SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
Commission file number 1-13252
McKESSON CORPORATION
(415) 983-8300(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL NOTES(Unaudited)
1. Interim Financial Statements
2. New Accounting Pronouncements
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FINANCIAL NOTES(Continued)(Unaudited)
3. Acquisitions and Investments
4. Discontinued Operations and Divestitures
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FINANCIAL NOTES (Continued)(Unaudited)
5. Special Charges (Credits)
(1) Excludes the September 2002 sale of the marketing fulfillment business, which was treated as a discontinued operation.
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a vendor that entitles us to a total $12.4 million credit against future purchases. We anticipate utilizing the remaining $11.9 million credit by the end of 2003 and will account for such recovery as a special credit, reducing operating expenses.
6. Restructuring and Related Asset Impairments
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(1) Employee terminations primarily relate to distribution, delivery and associated back-office functions.
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7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
8. Short-Term Borrowings and Hedging Activities
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9. Convertible Preferred Securities
10. Stockholders Equity
11. Comprehensive Income
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12. Earnings Per Share
13. Litigation
I. Accounting Litigation
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Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc. et al. v. McKesson HBOC, Inc. et al.(S.F. Superior Ct. Case No. CGC-02-405792) (Merrill Lynch). These actions have been consolidated under the caption The State of Oregon, By and Through the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Board v. McKesson HBOC , Inc. et al. (Master File No. 307619). On October 16, 2002, plaintiffs in Oregon, Minnesota andUtah filed a consolidated and amended complaint which consolidated the claims in those actions and, on October 11, 2002, plaintiffs in Merrill Lynch filed an amended complaint in the Merrill Lynch action.
14. Segment Information
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McKESSON CORPORATIONFINANCIAL REVIEW(Unaudited)
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Financial Overview
As reported under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), net income increased 58% to $124.8 million for the second quarter of 2003 compared to the same period a year ago, and diluted earnings per share increased $0.15 to $0.42. For the six months ended September 30, 2002, net income increased 31% to $242.1 million compared to the same period a year ago, and diluted earnings per share increased $0.19 to $0.82.
U.S. GAAP financial results include pre-tax special credits of $6.7 million and charges of $25.6 million for the second quarter of 2003 and 2002, or $4.3 million and $16.3 million (credit of $0.01 and a loss of $0.05 per diluted share) after-taxes. For the six months ended September 2002 and 2001, U.S. GAAP financial results include pre-tax special charges of $5.6 million and $49.2 million, or $3.7 million and $1.2 million ($0.01 and nil per diluted share) after-taxes.
U.S. GAAP financial results also include losses from discontinued operations of $3.6 million and $4.1 million ($0.01 per diluted share), for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2002, and $0.8 million and $0.4 million for the comparable prior year periods (nil per diluted share). In September 2002, we sold a marketing fulfillment business which was previously included in our Pharmaceutical Solutions segment. Financial results for this business have been presented as a discontinued operation and accordingly, all periods presented have been reclassified.
We provide pro forma financial data, which excludes special charges and credits and discontinued operations, as an alternative for understanding our results. We believe such discussion is the most informative representation of recurring and non-recurring, non-transactional-related operating results. These measures are not in accordance with, nor an alternative for, U.S. GAAP and may be different from pro forma measures used by other companies.
Pro forma net income and net income per diluted share for the second quarter of 2003 increased 29% and 31% to $124.1 million and $0.42, compared to the same period a year ago. For the six months ended September 30, 2002, pro forma net income and net income per diluted share increased 34% and 33% to $249.9 million and $0.84, compared to the same period a year ago. The increase was due to revenue growth and operating margin improvement in our Pharmaceutical Solutions and Information Solutions segments, offsetting flat revenues and a decline in operating profit in our Medical-Surgical Solutions segment.
The following discussion regarding our financial results excludes special charges and credits. Special charges and credits are discussed in detail commencing on page 20, which includes a reconciliation of pro forma financial results to those reported under U.S. GAAP. In addition, the Companys fiscal year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31. Unless otherwise noted, all references to a particular year shall mean the Companys fiscal year.
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McKESSON CORPORATIONFINANCIAL REVIEW (Continued)(Unaudited)
Results of Operations
Revenues:
Revenues increased by 13% to $13,690.3 million and 15% to $27,313.5 million in the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2002 compared to the same prior year periods. The increase was largely due to growth in our Pharmaceutical Solutions segment, which accounted for over 92% of consolidated revenues.
Increases in U.S. healthcare revenues, excluding sales to customers warehouses, were due to market growth rates and the benefit of having one additional selling day in our pharmaceutical distribution business, and growth in our automation and specialty pharmaceutical products and pharmacy outsourcing services businesses. Year-to-date revenues also reflect the impact of agreements that took effect in the first quarter of 2002 for new pharmaceutical distribution business that was previously direct or outside the distribution channel. Market growth rates reflect growing drug utilization and price increases which are offset in part by the increased use of generics. In the second half of 2003, U.S. pharmaceutical distribution growth rate is expected to reflect the U.S. market growth rate.
U.S. healthcare sales to customers warehouses increased as a result of growth from existing customers. Sales to customers warehouses represent large volume sales of pharmaceuticals to major self-warehousing drugstore chains whereby we act as an intermediary in the order and subsequent delivery of products directly from the manufacturer to the customers warehouses. These sales provide a benefit to our customers in that they can use one source for both their direct store-to-store business and their warehouse business.
International pharmaceutical revenues, which are derived from our Canadian operations, grew primarily reflecting both market growth rates and greater sales to our existing customers.
Medical-Surgical Solutions segment revenues were flat or increased nominally as growth in primary and extended care products were fully or almost fully offset by a decline in revenues for acute care products. The
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FINANCIAL REVIEW (Continued)(Unaudited)
segments decline in its acute care business reflects the competitive environment in which it operates and the continued self-warehousing strategy by a major customer.
Information Solutions segment revenues increased reflecting growth in all three categories: software sales, services and hardware. In addition, revenues from the recently acquired A.L.I. Technologies Inc. (A.L.I.) business contributed to the growth in this segments revenues.
As of September 30, 2002, the backlog for our Information Solutions segment, which includes firm contracts for maintenance fees, implementation and software contracts, and outsourcing agreements, was $2.09 billion compared to $2.06 billion at March 31, 2002 and $1.51 billion a year ago. The increase in backlog from September 30, 2001 was primarily due to a ten-year, $480 million outsourcing contract to provide a standardized, fully automated human resources and payroll system for the National Health Service of England and Wales, which was entered into during the third quarter of 2002.
Gross Profit:
(1) Excludes sales to customers warehouses.(2) Basis points (bp).
As a percentage of revenues, excluding sales to customers warehouses, gross profit margin decreased, primarily reflecting a higher proportion of revenues attributable to our U.S. pharmaceutical distribution business, which has lower margins both relative to the other product lines within the segment as well as to other segments, partially offset by an improvement in gross margins from our Information Solutions segment. Pharmaceutical Solutions segment pro forma gross margin as a percentage of revenues decreased, reflecting a decline in the selling margin to customers, offset in part by the benefit of increased sales of generic drugs with higher margins, and growth in other higher margin products and services.
We exclude sales to customers warehouses in analyzing our gross and operating profits and operating expenses as a percentage of revenues as these revenues from bulk shipments to warehouses have a significantly lower gross margin compared to traditional direct store delivery sales because of their low cost-to-serve model. These sales do, however, contribute positively to our cash flows due to favorable timing between the customer payment and our payment to the supplier.
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Operating Expenses, Other Income and Operating Profit:
(1) Excludes sales to customers warehouses.
Pro forma operating profit is computed as pro forma gross profit, less operating expenses, plus other income for our three business segments. Increases in pro forma operating profit were due to margin expansion in our Pharmaceutical Solutions and Information Solutions segments, partially offset by a decline in our Medical-Surgical Solutions segment.
Excluding sales to customers warehouses, Pharmaceutical Solutions segment pro forma operating profit as a percentage of revenues increased primarily reflecting expense leverage, offset in part by a decline in pro forma gross margins.
Medical-Surgical Solutions segments decrease in pro forma operating profit as a percentage of revenues resulted from duplicate operating expenses associated with the segments ongoing restructuring activities and replacement of information systems, $11 million of additional bad debt reserves and a decline in pro forma gross margins. Additional operating expenses include duplicate payroll, transportation and warehouse costs as the segment consolidates distribution centers. During the second quarter of 2003, we modified our distribution center network consolidation plan. The revised plan should be fully implemented by the fourth quarter of 2003 and we expect to begin to see the benefits in the next fiscal year.
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Information Solutions segments pro forma operating profit as a percentage of revenues increased reflecting improved customer support productivity and better control of expenses, partially offset by a decline in gross margins attributable to the segments product mix. In addition, pro forma operating profit for the six months ended September 30, 2001 included approximately $2 million in losses from a business that was sold earlier in that fiscal year.
Corporate expenses, net of other income, were flat for the second quarter of 2003 and increased 3% on a year-to-date basis compared to the same periods a year ago. Higher benefit and insurance costs and lower pension income were either fully or partially offset with the elimination of losses associated with our share of an investment in Health Nexis LLC and lower costs associated with the receivable sales program. In the second quarter of 2003, we lowered our pension plan assets earnings assumption to 8.25% from 9.75%.
Interest Expense: Interest expense increased primarily due to higher average borrowings. Interest expense for 2003 reflects the issuance of $400.0 million 7.75% notes partially offset by the retirement of $175.0 million 6.875% notes, which occurred in the fourth quarter of 2002.
In order to hedge a portion of our fixed interest rate debt with variable interest rates, in the first quarter of 2003, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements. The first agreement exchanges a fixed interest rate of 8.91% per annum to LIBOR plus 4.155%, on a notional amount of $100 million and matures in February 2005. The second agreement exchanges a fixed interest rate of 6.30% per annum to LIBOR plus 1.575%, on a notional amount of $150 million and matures in March 2005. These agreements are designated as fair value hedges and are intended to manage our ratio of variable to fixed interest rates.
Income Taxes: The effective income tax rate excluding special charges and credits for the six months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 was 34.0% and 36.5%. The reduction in our effective income tax rate reflects the Companys estimated annualized rate for 2003 and is the result of a higher proportion of income being attributable to foreign countries that have lower income tax rates. A portion of this rate reduction occurred in the second quarter of 2003, resulting in an effective income tax rate of 33.0% for the current quarter compared to 36.5% for the same period a year ago.
Weighted Average Diluted Shares Outstanding: Diluted earnings per share were calculated based on an average number of diluted shares outstanding of 299.0 million for the second quarters of 2003 and 2002 and 300.00 million and 297.5 million for the six months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
Special Charges (Credits):
We incurred the following special charges (credits):
Securities litigation costs: We incurred expenses, net of estimated insurance recoveries, in connection with the securities litigation arising out of the 1999 restatement of our historical consolidated financial statements. The restatement was the result of improper accounting practices at HBO & Company (HBOC), which we acquired in a January 1999 pooling of interests transaction.
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Loss on investments, net: We recorded other-than-temporary impairment losses on equity and venture capital investments as a result of declines in the market values of these investments. The loss on investments also includes a $1.0 million recovery from an investment for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2001.
Loss on sales of businesses, net: During the first quarter of 2002, we sold two businesses from our Information Solutions segment for a net pre-tax loss of $18.4 million.
Restructuring charges (credits): During the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2002, we recorded net reductions in severance and exit-related accruals of $10.9 million and $7.4 million, and restructuring-related asset impairments of $0.3 million and $1.3 million.
In the first quarter of 2003, we incurred a $2.5 million charge pertaining to the planned closure of a distribution center (includes severance charges, exit costs and asset impairments) and a $2.0 million charge for additional facility closure costs, reflecting a change in estimated costs associated with a prior year restructuring plan. The distribution center is scheduled for closure in the third quarter of 2003, and approximately 65 employees were given termination notices. Both of these charges pertain to our Pharmaceutical Solutions segment.
Restructuring charges for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 include $5.1 million and $5.8 million reversals of severance and exit-related accruals pertaining to our 2002 Medical-Surgical Solutions segment distribution center network consolidation plan. The reversals were the result of our reevaluation of this segments distribution center strategy during the second quarter of 2003. The revised consolidation plan included a net reduction of 14 distribution centers, from 51, compared to a net reduction of 20 under the original consolidation plan. We anticipate completing the revised consolidation plan by the end of this fiscal year.
Restructuring charges for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2001 primarily related to our Medical-Surgical Solutions segment distribution center network consolidation plan.
Refer to Financial Note 6, Restructuring and Related Asset Impairments, of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussions regarding our restructuring activities.
Other: Other special charges for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2002 include charges incurred for reductions in workforce of $0.3 million and $5.4 million, a $0.7 million reversal of a previous year charge and a $0.5 million recovery from a third party vendor. In 2003, we entered into an agreement with a vendor that entitles us to a total $12.4 million credit against future purchases. We anticipate utilizing the remaining $11.9 million credit by the end of 2003 and will account for such recovery as a special credit, reducing operating expenses.
Other special charges for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2001 include impairments of inventory of $4.8 million offset partially by recoveries of claims with third parties. In addition, other special charges for the six months ended September 30, 2001 include a $3.2 million write-off of purchased software.
Income taxes on special charges (credits): Income taxes on special charges and credits are generally recorded at our annual effective tax rate. For accounting purposes, a tax benefit on the net assets of one of the businesses written down in connection with the restructuring of a former business segment in 2001 was not recognized until the first quarter of 2002, when the sale of the business was completed.
Refer to Financial Notes 5 and 14, Special Charges and Credits and Segment Information, of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussions regarding our special charges and credits.
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A reconciliation of pro forma operating profit to income from continuing operations as reported under U.S. GAAP is as follows:
Acquisitions, Investments, Discontinued Operations and Divestitures
In July 2002, we acquired 98.4% of the outstanding stock of A.L.I., of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by means of a cash tender offer. The remaining 1.6% of A.L.I.s outstanding common stock was acquired mid-September 2002. A.L.I. provides digital medical imaging solutions, which are designed to streamline access to diagnostic information, automate clinical workflow and eliminate the need for film. The acquisition of A.L.I. complements our Horizon Clinicals offering by incorporating medical images into a computerized patient record. The results of A.L.I.s operations have been included in the condensed consolidated financial statements within our Information Solutions segment since the July acquisition date. The aggregate purchase price for A.L.I. was $349.2 million and was financed through cash and short-term borrowings.
On May 16, 2002, the Company and Quintiles Transnational Corporation formed a joint venture, Verispan, L.L.C. (Verispan). Verispan is a provider of patient-level data delivered in near real time as well as a supplier of other healthcare information. We have an approximate 46% equity interest in the joint venture. The initial contribution to the joint venture of $12.1 million consisted of $7.7 million in net assets from a Pharmaceutical Solutions business and $4.4 million in cash, and is subject to adjustment. We have also committed to provide additional aggregate cash contributions of $9.4 million and to purchase a total of $15.0 million in services from the joint venture through 2007.
In September 2002, we sold the net assets of a marketing fulfillment business which was previously included in our Pharmaceutical Solutions segment. Net consideration from the sale of this business was $4.5 million. The disposition resulted in an after tax loss of $3.7 million or $0.01 per diluted share. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, the net assets and results of operations of this business have been presented as a discontinued operation, and as a result, prior year amounts have been reclassified.
Refer to Financial Notes 3 and 4, Acquisitions and Investments and Discontinued Operations and Divestitures, of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussions regarding these activities.
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Financial Condition, Liquidity, and Capital Resources
Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources
Credit Resources
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FINANCIAL REVIEW (Concluded)(Unaudited)
New Accounting Pronouncements
FACTORS AFFECTING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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SIGNATURES
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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO18 U.S.C SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, John H. Hammergren, certify that:
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I, William R. Graber, certify that:
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