loan Documents, including without limitation during any workout, attempted workout and/or in connection with the rendering of legal advice as to the Bank’s rights, remedies and obligations under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, whether or not any form of legal proceeding has commenced, (b) collecting any sum that becomes due the Bank under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, (c) any proceeding for declaratory relief, any counterclaim to any proceeding or any appeal, (d) the protection, preservation or enforcement of any rights or remedies of the Bank or any of the Collateral, whether or not any form of legal proceeding is commenced, or (e) any action to defend, protect, assert or preserve any of the Bank’s rights or remedies as a result of or related to any case or proceeding under Chapter 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar law of any jurisdiction. All of such costs and expenses shall bear interest from the time of demand at the highest rate then in effect under the Loan Documents or this Agreement and shall be considered part of the Indebtedness, as that term is defined in this Agreement.

 

34.          Release of Claims and Waiver . The Company hereby releases, remises, acquits and forever discharges the Bank and its respective employees, agents, representatives, consultants, attorneys, fiduciaries, servants, officers, directors, partners, predecessors, successors and assigns, subsidiary corporations, parent corporations and related corporate divisions (all of the foregoing hereinafter called the “ Released Parties ”), from any and all actions and causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, damages and expenses of any and every character, known or unknown, direct and/or indirect, at law or in equity, of whatsoever kind or nature, whether heretofore or hereafter arising, for or because of any matter or things done, omitted or suffered to be done by any of the Released Parties prior to and including the date of execution hereof, and in any way directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, including but not limited to claims relating to any settlement negotiations (all of the foregoing hereinafter called the “ Released Matters ”). The Company acknowledges that the agreements in this paragraph are intended to be in full satisfaction of all or any alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters. The Company represents and warrants to the Bank that it has not purported to transfer, assign or otherwise convey any right, title or interest it has in any Released Matter to any other Person and that the foregoing constitutes a full and complete release of all Released Matters.

 

35.          Further Assurances . The Company shall execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, any and all such further assurances and other agreements or instruments, and take or cause to be taken all such other action as shall be reasonably necessary from time to time (a) to give full effect to this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (b) to perfect and protect the liens and security interests created by this Agreement and/or the Loan Documents.

 

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36.          VENUE; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER . THE BANK AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY:

 

(A)         CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO;

 

(B)         AGREE THAT VENUE SHALL BE PROPER IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED IN COLUMBUS, OHIO; AND

 

(C)         WAIVE ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH.

 

37.          JURY TRIAL WAIVER . THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THERE MAY BE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR LAWSUIT ARISING BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM, BUT THAT SUCH RIGHT MAY BE WAIVED. ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING SUCH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, IN THIS COMMERCIAL MATTER THE PARTIES BELIEVE AND AGREE THAT IT SHALL BE IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS TO WAIVE SUCH RIGHT, AND, ACCORDINGLY, HEREBY WAIVE SUCH RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, AND FURTHER AGREE THAT THE BEST FORUM FOR HEARING ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, OR LAWSUIT, IF ANY, ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, OR WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have executed this Agreement as of the date first noted above.

 

THE BANK :  
   
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK  
   
   
By: Douglas Howard, Vice President  
   
THE COMPANY:  
   
BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.  
   
   
By: Jacqueline M. Lemke, President  

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

 

 

BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

 

EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made this 13 th day of May, 2016, by and between Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., an Indiana corporation with its principal office at 2701 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana (hereinafter called “Company”), and Jill C Blumhoff, residing at 650 Perrin Avenue, Lafayette, IN 47904 (hereinafter called the “Grantee”), pursuant to, and subject to, the terms, conditions and limitations contained in the Company’s 2008 Stock Option Plan (hereinafter called the “Plan”), a copy of which is available upon request.

 

WITNESSETH THAT:

 

WHEREAS, in the interests of affording an incentive to the Grantee to give his best efforts to the Company as a company officer, employee, or member of the Board of Directors, the Company wishes to provide that the Grantee shall have an Option to buy Common Shares of the Company:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby mutually agreed to as follows:

 

1. Pursuant to, and subject to, the terms, conditions and limitations contained in the Company’s 2008 Stock Option Plan (hereinafter called the “Plan”), the Company hereby grants to the Grantee the right and Option to purchase, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, all or any part of an aggregate of 10,000 shares (hereinafter called “Subject Shares”) of the presently authorized, but unissued, or treasury, Common Shares of the Company, hereinafter called the “Common Shares”) at a purchase price of $0.94 per share, exercisable in whole or in part from time to time subject to the limitation that no Option may be exercised with respect to fewer than twenty-five (25) shares then subject to Option hereunder, in which event any exercise must be as to all such shares and subject to the further limitation that the Options represented by the Agreement shall first become exercisable in three equal installments pursuant to the following sentence. The Option may be exercised as to the shares covered by the first installment from and after the first anniversary of the grant of the Option, with the second and third installments becoming exercisable on the two succeeding anniversary dates. Unless sooner terminated under the terms of the Plan or this Agreement, the Option shall expire as to all shares subject to purchase hereunder on the 10 th anniversary date of this Agreement if not exercised on or before such date.

 

 

     

 

 

2. Subject to the limitation specified in Section 1 hereof the terms and conditions of the Plan (including, but not limited to, the exercise provisions of Section 7 of the Plan, and the termination provisions of Section 8 of the Plan), the Grantee may from time to time exercise this Option by delivering a written notice of exercise and subscription agreement to the Secretary of the Company specifying the number of whole shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment (i) in cash, (ii) by certified check or bank cashier’s check, (iii) through the tender to the Company of Common Shares of the Company owned by the Grantee or by withholding of Common Shares of the Company that are subject to the Option, which Common Shares shall be valued, for purposes of determining the extent to which the purchase price has been paid, at their fair market value on the date of exercise as determined in Section 7(c) of the Plan, or (iv) by a combination of the methods described in (i), (ii), or (iii). The Company may, in its sole discretion, refuse to withhold Common Shares of the Company as payment of the exercise price of the Option. Such exercise shall be effective upon receipt by the Secretary of such written notice, subscription agreement and payment of the purchase price. Only the Grantee may exercise the Option during the lifetime of the Grantee. No fractional shares may be purchased at any time hereunder.

 

3. Upon the effective exercise of the Option, or any part thereof, certificates representing the shares so purchased, marked fully paid and non-assessable, shall be delivered to the person who exercised the Option, except as provided in Section 6(j) of the Plan. Until certificates representing such shares shall have been issued and delivered, the Grantee shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company in respect of any such shares.

 

4. In the event that, prior to the delivery by the Company of all the Subject Shares, there shall be an increase or reduction in the number of Common Shares of the Company issued and outstanding by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of Common Shares or any other capital adjustment, the number of shares then subject to this option shall be increased or decreased as provided in Section 11 of the Plan.

 

5. The option and the rights and privileges conferred by this Option Agreement shall not be assigned or transferred by the Grantee in any manner except by will or under the laws of descent and distribution. In the event of any attempted assignment or transfer in violation of this Section 5, the Option, rights and privileges conferred by this Option Agreement shall become null and void.

 

6. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to create any limitation nor restriction upon such rights as the Company would otherwise have to terminate a person as an employee of the Company.

 

7. The Option, rights and privileges herein conferred are granted subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

 

8. Any notices to be given or served under the terms of this Option Agreement shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Company at 2701 Kent Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana, and to the Grantee at the address set forth on page one of this Option Agreement, or such other address or addresses as either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been duly given or served, and deposited in the United States mail.

 

     

 

 

9. The interpretation by the Compensation Committee, appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors to administer the Plan, or any provisions of the Plan or of this Option Agreement shall be final and binding on the Grantee unless otherwise determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

10. This Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Indiana.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have signed this Option Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  “COMPANY”
   
  BIOANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
   
  By:
   
  Jacqueline M. Lemke
  President and Chief Executive Officer
   
  “GRANTEE”
   
  Print:
   
  Sign:

 

     

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Jacqueline M. Lemke, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);

 

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

  /s/ Jacqueline M. Lemke
   
Jacqueline M. Lemke
Date:  August 15, 2016 President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Jill C Blumhoff, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions);

 

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

  /s/ Jill C Blumhoff
   
Jill C Blumhoff
Date:  August 15, 2016 Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to Section 906

 

Of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

 

The undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bioanalytical Systems Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, to the best of her knowledge:

 

(a) the Form 10-Q Quarterly Report of the Company for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(b) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

  By:  /s/  Jacqueline M. Lemke
   
  Jacqueline M. Lemke
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Date:   August 15, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer

 

Pursuant to Section 906

 

Of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

 

The undersigned, the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Bioanalytical Systems Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, to the best of her knowledge:

 

(a) the Form 10-Q Quarterly Report of the Company for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(b) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

  By:  /s/  Jill C Blumhoff
   
  Jill C Blumhoff
  Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  Date:   August 15, 2016