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Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2004

Commission file number 000-23520

QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
North Carolina   56-1714315

 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)    
     
4709 Creekstone Dr., Suite 200    
Durham, NC   27703-8411

 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(919) 998-2000


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A


(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [   ] No

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

The number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, outstanding as of June 30, 2004 was 125,000,000.

 


 

Index

         
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Part I. Financial Information
       
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
       
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share data)
                 
    June 30   December 31
    2004   2003
    Successor
  Successor
    (unaudited)   (Note 1)
Assets
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 375,268     $ 373,622  
Trade accounts receivable and unbilled services, net
    292,893       237,142  
Investments in debt securities
    629       611  
Prepaid expenses
    25,415       20,096  
Other current assets and receivables
    55,818       52,723  
Assets of discontinued operation
    88,459       88,549  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current assets
    838,482       772,743  
 
Property and equipment
    320,947       300,902  
Less accumulated depreciation
    (39,940 )     (15,072 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    281,007       285,830  
Intangibles and other assets:
               
Investments in debt securities
    10,942       10,426  
Investments in marketable equity securities
    34,392       58,294  
Investments in non-marketable equity securities and loans
    53,021       48,556  
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates
    121,125       121,176  
Commercial rights and royalties
    8,211       12,528  
Accounts receivable – unbilled
    45,181       40,107  
Advances to customer
    70,000       70,000  
Goodwill
    170,771       181,327  
Other identifiable intangibles, net
    302,549       335,251  
Deferred income taxes
    4,246       4,093  
Deposits and other assets
    50,384       52,380  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    870,822       934,138  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total assets
  $ 1,990,311     $ 1,992,711  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
  $ 312,927     $ 312,700  
Credit arrangements
    20,822       20,669  
Unearned income
    187,204       191,255  
Income taxes payable
    23,335       24,911  
Other current liabilities
    2,545       3,169  
Liabilities of discontinued operation
    7,125       7,081  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    553,958       559,785  
Long-term liabilities:
               
Credit arrangements, less current portion
    772,404       773,587  
Deferred income taxes
    95,987       99,622  
Minority interest
    36,310       1,380  
Other liabilities
    21,918       23,239  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    926,619       897,828  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    1,480,577       1,457,613  
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, 125,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003
    521,725       521,725  
Accumulated deficit
    (33,176 )     (7,427 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    21,185       20,800  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total shareholders’ equity
    509,734       535,098  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,990,311     $ 1,992,711  
 
   
 
     
 
 

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

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
                                         
    Three months       Three months   Six months       Six months
    ended       ended   ended       ended
    June 30,       June 30,   June 30,       June 30,
    2004
      2003
  2004
      2003
    Successor       Predecessor   Successor       Predecessor
Net revenues
  $ 425,766         $ 408,398     $ 848,960         $ 811,952  
Add: reimbursed service costs
    82,306           96,797       164,765           191,138  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
Gross revenues
    508,072           505,195       1,013,725           1,003,090  
Costs, expenses and other:
                                       
Costs of revenues
    372,062           337,493       728,664           669,600  
General and administrative
    158,984           137,232       314,602           268,236  
Interest expense (income), net
    14,576           (4,360 )     29,195           (8,128 )
Other (income) expense, net
    1,199           (8,267 )     (1,992 )         (5,425 )
Transaction
              2,231                 3,887  
Gain on sale of portion of an investment in a subsidiary
    (24,688 )               (24,688 )          
Non-operating gain on change of interest transaction
    (10,030 )               (10,030 )          
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
 
    512,103           464,329       1,035,751           928,170  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
(Loss) income before income taxes
    (4,031 )         40,866       (22,026 )         74,920  
Income tax expense
    14,133           14,531       13,408           27,020  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
(Loss) income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates and other
    (18,164 )         26,335       (35,434 )         47,900  
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates and other
    (201 )         20       (456 )         16  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
    (18,365 )         26,355       (35,890 )         47,916  
Income from discontinued operation
    8,280           3,242       10,141           6,837  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
Net (loss) income
  $ (10,085 )       $ 29,597     $ (25,749 )       $ 54,753  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 

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

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
                     
    Six months ended       Six months ended
    June 30,       June 30,
    2004
      2003
    Successor       Predecessor
Operating activities
                   
Net (loss) income
  $ (25,749 )       $ 54,753  
Income from discontinued operation
    (10,141 )         (6,837 )
 
   
 
         
 
 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
    (35,890 )         47,916  
Adjustments to reconcile (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
                   
Depreciation and amortization
    66,882           42,184  
Amortization of debt issuance costs
    1,661            
Restructuring charge (payments) accrual, net
    (3,244 )         (4,070 )
Loss (gain) from sales and impairments of investments, net
    3,795           (28,448 )
Gain from sale of certain assets
    (5,114 )          
Gain from sale of a portion of an investment in a subsidiary
    (24,688 )          
Non-operating gain on change of interest transaction
    (10,030 )          
Provision for (benefit from) deferred income tax expense
    5,270           1,374  
Change in accounts receivable, unbilled services and unearned income
    (63,397 )         (187 )
Change in other operating assets and liabilities
    (6,556 )         1,326  
Other
    (89 )         (1,269 )
 
   
 
         
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
    (71,400 )         58,826  
Investing activities
                   
Acquisition of property and equipment
    (24,583 )         (23,959 )
Payment of transaction costs in Transaction
    (7,039 )          
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
    (252 )          
Acquisition of intangible assets
              (3,739 )
Acquisition of commercial rights and royalties
    (3,000 )         (14,710 )
Proceeds from sale of certain assets
    9,068            
Proceeds from sale of minority interest in subsidiary
    35,976            
Proceeds from disposition of property and equipment
    3,495           4,151  
Proceeds from (purchases of) debt securities, net
    (407 )         25,846  
Purchases of equity securities and other investments
    (7,736 )         (5,131 )
Proceeds from sale of equity securities and other investments
    27,930           53,815  
Other
    250            
 
   
 
         
 
 
Net cash provided by investing activities
    33,702           36,273  
Financing activities
                   
Principal payments on credit arrangements, net
    (9,432 )         (9,579 )
Dividend from discontinued operation
    7,929           4,447  
Proceeds from change in interest transaction
    41,773            
Issuance of common stock, net (predecessor)
              5,079  
 
   
 
         
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    40,270           (53 )
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash
    (926 )         14,896  
 
   
 
         
 
 
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
    1,646           109,942  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    373,622           644,255  
 
   
 
         
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 375,268         $ 754,197  
 
   
 
         
 
 

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

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

June 30, 2004

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2004. For further information, refer to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 of Quintiles Transnational Corp. (the “Company”).

The balance sheet at December 31, 2003 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company. Certain amounts in the 2003 financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the 2004 financial statement presentation.

In August 2004, the Company completed its previously announced sale of certain assets related to its Bioglan Pharmaceuticals business (“Bioglan”) as further described in Note 10. Accordingly, the operating results and balance sheet items of Bioglan have been reflected separately in the accompanying financial statements as a discontinued operation.

On September 25, 2003, the Company completed its merger transaction with Pharma Services Holding, Inc. (“Pharma Services”) pursuant to which Pharma Services Acquisition Corp. (“Acquisition Corp.”) was merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Pharma Services (the “Transaction” or “Pharma Services Transaction”). As a result of the Transaction, the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows prior to the date of the Transaction are presented as the “Predecessor.” The financial effects of the Transaction and the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows as the surviving corporation following the Transaction are presented as the “Successor.” To clarify and emphasize that the Successor Company has been presented on an entirely new basis of accounting, the Company has separated Predecessor and Successor operations with a vertical black line, where appropriate.

2. Employee Stock Compensation

Pharma Services granted options to purchase 212,500 shares of its common stock to certain of the Company’s employees during the six months ended June 30, 2004, none of which were granted during the quarter ended June 30, 2004. As of June 30, 2004, there were options to acquire 3,525,000 shares of Pharma Services Common Stock outstanding.

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Pro forma information regarding net (loss) income is required by SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148, and has been determined as if the Company had accounted for the stock options granted by its parent company, Pharma Services, to the Company’s employees under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123.

The Company’s pro forma information follows (in thousands):

                                         
    Three months       Three months            
    ended       ended   Six months ended       Six months ended
    June 30, 2004
      June 30, 2003
  June 30, 2004
      June 30, 2003
    Successor       Predecessor   Successor       Predecessor
Net (loss) income, as reported
  $ (10,085 )       $ 29,597     $ (25,749 )       $ 54,753  
Add: stock based compensation expense included in net income (loss) as reported, net of income tax
                               
Less: pro forma adjustment for stock-based compensation, net of income tax
              (3,662 )     (1 )         (7,481 )
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 
Pro forma net (loss) income
  $ (10,085 )       $ 25,935     $ (25,750 )       $ 47,242  
 
   
 
         
 
     
 
         
 
 

3. Commercial Rights and Royalties

Commercial rights and royalties related assets are classified either as a commercial rights and royalties, accounts receivable – unbilled or advances to customers in the non-current asset section of the accompanying balance sheets. Below is a summary of the commercial rights and royalties related assets (in thousands):

                 
    June 30,   December 31,
    2004
  2003
    Successor   Successor
Commercial rights and royalties
  $ 8,211     $ 12,528  
Accounts receivable-unbilled
    45,181       40,107  
Advances to customer
    70,000       70,000  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total
  $ 123,392     $ 122,635  
 
   
 
     
 
 

Below is a brief description of these agreements:

In May 1999, the Company entered into an agreement with CV Therapeutics, Inc. (“CVTX”) to commercialize Ranexa™ for angina in the United States and Canada. In July 2003, CVTX and the Company entered into a new agreement that superceded the prior agreement. Under the terms of the July 2003 agreement, all rights to RanexaTM reverted back to CVTX, and CVTX will owe no royalty payments to the Company. Under the July 2003 agreement, the Company received a warrant to purchase 200,000 shares of CVTX common stock at $32.93 per share during the five-year term commencing July 9, 2003. CVTX also is obligated to purchase from the Company, within six months of the approval of RanexaTM, services of at least $10.0 million in aggregate value or to pay the Company a lump sum amount equal to 10% of any shortfall from $10.0 million in purchased services.

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In December 1999, the Company obtained the distribution rights to market four pharmaceutical products in the Philippines from a large pharmaceutical customer in exchange for providing certain commercialization services amounting to approximately $5.1 million during the two-year period ended December 31, 2001. As of June 30, 2004, the Company has capitalized 251.8 million Philippine pesos (approximately $4.5 million) related to the cost of acquiring these commercial rights, and is amortizing these costs over five years. Under the terms of the agreement, the customer has the option to reacquire the rights to the four products from the Company after seven years for a price to be determined at the exercise date.

In June 2001, the Company entered into an agreement with Pilot Therapeutics, Inc. (“PLTT”) to commercialize a natural therapy for asthma, AIROZIN™, in the United States and Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will provide commercialization services for AIROZIN™ and a milestone-based $6.0 million line of credit which is convertible into PLTT’s common stock, of which $4.0 million was funded by the Company as of December 31, 2003. Further, based on achieving certain milestones, the Company committed to funding 50% of sales and marketing activities for AIROZIN™ over five years with a $6.0 million limit per year. Following product launch, the agreement provides for the Company to receive royalties based on the net sales of AIROZIN™. The royalty percentage will vary to allow the Company to achieve a minimum rate of return. The Form 10-QSB filed by PLTT on September 5, 2003 indicated that PLTT will need significant additional financing to continue operations beyond September 15, 2003 and PLTT has not made any additional filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission since that time. As such, the Company recorded an impairment of $4.0 million during 2003 on the loan receivable from PLTT and reduced its five-year contingent commitment for the sales force and marketing activities to zero at December 31, 2003. In 2004, PLTT ceased active operations and is pursuing a recapitalization strategy, which had not raised additional funding to the Company’s knowledge as of June 30, 2004.

In December 2001, the Company entered into an agreement with Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (“DSCO”) to commercialize, in the United States, DSCO’s humanized lung surfactant, Surfaxin®, which is currently in Phase III studies. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company acquired 791,905 shares of DSCO’s common stock and a warrant to purchase 357,143 shares of DSCO’s common stock at $3.48 per share for a total of $3.0 million, and agreed to make available to DSCO a line of credit up to $10.0 million for pre-launch commercialization services as certain milestones are achieved by DSCO. As of June 30, 2004, the Company has made $5.7 million available under the line of credit, of which $4.8 million has been funded. In addition, the Company receives warrants to purchase approximately 38,000 shares of DSCO common stock at an exercise price of $3.03 per share for each million dollars made available by the Company under the line of credit as milestones are achieved. The Company has also agreed to pay the sales and marketing activities of this product up to $10.0 million per year for seven years. In return, the Company will receive commissions based on net sales of Surfaxin® for meconium aspiration syndrome, infant respiratory distress syndrome and all “off-label” uses for 10 years. The subscription agreements under which the Company acquired its shares of DSCO common stock included participation rights to acquire additional shares of DSCO. The Company exercised its participation rights in two such transactions with DSCO. During November 2002, the Company purchased an additional 266,246 shares of DSCO common stock along with a detachable warrant to purchase 119,811 shares of DSCO common stock for $517,000. Using the cashless exercise feature, the Company exercised the November 2002 warrant and received 83,357 shares of DSCO common stock. During July 2003, the Company purchased an additional 218,059 shares of DSCO common stock along with a detachable warrant to purchase 43,612 shares of DSCO

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common stock for $1.2 million. In February 2004, the Company used the cashless feature to exercise the warrant to purchase 357,143 shares of common stock and received 249,726 shares of DSCO common stock. In April 2004, the Company used the cashless feature to purchase 213,334 shares of common stock and received 160,318 shares of DSCO common stock.

In January 2002, the Company entered into an agreement with Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“KOSP”) to commercialize, in the United States, KOSP’s treatments for cholesterol disorders, Advicor® and Niaspan®. Advicor® was launched in January 2002 and Niaspan® is also on the market. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company provided, at its own expense, a dedicated sales force of 150 cardiovascular-trained representatives who, in combination with KOSP’s sales force of 300 representatives, commercialized Advicor® and Niaspan® for the first two years after launch (January 2002 to December 2003). In return, the Company received a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of KOSP’s common stock at $32.79 per share, exercisable in installments over two years. Further, the Company will receive commissions based on net sales of the product from 2002 through 2006. The commission payments are subject to minimum and maximum amounts, as amended June 30, 2003, of $50.0 million and $65.0 million, respectively, over the life of the agreement. Through June 30, 2004, the Company has received payments totaling approximately $15.4 million. The proceeds are reported in the statement of cash flows as an operating activity – change in operating assets and liabilities.

During the second quarter of 2002, the Company finalized the arrangements under its previously announced letter of intent with a large pharmaceutical customer to market pharmaceutical products in Belgium, Germany and Italy. Either party may cancel the contract at six-month intervals in the event that sales are not above certain levels specified. In the first quarter of 2003 and the third quarter of 2003, the agreements in Germany and Belgium, respectively, were terminated. For the remaining portion of the contract in Italy, the Company will provide, at its own expense, sales and marketing resources over the five-year life of the agreement. As of June 30, 2004, the Company estimates the cost of its minimum obligation over the remaining contract life for the remaining territory of Italy to be approximately $13 million, in return for which the customer will pay the Company royalties on product sales in excess of certain baselines. The total royalty is comprised of a minimal royalty on the baseline sales targets for these products plus a share of incremental net sales above these baselines.

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In July 2002, the Company entered into an agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (“LLY”) to support LLY in its commercialization efforts for Cymbalta™ in the United States. LLY has submitted a New Drug Application, or NDA, for Cymbalta™, which was approved in the third quarter of 2004 by the FDA for the treatment of depression. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will provide, at its expense, more than 500 sales representatives to supplement the extensive LLY sales force in the promotion of Cymbalta™ for the five years following product launch. The Company’s sales force will promote Cymbalta™ in its primary, or P1, position within sales calls. During the first three years LLY will pay for the remainder of the capacity of this sales force, referred to as the P2 and P3 positions, on a fee-for-service basis. The Company will make marketing and milestone payments to LLY totaling $110.0 million of which $70.0 million was paid in 2002 and the remaining $40.0 million is due throughout the four quarters following FDA approval. The $110 million in payments will be capitalized and amortized in proportion to the estimated revenues as a reduction of revenue over the five-year service period. The sales force costs will be expensed as incurred. The payments are reported in the statement of cash flows as an investing activity — advances to customer. In return for the P1 position for Cymbalta™ and the marketing and milestone payments, LLY will pay to the Company 8.25% of U.S. Cymbalta™ sales for depression and other neuroscience indications over the five-year service period followed by a 3% royalty over the subsequent three years. In addition to the Company’s obligations, LLY is obligated to spend at specified levels.

In July 2002, the Company entered into an agreement with Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (“CBRX”) to commercialize, in the United States, the following women’s health products: Prochieve™ 8%, Prochieve™ 4%, Advantage-S® and RepHresh™. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company purchased 1,121,610 shares of CBRX common stock for $5.5 million. The Company also paid to CBRX four quarterly payments of $1.125 million totaling $4.5 million. The payments are reported in the statement of cash flows as an investing activity – acquisition of commercial rights and royalties. In return, the Company will receive royalties of 5% on the sales of the four CBRX women’s healthcare products in the United States for a five-year period beginning in the first quarter of 2003. The royalties are subject to minimum and maximum amounts of $8.0 million and $12.0 million, respectively, over the life of the agreement. Through June 30, 2004, the Company has received payments totaling approximately $503,000. The proceeds are reported in the statement of cash flows as an operating activity – change in operating assets and liabilities. In addition, the Company will provide to CBRX, at CBRX’s expense on a fee-for-service basis, a sales force to commercialize the products. In January 2004, the Company and CBRX agreed to restructure the fee-for-service agreement to allow for an accelerated transfer of the sales force management responsibility to CBRX. The purchase of the CBRX common stock included participation rights to acquire additional shares of CBRX. During July 2003, the Company exercised its participation rights and purchased an additional 56,749 shares of CBRX for $664,000.

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In December 2002, the Company entered into an agreement with a large pharmaceutical customer to market two products in Belgium. Under the terms of an asset purchase agreement, the Company will have the rights to one product in Belgium in exchange for payments of 5.5 million euros (approximately $6.7 million). The customer will continue to manufacture the product through 2005. Under the terms of a distribution agreement, the Company will have the rights to market the other product in Belgium for a period of six years in exchange for payments of 6.9 million euros (approximately $8.4 million) of which 2.2 million euros (approximately $2.7 million) are in the form of services to be completed by December 31, 2008, based on the Company’s standard pricing. The Company has paid 7.5 million euros (approximately $9.1 million) as of June 30, 2004. The payments are reported in the statement of cash flows as an investing activity — acquisition of intangible assets. The Company has also provided all of the services to the customer under the 2.2 million euros service component. The Company’s service obligation is recorded as a cost of the distribution rights and is being amortized over the six-year distribution agreement. The customer will continue to manufacture the product for the six years of the distribution agreement.

In March 2003, the Company entered into an agreement with CBRX to commercialize CBRX’s StriantTM testosterone buccal bioadhesive product in the United States. StriantTM was approved in June 2003 by the FDA for the treatment of hypogonadism. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company has paid five quarterly payments of $3.0 million each totaling $15.0 million. The payments are reported in the statement of cash flows as an investing activity – acquisition of commercial rights and royalties. In return, the Company will receive a 9% royalty on the net sales of StriantTM in the United States up to agreed levels of annual sales revenues, and a 4.5% royalty of net sales above those levels. The royalty term is seven years. Royalty payments are subject to minimum and maximum amounts of $30.0 million and $55.0 million, respectively, over the life of the agreement. Through June 30, 2004, the Company has received payments totaling approximately $306,000. The proceeds are reported in the statement of cash flows as an operating activity – change in operating assets and liabilities. In addition, the Company will provide to CBRX, at CBRX’s expense on a fee-for-service basis, a sales force to commercialize the products for a two-and-a-half year term. In January 2004, the Company and CBRX agreed to restructure the fee-for-service agreement to allow for an accelerated transfer of the sales force management responsibility to CBRX.

In February 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with a large pharmaceutical customer to provide services in connection with the customer’s development and U.S. launch of a Phase III product, or the new product, which is related to one of the customer’s currently marketed pharmaceutical products, or the existing product. The existing product has historically achieved multi-hundred million dollars in sales annually. Under the agreement, the Company will provide, at its expense, up to $90.0 million of development and commercialization services for the new and existing products. The customer has agreed that at least $67.5 million of those services will be performed by the Company’s affiliates, at agreed upon rates. The customer, though, may direct the Company to use third parties to perform up to $22.5 million of the $90.0 million of services. The agreement contains quarterly limits on the Company’s service obligations with a maximum of $10.0 million of services in any quarter. Without revising the overall limits of the agreement, the agreement was amended to allow increased spending for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2004. The revised quarterly limits are $11 million for the second quarter of 2004 and $13 million for each of the third and fourth quarters of 2004. The Company’s service obligations are anticipated to occur through the end of 2006, but may run longer depending on the customer’s actual use of services and when, and if, FDA approval of the new product occurs. Until the FDA approves the new

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product, the Company is obligated to provide no more than $57.5 million in services. In return for performing the obligations, the Company will receive (1) beginning in the first quarter of 2005, a low, single-digit royalty on U.S. net sales of the existing product and (2) beginning on the U.S. launch of the new product, a declining tiered royalty (beginning in the low teens) on U.S. net sales of the new product. The Company’s royalty period under the agreement lasts for approximately nine years; however, the agreement limits the amount of royalties the Company receives each year and also caps the aggregate amount of royalties the Company can receive under the agreement at $180.0 million. The Company will also receive a $20.0 million payment from the customer upon the U.S. launch of the new product. If the new product is not approved by the FDA or a significant delay occurs in its approval process, the Company may terminate its remaining service obligations and continue to receive the royalty on the existing product subject to a return ceiling of no less than 8%. The agreement also provides for royalty term extensions, in the event of certain other specified unfavorable circumstances such as product shortages or recalls. The customer may terminate the agreement at any time subject to the customer’s payment to the Company of the then-present value of its remaining expected royalties. The Company has provided and expensed $7.5 million of services under this agreement through June 30, 2004.

The Company has firm commitments under the arrangements described above to provide funding of approximately $281.0 million in exchange for various commercial rights. As of June 30, 2004, the Company has funded approximately $218.0 million. Further, the Company has additional future funding commitments that are contingent upon satisfaction of certain milestones by the third party such as receiving FDA approval, obtaining funding from additional third parties, agreeing to a marketing plan and other similar milestones. Due to the uncertainty of the amounts and timing, these contingent commitments are not included in the firm commitment amounts. If all of these contingencies were satisfied over approximately the same time period, the Company estimates these commitments to be a minimum of approximately $95-120 million per year for a period of five to six years, subject to certain limitations and varying time periods.

Below is a summary of the remaining firm commitments with pre-determined payment schedules under such arrangements (in thousands):

                                                 
    2004
  2005
  2006
  2007
  2008
  Total
Service commitments
  $ 19,207     $ 31,358     $ 4,383     $ 3,856     $ 437     $ 59,241  
Licensing and distribution rights
    1,538       1,838                         3,376  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 20,745     $ 33,196     $ 4,383     $ 3,856     $ 437     $ 62,617  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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4. Investments – Marketable Equity Securities

The Company has entered into financial arrangements with various customers and other parties in which the Company provides funding in the form of an equity investment. The equity investments may be subject to certain trading restrictions including “lock-up” agreements. The Company’s portfolio in such transactions as of June 30, 2004 is as follows (in thousands except share data):

                                 
    Trading   Number of           Fair Market
Company
  Symbol
  Shares
  Cost Basis
  Value
Common Stock:
                               
The Medicines Company
  MDCO     375,000     $ 9,731     $ 11,441  
Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
  DSCO     1,499,657       11,802       14,382  
Columbia Laboratories, Inc.
  CBRX     1,178,359       4,077       4,077  
Derivative instruments (see Note 6)
                          (445 )
Other
                    4,324       4,937  
 
                   
 
     
 
 
Total Marketable Equity Securities
              &n