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SXC Health Solutions

SXC Health Solutions Announces Record Setting Results for 2011
-Record setting year reaches $5 billion in revenue and 42% year over year increase in net income -
-Strong close to 2011 leads to guidance of 38% revenue and 37% GAAP EPS (fully-diluted) growth in 2012-


Lisle, Illinois, February 23, 2012 - SXC Health Solutions Corp. (“SXC” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SXCI, TSX: SXC), a leading provider of pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) and technology services, announces its financial results for the three-month and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2011.
2011 Financial Highlights

Revenue grew 155% to $5.0 billion, compared to $1.9 billion in 2010
Gross profit increased 45% to $309.5 million, compared to $214.1 million in 2010
Net income increased 42% to $91.8 million, or $1.46 per share (fully-diluted), compared to $64.7 million, or $1.03 per share (fully-diluted) in 2010
EBITDA increased 45% to $166.4 million, compared to $114.8 million in 2010
Adjusted EBITDA¹ increased 46% to $175.9 million, compared to $120.7 million in 2010
Non-GAAP Adjusted EPS¹ (fully-diluted), which excludes all transaction-related amortization, increased 47% to $1.63, compared to $1.11 in 2010
Adjusted prescription claim volume¹ for the PBM segment was 91.7 million, compared to 48.0 million in 2010
Generic dispense rate increased to 79% in Q4 2011, compared to 77% in Q4 2010

2011 Corporate Highlights

Ranked 1st in FORTUNE Magazine's 2011 “100 Fastest-Growing Companies” list
Announced approximately $1.4 billion in annual drug spend from selling activities for 2012
Completed the acquisition of MedMetrics Health Partners, Inc., a full-service PBM in June 2011
Completed the acquisition of PTRx, Inc., a full-service PBM in October 2011
Announced the $250 million acquisition of HealthTran LLC, a full-service PBM, that closed subsequent to year end in January 2012
Signed a five-year HCIT contract renewal with Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI)
Announced a three-year HCIT service contract with HealthPlus of Michigan serving 215,000 members
Announced a five-year contract to provide PBM services to the State of Nevada’s 180,000 Medicaid members, including an exclusive specialty pharmacy contract
Launched the industry's first automated, enhanced Coordination of Benefits service in the State Fee-For-Service Medicaid market
Announced a three-year HCIT service contract with Health Alliance Plan of Michigan, serving 500,000 members
Awarded the 2011 Rx Innovation Award from the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute
Subsequent to year end, announced a three year full-service PBM agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, with annual drug spend of approximately $400 million and a total contract value of $1.2 billion

“In 2011 we achieved the best sales results in our history, completed three acquisitions and continued to deliver on our commitment to closely manage costs. It was a breakout year for the Company that led to growing industry recognition along with record-setting financial results. The strong momentum we have built over the past several years continues into 2012 with the recent announcement of our agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island. This represents another example of our ability to compete for, and win, the largest health plan opportunities in the market. Our message of flexibility and customization is resonating across each of the markets we serve and we look forward to another exciting year in 2012,” said Mark Thierer, Chairman and CEO of SXC.










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Financial Review

Revenue and Gross Profit segmented by PBM and HCIT:
SXC evaluates segment performance based on revenue and gross profit. Reconciliations of the Company's business segments to the consolidated financial statements for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

Three months ended December 31, (in thousands)
 
PBM
 
HCIT
 
Consolidated
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Revenue
$
1,348,094

 
$
499,761

 
$
30,421

 
$
27,111

 
$
1,378,515

 
$
526,872

Cost of revenue
1,271,776

 
456,324

 
17,374

 
13,326

 
1,289,150

 
469,650

Gross profit
$
76,318

 
$
43,437

 
$
13,047

 
$
13,785

 
$
89,365

 
$
57,222

Gross profit %
5.7
%
 
8.7
%
 
42.9
%
 
50.8
%
 
6.5
%
 
10.9
%

Year ended December 31, (in thousands)

 
PBM
 
HCIT
 
Consolidated
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Revenue
$
4,859,243

 
$
1,841,600

 
$
116,253

 
$
106,789

 
$
4,975,496

 
$
1,948,389

Cost of revenue
4,602,662

 
1,681,944

 
63,346

 
52,390

 
4,666,008

 
1,734,334

Gross profit
$
256,581

 
$
159,656

 
$
52,907

 
$
54,399

 
$
309,488

 
$
214,055

Gross profit %
5.3
%
 
8.7
%
 
45.5
%
 
50.9
%
 
6.2
%
 
11.0
%

PBM revenue
PBM revenue increased 164%, or $3.0 billion, to $4.9 billion in 2011, compared to $1.8 billion in 2010. PBM revenue was $1.3 billion in Q4 2011 compared to $0.5 billion in Q4 2010. PBM revenue increased in each of these periods primarily due to increased prescription claim volume as a result of new customer wins, conversions of clients from HCIT to full-service PBM contracts, growth in specialty spend, as well as revenues generated from acquisitions.

HCIT revenue
HCIT revenue increased 9%, or $9.5 million, to $116.3 million in 2011, compared to $106.8 million in 2010. HCIT revenue was $30.4 million in Q4 2011 compared to $27.1 million in Q4 2010. Revenues increased during both periods primarily due to increases in professional services work as well as growth in transaction processing revenues. Transaction processing revenues consist of claims processing and generally increases as a result of the launch of new contracts as well as increased volumes of services provided to existing customers.

Consolidated Gross Profit
Gross profit increased 45%, or $95.4 million, to $309.5 million in 2011, compared to $214.1 million in 2010. Gross profit was $89.4 million in Q4 2011 compared to $57.2 million in Q4 2010. Gross profit increased during both periods primarily as a result of increased revenues in the PBM segment. Consolidated gross profit percentage decreased from 11.0% of revenue for 2010 to 6.2% of revenue for 2011. Consolidated gross profit percentage decreased from 10.9% during Q4 2010 to 6.5% in Q4 2011. These decreases were a result of a larger portion of the Company's gross profit being generated from the PBM segment, which carries a lower gross profit percentage as compared to the HCIT segment.

Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Costs
SG&A costs for 2011 were $131.5 million, compared to $89.3 million in 2010. SG&A costs for Q4 2011 were $38.0 million, compared to $24.9 million in Q4 2010. SG&A costs consist primarily of employee costs, including new employees added from acquisitions in the year, in addition to professional services costs, facilities and other operating expenses. SG&A costs increased in 2011 due to additional resources required to support the growth of the PBM segment, as well as increased operating costs or transaction expenses related to the Company's recent acquisitions. SG&A costs also include stock-based compensation expense, which increases annually due to increases in employees and share price appreciation compared to the prior year.

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EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA¹
EBITDA for 2011 increased 45% to $166.4 million, compared to $114.8 million in 2010. EBITDA was $48.3 million in Q4 2011, compared to $29.7 million in Q4 2010. Adjusted EBITDA, which excludes stock-based compensation expense, increased 46% to $175.9 million in 2011, compared to $120.7 million in 2010. Adjusted EBITDA was $51.3 million in Q4 2011, compared to $31.1 million in Q4 2010. The growth in EBITDA was primarily due to new contract wins that were implemented during 2011, increased utilization of more cost effective generics, utilization of specialty medication as well as additional income generated from the recent acquisitions and their associated synergies.

Net Income
Net income increased 42% to $91.8 million, or $1.46 per share (fully-diluted), compared to $64.7 million, or $1.03 per share (fully-diluted), in 2010. Net income was $26.7 million, or $0.42 per share (fully-diluted) in Q4 2011 compared to $16.6 million, or $0.26 per share (fully-diluted), in Q4 2010.

Adjusted EPS¹ (fully-diluted), which excludes all transaction-related amortization, net of tax increased 47% to $1.63 in 2011, compared to $1.11 in 2010. Non-GAAP adjusted EPS in Q4 2011 was $0.48 per share (fully-diluted), compared to $0.28 per share (fully-diluted) in Q4 2010.

Cash from Operations
Strong operational results, driven by a growing customer base, focus on cost control and strong attention to cash management yielded operating cash flow of $94.7 million in 2011. Cash from operations is influenced by the timing of payments to pharmacies, which follow a fixed schedule, and collection of client receivable which can fluctuate at the end of the quarter.

2012 Full Year Financial Guidance
SXC has set the following financial full year targets for 2012:
Revenue of $6.8 to $6.9 billion
EBITDA of $248 to $255 million
GAAP EPS (fully-diluted) of $1.96 to $2.04
Adjusted EPS1 (fully-diluted) of $2.37 to $2.45

The Company will be reporting EBITDA going forward instead of Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA includes the effect of stock-based compensation charges, which is expected to be $13-14 million in 2012, and has been excluded in the past to calculate Adjusted EBITDA. This change is being made to provide consistency with industry reporting and analysis for shareholders. 

Notice of Conference Call
SXC will host a conference call on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results. Mark Thierer, Chairman and CEO, and Jeff Park, EVP and CFO, will co-chair the call. All interested parties can join the call by dialing 1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. Please dial in 15 minutes prior to the call to secure a line. The conference call will be archived for replay until Thursday, March 1, 2012 at midnight. To access the archived conference call, please dial 1-855-859-2056 or 416-849-0833 and enter the reservation code 50639888.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available at www.sxc.com and www.newswire.ca. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. An archived replay of the webcast will be available for 365 days.

1Non-GAAP Financial Measures
SXC reports its financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). SXC's management also evaluates and makes operating decisions using various other measures. Such measures are Adjusted EPS, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures. SXC's management believes that these measures provide useful supplemental information regarding the performance of SXC's business operations.

Adjusted EPS adds back the impact of all amortization of intangible asset expenses, net of tax. Amortization of intangible asset expense arises from the acquisition of intangible assets in connection with the Company's business acquisitions. SXC excludes acquisition-related amortization expense from non-GAAP adjusted EPS because it believes (i) the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of SXC's business operations and (ii) such expenses can vary significantly between periods as a result of new acquisitions and full amortization of previously acquired intangible assets. Investors should note that the use of these intangible assets contributes to revenue in the periods presented as well as future periods and should also note that such expenses will recur in future periods.

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EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures that management believes are useful supplemental measure of operating performance. EBITDA provides operating performance prior to interest income, interest expense and other expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. To reach Adjusted EBITDA the Company also adds back stock-based compensation expenses to the EBITDA results. The Company will be reporting EBITDA going forward instead of Adjusted EBITDA to provide consistency with industry reporting and smoother consensus analysis for shareholders. 

The 2012 full year guidance for EBITDA was computed using the Company's estimated 2012 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EPS was computed by taking the Company's GAAP EPS (fully-diluted) guidance and adding back the expected impact of all acquisition-related amortization expense totaling approximately $41 million, net of income taxes at an estimated 34% rate.

Adjusted prescription claim volume equals SXC's Mail Service prescriptions multiplied by three, plus its retail and specialty prescriptions. The Mail Service prescriptions are multiplied by three to adjust for the fact that they typically include three times the amount of product days supplied compared with retail prescriptions.

Management believes that Adjusted EPS, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted prescription claim volume provide useful supplemental information to management and investors regarding the performance of the Company's business operations and facilitate comparisons to its historical operating results. Management also uses this information internally for forecasting and budgeting as it believes that the measures are indicative of the Company's core operating results. Note, however, that these items are performance measures only, and do not provide any measure of the Company's cash flow or liquidity. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP, and investors and potential investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of Adjusted EPS, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to their most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Adjusted EPS, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not have standardized meanings prescribed by GAAP. The Company's method of calculating these items may differ from the methods used by other companies and, accordingly, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net income and GAAP EPS (fully-diluted) to Adjusted EPS (fully-diluted) are shown below:
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
Three Months Ended
 
Years Ended
(in thousands)
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income (GAAP)
$
26,684

 
$
16,622

 
$
91,786

 
$
64,735

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of Intangible Assets
5,260

 
1,941

 
16,385

 
7,856

Depreciation of Property & Equipment
2,676

 
2,127

 
9,492

 
8,439

Interest Income
(127
)
 
(203
)
 
(502
)
 
(727
)
Interest Expense and Other Expense, Net
429

 
351

 
2,779

 
1,693

Income Tax Expense
13,418

 
8,889

 
46,508

 
32,821

EBITDA
$
48,340

 
$
29,727

 
$
166,448

 
$
114,817

Stock-Based Compensation
2,938

 
1,368

 
9,445

 
5,895

Adjusted EBITDA
$
51,278

 
$
31,095

 
$
175,893

 
$
120,712



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Adjusted EPS Reconciliation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
Operational Results
 
Per Diluted Share
 
Operational Results
 
Per Diluted Share
 
Operational Results
 
Per Diluted Share
 
Operational Results
 
Per Diluted Share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income (GAAP)
 
$
26,684

 
$
0.42

 
$
16,622

 
$
0.26

 
$
91,786

 
$
1.46

 
$
64,735

 
$
1.03

Amortization of Intangible Assets
 
5,260

 
0.08

 
1,941

 
0.03

 
16,385

 
0.26

 
7,856

 
0.12

Tax Effect of Reconciling Item
 
(1,762
)
 
(0.03
)
 
(675
)
 
(0.01
)
 
(5,505
)
 
(0.09
)
 
(2,640
)
 
(0.04
)
Non-GAAP Net Income
 
$
30,182

 
$
0.48

 
$
17,888

 
$
0.28

 
$
102,666

 
$
1.63

 
$
69,951

 
$
1.11


About SXC Health Solutions Corp.
SXC Health Solutions Corp. is a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management (“PBM”) services and Health Care Information Technology (“HCIT”) solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company's product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of PBM services and software applications, application service provider (“ASP”) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as health plans, employers, federal, provincial, and, state and local governments, pharmacy benefit managers and other healthcare intermediaries. SXC is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois with multiple locations in the US and Canada.

For more information please visit www.sxc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included herein, including those that express management's expectations or estimates of our future performance, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws.  Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management at this time, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies.  We caution that such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other risks that may cause our actual financial results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from our estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements.  Numerous factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including without limitation, our ability to achieve increased market acceptance for our product offerings and penetrate new markets; consolidation in the healthcare industry; the existence of undetected errors or similar problems in our software products; our ability to identify and complete acquisitions, manage our growth and integrate acquisitions; our ability to compete successfully; potential liability for the use of incorrect or incomplete data; the length of the sales cycle for our healthcare software solutions; interruption of our operations due to outside sources; our dependence on key customers; maintaining our intellectual property rights and litigation involving intellectual property rights; our ability to obtain, use or successfully integrate third-party licensed technology; compliance with existing laws, regulations and industry initiatives and future change in laws or regulations in the healthcare industry; breach of our security by third parties; our dependence on the expertise of our key personnel; our access to sufficient capital to fund our future requirements; and potential write-offs of goodwill or other intangible assets. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of our forward-looking statements. Other factors that should be considered are discussed from time to time in SXC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risks and uncertainties discussed under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Form 10-Qs, which are available at www.sec.gov. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to SXC or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update publicly these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

Certain of the assumptions made in preparing forward-looking information and management's expectations include: maintenance of our existing customers and contracts, our ability to market our products successfully to anticipated customers, the impact of increasing competition, the growth of prescription drug utilization rates at predicted levels, the retention of our key personnel, our customers continuing to process transactions at historical levels, that our systems will not be interrupted for any significant period of time, that our products will perform free of major errors, our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms and that there will be no significant changes in the regulation of our business.

For more information, please contact:
Tony Perkins
 
 
Investor Relations
 
 
SXC Health Solutions Corp.
 
 
(630) 577-4871
 
 
tony.perkins@sxc.com
 
 



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SXC HEALTH SOLUTIONS CORP.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share data)
 
December 31,
 
2011
 
2010
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
341,382

 
$
321,284

Restricted cash
12,017

 
13,790

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,725 (2010 - $3,553)
240,425

 
122,175

Rebates receivable
33,834

 
34,249

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
6,409

 
4,888

Inventory
19,554

 
8,736

Income tax recoverable

 
5,285

Deferred income taxes
9,642

 
6,647

Total current assets
663,263

 
517,054

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $43,304 (2010 - $35,861)
21,658

 
20,896

Goodwill
291,045

 
220,597

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $48,072 (2010 - $31,687)
69,777

 
56,282

Other assets
4,564

 
1,961

Total assets
$
1,050,307

 
$
816,790

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities
 

 
 

Accounts payable
$
19,679

 
$
30,930

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
66,729

 
61,038

Pharmacy benefit management rebates payable
59,235

 
61,364

Pharmacy benefit claim payments payable
199,701

 
84,599

       Total current liabilities
345,344

 
237,931

Deferred income taxes
18,361

 
15,111

Other liabilities
15,564

 
10,492

Total liabilities
379,269

 
263,534

Shareholders’ equity
 

 
 

Common shares: no par value, unlimited shares authorized; 62,383,661 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 (2010 —  61,602,997)
394,769

 
381,736

Additional paid-in capital
37,936

 
24,973

Retained earnings
238,333

 
146,547

Total shareholders’ equity
671,038

 
553,256

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
1,050,307

 
$
816,790



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SXC HEALTH SOLUTIONS CORP.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$
1,378,514

 
$
526,872

 
$
4,975,496

 
$
1,948,389

Cost of revenue
1,289,148

 
469,650

 
4,666,008

 
1,734,334

Gross profit
89,366

 
57,222

 
309,488

 
214,055

Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Product development costs
3,703

 
3,258

 
14,331

 
12,428

Selling, general and administrative
38,018

 
24,851

 
131,457

 
89,254

Depreciation of property and equipment
1,981

 
1,513

 
6,744

 
5,995

Amortization of intangible assets
5,260

 
1,941

 
16,385

 
7,856

 
48,962

 
31,563

 
168,917

 
115,533

Operating income
40,404

 
25,659

 
140,571

 
98,522

Interest income
(127
)
 
(203
)
 
(502
)
 
(727
)
Interest expense and other expense, net
429

 
351

 
2,779

 
1,693

Income before income taxes
40,102

 
25,511

 
138,294

 
97,556

Income tax expense (benefit):
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Current
17,816

 
7,955

 
52,402

 
29,531

Deferred
(4,398
)
 
934

 
(5,894
)
 
3,290

 
13,418

 
8,889

 
46,508

 
32,821

Net income
$
26,684

 
$
16,622

 
$
91,786

 
$
64,735

Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Basic
$
0.43

 
$
0.27

 
$
1.48

 
$
1.07

Diluted
$
0.42

 
$
0.26

 
$
1.46

 
$
1.03

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares used in computing earnings per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
62,347,387

 
61,234,752

 
62,126,656

 
60,736,831

Diluted
63,122,354

 
63,300,439

 
62,951,758

 
63,136,600



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SXC HEALTH SOLUTIONS CORP.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Net income
$
26,684

 
$
16,622

 
$
91,786

 
$
64,735

Items not involving cash:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Stock-based compensation
2,938

 
1,368

 
9,445

 
5,895

Depreciation of property and equipment
2,676

 
2,127

 
9,492

 
8,439

Amortization of intangible assets
5,260

 
1,941

 
16,385

 
7,856

Deferred lease inducements and rent
1,156

 
(97
)
 
759

 
(462
)
Deferred income taxes
(4,398
)
 
932

 
(5,894
)
 
3,290

Tax benefit on option exercises
(1,482
)
 
(7,037
)
 
(10,804
)
 
(13,107
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Accounts receivable
(16,469
)
 
3,729

 
(110,528
)
 
(9,456
)
Rebates receivable
651

 
3,840

 
5,267

 
(16,619
)
Restricted cash
2,954

 
541

 
1,773

 
379

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
271

 
526

 
(1,473
)
 
(824
)
Inventory
(3,805
)
 
1,326

 
(10,291
)
 
501

Income tax recoverable
(2,609
)
 
2,836

 
21,977

 
10,523

Accounts payable
(3,211
)
 
2,457

 
(20,303
)
 
2,169

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
(9,501
)
 
985

 
(10,806
)
 
(5,708
)
Pharmacy benefit claim payments payable
9,491

 
3,770

 
115,102

 
22,930

Pharmacy benefit management rebates payable
(715
)
 
(2,419
)
 
(6,019
)
 
14,758

Other
269

 
(57
)
 
(1,200
)
 
965

Net cash provided by operating activities
10,160

 
33,390

 
94,668

 
96,264

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(67,641
)
 
(99,200
)
 
(79,825
)
 
(99,200
)
Purchases of property and equipment
(6,615
)
 
(5,037
)
 
(9,690
)
 
(9,070
)
Proceeds from sale of short term investments

 

 

 
6,828

Purchases of short term investments

 

 

 
(2,208
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(74,256
)
 
(104,237
)
 
(89,515
)
 
(103,650
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Proceeds from exercise of options
456

 
5,984

 
5,735

 
11,024

Tax benefit on option exercises
1,482

 
7,036

 
10,804

 
13,107

Payment of financing costs
(1,595
)
 

 
(1,595
)
 

Net cash provided by financing activities
343

 
13,020

 
14,944

 
24,131

Effect of foreign exchange on cash balances
24

 
50

 
1

 
169

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(63,729
)
 
(57,777
)
 
20,098

 
16,914

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
405,111

 
379,061

 
321,284

 
304,370

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
341,382

 
$
321,284

 
$
341,382

 
$
321,284

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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