ANNUAL REPORT 2005
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Table of Contents: Annual Report 2005
Board of Directors
Leadership
Letter to Our Shareholders
Appendix: Cerner’s Business Model and Financial Assessment
10K
Business and Industry Overview
Properties
Selected Financial Data
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Independent Auditor’s Report
Financial Statements and Discussion
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
Statement of Cash Flows
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Business Acquisitions
Receivables
Property and Equipment
Indebtedness
Interest Income (Expense)
Stock Options, Warrants and Equity
Associate Stock Purchase Plan
Foundations Retirement Plan
Income Taxes
Related Party Transactions
Commitments
Segment Reporting
Quarterly Results
Corporate Information
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Board of Directors
Neal L. Patterson
• Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Cerner Corporation
Clifford W. Illig
• Vice Chairman, Cerner Corporation
Gerald E. Bisbee Jr., Ph.D.
• Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, ReGen Biologics, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ
The Honorable John C. Danforth
• Partner, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO
• Ambassador to the United Nations, June 2004–January 2005
• U.S. Senator - Missouri, 1976-1995
The Honorable Nancy-Ann DeParle
• Senior Advisor to JPMorgan Partners, LLC
• Adjunct Professor of Health Care Systems at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 1997-2000
Michael E. Herman
• General Partner, Herman Family Trading Company, Kansas City, Mo.
• President, Kansas City Royals Baseball Club, 1992-2000
William B. Neaves, Ph.D.
• President and Chief Executive Officer, The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Mo.
William D. Zollars
• President and Chief Executive Officer, YRC Worldwide, Inc.
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Leadership
Cerner Executive Cabinet
Neal L. Patterson • Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Clifford W. Illig • Vice Chairman
Earl H. “Trace” Devanny, III • President
Paul M. Black • Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Jeffrey A. Townsend • Executive Vice President
Zane M. Burke • Senior Vice President, Cerner Corporation
Paul N. Gorup • Senior Vice President and Chief of Innovation
Douglas M. Krebs • Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Cerner Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific Organization
Marc G. Naughton • Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael R. Nill • Senior Vice President, Technical Architecture
and CernerWorks Managed Services
Mike Valentine • Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.S. Client Organization
Shellee K. Spring • Vice President, PowerWorks
Julia M. Wilson • Vice President and Chief People Officer
Cerner Executive Management
Jack A. Newman, Jr. • Executive Vice President
William M. Dwyer • Senior Vice President
John B. Landis • Senior Vice President, Sales and Services Operations
Robert J. Campbell • Vice President and Chief Learning Officer
Gay M. Johannes • Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Jay E. Linney • Vice President, State and Regional Grids
Richard H. Miller, Jr. • Vice President and Chief Information Officer
William J. Miller • Vice President, Cerner Technologies
Catherine E. Mueller • Vice President, Client Care
J. Randall Nelson • Vice President, Life Sciences
Edward J. Schifman • Vice President, Device Innovation
Randy D. Sims • Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Jacob P. Sorg • Vice President, Accelerated Solutions Center
Donald D. Trigg • Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Charlotte A. Weaver, R.N. & Ph.D. • Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Americas Client Organization
Cerner Midwest
Jude G. Dieterman • Vice President, Cerner Corporation and President, Cerner Midwest
Amy D. Amick • Vice President, Services
Michael J. Supple • Vice President, Sales
Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific
Client Organization
Asia Pacific
Robert L. Wilhelm • General Manager
Cerner North Atlantic
Michael L. Fiorito • Vice President, Cerner Corporation and
President, Cerner North Atlantic
Santo A. Cugliotta, Jr. • Vice President, Sales
Doug P. Rempfer • Vice President, Services
Cerner Southeast
John T. Peterzalek • Vice President, Cerner Corporation and President, Cerner Southeast
Gary A. Pederson • Vice President, Sales
Paul J. Sinclair • Senior Vice President, Services
Cerner West
Michael C. Neal • Vice President, Cerner Corporation and President, Cerner West
Mitchell Clark • Vice President, Sales
Tyler W. Viernow • Vice President, Services
Cerner Canada
Robert J. Shave • Vice President, Cerner Corporation and President, Cerner Canada
France and Spain
Bruno N. Slosse • Vice President and General Manager
Germany/Austria
Steffen Zander • General Manager
Middle East
Amr Mostafa Gad • General Manager
United Kingdom
David W. Sides • Vice President and General Manager
Marcos Garcia • Vice President, U.K. National Programmes
Intellectual Property Organization
Douglas S. McNair, M.D. & Ph.D. • Senior Vice President, Knowledge and Discovery
John P. Fingado • Vice President, Solution Sales Operations
J. Bryan Ince • Vice President, Knowledge and Discovery
Lisa A. LaBau • Vice President, Cerner Transitions
David P. McCallie, Jr., M.D. • Vice President, Medical Informatics
Rajneesh Bajaj • Managing Director, Cerner India
To Cerner’s Shareholders, Clients and Associates:
2005 was the start of Cerner’s second 25 years. It was a very solid year both strategically and with regard to plan execution and results. It continued a
decade in which Cerner is becoming part of the infrastructure of healthcare delivery around the world. I offer the following 2005 highlights:
Our company’s annual revenues exceeded $1 billion for the first time, growing 25 percent in 2005 and an average of 23 percent over the past five
years.
Our earnings per share grew 27 percent in 2005 and have grown an average of 31 percent over the past five years.
We collected more than $1 billion in cash, and our total assets also exceeded $1 billion, growing 31 percent in 2005 and an average of 16 percent
over the past five years.
Our backlog (contracted future revenues) grew to be greater than $2 billion, a 39 percent increase in 2005 and an average of 28 percent growth
over five years.
For the first time, our Global business represented 10 percent of our total revenues, growing more than 75 percent in 2005 and an average of 34
percent over five years.
We had another record year in Bookings, Backlog, Revenues, Operating Earnings, Net Earnings, Earnings Per Share, Cash Collections and Cash
Flow.
We also achieved operational and marketing records across the board including: number of client facilities brought live with our Cerner Millennium®
solutions, number of contracts signed, number of client visits to our Vision Center, and number of requests for pricing.
We continued our track record of innovation, including our entry into the hardware business with the introduction of our CareAware™ line of
medication dispensing devices.
Our outstanding results in 2005 led to strong shareholder returns, with Cerner’s stock price increasing 71 percent during the year, driving our market
capitalization to more than $3.5 billion for the first time as our pre-split stock price approached $100 per share. If you’ve noticed, over the years many
of our financial metrics continued to add new zeros on the end—a good thing. Financial strength allows us to pursue our vision and mission; it lets us
drive into the future with confidence.
In the simplest terms possible, Cerner is a software company that provides a full complement of services necessary to implement and operate our
software. In our 2003 shareholder letter, I discussed Cerner’s business model and received a great deal of positive feedback from you about how this
additional transparency improved your understanding of how Cerner’s business model works and our financial strategies of continuing to grow our top
line, expand our operating margins and increase our free cash flow. Last year, we opted to keep and update this detailed information, moving it into an
appendix to the shareholder letter. This year we have done the same.
This annual letter also offers an opportunity to communicate more subtle but vitally important aspects about Cerner. Shareholders who just want to study
the numbers will find the Appendix more enjoyable reading than the rest of this letter. But I believe that the results are a reflection of a number of other
decisions. In last year’s letter, I discussed the importance of innovation to Cerner’s culture and growth potential as a company. In this year’s letter, I
would like to return to the important topic of how the complexities of the healthcare environment and the medium of information technology interact, how
Cerner gained its unique value proposition for healthcare, and ways in which Cerner strives to extend its competitive advantage well into the future. In
doing this, I will touch on the trends Cerner’s executive team and I see in our business environment and the key strategies we are pursuing as a company
in order to continue our remarkable long-term growth and contributions to improving healthcare delivery systems around the world.
Cerner went public on December 5, 1986, at a split-adjusted price of $1.00 per share. Facts about Cerner’s history as a public company include
the following:
Cerner’s stock price has increased an average of more than 20 percent annually since 1986 compared to 10 percent for the NASDAQ
Composite Index and 9 percent for the S&P 500 Index.
$10,000 invested in Cerner in 1986 would be worth more than $460,000 today.
Cerner’s market capitalization is approximately 80 times larger than in 1986, growing from $45 million in 1986 to more than $3.5 billion
today.
Cerner has grown its revenue an average of 25 percent annually, from $17 million in 1986 to more than $1.1 billion in 2005.
Cerner has been profitable on a pro forma basis every quarter since going public, growing earnings an average of more than 20 percent
annually.
Cerner has invested more than $1.3 billion in research and development since 1986 and intends to invest a similar amount in the next five
years.
Cerner has created nearly 7,000 high-quality jobs, with approximately 4,000 of them in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Healthcare & Information Technology Create Complexities, Opportunities
Cerner operates in two fast-paced industries, healthcare and information technology. A third industry derives from the convergence of these two,
healthcare information technology (HIT). While Cerner competes daily against companies that have a larger overall presence in either healthcare or
information technology, no competitor has a larger commitment than ours to the space where both industries meet. At Cerner, I regard healthcare as
our environment and information technology as the medium through which we impact that environment. Where the two intersect, a vast amount of work
remains to be done. As you will see in the following sections, the challenges in the healthcare environment are considerable, and information technology
is perhaps the only medium well situated to address the challenges. Both our environment and our medium have had a history of rapid and robust change,
and virtually all of Cerner’s opportunities as a company have emerged out of these changes. As change continues to create opportunity for Cerner, it will
also create additional complexity that we must successfully manage.
Inherent Challenges in the Healthcare Environment
The Fragmented Nature of Healthcare Delivery
A standard opening line of many healthcare executives when talking about United States healthcare delivery is that there is no “system” in the system. In
most communities, a patchwork of independent organizations forms the overall entity we perceive as a connected healthcare delivery system. Most of us
in the community view our personal physician as our trusted guide through the system, the professional who will manage our conditions and safeguard
our passage through its complexity. Practicing within the system today, however, are more than 100 types of physicians specializing and subspecializing
in different medical functions or conditions, and their connections with one another are tenuous at best. The movement toward these highly specialized
niches of care has been necessitated by an ever-widening sphere of knowledge about our complex human biology. Even if this body of knowledge
stopped increasing today, no physician alive could learn and retain all of it. How much less, then, can any one physician hope to apprehend the ongoing,
accelerating explosion of medical knowledge in all disciplines? Specialization has been the response to this phenomenon. Specialization has occurred
throughout the past century, but it has increased in recent decades as the discovery of medical knowledge has accelerated.
Frequently, specialists are not in medical practice with one another. A visit to each requires a separate appointment, and very few specialists have
easy access to a person’s previous medical records. Even hospitals have separate facilities cropping up for the treatment of children, women, hearts,
orthopedic cases and cancer. In most cases, home health, hospice, medical equipment services, the laboratory and pharmacy also function separately.
Each operates within its own silo, and, typically, each has its own set of medical records that are not designed to be exchanged with the others. In
most cases, the various clinicians in the “system” are trained separately, without comprehensive models for interacting with one another. When we as
consumers are in need of care, this reality has a double edge. Specialized knowledge can help us when we are patients with a known ailment, but it can
also harm us by its inability to view us as whole persons in need of a lifetime of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Paper, film and manual human processes eventually connected the parts of the system, but the hand-off points were—and are—prone to error, variance,
waste, delay and friction. This is the environment Cliff, Paul and I discovered when we entered business together in 1979. As “systems guys,” we could
not find the system. What we found was the complexity of the healthcare system and numerous unmet needs—an entrepreneurs’ paradise. Pockets of
profound improvement notwithstanding, fragmentation is still the norm in healthcare today. This is something I am acutely reminded of each time I or a
family member access the system for care. We need to put the “system” into our healthcare system.
Healthcare’s Complexity Creates Quality Issues
At the very beginning of this decade, information technology became a mainstream topic for healthcare executives when the landmark Institute of
Medicine (IOM) report, “To Err Is Human,” raised public concern over the number of preventable medical errors. The report estimated that preventable
medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths each year—this is equivalent to a jet carrying 270 passengers crashing every day of the year. Importantly, the
report called for “increased understanding of the use of information technology to increase patient safety.” In the United States, the first five years of the
decade have seen the progressive “wiring” of healthcare delivery, innovations and competition between suppliers of information technology, and talk of
defining standards of interoperability between systems that are, for the most part, privately owned.
Healthcare as an industry has a unique, inherently intimate relationship with each of us as individuals. Our lives and the lives of our families, friends and
associates will depend on the accessibility, timeliness and quality of the care in our communities.
Financial Complexities Create Unnecessary Friction for All
Beyond the fragmentation caused by clinical specialization, healthcare financing is also a bizarre maze of funding coming from multiple public and private
sources. The federal government’s Medicare program, which covers the larger portion of the costs of the over-65 population (the demographic segment
about to be invaded by the Baby Boomers), and the state-run Medicaid program, which uses a mix of federal and state funds to provide a safety net for
the poor, combine to account for nearly 50 percent of current healthcare financing. Private sources, originally private insurance programs funded by
employers, have converted to self-insured employer plans. Out-of-pocket consumer spending fills the gaps in coverage. Today, more than 40 million
individuals in the United States have no formal source of healthcare coverage and little ability to pay for major services, leaving healthcare providers to
cover the costs of care for this population from other sources of funds.
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Getting paid for practicing medicine as a physician or hospital is incredibly slow and complex. Small physician practices and hospitals have contracts
with numerous payors, each defining rules that must be complied with in order to successfully submit a claim. A multitude of plan variations specify
precisely which patients, procedures, services, conditions and medications are eligible for reimbursement. As consumers, we are quickly exposed to
this rat’s nest of rules and regulations when things are not covered, creating a sense of confusion and potential conflict with our physicians at the very
time we need to focus on “getting well.”
The prevailing, incoherent incentive in most of this payment system is that physicians and hospitals only get paid when people are sick. Most of us would
like a system designed to keep us healthy and react quickly and efficiently when we happen to be sick. The future direction is clear; the consumer will
be more involved in making economic healthcare decisions, and we need to redesign how commerce works in healthcare, eliminating the friction.
Healthcare’s Rising Costs
Any discussion of healthcare would be incomplete without a mention of healthcare’s rising costs. On average, the rate of increase of national spending
on healthcare has exceeded the growth of the world’s national economies by 2 percent per year for the last 40 years, creating an unsustainable course.
In the United States, when the 2005 figures are finalized, the national consumption of healthcare is expected to have topped $2 trillion or 16.2 percent of
the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), more than any other sector. Remarkably, this equates to more than $6,600 per person (capita) in the United States.
The fundamentals argue that the rate of increase will climb in the future. These fundamentals include the aging of the population; new sciences that
will extend the years of our lives, adding more people to the Medicare enrollment; new entitlement programs such as the recent Medicare drug benefit;
and major added costs associated with new lifesaving and life-prolonging procedures and expensive new technologies. Another fundamental is the
inevitable increase of consumerism in healthcare decision-making. Although consumerism sometimes acts to increase quality while lowering the cost
of healthcare, it can also increase the expectation—and provision—of inordinate measures of care that cost much and do not prolong years or improve
quality of life. In some cases, the rise is explained by the financial dislocation of the healthcare consumer. When the person or family receiving care is
not paying for the care, there is little incentive to control costs. But healthcare costs also rise for other fundamental reasons that are not easily isolated
or controlled.
The two biggest differences in healthcare delivery systems outside the United States are that most of them are single-payer systems in which the
government is the payer, and the level of spending as a percent of GDP is less. The implication of this difference is significant, putting United States
employers at a competitive disadvantage with other countries. Still, the trend is for healthcare costs to rise for many of the same reasons they rise in
the United States.
This trend has been long in the making, and policymakers have been reacting for decades. The 1980s saw shifts in the United States’ federal
reimbursement system from a retrospective “replace your costs” system to one that offered fixed payment per case using diagnosis-related groups
(DRGs). The 1990s was a decade of “managed care” designed to use the intermediaries as active interventionists in care decisions. Their goals were
twofold: to reduce utilization by ensuring medical necessity, and to improve quality. While there were some benefits such as reduced length-of-stay
in hospitals, this era ended in a whimper and with some fairly healthy market capitalizations of the top five insurance companies, which today have a
collective market capitalization that exceeds $180 billion. Hospitals responded by horizontal consolidation as well as some vertical consolidation, forming
Integrated Delivery Networks to increase their power to negotiate with the intermediaries. The federal government used the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
to attempt to break the trend of rising costs in the latter half of the decade.
At Cerner, we are sometimes impacted by policymakers’ attempts to control rising costs. The Balanced Budget Act slashed our clients’ operating margins
and affected purchasing in the late 1990s. In the long term, however, rising costs tend to work in our favor because they become a key incentive to invest
in information technology. The return on investment that used to be unproven is quickly becoming undeniable. In the fall of 2005, the multi-year, peer-
reviewed RAND study on healthcare IT was published in Health Affairs, and it offered solid evidence of what we at Cerner have believed for years—that
information technology has a unique value proposition for healthcare. The study concluded that the United States could have a net savings of $162 billion
per year, or approximately 10 percent of the total cost of healthcare, through the widespread adoption of IT. I refer to this as “the first 10 percent,”
because I believe the RAND study is conservative in its scope. I want to be on record as saying that we believe our industry’s true value to United States
healthcare will be a 30 percent reduction in cost as well as profound improvements in safety and quality.
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Capitalizing on the Opportunities Using Information Technology as a Medium
Information Technology – The Medium for Mission-Critical Change
Cliff, Paul and I started thinking about what would become Cerner on Sunday afternoon meetings in a Kansas City park in 1979. Our day-one concept
even before we started Cerner was to create “mission-critical” systems for a major, information-driven industry. In the early survival days, we discussed
and even dabbled in a number of industries, but when we signed our first healthcare client, a laboratory, it was clear to all of us, we had found the
industry that was everything we wanted and more. Healthcare was big. It was complex. It was propelled at its heart by information. Before long, we
were hooked.
It didn’t take too long for us to get exposed to more of the complexities of the healthcare environment—the intricacy of human biology, the fragmented
illusion of a “system,” the misaligned financial incentives and the treacherous cost pressures. At every step along the way, we found that information
technology had the capacity to extend clinicians’ abilities, to connect across care venues, to gain efficiencies and to remove needless costs. Before we
were done building PathNet®, our first laboratory application, we had a vision for connecting the mission-critical information in healthcare on a common
information platform. Our picnic-table concept of being “mission-critical” took on a crisp new meaning in our chosen healthcare industry: it meant being
clinical—that is, being directly or indirectly involved in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of a person who needs medical care. During the 1970s
and continuing through the 1990s, most healthcare IT systems were anything but clinical. The then-dominant companies had made financial systems the
center of their information strategies and architectures. At that time, clinically based systems existed only in departments such as laboratory, pharmacy
and radiology. Hence, these three departments were the first set of solutions developed by Cerner.
If you happen to have a collector’s edition of Cerner’s IPO prospectus you will see our strategy of automating the core clinical care processes as we
describe our first-generation Health Network Architecture® (HNA) platform. HNA was a good and popular architecture that accomplished many of our
original goals, but over time our growing vision for healthcare led us to a new, scalable architecture built around the person. In time, our Cerner
Millennium information architecture would include applications that share information across almost every venue of care, from the operating room to
the board room to the living room. Today, the Cerner Millennium suite is the broadest and deepest set of rich applications with a common architecture
anywhere in the world. And each year, we deepen its capabilities and broaden its reach with new applications.
Healthcare continues to present many unsolved problems, many of them based on the inherent challenges in the healthcare environment. At Cerner, we
continue to identify new opportunities to grow our company organically. In other industries, our entrepreneurial culture may be a disadvantage. In this
industry, it has been an advantage in the past, and I believe it will continue to be a big advantage over the next decade.
Competitive Trends in HIT
Cerner is not alone in recognizing the opportunities in this industry. The competitive landscape continues to change. This healthy environment creates
a robust competitive landscape in the HIT industry. It continues to attract the world’s largest companies, with GE Healthcare expanding their presence
with the acquisition of IDX Systems. The overall competitive landscape continues to have three basic types of competitors. The first type is the
entrepreneurially driven company. This includes Cerner as well as a host of smaller niche companies trying to grow into the next Cerner in the industry.
The second type is the large multinational conglomerate. This includes GE and Siemens, who see growth opportunities and synergies with their other
businesses. The third type is the financially engineered “roll up” business that built a business and generates growth through a series of acquisitions of
weaker companies. A very good business environment will continue to attract increased competitors of all types.
Cerner Strategies Driving Our Growth
Strategy may be the most used business term with the greatest variance in definition. Every business leader ultimately uses it to define how their firm
is or will be obtaining competitive advantage. We believe that good corporate strategies have long lifecycles because they are the path to solve complex
changes. Some strategies are well thought through at the beginning of a long path. Being mission-critical (clinical), and having one architecture that
spans the continuum of care are Cerner strategies that have decades-long relevance, because they address the essential mission of healthcare and one of
its biggest challenges. Likewise, creating organic growth through innovation is also a strategy that has been present with Cerner from day one. It is part
of the fabric of our company to reiterate a virtuous cycle of taking a concept from “vision to value,” and we expect this to continue. In reality, however,
many strategies are discovered along the way, either as adjustments that result from difficulties or as discoveries of things that just happen to work well.
Below are some key strategies we are using to grow and improve Cerner at the start of 2006.
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Using Size and Scale to Our Advantage
When Cliff, Paul and I sat at that park picnic table as twenty-somethings creating a start-up, there was no way we foresaw size as a strategy. In 2005,
we passed the $1 billion revenue mark, reached nearly 7,000 Cerner associates, and operated the largest HIT development and consulting organizations
in the world. Size has become one of our strengths. Clients want to know that the company they choose to build on will be around for more than a
few years. Governments are starting to contract for business, and they want a company with substantial resources on the other side of the contract.
Our relative size has become an advantage in this era. We have the talent, resources and technology to take on any healthcare information job in the
world.
In information technology, the concept of scalability means that the architecture can accommodate more (with more resources) without degrading in
performance. We developed Cerner Millennium as a contemporary, n-tiered architecture designed around the person, not around a single organization.
We envisioned a community model and knew we needed an architecture that would scale upward to handle the information needs of millions of people
while running as a single system. Today, the Cerner Millennium architecture is proven to run large enterprises and even countries. This is clearly a
Cerner competitive advantage.
Healthcare is Global, Cerner is Global
Our first foray into the Global market was in 1986. We recognized then that the market for our solutions was a global one. Because our focus began
in the clinical arena, most of our applications required little enhancement to meet the requirements of markets of other countries. Clinical medicine is
practiced similarly and with the same medical technology around the world. How hospitals and doctors are paid differs from place to place, but disease
and its impact on human life do not.
Twenty years of Cerner Annual Reports tell the story of Cerner’s growing presence in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Australia and Asia. We now
have systems in use in 17 countries and have offices in 13 countries (see the back cover of this Annual Report for details). HIT has become healthcare
policy, with federal governments promoting and in some cases acquiring clinically based systems. This was a breakout year for our Global organization,
with successes around the world, including the national contract to implement Cerner Millennium solutions in more than 20 percent of England as the
software supplier for the Fujitsu consortium. Two years ago, we were eliminated from consideration from this same procurement, but the struggles of a
competitor allowed us the chance to go back in and deliver our solutions. Cerner is global.
Combining Biology & Information Technology – Millennium Helix
Just five years after the initial draft of the first human genome sequencing was completed for an estimated cost of $300 million (the final draft and all the
technology that made it possible came in near $3 billion), the headline in Science magazine reads, “The Race for the $1000 Genome.” This year alone,
the cost of sequencing a mammalian genome is expected to decline from $22 million to a mere $100,000, and is expected to fall further within a short
time. Although having your own genome sequenced today would be considered a very expensive novelty, new discoveries are being made on a weekly
basis that will make sequencing less of a novelty and more of a practical benefit to your health. The declining cost of DNA sequencing triggers even
more discoveries. It is undeniable that future best medical decisions will be based on your actual DNA. Your physician stands nervously in between the
potential benefit to you of the new scientific technology and the potential burden of using it fully.
At Cerner, we saw this trend coming several years ago and have designed, built and implemented the Millennium Helix™ solution as part of our information
platform. In this work we have defined a new nomenclature, the Clinical Bioinformatics Ontology™, to classify and store the vast amount of DNA
information contained in the human genome. Recently, the National Cancer Institute adopted and is publishing this nomenclature in its Metathesaurus
for other researchers around the world to use.
Having your own genome as part of your Personal Health Record creates the platform for an increasing percentage of your future medical decisions to be
personalized to you, ushering in a new era of “personalized medicine.” The physician keeping abreast of recent genomic advances senses the tsunami of
information heading toward their professional practice. We see the upcoming postgenomic sea-change as a significant opportunity for Cerner to emerge
as the vehicle for healthcare information in the new world.
Providing Our Clients the Necessary Technology Infrastructure and Management Skills to Operate Millennium – CernerWorks
CernerWorks (formerly Cerner Managed Services) has quietly become the third leg of Cerner, standing strong alongside the Client and Intellectual
Property organizations. Our strategy is to reduce total cost of ownership for our clients while we increase the value the applications deliver. Cerner has
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the opportunity to use the “economy of scale” of hosting our clients’ Cerner Millennium applications at a cost lower than what clients incur inside their
own organizations. It also moves the capital expenditures required for the necessary technology infrastructure from the client to Cerner, reducing the
start-up cash requirement. In most cases, we have also been able to improve the reliability and availability of the system to the end users. We provide
a 99.9% uptime guarantee to our CernerWorks clients, while working on making our systems available 100% of the time. Overall, the value proposition
to our clients is strong and accounts for the large growth in this part of Cerner.
Creating an Information Utility for Physicians – PowerWorks
The majority of physicians are in small practices of 20 or fewer physicians. These are true small business organizations, and they lack access to
much of the capital, management and information technology assets and talent enjoyed by larger organizations. Cerner is committed to bringing these
organizations world-class solutions and services without the burden of investing in and managing the enabling technology platform. Historically, Cerner
Millennium solutions and services have not been affordable for the smallest of physician practices. In 2005, we made significant strides in advancing a
strategy to provide low-cost, high-value services directly to the low-end physician office market. Offering a large-scale, utility-like solution that makes
use of a shared operating environment allows us to lower costs and connect physicians with each other and with the people they serve. The beauty of
the utility model is the greater the number of physicians who connect, the greater the benefit to all. We launched this strategy at the beginning of 2005
with the acquisition of the Medical Business Division of VitalWorks, Inc., which brought more than 30,000 physicians in 3,500 physician practices to
Cerner and was the largest acquisition in our company’s history. The business model is a monthly subscription that varies based on the services chosen,
much like subscribing to cable TV service.
Coordinating Care across Communities with Health Information Networks
One of the large systemic issues in healthcare is the need to coordinate care across all parts of the fragmented healthcare delivery system. It is clear
that information technology will be a major construct in the solution of these issues. It is less clear by whom and how these solutions will be developed
and delivered in the United States. In other countries, the federal or provincial/state governments are stepping in to provide the necessary infrastructure.
Cerner has taken thought leadership in this critical area. In the state of Tennessee with our partner Shared Health, we developed and implemented a
community health record for each of the members of the state-wide TennCare Medicaid program. Today, more than 1 million citizens of Tennessee
have available a community health record that is accessible to their personal physicians and emergency departments in the state, and we expect more
than 1.5 million citizens to have community health records available by the middle of 2006. Building on what has been accomplished in Tennessee, the
state of Kansas is in the early stages of adopting a similar program featuring a community health record for the state’s Medicaid population in Sedgwick
County and notably adding to that valuable e-prescribing data, all enabled by Cerner. In addition to these state-based initiatives, Cerner in 2005 also
facilitated the creation of a first-of-its-kind, employer-driven approach to care coordination in Kansas City. American Century Investments, Applebee’s
International, Sprint Nextel and YRC Worldwide are among the private-sector employers who have committed to join Healthe Mid-America. In doing so,
they will provide their employees a portable personal health record that holds the promise of improving the quality and completeness of care they receive
in venues across the metropolitan area.
Taking a New Approach to Managing Type I Diabetes
Fragmentation’s biggest impact in the healthcare system is most visible when you are managing chronic medical conditions. There is little doubt that
information technology will play a large part in solving challenges faced by populations with chronic illnesses. Cerner has taken a leadership role through
our national program to connect the children and youth in the United States who have Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes with their doctors. To date, we have
implemented this offering with more than 40 participating healthcare organizations, who have in turn registered more than 6,000 children to the system,
with numbers increasing weekly. While we are providing the service free of charge, we believe that this is an effective demonstration project for other
condition-based utilities, and there are several opportunities for successful business models from this type of service.
Entering a New Device Market with CareAware RxStation
As electronic medical records (EMRs) become the single source of truth for providers, the “context” of almost all medical decisions will reside in the EMR.
This same context drives almost all of the clinical processes. The healthcare device industry is huge, ranging from the familiar stethoscope to implantable
devices for controlling your heart rate.
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Most healthcare devices in existence today are either too “smart” or too “dumb” to fit the capabilities of the rapidly evolving healthcare information
infrastructure. Either they are over-engineered and overly complex, or they are lacking adequate technology to take advantage of available clinical
information. A new generation of healthcare devices is needed. Cerner recognized this large opportunity and, in less than one year, designed and
manufactured the prototypes of a new line of medication dispensing devices called CareAware RxStation™. Our introduction of the CareAware line at
the recent HIMSS convention was a major success. Hundreds of people attended private demonstrations, and for those I witnessed, it was a “blink”
moment for each of them. They instantly got it and loved that their Cerner Millennium EMR is the single source of truth for the complex physician-
pharmacist-nurse interaction that occurs during the medication process of ordering, dispensing and administration. This process often includes multiple
modifications and changes in order status as clinicians interact to provide the best care for their patient. Because of its connection to Cerner Millennium,
each CareAware RxStation device is at all times aware of the right person, drug, dose, route of administration and time for a medication order, as well
as who is assigned to administer the medication. Our competitors’ devices require a cumbersome workflow for the hospital staff and dual maintenance
of formulary information, a potential source of error and delay. After the “blink” moment, most clinicians who see the CareAware devices want their
organizations to buy them.
2005 is history. It was a good year. We improved Cerner’s financial performance significantly and moved our boundaries as a company. It was the year
in which Cerner became truly global, announced commercial availability of the world’s first genome-enabled system, advanced our new business “utility”
model to meet the needs of the smaller physician practice, grew the CernerWorks segment into the third leg of our business, successfully connected
large populations of people to their care providers at the community level, and designed, developed and introduced our first healthcare device, CareAware
RxStation.
I believe it is going to be both fascinating and exciting to watch Cerner evolve over the next 10 years, to see what Cerner becomes in 2015. I believe
the seeds are being planted now for our continued success as a leader in driving the future configuration of healthcare in the United States and around
the globe. There is much work to be done. The road ahead will have its share of bumps and a few detours. However, healthcare remains an industry
driven by information, and the fundamental challenges that existed when we entered this industry in 1979 still exist in a great percentage of the market
today. Our industry is maturing, and healthcare providers are becoming wise buyers of IT. This next 10 years will separate the HIT companies capable
of investing wisely to solve tomorrow’s needs from those who are here to meet today’s needs only. It will separate those who produce results from those
who cannot. Cerner will continue our role of leveraging our key strategies and using innovation to create new solutions that make healthcare delivery
safer, more efficient and of higher quality.
Warren Buffett says the key to investing is “determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage.
The products or services that have wide, sustainable moats around them are the ones that deliver rewards to investors.”
Where is Cerner’s moat? It is clearly in our Intellectual Property—Cerner Millennium architecture, application software, medical content, algorithms,
empirical data and methodologies—and in the Intellectual Capital of our associates and their experiences. Only time will tell how wide, deep and
enduring our moat is. We have tried to give you some ideas in this letter of where we are investing to improve Cerner’s moat. We believe that the busy
intersection of healthcare and information technology has a sizeable, important and increasing role to play in our society.
On behalf of the entire Cerner team, I would like to thank you for supporting our vision and mission. We will continue to work hard to reward your
confidence by improving healthcare delivery around the world.
NEAL L. PATTERSON
FOUNDER
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
CLIFFORD W. ILLIG
FOUNDER
Vice Chairman
PAUL N. GORUP
FOUNDER
Senior Vice President and Chief of Innovation
EARL H. DEVANNY, III
President
PAUL M. BLACK
Executive Vice President
& Chief Operating Officer
MARC G. NAUGHTON
Senior Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer
JEFFREY A. TOWNSEND
Executive Vice President
JULIA M. WILSON
Vice President & Chief People Officer
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Appendix: Cerner’s Business Model
and Financial Assessment
INTRODUCTION
For the past two years we have included a detailed discussion of our business model and financial performance as part of our shareholder letter or
in an appendix to the shareholder letter. We are continuing that tradition this year with a discussion of our current business model, 2005 financial
performance, and strategy for achieving 20% operating margins.
THE CERNER BUSINESS MODEL
The core of Cerner’s business model is the creation of intellectual property (IP) in the form of software and other forms of digital content. Our software
is bundled with other technologies and services to create complete clinical and business solutions for healthcare providers. In short, we build it, sell it,
deliver it, and support it for healthcare provider organizations around the world (“it” in this context refers to the solutions Cerner creates for healthcare
organizations). In our opinion, we have a healthy business model and, under the right circumstances, we believe it will continue to improve over the
next several years. Below is a graphical representation of Cerner’s business model showing a top-to-bottom flow of how Cerner converts new business
opportunities and our backlog into revenue and earnings.
At the top of our model is our Sales Pipeline of potential future
business opportunities we have identified in the marketplace.
Our pipeline has increased substantially over the past several
years, reflecting both a strong market for our solutions and our
leadership position in the healthcare information technology
marketplace.
During each quarter, we sign new contracts to deliver our
solutions to clients. These contract signings are reported as
New Contract Bookings and become part of our contract
backlog. A typical new contract will impact our revenues in the
current quarter and for the next several quarters, or even years,
depending on how the licenses, technology resale, subscriptions/
transactions, managed services, and professional services are
delivered
Almost all of our client contracts will also contain provisions for
Support Contracts in which Cerner agrees to provide a broad
set of services that support our clients’ use of our solutions in
demanding clinical settings. This support includes addressing
technical issues related to our software and providing access to
future releases of licensed software.
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Continuing with our top-down business model flow, the value
of the new contract bookings and support contracts rolls into
our Contract Backlog and Support Backlog, respectively. Even
though almost all of our systems are in service for decades, our
reported Support Backlog only includes the expected value for one
year of support revenue for all of our client support contracts. We
have historically reported the value of these backlogs because
we believe they are important to our shareholders’ ability to
interpret the overall health of our business. Our total backlog
(signed contracts with unrecognized revenues and one year of
support for all support contracts) ended 2005 at approximately $2.14 billion and grew at healthy compounded annual rates of 29 percent, 28 percent and
29 percent over the past three, five and 10 years.
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At the core of our business model are our various revenue streams and the contribution each stream makes toward the profitability of Cerner. The
contribution is stated as the recognized revenue less the direct cost to produce that revenue. On our business model, we have depicted six revenue
categories that roll into the two revenue line items on our income statement. Licensed Software, Technology Resale, and Subscriptions/Transactions
make up the System Sales line of our income statement, and Professional Services, Managed Services, and Support & Maintenance make up the
Services, Support & Maintenance line. Here is a description of each revenue stream:
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Licensed Software. We develop and license IP (our architectures, application software, executable and referential knowledge, data and algorithms)
to our clients. Our standard license is perpetual—providing our clients permanent rights to use the software they purchase. This approach contrasts
with the approach of most of our competitors who are always trying to sell “upgrades” to their clients. We believe our approach is part of the reason
for our leadership position and the reason we have so many long-term client relationships—some longer than 20 years. We recognize revenues from
licensed software as we achieve predefined client engagement milestones, such as delivery and installation of our software. In 2005, this type of
revenue represented 21 percent of our total revenues with a profit contribution of 85 percent.
Technology Resale. We bundle licensed software with other companies’ IP (e.g., that of HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle) in the form of sublicenses in
order to create complete technology solutions for our clients. We also resell bundled computer equipment (hardware) from technology companies to
create a completely functional system. We recognize revenues from technology resale as the equipment is delivered to our clients. In 2005, these
revenues represented approximately 13 percent of our total revenue with a profit contribution of 13 percent. The profit contribution realized in 2005
is down from 20 percent in 2004 due to a much higher volume of lower margin hardware. Even at the lower margins, technology resale is still a vital
component of our business, as it is a driver of other high margin, high visibility revenue, such as technical services, sublicensed software support,
and equipment maintenance.
Subscriptions/Transactions. Another method by which we provide IP
is based on a subscription model that has a periodic usage charge. This
is the primary way we package and provide medical knowledge, which
changes based on research and can be updated independently from
the software in which it is embedded. Also included in this category
of revenue is our Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction revenue.
EDI is the electronic transfer of data between healthcare providers and
payers. Both the subscription and transaction model revenue streams are
generally recognized monthly, and in 2005 they represented 5 percent of
our total revenues with a profit contribution of 37 percent.
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Subscriptions/
Transactions
5%
Reimbursed Travel
3%
Managed Services
7%
Maintenance
& Support
25%
Licensed Software
21%
Technology
Resale
13%
Professional Services. We provide a wide range of professional services
to assist our clients in the implementation of our information systems
in their organizations. These services are in the form of project management, technical and application expertise, and education and training of our
clients’ staffs to assist in the construction and implementation of our systems. We recognize revenues associated with these engagement activities
as they are provided to our clients. In 2005, these revenues represented approximately 26 percent of our total revenue with a profit contribution of
27 percent. We have a number of initiatives in place in order to improve the fundamental profitability of this element of our business. Our target profit
contribution is 33 percent by 2008.
Professional Services
26%
Managed Services. There are some services that, in certain circumstances, we can perform better and more economically than our clients can for
themselves. Over the past several years, we have begun to offer a number of such services we call CernerWorks Managed Services. We currently
offer a set of technical services that include Remote Hosting, Application Management Services and Disaster Recovery. Remote Hosting is the largest
of these offerings, and it involves Cerner buying (out of cash flows) the necessary equipment, installing it in one of our data centers, and operating
the entire system on the client’s behalf. The revenues for this service and our charge for the equipment are recognized monthly as we provide the
services. Most of our clients choose to own their own software license, so that portion of the revenue is unchanged. Cerner owns the equipment,
however, instead of selling it upfront to the client; this impacts the technology resale portion of the revenue. Managed Services represented 7 percent
of our total revenue in 2005. The profitability of this part of our business is currently at 25 percent and should increase as we grow this business and
spread the fixed costs across a larger revenue stream.
Support & Maintenance. The final portion of our revenue comes from the ongoing support and maintenance services we provide after our systems are
in use by our client organizations. Almost all of our clients contract for these services. Clients on support contracts get 24x7 access to our Immediate
Response Center, which serves as our “emergency room”, as well as access to a very knowledgeable base of associates in our Immediate Answer
Center for less urgent issues. In addition, our clients’ support payments give them ongoing access to the latest releases of our IP. Cerner also provides
support for sublicensed software and maintenance for third-party hardware. In 2005, support and maintenance revenues represented approximately
25 percent of total revenue with a strong profit contribution of 62 percent.
Note that all of the revenue categories discussed above add up to approximately 97 percent of total revenue. The remaining 3 percent is revenue from
reimbursed travel expenses related to Cerner associates traveling to client locations. This revenue has a zero margin as it is simply a pass-through of our
client-related travel expenses that are billed to our clients, but which we are required to report as revenue.
The two large indirect expenses in our business model are the costs of our Research and Development (R&D), which was equal to 18 percent of revenue
in 2005, and the indirect portion of Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) activities, which represented 15 percent of revenue in 2005. Cerner
has a long history of investing heavily in R&D and using that investment to systematically expand markets to create organic growth. We expect to invest
at least $1 billion in R&D from 2005-2010, an investment we believe is unmatched in our industry. Over the next several years, we expect the industrial
strength of our Cerner Millennium architecture and the enactment of several initiatives designed to leverage our R&D investments to slow the rate of
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increase in R&D spending while continuing our strong record of innovation and organic growth. Similarly, we expect to, and have already begun to, take
advantage of a more scalable business infrastructure to reduce the rate of increase in SG&A spending to below our revenue growth rate. We expect this
leverage to help improve operating margins without impacting our ability to develop and deliver new solutions to our clients.
In 2005, our overall operating margin of $147 million was 13 percent of revenue. The remaining expenses in our business model are taxes and interest
expense, which totaled $61 million in 2005, leaving $85 million of net earnings, or $1.09 of earnings per share.
ASSESSMENT OF 2005 FINANCIAL RESULTS
We continued to focus on three key financial objectives in 2005: growing the top line, expanding operating margins and generating free cash flow.
Growing the Top Line
Cerner has consistently delivered strong long-term revenue growth. Both our
new business bookings and revenue have grown at compound annual rates of 20
percent or more over the past five- and ten-year time horizons. In 2005, we grew
our revenue at 25 percent (18 percent excluding revenue from our acquisition of
the Medical Division of VitalWorks, Inc. that closed at the beginning of 2005). Our
strong growth in 2005 came on double digit growth in both U.S. and global revenue.
Notably, our global business had a breakout year with revenue growing 78 percent
and increasing from 7 percent to 10 percent of total revenue. Our replacement of
a competitor in the Southern region of England was a part of our global success in
2005, with this contract contributing $14 million of revenue. However, other regions
in our global business also had strong years. On strength in the Middle East, Asia
Pacific, France and Canada, global revenue grew more than 50 percent excluding
revenue from our contract in the United Kingdom.
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In 2006, we believe we can continue gaining market share by leveraging our proven solutions. We are also focused on cross-selling into our installed
base as our clients’ needs grow over time. On average, an existing client has just over five solutions installed from among the nearly 60 potential Cerner
Millennium solutions that are available. Even after the aforementioned strong growth in our global business, we continue to see significant opportunities
globally. Also, as discussed in our shareholder letter, we continue to create new areas of growth such as our CareAware hospital device initiative, state
and regional community health record initiatives, and our physician practice strategy.
Expanding Operating Margins
In February of 2004, we mapped out our path from the 2003 level of 9 percent operating margins to our target of 20. We made very good progress during
the first year of this path, with our operating margin expanding 310 basis points in 2004 to 12.4 percent. In 2005, the rate of our margin expansion
slowed, with operating margins increasing 20 basis points to 12.6 percent. The primary cause of the lower level of margin expansion in 2005 was that
we sold more hardware than expected and those hardware sales were at lower than normal margins. To a lesser extent, our operating margins were
impacted by our contract with Fujitsu in the Southern region of England, which is being accounted for at zero margins (equal amounts of revenue and
expense) until all elements of software have been delivered, which is expected sometime in 2008. Despite the impact the low-margin hardware sales
and our contract in England had on our operating margin as a percent of revenue, we still grew operating earnings nearly 30 percent in 2005 because of
strong levels of software sales and margin expansion in our professional services, managed services, subscriptions, transaction processing, and support
and maintenance business models.
In February of 2006, we updated our path to 20 percent operating margins. Below is a description of the key elements of our path to achieving 20 percent
operating margins. Note that the ‘base case’ path discussed below leads to approximately 19 percent operating margins for the full-year 2008, which
would equate to an operating margin of 20 percent or more in the fourth quarter of 2008. This path assumes for comparative purposes that the revenue
from our contract with Fujitsu will remain at zero margin through 2008 even though we expect to begin recognizing margin on that contract sometime in
2008. It is also important to note that our management team has a more aggressive target to achieve 20 percent operating margins by the fourth quarter
of 2007 and 21 percent operating margins for the full-year 2008. The graph showing the margin expansion targets reflects this management target and
a view that excludes the zero-margin Fujitsu contract revenue from the base case. Finally, it is important to realize that our margin expansion path is
based on the assumption that we will grow our revenue by approximately 14 percent in 2006 and 10-12 percent in 2007 and 2008.
Improving Professional Services Margins from 2 percent in 2005 to percent by 200. We expect this to contribute more than 130 basis
points to Cerner’s operating margin. We made a lot of progress at expanding margins in this organization in 2005, and we believe there are still more
opportunities to enhance productivity. A key driver will be continuing to leverage our Accelerated Solutions Center, which has higher margins than
traditional projects and accounted for approximately 20 percent of conversions in 2005. The next level of productivity is expected to be achieved
through an initiative called Bedrock™, which is a wizard-like technology that automates much of the implementation and management of our Cerner
Millennium information platform. The Bedrock technology has the potential to significantly reduce the implementation cost for both Cerner and our
clients, allowing for margin expansion and a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
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Leverage R&D investments, bringing R&D as a percentage of revenue down
from 1 percent to 1 percent by 200. We expect this to contribute over 130
basis points to Cerner’s operating margin. The opportunity to generate margin
expansion by honing and hardening Cerner Millennium architecture and solutions
in order to reap the full benefit of our significant past IP investments is in focus.
Taking advantage of our common platform should allow us to continue our record
of innovation while growing R&D spending at a rate that is slower than our top-
line growth rate. The key to doing this will be our ability to extend Millennium to
new revenue opportunities, such as the global marketplace, without significant
incremental costs. Our certification and testing operations in India will also contribute
to our ability to control the rate of R&D growth.
Leverage Sales, General, and Administrative expenses. We expect this to
contribute over 170 basis points to Cerner’s operating margin. We have built a
scalable business infrastructure that should allow us to keep our SG&A spending
growth rate lower than our top-line growth rate.
Expand Margins and grow revenue in Managed Services and Subscription
/ Transaction business models. We expect these to contribute over 50 basis
points to Cerner’s operating margin. Both of these business models are relatively
immature, but they are experiencing strong growth, and we expect them both to
become more profitable as they grow and the fixed costs associated with supporting
them are spread over a higher revenue base.
Increase profitability of Technology Resale. We expect this to contribute nearly
40 basis points to Cerner’s operating margin. The primary driver of this will be
focusing on getting better margins on hardware sales and increasing the mix of
higher margin sublicensed software as a percent of total technology resale.
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Increase profitability of Support and Maintenance. We expect this to contribute nearly 100 basis points to Cerner’s operating margin. As we have
continued to harden the Cerner Millennium platform, our incremental cost to support each additional client has declined. We expect this to continue,
which will allow us to expand the profitability of this highly visible revenue stream.
A key point regarding our margin expansion strategy is that we are executing it while our business model is transitioning to more visible and recurring
revenue components. For example, in 2000, approximately 55 percent of Cerner’s revenue came from what we consider visible or recurring sources
such as Professional Services, Managed Services, Subscriptions/Transactions, and Support & Maintenance. In 2005, 66 percent of our revenue came
from these sources, and by 2008, we estimate that 70 percent of our revenue will be coming from these sources.
Earnings Growth
Because of our strong top-line growth and strong margin contribution from all areas of our business except hardware sales, we grew our earnings over
30 percent in 2005. Our three- and five-year compound annual earnings growth rates of 18 percent and 33 percent, respectively, reflect our ability
to drive long-term earnings growth. Going forward, our top-line strategies coupled with continued focus on productivity enhancements and margin
expansion position us well to grow earnings 20 to 25 percent annually.
Generating Free Cash Flow
A healthy business generates cash flow. Perhaps our most significant improvement
over the past few years has been in our cash flow performance. In 2005, we
increased operating cash flow 36 percent to $229 million and increased free cash
flow (operating cash flow less capital expenditures and capitalized software) 25
percent to $66 million.
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be influenced by many factors beyond our control, but we believe in the long term
it will closely reflect the quality of our decisions. We believe it is important for
our shareholders that we focus on delivering strong long-term results, but we also
understand the importance of delivering consistently against short-term targets. We
continue to deliver strong short-term and long-term results, and our stock price
reflects this. In 2005, Cerner’s stock price increased 71 percent compared to a 1 percent increase in the NASDAQ Composite Index. The three-, five-,
and ten-year compound annual growth rates for our stock price are 43 percent, 15 percent, and 16 percent, respectively—more than double the return
for the NASDAQ market in each time horizon.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2005
10-K
1
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
( X ) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
OR
( )TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
For the transition period from _____________ to ___________
Commission File Number 0-15386
CERNER CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
43-1196944
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2800 Rockcreek Parkway, North Kansas City, Missouri 64117
(816) 221-1024
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code;
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes X
No _____
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Yes X
No _____
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X
No _____
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K.
[ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer X
Non-accelerated filer _____
Accelerated filer _____
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes _____
No X
As of July 2, 2005, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $2,063,790,353 based on
the closing sale price as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
[Common Stock, $.01 par value per share]
Class
Outstanding at February 25, 2006
78,649,164 shares
Document
Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 26, 2006 (Proxy Statement)
Parts Into Which Incorporated
Part III
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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PART 1
Item 1. Business
Overview
Cerner Corporation (“Cerner” or the “Company”) is a Delaware business incorporated in 1980. The Company’s corporate headquarters are located at
2800 Rockcreek Parkway, North Kansas City, Mo. 64117. Its telephone number is (816) 221-1024. The Company’s Web site address is www.cerner.
com. The Company makes available free of charge, on or through its Web site, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cerner is taking the paper out of healthcare, eliminating error, variance and waste from the care process. With more than 1,500 clients worldwide,
Cerner is a leading supplier of healthcare information technology (HIT) and healthcare devices that uniquely connect physician offices, hospitals, clinics,
laboratories, pharmacies and consumers’ homes to timely, relevant healthcare information.
Cerner’s unified architecture, end-to-end solution and service portfolio and proven results, combined with its commitment to forming long-term, aligned
client relationships, are central to optimizing healthcare outcomes. All together, the Company’s 6,830 associates, including almost 900 clinicians, help
client organizations of every size increase safety, improve efficiency and impact the bottom line via HIT.
Cerner® solutions are designed to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery by providing the right information to the right person at
the right time and place to achieve the optimal health outcome. With an electronic medical record at the core of solutions created to meet specific needs
across the continuum of care, Cerner solutions provide secure access to clinical, administrative and financial data in real time. Cerner services enable
clients to streamline information technology management and maintenance to realize the greatest returns on their HIT investments.
Cerner solutions are designed and developed on the unified, person-centric Cerner Millennium® architecture. The Cerner Millennium architecture is a
state-of-the-art technology infrastructure that seamlessly combines clinical, financial and management information systems. It provides access to an
individual’s electronic medical record at the point of care and organizes and proactively delivers information to meet the specific needs of the physician,
nurse, laboratory technician, pharmacist or other care provider, front- and back-office professionals, and even consumers.
The Cerner Vision
Cerner’s vision has evolved from a fundamental thought: Healthcare should not be organized around an encounter; it should revolve around the individual.
This concept led to Cerner’s Community Health Model and the creation of the person-centric Cerner Millennium architecture—a truly unified, enterprise-
wide architecture. The Community Health Model encompasses four steps:
Automate the Care Process
Cerner offers a longitudinal, person-centric electronic medical record, giving clinicians fingertip access to the right information at the right time and
place to achieve the optimal health outcome.
Connect the Person
Cerner is dedicated to building a personal health system. Medical information and care regimens accessible from home empower consumers to
effectively manage their conditions and adhere to treatment plans, creating a new medium between physicians and individuals.
Structure the Knowledge
Cerner is dedicated to building systems that bring the best science to every medical decision by structuring, storing and studying the content
surrounding each care episode to achieve optimal clinical and financial outcomes.
Close the Loop
Today, the gap between medical discovery and its incorporation into daily practice can be as long as 10 years. Cerner is dedicated to building systems
that implement evidence-based medicine, reducing the average time from the discovery of an improved method to the change in the standard of
care.
The Cerner Strategy
Key elements of the Company’s business strategy include:
Leverage the proven Cerner Millennium architecture and the depth and breadth of Cerner solutions to continue expanding market share in the United
States and abroad
Increase penetration of both large health systems and independent hospitals
Further penetrate existing client base by cross-selling additional Cerner solutions and services
Increase penetration of physician practices by offering a high-value suite of solutions with low upfront and recurring costs
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Continue to develop innovative solutions and services that leverage the Company’s existing technology and human capital expertise and that drive
continued organic revenue growth
State and regional community health record initiatives
Healthcare device innovation
Clinical process optimization
More efficient methods of transacting healthcare
Offer more efficient and predictable implementations and systems that can be operated at lower costs to reduce total cost of ownership for the
Company’s clients, while allowing for expanded profitability for Cerner
Cerner Bedrock™ is an innovative technology for automating the implementation and management of the Cerner Millennium information platform
CernerWorks™ managed services allow Cerner to manage complexity and technology risks for clients while providing more reliability and lower
costs
Deliver the optimal client experience that will allow critical relationship with the Company’s clients to continue growing
World-class support services
Predictable and efficient implementations and upgrades
Lower total cost of ownership
Commitment to research and development
Solution and Service Highlights
Cerner offers some 57 solutions enabling improvements to clinical, financial and operational healthcare processes, as well as supporting community health
needs and knowledge delivery functions. A comprehensive managed services offering complements the Company’s software, hardware, sublicensed
software and professional services, ensuring clients derive maximum value from their systems. Continuing to broaden and deepen the Company’s
solution and service portfolio, Cerner introduced or advanced the following selected innovations in 2005:
Physician Solutions
The next generation of PowerChart® electronic medical record is an extension of the proven Cerner Millennium architecture. The refinements stem
from client feedback and encompass an enhanced visual interface, streamlined processes and workflow intuitive to clinician needs.
PowerWorks® is a full suite of clinical and practice management solutions designed to provide everything needed to run a doctor’s office. Delivered
on a subscription basis, PowerWorks is available for a low monthly fee. Cerner hosts the data for PowerWorks clients, keeping the information safe,
secure and available to the appropriate people at the appropriate time.
Nursing Solutions
Cerner solutions help make evidence-based nursing practice a reality by incorporating best practices at the point of care and accessing nursing-
specific content for frequently diagnosed conditions. Cerner’s collaboration with The University of Iowa, Aurora Health Care, Inc. and University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee in this space enables the benefits of evidence-based nursing, helping clients:
Deliver proven evidence to the point of decision
Reduce the gap between scientific discovery and incorporation into daily practice
Improve care quality with consistent use of best-practice care guidelines
Optimize nursing resources to have the maximum effect on patient outcomes
Healthcare Devices
Cerner is applying more than 26 years of healthcare technology expertise to the healthcare device marketplace with the Cerner CareAware™ device
connectivity architecture and strategy for delivering healthcare devices infused with knowledge of the care process.
Initially, the CareAware offering is focused on improving the medication process, specifically automated dispensing machines (ADM) and their supporting
systems. The CareAware RxStation™ is a family of pharmacy automation devices designed to bring greater efficiency and safety to the medication
and care process through appropriately priced, scaled and integrated devices that extend the Cerner Millennium investment. Cerner announced the
CareAware healthcare device family of solutions early in 2006. During 2006, the Company will be working with alpha clients on RxStation, with broader
availability expected later in 2006. The Company will initially target clients who are already using Cerner Millennium PharmNet®, the Company’s pharmacy
solution.
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Implementation and Support Services
Cerner’s evidence-based rapid delivery model is an event-based, metric-driven methodology emphasizing recommended practices for predictable
outcomes. It was responsible for approximately 20 percent of the Company’s implementations in 2005 and enables the implementation of, on average,
11 solutions in 12 months.
Cerner Bedrock is the Company’s innovative automation technology for implementation and management of the Cerner Millennium information
platform. The early client users of this solution experienced significant reductions in effort by their own teams as well as Cerner teams during the
design and build portions of their implementations. The Bedrock solution has the potential to remove 30 percent to 50 percent of the work effort
typically associated with such projects, thereby reducing implementation times to as little as six months for a typical hospital and much shorter
timeframes for physician practices.
CernerWorks is a portfolio of hosted and managed services designed to help clients make the most of their Cerner investments. With CernerWorks
services, Cerner strives to help clients lower costs while maximizing availability, performance and security, as well as providing access to state-of-
the-art intellectual and technology resources.
Selected Differentiating Solutions
Cerner understands the complexity of the emergency department, surgery and ICU and delivers seamlessly connected High-Acuity Solutions to meet
these unique and complex cross-venue needs. Cerner’s solutions for these departments enable clinical, financial and operational advantages, by
capturing, structuring and clearly presenting data for optimal decision-making.
Cerner Knowledge Solutions & Outcomes guide clinicians in identifying and applying the best science to every medical decision. Cerner leverages
world-class content, developed from an aggressive annual investment and in partnership with leading research institutions. Cerner infuses knowledge
into the care process, proactively pushing timely, relevant information into individual workflows in the form of the Executable Knowledge® content
derived from literature, empirical data, scientific methodologies and recommended practices. Cerner’s approach is geared toward helping health
organizations realize outcomes-based practice.
Cerner’s Point-of-Care Solutions reduce medical errors at the bedside and highlight patient safety in the bar-coding arena. Cerner provides stand-alone
point-of-care solutions as well as those that unify with the Cerner Millennium architecture.
Cerner Millennium Lighthouse™ is the Company’s approach toward clinical process optimization. Millennium Lighthouse is a comprehensive and
adaptive system for achieving and sustaining process improvements that optimize clinical and financial outcomes. The Millennium Lighthousesystem
is intended to improve the quality, delivery and cost of healthcare, and is built on decision support modeling and the understanding of key objectives
at a detailed level in the context of the condition, venue, process and roles involved.
With these and the many other solutions and services in the Cerner portfolio, the Company, together with clients, is driving error, waste and variance
from healthcare processes.
The Healthcare and Healthcare IT Industry
Around the world, 2005 saw healthcare costs continue to rise as healthcare professionals worked to simultaneously control them while upholding quality
standards. The ongoing trend impacted employers and consumers, often increasing the cost burden on employers, and in many cases, increasing the
transfer of those higher costs directly to employees. For example, General Motors’ chairman, in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago (Feb. 2005),
revealed that his company spends more than $1,500 in employee medical expenses for every new car it sells.
These increasing healthcare cost burdens helped bring increased visibility to healthcare information technology (HIT) as one of the opportunities for
achieving meaningful and sustainable healthcare improvements. In the United States, regional health information organizations (RHIOs), described further
below, are receiving more interest and generating more activity. Overseas, HIT is being put to use to improve quality and gain efficiencies. One example
of growing global use of HIT is the National Health Services’ effort to connect England’s healthcare providers and citizens. In 2003, Cerner was awarded
the strategic Choose and Book electronic scheduling portion of the effort, and in 2005, Cerner joined forces with Fujitsu, serving as the software provider
in an effort to automate clinical processes and digitize medical records in the southern region of England.
HIT Earns Broad Government Recognition
In 2005, HIT continued to receive recognition as a part of the solution to the problems facing the U.S. healthcare system. Its advocates include U.S.
President George Bush, who cited its potential in yet another State of the Union address (Feb. 1, 2006). In the address, the President highlighted the
fact that the first of 78 million baby boomers turn 60 in 2006, putting unprecedented strains on the federal government. Within the context of a national
conversation on Medicare and Medicaid, meaningful action on HIT has become an important goal at the federal level. HIT is receiving bipartisan support,
with numerous policymakers embracing it as a primary opportunity for improving the cost and quality of the nation’s healthcare delivery.
RAND Study Identifies Dramatic HIT-Enabled Cost Savings
One milestone event that supported the belief that HIT can improve the cost and quality of healthcare delivery came in the form of the results of a two-year
study by RAND Corporation, a non-profit think tank. The study sought to examine HIT’s potential to save lives and dollars if widely embraced in the United
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States. The results, published in the leading academic journal Health Affairs (Sept. 2006), identified a possible $162 billion in annual savings related to
increased efficiencies, reduced adverse drug events and improved health quality via prevention and disease management. The study, which additionally
revealed the potential prevention of 2.2 million avoidable medical errors, also pointed to the elevated role the federal government must play in helping
realize the potential savings identified.
In keeping with RAND’s identification of improved disease management as a means to better clinical and financial outcomes, Cerner itself contributed to
the increasing adoption of the personal health record across communities. The Company celebrated the first anniversary of its diabetes initiative, through
which it is providing a personal health record to every U.S. child with type 1 diabetes at no cost. At the end of 2005, the Cerner initiative had connected
30 hospitals, 550 clinicians and nearly 6,000 children for improved disease management.
Regional Health Information Organizations
2005 also saw increased visibility and activity related to the creation of regional health information organizations (RHIOs) with the purpose of improving
the safety and efficiency of healthcare processes across populations. For example, Shared Health in Tennessee, a payor-sponsored RHIO, now has a
community health record and clinical documentation for 1.1 million TennCare members that can be accessed by more than 2,500 users at 500 sites.
Using Cerner software solutions, Shared Health has realized diverse benefits spanning the areas of care quality, medication use and safety, efficiency,
and the avoidance of fraud and abuse. Of equal note, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius recently committed to a similar initiative with Cerner for the
Medicaid population in Wichita, Kansas.
In another similar effort, Cerner is engaged in facilitating an employer-driven RHIO in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Called Healthe Mid-America, it
will be a first-in-the-nation employer-driven RHIO. Nationally recognized private-sector employers, including American Century Investments, Applebee’s,
Sprint Nextel and YRC Worldwide, have committed to joining Healthe. These employers anticipate that HIT can be part of an approach that brings better
health outcomes, elevated efficiency and increased predictability to their healthcare spending.
Influencers Come Together in Pursuit of Interoperability Standards
Providing further validation on the concept of better connecting communities and geographies, 2005 saw increased visibility for the National Alliance
for Healthcare Information Technology. Among other objectives, the Alliance took on the cause to promote the identification and adoption of national
interoperability standards. The organization made great strides in securing widespread industry agreement on the definition for interoperability in
healthcare, a crucial step to ensuring that hundreds of thousands of HIT systems will one day seamlessly exchange critical patient data. More than 37
organizations representing every sector of healthcare, including the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, BlueCross Blue Shield
Association, General Motors, Oracle, the American Hospital Association and Cerner, to name just a few, agreed that “In healthcare, interoperability is the
ability of different information technology systems and software applications to communicate; to exchange data accurately, effectively and consistently;
and to use the information that has been exchanged.”
Hospital and Physician Practice Market Conditions
In 2005, Moody’s reported that hospital bond rating upgrades outnumbered downgrades for the first time since 1997. And while some providers are
dealing with issues such as an unfavorable payor mix and the responsibility to serve a growing uninsured population, USA Today indicated in January
2006 that hospital profit margins reached a six-year high of 5.2 percent in 2004. Several industry analysts believe that an inflection point may be
approaching that will accelerate the adoption of electronic medical records within physician office practices and that physicians increasingly believe
that there is a demonstrable return on investment associated with HIT. Health Affairs reported that physicians’ evolving care environments increasingly
demand such capabilities as e-prescribing to better manage the current healthcare landscape. Overseas, numerous drivers—including managing the cost
of healthcare delivery; improving patient safety, patient satisfaction and the overall patient experience; and the need to optimize resource utilization—are
also increasing the visibility and usage of HIT.
Software Development
Cerner commits significant resources to developing new health information system solutions. As of December 31, 2005, approximately 2,422 associates
were engaged full-time in software solution development activities. Total expenditures for the development and enhancement of the Company’s software
solutions were approximately $226,238,000, $188,264,000 and $179,999,000 during the 2005, 2004 and 2003 fiscal years, respectively. These figures
include both capitalized and non-capitalized portions and exclude amounts amortized for financial reporting purposes.
The Company expects to continue investment and development efforts for its current and future solution offerings. As new clinical and management
information needs emerge, Cerner intends to enhance its current software solutions lines with new versions released to clients on a periodic basis. In
addition, Cerner plans to: expand its current software solution lines by developing additional information systems for clinical, financial, operational and/or
consumer use; continue to support simultaneous use of Cerner’s solutions across multiple facilities; and, continue to expand in the global marketplace.
The Company is committed to maintaining open attributes in its system architecture to achieve operability in a diverse set of technical and application
environments. The Company strives to design its systems to co-exist with disparate applications developed and supported by other suppliers. This effort
is exemplified by Cerner’s Open Engine Application Gateway™, Open Port Interface™ and MillenniumObjects® offerings.
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Sales and Marketing
The markets for Cerner’s HIT solutions include integrated delivery networks, physician groups and networks, managed care organizations, hospitals,
medical centers, free-standing reference laboratories, home health agencies, blood banks, imaging centers, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers,
employer coalitions and public health organizations. To date, a substantial portion of system sales has been in clinical solutions in hospital-based provider
organizations. The Cerner Millennium architecture is highly scalable, with solutions being used in organizations ranging from several-doctor physician
practices to community hospitals to complex integrated delivery networks to entire countries. All Cerner Millennium solutions are designed to operate on
HP or IBM platforms, thereby allowing Cerner to be price competitive across the full size and organizational structure range of healthcare providers. The
sale of a health information system usually takes approximately nine to 18 months, from the time of initial contact to the signing of a contract.
The Company’s executive marketing management is located in its North Kansas City, Missouri, headquarters, while its client representatives are deployed
across the United States and globally. In addition to the United States, the Company, through subsidiaries and joint ventures, has sales staff and/or
offices in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. Cerner’s
consolidated revenues include foreign sales of $113,314,000, $63,622,000 and $54,191,000 for the 2005, 2004 and 2003 fiscal years, respectively.
The Company supports its sales force with technical personnel who perform demonstrations of Cerner solutions and assist clients in determining the
proper hardware and software configurations. The Company’s primary direct marketing strategy is to generate sales contacts from its existing client base
and through presentations at industry seminars and tradeshows. Cerner utilizes telemarketing primarily for sales to physician practices. Cerner also
markets its PowerWorks solution, offered on a subscription basis, directly to the physician practice market. Cerner attends a number of major tradeshows
each year and sponsors executive user conferences, which feature industry experts who address the HIT needs of large healthcare organizations.
Client Services
Substantially all of Cerner’s clients enter into software maintenance agreements with Cerner for support of their Cerner systems. In addition to immediate
software support in the event of problems, these agreements allow clients the use of new releases of the Cerner solutions covered by maintenance
agreements. Each client has 24-hour access to the client support staff located at Cerner’s world headquarters in North Kansas City, Missouri and the
Company’s global support organization in the United Kingdom. Most of Cerner’s clients also enter into hardware maintenance agreements with Cerner.
These arrangements normally provide for a fixed monthly fee for specified services. In the majority of cases, Cerner subcontracts hardware maintenance
to the hardware manufacturer. Cerner also offers a set of managed services that include remote hosting, application management services and disaster
recovery.
Backlog
At December 31, 2005, Cerner had a contract backlog of approximately $1,724,583,000 as compared to approximately $1,191,170,000 at January 1,
2005. Such backlog represents system sales from signed contracts, which had not yet been recognized as revenue. The Company recognizes revenue on
a percent of completion basis, based on certain milestone conditions, for its software solutions. At December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately
$100,717,000 of contracts receivable, which represents revenues recognized under the percentage of completion method but not yet billable under the
terms of the contract. At December 31, 2005, Cerner had a software support and maintenance backlog of approximately $415,681,000 as compared
to approximately $347,662,000 at January 1, 2005. Such backlog represents contracted software support and hardware maintenance services for a
period of 12 months. The Company estimates that approximately 45 percent of the aggregate backlog at December 31, 2005 of $2,140,264,000 will be
recognized as revenue during 2006.
Competition
The market for HIT solutions and services is intensely competitive, rapidly evolving and subject to rapid technological change. The Company’s principal
existing competitors include: Eclipsys Corporation, Epic Systems Corporation, GE Healthcare Technologies, iSoft Corporation, McKesson Corporation,
Medical Information Technology, Inc. (“Meditech”), Misys Healthcare Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation, each of
which offers a suite of software solutions and services that compete with many of the Company’s software solutions and services. Other competitors
focus on only a portion of the market that Cerner addresses. For example, competitors such as Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Quality Systems,
Inc. and Emdeon Corporation offer solutions to the physician practice market but do not currently have a significant presence in the health systems
and independent hospital market. In addition, the Company expects that major software information systems companies, large information technology
consulting service providers, system integrators, managed care companies and others specializing in the healthcare industry may offer competitive
software solutions or services. The pace of change in the HIT market is rapid and there are frequent new software solution introductions, software
solution enhancements and evolving industry standards and requirements. The Company believes that the principal competitive factors in this market
include the breadth and quality of system and software solution offerings, the stability of the information systems provider, the features and capabilities
of the information systems, the ongoing support for the system and the potential for enhancements and future compatible software solutions.
Number of Employees (“Associates”)
As of December 31, 2005, the Company employed 6,830 associates worldwide.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Risks Related to Cerner Corporation
We may be subject to product-related liabilities. Many of our software solutions provide data for use by healthcare providers in providing care to
patients. Although no such claims have been brought against us to date regarding injuries related to the use of our software solutions, such claims may
be made in the future. Although we maintain product liability insurance coverage in an amount that we believe is sufficient for our business, there can be
no assurance that such coverage will cover a particular claim that may be brought in the future, prove to be adequate or that such coverage will continue
to remain available on acceptable terms, if at all. A successful claim brought against us, which is uninsured or under-insured, could materially harm our
business, results of operations and financial condition.
We may be subject to claims for system errors and warranties. Our systems, particularly the Cerner Millennium versions, are very complex. As
with complex systems offered by others, our systems may contain errors, especially when first introduced. Although we conduct extensive testing, we
have discovered software errors in our software solutions after their introduction. Our systems are intended for use in collecting and displaying clinical
information used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Therefore, users of our software solutions have a greater sensitivity to system errors than
the market for software products generally. Our agreements with clients typically provide warranties against material errors and other matters. Failure
of a client’s system to meet these criteria could constitute a material breach under such contracts allowing the client to terminate the contract and obtain
a refund and/or damages, or could require us to incur additional expense in order to make the system meet these criteria. Our client contracts generally
limit our liability arising from such claims but such limits may not be enforceable in certain jurisdictions or circumstances. A successful claim brought
against us, which is uninsured or under-insured, could materially harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We may experience interruption at our data centers or client support facilities. We perform data center and/or hosting services for certain clients,
including the storage of critical patient and administrative data. In addition, we provide support services to our clients through various client support
facilities. We have redundancies, such as multiple backup generators and redundant telecommunications lines, built into our operations to prevent
disruptions. However, complete failure of all generators or impairment of all telecommunications lines or severe casualty damage to the building or
equipment inside the buildings housing our data centers or client support facilities could cause a disruption in operations and negatively impact clients
who depend on us for data center and system support services. Any interruption in operations at our data centers and/or client support facilities could
damage our reputation, cause us to lose existing clients, hurt our ability to obtain new clients, result in revenue loss, cause potential liability to our clients,
and increase insurance and other operating costs.
Our proprietary technology may be subjected to infringement claims or may be infringed upon. We rely upon a combination of license agreements,
confidentiality procedures, employee nondisclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements with third parties and technical measures to maintain the
confidentiality and trade secrecy of our proprietary information. We also rely on trademark and copyright laws to protect our intellectual property rights.
We have initiated a patent program but currently have a limited patent portfolio. As a result, we may not be able to adequately protect against copying,
reverse-engineering or unauthorized use or disclosure of our intellectual property.
In addition, we could be subject to additional intellectual property infringement claims as the number of competitors and patents in the healthcare
information technology market grows and the functionality of our software solutions and services expands. These claims, even if not meritorious, could
be expensive to defend. If we become liable to third parties for infringing their intellectual property rights, we could be required to pay a substantial
damage award, and to develop noninfringing technology, obtain a license and/or cease selling the software solutions and services that contain or rely
upon the infringing intellectual property.
We are subject to risks associated with our global operations. We market, sell and service our software solutions globally. We have established
offices around the world, including in the Americas, Europe, in the Middle East and in the Asia Pacific region. We will continue to expand our global
operations and enter new global markets. This expansion will require significant management attention and financial resources to develop successful
direct and indirect global sales and support channels. Our business is generally transacted in the local functional currency. In some countries, our
success will depend in part on our ability to form relationships with local partners. There is a risk that we may sometimes choose the wrong partner. For
these reasons, we may not be able to maintain or increase global market demand for our software solutions.
Global operations are subject to inherent risks, and our future results could be adversely affected by a variety of uncontrollable and changing factors.
These include, but are not limited to:
Greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable and longer collection periods
Difficulties and costs of staffing and managing global operations
The impact of global economic conditions
Certification or regulatory requirements
Unexpected changes in regulatory requirements
Reduced protection of intellectual property rights in some countries
Potentially adverse tax consequences
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Different or additional functionality requirements
Trade protection measures
Service provider and government spending patterns
Natural disasters, war or terrorist acts
Poor selection of a partner in a country
Political conditions which may impact sales or threaten the safety of associates or our continued presence in these countries
Our success depends upon the recruitment and retention of key personnel. To remain competitive in the healthcare information technology industry,
we must attract, motivate and retain highly skilled managerial, sales, marketing, consulting and technical personnel, including executives, consultants,
programmers and systems architects skilled in the healthcare information technology industry and the technical environments in which our solutions
operate. Competition for such personnel in this industry is intense. Our failure to attract additional qualified personnel could have a material adverse
effect on our prospects for long-term growth. Our success is dependent to a significant degree on the continued contributions of key management, sales,
marketing, consulting and technical personnel. We have succession plans in place; however, the unexpected loss of key personnel could have a material
adverse impact to our business and results of operations, and could potentially inhibit solution development and market share advances.
We significantly rely on third party suppliers. We license or purchase intellectual property and technology (such as software, hardware and content)
from third parties, including some competitors, and incorporate it into or sell it in conjunction with our software solutions and services, some of which is
critical to the operation of our solutions. If any of the third party suppliers were to change product offerings, increase prices or terminate our licenses or
supply contracts, we might need to seek alternative suppliers and incur additional internal or external development costs to ensure continued performance
of our solutions. Such alternatives may not be available on attractive terms, or may not be as widely accepted or as effective as the intellectual property
or technology provided by our existing suppliers. If the cost of licensing, purchasing or maintaining these third party intellectual property or technology
solutions significantly increases, our gross margin levels could significantly decrease. In addition, interruption in functionality of our solutions could
adversely affect future sales of solutions and services.
We intend to continue strategic business acquisitions which are subject to inherent risks. In order to expand our solutions and services and
grow our market and client base, we may continue to seek and complete strategic business acquisitions that we believe are complementary to our
business. Acquisitions have inherent risks which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results or prospects,
including, but not limited to: 1) failure to successfully integrate the operations, services, solutions or personnel of the acquired business; 2) diversion of
management’s attention from other business concerns; 3) entry into markets in which we have little or no direct prior experience; 4) failure to achieve
projected synergies and performance targets; 5) loss of clients or key personnel of the acquired business; 6) incurrence of debt and/or assumption of
known and unknown liabilities; 7) write-off of software development costs and amortization of expenses related to intangible assets; and, 8) dilutive
issuances of equity securities. If we fail to successfully integrate acquired businesses or fail to implement our business strategies with respect to these
acquisitions, we may not be able to achieve projected results or support the amount of consideration paid for such acquired businesses.
Risks Related to the Healthcare Information Technology Industry
The healthcare industry is highly regulated and is subject to changing political, economic and regulatory influences. For example, the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-32) contained significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid and had an impact for several years on healthcare
providers’ ability to invest in capital intensive systems. In addition, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is having a
direct impact on the healthcare industry by requiring identifiers and standardized transactions/code sets and necessary security and privacy measures
in order to ensure the protection of patient health information. These regulatory factors affect the purchasing practices and operation of healthcare
organizations. Federal and state legislatures have periodically considered programs to reform or amend the U.S. healthcare system at both the federal
and state level and to change healthcare financing and reimbursement systems. These programs may contain proposals to increase governmental
involvement in healthcare, lower reimbursement rates or otherwise change the environment in which healthcare industry participants operate. Healthcare
industry participants may respond by reducing their investments or postponing investment decisions, including investments in our software solutions
and services.
Many healthcare providers are consolidating to create integrated healthcare delivery systems with greater market power. These providers may try to use
their market power to negotiate price reductions for our software solutions and services. As the healthcare industry consolidates, our client base could
be eroded, competition for clients could become more intense and the importance of acquiring each client becomes greater.
The healthcare industry is highly regulated at the local, state and federal level. We are subject to a significant and wide-ranging number of
regulations both within the United States and elsewhere, such as regulations in the areas of: healthcare fraud, e-prescribing, claims processing and
transmission, medical devices and the security and privacy of patient data.
Healthcare Fraud. Federal and state governments continue to strengthen their positions and scrutiny over practices involving healthcare fraud affecting
healthcare providers whose services are reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and other government healthcare programs. Healthcare providers who are
our clients are subject to laws and regulations on fraud and abuse which, among other things, prohibit the direct or indirect payment or receipt of any
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remuneration for patient referrals, or arranging for or recommending referrals or other business paid for in whole or in part by these federal or state
healthcare programs. Federal enforcement personnel have substantial funding, powers and remedies to pursue suspected fraud and abuse. The effect of
this government regulation on our clients is difficult to predict. While we believe that we are in substantial compliance with any applicable laws, many of
the regulations applicable to our clients and that may be applicable to us, are vague or indefinite and have not been interpreted by the courts. They may
be interpreted or applied by a prosecutorial, regulatory or judicial authority in a manner that could broaden their applicability to us or require our clients
to make changes in their operations or the way that they deal with us. If such laws and regulations are determined to be applicable to us and if we fail
to comply with any applicable laws and regulations, we could be subject to sanctions or liability, including exclusion from government health programs,
which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
E-Prescribing. The use of our solutions by physicians for electronic prescribing, electronic routing of prescriptions to pharmacies and dispensing is
governed by state and federal law. States have differing prescription format requirements, which we have programmed into our software. In addition, in
November 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services announced regulations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) related
to “E-Prescribing and the Prescription Drug Program” (“E-Prescribing Regulations”). These E-Prescribing Regulations were mandated by the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (“MMA”). The E-Prescribing Regulations set forth standards for the transmission of
electronic prescriptions. The final regulations adopted two standards effective January 2006. A second and final set of required standards are to be
published no later than April 1, 2008 and implemented no later than April 1, 2009. These standards are detailed and significant, and cover not only
transactions between prescribers and dispensers for prescriptions but also electronic eligibility and benefits inquiries and drug formulary and benefit
coverage information. Our efforts to provide that our solutions enable our clients to comply with these regulations could be time-consuming and
expensive.
Claims Transmissions. Certain of our solutions assist our clients in submitting claims to payers, which claims are governed by federal and state laws.
Our solutions are capable of electronically transmitting claims for services and items rendered by a physician to many patients’ payers for approval and
reimbursement. Federal law provides civil liability to any person that knowingly submits a claim to a payer, including, for example, Medicare, Medicaid
and private health plans, seeking payment for any services or items that have not been provided to the patient. Federal law may also impose criminal
penalties for intentionally submitting such false claims. We have policies and procedures in place that we believe result in the accurate and complete
transmission of claims, provided that the information given to us by our clients is also accurate and complete. The HIPAA security, privacy and transaction
standards, as discussed below, will also have a potentially significant effect on our claims transmission services, since those services must be structured
and provided in a way that supports our clients’ HIPAA compliance obligations.
Regulation of Medical Devices. The United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) has declared that certain of our solutions are medical devices
that are actively regulated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“Act”) and amendments to the Act. As a consequence, we are subject to
extensive regulation by the FDA with regard to those solutions that are actively regulated. Other countries have similar regulations in place related to
medical devices, that now or may in the future apply to certain of our solutions. If other of our solutions are deemed to be actively regulated medical
devices by the FDA or similar regulatory agencies in countries where we do business, we could be subject to extensive requirements governing pre- and
post-marketing requirements including pre-market notification clearance prior to marketing. Complying with these medical device regulations on a
global perspective is time consuming and expensive. Further, it is possible that these regulatory agencies may become more active in regulating software
that is used in healthcare.
There have been seven FDA inspections since 1998 at various Cerner sites. Inspections conducted at our world headquarters in 1999 and our Houston
facility in 2002 each resulted in the issuance of an FDA Form 483 that we responded to promptly. The FDA has taken no further action with respect
to either of the Form 483s that were issued in 1999 and 2002. The remaining five FDA inspections, including an inspection at our world headquarters
in 2004, resulted in no issuance of a Form 483. We remain subject to periodic FDA inspections and we could be required to undertake additional
actions to comply with the Act and any other applicable regulatory requirements. Our failure to comply with the Act and any other applicable regulatory
requirements could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue to manufacture and distribute our solutions. The FDA has many enforcement
tools including recalls, seizures, injunctions, civil fines and/or criminal prosecutions. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations or financial condition.
Security and Privacy of Patient Information. State and federal laws regulate the confidentiality of patient records and the circumstances under which those
records may be released. These regulations govern both the disclosure and use of confidential patient medical record information and require the users
of such information to implement specified security measures. Regulations currently in place governing electronic health data transmissions continue to
evolve and are often unclear and difficult to apply.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) requires national standards for some types of electronic health information
transactions and the data elements used in those transactions, security standards to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of health information and
standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information. Covered entities under HIPAA, which include healthcare organizations such
as our clients, were required to comply with the privacy standards by April 2003, the transaction regulations by October 2003 and the security regulations
by April 2005. As a business associate of the covered entities, we, in most instances, must also ensure compliance with the HIPAA regulations as it
pertains to our clients.
The effect of HIPAA on our business is difficult to predict, and there can be no assurances that we will adequately address the business risks created by
HIPAA and its implementation, or that we will be able to take advantage of any resulting business opportunities. Furthermore, we are unable to predict
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what changes to HIPAA, or the regulations issued pursuant to HIPAA, might be made in the future or how those changes could affect our business or the
costs of compliance with HIPAA. Evolving HIPAA-related laws or regulations could restrict the ability of our clients to obtain, use or disseminate patient
information. This could adversely affect demand for our solutions if they are not re-designed in a timely manner in order to meet the requirements of any
new regulations that seek to protect the privacy and security of patient data or enable our clients to execute new or modified healthcare transactions. We
may need to expend additional capital, research and development and other resources to modify our solutions to address these evolving data security
and privacy issues.
We operate in an intensely competitive and dynamic industry, and our ability to successfully compete and continue to grow our business
depends on our ability to respond quickly to market changes and changing technologies and to bring competitive new solutions, features and
services to market in a timely fashion. The market for healthcare information systems is intensely competitive, dynamically evolving and subject to
rapid technological change. Development of new proprietary technology or services is complex, entails significant time and expense and may not be
successful. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to introduce new solutions or services on schedule, or at all, nor can we guarantee that, despite
extensive testing, errors will not be found in our new solution releases before or after commercial release, which could result in solution redevelopment
costs and loss of, or delay in, market acceptance.
We believe that the principal competitive factors in this market include the ease of implementation, the breadth and quality of system and software
solution offerings, the stability of the information systems provider, the ongoing support for the system and the potential for enhancements and future
compatible software solutions. Certain of our competitors have greater financial, technical, product development, marketing and other resources than us
and some of our competitors offer software solutions that we do not offer. Our principal existing competitors include: Eclipsys Corporation, Epic Systems
Corporation, GE Healthcare Technologies, iSoft Corporation, McKesson Corporation, Medical Information Technology, Inc. (“Meditech”), Misys Healthcare
Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation, each of which offers a suite of software solutions that compete with many of our
software solutions and services. There are other competitors that offer a more limited number of competing software solutions and services, including,
without limitation: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Emdeon Corporation and Quality Systems, Inc.
In addition, we expect that major software information systems companies, large information technology consulting service providers and system
integrators, Internet-based start-up companies and others specializing in the healthcare industry may offer competitive software/solutions or services.
The pace of change in the healthcare information systems market is rapid and there are frequent new software solution introductions, software solution
enhancements and evolving industry standards and requirements. As a result, our success will depend upon our ability to keep pace with technological
change and to introduce, on a timely and cost-effective basis, new and enhanced software solutions and services that satisfy changing client requirements
and achieve market acceptance.
Risks Related to the Company’s Stock
Our quarterly operating results may vary which could adversely affect our stock price. Our quarterly operating results have varied in the past and
may continue to vary in future periods, including, variations from guidance, expectations or historical results or trends. Quarterly operating results may
vary for a number of reasons including accounting policy changes, demand for our solutions and services, our long sales cycle, potentially long installation
and implementation cycles for larger, more complex and higher-priced systems and other factors described in this section and elsewhere in this report.
As a result of healthcare industry trends and the market for our Cerner Millennium solutions, a large percentage of our revenues are generated by the sale
and installation of larger, more complex and higher-priced systems. The sales process for these systems is lengthy and involves a significant technical
evaluation and commitment of capital and other resources by the client. Sales may be subject to delays due to changes in clients’ internal budgets,
procedures for approving large capital expenditures, competing needs for other capital expenditures, availability of personnel resources and by actions
taken by competitors. Delays in the expected sale, installation or implementation of these large systems may have a significant impact on our anticipated
quarterly revenues and consequently our earnings, since a significant percentage of our expenses are relatively fixed.
We recognize revenue upon the completion of standard milestone conditions and the amount of revenue recognized in any quarter depends upon our
and our client’s ability to meet project milestones. Delays in meeting these milestone conditions or modification of the contract could result in a shift of
revenue recognition from one quarter to another and could have a material adverse effect on results of operations for a particular quarter.
Our revenues from system sales historically have been lower in the first quarter of the year and greater in the fourth quarter of the year, primarily as a
result of clients’ year-end efforts to make all final capital expenditures for the then-current year.
Our sales forecasts may vary from actual sales in a particular quarter. We use a “pipeline” system, a common industry practice, to forecast sales
and trends in our business. Our sales associates monitor the status of all sales opportunities, such as the date when they estimate that a client will make
a purchase decision and the potential dollar amount of the sale. These estimates are aggregated periodically to generate a sales pipeline. We compare
this pipeline at various points in time to evaluate trends in our business. This analysis provides guidance in business planning and forecasting, but these
pipeline estimates are by their nature speculative. Our pipeline estimates are not necessarily reliable predictors of revenues in a particular quarter or
over a longer period of time, partially because of changes in the pipeline and in conversion rates of the pipeline into contracts that can be very difficult
to estimate. A negative variation in the expected conversion rate or timing of the pipeline into contracts, or in the pipeline itself, could cause our plan or
forecast to be inaccurate and thereby adversely affect business results. For example, a slowdown in information technology spending, adverse economic
conditions or a variety of other factors can cause purchasing decisions to be delayed, reduced in amount or cancelled, which would reduce the overall
pipeline conversion rate in a particular period of time. Because a substantial portion of our contracts are completed in the latter part of a quarter, we
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may not be able to adjust our cost structure quickly enough in response to a revenue shortfall resulting from a decrease in our pipeline conversion rate
in any given fiscal quarter(s).
The trading price of our common stock may be volatile. The market for our common stock may experience significant price and volume fluctuations
in response to a number of factors including actual or anticipated quarterly variations in operating results, rumors about our performance or solutions,
changes in expectations of future financial performance or estimates of securities analysts, governmental regulatory action, healthcare reform measures,
client relationship developments, changes occurring in the securities markets in general and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. As a
matter of policy, we do not generally comment on our stock price or rumors.
Furthermore, the stock market in general, and the market for software, healthcare and information technology companies in particular, has experienced
extreme volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may
adversely affect the trading price of our common stock, regardless of actual operating performance.
Our Directors have authority to issue preferred stock and our corporate governance documents contain anti-takeover provisions. Our Board
of Directors has the authority to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the preferences, rights and privileges of those shares
without any further vote or action by the shareholders. The rights of the holders of common stock may be harmed by rights granted to the holders of any
preferred stock that may be issued in the future.
In addition, some provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws could make it more difficult for a potential acquirer to acquire a majority of our
outstanding voting stock. This includes, but is not limited to, provisions that provide for a classified board of directors, prohibit shareholders from taking
action by written consent and restrict the ability of shareholders to call special meetings. We have also entered into a Rights Agreement which could
discourage or prevent a third party from pursuing a takeover proposal that is not supported by our Board of Directors. We are also subject to provisions
of Delaware law that prohibit us from engaging in any business combination with any interested shareholder for a period of three years from the date the
person became an interested shareholder, unless certain conditions are met, which could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control.
Item 2. Properties
The Company’s world headquarters offices are located in a Company-owned office park in North Kansas City, Missouri, containing approximately
858,170 gross square feet of useable space (the “Campus”), inclusive of the new building described below. As of December 31, 2005, the Company
was using approximately 854,483 square feet of such campus space and substantially all of the remainder was leased to Executive Travel, the travel
management company historically used by the Company’s associates for business-related travel. In 2005, the Company began constructing a building
to house Healthe Clinic, a subsidiary which will provide primary care services for the Company’s associates and their family members. The building was
completed in February 2006.
In 2004, the Company purchased approximately 12 acres of unimproved real estate adjacent to the Cerner world headquarters for campus expansion. An
access road has been built through the property and plans are underway for further development. In June 2005, the Company purchased 263,512 gross
square feet of property located at 3315 North Oak Trafficway in Kansas City, Missouri. The office space, known as the Cerner Oaks Campus, houses
associates from the CernerWorks and Cerner Technologies groups and associates of Cerner’s wholly-owned subsidiary, HEALTHe Exchange.
The Company also owns property located along the north riverbank of the Missouri River, approximately two miles from the Company’s Campus. This
property consists of a 96,318 gross square foot building and a 1,300-car parking garage. The building has been renovated for use as a corporate training,
meeting and event center for the Company and third parties. The Company has also made use of the parking garage to meet overflow-parking demands
on the Company’s Campus.
As of March 2006, the Company also leased office space in: Birmingham, Alabama; Beverly Hills, California; Solona Beach, California; Denver, Colorado;
Daytona Beach, Florida; Overland Park, Kansas; Waltham, Massachusetts; Bel Air, Maryland; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rochester, Minnesota; Kansas
City, Missouri; Charlotte, North Carolina; Beaverton, Oregon; and Vienna, Virginia. The Company operates its primary solutions center (or data center) in
leased space in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Globally, the Company also leases office space in: Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; Brussels, Belgium; London-
Ontario, Canada; Paris, France; Aachen and Idstein, Germany; Hong Kong; Bangalore, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Ngee Ann City, Singapore; Barcelona
and Madrid, Spain; and, London and Slough, United Kingdom. In 2005, the Company’s Alpharetta, Georgia; Houston, Texas; and Santiago, Chile offices
were closed as the Company relocated many associates and/or the necessary business functions to other Company offices.
Item . Legal Proceedings
The Company has no material pending litigation.
As previously disclosed, eight shareholder class action lawsuits were filed against Cerner and five of its officers in the United States District Court for
the Western District of Missouri after a decline in the Company’s stock price following the Company’s announcement on April 3, 2003 that the Company
would not meet revenue and earnings estimates for the first quarter of 2003. These lawsuits were consolidated under Case No. 03-CV-00296-DW. On
December 1, 2003, the lead plaintiff filed a Consolidated Class Action Complaint alleging that during a class period commencing as of July 17, 2002 and
ending April 2, 2003, the Company and individually named defendants misrepresented or failed to disclose certain factors, which they allege impacted
the Company’s business and anticipated revenue and earnings, all allegedly in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder.
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On June 16, 2004 the District Court granted the Company’s and the individual defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and ordered the Consolidated Class
Action Complaint dismissed with prejudice against re-filing. On October 6, 2005, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of the class
action claims against Cerner and the individual defendants and the plaintiffs failed to seek reconsideration or appeal of that decision within the required
deadlines.
Item . Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Company during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
Item A. Executive Officers of the Company
The following table sets forth the names, ages, positions and certain other information regarding the Company’s executive officers as of March 9, 2006.
Officers are elected annually and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Name
Age
Positions
Neal L. Patterson
Clifford W. Illig
Earl H. Devanny, III
Paul M. Black
Douglas M. Krebs
Marc G. Naughton
Jeffrey A. Townsend
Mike Valentine
Randy D. Sims
Julia M. Wilson
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55
54
47
48
51
42
37
45
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
President
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice President Cerner and General Manager of Cerner Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific Organization
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President
Senior Vice President and General Manager of U.S. Client Organization
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Vice President and Chief People Officer
Neal L. Patterson has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company for more than five years. Mr. Patterson also
served as President of the Company from March of 1999 until August of 1999.
Clifford W. Illig has been a Director of the Company for more than five years. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company for more than
five years until October 1998 and as President of the Company for more than five years until March of 1999. Mr. Illig was appointed Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors in March of 1999.
Earl H. Devanny, III joined the Company in August of 1999 as President. Mr. Devanny also served as interim President of Cerner Southeast from January
2003 through July 2003. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Devanny served as president of ADAC Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. Prior to joining
ADAC, Mr. Devanny served as a Vice President of the Company from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that he spent 17 years with IBM Corporation.
Paul M. Black joined the Company in February of 1994 as a Regional Vice President. He was promoted in June 1998 to Senior Vice President and in
January 1999 to Chief Sales Officer and to Executive Vice President in September of 2000. In January of 2003 Mr. Black was named Executive Vice
President of the U.S. Client Organization. In February 2005 Mr. Black was named Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, he spent 12
years with IBM Corporation.
Douglas M. Krebs joined the Company in June 1994 as a Regional Vice President. He was promoted to Senior Vice President and Area Manager in April
1999. In February 2000, Mr. Krebs was appointed as President of Cerner Global and in January 2005, Mr. Krebs was appointed General Manager of the
Company’s Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific Organization. Prior to joining Cerner, he spent 15 years with IBM Corporation.
Marc G. Naughton joined the Company in November 1992 as Manager of Taxes. In November 1995 he was named Chief Financial Officer and in February
1996 he was promoted to Vice President. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in March 2002.
Jeffrey A. Townsend joined the Company in June 1985. Since that time he has held several positions in the Intellectual Property Organization and was
promoted to Vice President in February 1997. He was appointed Chief Engineering Officer in March 1998, promoted to Senior Vice President in March
2001 and promoted to Executive Vice President in March 2005.
Mike Valentine joined the Company in December 1998 as Director of Technology. He was promoted to Vice President in 2000 and to President of Cerner
Mid America in January of 2003. In February 2005, he was named General Manager of the U.S. Client Organization and was promoted to Senior Vice
President in March 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Valentine was with Accenture Consulting.
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Randy D. Sims joined the Company in March 1997 as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sims worked at Farmland
Industries, Inc. for three years where he served most recently as Associate General Counsel. Prior to Farmland, Mr. Sims was in-house legal counsel at
The Marley Company for seven years, holding the position of Assistant General Counsel when he left to join Farmland.
Julia M. Wilson joined the Company in November 1995. Since that time, she has held several positions in the Functional Group Organization. She was
promoted to Vice President and Chief People Officer in August 2003.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock and Related Security Holder Matters
The Company’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market® under the symbol CERN. The following table sets forth the high, low and last sales
prices for the fiscal quarters of 2005 and 2004 as reported by The NASDAQ National Market System. These quotations represent prices between dealers
and do not include retail mark-up, mark-down or commissions, and do not necessarily represent actual transactions.
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
2005
Low
23.60
25.69
34.03
40.76
Last
26.04
33.86
43.47
45.46
High
$ 27.48
34.74
43.72
49.26
200
Low
18.68
19.95
20.69
21.99
High
23.82
23.63
23.47
26.80
Last
22.41
21.37
22.31
26.59
At March 1, 2006, there were approximately 1,600 owners of record. To date, the Company has paid no dividends and it does not intend to pay dividends in
the foreseeable future. Management believes it is in the shareholders’ best interest for the Company to reinvest funds in the operation of the business.
On December 15, 2005, the Company issued 2,251 shares (pre-stock split) of its outstanding stock to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center upon
exercise of a warrant granted in 2000. The aggregate exercise price was $101,717.06, or $45.1875 (pre-stock split) per share. The shares were issued
by the Company without registration in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Additionally, and as previously disclosed in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2005, on April 6, 2005, the
Company issued 72,536 shares (pre-stock split) of its outstanding stock to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center upon exercise of a warrant granted
in 2000. The aggregate exercise price was $3,277,720.50, or $45.1875 (pre-stock split) per share. The shares were issued by the Company without
registration in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Item . Selected Financial Data
(In thousands, except per share data)
Statements of Earnings Data:
Revenues
Operating earnings
2005
(2)(3)
200
(4)(5)
200
2001
(6)(7)(8) (9)(10)
2002
$ 1,160,785
926,356
839,587
780,262
560,802
140,436
111,464
78,097
90,820
61,350
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect
of a change in accounting principle
135,244
107,920
71,222
80,625
(63,314)
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting for goodwill,
net of $486 income tax benefit
Net earnings (loss)
Earnings (loss) per share: (Note 1)
Basic
Diluted
Weighted average shares outstanding: (Note 1)
Basic
Diluted
Balance Sheet Data:
Working capital
Total assets
Long-term debt, net
Shareholders’ equity
-
-
-
(786)
-
86,251
64,648
42,791
48,022
(42,366)
1.16
1.10
.90
.86
.61
.59
.68
.65
(.61)
(.61)
74,144
78,090
72,174
75,142
70,710
72,712
70,916
74,100
69,814
69,814
$
391,541
310,229
246,412
282,135
1,303,629
982,265
854,252
779,279
194,265
108,804
124,570
136,636
189,488
712,302
92,132
760,533
597,485
494,680
441,244
394,839
2
(1) Reflects the effect of a 2-for-1 stock split distributed on January 9, 2006.
Includes a tax benefit of $4.8 million relating to the carryback of a capital loss generated by the sale of Zynx Health Incorporated in the first quarter
(2)
of 2004. The impact of this refund claim is a $4.8 million increase in net earnings and an increase in diluted earnings per share of $.06 for 2005.
(3)
Includes a charge for the write off of acquired in process research and development related to the acquisition of the medical business division of
VitalWorks, Inc. The impact of this charge is a $3.9 million decrease, net of $2.4 million tax benefit, in net earnings and a decrease to diluted earnings
per share of $.05 for 2005.
Includes a gain on the sale of Zynx Health Incorporated. The impact of this gain is a $3.0 million increase in net earnings and increase to diluted
(4)
earnings per share of $.04 for 2004.
Includes a charge for vacation accrual of $3.3 million included in general and administrative. The impact of this charge is a $2.1 million decrease,
(5)
net of $1.2 million tax benefit, in net earnings and a decrease to diluted earnings per share of $.03 for 2004.
Includes a gain on the sale of shares of WebMD common stock. The impact of this gain is a $3.3 million, net of $1.9 million tax expense, increase
(6)
in net earnings and an increase to diluted earnings per share of $.05 for 2002.
Includes a charge for impairment of investments. The impact of this charge is a $6.3 million, net of $3.6 million tax benefit, decrease in net earnings
(7)
and a decrease to diluted earnings per share of $.09 for 2002.
Includes the cumulative effect of a change in accounting for goodwill. The impact of this change is a $.8 million, net of $.5 million tax benefit,
(8)
decrease in net earnings and a decrease to diluted earnings per share of $.01 for 2002.
Includes a gain on the settlement of the WebMD performance warrants. The impact of this gain is a $4.8 million, net of $2.7 million tax expense,
(9)
increase in net earnings and an increase to diluted earnings per share of $.07 for 2001.
(10) Includes a charge on the adjustment of the carrying value of the WebMD shares. The impact of this charge is an $81.4 million, net of $46.1 million
tax benefit, decrease in net earnings and a decrease to diluted earnings per share of $1.11 for 2001.
Item . Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Introduction
Cerner Corporation (“Cerner” or the “Company”) is headquartered in North Kansas City, Missouri. The Company derives revenue by selling, implementing
and supporting software solutions and hardware that give healthcare providers secure access to clinical, administrative and financial data in real time,
allowing them to improve the quality, safety and efficiency in the delivery of healthcare. Cerner implements these solutions as stand-alone, combined
or enterprise-wide systems. Cerner Millennium® software solutions can be managed by the Company’s clients or in the Company’s data center via a
managed services model.
Results Overview
The Company delivered very strong results in 2005. Total revenues for 2005 were $1,160,785,000, an increase of 25%, over 2004 revenues of
$926,356,000. Net Earnings for 2005 were $86,251,000, an increase of 33% over 2004 revenues of $64,648,000. Total new business bookings, which
reflect the value of executed contracts for software, hardware, services and managed services (hosting of software in the Company’s data center), were
at record levels at $1,354,977,000 in 2005, an increase of 48% compared to $917,367,000 in 2004.
The Company’s operational performance was also strong in 2005. The Company brought more than 1,000 Cerner Millennium solutions live in 2005,
bringing the cumulative number of solutions implemented to over 4,800 at over 925 client facilities. These results included significant progress in
implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE), which is the solution generating the highest level of industry attention.
The Company’s strong operational performance is also reflected in its cash flow results. In 2005, the Company generated $228,865,000 of cash flow
from operations, with record cash collections of approximately $1,200,595,000 and days sales outstanding (DSO) decreasing from 104 days at the end
of 2004 to 89 days at the end of 2005.
Healthcare Information Technology Market
2005 continued a trend of positive developments in the healthcare information technology (HIT) marketplace and for the Company. Overall, the acute care
hospital marketplace is in good financial condition. As Moody’s reported in January 2006, hospital bond rating upgrades beat downgrades for the first
time since 1997. And while some providers are dealing with issues such as an unfavorable payor mix and the responsibility to serve a growing uninsured
population, USA Today indicated in January 2006 that hospital profit margins reached a six-year high of 5.2 percent in 2004.
National policymakers continue looking to HIT. 2005 saw meaningful progress towards a bipartisan consensus on Capital Hill around the view that HIT can
deliver significant returns. The RAND Corporation study published in Health Affairs helped shape that perspective by detailing potential savings of $162
billion per year through error reduction, elevated efficiency and improved condition management.
For the third consecutive year, President Bush used the State of the Union address in January 2006 to express his support for electronic health records.
The President also highlighted the fact that the first of 78 million Baby Boomers turn 60 in 2006, putting strains on the healthcare system and the federal
government as the need for care of the Baby Boomers increases.
Results of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2005, Compared to Year Ended January 1, 2005
The Company’s net earnings increased 33% to $86,251,000 in 2005 compared to $64,648,000 in 2004. Net earnings for 2005 included an adjustment in
the third quarter of 2005 related to a prior period for a tax benefit from the carry back of a capital loss generated by the sale of Zynx Health Incorporated
(Zynx) of $4,749,000 and the write off of acquired in-process research and development in the first quarter of 2005 of $3,941,000, net of a $2,441,000
tax benefit. Included in 2004 net earnings are an adjustment in the third quarter of 2004 related to a prior period vacation pay accrual that reduced net
earnings by $2,076,000, net of $1,270,000 of tax, and a gain on the sale of Zynx, in the first quarter of 2004 that increased net earnings by $3,023,000.
Excluding these four items, 2005 net earnings would have increased 34% to $85,443,000 compared to 2004 net earnings of $63,701,000.
Revenues - The Company’s revenues increased 25% to $1,160,785,000 in 2005 from $926,356,000 in 2004. Revenues for 2005 included revenues
from the acquired medical business division of VitalWorks, Inc. (VitalWorks), which closed on January 3, 2005. Excluding the revenue from the medical
business division of VitalWorks, 2005 revenues increased 18% over 2004. The revenue composition for 2005 was $449,734,000 in system sales,
$296,716,000 in support and maintenance, $380,948,000 in services and $33,387,000 in reimbursed travel.
System sales increased 28% to $449,734,000 in 2005 from $351,861,000 in 2004. Included in system sales are revenues from the sale of software,
hardware and sublicensed software, installation fees, transaction processing and subscriptions, with each component growing at least 12% in 2005.
This increase is due primarily to an increase in new business bookings and the inclusion of revenue from the medical business division of VitalWorks in
2005. Excluding revenue from the medical business division of VitalWorks, system sales would have increased 17%.
Support, maintenance and service revenues increased 25% to $677,664,000 in 2005 from $542,414,000 in 2004. Support and maintenance revenues
were $296,716,000 and $241,439,000 in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Services revenues were $380,948,000 and $300,975,000 in 2005 and 2004,
respectively. Included in support, maintenance and service revenues are support and maintenance of software and hardware, professional services
excluding installation, and managed services. These increases were driven by strong performance in delivering Cerner Millennium solutions to clients and
the inclusion of revenue from the acquired medical business division of VitalWorks. Excluding revenue from the medical business division of VitalWorks,
support, maintenance and service sales would have increased 19%.
Contract backlog, which reflects new business bookings that have not yet been recognized as revenue, increased 45% in 2005 compared to 2004.
This increase is due to an increase in new business bookings in 2005 compared to 2004. At December 31, 2005, the Company had $1,724,583,000 in
contract backlog and $415,681,000 in support and maintenance backlog, compared to $1,191,170,000 in contract backlog and $347,662,000 in support
and maintenance backlog at the end of 2004.
Cost of Revenues - The cost of revenues includes the cost of reimbursed travel expense, third party consulting services and subscription content,
computer hardware and sublicensed software purchased from hardware and software manufacturers for delivery to clients. It also includes the cost of
hardware maintenance and sublicensed software support subcontracted to the manufacturers. The cost of revenues was 22% of total revenues in 2005,
and 21% of total revenues in 2004. Such costs, as a percent of revenues, typically have varied as the mix of revenue (software, hardware, services and
support) components carrying different margin rates changes from period to period. The increase in the cost of revenue as a percent of total revenues
resulted principally from higher levels of hardware sales at lower than historical levels of margin for hardware.
Sales and Client Service - Sales and client service expenses include salaries of client service personnel, communications expenses and unreimbursed
travel expenses. Also included are sales and marketing salaries, travel expenses, tradeshow costs and advertising costs. These expenses as a percent
of total revenues were 40% and 41% in 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in total sales and client service expenses to $466,206,000 in 2005
from $383,628,000 in 2004 is primarily due to an increase in personnel, personnel related expenses and increased presence in the global market. The
decrease in this spending as a percent of total revenue reflects the Company’s ability to get better utilization of its resources and leverage this spending
over a larger revenue stream.
Software Development - Software development expenses include salaries, documentation and other direct expenses incurred in software development
and amortization of software development costs. Total expenditures for software development, including both capitalized and noncapitalized portions,
for 2005 and 2004 were $226,238,000 and $188,264,000, respectively. These amounts exclude amortization. Capitalized software costs were
$62,523,000 and $58,912,000 for 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in aggregate expenditures in software development in 2005 is due to
continued development of Cerner Millennium solutions.
General and Administrative - General and administrative expenses include salaries for corporate, financial and administrative staffs, utilities,
communications expenses, professional fees and the transaction gains or losses on foreign currency. These expenses as a percent of total revenues were
7% in both 2005 and 2004. Total general and administrative expenses were $81,620,000 and $63,327,000 for 2005 and 2004, respectively. General
and administrative expenses for 2004 include an adjustment to increase the vacation pay accrual of $3,346,000, related to prior periods. Excluding the
adjustment to increase the vacation pay accrual, general and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues were 6% in 2004. The Company had net
transaction gains on foreign currency of $2,700,000 for 2005 compared to net transaction losses on foreign currency of $479,000 for 2004.
The write-off of in-process research and development in 2005 is an expense resulting from the acquired medical business division of VitalWorks.
Interest Expense, Net - Interest income was $3,871,000 in 2005 compared to $3,022,000 in 2004. This increase is due primarily to higher interest
rates, and a higher cash balance fed by cash collections. Interest expense was $9,729,000 in 2005 compared to $9,174,000 in 2004.
Other Income, Net - Other income was $666,000 in 2005 compared to $2,608,000 in 2004. Other income in 2004 included a gain on the sale of Zynx.
Also included in other income are revenues from office space leased to third parties.
Income Taxes - The Company’s effective tax rate was 36% and 40% in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Tax expense for 2005 includes an adjustment that
reduced tax expense related to a prior period for a tax benefit from the carry back of a capital loss generated by the sale of Zynx of $4,749,000. Excluding
this adjustment, the Company’s effective tax rate was 40% for 2005.
Operations by Segment
In the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company changed its reportable segments to reflect how the chief operating decision maker currently reviews the
Company’s results in terms of allocating resources and assessing performance. This change effectively presents the Company’s operating results by
its two geographical operating segments, Domestic and Global. As a result, the prior periods have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the change in
reportable segments.
The following table presents a summary of the operating information for 2005 and 2004 (in thousands):
2005
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 1,046,180
$ 113,314
$
1,290
$ 1,160,785
Operating Segments
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
231,977
209,747
441,724
16,981
47,691
64,672
5,728
508,224
254,686
765,663
513,952
1,020,349
Operating earnings
$ 604,456
$
48,642
$ (512,662) $ 140,436
Operating Segments
2004
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 858,945
$
63,622
$
3,789 $ 926,356
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
183,266
156,888
340,154
7,809
38,411
46,220
5,273
423,245
428,518
196,348
618,544
814,892
Operating earnings
$ 518,791
$
17,402
$ (424,729) $ 111,464
Operating earnings in the Domestic segment increased 17% for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended January 1, 2005. Total
Domestic segment revenues increased 22% in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period driven by strong bookings growth. Cost of revenues were
basically unchanged at 22% and 21% of total Domestic segment revenues for the year ended 2005 and 2004, respectively. Domestic segment revenues,
cost of revenues and operating expenses for 2005 included revenues from the acquired medical business division of VitalWorks, which closed on January
3, 2005. Domestic segment operating expenses in 2005 increased 34% compared to the 2004 period as a result of hiring additional personnel and the
inclusion of expenses from the medical business division of VitalWorks.
Operating earnings in the Global segment increased 180% for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended January 1, 2005. Total
revenues increased 78% in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period. The Company’s replacement of a competitor in the Southern region of England
was a big part of its global success in 2005, with this contract contributing more than $14 million of revenue. Other regions in our global business also
had an outstanding year. On strength in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, France and Canada, Global segment revenue grew more than 50 percent excluding
revenue from the Company’s United Kingdom contract. Cost of revenues were 15% and 12% of total Global segment revenues for the year ended 2005
and 2004, respectively. Operating expenses in the 2005 period increased 24% compared to the 2004 period due to hiring personnel for the higher level
of activity outside the United States.
Operating losses in Other increased 21% for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to the year ended January 1, 2005. Included in Other are
revenues and expenses not tracked by geographic segment. Operating expenses increased 20% in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period. This
increase in operating expenses is due to an increase in expenses such as software development, marketing, general and administrative and depreciation
in the 2005 period compared to the 2004 period. Operating expenses in the 2005 period includes the write-off of acquired in-process research and
development of $6,382,000.
5
Year Ended January 1, 2005, Compared to Year Ended January 3, 2004
The Company’s revenues increased 10% to $926,356,000 in 2004 from $839,587,000 in 2003. The Company had net earnings of $64,648,000 in 2004
compared to $42,791,000 in 2003. Included in 2004 net earnings are an adjustment in the third quarter of 2004 related to a prior period vacation pay
accrual that reduced net earnings by $2,076,000, net of $1,270,000 of tax, and a gain on the sale of Zynx, in the first quarter of 2004 that increased net
earnings by $3,023,000. Excluding these two items, 2004 net earnings would have been $947,000 lower, or $63,701,000.
Revenues - In 2004, revenues increased due to an increase in system sales, support of installed systems and an increase in services. Support,
maintenance and service revenues increased 14% to $542,414,000 in 2004 from $476,795,000 in 2003. Support and maintenance revenues were
$241,439,000 and $209,876,000 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Service revenues were $300,975,000 and $266,918,000 in 2004 and 2003,
respectively. Included in support, maintenance and service revenues are support and maintenance of software and hardware, managed services and
professional services, excluding installation. The increase in support and maintenance revenue was due primarily to the increase in the Company’s
installed and converted client base, that was driven by bringing a record number of Cerner Millennium solutions live in 2003 and 2004. The increase in
service revenue was driven by increased professional services billable hours and a strong increase in managed services.
System sales increased 6% to $351,861,000 in 2004 from $332,349,000 in 2003. Included in system sales are revenues from the sale of software,
hardware and sublicensed software. This increase is due primarily to an increase in licensed software sales that was partially offset by declines in
hardware sales.
At January 1, 2005, the Company had $1,191,170,000 in contract backlog and $347,662,000 in support and maintenance backlog, compared to
$938,221,000 in contract backlog and $312,887,000 in support and maintenance backlog at the end of 2003.
Cost of Revenues - The cost of revenues includes the cost of reimbursed travel expense, third party consulting services and subscription content,
hardware and sublicensed software purchased from hardware and software manufacturers for delivery to clients. It also includes the cost of hardware
maintenance and sublicensed software support subcontracted to the manufacturers. The cost of revenues was 21% of total revenues in 2004, and 23%
of total revenues in 2003. Such costs, as a percent of revenues, typically have varied as the mix of revenue (software, hardware, services and support)
components carrying different margin rates changes from period to period. The decrease in the cost of revenue as a percent of total revenues resulted
principally from a decrease in the percent of revenue from hardware and sublicensed software, which carry a higher cost of revenue percentage.
Sales and Client Service - Sales and client service expenses include salaries of client service personnel, communications expenses and unreimbursed
travel expenses. Also included are sales and marketing salaries, travel expenses, tradeshow costs and advertising costs. These expenses as a percent
of total revenues were 41% and 42% in 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in total sales and client service expenses to $383,628,000 in 2004
from $352,728,000 in 2003 is primarily due to an increase in personnel and personnel related expenses. The decrease in this spending as a percent of
total revenue reflects the Company’s ability to get better utilization of its resources and leverage this spending over a larger revenue stream.
Software Development - Software development expenses include salaries, documentation and other direct expenses incurred in software development
and amortization of software development costs. Total expenditures for software development, including both capitalized and noncapitalized portions, for
2004 and 2003 were $188,264,000 and $179,999,000, respectively. These amounts exclude amortization. Capitalized software costs were $58,912,000
and $58,736,000 for 2004 and 2003, respectively. The increase in aggregate expenditures in software development in 2004 is due to continued
development of Cerner Millennium solutions.
General and Administrative - General and administrative expenses include salaries for corporate, financial and administrative staffs, utilities,
communications expenses, foreign currency transaction gains and losses and professional fees. These expenses as a percent of total revenues were 7%
in both 2004 and 2003. Total general and administrative expenses were $63,327,000 and $58,236,000 for 2004 and 2003, respectively. General and
administrative expenses for 2004 include the vacation pay accrual adjustment of $3,346,000, which is more fully described in note 14 to the consolidated
financial statements. Excluding the adjustment to increase the vacation pay accrual, general and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues were
6% in 2004. The Company had net transaction losses on foreign currency of $479,000 for 2004 compared to net transaction gains on foreign currency
of $1,376,000 for 2003.
Interest Expense, Net - Interest income was $3,022,000 in 2004 compared to $1,219,000 in 2003. This increase is due primarily to higher interest
rates, and a higher cash balance fed by cash collections. Interest expense was $9,174,000 in 2004 compared to $8,236,000 in 2003.
Other Income, Net - Other income increased from $142,000 in 2003 to $2,608,000 in 2004. This increase is due primarily to a gain on the sale of Zynx.
Also included in other income are revenues from office space leased to third parties.
Operations by Segment
The following table presents a summary of the operating information for 2004 and 2003 (in thousands):
Operating Segments
2004
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 858,945
$ 63,622
$ 3,789
$ 926,356
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
183,266
156,888
340,154
7,809
38,411
46,220
5,273
423,245
428,518
196,348
618,544
814,892
Operating earnings
$ 518,791
$
17,402
$ (424,729) $
111,464
Operating Segments
2003
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 782,434
$
54,191
$
2,963 $ 839,587
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
180,681
134,177
314,858
13,450
35,814
49,264
159
397,209
397,368
194,290
567,200
761,490
Operating earnings
$ 467,576
$
4,927
$ (394,405) $
78,097
Operating earnings in the Domestic segment increased 11% for the year ended January 1, 2005 compared to the year ended January 3, 2004. Total
revenues for the Domestic segment increased 10% in the 2004 period compared to the 2003 period. Cost of revenues were 21% and 23% of total
Domestic segment revenues due to the decline in third party costs. Domestic segment operating expenses were 18% and 17% of total Domestic segment
revenues for 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Operating earnings in the Global segment increased 253% for the year ended January 1, 2005 compared to the year ended January 3, 2004. This large
increase is due to the small base in 2003 compared to 2004. Total revenues increased 17% in 2004 compared to 2003. The increase in total revenues is
due primarily to an increase in professional services in 2004 compared to 2003. Cost of revenues were 12% and 25% of total Global segment revenues.
Operating expenses increased 7% in 2004 compared to 2003. These increases are due primarily to an increased presence in the global market.
Operating losses in Other increased 8% for the year ended January 1, 2005 compared to the year ended January 3, 2004. This increase is due to an
increase in total costs and expenses of 8% in 2004 compared to 2003. The increase in operating expenses is due to an increase in expenses such as
software development, marketing, general and administrative and depreciation in 2004 compared to 2003.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s liquidity is influenced by many factors, including the amount and timing of the Company’s revenues, its cash collections from its clients
and the amounts the Company invests in software development, acquisitions and capital expenditures.
The Company’s principal source of liquidity is its cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. The majority of the Company’s cash and cash
equivalents consist of U.S. Government Federal Agency Securities, short-term marketable securities and overnight repurchase agreements. At December
31, 2005 the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $113,057,000, short-term investments of $161,230,000 and working capital of $391,541,000
compared to cash and cash equivalents of $189,784,000 and working capital of $310,229,000 at January 1, 2005.
The Company generated cash of $228,865,000, $168,304,000 and $134,150,000 from operations in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Cash flow
from operations increased in 2005 due primarily to a stronger performance in net earnings and increased collections of receivables. The Company has
periodically provided long-term financing options to creditworthy clients through third party financing institutions and has on occasion directly provided
extended payment terms from contract date. Some of these payment streams have been assigned on a non-recourse basis to third party financing
institutions. The Company has provided its usual and customary performance guarantees to the third party financing institutions in connection with
its on-going obligations under the client contract. During 2005 and 2004, the Company received total client cash collections of $1,200,595,000 and
$937,600,000, respectively, of which 7% and 6% were received from third party client financing arrangements and non-recourse payment assignments.
Days sales outstanding decreased from 104 days at the end of 2004 to 89 days at the end of 2005. Revenues provided under support and maintenance
agreements represent recurring cash flows. Support and maintenance revenues increased 23% in 2005 and 15% in 2004, and the Company expects
these revenues to continue to grow as the base of installed systems grows.
Cash used in investing activities consisted primarily of the purchase of short-term investments of $161,230,000, the acquisition of businesses of
$119,683,000 in 2005 and capitalized software development costs of $62,523,000 and $58,912,000 and purchases of capital equipment, land and
buildings of $100,583,000 and $56,490,000 in 2005 and 2004, respectively. The Company completed the sale of Zynx in the first quarter of 2004 for
$12,000,000.
The Company’s financing activities for 2005 primarily consisted of proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt of $111,827,000 and the exercise
of options of $51,744,000, repayment of a revolving line of credit and long-term debt of $91,817,000 and proceeds from a revolving line of credit of
$70,000,000. In 2004 the Company’s financing activities consisted primarily of the repayment of debt of $24,879,000 and the proceeds from the
exercise of stock options of $25,717,000.
In November 2005, the Company completed a £65,000,000 ($112,002,000 at December 31, 2005) private placement of debt at 5.54% pursuant to a
Note Agreement. The Note Agreement is payable in seven equal annual installments beginning in November 2009. The proceeds were used to repay the
outstanding amount under the Company’s credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The Note Agreement contains certain net worth and fixed
charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell assets and pay dividends. The Company
was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
In December 2002, the Company completed a $60,000,000 private placement of debt pursuant to a Note Agreement. The Series A Senior Notes, with
a $21,000,000 principal amount at 5.57%, are payable in three equal installments beginning in December 2006. The Series B Senior notes, with a
$39,000,000 principal amount at 6.42%, are payable in four equal annual installments beginning December 2009. The proceeds were used to repay the
outstanding amount under the Company’s credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The Note Agreement contains certain net worth and fixed
charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell assets and pay dividends. The Company
was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
In May 2002, the Company expanded its credit facility by entering into an unsecured credit agreement with a group of banks led by US Bank. This
agreement provides for a current revolving line of credit for working capital purposes. The current revolving line of credit is unsecured and requires
monthly payments of interest only. Interest is payable at the Company’s option at a rate based on prime (7.25% at December 31, 2005) or LIBOR (4.39%
at December 31, 2005) plus 2%. The interest rate may be reduced by up to 1.15% if certain net worth ratios are maintained. The agreement contains
certain net worth, current ratio, and fixed charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell
assets, and pay dividends. A commitment fee of 3/10% to 1/2% is payable quarterly based on the usage of the revolving line of credit. The revolving line
of credit matures on May 31, 2007. At December 31, 2005, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under this agreement and had $90,000,000
available for working capital purposes. On January 10, 2005, the Company drew down $35,000,000 from its revolving line of credit in connection with
the acquisition of the medical business division of VitalWorks. (See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.) This amount was paid in full as of
December 31, 2005. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
In April 1999, the Company completed a $100,000,000 private placement of debt pursuant to a Note Agreement. The Series A Senior Notes, with a
$60,000,000 principal amount at 7.14%, are payable in five equal annual installments that began in April 2002. The Series B Senior Notes, with a
$40,000,000 principal amount at 7.66%, are payable in six equal annual installments which commenced in April 2004. The proceeds were used to
retire the Company’s existing $30,000,000 of debt, and the remaining funds were used for capital improvements and to strengthen the Company’s cash
position. The Note Agreement contains certain net worth, current ratio, and fixed charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the
Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell assets, and pay dividends. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
The Company believes that its present cash position, together with cash generated from operations and, if necessary, its line of credit, will be sufficient
to meet anticipated cash requirements during 2006.
The following table represents a summary of the Company’s contractual obligations and commercial commitments, excluding interest, as of December
31, 2005, except short-term purchase order commitments arising in the ordinary course of business.
Contractual Obligations (in thousands)
200
200
200
200
2011 and
2010
thereafter
Total
Payments due by period
Long-Tem Debt Obligations
25,667
19,507
13,960
32,417
25,750
100,341
217,642
Lease Obligations
3,076
1,565
720
5
-
-
5,366
Acquisition/Divestiture Related Commitments
17,605
12,418
11,348
7,288
5,661
29,026
83,346
Supplier Software Purchase Commitments
13,339
1,800
2,493
100
-
25
-
-
-
-
-
-
15,832
1,925
Other
Total
61,487
36,083
26,053
39,710
31,411
129,367
324,111
The Company is currently planning to construct a new data center on its campus in North Kansas City at an approximate cost of $60,000,000, which
amount is not included above. The construction is expected to start in May 2006 and to be completed in 2007.
The effects of inflation on the Company’s business during 2005, 2004 and 2003 were not significant.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), Share Based Payments (“SFAS No.
123(R)”) which replaces SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees.” SFAS No. 123(R) addresses the accounting for share-based payments transactions with employees and other third parties, eliminates the
ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB 25 and requires that the compensation costs relating to such transactions be
recognized in the consolidated statement of earnings. In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the adoption of a new rule
that amended the effective date of SFAS 123(R). The effective date of the new standard under these new rules for the Company’s consolidated financial
statements was January 1, 2006. The Company has elected to adopt the standard using the modified prospective application under the bi-nomial method
and is currently assessing the impact that the Statement will have on its consolidated financial statements.
Critical Accounting Policies
The Company believes that there are several accounting policies that are critical to understanding the Company’s historical and future performance, as
these policies affect the reported amount of revenue and other significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates. These significant
accounting policies relate to revenue recognition, software development, concentrations, allowance for doubtful accounts and potential impairments
of goodwill. These policies and the Company’s procedures related to these policies are described in detail below and under specific areas within this
“Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” In addition, Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements
expands upon discussion of the Company’s accounting policies.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes its multiple element arrangements, including software and software-related services, using the residual method under SOP 97-
2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended by SOP No. 98-4, SOP 98-9 and clarified by Staff Accounting Bulletin’s (SAB) 101 “Revenue Recognition
in Financial Statements” and SAB No. 104 “Revenue Recognition” and Emerging Issues Task Force 00-21 “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with
Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”). Key factors in the Company’s revenue recognition model are management’s assessments that installation services
are essential to the functionality of the Company’s software whereas implementation services are not. If the Company’s business model were to change
such that implementation services became essential to the functionality of the Company’s software, the period of time over which the Company’s licensed
software revenue were to be recognized would lengthen. The Company generally recognizes revenue from the sale of its licensed software over two
key milestones, delivery and installation, based on percentages that reflect the underlying effort from planning to installation. Additionally, if the time
to achieve the Company’s delivery and installation milestones for its licensed software were to be accelerated or decelerated, its milestones would be
adjusted and the timing of revenue recognition for its licensed software could materially change.
Software Development Costs
Costs incurred internally in creating computer software solutions are expensed until technological feasibility has been established upon completion
of a detailed program design. Thereafter, all software development costs are capitalized and subsequently reported at the lower of amortized cost or
net realizable value. Capitalized costs are amortized based on current and expected future revenue for each software solution with minimum annual
amortization equal to the straight-line amortization over the estimated economic life of the software solution. The Company is amortizing capitalized
costs over five years.
The Company expects that major software information systems companies, large information technology consulting service providers and systems
integrators and others specializing in the healthcare industry may offer competitive products or services. The pace of change in the healthcare information
technology market is rapid and there are frequent new product introductions, product enhancements and evolving industry standards and requirements.
As a result, the capitalized software solutions may become less valuable or obsolete and could be subject to impairment.
Concentrations
Substantially all of the Company’s clients are integrated delivery networks, hospitals and other healthcare related organizations. If significant adverse
macro-economic factors were to impact these organizations it could materially adversely affect the Company. The Company’s access to certain software
and hardware components is dependent upon single and sole source suppliers. The inability of any supplier to fulfill supply requirements of the Company
could affect future results.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
If the creditworthiness of the Company’s clients were to weaken or the Company’s collections results relative to historical experience were to decline, it
could have a material adverse impact on operations and cash flows.
Goodwill
The Company accounts for its goodwill under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets.” As a result, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized but are evaluated for impairment annually or whenever
there is an impairment indicator. All goodwill is assigned to a reporting unit, where it is subject to an impairment test based on fair value. The Company
again assessed its goodwill for impairment in the second quarters of 2005 and 2004 and concluded that no goodwill was impaired. The Company used
a discounted cash flow analysis to determine the fair value of the reporting units for all periods. The Company completed eight acquisitions and one
divestiture subsequent to June 30, 2001, which resulted in approximately $97 million of goodwill that was not amortized in accordance with SFAS 142.
Goodwill amounted to $116,142,000 and $54,600,000 at December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005, respectively. If future, anticipated cash flows from
the Company’s reporting units that recognized goodwill do not materialize as expected the Company’s goodwill could be impaired, which would result
in significant write-offs.
Factors that may Affect Future Results of Operations, Financial Condition or Business
Statements made in this report, the Annual Report to Shareholders in which this report is made a part, other reports and proxy statements filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, communications to shareholders, press releases and oral statements made by representatives of the Company
that are not historical in nature, or that state the Company’s or management’s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of the future, may
constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Forward-looking statements can often be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “could,” “should,” “will,” “intended,” “continue,”
“believe,” “may,” “expect,” “hope,” “anticipate,” “goal,” “forecast,” “plan,” “guidance” or “estimate” or the negative of these words, variations thereof or
similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
It is important to note that any such performance and actual results, financial condition or business, could differ materially from those expressed in such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Item 1A. Risk
Factors and elsewhere herein or in other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other unforeseen factors not identified herein could
also have such an effect. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the
occurrence of unanticipated events or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time.
Item A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
At December 31, 2005, the Company had a £65,000,000 note payable outstanding through a private placement with an interest rate of 5.54%. The
note is payable in seven equal installments beginning in November 2009. Because the borrowing is denominated in pounds, the Company is exposed to
movements in the foreign currency exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Great Britain pound. A 1% change in the foreign currency exchange
rate between the U.S. dollar and the Great Britain pound at December 31, 2005 would have had an approximate $1,118,000 change in the balance of the
reported amount of the note payable in U.S. dollars.
Item . Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The Financial Statements and Notes required by this Item are submitted as a separate part of this report.
Item . Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item .A. Controls and Procedures
a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of
the period covered by the Annual Report (the “Evaluation Date”). They have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, these disclosure controls and
procedures were effective to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries would be made known to them
by others within those entities and would be disclosed on a timely basis.
b) There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2005 that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal controls over financial reporting.
c) The Company’s management, including its CEO and CFO, cannot provide complete assurance that its disclosure controls and procedures or the
Company’s internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only
reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that
there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control
systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been
detected.
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Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-
15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005. In making this assessment, the Company’s management used the criteria set forth by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in its Internal Control-Integrated Framework. The Company’s management has
concluded that, as of December 31, 2005, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on these criteria. The Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm that audited the consolidated financial statements included in the annual report has issued an audit report
on the Company’s assessment of its internal control over financial reporting, which is included herein under “Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm”.
Item .B. Other Information
None.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
The Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2006, will contain under the
caption “Election of Directors” certain information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K and such information is incorporated herein by this reference. The
information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K as to executive officers is set forth in Item 4A of Part I hereof.
The Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2006, will contain under
the caption “Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934” certain information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K and such
information is incorporated herein by this reference.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Board of Directors has determined that Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D., a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, is an audit committee financial
expert as that term is defined under Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K.
Code of Conduct; Corporate Governance Guidelines and Committee Charters
The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
controller and all other associates of the Company, including its directors and other officers. The Company has posted the text of the Code of Conduct on
its Web site at www.cerner.com under “About Cerner/Investors/Corporate Governance.”
The Board of Directors of the Company has also adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, which are posted on the Company’s Web site at www.cerner.
com under “About Cerner/Investors/Corporate Governance.”
The charters for the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating, Governance & Public Policy Committee are also available on the
Company’s Web site at www.cerner.com under “About Cerner/Investors/Corporate Governance.”
A printed copy of the Code of Conduct and the Corporate Governance Guidelines are also available to the public at no charge by writing to Cerner
Corporation, Attn. Human Resources, 2800 Rockcreek Parkway, North Kansas City, Missouri, 64117, or calling the Company’s headquarters at (816)
221-1024.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2006, will contain under the
caption “Executive Compensation” the information required by Item 11 of Form 10-K and such information is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2006, will contain under the
caption “Voting Securities and Principal Holders Thereof” the information required by Item 12 of Form 10-K and such information is incorporated herein
by this reference.
Item 1. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2006, will contain under the
caption “Certain Transactions” the information required by Item 13 of Form 10-K and such information is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 1. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 26, 2006, will contain under the
caption “Audit and Non-Audit Fees” the information required by Item 14 of Form 10-K and such information is incorporated herein by this reference.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(1) Consolidated Financial Statements:
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets -
December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005
Consolidated Statements of Operations -
Years Ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
Years Ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(2)
The following financial statement schedule and Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the
Registrant for the three year period ended
December 31, 2005 are included herein:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts,
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
All other schedules are omitted, as the required information is inapplicable or the information is presented in the consolidated financial
statements or related notes.
(3) The exhibits required to be filed by this item are set forth below:
Number Description
3(a)
3(b)
4(a)
4(b)
4(c)
4(d)
4(e)
4(f)
Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated December 5, 2003 (filed as exhibit 3(a) to Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference).
Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated March 9, 2001 (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on September 26, 2001 and
incorporated herein by reference).
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 12, 1999, between Cerner Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a., as Rights Agents,
which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock of Cerner Corporation, as Exhibit
A, and the Form of Rights Certificate, as Exhibit B (filed as an Exhibit to Registrant’s current report on Form 8 A/A dated March 31, 1999 and
incorporated herein by reference).
Specimen stock certificate (filed as Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S 8 (File No. 33 15156) dated April 10, 1997
and incorporated herein by reference).
Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association as administrative agent and head arranger, and LaSalle
Bank National Association, as document agent, dated as of May 31, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 29, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
First Amendment to Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association as administrative agent and head
arranger, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as documentation agent, dated as of July 22, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 4(d) to Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
Second Amendment to Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association as administrative agent and head
arranger, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as documentation agent, dated as of April 30, 233 (filed as Exhibit 4(f) to Registrant’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
Third Amendment to Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association as administrative agent and
head arranger, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as documentation agent, dated as of September 1, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to
Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4(g)
4(h)
4(i)
4(j)
4(k)
10(a)
10(b)
10(c)
10(d)
10(e)
10(f)
10(g)
10(h)
10(i)
10(j)
10(k)
10(l)
10(m)
10(n)
10(o)
10(p)
Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association as administrative agent and
head arranger, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as documentation agent, dated as of December 28, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to
Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association as administrative agent and
head arranger, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as documentation agent, dated as of December 28, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to
Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
Cerner Corporation Note Agreement dated as of April 1, 1999 among Cerner Corporation, Principal Life Insurance Company, Principal Life
Insurance Company, on behalf of one or more separate accounts, Commercial Union Life Insurance Company of America, Nippon Life
Insurance Company of America, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, and
Investors Partner Life Insurance Company (filed as Exhibit 4(e) to Registrant’s Form 8-K dated April 23, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference).
Note Purchase Agreement between Cerner Corporation and the purchasers therein, dated December 15, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 10(x) to
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
Cerner Corporation Note Purchase Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005 among Cerner Corporation, as issuer, and AIG Annuity Insurance
Company, American General Life Insurance Company and Principal Life Insurance Company, as purchasers, (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Registrant’s
Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
Incentive Stock Option Plan C of Registrant (filed as Exhibit 10(f) to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1993, and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreements between the Registrant and Neal L. Patterson, Clifford W. Illig and Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D. dated June 1, 1987,
June 1, 1987 and February 9, 1988, respectively (filed as Exhibit 10(i) to Registrant’s Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1992, and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreement between Michael E. Herman and Registrant dated May 16, 1995 (filed as Exhibit 10(i)(a) to Registrant’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the year ended June 29, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreement between John C. Danforth and Registrant dated May 14, 1996 (filed as Exhibit 10(i)(b) to Registrant’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the year ended June 29, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreement between John C. Danforth and Registrant dated February 3, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Form
8-K dated February 3, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreement between Jeff C. Goldsmith, Ph.D. and Registrant dated November 18, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 10(e) to Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreement between William B. Neaves, Ph.D. and Nancy-Ann DeParle and Registrant both dated September 20, 2001 (filed as
Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Indemnification Agreement between William D. Zollars and Registrant dated May 27, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K on
June 3, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Amended Stock Option Plan D of Registrant as of December 8, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10(f) to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference).*
Amended Stock Option Plan E of Registrant as of December 8, 2000 (filed as Exhibit 10(g) to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference).*
Cerner Corporation Executive Stock Purchase Plan dated April 23, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 4(g) to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-77029) and incorporated herein by reference).*
Form of Stock Pledge Agreement for Cerner Corporation Executive Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 4(h) to Registrant’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-77029) and incorporated herein by reference).*
Form of Promissory Note for Cerner Corporation Executive Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 4(i) to Registrant’s Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-77029) and incorporated herein by reference).*
Employment Agreement of Earl H. Devanny, III dated August 13, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 10(q) to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended January 1, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference).*
Employment Agreement of Neal L. Patterson dated November 10, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K on November 17, 2005
and incorporated herein by reference).*
Cerner Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F (filed as Annex I to Registrant’s 2001 Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by
reference).*
10(q)
10(r)
10(s)
10(t)
10(u)
10(v)
10(w)
10(x)
10(y)
10(z)
Cerner Corporation 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan G (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-
125492) on June 3, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Cerner Corporation 2001 Associate Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Annex II Registrant’s 2001 Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by
reference).*
Qualified Performance-Based Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(v) to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 30, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference).*
2006 Executive Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to Registrant’s Form 8-K on March 10, 2006 and incorporated herein by
reference).*
Cerner Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10(y) to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
Cerner Corporation 2005 Enhanced Severance Pay Plan as Amended and Restated dated September 12, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form
8-K filed on September 12, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).*
Cerner Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10(v) to Registrant’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference). *
Cerner Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Certificate (filed as Exhibit 10(a) to Registrant’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 1, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).*
Cerner Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F Nonqualified Stock Option Director Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10(x) to Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference). *
Cerner Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F Director Restricted Stock Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10(w) to Registrant’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the y ear ended January 1, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).*
10(aa)
Cerner Corporation 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan G Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Certificate (filed as Exhibit 10(b) to Registrant’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 1, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).*
* Management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements required to be identified by Item15(a)(3)(b)
11
21
23
31.1
Computation of Registrant’s Earnings Per Share. (Exhibit omitted. Information contained in notes to consolidated financial statements.)
Subsidiaries of Registrant.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Certification of Neal L. Patterson, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
31.2
Certification of Marc G. Naughton, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(b)
Exhibits.
The response to this portion of Item 15 is submitted as a separate section of this report.
(c)
Financial Statement Schedules.
The response to this portion of Item 15 is submitted as a separate section of this report.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 16, 2006
CERNER CORPORATION
By:_/s/ Neal L. Patterson
Neal L. Patterson
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature and Title
____/s/Neal L. Patterson
Neal L. Patterson, Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
____/s/Clifford W. Illig
Clifford W. Illig, Vice Chairman and Director
____/s/Marc G. Naughton
Marc G. Naughton, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
____/s/Michael E. Herman
Michael E. Herman, Director
____/s/Gerald E. Bisbee
Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D., Director
____/s/John C. Danforth
John C. Danforth, Director
____/s/ William B. Neaves
William B. Neaves, Ph.D., Director
____/s/Nancy-Ann DeParle
Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director
____/s/William D. Zollars
William D. Zollars, Director
Date
March 16, 2006
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March 16, 2006
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cerner Corporation:
We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing
in Item 9.A. Controls and Procedures, that Cerner Corporation (the Corporation) maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for
its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment
and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in
all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment,
testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in
the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal
control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately
and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures
of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, management’s assessment that Cerner Corporation maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005,
is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Also, in our opinion, Cerner Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance
sheets of Cerner Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and our report dated March 16, 2006
expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
(signed) KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
March 16, 2006
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cerner Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cerner Corporation and subsidiaries (the Corporation) as of December 31, 2005 and
January 1, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2005. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Cerner Corporation
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-
year period ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Cerner
Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 16, 2006 expressed an unqualified
opinion on management’s assessment of, and the effective operation of, internal control over financial reporting.
(signed) KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
March 16, 2006
Management’s Report
The management of Cerner Corporation is responsible for the consolidated financial statements and all other information presented in this report. The
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles appropriate to the circumstances, and, therefore,
included in the financial statements are certain amounts based on management’s informed estimates and judgments. Other financial information in this
report is consistent with that in the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements have been audited by Cerner Corporation’s
independent registered public accountants and have been reviewed by the audit committee of the Board of Directors.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005
(In thousands except shares and per share data)
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Receivables, net
Inventory
Prepaid expenses and other
Deferred income taxes
Total current assets
Property and equipment, net
Software development costs, net
Goodwill, net
Intangible assets, net
Other assets
Total Assets
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable
Current installments of long-term debt
Deferred revenue
Deferred income taxes
Accrued payroll and tax withholdings
Other accrued expenses
Total current liabilities
Long-term debt
Deferred income taxes
Deferred revenue
Minority owners’ equity interest in subsidiary
Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value,150,000,000 shares authorized,
78,514,463 and 74,776,763 shares issued in 2005 and
2004, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency effects on cash and cash equivalents
Total stockholders’ equity
Commitments
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
2005
200
$ 113,057
161,230
316,965
9,585
42,685
8,109
189,784
-
282,199
7,373
30,117
-
651,631
509,473
292,608
230,440
172,548 157,765
54,600
116,142
22,690
60,448
7,297
10,252
$ 1,303,629
982,265
$
65,377
28,743
79,890
-
66,002
20,078
37,008
21,908
77,445
430
55,819
6,634
260,090
199,244
194,265
72,922
14,533
108,804
69,863
5,703
1,286
1,166
785
325,119
430,262
748
243,956
344,011
4,367
8,770
760,533
597,485
$ 1,303,629
982,265
Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the years ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004
(In thousands, except per share data)
Revenues
System sales
Support, maintenance and services
Reimbursed travel
2005
200
200
$
449,734
677,664
33,387
351,861
542,414
32,081
332,349
476,795
30,443
Total revenues
1,160,785
926,356
839,587
Costs and expenses
Cost of system sales
Cost of support, maintenance and services
Cost of reimbursed travel
Sales and client service
Software development
General and administrative
Write-off of in process research and development
171,073
50,226
33,387
466,206
211,455
81,620
6,382
115,803
48,464
32,081
383,628
171,589
63,327
-
111,256
52,591
30,443
352,728
156,236
58,236
-
Total costs and expenses
1,020,349
814,892
761,490
Operating earnings
140,436
111,464
78,097
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net
Other income, net
Total other expense, net
Earnings before income taxes
Income taxes
Net earnings
Basic earnings per share
(5,858)
666
(5,192)
135,244
(48,993)
(6,152)
2,608
(3,544)
107,920
(43,272)
(7,017)
142
(6,875)
71,222
(28,431)
86,251
64,648
42,791
$
$
1.16
0.90
0.86
0.61
0.59
Diluted earnings per share
$ 1.10
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Changes In Equity
For the years ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004
Common Stock
Shares
Amount
Additional
paid-in
capital
Accumulated
Other
Retained Comprehensive Comprehensive
Income
Earnings
Income
(In thousands)
Balance at December 28, 2002
71,962
$ 720
199,767
236,572
(1,744)
Exercise of options
Purchase of treasury shares
Non-employee stock option compensation expense
Tax benefit from disqualifying disposition of stock options
Associate stock purchase plan discounts
Third party warrants
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale equity
securities, net of deferred benefit of $14
Net earnings
Comprehensive income
649
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,695
-
34
1,876
(604)
2,052
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,438
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,438
-
-
-
42,791
76 76
42,791
-
49,305
Balance at January 3, 2004
72,611
$ 726
209,820
279,363
4,770
Exercise of options
Employee stock option compensation expense
Tax benefit from disqualifying disposition of stock options
Associate stock purchase plan discounts
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Net earnings
Comprehensive income
2,166
-
-
-
-
-
25,524
22
173
-
-
9,191
- (752)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
64,648
-
-
-
-
4,000
-
Balance at January 1, 2005
74,777
$ 748
243,956
344,011
8,770
Exercise of options
Employee stock option compensation expense
Tax benefit from disqualifying disposition of stock options
Associate stock purchase plan discounts
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Net earnings
Comprehensive income
3,737
-
-
-
-
-
50,926
37
780
-
30,289
-
- (832)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
86,251
-
-
-
-
(4,403)
-
Balance at December 31, 2005
78,514
$ 785
325,119
430,262
4,367
-
-
-
-
4,000
64,648
68,648
-
-
-
-
(4,403)
86,251
81,848
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004
2005
200
200
$
86,251
114,055
-
6,382
-
(6,874)
30,289
(In thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net earnings
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
Gain on sale of business
Write-off of acquired in process research and development
Non-employee stock option compensation expense
Provision for deferred income taxes
Tax benefit from disqualifying dispositions of stock options
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of businesses acquired):
Receivables, net (22,502)
Inventory
(2,078)
Prepaid expenses and other (18,781)
14,382
Accounts payable
13,594
Accrued income taxes
949
Deferred revenue
13,198
Other current liabilities
Total adjustments
142,614
Net cash provided by operating activities
228,865
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of capital equipment
Purchase of land, buildings, and improvements
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash received
Proceeds from the sale of business
Net increase in short-term investments
Repayment of notes receivable
Capitalized software development costs
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
Proceeds from revolving line of credit
Repayment of revolving line of credit and long-term debt
Proceeds from third party warrants
Purchase of treasury shares
Proceeds from exercise of options
Associate stock purchase plan discounts
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
Increase in cash from the consolidation of a variable interest entity
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest
Income taxes, net of refund
Noncash investing and financing activities
Issuance of note payable for unused software credits
Acquisition of equipment through capital leases
Non-cash changes resulting from acquisitions
Increase in accounts receivable
Increase in property and equipment, net
Increase in goodwill and intangibles
Increase in deferred revenue
Increase in long term debt
Decrease in other working capital components
Total
111,827
70,000
(91,848)
-
-
51,744
(832)
140,891
(2,515)
-
(76,727)
189,784
113,057
(64,785)
(35,798)
(119,683)
-
(161,230)
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(62,523)
(443,968)
11,621
2,355
124,921
(10,979)
(3,111)
(5,124)
119,683
8,157
13,591
-
89
$
$
$
$
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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64,648
42,791
90,802
(3,023)
-
-
295
9,191
(24,747)
3,924
(20,743)
9,474
15,919
16,055
6,509
103,656
168,304
(44,214)
(12,276)
(1,957)
12,000
-
1,977
(58,912)
(103,382)
-
-
(24,879)
-
-
25,717
(752)
86
2,937
-
67,945
121,839
189,784
8,614
21,865
7,500
2,075
1,019
65
2,187
(1,004)
(5)
(305)
1,957
69,330
-
-
34
21,317
1,876
20,723
(3,393)
(201)
(30,663)
(5,187)
22,561
(5,038)
91,359
134,150
(26,831)
(56,752)
(6,380)
-
-
651
(58,736)
(148,048)
320
-
(13,238)
2,052
(5,930)
6,703
(604)
(10,697)
3,740
151
(20,704)
142,543
121,839
7,984
10,426
-
9,811
298
431
6,234
485
-
(1,068)
6,380
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Cerner Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
(the “Company”). All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
(b) Nature of Operations - The Company designs, develops, markets, installs, hosts and supports software information technology and content solutions
for healthcare organizations and consumers. The Company also implements these solutions as individual, combined or enterprise-wide systems.
(c) Revenue Recognition - Revenues are derived primarily from the sale of clinical, financial and administrative information systems and solutions.
The components of the system sales revenues are the licensing of computer software, installation, subscription content and the sale of computer
hardware and sublicensed software. The components of support, maintenance and service revenues are software support and hardware maintenance,
remote hosting and managed services, training, consulting and implementation services. The Company provides several models for the procurement
of its clinical, financial and administrative information systems. The predominant method is a perpetual software license agreement, project-
related installation services, implementation and consulting services, software support and either remote hosting services or computer hardware and
sublicensed software.
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended
by SOP 98-4, SOP 98-9 and clarified by Staff Accounting Bulletin’s (SAB) 101 “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements” and SAB No. 104 “Revenue
Recognition” and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21 “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF 00-21”). SOP
97-2, as amended, generally requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple-elements to be allocated to each element based on
the relative fair values of those elements if fair values exist for all elements of the arrangement. Pursuant to SOP 98-9, the Company recognizes revenue
from multiple-element software arrangements using the residual method. Under the residual method, revenue is recognized in a multiple-element
arrangement when Company-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all of the undelivered elements in the arrangement (i.e. professional
services, software support, hardware maintenance, hardware and sublicensed software), but does not exist for one or more of the delivered elements
in the arrangement (i.e. software solutions including project-related installation services). The Company allocates revenue to each undelivered element
in a multiple-element arrangement based on the element’s respective fair value, with the fair value determined by the price charged when that element
is sold separately. Specifically, the Company determines the fair value of the software support and maintenance portion of the arrangement based on
the renewal price of the software support and maintenance charged to clients; professional services portion of the arrangement, other than installation
services, based on hourly rates which the Company charges for these services when sold apart from a software license; and, the hardware and
sublicensed software, based on the prices for these elements when they are sold separately from the software. The residual amount of the fee after
allocating revenue to the fair value of the undelivered elements is attributed to the software solution, including project-related installation services. If
evidence of the fair value cannot be established for the undelivered elements of a license agreement, the entire amount of revenue under the arrangement
is deferred until these elements have been delivered or objective evidence can be established.
The Company provides project-related installation services, which include project-scoping services, conducting pre-installation audits and creating initial
environments. Because installation services are deemed to be essential to the functionality of the software, the Company recognizes the software license
and installation services fees over the software installation period using the percentage of completion method pursuant to Statement of Position 81-1 (SOP
81-1), Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts, as prescribed by SOP 97-2. The Company measures
the percentage of completion based on output measures which reflect direct labor hours incurred, beginning at software delivery and culminating at
completion of installation. The installation services process length is dependent upon client specific factors and can occur in a short period of time or
range up to one year in length.
The Company also provides implementation and consulting services, which include consulting activities that fall outside of the scope of the standard
installation services. These services vary depending on the scope and complexity requested by the client. Examples of such services may include
additional database consulting, system configuration, project management, testing assistance, network consulting, post conversion review and application
management services. Implementation and consulting services generally are not deemed to be essential to the functionality of the software, and thus
does not impact the timing of the software license recognition, unless software license fees are tied to implementation milestones. In those instances,
the portion of the software license fee tied to implementation milestones is deferred until the related milestone is accomplished and related fees become
billable and non-forfeitable. Implementation fees are recognized over the service period, which may extend from nine months to three years for multi-
phased projects.
Managed services are marketed under long-term arrangements generally over periods of five to 10 years. These services are typically provided to clients
that have acquired a perpetual license for licensed software and have contracted with the Company to host the software in its data center. Under these
arrangements, the client has the contractual right to take possession of the licensed software at any time during the hosting period without significant
penalty and it is feasible for the client to either run the software on its own equipment or contract with another party unrelated to the Company to host
the software. As such, the Company accounts for these arrangements under SOP 97-2, as prescribed by EITF Issue No. 00-3, Application of AICPA
Statement of Position 97-2 to Arrangements That Include the Right to Use Software Stored on Another Entity’s Hardware. Because vendor-specific
objective evidence for hosting and managed services is established through renewal rates in the arrangements, the Company uses the residual method
to recognize revenue for the software element. The hosting and managed services are recognized as the services are performed.
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The Company also offers its solutions on an application service provider (“ASP”) or a term license basis, making available Company software functionality
on a remote processing basis from the Company’s data centers. The data centers provide system and administrative support as well as processing
services. Revenue on software and services provided on an ASP or term license basis is recognized on a monthly basis over the term of the contract.
The Company capitalizes related direct costs consisting of third-party costs and direct software installation and implementation costs. These costs are
amortized over the term of the arrangement.
Software support fees are marketed under annual and multi-year arrangements and are recognized as revenue ratably over the contracted support term.
Hardware maintenance revenues are billed and recognized monthly over the contracted maintenance term.
Subscription and content fees are generally marketed under annual and multi-year agreements and are recognized ratably over the contracted terms.
Hardware and sublicensed software sales are generally recognized when title passes to the client.
Where the Company has contractually agreed to develop new or customized software code for a client as a single element arrangement, the Company
utilizes percentage of completion accounting in accordance with SOP 81-1. If a contract includes multiple elements, including one or more undelivered
element, or if the agreement includes contingent revenue (as defined in EITF 00-21), the Company complies with the provisions of EITF 00-21 and delays
revenue recognition until undelivered elements are delivered and revenue contingencies expire. When revenue is deferred all direct and incremental
costs associated with the arrangement are capitalized and amortized over the contractual term once revenue recognition commences.
In the United Kingdom the Company has contracted with a third party to customize software and provide implementation and support services under
a long term arrangement (nine years). Because the arrangement requires customization and development of software, and fair value for the support
services does not exist in this arrangement, the entire arrangement is being accounted for as a single unit of accounting under SOP 81-1. Also,
because the Company believes it is reasonably assured that no loss will be incurred under this arrangement, it is using the zero margin approach of
applying percentage-of-completion accounting until the software customization and development services are completed. Once software customization
and development services are completed, the remaining unrecognized portion of the fee will be recognized ratably over the remaining term of the
arrangement. As of December 31, 2005, $14,181,000 of revenue and expense have been recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
Deferred revenue is comprised of deferrals for license fees, support, maintenance and other services for which payment has been received and for which
the service has not yet been performed and revenue has not been recognized. Long-term deferred revenue at December 31, 2005, represents amounts
received from license fees, maintenance and other services to be earned or provided beginning in periods on or after December 31, 2006.
The Company incurs out-of-pocket expenses in connection with its client service activities, primarily travel, which are reimbursed by its clients. The
amounts of ”out-of-pocket” expenses and equal amounts of related reimbursements were $33,387,000, $32,081,000 and $30,443,000 for the years
ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004, respectively.
The Company’s arrangements with clients typically include a deposit due upon contract signing and date-based licensed software payment terms and
payments based upon delivery for services, hardware and sublicensed software. The Company has periodically provided long-term financing options to
creditworthy clients through third party financing institutions and has on occasion directly provided extended payment terms from contract date. Certain
of these receivables have been assigned on a non-recourse basis to third party financing institutions. The Company accounts for the assignment of these
receivables as “true sales” as defined in FASB Statement No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities. Provided all revenue recognition criteria have been met, the Company recognizes revenue for these arrangements under its normal revenue
recognition criteria, net of any payment discounts from financing transactions.
The terms of the Company’s software license agreements with its clients generally provide for a limited indemnification of such intellectual property
against losses, expenses and liabilities arising from third-party claims based on alleged infringement by the Company’s solutions of an intellectual
property right of such third party. The terms of such indemnification often limit the scope of and remedies for such indemnification obligations and
generally include a right to replace or modify an infringing solution. To date, the Company has not had to reimburse any of its clients for any losses related
to these indemnification provisions pertaining to third-party intellectual property infringement claims. For several reasons, including the lack of prior
indemnification claims and the lack of a monetary liability limit for certain infringement cases under the terms of the corresponding agreements with its
clients, the Company cannot determine the maximum amount of potential future payments, if any, related to such indemnification provisions.
(d) Fiscal Year - The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31. Fiscal year 2003 consisted of 53 weeks and fiscal years
2005 and 2004 consisted of 52 weeks each. All references to years in these notes to consolidated financial statements represent fiscal years unless
otherwise noted.
(e) Software Development Costs - Costs incurred internally in creating computer software products are expensed until technological feasibility has
been established upon completion of a detailed program design. Thereafter, all software development costs are capitalized and subsequently reported
at the lower of amortized cost or net realizable value. Capitalized costs are amortized based on current and expected future revenue for each product
with minimum annual amortization equal to the straight-line amortization over the estimated economic life of the product. The Company is amortizing
capitalized costs over five years. During 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company capitalized $62,523,000, $58,912,000 and $58,736,000, respectively,
of total software development costs of $226,238,000, $188,264,000 and $179,999,000, respectively. Amortization expense of capitalized software
development costs in 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $47,740,000, $42,237,000 and $34,973,000, respectively, and accumulated amortization was
$255,122,000, $207,382,000 and $165,145,000, respectively.
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(f) Cash Equivalents - Cash equivalents consist of short-term marketable securities with original maturities less than ninety days.
(g) Short-term Investments - The Company’s short-term investments are primarily invested in auction rate securities which are debt and preferred
stock instruments having longer-dated (in most cases, many years) legal maturities, but with interest rates that are generally reset every 28-49 days
under an auction system. Because auction rate securities are frequently re-priced, they trade in the market on par-in, par-out basis. Because the
Company regularly liquidates its investments in these securities for reasons including, among others, changes in market interest rates and changes in
the availability of and the yield on alternative investments, the Company has classified these securities as available-for-sale securities. As available-
for-sale securities, these investments are carried at fair value, which approximates cost. Despite the liquid nature of these investments, the Company
categorizes them as short-term investments instead of cash and cash equivalents due to the underlying legal maturities of such securities. However,
they have been classified as current assets as they are generally available to support the Company’s current operations. There have been no realized
gains or losses on these investments.
(h) Inventory - Inventory consists primarily of computer hardware and sub-licensed software held for resale and is recorded at the lower of cost (first-in,
first-out) or market.
(i) Property and Equipment - Property, equipment and leasehold improvements are stated at cost. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed
using the straight-line method over periods of two to 50 years. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed using a straight-line method over
the shorter of the lease terms or the useful lives, which range from periods of two to 15 years.
(j) Earnings per Common Share - Basic earnings per share (EPS) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders
by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities
or other contracts to issue stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the
earnings of the Company. A reconciliation of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations is as follows:
(In thousands, except per share data)
2005
200
200
Earnings
Per-Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount
Shares
Earnings
Per-Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount
Shares
Earnings
Per-Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount
Shares
Basic earnings per share
Income available to
common stockholders
Effect of dilutive securities
$ 86,251
74,144
1.16
$ 64,648
72,174
$ 0.90
$ 42,791
70,710
$ 0 .61
stock options
-
3,946
-
2,968
-
2,002
Diluted earnings per share
Income available to common
stockholders including
assumed conversions
$ 86,251
78,090
1.10
$ 64,648
75,142
$ 0.86 $ 42,791
72,712
$ 0 .59
Options to purchase 166,000, 3,138,000 and 6,108,000 shares of common stock at per share prices ranging from $38.32 to $136.86, $22.50 to
$136.86 and $16.25 to $287.41, were outstanding at the end of 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted
earnings per share because the options’ exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares for the period and thus were
antidilutive.
(k) Foreign Currency - Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is the local currency are translated into U.S. dollars
at exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates during the year. The net
exchange differences resulting from these translations are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income. Gains and losses resulting from foreign
currency transactions are included in the consolidated statements of operations. The net gain (loss) resulting from foreign currency transactions is
included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and amounted to $2,700,000, ($479,000) and $1,376,000
in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(l) Income Taxes - Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial
statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using
enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
(m) Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - The Company accounts for goodwill under the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” As a result, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized but are
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evaluated for impairment annually or whenever there is an impairment indicator. All goodwill is assigned to a reporting unit, where it is subject to an
impairment test based on fair value. The Company assesses its goodwill for impairment in the second quarter of its fiscal year. There was no impairment
of goodwill in 2005 and 2004. The Company used a discounted cash flow analysis to determine the fair value of the reporting units for all periods tested.
The Company’s intangible assets, other than goodwill or intangible assets with indefinite lives, are all subject to amortization and are summarized as
follows:
(In thousands)
December 1, 2005
January 1, 2005
Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period(Yrs)
Purchased software
Customer lists
Patents
Non-compete agreements
$
5.0
5.0
14.0
5.0
Gross
Carrying
Amount
53,307
45,642
1,556
382
Total
5.14
$
100,887
Accumulated
Amortization
29,690
10,514
133
102
40,439
Gross
Carrying
Amount
40,966
3,700
1,080
125
45,871
Accumulated
Amortization
20,792
2,240
109
40
23,181
Amortization expense was $17,258,000, $6,679,000 and $6,592,000 for the years ended 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows:
For year ended:
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
$
17,359
13,731
13,466
11,740
860
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the 12 months ended December 31, 2005 are as follows:
Balance as of January 1, 2005
Goodwill acquired
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other
Balance as of December 31, 2005
$
$
54,600
62,278
(736)
116,142
At December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005, goodwill of $111,036,000 and $50,701,000 has been allocated to the Domestic segment respectively. The
2005 and 2004 amounts of goodwill allocated to the Global segment was $5,106,000 and $3,899,000, respectively.
(n) Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
(o) Concentrations - Substantially all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, are held at three major U.S. financial
institutions. The majority of the Company’s cash equivalents consist of U.S. Government Federal Agency Securities, short-term marketable securities,
and overnight repurchase agreements. Deposits held with banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. Generally these
deposits may be redeemed upon demand and, therefore, bear minimal risk.
Substantially all of the Company’s clients are integrated delivery networks, hospitals and other healthcare related organizations. If significant adverse
macro-economic factors were to impact these organizations it could materially adversely affect the Company. The Company’s access to certain software
and hardware components is dependent upon single and sole source suppliers. The inability of any supplier to fulfill supply requirements of the Company
could affect future results.
(p) Accounting for Stock Options - The Company applies the intrinsic-value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board
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(APB) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations including FASB Interpretation No. 44, ”Accounting for
Certain Transactions involving Stock Compensation, an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25,” issued in March 2000, to account for its fixed–plan stock
options. Under this method for fixed awards, compensation expense is recorded on the date of grant only if the current market price of the underlying
stock exceeded the exercise price. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” established
accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair-value-based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. As allowed by
SFAS No. 123, the Company has elected to continue to apply the intrinsic-value-based method of accounting described above, and has adopted only the
disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123. The following is a reconciliation of reported net earnings to adjusted net earnings had the Company recorded
compensation expense based on the fair value at the grant date for its stock options under SFAS 123 for the years ended 2005, 2004 and 2003.
(In thousands, except per share data)
Reported net earnings
$
86,251
64,648
42,791
2005
200
200
Less: stock-based compensation expense determined
under fair-value-based method for all awards, net of tax
Adjusted net earnings
Basic earnings per share:
(10,971)
75,280
(7,903)
56,745
(13,392)
29,399
Reported net earnings
$
1.16
Less: stock-based compensation expense determined
under fair-value-based method for all awards, net of tax
Adjusted net earnings
Diluted earnings per share:
(.14)
1.02
Reported net earnings
$
1.10
Less: stock-based compensation expense determined
under fair-value-based method for all awards
Adjusted net earnings
(.14)
.96
.90
(.11)
.79
.86
(.11)
.75
.61
(.19)
.42
.59
(.18)
.41
Pro forma net earnings reflect only options granted since January 1, 1995. Therefore, the full impact of calculating compensation expense for stock
options under FAS 123 is not reflected in the pro forma net earnings amounts presented above, because compensation cost is reflected over the options’
vesting period. Compensation expense for options granted prior to January 1, 1995 is not considered.
In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), Share Based Payments (“SFAS No.
123(R)”) which replaces SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees.” SFAS No. 123(R) addresses the accounting for share-based payments transactions with employees and other third parties, eliminates the
ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB 25 and requires that the compensation costs relating to such transactions be
recognized in the consolidated statement of earnings. In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the adoption of a new rule
that amended the effective date of SFAS 123(R). The effective date of the new standard under these new rules for the Company’s consolidated financial
statements was January 1, 2006. The Company has elected to adopt the standard using the modified prospective application under the bi-nomial method
and is currently assessing the impact that the Statement will have on its consolidated financial statements.
(q) Reclassifications – Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year consolidated financial statement presentation.
(r) Accounting for Variable Interest Entities - On September 27, 2003, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No.
46 (“FIN 46”) as amended by FIN 46R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities an Interpretation of APB No. 51.” The Interpretation provides guidance
on the identification of entities for which control is achieved through means other than through voting rights (“variable interest entities’” or “VIEs”) and
how to determine when and which business enterprises should consolidate the VIE (the “primary beneficiary”).
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2 Business Acquisitions and Divestiture
During the three years ended December 31, 2005, the Company completed six acquisitions, which were accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting.
On January 3, 2005, the Company completed the purchase of assets of the medical business division of VitalWorks, Inc. for approximately $100,000,000,
which was funded with existing cash of approximately $65,000,000 and borrowings on the revolving line of credit of approximately $35,000,000. The
medical business consists of delivering and supporting physician practice management, electronic medical record, electronic data interchange and
emergency department information solutions and related products and services to physician practices, hospital emergency departments, management
service organizations and other related entities. The acquisition of VitalWorks’ medical division expanded the Company’s presence in the physician
practice market. $6,382,000 of the purchase price was allocated to in-process research and development that had not reached technological feasibility
and is reflected as a charge to earnings in 2005. The allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair values of the identified tangible and intangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed, resulted in goodwill of $55,166,000 and $43,450,000 in intangible assets that will be amortized over five
years.
The unaudited financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations of Cerner Corporation and the medical business
division of VitalWorks, Inc., on a pro forma basis, as though the companies had been combined as of the beginning of the periods presented. The pro
forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved
if the acquisition and borrowings under the Company’s revolving line of credit had taken place at the beginning of the period presented. The pro forma
financial information for the period presented includes the purchase accounting effect of amortization charges from acquired intangible assets, interest
expense on the borrowing on the revolving line of credit, and the charge for the write off of acquired in process research and development of $3,941,000,
net of a $2,441,000 tax benefit.
(in thousands, except per share data)
Total revenues
Net Income
Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share
Twelve months ended
January 1, 2005
$ 997,449
$ 64,578
$ .89
$ .86
Pro forma results of operations have not been presented for any of the other five acquisitions because the effects of these acquisitions were not material
to the Company on either an individual or an aggregate basis. The results of operations of each acquisition are included in the Company’s consolidated
statement of operations from the date of each acquisition.
On March 15, 2004 the Company sold the referential content portion of Zynx Health Incorporated (Zynx) for $12,000,000. The Company retained the
life sciences portion of the business, which is engaged in selling life sciences data to pharmaceutical companies for use in research, and the Company
retained the rights to use the Zynx content in its solutions going forward. The sale of Zynx resulted in a gain of $3,023,000, and has been included in
Other Income, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In connection with filing the Company’s 2004 income tax return, management determined that the sale of Zynx in the first quarter of 2004 resulted in a
tax capital loss. This tax capital loss was carried back against capital gains previously realized resulting in tax benefits of $4,794,000. The tax benefit
was not recorded in the 2004 consolidated financial statements.
The tax benefit, if properly recorded in 2004, would have increased 2004 net earnings by $4,794,000. As the impact to prior year’s annual consolidated
financial statements was not material, the Company recorded this tax benefit of $4,794,000 in the third quarter of 2005 (an increase to 2005 net earnings
of $0.06 per share on a diluted basis for the year ended December 31, 2005.)
A summary of the Company’s purchase acquisitions for the three years ended December 31, 2005, is included in the following table (in millions, except
share amounts):
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Entity Name, Description of Business Acquired,
and Reason Business Acquired
Date
Consideration
Goodwill
(Tax Basis)
Developed
Intangibles Technology
Form of
Consideration
Fiscal 2005 Acquisitions
Bridge Medical, Inc.
Leader in point-of-care software market
Integrate technology into Cerner Millennium
7/05
$11
$5.4
($5.4)
$5.5
$2.9
$11 cash
DKE SARL (Axya Systemes)
5/05
$5.2
$1.2
$1.8
$1.5
$5.2 cash
Financial, Administrative, and Clinical
Solutions in Europe
Integrate technology into Cerner Millennium
Medical Division of VitalWorks, Inc.
1/05
$100
Physician Practice Solutions
Integrate technology into Cerner Millennium
Fiscal 2004 Acquisitions
Project IMPACT CCM, Inc.
ICU performance analysis and benchmarking
Integrate technology into Cerner Millennium
2/04
$.3
Gajema Software, LLC
8/04
$1.5
Laboratory information management and logistics
Integrate technology into Cerner Millennium
Fiscal 2003 Acquisition
BeyondNow Technologies (a)
9/03
$7.5
Home care technologies
Integrate technology into Cerner Millennium
(0)
$55.2
($55.2)
$.7
(0)
$.6
($.6)
$3.0
(0)
$35.1
$8.4
$100 cash
-
-
-
$.6
$.3 cash
$.8
$1.5 cash
$3.2
$7.5 cash
Amounts allocated to intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis over five to seven years. Amounts allocated to software are amortized based
on current and expected future revenues for each product with minimum annual amortization equal to the straight-line amortization over the estimated
economic life of the product.
(a) The assets and liabilities of the acquired companies at the date of acquisition are as follows:
Current Assets
Total Assets
Current Liabilities
Total Liabilities
Bridge
Medical, Inc.
1,172,000
Axya
Systemes
2,680,000
Medical Division
of VitalWorks, Inc.
11,404,000
Project IMPACT
CCM, Inc.
644,000
Gajema
Software
72,000
BeyondNow
Technologies
1,977,000
15,802,000
7,209,000
120,175,000
1,867,000
1,551,000
8,170,000
4,748,000
2,244,000
4,783,000
2,483,000
17,064,000
19,877,000
1,050,000
1,201,000
51,000
51,000
714,000
714,000
Receivables
Receivables consist of accounts receivable and contracts receivable. Accounts receivable represent recorded revenues that have been billed. Contracts
receivable represent recorded revenues that are billable by the Company at future dates under the terms of a contract with a client. Billings and other
consideration received on contracts in excess of related revenues recognized are recorded as deferred revenue. A summary of receivables is as
follows:
(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance
Contracts receivable
Total receivables, net
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2005
216,248
100,717
316,965
$
$
200
185,290
96,909
282,199
Substantially all receivables are derived from sales and related support and maintenance of the Company’s clinical, administrative and financial information
systems and solutions to healthcare providers located throughout the United States and in certain foreign countries. Included in receivables at the end
of 2005 and 2004 are amounts due from healthcare providers located in foreign countries of $32,533,000 and $33,304,000 respectively. Consolidated
revenues include foreign sales of $113,314,000, $63,622,000 and $54,191,000 during 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Consolidated long-lived
assets at the end of 2005 and 2004 include foreign long-lived assets of $9,723,000 and $5,176,000 respectively. Revenues and long-lived assets from
any one foreign country are not material.
The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its clients and generally does not require collateral from its clients. The Company provides an
allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts based on specific identification, historical experience and management’s judgment. At the end of 2005
and 2004 the allowance for estimated uncollectible accounts was $18,855,000 and $17,583,000, respectively.
Property and Equipment
A summary of property, equipment, and leasehold improvements stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, is as follows:
(In thousands)
Depreciable lives
200
200
Furniture and fixtures
Computer and communications equipment
Leasehold improvements
Capital lease equipment
Land, buildings, and improvements
Other Equipment
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
Total property and equipment, net
5 - 12 yrs
2 - 5 yrs
2 - 15 yrs
3 - 5 yrs
12 - 50 yrs
5 - 20 yrs
$
$
42,458
246,973
69,633
14,705
126,195
3,310
503,274
210,666
292,608
46,567
197,352
61,190
14,836
95,029
5,551
420,525
190,085
230,440
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005 and January 3, 2004 was $49,057,000, $41,886,000, and $27,765,000
respectively.
5 Indebtedness
In November 2005, the Company completed a £65,000,000 ($112,002,000 at December 31, 2005) private placement of debt at 5.54% pursuant to a
Note Agreement. The Note Agreement is payable in seven equal annual installments beginning in November 2009. The proceeds were used to repay the
outstanding amount under the Company’s credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The Note Agreement contains certain net worth and fixed
charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell assets and pay dividends. The Company
was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
In December 2002, the Company completed a $60,000,000 private placement of debt pursuant to a Note Agreement. The Series A Senior Notes, with
a $21,000,000 principal amount at 5.57%, are payable in three equal installments beginning in December 2006. The Series B Senior notes, with a
$39,000,000 principal amount at 6.42%, are payable in four equal annual installments beginning December 2009. The proceeds were used to repay the
outstanding amount under the Company’s credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The Note Agreement contains certain net worth and fixed
charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell assets and pay dividends. The Company
was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
In May 2002, the Company expanded its credit facility by entering into an unsecured credit agreement with a group of banks led by US Bank. This
agreement provides for a current revolving line of credit for working capital purposes. The current revolving line of credit is unsecured and requires
monthly payments of interest only. Interest is payable at the Company’s option at a rate based on prime (7.25% at December 31, 2005) or LIBOR (4.39%
at December 31, 2005) plus 2%. The interest rate may be reduced by up to 1.15% if certain net worth ratios are maintained. The agreement contains
certain net worth, current ratio, and fixed charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell
assets, and pay dividends. A commitment fee of 3/10% to 1/2% is payable quarterly based on the usage of the revolving line of credit. The revolving line
of credit matures on May 31, 2007. At December 31, 2005, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under this agreement and had $90,000,000
available for working capital purposes. On January 10, 2005, the Company drew down $35,000,000 from its revolving line of credit in connection with
the acquisition of the medical business division of VitalWorks, Inc. (See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.) This amount has been paid in
full as of December 31, 2005.
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In April 1999, the Company completed a $100,000,000 private placement of debt pursuant to a Note Agreement. The Series A Senior Notes, with a
$60,000,000 principal amount at 7.14%, are payable in five equal annual installments that began in April 2002. The Series B Senior Notes, with a
$40,000,000 principal amount at 7.66%, are payable in six equal annual installments which commenced in April 2004. The proceeds were used to
retire the Company’s existing $30,000,000 of debt, and the remaining funds were used for capital improvements and to strengthen the Company’s cash
position. The Note Agreement contains certain net worth, current ratio, and fixed charge coverage covenants and provides certain restrictions on the
Company’s ability to borrow, incur liens, sell assets, and pay dividends. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2005.
In March 2004, the Company issued a $7,500,000 promissory note to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of which $2,500,000 was repaid in October 2004.
The balance of the note will be payable on April 30, 2007.
The Company also has capital lease obligations amounting to $5,366,000, payable over the next four years.
The aggregate maturities for the Company’s long-term debt, including capital lease obligations, is as follows (in thousands):
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 and thereafter
$
28,743
21,072
14,680
32,422
25,750
100,341
$
223,008
The Company estimates the fair value of its long-term, fixed-rate debt using a discounted cash flow analysis based on the Company’s current borrowing
rates for debt with similar maturities. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt was approximately $206,904,000 and $109,746,000 at December
31, 2005 and January 1, 2005, respectively.
Interest Income (Expense)
A summary of interest income and expense is as follows:
(In thousands)
Interest income
Interest expense
Interest expense, net
2005
200
200
$
3,871
(9,729)
$
(5,858)
3,022
(9,174)
(6,152)
1,219
(8,236)
(7,017)
Stock Options, Warrants and Equity
At the end of 2005 and 2004, the Company had 1,000,000 shares of authorized but unissued preferred stock, $.01 par value.
During fiscal year 2005, the Company had two long-term incentive plans from which it could issue grants.
Under the 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F, the Company is authorized to grant to associates, directors and consultants 4,000,000 shares of common
stock awards taking into account the stock-split effective January 10, 2006. Awards under this plan may consist of stock options, restricted stock and
performance shares, as well as other awards such as stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and performance unit awards which may be payable
in the form of common stock or cash. However, not more than 1,000,000 of such shares will be available to granting any types of grants other than
options or stock appreciation rights. Options under Plan F are exercisable at a price not less than fair market value on the date of grant and during a
period determined by the Stock Option Committee. Options under this plan typically vest over a period of five years as determined by the Stock Option
Committee and are exercisable for periods of up to 25 years.
Long-Term Incentive Plan G was approved by the Company’s shareholders on May 28, 2004. Under the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan G, the Company
is authorized to grant to associates and directors 4,000,000 shares of common stock awards taking into account the stock-split effective January 10,
2006. Awards under this plan may consist of stock options, restricted stock and performance shares, as well as other awards such as stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock and performance unit awards which may be payable in the form of common stock or cash. Options under Plan G are exercisable
at a price not less than fair market value on the date of grant and during a period determined by the Stock Option Committee. Options under this plan
typically vest over a period of five years as determined by the Stock Option Committee and are exercisable for periods of up to 12 years.
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The Company granted 15,000 shares of restricted stock from Plan F to members of the Board of Directors on July 6, 2004 valued at $21.16 and vesting
on May 26, 2005. The Company made additional grants of restricted stock from Plan F to members of the Board of Directors during 2005. 5,000 shares
of restricted stock were granted on April 4, 2005 valued at $26.19, vesting as follows: 1,666 on February 2, 2006; 1,666 on February 2, 2007; and, 1,668
on February 2, 2008. 25,000 shares of restricted stock were granted on June 3, 2005 valued at $31.41, vesting on May 25, 2006. The Company granted
5,000 shares of restricted stock from Plan G to a member of the Board of Directors on June 3, 2005 valued at $31.41, vesting as follows: 1,666 on May
25, 2006; 1,666 on May 24, 2007; and, 1,668 on May 22, 2008. All grants were valued at the fair market value on the date of grant and vest provided
the recipient has continuously served on the Board of Directors through such date. The expense associated with these grants is being recognized over
the period from the date of grant to the vesting date. The Company recognized expenses related to the restricted stock of $780,000 and $173,000 in
2005 and 2004, respectively.
The Company has also granted 1,708,170 other non-qualified stock options over time through December 31, 2005, under separate agreements to
employees and certain third parties. These options are exercisable at a price equal to or greater than the fair market value on the date of grant. These
options vest over periods of up to six years and are exercisable for periods of up to 10 years. The Company recognized expenses related to the non-
qualified stock options of $34,000 in 2003. No expense related to the non-qualified stock options was recognized in 2004 or 2005 because the options
were fully vested.
A combined summary of the status of the Company’s four fixed stock option plans (Stock option Plans D and E were in effect during 2003 and 2004, no
grants were permitted to be issued from Plans D and E after January 1, 2005 pursuant to the terms of the Plans) and other stock options at the end of
2005, 2004 and 2003, and changes during these years ended is presented below:
2005
200
200
Number
of
shares
Fixed option
Outstanding at beginning of year 14,545,148
1,341,286
Granted
Weighted
average
exercise
price
$ 16.25
33.77
Number
of
shares
16,287,228
1,787,586
Weighted-
average
exercise
price
$ 15.19
22.32
Number
of
shares
16,161,728
1,903,834
Exercised
Forfeited
(4,272,960)
15.62
(2,165,034)
11.82
(649,244)
(573,952)
18.18
(1,364,632)
18.03
(1,129,090)
Weighted
average
exercise
price
$ 15.64
13.22
10.35
20.58
Outstanding at end of year
11,039,522
$ 18.51
14,545,148
$ 16.25
16,287,228
$ 15.19
Options exercisable at year-end
4,813,058
$ 15.56
6,986,934
$ 15.72
6,479,172
$ 13.45
The following table summarizes information about fixed and other stock options outstanding at December 31, 2005.
Options outstanding
Options exercisable
Range of
Exercise
Prices
$ 6.25-11.30
Number
outstanding
at 1/1/05
2,856,082
Weighted-average
remaining
contractual life
9.56 years
Weighted-average
exercise price
$ 9.06
11.34-18.68
2,820,356
18.70-23.12
2,918,396
23.30-136.86
2,444,688
11,039,522
8.39
6.98
8.26
8.29
14.56
21.62
30.40
18.51
Number
exercisable
at 1/1/05
1,393,448
1,866,650
1,052,090
500,870
4,813,058
Weighted-average
exercise price
$ 8.71
14.23
21.56
26.74
15.56
The per share weighted-average fair value of stock options granted during 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $17.86, $12.88 and $7.67 respectively, on the date
of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
Expected years until exercise
Risk-free interest rate
Expected stock volatility
Expected dividend yield
2005
6.6
4.3%
200
4.7
4.0%
45.4%
67.3%
0%
0%
200
4.7
3.8%
71.2%
0%
2
For 2005, the Company incorporated an element of implied volatility in addition to its historical volatility to determine the expected stock volatility whereas
in prior years the Company utilized only historical volatility for this assumption.
Associate Stock Purchase Plan
The Company established an Associate Stock Purchase Plan (ASPP) in 2001, which qualifies under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. All full-time
USD paid associates are eligible to participate. Participants may elect to make contributions from 1% to 20% of compensation to the ASPP, subject to
annual limitations determined by the Internal Revenue Service. Participants may purchase Company Common Stock at a 15% discount on the last day
of the purchase period. Under APB No. 25 the ASPP qualifies as a non-compensatory plan and no compensation expense has been recognized. The
purchase of the Company’s common stock is made through the ASPP on the open market and subsequently reissued to the associates.
Foundations Retirement Plan
The Cerner Corporation Foundations Retirement Plan (the Plan) is established under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. All associates working
20 hours per week or more, over age 18 and not a member of an excluded class are eligible to participate. Participants may elect to make pretax
contributions from 1% to 80% of compensation to the Plan, subject to annual limitations determined by the Internal Revenue Service. Participants may
direct contributions into mutual funds, a money market fund, or a Company stock fund. The Company makes matching contributions to the Plan, on
behalf of participants, in an amount equal to 33% of the first 6% of the participant’s salary contribution. The Company’s expense for the plan amounted
to $7,130,000, $5,994,000 and $5,325,000 for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The Company added a discretionary match to the Plan in 2000. Contributions are based on attainment of established earnings per share goals for the year
or the established financial metric for the plan. Only participants in the Plan are eligible to receive the discretionary match contribution. For the years
ended 2005, 2004 and 2003 the Company expensed $5,783,000, $5,186,000 and $0 for discretionary distributions, respectively.
10 Income Taxes
Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended 2005, 2004 and 2003 consists of the following:
(In thousands)
Current:
Federal
State
Foreign
Total current expense
Deferred:
Federal
State
Foreign
Total deferred expense (benefit)
Total income tax expense
2005
200
$
47,499
7,549
819
55,867
(2,964)
(2,382)
(1,528)
(6,874)
$
48,993
37,524
6,756
(1,303)
42,977
1,712
174
(1,591)
295
43,272
200
9,808
1,790
(4,484)
7,114
19,040
2,806
(529)
21,317
28,431
Temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax basis of assets and liabilities that give rise to significant portions of
deferred income taxes at the end of 2005 and 2004 relate to the following:
(In thousands)
Deferred Tax Assets
Accrued expenses
Separate return net operating losses
Other
Total deferred tax assets
Deferred Tax Liabilities
Software development costs
Contract and service revenues and costs
Depreciation and amortization
Other
Total deferred tax liabilities
Net deferred tax liability
2005
200
$
17,178
6,822
3,633
27,633
(65,885)
(7,433)
(17,389)
(1,739)
(92,446)
$
(64,813)
13,673
8,004
3,754
25,431
(61,146)
(13,526)
(20,825)
(227)
(95,724)
(70,293)
Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods which the deferred tax assets are expected
to be deductible, as well as the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, management believes it is more likely than not the Company will realize the
benefit of these deductible differences. At December 31, 2005, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards subject to Section 382 of the Internal
Revenue Code for Federal income tax purposes of $17.8 million which are available to offset future Federal taxable income, if any, through 2024.
The effective income tax rates for 2005, 2004 and 2003 were 36%, 40% and 40%, respectively. These effective rates differ from the federal statutory
rate of 35% as follows:
(In thousands)
Tax expense at statutory rates
State income tax, net of federal benefit
Zynx tax benefit adjustment
Other, net
Total income tax expense (benefit)
2005
200
$
47,335
37,772
4,396
(4,794)
2,056
$
48,993
3,507
1,551
442
43,272
200
24,928
2,315
395
793
28,431
Income taxes payable are reduced by the tax benefit resulting from disqualifying dispositions of stock acquired under the Company’s stock option plans.
The 2005, 2004 and 2003 benefits of $30,289,000, $9,191,000 and $1,876,000, respectively, are treated as increases to additional paid-in capital.
11 Related Party Transactions
The Company leases an airplane from a company owned by Mr. Neal L. Patterson and Mr. Clifford W. Illig. The airplane is leased on a per mile basis with
no minimum usage guarantee. The lease rate is believed to approximate fair market value for this type of aircraft. During 2005 and 2004, respectively,
the Company paid an aggregate of $812,000 and $574,000 for the rental of the airplane. The airplane is used principally by Mr. Paul Black and Mr. Trace
Devanny to make client visits.
12 Commitments
The Company leases space to unrelated parties in its North Kansas City headquarters complex and in other business locations under noncancelable
operating leases. Included in other revenues is rental income of $583,000, $63,000 and $145,000 in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The Company is committed under operating leases for office space and computer equipment through December 2023. Rent expense for office and
warehouse space for the Company’s regional and global offices for 2005, 2004 and 2003 was $9,056,000, $6,470,000 and $5,345,000, respectively.
Aggregate minimum future payments (in thousands) under these noncancelable operating leases are as follows:
Years
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 and thereafter
Aggregate minimum
future payments
$
17,605
12,418
11,348
7,288
5,661
29,026
1 Segment Reporting
In the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company changed its reportable segments to reflect how the chief operating decision maker currently reviews the
Company’s results in terms of allocating resources and assessing performance. This change effectively presents the Company’s operating results by
its two geographical operating segments, Domestic and Global. As a result, the prior periods have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the change in
reportable segments.
Revenues are derived primarily from the sale of clinical, financial and administrative information systems and solutions. The cost of revenues includes the
cost of third party consulting services, computer hardware and sublicensed software purchased from computer and software manufacturers for delivery
to clients. It also includes the cost of hardware maintenance and sublicensed software support subcontracted to the manufacturers. Operating expenses
incurred by the geographic business segments consist of sales and client service expenses including salaries of sales and client service personnel,
communications expenses and unreimbursed travel expenses. Performance of the segments is assessed at the operating earnings level and, therefore,
the segment operations have been presented as such. “Other” includes revenues not generated by the operating segments and expenses such as
software development, marketing, general and administrative and depreciation that have not been allocated to the operating segments. The Company
does not track assets by geographical business segment.
Accounting policies for each of the reportable segments are the same as those used on a consolidated basis. The following table presents a summary of
the operating information for the years ended December 31, 2005 and January 1, 2005
2005
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 1,046,180
$ 113,314
$
1,290
$ 1,160,785
Operating Segments
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
231,977
209,747
441,724
16,981
47,691
64,672
5,728
508,224
254,686
765,663
513,952
1,020,349
Operating earnings
$ 604,456
$
48,642
$ (512,662) $ 140,436
Operating Segments
2004
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 858,945
$
63,622
$
3,789 $ 926,356
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
183,266
156,888
340,154
7,809
38,411
46,220
5,273
423,245
428,518
196,348
618,544
814,892
Operating earnings
$ 518,791
$
17,402
$ (424,729) $ 111,464
Operating Segments
2003
Revenues
Domestic
Global
Other
Total
$ 782,434
$
54,191
$
2,963 $ 839,587
Cost of revenues
Operating expenses
Total costs and expenses
180,681
134,177
314,858
13,450
35,814
49,264
159
397,209
397,368
194,290
567,200
761,490
Operating earnings
$ 467,576
$
4,927
$ (394,405) $
78,097
5
1 Accrued Vacation Pay Adjustment
In conjunction with a review of the process for calculating the liability for accrued vacation pay at the end of the third quarter of 2004, the Company
determined that the liability on the balance sheet relating to periods prior to 2004 was understated by $3,346,000. While the Company was fully accrued
for all vested vacation that would be subject to payout upon termination, the Company understated the liability for accumulated vacation that could be
used in subsequent periods by associates in excess of the vested amount payable upon termination.
The expense, if properly recorded in 2000 through 2003, would have increased 2003 net earnings by $0.1 million and would have decreased net
earnings by $0.4 million in 2002, $0.6 million in 2001, and $1.2 million in 2000. The cumulative impact on net earnings is a decrease of $2.1 million
for this four-year period. The impact on 2004 net earnings is a positive $8 thousand. As the impact to prior year’s annual financial statements was not
material, Cerner recorded additional expense of $3,346,000, $2,076,000 million after-tax, in the 2004 third quarter to appropriately reflect the liability
as of October 2, 2004. The Company has revised its process for calculating the liability for accumulated vacation to accurately report this information
in the future.
15 Stock Split
On December 14, 2005 the Company’s Board of Directors announced a two-for-one stock split, payable on January 9, 2006 in the form of a one hundred
percent (100%) stock dividend to stockholders of record on December 30, 2005. In connection with the stock split, a portion of the distribution of the
stock dividend came from 1,502,999 treasury shares previously reflected in the consolidated balance sheets. All share and per share data have been
retroactively adjusted for all periods presented to reflect the stock split including the use of treasury shares, as if the stock split had occurred at the
beginning of the earliest period presented.
1 Quarterly Results (unaudited)
Selected quarterly financial data for 2005 and 2004 is set forth below:
(In thousands, except per share data)
2005 quarterly results:
April 2 (1)
July 2
October 1 (2)
December 31
Total
2004 quarterly results:
April 3 (3)
July 3
October 2 (4)
January 1
Total
Revenues
before income taxes earnings
Earnings
Net
Basic
earnings
per share
Diluted
Earnings
per share
$
262,354
277,815
294,622
325,814
20,941
32,889
36,149
45,265
$
1,160,785
135,244
$
218,728
228,390
231,067
248,171
23,412
23,940
24,823
35,745
$
926,356
107,920
12,520
19,803
26,556
27,372
86,251
14,129
14,314
14,779
21,426
64,648
.17
.27
.36
.36
.20
.20
.20
.29
.16
.26
.34
.34
.19
.19
.20
.28
(1) Includes a charge for the write off of acquired in process research and development related to the acquisition of the medical business division of
VitalWorks, Inc. The impact of this charge is a $3.9 million decrease, net of $2.4 million tax benefit, in net earnings and a decrease to diluted earnings
per share of $.05 for the first quarter and 2005.
(2) Includes a tax benefit of $4.8 million relating to the carryback of a capital loss generated by the sale of Zynx Health Incorporated in the first quarter
of 2004. The impact of this refund claim is a $4.8 million increase in net earnings and an increase in diluted earnings per share of $.06 for the third
quarter and 2005.
(3) Includes a gain on the sale of Zynx Health Incorporated. The impact of this gain is a $3.0 million increase in net earnings and increase to diluted
earnings per share of $.04 for the first quarter and for 2004.
(4) Includes a charge for vacation accrual of $3.3 million included in general and administrative. The impact of this charge was a $2.1 million decrease,
net of $1.2 million tax benefit, in net earnings and a decrease to diluted earnings per share of $.03 for the third quarter and for 2004.
(5) Reflects the effect of a 2-for-1 stock split distributed on January 9, 2006.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. on May 26, 2006, at The Cerner Round auditorium in the Cerner Vision Center, located
on the Cerner campus at 2850 Rockcreek Parkway, North Kansas City, Missouri. A formal notice of the Meeting, with a Proxy Statement and Proxy
form, will be mailed, to each shareholder of record, in April 2006.
Annual Report/10-K Report
Publications of interest to current and potential Cerner investors are available upon written request or via Cerner’s Web site at www.cerner.com. These
include annual and quarterly reports and the Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Written requests should be made to:
Cerner Corporation
Investor Relations
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
North Kansas City, MO 64117-2551
Inquires of an administrative nature relating to shareholder accounting records, stock transfer, change of address, and miscellaneous shareholder
requests should be directed to the transfer agent and registrar, UMB Bank, at (816) 860 7786.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Securities Transfer Division
UMB Bank
P.O. Box 410064
Kansas City, MO 64141-0064
(816) 860 7786
Stock Listings
Cerner Corporation’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol CERN.
Independent Accountants
KPMG LLP
Kansas City, MO