UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8‑K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

March 5, 2015

 

IRIDEX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

0-27598

 

77-0210467

 

 

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1212 Terra Bella Avenue

Mountain View, California 94043

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 940-4700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

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Item 2.02.Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 5, 2015, IRIDEX Corporation issued a press release discussing its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2014, which ended January 3, 2015.  The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated March 5, 2015.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

IRIDEX CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ JAMES H. MACKANESS

 

 

James H. Mackaness

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Date:  March 5, 2015


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated March 5, 2015.

 

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            

                                                                                                                    

IRIDEX Reports 2014 Fourth Quarter, Year-End Results

 

Record Revenues for the Quarter and the Year

 

 

Mountain View, CA. – March 5, 2015IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended January 3, 2015.  

 

·

Revenues were $11.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, a record for the Company and up 11% from $10.6 million in the 2013 fourth quarter. Revenues for 2014 were $42.8 million, also a record, up 12% from $38.3 million in 2013.

 

·

Gross margin for the 2014 fourth quarter was 50.1%, up from 48.6% in the fourth quarter of the prior year.

 

·

Operating income in the 2014 fourth quarter was $1.0 million, up 77% compared with operating income of $0.6 million in the 2013 fourth quarter.  

 

·

Net income for 2014 was $10.0 million, or $0.97 per diluted share. This includes a $1.0 million non-cash other expense for the adjustment of the Company’s earn-out liability and an $8.8 million non-cash credit for the release of the Company’s deferred tax valuation allowance. Net income for 2013 was $2.2 million, or $0.22 per diluted share. See below for more details.

 

·

Guidance: The Company expects to achieve revenue of $48 million to $51 million for the full year 2015. Although we will continue to assess the impact to our business of the recent strong currency adjustments on a global basis.  For the 2015 first quarter, we anticipate revenue of $10.8 million to $11.2 million, gross margin is anticipated to come in between 49% and 51%, and operating expenses are expected to be $5.0 million to $5.2 million.

 

President and CEO Will Moore said, “The strong top line results at year end indicate an evolving global recognition of MicroPulse® lasers as a key solution to providing value based medicine - a clinically durable and cost-effective tool for preventing vision loss." Moore continued, "Tenders from developing nations for both MicroPulse and continuous wave lasers were drivers internationally and that activity is expected to continue into 2015 – a year in which our new glaucoma initiatives and technologies will be rolled out in a controlled manner and will begin to make an impact on growth toward the back end of the year.”

“Last week I attended the American Glaucoma Society’s annual meeting and am very excited by the reception from doctors of our new Cyclo G6TM Glaucoma Laser Platform. Early indications are that the doctors grasp the safety profile of MicroPulse and welcome the potential of a new early treatment regimen when they see that patient compliance with meds is likely to become an issue.   This is the first step towards widespread adoption. We anticipate that the Cyclo G6 laser platform will ultimately support a variety of intuitive single use probes to treat multiple stages of Glaucoma and has the potential to significantly alter the revenue growth profile of the Company.”

 


Recent Business Highlights

 

·

IRIDEX debuts Cyclo G6 Glaucoma Laser Platform and Presents New Clinical Data at the American Glaucoma Society’s Annual Meeting     

 

·

IRIDEX Receives FDA Clearance for Cyclo G6 Glaucoma Laser Platform for the Treatment of Multiple Stages of Glaucoma.

 

Share Repurchase Program

During the 2014 fourth quarter, the Company continued to execute its share repurchase program.  For the full year 2014, we repurchased approximately 562,000 shares at an average price of $8.29 per share and we have approximately $0.9 million available under the current program for future investments.

 

Adjustment of contingent liability

We continue to generate revenues from our RetinaLabs acquisition, and anticipate generating revenues from our Ocunetics transaction. Both of these deals were structured with an earn-out component. Because our expectations of the future revenues to be generated from these deals has increased, we now anticipate increasing our payments under the earn-out conditions. We have increased the contingent liability on the balance sheet by $1.0 million with a resulting fourth quarter charge to interest and other expense of $1.0 million. This is a non-cash item.

 

Release of deferred tax valuation allowance

We have a deferred tax asset on our balance sheet, primarily as a result of net operating losses that we have been carrying forward. The deferred tax asset has historically been recorded at net $0 on the balance sheet because we have also been carrying a valuation allowance for the full amount of the deferred tax asset. Based on the continued strong performance of the Company, notably 3 years of profitability and 9 consecutive profitable quarters management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the deferred tax asset. This has resulted in us booking a credit to the income tax expense for $8.8 million, and recognizing a current deferred tax asset of $1.6 million and a long term deferred tax asset of $7.2 million on the balance sheet. This is a non-cash item.

 

Conference Call

IRIDEX management will conduct a conference call later today, Thursday, March 5, 2015, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.  Interested parties may access the live conference call by dialing (877) 407-0784 (US) or (201) 689-8560 (International) and requesting the IRIDEX 2014 Fourth Quarter Results Conference Call, or by visiting the Company’s website at www.iridex.com.  A telephone replay will be available beginning on Thursday, March 5, 2015 through Thursday, March 12, 2015 by dialing (877) 870-5176 (US) or (858) 384-5517 (International) and entering Replay Pin # 13600459.  In addition, later today an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website at www.iridex.com.

 

 

 

 

About IRIDEX

IRIDEX Corporation was founded in 1989 and is a worldwide leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing innovative and versatile laser-based medical systems, delivery devices and consumable instrumentation for the ophthalmology market. We maintain a deep commitment to the success of our customers, with comprehensive technical, clinical, and service support programs. IRIDEX is dedicated to a standard of excellence, offering superior technology for superior results. IRIDEX products are sold in the United States through a direct sales force and internationally through a combination of a direct sales force and a network of approximately 70 independent distributors into over 100 countries. For further information, visit the IRIDEX website at http://www.iridex.com/.


 

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, including those statements concerning its preliminary and anticipated revenues, the impact of future changes in currency exchange rates, future demand and order levels for the Company’s products, the markets in which the Company operates, trends in treatment and product adoption and usage, product plans and future product releases, the Company’s guidance concerning fiscal 2015 first quarter and annual financial results, including anticipated ranges of revenue, gross margin, operating expenses and gross margin rates, the Company’s share repurchase program, and the Company’s strategic plans and objectives. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. Please see a detailed description of these and other risks contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date and will not be updated.

 

 

Company Contact:

 

Investor Relations Contact:

Jim Mackaness

 

Matt Clawson

Chief Financial Officer

 

Pure Communications

& Chief Operating Officer

 

949-370-8500

650-940-4700

 

matt@purecommunicationsinc.com

 

 

TABLES FOLLOW

 



IRIDEX Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Twelve Months Ended

 

January 3,

 

December 28,

 

January 3,

 

December 28,

 

2015

 

2013

 

2015

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

$           11,778

 

$            10,598

 

$          42,814

 

$          38,273

Cost of revenues

5,877

 

5,448

 

21,409

 

19,686

       Gross profit

5,901

 

5,150

 

21,405

 

18,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Research and development

1,033

 

881

 

4,629

 

3,684

   Sales and marketing

2,371

 

2,380

 

8,155

 

7,720

   General and administrative

1,513

 

1,333

 

6,034

 

5,023

   Proceeds from demutualization of insurance carrier

-

 

-

 

-

 

(473)

       Total operating expenses

4,917

 

4,594

 

18,818

 

15,954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

984

 

556

 

2,587

 

2,633

Other expense, net

955

 

171

 

1,255

 

371

Income from operations before (benefit from) provision for income taxes

29

 

385

 

1,332

 

2,262

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

(8,735)

 

(27)

 

(8,706)

 

31

Net income

$             8,764

 

$                 412

 

$          10,038

 

$            2,231

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Basic

$0.89

 

$0.04

 

$1.01

 

$0.24

    Diluted

$0.86

 

$0.04

 

$0.97

 

$0.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Basic

9,815

 

9,848

 

9,892

 

9,245

    Diluted

10,235

 

10,431

 

10,357

 

10,104



IRIDEX Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

January 3,

 

December 28,

 

2015

 

2013

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$          13,303

 

$         13,444

Accounts receivable, net

  8,337

 

  7,345

Inventories

  9,119

 

  10,605

Prepaids and other current assets

                510

 

                576

Deferred income taxes – current

1,625

 

-

Total current assets

   32,894

 

   31,970

Property and equipment, net

  735

 

  543

Intangible assets, net

   284

 

   328

Goodwill

                533

 

                533

Deferred income taxes – long term

7,151

 

-

Other long-term assets

  221

 

  303

Total assets

$        41,818

 

$        33,677

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$          1,758

 

$          2,278

Accrued compensation

1,863

 

  1,891

Accrued expenses

1,770

 

  1,592

Accrued warranty

469

 

  468

Deferred revenue

1,179

 

             1,133

Total current liabilities

7,039

 

             7,362

 

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

Other long-term liabilities

1,043

 

                461

Total liabilities

8,082

 

             7,823

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity:

 

 

 

Common stock

108

 

  104

Additional paid-in capital

38,511

 

  40,671

Accumulated deficit

(4,883)

 

         (14,921)

Total stockholders' equity

33,736

 

           25,854

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$           41,818

 

$        33,677