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 2007 Annual Report

About Emergent BioSolutions Emergent BioSolutions is a profitable, multinational biopharmaceutical 

company dedicated to one simple mission — to protect life. We develop, manufacture and commercialize 

immunobiotics, consisting of vaccines and therapeutics that assist the body’s immune system to prevent or 

treat disease and other medical conditions that have resulted in significant unmet or underserved medical 

needs. Our marketed product, BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), is the only vaccine approved by the 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of anthrax infection. More information on the 

company is available at www.emergentbiosolutions.com.

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A global footprint

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singapore

We are expanding our presence around the globe. Along with our 
manufacturing facilities in the United States, product development 
operations in the United States and Europe, and marketing and sales 
offices in the United States, Singapore and Germany, we recently 
established a joint venture with the government of Malaysia. We also 
work with third-party marketing representatives in countries that 
represent potential strategic growth markets.

While our business  

can seem complex,  

our mission remains  

stunningly simple:

Protecting life.  We pursue innovative ways of directing the immune system to  

prevent and treat life-threatening diseases. Whether it is developing vaccines 

and therapeutics that hold the promise of a better life for millions of adults and  

children or providing the world’s only FDA-approved anthrax vaccine to protect 

against the threat of bioterrorism, we are passionate in our mission. 

2007 accomplishments position  
                                  us well for future growth

Dear Stockholders:

In 2007, our first full year as a public com-
pany, we achieved financial and operational 
success  as  well  as  progress  in  our  multiple 
product  development  initiatives.  Operation- 
ally,  we  sold  more  of  our  licensed  product, 
BioThrax®(Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed), and 
accomplished  key  product  development 
milestones. We also advanced our manufac-
turing  expansion  program  and  completed 
key business development objectives. 

Achieving a track record  
of financial success
In  2007,  we  reported  another  year  of  record 
revenues  of  $183  million  and  net  income  of 
$23  million,  our  sixth  consecutive  year  of 
profitable operations. As a result of this finan-
cial performance, in 2007 we continued to self- 
fund  a  majority  of  the  development  of  our 
product pipeline  in pursuit of vaccines  and 
therapeutics that address significant unmet or 
underserved medical needs. With over $100 mil- 
lion in cash at year-end and visibility into anti- 
cipated 2008 revenues, we believe we are well 
positioned to pursue the acquisition of one or 
more late-stage product candidates, which would 
complement the advancement of our product port- 
folio. This is one of our primary goals in 2008.

Securing global demand for BioThrax
We succeeded in capturing a greater portion  
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) requirements for the stockpil-
ing of anthrax vaccines. In 2007, we signed a 
contract valued at $448 million with HHS that 
includes the delivery of 18.75 million doses of 
BioThrax over three years, the largest contract  
in the history of our company. Internationally, 
we closed meaningful sales of BioThrax to allied 
foreign governments while pursuing growing 
interest from a number of other countries.

Advancing our product pipeline
In 2007, we achieved progress in our advanced 
pipeline candidates.
• Anthrax IG Therapeutic — Our anthrax 
immune globulin (IG) therapeutic candidate 
was  granted  Fast  Track  status  by  the  U.S. 
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and 
received  additional  funding  of  $9.5  mil- 
lion  in the form  of a development contract 
with  Biomedical  Advanced  Research  and 
Development  Authority  (BARDA)  and  the 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases (NIAID).

•  Typhoid Vaccine — Our single-dose, oral 
typhoid vaccine candidate completed a 
Phase II clinical trial in Vietnam achieving 
all endpoints for safety and immunogenicity; 
if  successful,  it  would  be  the  world’s  first 
single-dose drinkable typhoid vaccine.
•  Hepatitis B Therapeutic — Our hepatitis 
B candidate advanced in its Phase II clinical 
program  following  a  positive  Safety  Moni-
toring Committee review.

Strengthening our infrastructure
We completed the construction and equipment 
installation of our new state-of-the-art, large-
scale  manufacturing  facility  located  in  
Lansing, Michigan. I am pleased to report that 
this manufacturing expansion program is com-
ing in on time and within budget. We initiated 
engineering  runs  for  BioThrax  in  preparation 
for the upcoming submission of a supplement 
to our Biological Licensing Agreement (BLA) 
to the FDA to allow us to manufacture BioThrax 
in this new facility. This facility is campaign-
able,  which  would  support  manufacture  of 
different types of fermentation-based vaccines. 
We also recently commissioned a pilot plant in 
support of manufacturing clinical material for 
our advancing product candidates.

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Expanding our global footprint
We continued to pursue licensure of BioThrax 
in various foreign markets. We also continued 
to develop partnerships with government and 
non-government entities in strategic growth 
markets. Specifically, we formed a joint ven-
ture  in  Malaysia  with  Ninebio  Sdn.  Bhd. 
(9Bio) to supply BioThrax and other medical 
and biodefense products and related services 
to  the  Government  of  Malaysia,  as  well  as 
potentially other countries within Asia.

Pursuing our mission
Protecting  life  is  a  pursuit  that  demands 
relentless devotion and an unwavering com-
mitment. We follow five essential principles 
that guide our decision-making process and 
are the basis for our past and future success.
•  We are focused — We focus on product 
development from proof-of-concept to com-
mercialization. We continually evaluate and 
prioritize  our  development  programs  to 
ensure that we focus on product candidates 
that hold the greatest promise.
•  We  are  balanced  —  We  develop  both 
vaccines  and  therapeutics  serving  multiple 

markets. Our current focus is on infectious 
diseases. We are also exploring other disease 
areas that have resulted in significant unmet 
or underserved public health needs.
•  We are collaborative — We aim to estab-
lish  non-dilutive  partnerships  with  govern- 
mental  and  non-governmental  organizations 
in the United States and abroad to leverage 
our  investment  in  the  development  of  our 
own product candidates.

•  We  are  acquisitive  —  We  pursue  the 
licensure  and  acquisition  of  products  and 
product candidates that leverage our existing 
capabilities and expand our pipeline.
•  We  are  profitable  —  We  manage  our 
business  in  a  fiscally  responsible  manner. 
This has helped us achieve a track record of 
financial success that has enabled us to fund 
our pipeline development.
  These  guiding  principles,  along  with  our 
2007 achievements, have laid the groundwork 
and provided momentum for success in 2008. 
In March 2008, we announced the acquisition 
of  a  monoclonal  antibody  product  candidate 
against anthrax. This acquisition is designed 
to  round-out  our  anthrax  countermeasure 

program  in  that  it  enables  us  to  develop  an 
additional therapeutic candidate in parallel to 
our  polyclonal  anthrax  IG  therapeutic.  HHS 
has indicated its interest in acquiring both 
anthrax monoclonal and polyclonal (immuno-
globulin)  therapeutics  for  the  Strategic 
National Stockpile (SNS) for the treatment of 
post-symptomatic anthrax infection.

In closing, I would like to thank all of our 
employees worldwide who are working every 
day to build our company into a leading bio-
pharmaceutical company. I am grateful for 
the  continued  guidance  provided  by  our 
Board of Directors. I would like to acknowl-
edge  the  support  of  our  key  customers, 
collaborators  and  vendors.  Finally,  I  would 
like  to  pay  particular  thanks  to  our  stock-
holders for your confidence in our company 
and the mission we are pursuing.

Sincerely yours,

Fuad El-Hibri
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Financial highlights

revenues
(dollars in thousands)

net income
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assets
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stockholders’ equity
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earnings per share—basic
(dollars)

182,915

152,732

130,688

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22,793

15,784

273,508

238,255

171,159

138,472

83,494

11,472

55,769

4,454

100,332

69,056

37,127

59,737

22,949

8,448

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A biopharmaceutical company
Protecting life

Focused

We focus on product development, from proof-of-concept to 

commercialization. Our approach is to continuously evaluate 

and prioritize our development programs to advance those 

product candidates that hold the greatest promise.

Balanced

We take a balanced approach in developing products that 

serve multiple markets. Our product portfolio comprises 

vaccines and therapeutics that address underserved  

or unmet medical needs. We employ multiple platforms 

in product development to reduce risk. Our products 

target markets that provide significant opportunities for 

growth, whether vaccines and therapeutics for biodefense 

application or targeting infectious diseases worldwide.

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Collaborative

We aim to establish collaborative non-dilutive arrangements 

with governmental and non-governmental agencies in the 

United States and abroad to advance the development of our 

product candidates.

Acquisitive

We seek to strategically expand our product portfolio by 

pursuing opportunities to acquire promising advanced  

product candidates. This approach enables us to reduce 

product development risk, accelerate timelines and avoid  

costs associated with exploratory research.

Proven

We manage our business in a fiscally responsible 

manner. This has helped us achieve a track 

record of financial success that has enabled us  

to fund the development of a majority of our 

pipeline development.

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Advancing life

A balanced product portfolio

Our  approach  is  to  achieve  balance  in  

the  products  that  we  develop  through  a 

portfolio comprised of innovative vaccines 

and therapeutics that target infectious dis-

eases  worldwide.  For  the  development  of 

certain product candidates we use multiple 
proprietary  technologies:  our  spi-VEC™ 

bacterial  platform  suitable  for  oral  deliv-
ery,  and  MVAtor™,  a  viral  vector  for 

injectable vaccines. 

Delivering the difference
spi-VEC,  our  proprietary  oral  delivery 

platform,  is  designed  to  enable  the  effec- 

tive delivery of vaccines and therapeutics. 

Based on the Salmonella typhi bacterium, 

the  spi-VEC  vector  has  demonstrated  a 

promising safety profile in clinical trials in 

both adults and children. spi-VEC technol-

ogy is versatile and is designed to deliver a 

wide  range  of  antigens  to  prevent  or  treat 

numerous diseases, including bacterial and 
viral  infections  and  cancer.  Our  spi-VEC 
technology is our oral typhoid product can-
didate  and  is  the  basis  by  which  we  are 
developing  our  hepatitis  B  candidate,  an 
immunotherapy for chronic carriers of the 
hepatitis B virus.

MVAtor is a viral vector based on the 
Modified  Vaccinia  Ankara  (MVA)  virus, 
an  attenuated  virus  that  can  be  used  to 
deliver a foreign antigen, which stimulates 
an immune response. MVA has been used 
in people and shows promising results for 
safety  and  immunogenicity.  In  animal 
models,  recombinant  MVA  vaccines  have 
been shown to be highly immunogenic and 
capable of eliciting a protective immune 
response  against  various  infectious  dis-
eases.  Clinical  trials  that  have  been 
performed with recombinant MVA under-
score the safety of MVA for potential use 
as a viral vector.

Understanding vaccine vectors

Vaccine vectors are the means by which antigens can be delivered to patients to effect a 
prophylactic or therapeutic immune response. Attenuated vaccine vectors are live bacteria 
or viruses that have been weakened so that they are no longer capable of causing disease, 
yet they can still efficiently express foreign antigens in a manner that will lead to a protec-
tive immune response. These attenuated vectors can be used as vaccines themselves, or as  
a general delivery system for vaccines and therapeutics for use against a variety of diseases. 

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We are developing  
a balanced portfolio  
of vaccines and  
therapeutics from  
proof-of-concept to 
commercialization.

Product

Preclinical

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

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BioThrax® (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed)

Anthrax IG Therapeutic

Pivotal studies*

Typhoid Vaccine

Hepatitis B Therapeutic

Next Generation Anthrax Vaccine

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A Balanced Portfolio—a n t hr a x vac cine s

Protecting those most at risk for anthrax  
exposure through vaccination

Shielding life

“ …anthrax is a top threat.  
I know my colleagues  
have heard me say  
before that the top three 
threats, in fact, are 
anthrax, anthrax, anthrax.”
Gerald W. Parker 
Assistant Secretary, HHS

According to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), weaponized anthrax 
is  one  of  the  greatest  possible  bioterrorist 
threats to the public. To combat this Category 
A threat, we have developed a franchise of 
prophylaxis and post-exposure treatments to 
shield against anthrax disease. 

Our licensed anthrax vaccine, BioThrax® 
(Anthrax  Vaccine  Adsorbed),  is  the  only 
FDA-approved  product  for  pre-exposure  
prophylaxis of anthrax disease. Marketed as 
a  biodefense  countermeasure,  our  principal 
customers  include  governments  which 
actively  immunize  military  personnel  and 
which stockpile for protection in the event of 
an anthrax attack on civilians. To date, more 
than 7 million doses have been administered 
to almost 2 million individuals. The U.S. gov-
ernment has contracted with us to supply the 
CDC’s Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) 
with BioThrax. Since 1998, we have deliv-
ered over 25 million doses of BioThrax under 
our contracts with the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Health and Human 
Services  (HHS).  Last  year,  we  secured  a 
three-year  contract  with  HHS  to  continue 
providing BioThrax for supply into the SNS.

We  continue  to  advance  the  utility  
of  BioThrax  through  several  product 

enhancement  programs.  We  are  seeking 
FDA  approval  to  use  BioThrax  as  a  post- 
exposure  prophylaxis  in  conjunction  with 
antibiotics, to extend the label’s expiry dat-
ing to four years, to reduce the number of 
doses required for immunization and to add 
a new route of administration.

Expanding markets worldwide
To further expand our international market 
opportunities,  we  are  pursuing  regulatory 
approval in a number of foreign jurisdictions 
and remain encouraged by the current level 
of interest from several governments around 
the world. We continued to develop partner-
ships with government and non-government 
entities  in  strategic  growth  markets. 
Specifically,  we  formed  a  joint  venture  in 
Malaysia with 9Bio that focuses on creating 
critical  biologics  infrastructure  and  supply-
ing biodefense countermeasures, including 
BioThrax and other medical and complemen-
tary products and services to the Government 
of  Malaysia,  as  well  as  potentially  other  
countries within the region. In addition, the 
Government  of  Malaysia,  through  9Bio, 
selected Emergent BioSolutions as one of its 
principal partners to assist, as a contract ser-
vice provider, in building a vaccine develop- 
ment and manufacturing infrastructure.

Target Indication
Pre- and post-exposure 
prophylaxis for anthrax 
disease

Intended Market
Civilian stockpile, military

Target Product  
Characteristics
Recombinant protective 
antigens or Bacillus 
anthracis toxoid technology 

Next generation anthrax vaccine

We have established a program to develop additional anthrax 
vaccine product candidates that would incorporate advanced 
characteristics, including one or more of the following: reduced 
number of doses, room temperature storage, enhanced immune 
response, longer expiry dating or novel delivery method. We are 
evaluating candidates based on recombinant protective antigens,  
or rPA, as well as a candidate based on native protective antigens  
of Bacillus anthracis.

BioThrax® (Anthrax 
Vaccine Adsorbed)  
is the only FDA-
approved product  
for pre-exposure 
prophylaxis of  
anthrax disease.

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A Balanced Portfolio—a n t hr a x ther a P eu t ic s

Safeguarding life

Protecting those exposed to anthrax  
through therapeutics

Anthrax Therapeutics 
(IG & Monoclonal)

Target Indication
Treatment of  
patients with  
manifest symptoms  
of anthrax disease

Intended Market
Civilian stockpile,
military

Target Product  
Characteristics
Intravenous 

For investigational use only.

In August 2004, HHS issued a request for pro- 
posal seeking 200,000 doses of an anthrax 
therapeutic  to  be  administered  following 
exposure  to  anthrax.  Anthrax  therapies  are 
being purchased by HHS as means of expand-
ing its arsenal of effective countermeasures 
in the event of future anthrax attacks. We 
are developing a polyclonal anthrax immune 
globulin and a monoclonal anthrax antibody 
product candidate.

Anthrax IG Therapeutic
Our  Anthrax  Immune  Globulin  (IG) 
Therapeutic  for  use  against  symptomatic 
anthrax  infection  is  in  advanced  develop-
ment.  We  are  developing  our  anthrax  IG 
therapeutic  using  plasma  produced  by 
healthy  donors  who  have  been  immunized 
with  our  anthrax  vaccine,  BioThrax.  Our 

FDA-approved  manufacturing  partner, 

Talecris Biotherapeutics Inc., has completed 

two full-scale commercial lots of our prod-

uct candidate for use in clinical studies. Last 

year, the FDA granted our anthrax IG thera-

peutic  candidate  Fast  Track  status.  We 

subsequently  filed  an  Investigational  New 

Drug application with the FDA for a Phase I 

clinical trial to evaluate the safety and phar- 

macokinetics of our product candidate. We 

have  signed  development  contracts  with 

NIAID totaling $13.4 million for the contin-

ued studies designed to assess tolerability of 

our anthrax IG therapeutic. Pivotal animal stud- 

ies and clinical trial planning are underway. 

Currently, there are no FDA-approved 

products  for  the  treatment  of  anthrax  dis-

ease that can neutralize the anthrax toxin. 

Monoclonal anthrax therapeutic

We are also developing AVP-21D9, a monoclonal anthrax therapeutic for use against 
symptomatic anthrax infection. This product is a human monoclonal antibody, and has 
demonstrated efficacy in animal studies. Development of this product is funded in part 
with a grant from NIAID. The addition of an anthrax monoclonal therapeutic to our  
portfolio broadens our anthrax countermeasures program and reflects our ongoing  
commitment to develop a full portfolio of countermeasures to strengthen national pre-
paredness in the event of future anthrax attacks.

Our anthrax  
therapeutic product  
candidates are being 
designed for use  
against symptomatic 
anthrax infection.

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A Balanced Portfolio—t y P hoid vac cine

Seeking to protect millions against typhoid fever  
through innovation 

Transforming life

“ The trial will advance the 

development of a sorely needed 

vaccine for typhoid fever. The  

ease of administration of the  

product is one of its chief 

attractions from a public  

health perspective.”

Dr. Ted Bianco, Director of Technology Transfer  
at the Wellcome Trust, which funded the study

Typhoid  fever  is  a  global  public  health 
burden with an estimated 22 million cases 
and 200,000 deaths occurring worldwide 
each year. Typhoid fever continues to be  
a  public  health  problem  in  many  devel- 
oping  countries,  with  young  children 
being  disproportionately  affected.  The 
World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  rec-
ommends  vaccinating  pre-school-aged 
typhoid  endemic 
in 
children 
regions  against  the  disease.  With  anti- 
biotic  resistant  strains  of  typhoid  fever 
being increasingly seen in endemic pop-
ulations,  there  is  an  even  greater  need  
to  control  the  disease  through  targeted 
vaccination programs.

living 

We  are  excited  about  developing  the 
world’s first single-dose oral vaccine to pro-
tect children and adults at risk of typhoid 
fever.  The  patient-friendly  administration 
of our vaccine candidate holds the promise 
of expanding the global vaccine market and 
increasing the likelihood of immunization.
In 2007, we completed a randomized, 
placebo-controlled Phase II clinical trial of 
our vaccine candidate in Vietnam, with new 
trials planned for 2008. In this Phase II trial, 
the  vaccine  candidate  achieved  all  clinical 
endpoints for safety and immunogenicity. 
The Wellcome Trust has provided important 
funding for Phase I and II clinical trials of 
our oral typhoid vaccine candidate.

Traveling with peace of mind

Typhoid fever is a concern for the millions of travelers who visit typhoid endemic areas. 
The CDC recommends vaccinating children and adults traveling to regions with endemic 
typhoid fever. Approximately 60 million U.S. and European citizens traveled overseas in 
2006, with travelers to typhoid endemic regions most at risk of contracting the disease. 
With global travel increasing annually, typhoid fever can affect families worldwide 
regardless of economic status. 

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Typhoid fever 
remains a major 
public health 
problem in  
many developing  
countries.

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A Balanced Portfolio—hePat i t i s B t her a P eu t ic

Protecting hepatitis B patients through  
targeted treatment 

Improving life

“ As a serious global health issue 

afflicting the lives of millions 

of people, advancing the clinical 

study of Emergent’s hepatitis B 

immunotherapy is an important 

step toward alleviating patients’ 

suffering from this chronic disease.” 

Professor Graham Foster, Clinical Investigator, 
Professor of Hepatology, Barts and The London 
School of Medicine

Hepatitis B is one of the most widespread 
viral  infections  in  the  world.  Globally, 
approximately 350 to 400 million people 
are chronically infected with hepatitis B, 
with over 100 million of those individuals 
living in China alone. Chronic hepatitis B 
infection  can  lead  to  cirrhosis,  liver  can-
cer  and  liver  failure,  making  it  the  tenth 
leading cause of death worldwide. Despite 
improvements in hepatitis B therapy, cur-
rent  therapies  are  only  partially  effective 
at controlling the disease and rarely cure 
infection in chronic carriers; most patients 
require lifelong therapy.

Our  approach  uses  our  proprietary  
spi-VEC oral delivery platform to develop a 
hepatitis B immunotherapy designed to direct 
the immune system against virus-infected cells 
in the liver. Potentially promoting the rate of 
viral clearance would also enable patients to 
benefit  from  shorter  durations  of  therapy, 
fewer side effects and less risk of developing 
resistance to antiviral therapy. We believe that 
our product has the potential to improve the 
standard of care for hepatitis B patients. 

Addressing a scourge  
in the developing world

The WHO calls hepatitis B one of the major diseases of mankind and a serious global  
public health problem. High rates of chronic hepatitis B infection are found in much of the 
developing world where prevention and treatment are rare. While vaccines are available 
that can prevent hepatitis B infection, existing therapies have limitations in treating people 
with chronic hepatitis B infection. As a result, a large number of chronically infected  
people require lifelong treatment to prevent the development of liver disease and to reduce  
the risk of transmitting the infection to others.

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Our approach  
uses our  
proprietary 
spi-VEC oral  
delivery platform.

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Extending life

Protecting against a broad spectrum of  
infectious diseases

Group B streptococcus

We are developing a vaccine that would be administered  

to women of child-bearing age to protect newborns against 

group B streptococcus, or group B strep. Group B strep is  

a bacterium that causes life-threatening infections such as 

sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia in newborns. There is no 

vaccine currently available to protect against group B strep. 

NIAID/NIH has agreed to fund, manage and conduct a 

Phase I clinical trial of our bivalent group B streptococcus 

vaccine product candidate.

Target Indication
Prevention of neonatal 
group B streptococcus 
infections

Intended Market
Women of  
childbearing age

Target Product  
Characteristics
Recombinant protein 
subunit vaccine

Target Indication
Prevention of botulinum 
serotypes A, B and E

Intended Market
Civilian stockpile, military

Target Product
Characteristics
Injectable recombinant 
protein subunit vaccine or 
toxoid vaccine

Botulinum vaccines

We are developing two vaccine candidates to protect against 

botulinum illness caused by botulinum serotypes A, B and E. The  

first, in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Health Protection 

Agency (HPA), is a recombinant protein subunit trivalent vaccine 

based on a fragment of the botulinum toxin that we have selected as  

an antigen because we believe it to be non-toxic and immunogenic. 

  Our second vaccine candidate is a botulinum toxoid vaccine that 

includes a combination of up to three botulinum serotypes A, B and E. 

We are developing this product using our proprietary botulinum 

serotypes B and E and serotype A from HPA.

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Target Indication
Prevention of  
Chlamydia trachomatis

Intended Market
Adolescents and  
young adults

Target Product  
Characteristics
Recombinant protein 
subunit vaccine

Chlamydia

Our vaccine candidate intended for adolescents is designed to 

protect against chlamydia infection, the most prevalent bacterial 

sexually transmitted disease in the world. Chlamydia trachomatis 

infections occur in both men and women. In women, repeat 

reinfections may result in pelvic inflammatory disease, which  

is a major cause of infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic 

pelvic pain. Pregnant women infected with chlamydia can pass 

the infection to their infants during delivery, potentially resulting  

in neonatal ophthalmia and pneumonia. There is no vaccine 

currently available to protect against chlamydia.

Meningitis B

We are collaborating with sanofi pasteur, to whom we have 

out-licensed our technology, to develop a vaccine for infants, 

children and adolescents to protect against meningitis B, an 

infection of the fluid surrounding the spinal cord and brain. 

The rapid progression of the infection means that antibiotics 

can be ineffective in preventing serious morbidity and mortality. 

Children from six months to two years of age are at the highest 

risk of infection, with teenagers also at enhanced risk. There is 

currently no licensed vaccine in the United States or Europe 

that protects against group B meningococcal infection.

Target Indication
Prevention of type B 
meningitis caused by 
Neisseria meningitis

Intended Market
Infants, children,  
adolescents

Target Product  
Characteristics
Recombinant protein 
subunit vaccine

Partner 

Product/Focus

hhs (BARDA) 

cdc 

nih/niaid  

Anthrax IG Therapeutic 
BioThrax (Post-exposure)

BioThrax (Dose Reduction, IM)

Anthrax IG Therapeutic 
Group B Streptococcus Vaccine

Wellcome trust (UK) 

Typhoid Vaccine

9Bio (Malaysian Government) 

BioThrax Sales and Distribution,
 Product Development and  
Contract Manufacturing

health Protection agency (UK) 

Botulinum Vaccines

sanofi pasteur 

Meningitis B Vaccine

Making progress together

No company can combat serious diseases alone. We 
know that developing vaccines and therapeutics requires 
significant investment and that such a pursuit must be a 
collaborative effort. We are actively working to bring 
together the best scientific, business and public policy 
minds in pursuit of our product development goals. We 
are grateful for the support we enjoy from our govern-
ment and non-government partners.

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Leading the way

Guiding Emergent BioSolutions with strong leadership

Board of directors

Fuad el-hibri
Chairman and  
Chief Executive Officer,  
Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

Joseph M. allbaugh(2,3)
President and Chief Executive Officer,  
The Allbaugh Company, LLC;
Former Director, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency

sue Bailey, M.d.(3)
Former news analyst for NBC 
and Assistant Secretary of 
Defense (Health Affairs)

Zsolt harsanyi, Ph.d.(1*,2,4)
Chairman and  
Chief Executive Officer,  
Exponential Biotherapies, Inc. 

1  Audit Committee 

2  Compensation Committee

3   Nominating & Corporate  

Governance Committee

4  Lead Independent Director

*  Chairman of Committee

Jerome M. hauer
Chief Executive Officer,  
The Hauer Group, LLC;
Former Director,  
City of New York Office of 
Emergency Management

ronald B. richard(1,2*)
President and  
Chief Executive Officer,  
The Cleveland Foundation

louis W. sullivan, M.d.(1,3*)
President Emeritus,  
Morehouse School of Medicine;
Former Secretary, Department  
of Health and Human Services

Corporate officers

Fuad el-hibri* 
Chief Executive Officer and  
Chairman of the Board of Directors

denise esposito* 
Senior Vice President Legal Affairs,  
General Counsel and Secretary

Kyle W. Keese* 
Senior Vice President Manufacturing Operations

daniel J. abdun-nabi* 
President and Chief Operating Officer

Mauro Gibellini 
Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs

r. don elsey* 
Senior Vice President Finance and 
Administration and Chief Financial Officer

W. James Jackson, Ph.d. 
Senior Vice President and  
Chief Scientific Officer

denise landry 
Senior Vice President Quality and  
Regulatory Affairs

allen shofe 
Senior Vice President Public Affairs

*Executive Officer

Heads of operating subsidiaries

robert G. Kramer, sr. 
President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Emergent Biodefense Operations 
Lansing Inc. 

Michael J. langford, dvM, Ph.d. 
President, Emergent Product 
Development Gaithersburg Inc.

stephen lockhart, Ma, BM, Bch, 
dM, MrcP, FFPM 
President, Emergent Product 
Development UK Limited

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andreas hartmann, Ph.d. 
Managing Director, Emergent 
Product Development  
Germany GmbH

2007 FINANCIAl REPORt

Selected Consolidated Financial Data 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of  
Financial Condition and Results of Operations 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

Consolidated Balance Sheets 

Consolidated Statements of Operations 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 

Common Stock Information 

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40

41

42

43

44

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

You should read the following selected consolidated financial data together with our consolidated financial state-
ments and the related notes included in this annual report and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of 
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of this annual report.

We have derived the consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 
2005 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 from our audited consolidated 
financial statements, which are included in this annual report. We have derived the consolidated statements of 
operations data for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of 
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are not included 
in  this  annual  report.  Our  historical  results  for  any  prior  period  are  not  necessarily  indicative  of  results  to  be 
expected in any future period.

(in thousands, except share 
  and per share data) 

Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues:

Product sales 
Contracts and grants 
total revenues 
Operating expenses (income):
Cost of product sales 
Research and development 
Selling, general & administrative 
Purchased in-process research  

and development 
Settlement of State of  
Michigan Obligation 

litigation settlement 
total operating expenses 
Income from operations 

Other income (expense):

Interest income 
Interest expense 
Other income (expense), net 
total other income (expense) 
Income before provision for  

income taxes 

Provision for income taxes 
Net income 
Earnings per share—basic 
Earnings per share—diluted 
Weighted average number  

of shares—basic 

Weighted average number  

of shares—diluted 

2007 

Year Ended December 31,
2005 

2006 

2004 

2003

$ 

 169,799 
13,116 
182,915 

$ 

 147,995 
4,737 
152,732 

$ 

 127,271 
3,417 
130,688 

$ 

   81,014 
2,480 
83,494 

$ 

   55,536
233
55,769

40,309 
53,958 
55,555 

24,125 
45,501 
44,601 

31,603 
18,381 
42,793 

30,102 
10,117 
30,323 

— 

477 

26,575 

— 

— 
— 
149,822 
33,093 

2,809 
(71) 
156 
2,894 

— 
— 
114,704 
38,028 

846 
(1,152) 
293 
(13) 

— 
(10,000) 
109,352 
21,336 

485 
(767) 
55 
(227) 

(3,819) 
— 
66,723 
16,771 

65 
(241) 
6 
(170) 

35,987 
13,051 
   22,936 
   0.79 
   0.77 

$ 
$ 
$ 

38,015 
15,222 
   22,793 
   0.99 
   0.93 

$ 
$ 
$ 

21,109 
5,325 
   15,784 
   0.77 
   0.69 

$ 
$ 
$ 

16,601 
5,129 
   11,472 
   0.61 
   0.56 

$ 
$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 
$ 

22,342
6,327
19,547

1,824

—
—
50,040
5,729

100
(293)
168
(25)

5,704
1,250
 4,454
   0.24
   0.22

28,995,667 

23,039,794 

20,533,471 

18,919,850 

18,904,992

29,663,127 

24,567,302 

22,751,733 

20,439,252 

20,316,752

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(in thousands) 

Balance Sheet Data:

2007 

2006 

As of December 31,
2005 

2004 

2003

Cash and cash equivalents 
Working capital 
total assets 
total long-term liabilities 
total stockholders’ equity 

$105,730 
88,649 
273,508 
46,688 
171,159 

$  76,418 
82,990 
238,255 
35,436 
138,472 

$  36,294 
29,023 
100,332 
10,502 
59,737 

$  6,821 
7,509 
69,056 
11,921 
22,949 

$  7,119
(3,147)
37,127
1,228
8,448

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF  
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You  should  read  the  following  discussion  and  analysis  
of  our  financial  condition  and  results  of  operations 
together  with  our  financial  statements  and  the  related 
notes and other financial information included elsewhere 
in this annual report. Some of the information contained  
in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in 
this  annual  report,  including  information  with  respect 
to  our  plans  and  strategy  for  our  business  and  related 
financing, 
includes  forward-looking  statements  that 
involve  risks  and  uncertainties.  You  should  review  the 
“Special  Note  Regarding  Forward  Looking  Statements” 
section of this annual report for a discussion of important 
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially 
from the results described in or implied by the forward-
looking statements contained in the following discussion 
and analysis.

OvERvIEw
We  are  a  profitable  multinational  biopharmaceutical 
company focused on the development, manufacture and 
commercialization of immunobiotics, consisting of vac-
cines and therapeutics that assist the body’s immune 
system  to  prevent  or  treat  disease.  We  manufacture 
and  market  Biothrax®,  the  only  vaccine  approved  by 
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for the preven-
tion  of  anthrax  infection.  We  use  internally  generated 
cash flows from the sale of Biothrax to fund the devel-
opment of a product pipeline that addresses a variety 
of  infectious  diseases  and  other  medical  conditions. 
We  develop  immunobiotics  for  use  against  infectious 
diseases  that  have  resulted  in  significant  unmet  or 
underserved  public  health  needs  and  against  biologi-
cal  agents  that  are  potential  weapons  of  bioterrorism 
and biowarfare. We operate in two business segments, 
biodefense and commercial.

Our biodefense business focuses on immunobiotics for 
use against biological agents that are potential weapons 
of bioterrorism and biowarfare. Our product candidates 
targeted to the biodefense market are anthrax immune 
globulin therapeutic, next generation anthrax vaccine 
and botulinum vaccines and botulinum immune globu-
lin  therapeutic.  Our  commercial  business  focuses  on 
immunobiotics for use against infectious diseases and 
other medical conditions that have resulted in signifi-
cant  unmet  or  underserved  public  health  needs.  Our 
product  candidates  targeted  to  the  commercial  mar-
ket are typhoid vaccine, hepatitis B therapeutic, group 
B  streptococcus  and  chlamydia  vaccines.  We  expect 

to  continue  to  seek  to  obtain  marketed  products  and 
development stage product candidates through acqui-
sitions and licensing arrangements with third parties.

Our  biodefense  business  has  generated  net  income 
for  each  of  the  last  three  fiscal  years.  Our  commer-
cial  business  has  generated  revenue  through  devel-
opment grant funding and an upfront license fee and 
additional  payments  for  development  work  under  a 
collaboration  agreement  with  Sanofi  Pasteur.  None 
of  our  commercial  product  candidates  have  received 
marketing approval and therefore, have not generated 
any product sales revenues. As a result, our commer-
cial  business  has  incurred  a  net  loss  for  each  of  the 
last three fiscal years.

Product Sales
We have derived substantially all of our revenues from 
Biothrax sales to the DoD and HHS, and expect for the 
foreseeable future to continue to derive substantially all 
of our revenues from the sales of Biothrax to HHS. Our 
total  revenues  from  Biothrax  sales  were  $169.8  mil-
lion in 2007, $148.0 million in 2006 and $127.3 million in 
2005. We are focused on increasing sales of Biothrax to 
U.S. government customers, expanding the market for 
Biothrax to other customers and pursuing label expan-
sions and improvements for Biothrax.

In addition to Biothrax, our advanced product portfolio 
includes an anthrax immune globulin therapeutic can-
didate for biodefense indications and a typhoid vaccine 
and  hepatitis  B  therapeutic  vaccine  for  commercial 
infectious  disease  indications.  We  are  developing  our 
anthrax immune globulin therapeutic in part with fund-
ing from NIAID. the Wellcome trust provided funding 
for the Phase I and Phase II clinical trials of our typhoid 
vaccine  candidate.  We  typically  advance  development 
of our biodefense product candidates only with exter-
nal  funding,  and  may  slow  down  or  put  development 
programs on hold during periods that are not covered 
by funding.

Our early stage product portfolio includes a next gen-
eration  anthrax  vaccine  and  botulinum  vaccine  and 
immune globulin therapeutic candidates for biodefense 
indications  and  group  B  streptococcus  and  chlamydia 
vaccine  candidates  for  commercial  infectious  disease 
indications. We have entered into collaboration agree-
ments  with  the  HPA  for  the  development  of  a  recom-
binant  botulinum  vaccine  candidate  and  a  botulinum 

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immune  globulin  candidate.  the  NIAID  is  conducting 
and  funding  the  Phase  I  clinical  trial  of  our  group  B 
streptococcus vaccine candidate.

We  are  actively  pursuing  additional  government  spon-
sored development grants as well as encouraging both 
governmental  and  non-governmental  agencies  and 
philanthropic  organizations  to  provide  development 
funding,  or  to  conduct  clinical  studies  of  these  prod-
ucts. For example, the Wellcome trust provided funding 
for the Phase I and Phase II clinical trials of our typhoid 
vaccine candidate. In addition, the NIAID is conducting 
and funding one of the Phase I clinical trials of our group 
B streptococcus vaccine candidate.

Manufacturing Infrastructure
We conduct our primary vaccine manufacturing opera-
tions at a multi-building campus on approximately 12.5 
acres  in  lansing,  Michigan.  to  augment  our  existing 
manufacturing capabilities, we have constructed a new 
50,000 square foot manufacturing facility on our lansing 
campus.  We  expect  the  facility  to  cost  approximately  
$75  million  when  complete,  including  approximately  
$55  million  for  the  building  and  associated  capital 
equipment,  with  the  balance  related  to  validation  and 
qualification activities required for regulatory approval 
and  initiation  of  manufacturing.  We  have  incurred 
costs of approximately $63 million for these purposes 
through  December  2007.  We  substantially  completed 
construction  of  this  facility  in  2006,  and  are  conduct-
ing  validation  and  qualification  activities  required  for 
regulatory  approval.  this  new  facility  is  a  large  scale 
manufacturing plant that we can use to produce mul-
tiple  fermentation  based  vaccine  products,  subject  to 
complying with appropriate change-over procedures.

We  also  own  two  buildings  in  Frederick,  Maryland 
that are available to support our future manufacturing 
requirements. We have incurred costs of approximately 
$4 million through December 2007 related to initial engi-
neering design and preliminary utility build out  of one 
of  these  buildings.  Because  we  are  in  the  preliminary 
planning  stages  of  our  Frederick  build  out,  we  cannot 
reasonably estimate the timing and costs that would be 
necessary to complete this project. If we proceed with 
this project, we expect the costs to be substantial and 
to likely require external sources of funds to finance the 
project. We may elect to lease all or a substantial por-
tion of, or sell, one of these facilities to third parties.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES  
AND ESTIMATES
Our  discussion  and  analysis  of  our  financial  condition 
and  results  of  operations  are  based  on  our  financial 
statements,  which  have  been  prepared  in  accordance 
with  accounting  principles  generally  accepted  in  the 
United States. the preparation of these financial state-
ments  requires  us  to  make  estimates  and  judgments 
that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of  assets,  liabilities 
and expenses.

On  an  ongoing  basis,  we  evaluate  our  estimates 
and  judgments,  including  those  related  to  accrued 
expenses, fair value of stock-based compensation and 
income  taxes.  We  based  our  estimates  on  historical 
experience and on various other assumptions that we 
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the 
results of which form the basis for making judgments 
about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and 
the  reported  amounts  of  revenues  and  expenses  that 
are  not  readily  apparent  from  other  sources.  Actual 
results may differ from these estimates under different 
assumptions or conditions.

We  believe  the  following  critical  accounting  policies 
affect  our  more  significant  judgments  and  estimates 
used in the preparation of our financial statements.

Revenue Recognition
We  recognize  revenues  from  product  sales  in  accor-
dance  with  Staff  Accounting  Bulletin  No.  104,  Revenue 
Recognition, or SAB 104. SAB 104 requires recognition 
of revenues from product sales that require no continu-
ing performance on our part if four basic criteria have 
been met:

•	 there	is	persuasive	evidence	of	an	arrangement;
•	 delivery	 has	 occurred	 or	 title	 has	 passed	 to	 our	

customer	based	on	contract	terms;

•	 the	fee	is	fixed	and	determinable	and	no	further	

obligation	exists;	and

•	 collectibility	is	reasonably	assured.

We have generated Biothrax sales revenues under U.S. 
government  contracts  with  the  DoD  and  HHS.  Under 
previous DoD contracts, we invoiced the DoD for prog-
ress  payments  upon  reaching  contractually  specified 
stages  in  the  manufacture  of  Biothrax.  We  recorded 
as deferred revenue the full amount of each progress 
payment  invoice  that  we  submitted  to  the  DoD.  title 
to the product passed to the DoD upon submission of 

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the first invoice. the earnings process was considered 
complete upon FDA release of the product for sale and 
distribution. Following FDA release of the product, we 
segregated the product for later shipment and recog-
nized  as  period  revenue  all  deferred  revenue  related 
to  the  released  product  in  accordance  with  the  “bill 
and  hold”  sale  requirements  under  SAB  104.  At  that 
time,  we  also  invoiced  the  DoD  for  the  final  progress 
payment and recognized the amount of that invoice as 
period revenue.

Under  previous  contracts  with  HHS,  we  invoiced  HHS 
and  recognized  the  related  revenues  upon  delivery  of 
the  product  to  the  government  carrier,  at  which  time 
title to the product passed to HHS. Under our current 
contract with HHS, we invoice HHS and recognize the 
related revenues upon acceptance by the government 
at  the  delivery  site,  at  which  time  title  to  the  product 
passes to HHS.

Under  the  collaboration  agreement  that  we  entered 
into  with  Sanofi  Pasteur  in  May  2006  for  our  menin-
gitis  B  vaccine  candidate,  we  received  an  upfront 
license fee and are entitled to additional payments for 
development  work  under  the  collaboration  and  upon 
achieving contractually defined development and com-
mercialization  milestones.  We  evaluated  the  various 
components  of  the  collaboration  in  accordance  with 
Emerging Issues task Force, or EItF, Issue No. 00-21, 
Accounting  for  Revenue  Arrangements  with  Multiple 
Deliverables,  or  EItF  No.  00-21,  which  addresses 
whether,  for  revenue  recognition  purposes,  there  is 
one or several units of accounting in an arrangement. 
We  concluded  that  under  EItF  No.  00-21,  the  upfront 
license  fee,  the  development  work  and  the  milestone 
payments  under  our  agreement  with  Sanofi  Pasteur 
should be accounted for as a single unit of accounting. 
We recognize amounts received under this agreement 
over  the  estimated  development  period  as  we  per-
form services. We recorded the amount of the upfront 
license  fee  as  deferred  revenue.  We  are  recognizing 
this  revenue  over  the  estimated  development  period 
under the contract, currently estimated at seven years, 
as adjusted from time to time for any delays or accel-
eration  in  the  development  of  the  product  candidate. 
Under the collaboration agreement, we are entitled to 
payments up to specified levels for development work 
we perform on behalf of Sanofi Pasteur. We generally 
invoice Sanofi Pasteur in advance of each quarter for 

the estimated work to occur in the upcoming quarter. 
We  record  the  invoice  amount  as  deferred  revenue 
and, as services are completed, recognize the amount 
of  the  related  deferred  revenue  as  period  revenues. 
Under  the  collaboration  agreement,  we  also  will  be 
entitled to royalty payments on any future net sales of 
this product candidate.

From  time  to  time,  we  are  awarded  reimbursement 
contracts  for  services  and  development  grant  con-
tracts  with  government  entities  and  non-government 
and  philanthropic  organizations.  Under  these  con-
tracts,  we  typically  are  reimbursed  for  our  costs  in 
connection  with  specific  development  activities  and 
may also be entitled to additional fees. We record the 
reimbursement  of  our  costs  and  any  associated  fees 
as  contract  and  grant  revenues  and  the  associated 
costs as research and development expense. We issue 
invoices under these contracts after we incur the reim-
bursable  costs.  We  recognize  revenue  upon  invoicing 
the sponsoring organization.

Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at invoice amounts and 
consist primarily of amounts due from the DoD and HHS 
as well as amounts due under reimbursement contracts 
with  other  government  entities  and  non-government 
and philanthropic organizations. Because the collection 
history for receivables from these entities indicate that 
collection is likely, we do not currently record an allow-
ance for doubtful accounts.

Inventories
Inventories  are  stated  at  the  lower  of  cost  or  mar-
ket,  with  cost  being  determined  using  a  standard  cost 
method,  which  approximates  average  cost.  Average 
cost consists primarily of material, labor and manufac-
turing overhead expenses and includes the services and 
products of third party suppliers.

We  analyze  our  inventory  levels  quarterly  and  write 
down in the applicable period inventory that has become 
obsolete, inventory that has a cost basis in excess of its 
expected  net  realizable  value  and  inventory  in  excess 
of expected customer demand. We also write off in the 
applicable  period  the  costs  related  to  expired  inven-
tory. We capitalize the costs associated with the manu-
facture  of  Biothrax  as  inventory  from  the  initiation  of 
the manufacturing process through the completion of 
manufacturing, labeling and packaging.

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Accrued Expenses
As part of the process of preparing financial statements, 
we are required to estimate accrued expenses. this pro-
cess  involves  identifying  services  that  have  been  per-
formed on our behalf and estimating the level of service 
performed  and  the  associated  cost  incurred  for  such 
service  where  we  have  not  yet  been  invoiced  or  other-
wise notified of actual cost. We make these estimates as 
of each balance sheet date in our financial statements. 
Examples of estimated accrued expenses include:

•	 fees	 payable	 to	 contract	 research	 organizations	

in	conjunction	with	clinical	trials;

•	 fees	payable	to	third	party	manufacturers	in	con-
junction with the production of clinical trial mate-
rials;	and

•	 professional	service	fees.

In  accruing  service  fees,  we  estimate  the  time  period 
over which services were provided and the level of effort 
in  each  period.  If  the  actual  timing  of  the  provision  of 
services or the level of effort varies from the estimate, 
we will adjust the accrual accordingly. the majority of 
our service providers invoice us monthly in arrears for 
services performed. In the event that we do not identify 
costs that have begun to be incurred or we underesti-
mate  or  overestimate  the  level  of  services  performed 
or the costs of such services, our actual expenses could 
differ  from  such  estimates.  the  date  on  which  some 
services commence, the level of services performed on 
or before a given date and the cost of such services are 
often  subjective  determinations.  We  make  judgments 
based upon the facts and circumstances known to us.

Purchased In-process Research and Development
We  account  for  purchased  in-process  research  and 
development in accordance with Statement of Financial 
Accounting  Standards,  or  SFAS,  No.  2,  Accounting  for 
Research  and  Development  Costs,  along  with  Financial 
Accounting  Standards  Board,  or  FASB,  Interpretation 
No.  4,  Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business 
Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method.

Under  these  standards,  we  are  required  to  determine 
whether the technology relating to a particular research 
and  development  project  we  acquire  has  an  alterna-
tive future use. If we determine that the technology has 
no  alternative  future  use,  we  expense  the  value  of  the 
research and development project not directly attributed 
to tangible assets. Otherwise, we capitalize the value of 

the  research  and  development  project  not  attributable 
to  tangible  assets  as  an  intangible  asset  and  conduct 
an impairment analysis at least annually. In connection 
with our acquisitions of ViVacs GmbH, in July 2006, and 
Microscience  limited,  or  Microscience,  in  June  2005, 
we  allocated  the  value  of  the  purchase  consideration 
to  current  assets,  current  liabilities,  fixed  assets  and 
development  programs.  Because  we  determined  that 
the development programs at ViVacs and Microscience 
had  no  future  alternative  use,  we  charged  the  value 
attributable to the development programs as in-process 
research and development. the ViVacs acquisition was 
a  cash  transaction,  and  therefore  no  fair  value  deter-
mination was necessary. For the Microscience acquisi-
tion, which was a share exchange, our board of directors 
determined  the  fair  value  of  our  shares  issued  in  the 
exchange for financial statement purposes.

Stock-based Compensation
We adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based 
Payment, or SFAS No. 123(R), on January 1, 2006 using 
the  modified  prospective  method.  SFAS  No.  123(R) 
requires  all  share-based  payments  to  employees, 
including grants of employee stock options, to be rec-
ognized  in  the  income  statement  based  on  their  esti-
mated grant date fair values.

We  value  our  share-based  payment  transactions  using 
the Black-Scholes valuation model. Under the modified 
prospective  method,  we  recognize  compensation  cost 
in our financial statements for all awards granted after 
January  1,  2006  and  for  all  awards  outstanding  as  of 
January 1, 2006 for which the requisite service had not 
been  rendered  as  of  the  date  of  adoption.  We  measure 
the amount of compensation cost based on the fair value 
of the underlying equity award on the date of grant. We 
recognize  compensation  cost  over  the  period  that  an 
employee provides service in exchange for the award. As 
of December 31, 2007, total compensation expense not yet 
recognized related to unvested options is approximately 
$2.9 million after tax. this expense is expected to be rec-
ognized over a weighted-average period of 3.0 years.

the effect of adopting SFAS No. 123(R) on net income 
(loss) and net income (loss) per share is not necessar-
ily representative of the effects in future years due to, 
among  other  things,  the  vesting  period  of  the  stock 
options  and  the  fair  value  of  additional  stock  option 
grants in future years.

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Income Taxes
We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS 
No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, or SFAS No. 109. 
Under the asset and liability method of SFAS No. 109, 
deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based 
on the differences between the financial reporting and 
the  tax  bases  of  assets  and  liabilities  and  are  mea-
sured  using  the  tax  rates  and  laws  that  are  expected 
to apply to taxable income in the years in which those 
temporary differences are expected to be recovered or 
settled. A net deferred tax asset or liability is reported 
in  the  balance  sheet.  Our  deferred  tax  assets  include 
the  unamortized  portion  of  in-process  research  and 
development  expenses,  the  anticipated  future  benefit 
of the net operating losses that we have incurred and 
other timing differences between the financial report-
ing basis of assets and liabilities.

We  have  historically  incurred  net  operating  losses  for 
income tax purposes in some states, primarily Maryland, 
and  in  some  foreign  jurisdictions,  primarily  the  United 
Kingdom. the amount of the deferred tax assets on our 
balance  sheet  reflects  our  expectations  regarding  our 
ability  to  use  our  net  operating  losses  to  offset  future 
taxable  income.  the  applicable  tax  rules  in  particular 
jurisdictions limit our ability to use net operating losses 
as  a  result  of  ownership  changes.  In  particular,  we 
believe that these rules will significantly limit our ability 
to use net operating losses generated by Microscience 
and Antex Biologics, Inc., or Antex, prior to our acquisi-
tion of Microscience in June 2005 and our acquisition of 
substantially all of the assets of Antex in May 2003.

We review our deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis 
to assess our ability to realize the benefit from these 
deferred  tax  as  sets.  If  we  determine  that  it  is  more 
likely than not that the amount of our expected future 
taxable income will not be sufficient to allow us to fully 
utilize our deferred tax assets, we increase our valua-
tion allowance against deferred tax assets by recording 
a provision for income taxes on our income statement, 
which  reduces  net  income,  or  increases  net  loss,  for 
that period and reduces our deferred tax assets on our 
balance sheet. If we determine that the amount of our 
expected future taxable income will allow us to utilize 
net operating losses in excess of our net deferred tax 
assets, we reduce our valuation allowance by record-
ing a benefit from income taxes on our income state-
ment, which increases net income, or reduces net loss, 

for that period and increases our deferred tax assets 
on our balance sheet.

We  account  for  uncertainty  in  income  taxes  in  accor-
dance  with  FASB  Interpretation  48,  Accounting  for 
Uncertainty  in  Income  Taxes—An  Interpretation  of  FASB 
Statement  No.  109,  Accounting  for  Income  Taxes,  or  FIN 
48.  FIN  48  prescribes  a  recognition  threshold  and 
measurement attribute for the financial statement rec-
ognition  and  measurement  of  a  tax  position  taken  or 
expected to be taken in a tax return. Under FIN 48, we 
recognize in our financial statements the impact of a tax 
position if that position is more likely than not of being 
sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the 
position. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecogni-
tion,  classification,  interest  and  penalties,  accounting 
in interim periods and disclosure.

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OvERvIEw

Revenues
Between  May  2005  and  February  2007,  we  supplied 
10.0 million doses of Biothrax to HHS for inclusion in 
the SNS under a base contract for 5.0 million doses for 
a fixed price of $123 million and a contract modifica-
tion for an additional 5.0 million doses for a fixed price 
of $120 million. We completed delivery of all doses to 
HHS under this contract in February 2007.

On September 25, 2007, we entered into an agreement 
with  HHS  to  supply  18.75  million  doses  of  Biothrax  to 
HHS for placement into the SNS. the term of the agree-
ment is from September 25, 2007 through September 24,  
2010.  the  first  5.5  million  doses  delivered  under  this 
contract  were  sold  to  HHS  at  a  discounted  price,  as 
specified  in  the  contract,  due  to  the  limited  remaining 
shelf-life for these specific doses. this discounted price 
does  not  apply  to  the  remaining  13.25  million  doses 
that  will  be  sold  to  HHS  under  the  contract.  the  firm 
fixed  price  for  the  18.75  million  doses,  including  the 
discount, is $400 million in the aggregate. If we receive 
FDA approval of our pending application to extend the 
expiry dating of Biothrax from three years to four years, 
HHS  has  agreed  to  increase  the  price  per  dose  under 
the  agreement  for  the  remaining  13.25  million  doses. 
In  that  event,  HHS  would  make  a  lump  sum  payment 
to  us  reflecting  an  increase  in  the  price  per  dose  for 
specified doses delivered prior to approval and pay an 
increased price per dose for doses delivered following 
the date of such approval. the aggregate value of such 

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price adjustment is $34 million. If we do not receive FDA 
approval of four-year expiry dating during the term of the 
agreement there will be no adjustment in the price per 
dose under the agreement. We delivered over 6 million 
doses of Biothrax to HHS under this agreement in 2007. 
Under  this  agreement,  we  have  also  agreed  to  provide 
all shipping services related to delivery of doses into the 
SNS over the term of the agreement, for which HHS has 
agreed to pay approximately $2.2 million. We invoice HHS 
for  each  delivery  upon  acceptance  of  Biothrax  doses 
delivered into the SNS. the agreement also provides for 
HHS  to  pay  up  to  $11.5  million  in  milestone  payments 
in  connection  with  us  advancing  a  program  to  obtain 
a  post-exposure  prophylaxis  indication  for  Biothrax. 
these  funds  are  payable  upon  achievement  of  specific 
program milestones. In October 2007, we achieved the 
initial milestone and invoiced HHS for $8.8 million. We 
received this payment from HHS and revenue was rec-
ognized in November 2007.

Since 1998, we have been a party to two supply agree-
ments  for  Biothrax  with  the  DoD.  Pursuant  to  these 
contracts,  we  have  supplied  approximately  10  million 
doses  of  Biothrax  for  immunization  of  military  per-
sonnel.  Our  most  recent  contract  with  the  DoD,  as 
amended in October 2006, provided for the supply of a 
minimum of approximately 1.5 million doses of Biothrax 
to  the  DoD  through  September  2007.  As  a  result  of  a 
further amendment of the DoD contract in June 2007, 
we  completed  delivery  of  all  doses  to  the  DoD  under 
this  contract  prior  to  June  30,  2007.  We  are  not  cur-
rently party to a procurement contract with the DoD.

We  believe  that  the  DoD  has  a  continued  commitment 
to  procure  Biothrax  for  its  active  immunization  pro-
gram. We believe that, as a result of the October 2007 
Presidential  Directive,  in  the  future  the  DoD  will  likely 
procure  additional  doses  of  Biothrax  to  satisfy  ongo-
ing  requirements  for  its  active  immunization  program 
directly from HHS and not from us. We believe that these 
purchases  by  DoD  from  HHS  may  result  in  additional 
purchases by HHS from us.

In May 2006, we entered into a collaboration agreement 
with  Sanofi  Pasteur  relating  to  the  development  and 
commercialization of our meningitis B vaccine candidate 
under  which  we  granted  Sanofi  Pasteur  an  exclusive, 
worldwide  license  under  our  proprietary  technology  to 
develop  and  commercialize  our  meningitis  B  vaccine 

candidate  and  received  a  $3.8  million  upfront  license 
fee. this agreement also provides for a series of mile-
stone  payments  upon  the  achievement  of  specified 
development  and  commercialization  objectives,  pay-
ments  for  development  work  under  the  collaboration 
and royalties on net sales of this product. We defer the 
upfront license fee, milestone payments and develop-
ment reimbursement payments under this agreement, 
and  record  revenue  in  accordance  with  our  revenue 
recognition  policies.  We  are  currently  in  negotiations 
with Sanofi Pasteur to amend this agreement.

In  September  2007,  we  received  a  development  con-
tract from NIAID, valued at up to $9.5 million, in sup-
port of non-clinical and clinical studies of our anthrax 
immune  globulin  therapeutic  candidate.  Under  terms 
of  the  development  contract,  we  will  use  the  funds  to 
conduct  various  studies  on  this  product  candidate, 
including  animal  efficacy  studies  and  clinical  trials. 
through December 31, 2007, we have invoiced $61,000 
under this contract.

Our  revenue,  operating  results  and  profitability  have 
varied, and we expect that they will continue to vary on 
a quarterly basis, primarily because of the timing of our 
fulfilling orders for Biothrax and work done under new 
and existing contracts and grants.

Cost of Product Sales
the primary expense that we incur to deliver Biothrax 
to  our  customers  is  manufacturing  costs,  which  are 
primarily fixed costs. these fixed manufacturing costs 
consist  of  attributable  facilities,  utilities  and  salaries 
and personnel-related expenses for indirect manufac-
turing  support  staff.  Variable  manufacturing  costs  for 
Biothrax consist primarily of costs for materials, direct 
labor and contract filling operations.

We  determine  the  cost  of  product  sales  for  doses  sold 
during  a  reporting  period  based  on  the  average  manu-
facturing cost per dose for the specific earlier period in 
which the doses sold were manufactured. We calculate 
the average manufacturing cost per dose in the period of 
manufacture by dividing the actual costs of manufactur-
ing in such period by the number of units produced in that 
period. In addition to the fixed and variable manufacturing 
costs described above, the average manufacturing cost 
per dose depends on the efficiency of the manufacturing 
process,  utilization  of  available  manufacturing  capacity 
and the production yield for the period of production.

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Research and Development Expenses
We  expense  research  and  development  costs  as 
incurred. Our research and development expenses con-
sist primarily of:

•	 salaries	and	related	expenses	for	personnel;
•	 fees	to	professional	service	providers	for,	among	
other  things,  preclinical  and  analytical  test-
ing,  independently  monitoring  our  clinical  tri-
als and acquiring and  evaluating data from our  
clinical	trials;

•	 costs	of	contract	manufacturing	services;
•	 costs	 of	 materials	 used	 in	 clinical	 trials	 and	

research	and	development;

•	 depreciation	of	capital	assets	used	to	develop	our	

products;	and

•	 operating	 costs,	 such	 as	 the	 operating	 cost	 of	
facilities  and  the  legal  costs  of  pursuing  patent 
protection of our intellectual property.

We believe that significant investment in product devel-
opment is a competitive necessity and plan to continue 
these  investments  in  order  to  be  in  a  position  to  real-
ize  the  potential  of  our  product  candidates.  We  expect 
that development spending for both our advanced stage 
products and earlier stage products will increase as our 
product development activities continue and we prepare 
for regulatory submissions and other regulatory activi-
ties. We expect that the magnitude of any increase in our 
research  and  development  spending  will  be  dependent 
upon such factors as the results from our ongoing pre-
clinical studies and clinical trials, the size, structure and 
duration  of  any  follow  on  clinical  program  that  we  may 
initiate, costs associated with manufacturing our product 
candidates on a large scale basis for later stage clinical 
trials,  our  ability  to  use  data  generated  by  government 
agencies,  such  as  the  ongoing  studies  with  Biothrax 
being conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, or CDC, and our ability to rely upon and utilize 
clinical and non-clinical data, such as the data generated 
by CDC from use of the pentavalent botulinum toxoid vac-
cine previously manufactured by the State of Michigan.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling,  general  and  administrative  expenses  consist 
primarily of salaries and other related costs for person-
nel serving the executive, sales and marketing, business 
development, finance, accounting, information technol-
ogy,  legal  and  human  resource  functions.  Other  costs 
include  facility  costs  not  otherwise  included  in  cost  of 

product  sales  or  research  and  development  expense 
and professional fees for legal and accounting services. 
We  currently  market  and  sell  Biothrax  directly  to  the 
HHS with a small, targeted marketing and sales group. 
As we seek to broaden the market for Biothrax and if we 
receive marketing approval for additional products we 
expect that we will increase our spending for marketing 
and sales activities.

Total Other Income (Expense)
total  other  income  (expense)  consists  principally  of 
interest income and interest expense. We earn interest 
on  our  cash,  cash  equivalents  and  short-term  invest-
ments, and we incur interest expense on our indebted-
ness. We capitalize interest expense in accordance with 
SFAS No. 34, Capitalization of Interest Cost, based on the 
cost of major ongoing projects which have not yet been 
placed in service, such as our new manufacturing facil-
ity. Our total interest cost will increase in future peri-
ods as compared to prior periods as a result of the term 
loan that we entered into in June 2007, as well as any 
borrowings under our revolving line of credit. In addi-
tion,  some  of  our  existing  debt  arrangements  provide 
for  increasing  amortization  of  principal  payments  in 
future periods. See “liquidity and Capital Resources—
Debt Financing” for additional information.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 COMPARED  
TO YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006

Revenues
Product  sales  revenues  increased  by  $21.8  million, 
or  15%,  to  $169.8  million  for  2007  from  $148.0  mil-
lion for 2006. this increase in product sales revenues 
was primarily due to a 41% increase in the number of 
doses of Biothrax delivered, offset by a 19% decrease 
in  the  average  sales  price  per  dose  attributable  to  a 
discounted  price  provided  to  HHS  due  to  the  limited 
remaining  shelf  life  for  those  certain  doses  delivered 
in the third quarter and first part of the fourth quarter 
of  2007.  Product  sales  revenues  in  2007  consisted  of 
Biothrax  sales  to  HHS  of  $141.6  million,  sales  to  the 
DoD  of  $26.2  million  and  aggregate  international  and 
other sales of $2.0 million. Product sales revenues in 
2006 consisted of Biothrax sales to HHS of $109.8 mil-
lion,  sales  to  the  DoD  of  $37.4  million  and  aggregate 
international and other sales of $763,000.

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Contracts  and  grant  revenues  increased  by  $8.4  mil-
lion, or 177%, to $13.1 million in 2007 from $4.7 million in 
2006. Contracts and grants revenues for 2007 consisted 
of a milestone payment of $8.8 million from HHS in con-
nection with the Company advancing a program to obtain 
a  post-exposure  prophylaxis  indication  for  Biothrax,  
$3.1  million  from  the  Sanofi  Pasteur  collaboration, 
related  to  recognition  of  deferred  revenue  associated 
with  the  upfront  payment  received  in  2006  as  well  as 
development service revenue, and $1.2 million in grant 
revenue from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, 
and the Wellcome trust. Contracts and grant revenues 
for 2006 consisted of $3.2 million in upfront and devel-
opment  program  revenue  from  the  Sanofi  Pasteur  
collaboration and $1.5 million in grant revenue from the 
Wellcome trust.

Cost of Product Sales
Cost of product sales increased by $16.2 million, or 67%, 
to  $40.3  million  for  2007  from  $24.1  million  for  2006. 
this increase was attributable to a 41% increase in the 
number  of  doses  of  Biothrax  delivered,  coupled  with 
increased costs associated with our annual production 
shut-down, the related impact on production yield, and 
the write-off of waste during the period.

Research and Development Expenses
Research  and  development  expenses  increased  by  
$8.5  million,  or  19%,  to  $54.0  million  for  2007  from  
$45.5  million  for  2006.  this  increase  reflects  additional 
personnel  and  contract  service  costs,  and  includes 
increased expenses of $2.5 million on product candidates 
that are categorized in the biodefense segment, $3.7 mil-
lion on product candidates categorized in the commercial 
segment, and $2.2 million in other research and develop-
ment expenses, which are in support of technology plat-
forms and central research and development activities.

began subsequent studies and trials. the spending for 
Biothrax enhancements is related to preparing for and 
conducting  animal  efficacy  studies  to  support  applica-
tions  for  marketing  approval  of  these  enhancements, 
which  we  expect  to  submit  to  the  FDA  in  late  2008  or 
2009. the spending for our immune globulin therapeutic 
candidate  development  programs  related  primarily  to 
costs associated with the plasma collection and frac-
tionation  program  for  our  anthrax  immune  globulin 
therapeutic.  the  spending  for  the  recombinant  botu-
linum  vaccine  program  resulted  from  advancing  this 
program  to  the  process  development  stage  and  the 
manufacture of clinical trial material. the spending for 
the next generation anthrax vaccine program resulted 
from  feasibility  studies  and  formulation  development 
of product candidates. We continue to assess, and may 
alter,  our  future  development  plans  for  our  products 
based on the interest of the U.S. government or other 
non-governmental  organizations  in  providing  funding 
for further development or procurement.

the spending in 2007 for our typhoid vaccine candidate 
resulted  from  the  ongoing  Phase  II  study  in  Vietnam, 
which  commenced  in  the  first  quarter  of  2007.  the 
spending  in  2006  for  our  typhoid  vaccine  candidate 
resulted from ongoing work for the Phase I clinical trial 
in  Vietnam,  which  we  completed  in  the  second  quar-
ter  of  2006.  the  spending  in  2007  for  our  hepatitis  B 
therapeutic  vaccine  candidate  resulted  from  prepar-
ing  for  and  initiating  our  Phase  II  clinical  trial,  which 
commenced in the first quarter 2007. the spending in 
2007 for our group B streptococcus vaccine candidate 
resulted  from  preparing  for  Phase  I  clinical  trials  for 
two of the protein components of the vaccine candidate, 
which  the  NIAID  is  conducting  and  funding.  Both  our 
chlamydia and meningitis B vaccine candidates are in 
preclinical development.

the  increase  in  spending  on  candidates  in  the  biode-
fense  and  commercial  segments,  detailed  in  the  table 
below,  was  attributable  to  increased  efforts  on  vari-
ous  programs  as  we  completed  various  studies  and 

the  increase  in  other  research  and  development 
expenses was primarily attributable to spending asso-
ciated  with  product  development  programs  that  we 
acquired in the acquisition of ViVacs in July 2006.

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Our principal research and development expenses for 
2007 and 2006 are shown in the following table:

(in thousands) 

Biodefense:
Biothrax enhancements 
Immune globulin therapeutic  

development 

Recombinant bivalent  
botulinum vaccine 

Next generation anthrax vaccine 
total biodefense 

Commercial:
typhoid vaccine 
Hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine 
Group B streptococcus vaccine 
Chlamydia vaccine 
Meningitis B vaccine 
total commercial 
Other 
total 

Year Ended 
December 31,

2007 

2006

$  5,175 

$  7,232

13,619 

11,289

3,231 
2,719 
24,744 

9,641 
5,370 
6,790 
3,146 
1,212 
26,159 
3,055 
$53,958 

2,610
1,088
22,219

9,642
4,058
3,759
1,991
2,975
22,425
857
$45,501

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 
by $11.0 million, or 25%, to $55.6 million for 2007 from 
$44.6 million for 2006. the increase in selling, general 
and administrative expenses was driven by an increase 
in our headquarters and staff organization to support our 
operations as a public company and to support the overall 
growth of our business, and is primarily attributable to an 
increase  of  approximately  $9.0  million  resulting  from 
the addition of personnel and increased legal and other 
professional services for our headquarters organization 
and  an  increase  of  $2.1  million  in  sales  and  market-
ing expenses related to the growth of our staff and an 
increase  in  our  selling  and  marketing  activities.  the 
majority  of  the  expense  is  attributed  to  the  biodefense 
segment,  in  which  selling,  general  and  administrative 
expenses increased by $7.4 million, or 21%, to $43.0 mil- 
lion  for  2007  from  $35.6  million  for  2006.  Selling, 
general  and  administrative  expenses  related  to  our  
commercial segment increased by $3.6 million, or 40%, 
to $12.5 million for 2007 from $9.0 million for 2006.

Purchased In-process Research and Development
In July 2006, we recorded a non-cash charge for pur-
chased 
in-process  research  and  development  of 
$477,000  associated  with  our  acquisition  of  ViVacs. 

We paid total purchase consideration of $250,000 and 
assumed a net deficit of liabilities in excess of assets 
of $47,000. We valued the acquisition at $430,000 after 
the  inclusion  of  acquisition  costs.  Of  this  amount,  we 
identified $153,000 as current assets, $97,000 as fixed 
assets, $297,000 as current liabilities and $477,000 as 
the  value  attributable  to  development  programs  and 
technology. Because we determined that the develop-
ment  programs  and  technology  had  no  future  alter-
native  use,  we  charged  the  value  attributable  to  the 
development  programs  and  technology  as  purchased 
in-process research and development.

Total Other Income (Expense)
total  other  income  (expense)  increased  by  $2.9  mil-
lion to income of $2.9 million for 2007 from expense of 
$13,000 for 2006. this increase resulted primarily from 
an increase in interest income of $2.0 million as a result 
of higher investment return on increased average cash 
balances, including the net proceeds of our initial public 
offering, and a decrease in interest expense of $1.1 mil-
lion due to the capitalization of interest costs related to 
the construction of our new building in lansing.

Income Taxes
Provision  for  income  taxes  decreased  by  $2.2  million, 
or 14%, to $13.1 million for 2007 from $15.2 million for 
2006. the provision for income taxes for 2007 resulted 
primarily from our income before provision for income 
taxes of $36.0 million and an effective annual tax rate of 
36%. the provision for income taxes for 2006 resulted 
primarily from our income before provision for income 
taxes of $38.0 million and an effective annual tax rate 
of  40%.  the  decrease  in  the  effective  annual  tax  rate 
is due primarily to a reduction in state valuation allow-
ances related to the expected utilization of net operat-
ing losses. the provision for income taxes also reflects 
research  and  development  tax  credits  of  $880,000  for 
2007 and $759,000 for 2006.

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 COMPARED  
TO YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005

Revenues
Product sales revenues increased by $20.7 million, or 
16%, to $148.0 million for 2006 from $127.3 million for 
2005. this increase in product sales revenues was pri-
marily  due  to  a  18%  increase  in  the  number  of  doses 
of Biothrax delivered. Product sales revenues in 2006 

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consisted  of  Biothrax  sales  to  HHS  of  $109.8  million, 
sales to the DoD of $37.4 million and aggregate inter-
national  and  other  sales  of  $763,000.  Product  sales 
revenues  in  2005  consisted  of  Biothrax  sales  to  HHS 
of $111.2 million, sales to the DoD of $14.5 million and 
aggregate international and other sales of $1.6 million.

Contracts  and  grants  revenues  increased  by  $1.3  mil-
lion, or 39%, to $4.7 million in 2006 from $3.4 million in 
2005. Contracts and grants revenues for 2006 consisted 
of  $3.2  million  from  the  Sanofi  Pasteur  collaboration, 
related  to  recognition  of  deferred  revenue  associated 
with  the  upfront  payment  received  in  2006  as  well  as 
development service revenue, and $1.5 million in grant 
revenue from the Wellcome trust. Contracts and grants 
revenues  for  2005  resulted  from  reimbursement  from 
the  DoD  for  expenses  related  to  production  develop-
ment  and  supply  chain  management  improvements 
for  Biothrax  incurred  in  prior  periods,  and  for  addi-
tional work that we performed on a project basis for the 
DoD’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or  
DARPA, to evaluate a new vaccine adjuvant for Biothrax.

Cost of Product Sales
Cost of product sales decreased by $7.5 million, or 24%, 
to  $24.1  million  for  2006  from  $31.6  million  for  2005. 
this  decrease  was  attributable  to  improved  utilization 
of  our  manufacturing  capacity  for  Biothrax,  partially 
offset by an increase of approximately 900,000 Biothrax 
doses delivered. Manufacturing efficiencies resulted in 
a cost savings of $13.1 million. the increase in the num-
ber of doses delivered resulted in an increase of costs 
of approximately $5.6 million.

Research and Development Expenses
Research  and  development  expenses  increased  by 
$27.1 million, or 148%, to $45.5 million for 2006 from 
$18.4  million  for  2005.  this  increase  reflects  addi-
tional  personnel  and  contract  service  costs,  and 
includes increased expenses of $11.9 million on prod-
uct candidates that are categorized in the biodefense 
segment and $15.9 million on product candidates that 
are categorized in the commercial segment, offset by 
a reduction of $633,000 in other research and devel-
opment expenses.

spending for Biothrax enhancements is related to pre-
paring  for  animal  efficacy  studies  to  support  applica-
tions  for  marketing  approval  of  these  enhancements, 
which  we  expect  to  submit  to  the  FDA  in  late  2008  or 
2009.  the  increase  in  spending  for  immune  globulin 
therapeutic  development  related  primarily  to  costs 
associated with our plasma collection program for our 
anthrax  immune  globulin  therapeutic  candidate.  the 
increase  in  spending  for  the  recombinant  botulinum 
vaccine program, which is in preclinical development, 
resulted  from  advancing  this  program  to  the  process 
development stage and the manufacture of clinical trial 
material. the increase in spending for the next genera-
tion anthrax vaccine program, which has product can-
didates in preclinical and Phase I clinical development, 
resulted from feasibility studies and formulation devel-
opment of product candidates.

the increase in commercial spending was mainly attrib-
utable to spending on the commercial products listed in 
the table below following our acquisition of Microscience 
in  June  2005.  Research  and  development  spending  by 
Microscience prior to our acquisition of Microscience in 
June  2005  is  not  included  in  our  results  for  2005.  the 
spending for our typhoid vaccine candidate resulted from 
ongoing  work  for  the  Phase  I  clinical  trial  in  Vietnam 
that we completed in 2006 and preparing for our Phase 
II  clinical  trial  in  Vietnam  that  we  initiated  in  the  first 
quarter of 2007. the spending in 2006 for our hepatitis B 
therapeutic  vaccine  candidate  resulted  from  preparing 
for  our  Phase  II  clinical  trial,  which  we  received  regu-
latory  clearance  to  commence  in  the  fourth  quarter  of 
2006. the spending in 2006 for our group B streptococ-
cus  vaccine  candidate  resulted  from  costs  associated 
with our analysis of results from the Phase I clinical trial 
for one of the protein components of the vaccine candi-
date  and  preparation  for  Phase  I  clinical  trials  for  two 
of  the  protein  components  of  the  vaccine  candidate.  In 
December 2006, we signed an agreement with the NIAID 
under which the NIAID has agreed to sponsor a Phase I 
clinical trial of each of the two components separately 
and  the  two  proteins  in  combination  in  healthy  human 
volunteers. Both our chlamydia and meningitis B vaccine 
candidates are in preclinical development.

the  increase  in  spending  on  candidates  in  the  biode-
fense segment was attributable to increased efforts on 
all our programs as we completed various studies and 
began  subsequent  studies  and  trials.  the  increase  in 

the decrease in spending on other research and devel-
opment  expenses  was  attributable  to  our  discontinu-
ation  of  preclinical  programs  that  we  acquired  from 
Antex and determined not to pursue at that time.

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Our principal research and development expenses for 
2006 and 2005 are shown in the following table:

(in thousands) 

Biodefense:
Biothrax enhancements 
Immune globulin therapeutic  

development 

Recombinant bivalent  
botulinum vaccine 

Next generation anthrax vaccine 
total biodefense 

Commercial:
typhoid vaccine 
Hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine 
Group B streptococcus vaccine 
Chlamydia vaccine 
Meningitis B vaccine 
total commercial 
Other 
total 

Year Ended 
December 31,

2006 

2005

$  7,232 

$  2,883

11,289 

5,309

2,610 
1,088 
22,219 

9,642 
4,058 
3,759 
1,991 
2,975 
22,425 
857 
$45,501 

1,708
427
10,327

1,477
1,884
1,032
837
1,334
6,564
1,490
$18,381

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 
by $1.8 million, or 4%, to $44.6 million for 2006 from 
$42.8 million for 2005. the increase in selling, general 
and  administrative  expenses  was  primarily  attrib-
utable  to  an  increase  in  general  and  administrative 
expenses of $1.0 million resulting from the addition of 
personnel and increased legal and other professional 
services  for  our  headquarters  organization,  and  an 
increase of $937,000 related to the addition of person-
nel  for  Emergent  Product  Development  UK.  Selling, 
general  and  administrative  expenses  related  to  our 
biodefense  segment  decreased  by  $397,000,  or  1%, 
to $35.6 million for 2006 from $36.0 million for 2005. 
Selling, general and administrative expenses related 
to  our  commercial  segment  increased  by  $2.2  mil-
lion, or 33%, to $9.0 million for 2006 from $6.8 million  
for 2005.

Purchased In-process Research and Development
In July 2006, we recorded a non-cash charge for pur-
chased 
in-process  research  and  development  of 
$477,000  associated  with  our  acquisition  of  ViVacs. 
We paid total purchase consideration of $250,000 and 
assumed a net deficit of liabilities in excess of assets 
of $47,000. We valued the acquisition at $430,000 after 

the  inclusion  of  acquisition  costs.  Of  this  amount,  we 
identified $153,000 as current assets, $97,000 as fixed 
assets, $297,000 as current liabilities and $477,000 as 
the  value  attributable  to  development  programs  and 
technology. Because we determined that the develop-
ment  programs  and  technology  had  no  future  alter-
native  use,  we  charged  the  value  attributable  to  the 
development  programs  and  technology  as  purchased 
in-process research and development.

In  June  2005,  we  recorded  a  non-cash  charge  for 
purchased  in-process  research  and  development  of  
$26.6  million  associated  with  our  acquisition  of 
Microscience. We valued the 3,636,801 shares of class 
A  common  stock  that  we  issued  in  the  acquisition  at 
$28.2  million  after  the  inclusion  of  acquisition  costs. 
Of  this  amount,  we  identified  $1.4  million  as  current 
assets, $863,000 as fixed assets, $684,000 as current 
liabilities and $26.6 million as the value attributable to 
development programs. Because we determined that 
the  development  programs  had  no  future  alternative 
use,  we  charged  the  value  attributable  to  the  devel-
opment  programs  as  purchased  in-process  research 
and development.

Litigation Settlement
In 2005, we recorded a gain of $10.0 million relating to 
a  settlement  of  a  litigation  matter  that  we  initiated  to 
resolve a contract and intellectual property dispute.

Total Other Income (Expense)
total other expense decreased by $214,000, or 94%, to 
$13,000 for 2006 from $227,000 for 2005. this decrease 
resulted primarily from an increase in interest income 
of $361,000 as a result of higher investment return on 
increased  average  cash  balances,  including  the  net 
proceeds of our initial public offering, and an increase 
in  other  income  of  $238,000,  offset  by  an  increase  in 
interest  expense  of  $385,000  related  primarily  to  the 
mortgage  loan  we  entered  into  in  April  2006  and  the 
term loan we entered into in August 2006.

Income Taxes
Provision  for  income  taxes  increased  by  $9.9  million, 
or 186%, to $15.2 million for 2006 from $5.3 million for 
2005. the provision for income taxes for 2006 resulted 
primarily from our income before provision for income 
taxes of $38.0 million and an effective annual tax rate of 
40%. the provision for income taxes for 2005 resulted 
primarily from our income before provision for income 

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  taxes of $21.1 million and an effective annual tax rate of 
25%. the increase in the effective annual tax rate is due 
primarily to the impact of foreign and state net operat-
ing  losses  and  an  increase  in  permanent  differences, 
including  incentive  stock  options.  the  provision  for 
income taxes also reflects research and development 
tax credits of $759,000 for 2006 and $474,000 for 2005.

LIqUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Sources of Liquidity
We  require  cash  to  meet  our  operating  expenses 
and  for  capital  expenditures,  acquisitions  and  prin-
cipal  and  interest  payments  on  our  debt.  We  have 
funded our cash requirements from inception through 
December  31,  2007  principally  with  a  combination  of 
revenues from Biothrax product sales, debt financings 
and  facilities  and  equipment  leases,  revenues  under 
our  collaboration  agreement  with  Sanofi  Pasteur, 
development  funding  from  government  entities  and 
non-government and philanthropic organizations, the 
net proceeds from our initial public offering and, to a 
lesser extent, from the sale of our common stock upon 
exercise of stock options. We have operated profitably 
for  each  of  the  years  in  the  three  year  period  ended 
December 31, 2007.

As of December 31, 2007, we had cash and cash equiva-
lents of $105.7 million. On November 20, 2006, we com-
pleted  our  initial  public  offering,  in  which  we  raised 
$54.2 million, net of issuance costs.

Cash Flows
the following table provides information regarding our 
cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 
and 2005.

(in thousands) 
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities(1) 
Investing activities 
Financing activities 
total net cash provided 

Year Ended December 31,
2005
2006 
2007 

$ 54,790  $  (4,258)  $41,974
(7,091)
(5,410)
$ 29,312  $ 40,124  $29,473

(41,446) 
85,828 

(43,969) 
18,491 

(1) 

Includes  the  effect  of  exchange  rate  changes  on  cash  and 
cash equivalents.

$24.5 million due to amounts billed primarily to HHS in 
December  2006  that  were  collected  in  2007,  partially 
offset  by  amounts  billed  in  December  2007  and  out-
standing at year end, a decrease in inventory of $7.8 mil- 
lion  related  to  increased  product  sales  in  2007,  and 
$4.8  million  from  the  impact  of  non-cash  deprecia-
tion and amortization, partially offset by a decrease in 
income taxes payable of $5.2 million due to the timing 
of payment of the 2006 income tax liability offset by the 
pending payable for 2007 income taxes.

Net cash used in operating activities of $4.3 million in 2006 
resulted principally from our net income of $22.8 million, 
an increase in income taxes payable of $11.5 million due 
to the timing of payment of the 2006 income tax liability, 
an increase in accounts payable of $5.8 million related to 
increased research and development and selling, general 
and administrative expenses, and the impact of non-cash 
depreciation  and  amortization  expense  of  $4.7  million, 
offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $40.8 mil-
lion due from the DoD and HHS reflecting amounts billed 
in December 2006 that were still outstanding at year end, 
and a increase in inventory of $8.3 million reflecting the 
value of work in process for Biothrax lots being manufac-
tured or awaiting delivery.

Net cash provided by operating activities of $42.0 mil-
lion  in  2005  resulted  principally  from  our  net  income 
of  $15.8  million,  a  non-cash  charge  for  purchased 
in-process  research  and  development  related  to  the 
Microscience acquisition, which reduced net income by 
$26.6  million,  and  a  reduction  of  accounts  receivable 
of $16.1 million as a result of the collection of amounts 
due  from  the  DoD  during  2005  for  invoices  outstand-
ing at the end of 2004 for progress in the manufacture 
of Biothrax lots, offset by a reduction of deferred rev-
enue of $10.9 million, reflecting the delivery to the DoD 
in  the  first  quarter  of  2005  of  Biothrax  lots  for  which 
we had previously invoiced the DoD for progress pay-
ments and been paid, and an increase in deferred tax 
assets of $11.0 million, reflecting a deferred tax asset 
recorded to reflect the timing differences between the 
book charge and the tax deferral of expense related to 
the  purchased  in-process  research  and  development 
expense related to the Microscience acquisition.

Net cash provided by operating activities of $54.8 mil-
lion  in  2007  resulted  principally  from  our  net  income 
of  $22.9  million,  a  decrease  in  accounts  receivable  of 

Net cash used in investing activities for the years ended 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 resulted principally 
from  the  purchase  of  property,  plant  and  equipment. 

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Capital  expenditures  in  2007  include  $30.3  million  in 
construction and related costs for our new manufactur-
ing facility in lansing and approximately $13.7 million in 
infrastructure investments and other equipment. Capital 
expenditures in 2006 relate primarily to $25.7 million for 
construction of our new building in lansing, Michigan, 
$10.2  million  related  to  the  acquisition  of  our  second 
facility  in  Frederick,  Maryland,  and  approximately  
$5.3  million  in  infrastructure  investments  and  other 
equipment. Capital expenditures in 2005 were primar-
ily attributable to investments in information technology 
upgrades and miscellaneous facility enhancements.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $18.5 million 
in 2007 resulted primarily from $15.3 million in addi-
tional proceeds from a term loan with HSBC related to 
financing a portion of the costs related to the construc-
tion of our new building in lansing, $17.9 million in pro-
ceeds from borrowings under our revolving line of credit 
with  Fifth  third  Bank,  $6.0  million  related  to  excess 
tax  benefits  from  the  exercise  of  stock  options,  and 
$2.5 million in proceeds from stock option exercises, 

indebtedness, 

partially offset by $18.0 million in principal payments 
on  long-term 
including  $15.0  mil- 
lion  in  payments  on  our  revolving  line  of  credit  with 
Fifth third Bank and restricted cash deposits in 2007 
consist  of  $5.0  million  in  restricted  cash  deposits  in 
conjunction with our June 2007 HSBC term loan.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $85.8 mil-
lion  in  2006  resulted  primarily  from  $54.2  million  in 
proceeds  from  our  initial  public  offering,  $15.0  mil-
lion  in  proceeds  related  to  financing  a  portion  of  the 
costs related to the construction of our new building in 
lansing,  $8.5  million  in  proceeds  from  notes  payable 
related to the financing of the purchase of our Frederick 
facility in April 2006, and $8.9 million in proceeds from 
our revolving line of credit with Fifth third Bank.

Net cash used in financing activities of $5.4 million in 
2005 resulted principally from the payment of a special 
dividend of $5.4 million from a portion of the proceeds 
of  a  litigation  settlement  and  the  repayment  of  notes 
payable to employees.

Contractual Obligations
the following table summarizes our contractual obligations at December 31, 2007:

(in thousands) 

Total 

2008 

Payments Due by Period
2010 

2009 

2011 

2012 

After 2012

Contractual obligations:
Short and long-term debt(1) 
Operating lease obligations 
Contractual settlement liabilities 
total contractual obligations 

$46,102 
13,983 
50 
$60,135 

$3,514 
2,048 
50 
$5,612 

$6,049 
1,436 
— 
$7,485 

$3,585 
1,453 
— 
$5,038 

$16,203 
1,471 
— 
$17,674 

$16,751 
1,489 
— 
$18,240 

$ 

  —
6,086
—
$6,086

(1) 

Includes scheduled interest payments.

the  preceding  table  excludes  contingent  contractual  payments  that  we  may  become  obligated  to  make  upon 
achievement of specified research, development and commercialization milestones and contingent contractual 
royalty payments. the amount of contingent contractual milestone payments that we may become obligated to 
make is variable based on the actual achievement and timing of the applicable milestones and the characteristics 
of any products or product candidates that are developed, including factors such as number of products or product 
candidates developed, type and number of components of each product or product candidate, ownership of the 
various components and the specific markets affected. We are not obligated to pay any minimum royalties under 
our existing contracts.

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Debt Financing
As of December 31, 2007, we had $57.9 million princi-
pal  amount  of  debt  outstanding,  comprised  primarily 
of the following:

•	 $2.5	million	outstanding	under	a	forgivable	loan	
from the Department of Business and Economic 
Development  of  the  State  of  Maryland  used  to 
finance  eligible  costs  incurred  to  purchase  the 
first	facility	in	Frederick,	Maryland;

•	 $6.6	million	outstanding	under	a	mortgage	loan	
from  PNC  Bank  (formerly  Mercantile  Potomac 
Bank)  used  to  finance  the  remaining  portion  of 
the	purchase	price	for	the	first	Frederick	facility;
•	 $8.2	million	outstanding	under	a	mortgage	loan	
from  HSBC  Realty  Credit  Corporation  used  to 
finance the purchase price for the second facility 
on	the	Frederick	site;

•	 $28.8	million	outstanding	under	a	term	loan	from	
HSBC Realty Credit Corporation used to finance 
a portion of the costs of our facility expansion in 
Lansing,	Michigan;	and

•	 $11.8	 million	 outstanding	 under	 a	 $15.0	 million	
revolving line of credit with Fifth third Bank. this 
balance was repaid in January 2008.

We can borrow under the line of credit with Fifth third 
Bank through May 2008.

Some  of  our  debt  instruments  contain  financial  and 
operating covenants. In particular:

•	 Under	 our	 forgivable	 loan	 from	 the	 State	 of	
Maryland, we are not required to repay the prin-
cipal  amount  of  the  loan  if  beginning  December 
31, 2009 and through  2012  we maintain a  speci-
fied  number  of  employees  at  the  Frederick  site, 
by December 31, 2009 we have invested at least 
$42.9 million in total funds toward financing the 
purchase  of  the  buildings  on  the  site  and  for 
related improvements and operation of the facil-
ity, and we occupy the facility through 2012.

•	 Under	our	mortgage	loan	from	PNC	Bank	for	our	
Frederick facility, we are required to maintain at 
all times a minimum tangible net worth of not less 
than $5.0 million. In addition, we are required to 
maintain  at  all  times  a  ratio  of  earnings  before 
interest,  taxes,  depreciation  and  amortization 
to  the  sum  of  current  obligations  under  capi-
tal  leases  and  principal  obligations  and  interest 
expenses for borrowed money, in each case due 

and payable within the following 12 months, of not 
less than 1.1 to 1.0.

•	 Under	 our	 term	 loan	 with	 HSBC	 Realty	 Credit	
Corporation,  we  are  required  to  maintain  on  an 
annual  basis  a  book  leverage  ratio  of  less  than 
1.25. this ratio is calculated by dividing total lia-
bilities,  excluding  deferred  revenues  specific  to 
contracts  with  the  U.S.  government,  by  total  net 
worth.  In  addition,  we  are  required  to  maintain 
on a quarterly basis a debt coverage ratio of not 
less than 1.25 to 1.00 or maintain $5.0 million in 
a cash collateral account. this ratio is calculated 
by dividing earnings before interest, taxes, depre-
ciation and amortization for the most recent four 
quarters by the sum of current obligations under 
capital leases and principal obligations and inter-
est  expenses  for  borrowed  money,  in  each  case 
due and payable for the following four quarters.
•	 Under	our	revolving	line	of	credit	with	Fifth	Third	
Bank,  our  wholly  owned  subsidiary,  Emergent 
BioDefense Operations, is required to maintain at 
all times a ratio of total liabilities to tangible net 
worth of not more than 2.5 to 1.0.

Our  debt  instruments  also  contain  negative  covenants 
restricting  our  activities.  Our  term  loan  with  HSBC 
Realty Credit Corporation limits the ability of Emergent 
BioDefense Operations to incur indebtedness and liens, 
sell assets, make loans, advances or guarantees, enter 
into  mergers  or  similar  transactions  and  enter  into 
transactions with affiliates. Our line of credit with Fifth 
third  Bank  limits  the  ability  of  Emergent  BioDefense 
Operations to incur indebtedness and liens, sell assets, 
make loans, advances or guarantees, enter into mergers 
or similar transactions, enter into transactions with affil-
iates and amend the terms of any government contract.

the facilities, software and other equipment that we pur-
chased with the proceeds of our loans from PNC Bank, 
the State of Maryland and HSBC Realty Credit Corporation 
serve as collateral for these loans. Our line of credit with 
Fifth third Bank is secured by accounts receivable under 
our DoD and HHS contracts. Our term loan with HSBC 
Realty Credit Corporation is secured by substantially all 
of Emergent BioDefense Operations’ assets, other than 
accounts receivable under our DoD and HHS contracts. 
the covenants under our existing debt instruments and 
the pledge of our existing assets as collateral limit our 
ability to obtain additional debt financing.

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Under our mortgage loan from PNC Bank, we began to 
make monthly principal payments beginning in November 
2006.  A  residual  principal  repayment  of  approximately 
$5.0 million is due upon maturity in October 2011. Interest 
is  payable  monthly  and  accrues  at  an  annual  rate  of 
6.625% through October 2009. In October 2009, the inter-
est rate is scheduled to be adjusted to a fixed annual rate 
equal to 3.20% over the yield on U.S. government securi-
ties adjusted to a constant maturity of two years.

Under  our  mortgage  loan  from  HSBC  Realty  Credit 
Corporation, we are required to make monthly principal 
payments.  A  residual  principal  repayment  of  approxi-
mately $7.5 million is due upon maturity in April 2011. 
Interest  is  payable  monthly  and  accrues  at  an  annual 
rate equal to lIBOR plus 3.00%.

Under  our  term 
loan  with  HSBC  Realty  Credit 
Corporation,  we  are  required  to  make  monthly  pay-
ments  in  the  amount  of  $250,000  in  principal  plus 
accrued interest beginning August 2007, with a resid-
ual principal payment due upon maturity in June 2012. 
Interest on the loan accrues at an annual rate equal to 
lIBOR plus 2.75%.

Under our revolving line of credit with Fifth third Bank, 
any outstanding principal is due upon maturity in May 
2008.  the  principal  amount  outstanding  at  any  time 
under  the  line  of  credit  may  not  exceed  75%  of  total 
eligible  accounts  receivable  under  the  DoD  and  HHS 
contracts. Consistent with the terms of this agreement, 
we repaid $11.8 million of outstanding principal under 
the  line  of  credit  in  January  2008.  Interest  is  payable 
monthly and accrues at an annual rate equal to 0.375% 
less  than  the  prime  rate  of  interest  established  from 
time to time by Fifth third Bank.

Tax Benefits
In connection with our facility expansion in lansing, the 
State of Michigan and the City of lansing have provided 
us a variety of tax credits and abatements. We estimate 
that the total value of these tax benefits may be up to 
$18.5 million over a period of up to 15 years, beginning 
in 2006. these tax benefits are primarily based on our 
$75 million planned investment in our lansing facility. 
In  addition,  we  must  maintain  a  specified  number  of 
employees  in  lansing  to  continue  to  qualify  for  these 
tax benefits.

Funding Requirements
We  expect  to  continue  to  fund  our  anticipated  operat-
ing  expenses,  capital  expenditures  and  debt  service 
requirements from existing cash and cash equivalents, 
revenues from Biothrax product sales and other com-
mitted  sources  of  funding.  there  are  numerous  risks 
and  uncertainties  associated  with  Biothrax  product 
sales and with the development and commercialization 
of our product candidates.

We may seek to raise additional external debt financing 
to  provide  additional  financial  flexibility.  Our  commit-
ted external sources of funds consist of the remaining 
borrowing availability under our revolving line of credit 
with Fifth third Bank, development funding under our 
collaboration agreement with Sanofi Pasteur and fund-
ing from the NIAID, including for studies related to our 
anthrax  immune  globulin  therapeutic  product  candi-
date.  Our  ability  to  borrow  additional  amounts  under 
our  loan  agreements  is  subject  to  our  satisfaction  of 
specified conditions.

Our  future  capital  requirements  will  depend  on  many 
factors, including:

•	 the	 level	 and	 timing	 of	 BioThrax	 product	 sales	

and	cost	of	product	sales;

•	 the	 timing	 of,	 and	 the	 costs	 involved	 in	 valida-
tion  and  qualification  activities  related  to  our 
new  manufacturing  facility  in lansing,  Michigan 
and the build out of our manufacturing facility in 
Frederick,	Maryland;

•	 the	scope,	progress,	results	and	costs	of	our	pre-

clinical	and	clinical	development	activities;

•	 the	 costs,	 timing	 and	 outcome	 of	 regulatory	

review	of	our	product	candidates;

•	 the	number	of,	and	development	requirements	for,	
other	product	candidates	that	we	may	pursue;
•	 the	costs	of	commercialization	activities,	includ-
ing	product	marketing,	sales	and	distribution;
•	 the	 costs	involved	in	preparing,	filing,	prosecut-
ing, maintaining and enforcing patent claims and 
other  patent-related  costs,  including  litigation 
costs	and	the	results	of	such	litigation;

•	 the	extent	to	which	we	acquire	or	invest	in	busi-

nesses,	products	and	technologies;

•	 our	 ability	 to	 obtain	 development	 funding	 from	
government  entities  and  non-government  and 
philanthropic	organizations;	and

•	 our	ability	to	establish	and	maintain	collaborations,	
such as our collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur.

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We  may  require  additional  sources  of  funds  for  future 
acquisitions  that  we  may  make  or,  depending  on  the 
size  of  the  obligation,  to  meet  balloon  payments  upon  
maturity  of  our  current  borrowings.  to  the  extent  our 
capital resources are insufficient to meet our future cap-
ital requirements, we will need to finance our cash needs 
through public or private equity offerings, debt financings 
or corporate collaboration and licensing arrangements.

Additional equity or debt financing, grants, or corporate 
collaboration  and  licensing  arrangements  may  not  be 
available on acceptable terms, if at all. If adequate funds 
are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce 
the  scope  of  or  eliminate  our  research  and  develop-
ment programs or reduce our planned commercializa-
tion efforts. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity 
securities,  our  stockholders  may  experience  dilution. 
Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that 
include  covenants  limiting  or  restricting  our  ability  to 
take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, 
making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. Any 
debt  financing  or  additional  equity  that  we  raise  may 
contain  terms,  such  as  liquidation  and  other  prefer-
ences that are not favorable to us or our stockholders. 
If we raise additional funds through collaboration and 
licensing  arrangements  with  third  parties,  it  may  be 
necessary to relinquish valuable rights to our technol-
ogies or product candidates or grant licenses on terms 
that may not be favorable to us.

Effects of Inflation
Our most liquid assets are cash, cash equivalents and 
short-term  investments.  Because  of  their  liquidity, 
these  assets  are  not  directly  affected  by  inflation.  We 
also believe that we have intangible assets in the value of 
our intellectual property. In accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles, we have not capitalized 
the  value  of  this  intellectual  property  on  our  balance 
sheet. Due to the nature of this intellectual property, we 
believe that these intangible assets are not affected by 
inflation.  Because  we  intend  to  retain  and  continue  to 
use our equipment, furniture and fixtures and leasehold 
improvements, we believe that the incremental inflation 
related to replacement costs of such items will not mate-
rially affect our operations. However, the rate of inflation 
affects our expenses, such as those for employee com-
pensation and contract services, which could increase 
our  level  of  expenses  and  the  rate  at  which  we  use  
our resources.

Interests 

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In  December  2007,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  160, 
Noncontrolling 
in  Consolidated  Financial 
Statements—an  Amendment  of  ARB  No.  51,  or  SFAS 
No.  160.  SFAS  No.  160  clarifies  that  a  noncontrolling  
interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the 
consolidated  entity  that  should  be  reported  as  equity 
in the consolidated financial statements, requires con-
solidated  net  income  to  be  reported  at  amounts  that 
include the amounts attributable to both the parent and 
the noncontrolling interest, establishes a single method 
of  accounting  for  changes  in  a  parent’s  ownership  
interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsoli-
dation, and requires that a parent recognize a gain or 
loss in net income when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. 
the provisions of SFAS No. 160 are effective for fiscal 
years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We are 
currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this 
statement on our financial statements.

In  December  2007,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  141R, 
Business  Combinations,  or  SFAS  No.  141R.  SFAS  No. 
141R requires the acquiring entity in a business com-
bination  to  record  all  assets  acquired  and  liabilities 
assumed  at  their  respective  acquisition-date  fair 
values,  changes  the  recognition  of  assets  acquired 
and  liabilities  assumed  arising  from  contingencies, 
changes  the  recognition  and  measurement  of  con-
tingent  consideration,  and  requires  the  expensing  of 
acquisition-related  costs  as  incurred.  SFAS  No.  141R 
also  requires  additional  disclosure  of  information  
surrounding a business combination, such that users 
of  the  entity’s  financial  statements  can  fully  under-
stand the nature and financial impact of the business 
combination.  SFAS  No.  141R  applies  prospectively  to 
business  combinations  for  which  the  acquisition  date 
is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting 
period  beginning  on  or  after  December  15,  2008,  and 
it  may  not  applied  before  that  date.  the  provisions  of 
SFAS No. 141R will impact our financial statements to 
the extent that we are party to a business combination 
after the pronouncement has been adopted.

In  June  2007,  the  FASB 
issued  EItF  No.  07-3, 
Accounting  for  Nonrefundable  Advance  Payments  for 
Goods  or  Services  Received  for  Use  in  Future  Research 
and Development Activities, or EItF No. 07-3. EItF No. 
07-3 states that nonrefundable advance payments for 
goods  or  services  that  will  be  used  or  rendered  for 

38

  
qUANTITATIvE AND qUALITATIvE  
DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our  exposure  to  market  risk  is  currently  confined  to 
our  cash  and  cash  equivalents  and  restricted  cash 
that  have  maturities  of  less  than  three  months.  We 
currently do not hedge interest rate exposure or for-
eign  currency  exchange  exposure.  We  have  not  used  
derivative  financial  instruments  for  speculation  or 
trading purposes. Because of the short-term maturi-
ties  of  our  cash  and  cash  equivalents,  we  do  not 
believe that an increase in market rates would have a 
significant impact on the realized value of our invest-
ments, but would likely increase the interest expense 
associated with our debt.

future  research  and  development  activities  should 
be deferred and capitalized. Such amounts should be 
recognized  as  an  expense  as  the  related  goods  are 
delivered  or  the  related  services  are  performed.  the 
provisions of EItF No. 07-3 are effective for fiscal years 
beginning after December 15, 2007. We anticipate that 
the adoption of the provisions of EItF No. 07-3 will not 
have a material impact on our financial statements.

In  February  2007,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  159, 
The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial 
Liabilities—Including an Amendment of FASB Statement 
No. 115, or SFAS No. 159. SFAS No. 159 permits enti-
ties to choose to measure many financial instruments 
and certain other items at fair value. the objective is 
to  improve  financial  reporting  by  providing  entities 
with  the  opportunity  to  mitigate  volatility  in  reported 
earnings  caused  by  measuring  related  assets  and 
liabilities differently without having to apply complex 
hedge accounting provisions. the provisions of SFAS 
No.  159  are  effective  for  fiscal  years  beginning  after 
November 15, 2007. We anticipate that the adoption of 
this statement will not have a material impact on our 
financial statements.

In  September  2006,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  157, 
Fair  Value  Measurements,  or  SFAS  No.  157.  SFAS  No. 
157  defines  fair  value,  establishes  a  framework  for 
measuring  fair  value  in  generally  accepted  account-
ing  principles  and  expands  disclosures  about  fair 
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 emphasizes that 
fair  value  is  a  market-based  measurement,  not  an 
entity-specific  measurement.  therefore,  a  fair  value 
measurement  should  be  determined  based  on  the 
assumptions  that  market  participants  would  use  in 
pricing  the  asset  or  liability.  the  provisions  of  SFAS 
No.  157  are  effective  for  fiscal  years  beginning  after 
November  15,  2007  and  interim  periods  within  those 
fiscal  years.  We  anticipate  that  the  adoption  of  this 
statement  will  not  have  a  material  impact  on  our 
financial statements.

39

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders of Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries 
as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, 
and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. these financial statements are 
the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these 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, assessing the accounting principles 
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. 
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated 
financial position of Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the consoli-
dated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 
2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As  discussed  in  Note  11  to  the  consolidated  financial  statements,  in  2007  the  Company  changed  its  method  of 
accounting for uncertain tax provisions. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2006 
the Company changed its method of accounting for share-based payments.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States), Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,  
2007,  based  on  criteria  established  in  Internal  Control—Integrated  Framework  issued  by  the  Committee  of 
Sponsoring Organizations of the treadway Commission and our report dated March 6, 2008 expressed an unquali-
fied opinion thereon.

Mclean, Virginia 
March 6, 2008

40

  
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE ShEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share data) 

Assets
Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents 
Accounts receivable 
Inventories 
Income taxes receivable 
Deferred tax assets 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 

total current assets 

Property, plant and equipment, net 
Deferred tax assets, net of current 
Restricted cash 
Other assets 

total assets 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:

Accounts payable 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 
Accrued compensation 
Indebtedness under lines of credit 
long-term indebtedness, current portion 
Income taxes payable 
Deferred tax liabilities 
Deferred revenue, current portion 

total current liabilities 

long-term indebtedness, net of current portion 
Deferred revenue, net of current portion 
Other liabilities 

total liabilities 

Commitments and contingencies 

Stockholders’ equity:

Preferred	Stock	$0.001	par	value;	15,000,000	 
shares authorized, 0 shares issued and  
outstanding at December 31, 2007 and  
2006, respectively 

Common	Stock,	$0.001	par	value;	100,000,000	 

shares authorized, 29,750,237 and 27,596,249  
shares issued and outstanding at  
December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively 

Additional paid-in capital 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss 
Retained earnings 
total stockholders’ equity 
total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 

the accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

December 31,

2007 

2006

$105,730 
18,817 
16,897 
— 
— 
2,866 
144,310 

110,218 
12,397 
5,200 
1,383 
$273,508 

$  17,979 
4,056 
9,502 
11,832 
3,514 
7,665 
211 
902 
55,661 

42,588 
2,473 
1,627 
102,349 

— 

$  76,418
43,331
24,721
869
295
1,703
147,337

78,174
11,477
192
1,075
$238,255

$  27,366
3,270
7,190
8,930
2,456
13,703
—
1,432
64,347

31,368
2,997
1,071
99,783

—

— 

—

30 
101,933 
(1,130) 
70,326 
171,159 
$273,508 

28
90,920
(473)
47,997
138,472
$238,255

41

 
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share data) 

2007 

Year Ended December 31,
2006 

2005

Revenues:

Product sales 
Contracts and grants 

Total revenues 

Operating expense (income):

Cost of product sales 
Research and development 
Selling, general and administrative 
Purchased in-process research and development 
litigation settlement 
Income from operations 

Other income (expense):

Interest income 
Interest expense 
Other income (expense), net 
Total other income (expense) 

Income before provision for income taxes 
Provision for income taxes 
Net income 

Earnings per share—basic 
Earnings per share—diluted 

Weighted-average number of shares—basic 
Weighted-average number of shares—diluted 

$ 

 169,799 
13,116 
182,915 

$ 

 147,995 
4,737 
152,732 

$ 

 127,271
3,417
130,688

40,309 
53,958 
55,555 
— 
— 
33,093 

2,809 
(71) 
156 
2,894 

24,125 
45,501 
44,601 
477 
— 
38,028 

846 
(1,152) 
293 
(13) 

35,987 
13,051 
   22,936 

   0.79 
   0.77 

$ 

$ 
$ 

28,995,667 
29,663,127 

38,015 
15,222 
   22,793 

   0.99 
   0.93 

$ 

$ 
$ 

23,039,794 
24,567,302 

31,603
18,381
42,793
26,575
(10,000)
21,336

485
(767)
55
(227)

21,109
5,325
   15,784

   0.77
   0.69

$ 

$ 
$ 

20,533,471
22,751,733

Cash dividends per share—basic 

$ 

   — 

$ 

   — 

$ 

   0.26

the accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

42

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASh FLOwS

(in thousands) 

Cash flows from operating activities:

Year Ended December 31,
2006 

2007 

2005

Net income 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in)  

$  22,936 

$ 22,793 

$ 15,784

operating activities (net of effects of acquisitions):
Stock-based compensation expense (credit) 
Depreciation and amortization 
Deferred income taxes 
loss on disposal of property and equipment 
Purchased in-process research and development 
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable 
Inventories 
Income taxes 
Prepaid expenses and other assets 
Accounts payable 
Accrued compensation 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 
Deferred revenue 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchases of property, plant and equipment 
Acquisitions, net of cash received 

Net cash used in investing activities 

Cash flows from financing activities:

Restricted cash deposits 
Proceeds from borrowings on long term indebtedness and lines of credit 
Proceeds from notes payable to employees 
Issuance of common stock in initial public offering (net of issuance cost) 
Issuance of common stock subject to exercise of stock options 
Redemption of Class B common stock 
Principal payments on long term indebtedness, notes payable to  

employees, and lines of credits 

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 
Debt issuance costs 
Payment of dividend 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 

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 disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the year for interest 
Cash paid during the year for income taxes 

2,541 
4,817 
5,589 
24 
— 
(6,003) 

24,514 
7,825 
(5,169) 
(1,316) 
(2,303) 
2,312 
734 
(1,054) 
55,447 

(43,969) 
— 
(43,969) 

(5,008) 
33,195 
— 
— 
2,471 
— 

(18,015) 
6,003 
(155) 
— 
18,491 

(657) 

29,312 
76,418 
105,730 

723 
4,715 
987 
27 
477 
(789) 

(40,801) 
(8,280) 
11,463 
(792) 
5,801 
1,013 
1,513 
(2,911) 
(4,061) 

(41,228) 
(218) 
(41,446) 

(192) 
32,430 
— 
54,229 
590 
(192) 

(1,569) 
789 
(257) 
— 
85,828 

(197) 

40,124 
36,294 
76,418 

(17)
3,549
(10,968)
32
26,575
—

16,107
(3,189)
(2,390)
(865)
5,463
2,466
619
(10,916)
42,250

(6,532)
(559)
(7,091)

1,250
31
123
—
33
(337)

(1,110)
—
—
(5,400)
(5,410)

(276)

29,473
6,821
36,294

$  3,094 
$  14,329 

$   1,681 
$   2,788 

$ 
  696
$ 17,985

Supplemental information on non-cash investing and financing activities:

Issuance of common stock to acquire Microscience limited 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment unpaid at year end 

$ 
  — 
$  7,084 

$ 
 — 
$ 11,140 

$ 27,001
 —
$ 

the accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

43

 
 
 
 
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ChANGES IN STOCKhOLDERS’ EqUITY

Class A $0.001 Par  
value Common Stock 

Class B $0.01 Par  
value Common Stock 

$0.001 Par value 

Common Stock 

(in thousands, except share and per share data) 

Balance at December 31, 2004 

Issuance of common stock to acquire  

Microscience limited 
Exercise of stock options 
Redemption of common stock 
Forfeiture of stock options 
Payment of dividend 
Net income 
Foreign currency translation 
Comprehensive income 
Balance at December 31, 2005 

Exercise of stock options 
Redemption of common stock 
Conversion of class A $0.001 and class B  

par value $0.001 to common stock $.001  
par value common stock 

Issuance of common stock in initial public  

offering (net of issuance cost) 
Stock-based compensation expense 
Excess tax benefits from exercises of  

non-qualified stock options 

Net income 
Foreign currency translation 
Comprehensive income 
Balance at December 31, 2006 

Exercise of stock options 
Stock-based compensation expense 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting  

principle (FIN 48) 

Excess tax benefits from exercises of  

non-qualified stock options 

Net income 
Foreign currency translation 
Comprehensive income 
Balance at December 31, 2007 

Shares 

18,666,479 

3,636,801 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
22,303,280 

— 
— 

(22,303,280) 

— 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 

— 
— 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 

the accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

Amount 

Shares 

Amount 

Shares 

$ 19 

3 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
$ 22 

— 
— 

(22) 

— 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
$  — 

— 
— 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
$  — 

— 

— 
133,451 
(112,168) 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
21,283 

95,858 
— 

(117,141) 

— 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 

— 
— 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 

$— 

— 
1 
(1) 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
$— 

1 
— 

(1) 

— 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
$— 

— 
— 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
$— 

$ 

  — 

$  34,595 

$   (276) 

$25,396 

$  59,737

Additional 

Paid-In 

Capital 

$  7,610 

26,998 

32 

(28) 

(17) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

589 

— 

— 

54,224 

723 

789 

— 

— 

— 

2,469 

2,541 

6,003 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Accumulated 

Other 

Comprehensive 

Loss 

$ 

   — 

(276) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

(657) 

Retained 

Earnings 

$15,320 

(308) 

(5,400) 

15,784 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

(192) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

(607) 

22,936 

Total 

Stock- 

holders’

Equity

$  22,949

27,001

33

(337)

(17)

(5,400)

15,784

(276)

15,508

590

(192)

—

54,229

723

789

22,793

(197)

22,596

2,471

2,541

(607)

6,003

22,936

(657)

22,279

$ 

  28 

$  90,920 

$   (473) 

$47,997 

$138,472

(197) 

22,793 

Amount 

$ 

  — 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

23 

5 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

2 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

175,828 

22,420,421 

5,000,000 

27,596,249 

2,153,988 

29,750,237 

$ 

  30 

$101,933 

$(1,130) 

$70,326 

$171,159

44

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class A $0.001 Par  

value Common Stock 

Class B $0.01 Par  

value Common Stock 

$0.001 Par value 
Common Stock 

par value common stock 

(22,303,280) 

(22) 

(117,141) 

(1) 

(in thousands, except share and per share data) 

Balance at December 31, 2004 

Issuance of common stock to acquire  

Shares 

18,666,479 

3,636,801 

Amount 

$ 19 

Microscience limited 

Exercise of stock options 

Redemption of common stock 

Forfeiture of stock options 

Payment of dividend 

Net income 

Foreign currency translation 

Comprehensive income 

Balance at December 31, 2005 

Exercise of stock options 

Redemption of common stock 

Conversion of class A $0.001 and class B  

par value $0.001 to common stock $.001  

Issuance of common stock in initial public  

offering (net of issuance cost) 

Stock-based compensation expense 

Excess tax benefits from exercises of  

non-qualified stock options 

Net income 

Foreign currency translation 

Comprehensive income 

Balance at December 31, 2006 

Exercise of stock options 

Stock-based compensation expense 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting  

principle (FIN 48) 

Excess tax benefits from exercises of  

non-qualified stock options 

Net income 

Foreign currency translation 

Comprehensive income 

Balance at December 31, 2007 

22,303,280 

$ 22 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

3 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

$  — 

$  — 

the accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

133,451 

(112,168) 

21,283 

95,858 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

$— 

— 

1 

(1) 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

$— 

1 

— 

$— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

$— 

Shares 

Amount 

Shares 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 

175,828 
— 

22,420,421 

5,000,000 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
27,596,249 

2,153,988 
— 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
29,750,237 

Amount 

$ 

  — 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
  — 

— 
— 

23 

5 
— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
  28 

2 
— 

— 

— 
— 
— 
— 
  30 

$ 

$ 

$ 

Additional 
Paid-In 
Capital 

$  7,610 

26,998 
32 
(28) 
(17) 
— 
— 
— 
— 
$  34,595 

589 
— 

— 

54,224 
723 

789 
— 
— 
— 
$  90,920 

2,469 
2,541 

— 

6,003 
— 
— 
— 
$101,933 

Accumulated 
Other 
Comprehensive 
Loss 

$ 

   — 

— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
(276) 
— 
$   (276) 

— 
— 

— 

— 
— 

— 
— 
(197) 
— 
$   (473) 

— 
— 

— 

— 
— 
(657) 
— 
$(1,130) 

Retained 
Earnings 

$15,320 

— 
— 
(308) 
— 
(5,400) 
15,784 
— 
— 
$25,396 

— 
(192) 

— 

— 
— 

— 
22,793 
— 
— 
$47,997 

— 
— 

(607) 

— 
22,936 
— 
— 
$70,326 

Total 
Stock- 
holders’
Equity

$  22,949

27,001
33
(337)
(17)
(5,400)
15,784
(276)
15,508
$  59,737

590
(192)

—

54,229
723

789
22,793
(197)
22,596
$138,472

2,471
2,541

(607)

6,003
22,936
(657)
22,279
$171,159

45

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Subsidiaries 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Inc. 

1.  NATURE OF ThE BUSINESS AND ORGANIzATION
Emergent  BioSolutions 
(the  “Company”  or 
“Emergent”) is a biopharmaceutical company focused 
on the development, manufacture and commercialization 
of  immunobiotics.  the  Company  is  developing  products  
to  be  offered  both  to  the  biodefense  and  commercial 
markets.  the  Company  commenced  operations  as 
BioPort  Corporation  (“BioPort”)  in  September  1998 
through  an  acquisition  from  the  Michigan  Biologic 
Products  Institute  of  rights  to  the  marketed  product,  
Biothrax,  vaccine  manufacturing  facilities  at  a  multi-
building campus on approximately 12.5 acres in lansing, 
Michigan  and  vaccine  development  and  production 
know-how. In December 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration  (“FDA”)  approved  a  supplement  to 
the  Company’s  manufacturing  facility  license  for  the  
manufacture of Biothrax at the renovated facilities. In 
June 2004, the Company completed a corporate reor-
ganization (“Reorganization”).

As  a  result  of  the  Reorganization,  BioPort  became  a 
wholly owned subsidiary of Emergent. the Company has 
renamed BioPort as Emergent BioDefense Operations 
lansing Inc. (“Emergent BioDefense Operations”). the 
Company  acquired  its  portfolio  of  commercial  vac-
cine candidates through an acquisition of Microscience 
limited  (“Microscience”)  in  a  share  exchange  in  June 
2005 and an acquisition of substantially all of the assets, 
for cash, of Antex Biologics Inc. (“Antex”) in May 2003 
and  ViVacs  GmbH,  Germany  (“ViVacs”)  in  July  2006. 
the Company has renamed Microscience as Emergent 
Product Development UK limited, Antex as Emergent 
Product Development Gaithersburg Inc. and ViVacs as 
Emergent Product Development Germany GmbH.

2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT  
ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
the  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements 
include the accounts of Emergent and its wholly owned 
subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and 
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates
the  preparation  of  financial  statements  in  conformity 
with  accounting  principles  generally  accepted  in  the 
United States requires management to make estimates 
and  assumptions  that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of 

assets  and  liabilities  and  the  disclosure  of  contingent 
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial state-
ments  and  the  reported  amounts  of  revenues  and 
expenses  during  the  reporting  period.  Actual  results 
could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash  equivalents  are  highly  liquid  investments  with  a 
maturity of 90 days or less at the date of purchase and 
consist of time deposits and investments in money mar-
ket funds with commercial banks and financial institu-
tions. Also, the Company maintains cash balances with 
financial  institutions  in  excess  of  insured  limits.  the 
Company does not anticipate any losses with such cash 
balances. At December 31, 2007 and 2006 the Company 
maintained all of its cash and cash equivalents in four 
financial institutions.

Fair value of Financial Instruments
the  carrying  amounts  of  the  Company’s  short-term 
financial  instruments,  which  include  cash  and  cash 
equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, 
approximate their fair values due to their short maturi-
ties. the fair value of the Company’s long-term indebt-
edness is estimated based on the quoted prices for the 
same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to 
the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities. 
the carrying value and fair value of long-term indebted-
ness were $46.1 million and $45.6 million, respectively, 
at December 31, 2007 and $33.8 million and $33.2 mil-
lion, respectively, at December 31, 2006.

Restricted Cash
Restricted cash at December 31, 2007 and 2006 includes 
a certificate of deposit held by a bank as collateral for a 
letter  of  credit  acting  as  a  security  deposit  on  a  loan. 
Restricted  cash  at  December  31,  2007  also  includes 
$5.0 million in a pledged bank deposit account as col-
lateral  for  a  term  loan.  As  of  December  31,  2007  and 
2006  the  Company  had  restricted  cash  of  $5.2  million 
and $192,000, respectively.

Significant Customers and Accounts Receivable
the  Company’s  primary  customers  are  the  U.S. 
Department of Defense (the “DoD”) and U.S. Department 
of  Health  and  Human  Services  (“HHS”).  For  the  years 
ended  December  31,  2007,  2006  and  2005,  sales  of 
Biothrax to the DoD and HHS comprised 97%, 97% and 
96%, of total revenues, respectively. As of December 31, 

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2007 and 2006, the Company’s receivable balances were 
comprised of 84% and 100%, respectively, from these 
customers.  Unbilled  accounts  receivable,  included  in 
accounts  receivable,  totaling  $1.1  million  and  $26,000 
as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, relate 
to various service contracts for which product has been 
delivered or work has been performed, though invoicing 
has not yet occurred. Accounts receivable are stated at 
invoice amounts and consist primarily of amounts due 
from the DoD and HHS as well as amounts due under 
reimbursement contracts with other government enti-
ties  and  non-government  and  philanthropic  organiza-
tions.  If  necessary,  the  Company  records  a  provision 
for doubtful receivables to allow for any amounts which 
may be unrecoverable. this provision is based upon an 
analysis of the Company’s prior collection experience, 
customer  creditworthiness  and  current  economic 
trends.  As  of  December  31,  2007  and  2006,  an  allow-
ance  for  doubtful  accounts  was  not  recorded,  as  the 
collection history from these customers indicates col-
lection is probable.

Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial  instruments  that  potentially  subject  the 
Company to concentrations of credit risk consist pri-
marily  of  cash  and  cash  equivalents  and  accounts 
receivable.  the  Company  places  its  cash  and  cash 
equivalents  with  high  quality  financial  institutions. 
Management believes that the financial risks associ-
ated with its cash and cash equivalents are minimal. 
Because accounts receivable consist of amounts due 
from  the  U.S.  federal  government  for  product  sales 
and  from  government  agencies  under  government 
grants,  management  deems  there  to  be  minimal 
credit risk.

Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, with 
cost  being  determined  using  a  standard  cost  method, 
which approximates average cost. Average cost consists 
primarily of material, labor and manufacturing overhead 
expenses and includes the services and products of third 
party suppliers. the Company analyzes its inventory lev-
els quarterly and writes down, in the applicable period, 
inventory that has become obsolete, inventory that has a 
cost basis in excess of its expected net realizable value 
and inventory in excess of expected customer demand. 
the Company also writes off in the applicable period the 
costs related to expired inventory.

Property, Plant and Equipment
Property,  plant  and  equipment  are  stated  at  cost. 
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method 
over the following estimated useful lives:

Buildings 
Furniture and equipment 
Software 

leasehold improvements 

39 years
3–7 years
lesser of 3 years or  
  product life
lesser of the asset life  
  or lease term

Upon retirement or sale, the cost of assets disposed of 
and the related accumulated depreciation are removed 
from  the  accounts  and  any  resulting  gain  or  loss  is 
credited or charged to operations. Repairs and mainte-
nance costs are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes
Income  taxes  are  accounted  for  using  the  liability 
method.  Deferred  tax  assets  and  liabilities  are  recog-
nized for future tax consequences attributable to differ-
ences  between  financial  statement  carrying  amounts 
of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax 
bases and operating loss carryforwards. Deferred tax 
assets  and  liabilities  are  measured  using  enacted  tax 
rates expected to apply to taxable income in the year in 
which those temporary differences are expected to be 
recovered or settled.

the  Company  records  valuation  allowances  to  reduce 
deferred tax assets to the amounts that more likely than 
not will be realized. the Company considers future taxable 
income  and  ongoing  tax  planning  strategies  in  assess-
ing the need for valuation allowances. In general, if the 
Company determines that it is able to realize more than 
the recorded amounts of net deferred tax assets in the 
future, net income will increase in the period in which the 
determination is made. likewise, if the Company deter-
mines that it is not able to realize all or part of the net 
deferred tax asset in the future, net income will decrease 
in  the  period  in  which  the  determination  is  made.  the 
Company  applies  any  reversals  of  valuation  allowance 
related  to  an  acquired  deferred  tax  asset  against  other 
intangibles before impacting net income.

Under  sections  382  and  383  of  the  Internal  Revenue 
Code,  if  an  ownership  change  occurs  with  respect 
to  a  “loss  corporation”,  as  defined,  there  are  annual 
limitations on the amount of net operating losses and 
deductions that are available. Due to the acquisition of 

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Microscience in 2005 and the Company’s initial public 
offering, the Company believes the use of the operating 
losses will be significantly limited.

the  Company’s  ability  to  realize  deferred  tax  assets 
depends  upon  future  taxable  income  as  well  as  the 
limitations  discussed  above.  For  financial  reporting 
purposes,  a  deferred  tax  asset  must  be  reduced  by 
a  valuation  allowance  if  it  is  more  likely  than  not  that 
some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not 
be realized prior to expiration.

Revenue Recognition
the Company recognizes revenues from product sales 
in  accordance  with  Staff  Accounting  Bulletin  No.  104, 
Revenue  Recognition  (“SAB  No.  104”).  SAB  No.  104 
requires  recognition  of  revenues  from  product  sales 
that require no continuing performance by the Company 
if four basic criteria have been met:

•	 there	is	persuasive	evidence	of	an	arrangement;
•	 delivery	has	occurred	and	title	has	passed	to	the	

Company’s	customer;

•	 the	fee	is	fixed	and	determinable	and	no	further	

obligation	exists;	and

•	 collectibility	is	reasonably	assured.

All  revenues  from  product  sales  are  recorded  net 
of  applicable  allowances  for  sales  returns,  rebates, 
special  promotional  programs,  and  discounts.  For 
arrangements  where  the  risk  of  loss  has  not  passed 
to  the  customer,  the  Company  defers  the  recognition 
of revenue until such time that risk of loss has passed. 
Also,  the  cost  of  revenue  associated  with  amounts 
recorded as deferred revenue is recorded in inventory 
until such time as risk of loss has passed.

Under the Company’s previous contracts with the DoD, 
title  to  the  product  passed  to  the  DoD  upon  submis-
sion  of  the  first  invoice.  the  earnings  process  was 
considered complete upon FDA release of the product 
for sale and distribution. Following FDA release of the 
product, the product is segregated for later shipment, 
and all deferred revenue related to the released prod-
uct is recognized in accordance with the “bill and hold” 
requirements under SAB 104.

In  December  2005,  the  Securities  and  Exchange 
Commission  released  an  interpretation  with  respect 
to  the  accounting  for  sales  of  vaccines  and  bioter-
ror  countermeasures  to  the  federal  government  for  

placement into the Strategic National Stockpile (“SNS”). 
this interpretation provides for revenue recognition for 
specifically identified products purchased for the SNS 
in the event that all requirements for revenue recogni-
tion, as specified in Statement of Financial Accounting 
Concepts  No.  5,  Recognition  and  Measurement 
in 
Financial  Statements  of  Business  Enterprises,  are  not 
met. While the Company’s contracts with HHS are for 
qualifying sales of vaccine for placement into the SNS, 
the Company meets all requirements for revenue rec-
ognition upon delivery of product to HHS, and therefore 
has not applied this guidance.

Collaborative  research  and  development  agree-
ments can provide for one or more of up-front license 
fees,  research  payments,  and  milestone  payments. 
Agreements with multiple components (“deliverables” 
or “items”) are evaluated in accordance with Emerging 
Issues task Force (“EItF”) Issue No. 00-21, Accounting 
for  Revenue  Arrangements  with  Multiple  Deliverables 
(“EItF  No.  00-2  1”),  to  determine  if  the  deliverables 
can  be  divided  into  more  than  one  unit  of  accounting. 
An  item  can  generally  be  considered  a  separate  unit 
of  accounting  if  all  of  the  following  criteria  are  met: 
(1)  the  delivered  item(s)  has  value  to  the  customer  on 
a	stand-alone	basis;	(2)	there	is	objective	and	reliable	
evidence	 of	 the	 fair	 value	 of	 the	 undelivered	 items(s);	
and  (3)  if  the  arrangement  includes  a  general  right 
of  return  relative  to  the  delivered  item(s),  delivery  or 
performance  of  the  undelivered  item(s)  is  considered 
probable and substantially  in  control  of the  Company. 
Items  that  cannot  be  divided  into  separate  units  are 
combined  with  other  units  of  accounting,  as  appro-
priate.  Consideration  received  is  allocated  among  the 
separate units based on their respective fair values or 
based on the residual value method and is recognized 
in  full  when  the  criteria  in  the  discussion  of  SAB  No. 
104  above  are  met.  the  Company  deems  service  to 
have  been  rendered  if  no  continuing  obligation  exists 
on the part of the Company.

Revenue  associated  with  non-refundable  up-front 
license  fees  under  arrangements  where  the  license 
fees  and  research  and  development  activities  cannot 
be  accounted  for  as  separate  units  of  accounting  is 
deferred and recognized as revenue on a straight-line 
basis  over  the  expected  term  of  the  Company’s  con-
tinued  involvement  in  the  research  and  development 
process. Revenues from the achievement of research 

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and  development  milestones,  if  deemed  substantive, 
are  recognized  as  revenue  when  the  milestones  are 
achieved,  and  the  milestone  payments  are  due  and 
collectible.  If  not  deemed  substantive,  the  Company 
would  recognize  such  milestone  as  revenue  on  a 
straight-line  basis  over  the  remaining  expected  term 
of continued involvement in the research and develop-
ment process.

Research and Development
Research  and  development  costs  are  expensed  as 
incurred.  Research  and  development  costs  primarily 
consist of salaries, materials and related expenses for 
personnel  and  facility  expenses.  Other  research  and 
development expenses include fees paid to consultants 
and outside service providers and the costs of materials 
used in clinical trials and research and development.

Milestones are considered substantive if all of the fol-
lowing  conditions  are  met:  (1)  the  milestone  is  non-
refundable;	 (2)	 achievement	 of	 the	 milestone	 was	 not	
reasonably	assured	at	the	inception	of	the	arrangement;	
(3)	substantive	effort	is	involved	to	achieve	the	milestone;	
and (4) the amount of the milestone appears reasonable 
in relation to the effort expended, the other milestones 
in  the  arrangement  and  the  related  risk  associated 
with the achievement of the milestone and any ongoing 
research and development or other services are priced 
at fair value. Payments received in advance of work per-
formed are recorded as deferred revenue.

Payments received by the Company for the reimburse-
ment of expenses for research and development activi-
ties  are  recorded  in  accordance  with  EItF  Issue  No. 
99-19, Reporting Revenue Gross as Principal Versus Net 
as  an  Agent  (“EItF  No.  99-19”).  Pursuant  to  EItF  No. 
99-19,  for  transactions  in  which  the  Company  acts  as 
principal,  with  discretion  to  choose  suppliers,  bears 
credit risk and performs a substantive part of the ser-
vices, revenue is recorded at the gross amount of the 
reimbursement.  Costs  associated  with  these  reim-
bursements are reflected as a component of research 
and development expenses.

for 

(“SFAS”)  No.  144,  Accounting 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets
In  accordance  with  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting 
the 
Standards 
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“SFAS No. 
144”),  the  Company  assesses  the  recoverability  of  its 
long-lived assets for which an indicator of impairment 
exists by determining whether the carrying value of such 
assets  can  be  recovered  through  undiscounted  future 
operating  cash  flows.  If  the  Company  concludes  that 
the carrying value will not be recovered, the Company 
measures the amount of such impairment by compar-
ing  the  fair  value  to  the  carrying  value.  the  Company 
has recorded no impairment losses for the years ended 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.

Purchased In-process Research and Development
the  Company  accounts  for  purchased 
in-process 
research and development in accordance with the SFAS 
No.  2,  Accounting  for  Research  and  Development  Costs 
(“SFAS No. 2”) along with Financial Accounting Standards 
Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 4, Applicability of FASB 
Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by 
the Purchase Method—an interpretation of FASB Statement 
No. 2 (“FIN 4”). Under these standards, the Company is 
required to determine whether the technology relating to 
a particular research and development project acquired 
through an acquisition has an alternative future use. If 
the  determination  is  that  the  technology  has  no  alter-
native  future  use,  the  acquisition  amount  assigned  to 
assets to be used in the particular research and devel-
opment  project  is  expensed.  Otherwise,  the  Company 
capitalizes  and  amortizes  the  costs  incurred  over  the 
estimated useful lives of the technology acquired.

Comprehensive Income
SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, requires 
the  presentation  of  the  comprehensive  income  and 
its  components  as  part  of  the  financial  statements. 
Comprehensive  income  is  comprised  of  net  income  and 
other changes in equity that are excluded from net income. 
the Company includes gains and losses on intercompany 
transactions with foreign subsidiaries that are considered 
to  be  long-term  investments  and  translation  gains  and 
losses incurred when converting its subsidiaries’ financial 
statements from their functional currency to the U.S. dol-
lar in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

Foreign Currencies
the  local  currency  is  the  functional  currency  for  the 
Company’s foreign subsidiaries and, as such, assets and 
liabilities  are  translated  into  U.S.  dollars  at  year-end 
exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated 
at  average  exchange  rates  during  the  year.  translation 
adjustments resulting from this process are charged or 
credited to other comprehensive income (loss).

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Capitalized Interest
the  Company  capitalizes  interest  in  accordance  with 
SFAS No. 34, Capitalization of Interest Cost, based on the 
cost of major ongoing capital projects which have not yet 
been placed in service. For the years ended December 
31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company incurred inter-
est expense of $3.2 million, $1.9 million and $767,000, 
respectively.  Of  these  amounts,  the  Company  capital-
ized $3.1 million, $759,000 and $0, respectively.

Certain Risks and Uncertainties
the Company has derived substantially all of its revenue 
from  sales  of  Biothrax  under  contracts  with  the  DoD  
and HHS. the Company’s ongoing U.S. government con-
tract does not necessarily increase the likelihood that it 
will  secure  future  comparable  contracts  with  the  U.S. 
government. the Company expects that a significant por-
tion of the business that it will seek in the near future, in  

particular  for  Biothrax,  will  be  under  government 
contracts  that  present  a  number  of  risks  that  are  not  
typically present in the commercial contracting process. 
U.S.  government  contracts  for  Biothrax  are  subject  to 
unilateral  termination  or  modification  by  the  govern-
ment. the Company may fail to achieve significant sales 
of Biothrax to customers in addition to the U.S. govern-
ment,  which  would  harm  its  growth  opportunities.  the 
Company may not be able to sustain or increase profitabil-
ity. the Company is spending significant amounts for the 
expansion  of  its  manufacturing  facilities.  the  Company 
may not be able to manufacture Biothrax consistently in 
accordance with FDA specifications. Other than Biothrax, 
all of the Company’s product candidates are undergoing 
clinical trials or are in early stages of development, and 
failure is common and can occur at any stage of develop-
ment. None of the Company’s product candidates other 
than Biothrax has received regulatory approval.

Earnings per Share
Basic net income per share of common stock excludes dilution for potential common stock issuances and is com-
puted by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net 
income per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common 
stock were exercised or converted into common stock.

the following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share:

(in thousands, except share and per share data) 
Numerator:
Net Income 

Denominator:
Weighted-average number of shares—basic 
Dilutive securities—stock options 
Weighted-average number of shares—diluted 

Earnings per share—basic 
Earnings per share—diluted 

2007 

Year Ended December 31,
2006 

2005

$ 

   22,936 

$ 

   22,793 

$ 

   15,784

28,995,667 
667,460 
29,663,127 

$ 
$ 

   0.79 
   0.77 

23,039,794 
1,527,508 
24,567,302 

$ 
$ 

   0.99 
   0.93 

20,533,471
2,218,262
22,751,733

$ 
$ 

   0.77
   0.69

For the years ending December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, 
outstanding  stock  options  to  purchase  approximately 
463,000,  160,000  and  21,000  shares,  respectively,  of 
common stock are not considered in the diluted earn-
ings per share calculation because the exercise price 
of these options is greater than the average per share 
closing price during the year.

Accounting for Stock-based Compensation
As of December 31, 2007, the Company has two stock-
based  employee  compensation  plans,  the  Emergent 
BioSolutions Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2006 

Plan”) and the Emergent BioSolutions Employee Stock 
Option Plan (the “2004 Plan”), described more fully in 
Note 10—Stockholders’ Equity. through December 31, 
2005, the Company accounted for grants under the 2004 
Plan  using  the  intrinsic  value  method  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  Accounting  Principles  Board 
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees 
(“APB No. 25”) and provided the pro forma disclosures 
of  net  income  and  net  income  per  share  in  accor-
dance  with  SFAS  No.  123,  Accounting  for  Stock-Based 
Compensation  (“SFAS  No.  123”)  as  amended  by  SFAS 

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No.  148,  Accounting  for  Stock-Based  Compensation-
Transition and Disclosures using the fair value method. 
Under APB No. 25, compensation expense is based on 
the difference, if any, on the date of the grant between 
the fair value of the Company’s stock and the exercise 
price of the option and is recognized ratably over the 
vesting period of the option.

Effective  January  1,  2006,  the  Company  adopted  the 
fair  value  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  123  (revised  2004), 
Share-Based  Payment  (“SFAS  No.  123(R)”),  using  the 
modified prospective method. Under the fair value rec-
ognition  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  123(R),  the  Company 
recognizes  stock-based  compensation  net  of  an  esti-
mated forfeiture rate. the Company accounts for equity 
instruments  issued  to  non-employees  in  accordance 
with SFAS No. 123 and EItF Issue No. 96-18, Accounting 
for  Equity  Instruments  That  Are  Issued  to  Other  Than 
Employees  for  Acquiring,  or  in  Conjunction  with  Selling 
Goods or Services.

Under the modified prospective method, compensation 
cost recognized in 2007 and 2006 includes: (1) compen-
sation cost for all share-based payments granted prior 
to but not yet vested as of December 31, 2005, based on 
the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with 
the  original  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  123,  and  (2)  com-
pensation  cost  for  all  share-based  payments  granted 
and vested subsequent to December 31, 2005, based on 
the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with 
the  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  123(R).  Stock  based  com-
pensation  is  recognized  on  a  straight-line  basis  over 
the vesting period.

Results for prior periods have not been restated. Based 
on  options  granted  to  employees  as  of  December  31, 
2007,  total  compensation  expense  not  yet  recognized 
related to unvested options is approximately $2.9 mil-
lion, after tax. the Company expects to recognize that 
expense over a weighted average period of 3.0 years.

the Company has utilized the Black-Scholes valuation 
model for estimating the fair value of all stock options 
granted. the fair value of each option is estimated on 
the  date  of  grant.  Set  forth  below  are  the  weighted-
average assumptions used in valuing the stock options 
granted and a discussion of the Company’s methodol-
ogy for developing each of the assumptions used:

Year Ended December 31,
2005
2006 

2007 

Expected dividend yield 
0%
50%
Expected volatility 
Risk-free interest rate  2.99–5.09%  4.58–5.21%  3.33–4.32%
Expected average  
life of options 

0% 
50% 

0% 
50% 

3.0 years 

3.0 years 

2.9 years

•	 Expected	 dividend	 yield—The	 Company	 does	 not	
pay  regular  dividends  on  its  common  stock  and 
does  not  anticipate  paying  any  dividends  in  the 
foreseeable future.

•	 Expected	volatility—Volatility	is	a	measure	of	the	
amount  by  which  a  financial  variable,  such  as 
share price, has fluctuated (historical volatility) or 
is expected to fluctuate (expected volatility) dur-
ing a period. the Company analyzed the expected 
historical  volatility  used  by  similar  companies 
at  a  similar  stage  of  development  to  estimate 
expected  volatility.  the  volatility  used  by  these 
similar companies ranged from 33% to 79%, with 
an average estimated volatility of 53%.

•	 Risk-free	interest	rate—This	is	the	range	of	U.S.	
treasury  rates  with  a  term  that  most  closely 
resembles the expected life of the option as of the 
date in which the option was granted.

•	 Expected	 average	 life	 of	 options—This	 is	 the	
period  of  time  that  the  options  granted  are 
expected to remain outstanding. this estimate is 
based primarily on the employee position profile 
of option holders and the trading lock out periods 
that  result  from  the  employee’s  access  to  stock 
price sensitive information.

Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), the Company 
presented all tax benefits of deductions resulting from 
the exercise of stock options as operating cash flows in 
the statement of cash flows. SFAS No. 123(R) requires 
the cash flows resulting from the tax benefits of deduc-
tions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for 
those  options  (excess  tax  benefits  from  stock-based 
compensation) to be classified as financing cash flows.

the following table illustrates the effect on net income 
and net income per share if the Company had applied 
the  fair  value  recognition  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  123 
to  stock-based  employee  compensation  for  the  year 
ended December 31, 2005.

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(in thousands, except per share data) 
Net income, as reported 
Add: Stock-based compensation in  
reported net income, net of taxes 

Deduct: total stock-based compensation  
  expense determined under the fair value  
  based method for all awards, net of taxes 
Pro forma net income 
Net income per common share—basic 
Net income per common share—diluted 
Pro forma net income per common  

share—basic 

Pro forma net income per common  
  share—diluted 

Year Ended  
December 31, 
2005
$15,784

—

(258)
$15,526
$  0.77
$  0.69

$  0.76

$  0.68

Reclassifications
Restricted  cash  deposits  in  the  consolidated  state-
ments of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 
2006  and  2005  have  been  reclassified  from  investing 
cash flows to financing cash flows, to conform to cur-
rent period presentation.

Interests 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In  December  2007,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  160, 
Noncontrolling 
in  Consolidated  Financial 
Statements—an  Amendment  of  ARB  No.  51  (“SFAS  No. 
160”).  SFAS  160  clarifies  that  a  noncontrolling  inter-
est  in  a  subsidiary  is  an  ownership  interest  in  the 
consolidated entity that should be reported as equity 
in  the  consolidated  financial  statements,  requires 
consolidated  net  income  to  be  reported  at  amounts 
that  include  the  amounts  attributable  to  both  the 
parent  and  the  noncontrolling  interest,  establishes 
a  single  method  of  accounting  for  changes  in  a  par-
ent’s  ownership  interest  in  a  subsidiary  that  do  not 
result  in  deconsolidation,  and  requires  that  a  parent 
recognize  a  gain  or  loss  in  net  income  when  a  sub-
sidiary is deconsolidated. the provisions of SFAS No. 
160 are effective for fiscal years beginning on or after 
December 15, 2008. the Company is currently evalu-
ating the impact of the adoption of this statement on 
its financial statements.

In  December  2007,  the  FASB  issued  SFAS  No.  141R, 
Business  Combinations  (“SFAS  No.  141R”).  SFAS  No. 
141R requires the acquiring entity in a business com-
bination  to  record  all  assets  acquired  and  liabilities 
assumed  at  their  respective  acquisition-date  fair 
values,  changes  the  recognition  of  assets  acquired 

and  liabilities  assumed  arising  from  contingencies, 
changes  the  recognition  and  measurement  of  con-
tingent  consideration,  and  requires  the  expensing  of 
acquisition-related  costs  as  incurred.  SFAS  No.  141R 
also requires additional disclosure of information sur-
rounding  a  business  combination,  such  that  users  of 
the entity’s financial statements can fully understand 
the nature and financial impact of the business com-
bination. SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively to busi-
ness  combinations  for  which  the  acquisition  date  is 
on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting 
period  beginning  on  or  after  December  15,  2008,  and 
it may not be applied before that date. the provisions 
of SFAS No. 141R will impact the Company’s financial 
statements to the extent that the Company is party to 
a business combination after the pronouncement has 
been adopted.

In June 2007, the FASB issued EItF No. 07-3, Accounting 
for  Nonrefundable  Advance  Payments  for  Goods  or 
Services  Received  for  Use  in  Future  Research  and 
Development Activities (“EItF No. 07-3”). EItF No. 07-3 
states that nonrefundable advance payments for goods 
or  services  that  will  be  used  or  rendered  for  future 
research and development activities should be deferred 
and capitalized. Such amounts should be recognized as 
an  expense  as  the  related  goods  are  delivered  or  the 
related services are performed. the provisions of EItF 
No.  07-3  are  effective  for  fiscal  years  beginning  after 
December 15, 2007. the Company anticipates that the 
adoption of the provisions of EItF No. 07-3 will not have 
a material impact on its financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, 
The  Fair  Value  Option  for  Financial  Assets  and  Financial 
Liabilities—Including  an  Amendment  of  FASB  Statement 
No.  115  (“SFAS  No.  159”).  SFAS  No.  159  permits  enti-
ties to choose to measure many financial instruments 
and  certain  other  items  at  fair  value.  the  objective  is 
to improve financial reporting by providing entities with 
the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earn-
ings  caused  by  measuring  related  assets  and  liabili-
ties differently without having to apply complex hedge 
accounting provisions. the provisions of SFAS No. 159 
are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 
15, 2007. the Company anticipates that the adoption of 
this  statement  will  not  have  a  material  impact  on  its 
financial statements.

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In  September  2006,  the  FASB  issued  Statement  No. 
157,  Fair  Value  Measurements  (“SFAS  No.  157”).  SFAS 
No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for 
measuring  fair  value  in  generally  accepted  account-
ing  principles  and  expands  disclosures  about  fair 
value  measurements.  SFAS  No.  157  emphasizes  that 
fair  value  is  a  market-based  measurement,  not  an 
entity-specific  measurement.  therefore,  a  fair  value 
measurement  should  be  determined  based  on  the 
assumptions  that  market  participants  would  use  in 
pricing  the  asset  or  liability.  the  provisions  of  SFAS 
No.  157  are  effective  for  fiscal  years  beginning  after 
November  15,  2007  and  interim  periods  within  those 
fiscal  years.  the  Company  anticipates  that  the  adop-
tion of this statement will not have a material impact 
on its financial statements.

3.  ACqUISITIONS

vivacs Gmbh
On July 13, 2006, Emergent International, Inc., a wholly 
owned  subsidiary  of  the  Company,  incorporated  in 
Delaware  (“EII”),  completed  the  acquisition  of  ViVacs 
GmbH,  a  German  limited  liability  company,  to  expand 
the  Company’s  commercial  vaccine  portfolio,  pursu-
ant to the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase 
and Assignment Agreement dated July 13, 2006 by and 
between  EII  and  ViVacs.  EII  paid  $150,000  in  cash  on 
the  closing  date  of  the  agreement  and  agreed  to  pay 
$50,000 on each of the first and second anniversaries 
of the closing date. the acquisition agreement also pro-
vides  for  a  potential  variable  earn-out  purchase  price 
of up to $220,000, based on future payments from third 
party  licensees  of  the  technology.  As  of  December  31, 
2007,  the  Company  has  not  received  any  such  pay-
ments from third party licensees. Because ViVacs was 
a development stage company and had not commenced 
its  planned  principal  operations,  the  transaction  was 
accounted  for  as  an  acquisition  of  assets  rather  than 
as a business combination and, therefore, goodwill was 
not recorded.

total purchase consideration consisted of:

(in thousands)

Cash (including future guaranteed  

cash payments of $100) 

Direct acquisition costs 

total purchase consideration 

the  assets  acquired  were  accounted  for  in  accor-
dance  with  the  provisions  of  SFAS  No.  141,  Business 
Combinations  (“SFAS  No.  141”).  All  of  the  tangible  and 
intangible  assets  acquired  and  liabilities  assumed  of 
ViVacs  were  recorded  at  their  estimated  fair  market 
values on the acquisition date.

the purchase price was allocated as follows:

(in thousands)
Current assets 
Property and equipment 
Current liabilities 
Net liabilities acquired 
In-process research and development 
total purchase consideration 

$ 153
97
(297)
(47)
477
$ 430

In  connection  with  the  transaction,  the  Company 
recorded  a  charge  of  $477,000  for  acquired  research 
projects  associated  with  product  candidates  in  devel-
opment for which, at the acquisition date, technological 
feasibility had not been established and, for accounting 
purposes, no alternative future use existed.

Microscience Limited
On June 23, 2005, Emergent Europe, Inc., a wholly owned 
subsidiary  of  the  Company  incorporated  in  Delaware 
(“EEI”), completed the acquisition of Microscience pur-
suant to the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange 
Agreement dated June 23, 2005 by and between EEI and 
Microscience  Holdings  PlC,  a  public  limited  liability 
company incorporated in England. At the closing date, 
the Company, through EEI, issued Microscience share-
holders  3,636,801  shares  of  the  Company’s  Class  A 
Common  Stock  in  exchange  for  all  of  the  outstanding 
stock of Microscience. Shares of Class A Common Stock 
of  the  Company  were  valued  for  financial  statement 
purposes at $7.42 per share based on a determination 
of  the  estimated  fair  value  by  the  Company’s  board  of 
directors.  Because  Microscience  was  a  development 
stage  company  and  had  not  commenced  its  planned 
principal operations, the transaction was accounted for 
as  an  acquisition  of  assets  rather  than  as  a  business 
combination and, therefore, goodwill was not recorded.

total purchase consideration consisted of:

$250

180

$430

(in thousands)
Fair value of common stock 
Direct acquisition costs 
total purchase consideration 

$27,001
1,194
$28,195

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the assets acquired were accounted for in accordance 
with the provisions of SFAS No. 141. All of the tangible 
and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed 
of  Microscience  were  recorded  at  their  estimated  fair 
market  values  on  the  acquisition  date.  the  purchase 
price was allocated as follows:

(in thousands)
Current assets 
Property and equipment 
Current liabilities 
Net assets acquired 
In-process research and development 
total purchase consideration 

$  1,441
863
(684)
1,620
26,575
$28,195

In  connection  with  the  transaction,  the  Company 
recorded a charge of $26.6 million for acquired research 
projects  associated  with  products  in  development  for 
which, at the acquisition date, technological feasibility 
had not been established and, for accounting purposes, 
no alternative future use existed.

4.  ACCOUNTS RECEIvABLE
Accounts receivable consist of the following:

(in thousands) 
Billed 
Unbilled 
total 

December 31,

2007 
$17,741 
1,076 
$18,817 

2006
$43,305
26
$43,331

5.  INvENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following:

6.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EqUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

(in thousands) 
land and improvements 
Buildings and leasehold  

improvements 

Furniture and equipment 
Software 
Construction-in-progress 

less: Accumulated depreciation  
  and amortization 
total Property, plant and  
  equipment, net 

December 31,

2007 
$  4,974 

2006
$   5,173

26,410 
19,626 
5,866 
71,129 
128,005 

25,074
15,963
3,937
41,563
91,710

(17,787) 

(13,536)

$110,218 

$ 78,174

Depreciation  and  amortization  expense  was  $4.8  mil-
lion,  $4.7  million  and  $3.5  million  for  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. For the 
years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, depreci-
ation and amortization expense included approximately 
$1.0 million, $1.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively, 
related to the amortization of internal-use software. As 
of December 31, 2007 and 2006, unamortized software 
cost was $0 and $1.2 million, respectively.

7.   ACCRUED ExPENSES AND OThER  

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued  expenses  and  other  current  liabilities  consist 
of the following:

December 31,

2007 
$1,962 
723 
259 
1,112 

$4,056 

2006
$1,218
1,115
222
715

$3,270

(in thousands) 
Raw materials and supplies 
Work-in-process 
Finished goods 
total inventories 

December 31,

2007 
$  2,463 
11,483 
2,951 
$16,897 

2006
$  2,133
22,239
349
$24,721

(in thousands) 
Contract costs 
Professional fees 
Interest payable 
Property taxes and other 

total 

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8.  LONG-TERM DEBT
the components of long term-debt are as follows:

(in thousands) 
Term	Loan	dated	June	2007;	Libor	plus	2.75%,	due	June	2012	
Term	Loan	dated	August	2006;	Libor	plus	3.75%,	due	August	2011	
Revolving	credit	loan;	Libor	plus	3.75%	
Term	Loan	dated	April	2006;	Libor	plus	3.0%,	due	April	2011	
Forgivable	Loan	dated	October	2004;	3.0%,	due	March	2013	
Term	Loan	dated	October	2004;	6.625%,	due	October	2011	
ERP	Term	Loan;	Prime	less	0.375%,	due	September	2007	
Other 
total long-term indebtedness 
less current portion of long-term indebtedness 
Noncurrent portion of long-term indebtedness 

December 31,

2007 
$28,750	
—	
—	
8,167	
2,500	
6,671	
—	
14 
46,102 
(3,514) 
$42,588 

$	

2006
	 —
10,000
5,000
8,383
2,500
6,955
960
26
33,824
(2,456)
$31,368

In June 2007, the Company entered into a loan agree-
ment  with  HSBC  Realty  Credit  Corporation  (USA) 
(“HSBC”),  under  which  HSBC  provided  the  Company 
with  a  term  loan  of  $30  million.  this  loan  replaced  a 
prior loan arrangement with HSBC under which HSBC 
agreed to loan the Company $15 million, consisting of 
a $10 million term loan and a $5 million revolving line 
of credit. Under the new loan agreement, the Company 
is required to maintain a minimum balance of $5 mil-
lion in a deposit account pledged to HSBC and to make 
monthly payments in the amount of $250,000 in princi-
pal plus accrued interest beginning in August 2007, with 
a residual principal payment due upon maturity in June 
2012.  Payment  of  the  loan  is  secured  by  substantially 
all  of  the  assets  of  Emergent  BioDefense  Operations, 
other  than  accounts  receivable  under  Biothrax  sup-
ply  contracts  with  the  DoD  and  HHS  that  are  pledged 
as  collateral  to  secure  the  $15  million  revolving  line 
of  credit  with  Fifth  third  Bank.  Interest  on  the  loan 
accrues at an annual rate of lIBOR plus 2.75% (7.73% 
as of December 31, 2007).

Under  this  term  loan,  the  Company  is  required  to 
maintain a book leverage ratio of less than 1.25. this 
ratio  is  calculated  by  dividing  total  liabilities,  exclud-
ing  deferred  revenues  specific  to  contracts  with  the 
U.S.  government,  by  total  net  worth.  In  addition,  the 
Company is required to maintain a debt coverage ratio 
of  not  less  than  1.25  to  1.00.  this  ratio  is  calculated 
by  dividing  earnings  before  interest,  taxes,  deprecia-
tion and amortization for the most recent four quarters 
by the sum of current obligations under capital leases 
and  principal  obligations  and  interest  expenses  for 

borrowed money, in each case due and payable for the 
following four quarters. the Company is in compliance 
with these covenants as of December 31, 2007.

In August 2006, the Company entered into a term loan 
for $10 million and a revolving credit loan that provided 
for borrowings up to $5 million. Under the term loan, 
the  Company  was  required  to  make  monthly  princi-
pal  payments  beginning  in  April  2007  and  a  residual 
principal  payment  of  approximately  $5.6  million  upon 
maturity in August 2011. Interest was payable monthly 
and  accrued  at  an  annual  rate  equal  to  lIBOR  plus 
3.75%.  Under  the  revolving  credit  loan,  the  Company 
was  not  required  to  repay  outstanding  principal  until 
October 2007. In October 2007, the outstanding princi-
pal  under  the  revolving  credit  loan  was  to  convert  to 
a term loan with required monthly principal payments 
through maturity in August 2011. Interest was payable 
monthly and accrued at an annual rate equal to lIBOR 
plus 3.75%. Both the term loan and the revolving credit 
loan  were  replaced  by  the  $30  million  term  loan  dis-
cussed above.

In  April  2006,  the  Company  completed  the  acquisition 
of a 145,000 square foot facility in Frederick, Maryland 
for  $9.8  million.  this  facility  was  previously  under  a 
lease which contained an option to purchase the facil-
ity. the Company paid $1.3 million in cash and financed 
the remaining balance with a bank loan in the amount 
of  $8.5  million.  this  loan  requires  monthly  principal 
and  interest  payments  from  May  2006  through  April 
2011 of $72,000 with a balloon payment for the remain-
ing unpaid principal and interest due in April 2011. the 

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interest rate is a floating rate based on the three month 
lIBOR plus 3.0% (7.9 8% as of December 31, 2007). the 
loan is collateralized by the facility. the loan requires 
the Company to comply with certain non-financial cov-
enants. the Company is in compliance with these cov-
enants as of December 31, 2007.

In October 2004, the Company entered into a Secured 
Conditional  loan  with 
the  Maryland  Economic 
Development  Assistance  Fund  for  $2.5  million.  the 
proceeds  of  the  loan  were  used  to  reimburse  the 
Company  for  eligible  costs  it  incurred  to  purchase  a 
building  in  Frederick,  Maryland.  the  loan  is  secured 
by a $1.3 million letter of credit and a security inter-
est  in  the  building.  the  Company  is  required  to  pay 
an annual fee of 1.0% to maintain the letter of credit. 
the borrowing bears interest at 3.0% per annum, and 
the term of the loan ends March 31, 2013. the principal 
and related accrued interest may be forgiven if speci-
fied  employment  levels  are  achieved  and  maintained 
through December 2012, at least $42.9 million in proj-
ect costs are expended prior to  December 2009, and 
the Company occupies the building through December 
2012. For the loan to be forgiven, the Company must 
employ  at  least  280  full-time  employees  at  the 
Company’s  facilities  in  Frederick,  Maryland  as  of 
December  31,  2009  and  maintain  at  least  280  full-
time  employees  through  December  31,  2012.  If  as  of 
December  31,  2009,  2010,  2011  or  2012  the  Company 
employs fewer than 280 and more than 225 full-time 
employees  at  the  Company’s  facilities  in  Frederick, 
Maryland, then the Company will be required to repay 
$9,000  of  principal  plus  accrued  interest  for  each  
position not filled below the target level of 280 employ-
ees.  If  as  of  December  31,  2009,  2010,  2011  or  2012  
the  Company  employs  fewer  than  225  full-time 
employees  at  the  Company’s  facilities  in  Frederick, 
Maryland, then the Company will be required to repay 
the  entire  outstanding  principal  amount  of  the  loan 
plus accrued interest. this loan is guaranteed by all of 
the subsidiaries of the Company.

In  connection  with  the  2004  purchase  of  the  building 
in Frederick, Maryland discussed above, the Company 
entered into a loan agreement for $7 million with a bank  
to finance the remaining portion of the purchase price. 
the borrowing accrued interest at 6.625% per annum 
through  October  2006.  the  Company  was  required 
to  make  interest  only  payments  through  that  date. 

Beginning  in  November  2006,  the  Company  began  to 
make  monthly  payments  of  $62,000,  based  upon  a  15 
year  amortization  schedule.  In  November  2009,  the 
monthly  payments  will  be  adjusted  based  upon  a  12 
year  amortization  schedule.  Beginning  in  November 
2009, the loan will bear interest at a fixed rate equal to 
3.2% over the yield on actively traded U.S. Government 
securities  issues  adjusted  to  a  constant  maturity  of 
two years, rounded up to the nearest one-eighth of one 
percent (1/8 of 1%). All unpaid principal and interest is 
due in full in October 2011. the Company is required to 
maintain certain financial and non-financial covenants 
including  a  minimum  tangible  net  worth  of  not  less 
than $5.0 million and a debt coverage ratio of not less 
than 1.1 to 1. the Company is in compliance with these 
covenants as of December 31, 2007. this loan is guar-
anteed by all of the subsidiaries of the Company.

During 2004, the Company implemented an Enterprise 
Resource  Planning 
(ERP)  system.  the  Company 
financed $2.3 million of the costs through the issuance 
of  a  term  loan.  the  loan  bore  interest  at  prime  less 
0.375%, and was fully repaid in September 2007.

Scheduled  principal  repayments  and  maturities  on 
long-term debt as of December 31, 2007 are as follows:

(in thousands)
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
2012 

$  3,514
6,049
3,585
16,203
16,751
$46,102

9.  LINE OF CREDIT
In June 2007, the Company entered into a loan agree-
ment with Fifth third Bank, whereby Fifth third Bank 
agreed  to  extend  to  the  Company  a  revolving  line  of 
credit up to $15 million. Collateral for this line of credit 
consists of accounts receivable under supply contracts 
with the DoD and HHS. the Company can borrow under 
this line of credit through May 2008, at which time the 
agreement  expires.  the  line  of  credit  is  secured  by 
accounts  receivable  under  the  Company’s  DOD  and 
HHS contracts and bears interest at the prime rate less 
0.375% (7.68% as of December 31, 2007). the Company 
is subject to certain covenants, including maintenance 
of  specified  equity  levels  on  a  quarterly  basis,  and 
is  currently  in  compliance  with  those  covenants.  At 

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December 31, 2007 and 2006, $11.8 million and $8.9 mil- 
lion,  respectively,  were  outstanding  under  the  line  of 
credit.  these  amounts  were  repaid  in  January  2008 
and 2007, respectively.

10.  STOCKhOLDERS’ EqUITY

Preferred Stock
the  Company  is  authorized  to  issue  up  to  15,000,000 
shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share 
(“Preferred  Stock”).  Any  preferred  stock  issued  may 
have  dividend  rates,  voting  rights,  conversion  privi-
leges,  redemption  characteristics,  and  sinking  fund 
requirements as approved by the Company’s board of 
directors. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, no pre-
ferred stock has been issued.

Common Stock
the  Company  currently  has  one  class  of  $0.001  par 
value  per  share  common  stock  (“Common  Stock”) 
authorized  and  outstanding.  the  Company  is  autho-
rized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of the Common 
Stock.  Holders  of  Common  Stock  are  entitled  to  one 
vote for each share of Common Stock held on all mat-
ters as may be provided by law.

On November 14, 2006, the Company completed its ini-
tial public offering (“IPO”), which resulted in the issuance  
of  5,000,000  shares  of  common  stock  at  a  price  of 
$12.50 per share for gross proceeds of $62.5 million. 
Issuance costs related to the offering were $8.3 mil-
lion,  resulting  in  net  proceeds  from  the  offering  of 
$54.2  million.  In  conjunction  with  the  completion  of 
the IPO, all outstanding shares of Class A and Class B 
common stock were converted into 22,420,421 shares 
of Common Stock at a conversion rate of one share of 
common  stock  for  one  share  of  Class  A  and  Class  B 
common stock.

On September 20, 2006, the Company’s board of directors 
recommended  to  the  stockholders  of  the  Company  an 
amendment of the Company’s amended and restated cer-
tificate of incorporation, which the stockholders approved 
on October 27, 2006, that, among other things, reclassi-
fied the Class A Common Stock as $0.001 par value per 
share  Common  Stock,  increased  the  number  of  autho-
rized shares of Common Stock to 100,000,000 shares and 
adjusted the par value of the Preferred Stock from $0.01 
par value per share to $0.001 par value per share.

the amendment became effective on October 27, 2006. 
On September 20, 2006, the Company’s board of direc-
tors also authorized the pricing committee of the board 
of directors to effect a stock split of both the Common 
Stock, in the form of a dividend of shares of Common 
Stock, and the Class B Common Stock, in the form of 
a  dividend  of  shares  of  Class  B  Common  Stock.  the 
pricing committee subsequently declared a 2.8771-for-
one stock split of the Common Stock and the Class B 
Common Stock effective as of October 27, 2006. the par 
values, the number of authorized shares and all share 
and  per  share  amounts  in  the  consolidated  financial 
statements  have  been  retroactively  adjusted  to  give 
effect to the filing of the certificate of amendment of the 
Company’s amended and restated certificate of incor-
poration and the stock split. the consolidated financial 
statements  do  not  reflect  the  reclassification  of  the 
Class A Common Stock as Common Stock, other than 
the related adjustment to par value and the increase in 
the number of authorized shares.

Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive divi-
dends as and when declared by the Company’s board 
of directors. On June 15, 2005, the Company’s board of 
directors declared a special cash dividend to the hold-
ers  of  outstanding  shares  of  Class  A  Common  Stock 
and  Class  B  Common  Stock  in  an  aggregate  amount 
of  $5.4  million.  the  Company’s  board  of  directors 
declared  this  special  dividend  in  order  to  distribute 
the  net  proceeds  of  a  payment  received  as  a  result 
of  the  settlement  of  litigation  initiated  in  2002  by  the 
Company  against  Elan  Pharmaceuticals,  Inc.,  Athena 
Neurosciences, Inc. and Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. in 
an effort to clarify intellectual property rights, includ-
ing the recovery of royalties and other costs and fees, 
to  which  the  Company  believed  it  was  entitled  under 
a series of agreements regarding the development of 
botulinum toxin products. the Company paid the spe-
cial cash dividend on July 13, 2005 to stockholders of 
record as of June 15, 2005. No regular dividends have 
been declared or paid.

Stock Options
As of December 31, 2007, the Company has two stock-
based employee compensation plans, the 2006 Plan and 
the 2004 Plan (together, the “Emergent Plans”), under 
which  the  Company  has  granted  options  to  purchase 
shares  of  Common  Stock.  the  Emergent  Plans  have 
both incentive and non-qualified stock option features.

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the  2006  Plan,  established  in  connection  with  the 
Company’s initial public offering in November 2006, ini-
tially authorized the issuance of up to 1,089,461 shares 
of  Common  Stock.  In  addition,  the  2006  Plan  contains 
an  “evergreen  provision”  that  allows  for  increases  in 
the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 
2006 Plan in the first and third quarter of each year from 
2007  through  2009.  Each  semi-annual  increase  in  the 
number  of  shares  will  be  equal  to  the  lowest  of:  (1)  a 
specified	number	of	shares	stipulated	in	the	2006	Plan;	
(2)  a  specified  percentage  of  the  aggregate  number  of 
shares	 outstanding;	 and	 (3)	 an	 amount	 determined	
by  the  Company’s  Board  of  Directors.  the  maximum 
specified  number  of  shares  per  semi-annual  increase 
ranges  from  428,700  to  937,900.  the  maximum  speci-
fied  percentage  of  outstanding  shares  for  each  semi-
annual increase ranges from 1.5% to 3.0%. Accordingly, 
an  aggregate  of  1,949,362  shares  of  Common  Stock 

are authorized for issuance under the 2006 Plan as of 
December 31, 2007. the Company has granted options 
to purchase a total of 1,380,111 shares of Common Stock 
under the 2006 Plan as of December 31, 2007. the maxi-
mum number of options that may be granted per year 
under the 2006 Plan to a single participant is 287,700. 
the exercise price of each incentive option must be not 
less  than  100%  of  the  fair  market  value  of  the  shares 
on  the  date  of  grant.  Options  granted  under  the  2006 
Plan have a vesting period of no more than 5 years and 
a contractual life of no more than 10 years. the terms 
and conditions of stock options (including price, vesting  
schedule,  term  and  number  of  shares)  under  the 
Emergent Plans are determined by the Company’s com-
pensation committee, which administers the Emergent 
Plans.  Following  the  closing  of  the  Company’s  initial 
public offering, the Company no longer granted options 
pursuant to the 2004 Plan.

Each option granted under the Emergent Plans becomes exercisable as specified in the relevant option agree-
ment, and no option can be exercised after ten years from the date of grant. the following is a summary of stock 
option plan activity:

Outstanding at December 31, 2006 
Exercisable at December 31, 2006 

Granted 
Exercised 
Forfeited 
Cancelled 

Outstanding at December 31, 2007 
Exercisable at December 31, 2007 

2006 Plan 

2004 Plan

Number 
of Shares 
1,030,500 
— 
620,811 
— 
(271,200) 
— 
1,380,111 
289,900 

weighted- 
Average 
Exercise Price 
$10.13 
  — 
$ 
9.44 
— 
10.41 
— 
$  9.77 
$10.27 

Number 
of Shares 
2,936,389 
2,395,693 
— 
(2,153,988) 
(110,668) 
(5,214) 
666,519 
507,802 

weighted- 
Average 
Exercise Price 
$2.53 
$1.43 
—
1.15
8.31
1.49
$6.04 
$4.94 

Aggregate 
Intrinsic 
value
26,375,147
23,310,093

743,995
682,439

the  weighted  average  remaining  contractual  term 
of  options  outstanding  as  of  December  31,  2007  and 
2006 was 5.5 and 3.2 years, respectively. the weighted  
average remaining contractual term of options exercis-
able as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 was 4.6 and 1.1 
years, respectively.

respectively. the total fair value of shares vested dur-
ing 2007 was $1.9 million.

Stock-based compensation expense was recorded in the 
following financial statement line items:

the weighted average grant date fair value of options 
granted  during  the  years  ended  December  31,  2007, 
2006  and  2005  was  $3.58,  $3.94  and  $1.37,  respec-
tively.  the  total  intrinsic  value  of  options  exercised 
during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 
2005  was  $20.5  million,  $2.3  million  and  $563,000, 

(in thousands) 
Cost of sales 
Research and development 
General and administrative 
total stock-based  
  compensation expense 

58

Years Ended 
December 31,
2006
2007 
$  3
 82 
$ 
97
377 
623
2,082 

$2,541 

$723

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested stock options at December 31, 2007 is presented below:

Nonvested at December 31, 2006 

Granted 
Exercised 
Vested 
Forfeited 

Nonvested at December 31, 2007 

2006 Plan 

2004 Plan

Number  
of Shares 
1,030,500 
620,811 
— 
(289,900) 
(271,200) 
1,090,211 

weighted- 
Average 
Grant Date 
Fair value 
$3.09 
3.58 
— 
3.91 
3.85 
$3.66 

Number 
of Shares 
537,532 
— 
— 
(278,598) 
(100,217) 
158,717 

weighted- 
Average 
Grant Date 
Fair value
$5.30
—
—
2.84
3.00
$3.53

During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company received a tax benefit from stock options exercised of 
approximately $6.0 million and $789,000 respectively.

11.  INCOME TAxES
Significant components of the provision for income taxes attributable to operations consist of the following:

(in thousands) 
Current

Federal 
State 

total Current 
Deferred

Federal 
State 

total Deferred 
total Provision for Income taxes 

the Company’s net deferred tax asset consists of the following:

(in thousands) 
Net operating loss carryforward 
Research and development credit carryforward 
Stock compensation 
Foreign deferrals 
Other 
Deferred tax asset 
Fixed assets 
Other 
Deferred tax liability 
Valuation allowance 
Net deferred tax asset 

2007 

$11,189 
2,275 
13,464 

2,832 
(3,245) 
(413) 
$13,051 

Year Ended December 31,
2006 

$14,212 
812 
15,024 

100 
98 
198 
$15,222 

2005

$ 16,093
200
16,293

(9,769)
(1,199)
(10,968)
$   5,325

December 31,

2007 
$   6,361 
511 
523 
39,044 
1,508 
47,971 
(756) 
(1,303) 
(2,059) 
(33,702) 
$ 12,186 

2006
$   4,160
549
1,452
32,534
1,681
40,376
(888)
(433)
(1,321)
(27,283)
$ 11,772

Net operating loss carryforwards consist of approximately $118 million for state jurisdictions and $100 million 
for foreign jurisdictions. the state net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2018. the foreign net 
operating loss carryforwards will have an indefinite life unless the foreign entities have a change in the nature or 
conduct of the business in the three years following a change in ownership. the use of the Company’s net operat-
ing loss carryforwards may be restricted due to changes in Company ownership.

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the provision for income taxes differs from the amount 
of taxes determined by applying the U.S. federal statu-
tory rate to loss before provision for income taxes as a 
result of the following:

(in thousands) 
US 
International 
Earnings before taxes  
  on income 

Federal tax at  

statutory rates 
State taxes, net of  
federal benefit 
Impact of foreign  
operations 

Change in valuation  

allowance 
Effect of change  

in rates 

Effect of foreign rates 
tax credits 
Other differences 
Permanent differences 
Provision for  

Year Ended December 31,
2007 
2005
2006 
$ 54,259
$ 56,698 
$ 62,016 
(33,150)
(18,683) 
(26,029) 

35,987 

38,015 

21,109

$ 12,595 

$ 13,305 

$   7,388

701 

(395) 

(2,329)

(7,106) 

(6,050) 

(17,982)

6,419 

6,605 

18,995

493 
154 
(880) 
(617) 
1,292 

— 
752 
(759) 
1,044 
720 

—
264
(474)
(212)
(325)

income taxes 

$ 13,051 

$ 15,222 

$   5,325

the  effective  annual  tax  rate  for  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was 36%, 40% and 
25%,  respectively.  the  decrease  in  the  effective  rate 
from 2006 to 2007 was due primarily to a reduction in 
state valuation allowances related to the expected uti-
lization of net operating losses.

In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation 
48,  Accounting  for  Uncertainty 
in  Income  Taxes—an 
Interpretation  of  FASB  Statement  No.  109,  Accounting  for 
Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition 
threshold  and  measurement  attribute  for  the  financial 
statement recognition and measurement of a tax posi-
tion  taken  or  expected  to  be  taken  in  a  tax  return.  FIN 
48 requires that the Company recognize in its financial 
statements the impact of a tax position if that position is 
more likely than not to be sustained on audit based on 
the technical merits of the position. FIN 48 also provides 
guidance  on  derecognition,  classification,  interest  and 
penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure.

the  Company  adopted  the  provisions  of  FIN  48  on 
January  1,  2007.  As  a  result  of  the  implementation  of 
FIN 48, the Company recognized, as a cumulative effect 

of change in accounting principle, a $607,000 increase 
in  tax-related  liabilities  for  unrecognized  tax  benefits 
and  a  $607,000  reduction  to  beginning  retained  earn-
ings.  the  Company  recognizes  interest  in  interest 
expense  and  recognizes  potential  penalties  related 
to  unrecognized  tax  benefits  in  selling,  general  and 
administrative expense. the Company accrued approx-
imately $27,000 for the payment of interest and penal-
ties as of December 31, 2007. Of the total unrecognized 
tax  benefits  recorded  at  December  31,  2007,  $33,000 
is classified as a current liability and $244,000 is clas-
sified  as  a  non-current  liability  on  the  balance  sheet. 
As of December 31, 2007, $33,000 of unrecognized tax 
benefits will reverse within the next twelve months.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances 
of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits 
is as follows:

(in thousands)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at  

January 1, 2007 

Increases for tax positions for prior years 
Decreases for tax positions for prior years 
Increases for tax positions for current year 
Settlements 
lapse of statue of limitations 
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at  
  December 31, 2007 

$ 607
262
(65)
100
(201)
(426)

$ 277

Substantially  all  of  these  reserves  would  impact  the 
effective tax rate if released into income.

the  Company’s  federal  and  state  income  tax  returns 
for  the  tax  years  2006-2004  remain  open  to  examina-
tion. the Company’s tax returns in the United Kingdom 
remain open to examination for the tax years 2006–2001, 
and tax returns in Germany remain open indefinitely. A 
federal income tax audit of the Company’s tax return for 
the  2004  tax  year  was  completed  in  March  2007.  As  a 
result of this audit, the Company paid an assessment of 
$722,000, including $96,000 of interest. the Company is 
the subject of an ongoing federal income tax audit for the 
tax year ended December 31, 2005. the financial state-
ment impact of the audit has been estimated at approxi-
mately  $451,000,  including  $56,000  of  interest.  this 
amount has been accrued as of December 31, 2007.

12.  401(K) SAvINGS PLAN
the  Company  has  established  a  defined  contribu-
tion  savings  plan  under  Section  401(k)  of  the  Internal 
Revenue  Code.  the  401(k)  Plan  covers  substantially 

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all  employees.  Under  the  401(k)  Plan,  employees  may 
make elective salary deferrals. the Company provides 
for matching of qualified deferrals up to 50% of the first 
6%  of  the  employee’s  salary.  During  the  years  ended 
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company made 
matching  contributions  of  approximately  $682,000, 
$573,000 and $520,000, respectively.

13.   COMMITMENTS AND SETTLEMENT GAINS 

Leases
the Company leases laboratory and office facilities, office 
equipment  and  vehicles  under  various  operating  lease 
agreements. the Company leases office and laboratory 
space in Gaithersburg, Maryland under a non-cancelable 
operating lease that contains a 3% annual escalation and 
expires  in  November  2008.  the  Company  leases  office 
and laboratory space in Wokingham, England under two 
coterminous non-cancelable operating leases that expire 
in November 2016. the Company leases office space in 
Rockville,  Maryland  under  a  non-cancelable  operating 
lease that contains a 3% annual escalation clause over 
the ten year term of the lease, which expires in December 
2016 and the Company has a five year renewal option at 
the end of the initial term. For the years ended December 
31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, total rent expense was $3.4 mil-
lion, $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments under operating lease 
obligations as of December 31, 2007 are as follows:

(in thousands)
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
2012 
2013 and beyond 
total minimum lease payments 

$  2,048
1,436
1,453
1,471
1,489
6,086
$13,983

Litigation
In  June  2002,  the  Company  initiated  a  lawsuit  against 
Élan Pharmaceuticals and related entities in an effort 
to  clarify  intellectual  property  rights,  including  the 
recovery of royalties and other costs and fees, to which 
the Company believed it was entitled under a series of 
agreements  and  to  clarify  intellectual  property  rights 
associated  with  those  agreements.  the  Company 
sought damages, injunctive relief and declaratory relief. 
On June 27, 2005, the Company obtained a settlement 
pursuant  to  which  Élan  and  related  entities  agreed  to 

pay the Company $10.0 million. Payment of such settle-
ment  was  received  by  the  Company  in  July  2005.  the 
agreement also clarified the parties’ intellectual prop-
erty  rights.  Upon  receipt  of  the  settlement  from  Élan 
Pharmaceuticals and related entities, the Company dis-
tributed a net settlement amount (total proceeds from 
the settlement less reserves for applicable federal and 
state  income  taxes,  legal  expenses  related  to  the  suit 
and other miscellaneous expenses) of $5.4 million to all 
Company stockholders of record as of June 15, 2005.

From time to time, the Company is involved in product 
liability claims and other litigation considered normal 
in  the  nature  of  its  business.  the  Company  does  not 
believe that any such proceedings would have a mate-
rial, adverse effect on the results of its operations. For 
claims filed against the Company for use of Biothrax by 
the  DoD,  the  Company  expects  to  rely  on  contractual 
indemnification provisions with the DoD and statutory 
protections to limit our potential liability resulting from 
the pending lawsuits.

14.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
the  Company  has  engaged  Wilmer  Cutler  Pickering 
Hale  and  Dorr  llP  (“WilmerHale”)  to  provide  certain 
legal  services  to  the  Company.  the  Company’s  Senior 
Vice  President  legal  Affairs  and  General  Counsel  is 
married  to  a  partner  at  WilmerHale,  who  has  not  par-
ticipated in providing legal services to the Company. the 
Company has incurred fees for legal services rendered 
by WilmerHale of approximately $1.0 million for the year 
ended December 31, 2007. Of this amount, approximately 
$131,000 was in accounts payable at December 31, 2007.

the Company has entered into marketing and sales con-
tracts with entities controlled by family members of the 
Chief  Executive  Officer  to  market  and  sell  Biothrax  in 
certain international territories if certain conditions are 
met. A consulting arrangement with the Chief Executive 
Officer’s sister required a payment of 4% of net sales, 
not  to  exceed  $2.00  per  dose,  under  the  agreement. 
this  arrangement  terminated  in  2006.  A  marketing 
arrangement with an entity affiliated with the family of 
Chief  Executive  Officer  required  a  payment  of  40%  of 
gross  sales  in  countries  in  the  Middle  East  and  North 
Africa,  except  Israel.  this  arrangement  terminated  in 
2007. A similar marketing arrangement with the same 
entity was entered into in 2008 that requires a payment 
of  17.5%  of  net  sales  and  reimbursement  of  certain 
expenses, for certain countries in the Middle East and 

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North  Africa,  excluding  countries  to  which  export  is 
prohibited by the U.S. government. No royalty payments 
under  these  agreements  have  been  triggered  for  the 
years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.

the  Company  has  entered  into  consulting,  lease  and 
transportation  arrangements  with  various  persons  or 
entities  affiliated  with  the  Chief  Executive  Officer  and 
two members of the board of directors. At December 31, 
2007 and 2006, there was $18,000 and $17,000, respec-
tively,  in  accounts  payable  for  these  services.  For  the 
years  ended  December  31,  2007,  2006  and  2005,  the 
Company  paid  approximately  $200,000,  $387,000  and, 
$625,000,  respectively,  to  various  persons  or  entities 
affiliated  with  two  members  of  our  board  of  directors. 
For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, 
the Company paid approximately $33,000, $33,000 and 

$169,000, respectively, to entitles owned by or affiliated 
with the Chief Executive Officer. the Company currently 
has an agreement with a director to perform corporate 
strategic issues consultation and directed project sup-
port to the marketing and communications group and an 
agreement with a company owned by the Chief Executive 
Officer to provide transportation and logistical support.

Simba llC, a Maryland based limited liability company 
100% owned by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer 
and  his  wife,  provides  chartered  air  transportation. 
Simba offers its services to the Company on a discount 
from  Simba’s  normal  commercial  rate.  For  the  years 
ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company paid 
approximately  $13,000  and  $34,000,  respectively,  for 
transportation on an as needed basis for business pur-
poses. In May 2006, this arrangement was terminated.

15.  SEGMENT INFORMATION
the Company reports financial information for two business segments: biodefense and commercial. In the biodefense 
business, the Company develops, manufactures and commercializes products for use against biological agents that 
are  potential  weapons  of  bioterrorism.  Revenues  in  this  segment  relate  to  the  Company’s  FDA-approved  product, 
Biothrax. In the commercial business, the Company develops products for use against infectious diseases that have 
resulted in significant unmet or underserved medical needs. Revenues in this segment consist predominantly of mile-
stone payments and development and grant revenues received under collaboration and grant arrangements. the “All 
Other” segment relates to the general operating costs of the Company and includes costs of the centralized services 
departments, which are not allocated to the other segments, as well as spending on product candidates or activities 
that are not classified as biodefense or commercial. the assets in this segment consist of cash and fixed assets.

(in thousands) 

Biodefense 

Commercial 

All Other 

Total

Reportable Segments

Year Ended December 31, 2007

External revenue 
Intersegment revenue (expense) 
Research and development 
Interest revenue 
Interest expense 
Depreciation and amortization 
Net Income (loss) 
Assets 
Expenditures for long-lived assets 

Year Ended December 31, 2006

External revenue 
Intersegment revenue (expense) 
Research and development 
Interest revenue 
Interest expense 
Depreciation and amortization 
Net income (loss) 
Assets 
Expenditures for long-lived assets 

$179,738 
— 
24,744 
— 
— 
3,445 
76,397 
133,692 
38,880 

$147,707 
— 
22,219 
— 
— 
3,586 
55,074 
125,562 
29,273 

$   3,177 
— 
26,159 
— 
— 
947 
(38,213) 
21,672 
1,991 

$   5,025 
— 
22,425 
— 
— 
830 
(24,538) 
13,732 
1,455 

$ 

  — 
— 
3,055 
2,809 
(71) 
425 
(15,248) 
118,144 
3,098 

$ 

  — 
— 
857 
846 
(1,152) 
299 
(7,743) 
98,961 
10,500 

$182,915
—
53,958
2,809
(71)
4,817
22,936
273,508
43,969

$152,732
—
45,501
846
(1,152)
4,715
22,793
238,255
41,228

the  accounting  policies  of  the  segments  are  the  same  as  those  described  in  Note  2—Summary  of  significant 
accounting policies. there are no inter-segment transactions.

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16.  qUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
Quarterly financial information for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 is presented in the following tables:

(in thousands) 
Fiscal year 2007
Revenue 
Income (loss) from operations 
Net income (loss) 
Net income (loss) per share, basic 
Net income (loss) per share, diluted 

Fiscal year 2006
Revenue 
Income (loss) from operations 
Net income (loss) 
Net income (loss) per share, basic 
Net income (loss) per share, diluted 

COMMON STOCK INFORMATION

March 31 

June 30 

September 30 

December 31

Three Months Ended

$26,448 
(5,831) 
(2,690) 
(0.10) 
(0.10) 

$12,223 
(9,398) 
(4,636) 
(0.21) 
(0.21) 

$23,186 
(8,657) 
(4,961) 
(0.17) 
(0.17) 

$11,446 
(6,194) 
(3,054) 
(0.14) 
(0.14) 

$43,644 
4,422 
2,845 
0.10 
0.10 

$42,174 
9,720 
4,354 
0.19 
0.18 

$89,637
43,159
27,742
0.93
0.93

$86,889
43,900
26,129
1.04
0.99

Market Information and holders
Our common stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “EBS” since November 15, 2006. 
Prior to that time, there was no public market for our common stock. the following table sets forth the high and low 
sales prices per share of our common stock during each quarter of the year ended December 31, 2007 and for the 
period from November 15, 2006 to December 31, 2006:

Year Ended December 31, 2007
High 
low 

Year Ended December 31, 2006
High 
low 

First 
quarter 

$17.75 
$10.50 

n/a 
n/a 

Second 
quarter 

$14.85 
$  8.33 

n/a 
n/a 

Third 
quarter 

$12.67 
$  7.67 

n/a 
n/a 

Fourth 
quarter

$10.70
$  4.40

$12.72
$  9.75

As of February 29, 2008, the closing price per share of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was 
$7.47  and  we  had  48  holders  of  record  of  our  common  stock.  this  number  does  not  include  beneficial  owners 
whose shares are held by nominees in street name.

Dividend Policy
We currently intend to retain all of our future earnings to finance the growth and development of our business. We 
do not intend to pay cash dividends to our stockholders in the foreseeable future.

On June 15, 2005, our board of directors declared a special cash dividend to the holders of our outstanding shares 
of common stock in an aggregate amount of approximately $5.4 million. Our board of directors declared this special 
dividend in order to distribute the net proceeds of a payment that we received as a result of the settlement of litiga-
tion that we initiated against Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Athena Neurosciences, Inc. and Solstice Neurosciences, 
Inc. We paid the special cash dividend on July 13, 2005 to stockholders of record as of June 15, 2005. Prior to this 
special cash dividend, we had never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock.

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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPh
the  stock  performance  graph  below  compares  the  cumulative  total  stockholder  return  for  our  common  stock 
between November 15, 2006, the date our common stock was first publicly traded, and December 31, 2007 with 
the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Biotechnology Index. the comparison assumes the 
investment of $100.00 on November 15, 2006 in our common stock, the investment of $100.00 on October 31, 2006 
in each of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Biotechnology Index, and the reinvestment of dividends. the graph below 
assumes that the initial value of our common stock on November 15, 2006 was the closing sales price of $11.70 
per share.

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIvE TOTAL RETURN 
Among Emergent BioSolutions Inc., the S&P 500 Index*
and the S&P Biotechnology Index*

$150

$125

$100

$75

$50

$25

$0

11/06 11/06 12/06 1/07

2/07

3/07

4/07

5/07

6/07

7/07

8/07

9/07 10/07 11/07 12/07

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

S&P 500

S&P Biotechnology

*Copyright © 2008, Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. 
S&P 500 
S&P Biotechnology 

Base 
Period 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 

Month End

11/06 
89.66 
101.90 
97.29 

12/06 
95.38 
103.33 
94.65 

1/07 
128.97 
104.89 
95.77 

2/07 
107.44 
102.84 
92.08 

3/07 
114.70 
103.99 
87.96 

  5/07 
  85.56 
  112.39 
  96.60 

6/07 
88.03 
110.52 
93.77 

7/07 
79.40 
107.10 
92.87 

Month End

8/07 
76.32 
108.70 
91.87 

9/07 
75.90 
112.77 
100.91 

10/07 
86.15 
114.56 
107.51 

11/07 
47.78 
109.77 
104.49 

4/07
112.31
108.60
100.34

12/07
43.25
109.01
91.41

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Corporate information

corporate headquarters
2273 Research Blvd. 
Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20850 
United States
Tel: 301-795-1800 
Fax: 301-795-1899
www.emergentbiosolutions.com

other Locations
Emergent Biodefense  
Operations Lansing Inc.
3500 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Lansing, MI 48906
United States
Tel: 517-327-1500
Fax: 517-327-7202

Emergent Product  
Development Gaithersburg Inc.
300 Professional Drive, Suite 100
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
United States
Tel: 301-590-0129
Fax: 301-590-1252

Emergent Product  
Development Germany GmbH
Am Klopferspitz 19
82152 Martinsried 
Germany
Tel: +49 89 550 698 80
Fax: +49 89 550 698 888

Emergent Product  
Development UK Limited 
540-545 Eskdale Road  
Winnersh Triangle
Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5TU
United Kingdom
Tel : +44 (0)118 944 3300
Fax: +44 (0)118 944 3302

Emergent Sales and  
Marketing Germany
Am Klopferspitz 19
82152 Martinsried  
Germany
Tel: +49 89 895 449 28
Fax: +49 89 895 458 81

Emergent Sales and  
Marketing Singapore
10 Anson Road
International Plaza #16-12 
Singapore 079903
Tel: +65-6822 8007
Fax: +65-6822 8006

BioThrax, MVAtor™ spi-VEC™ are our trademarks.

annual report on Form 10-K
The information in this annual report is  
a summary and should be considered along with 
the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 
year ended December 31, 2007. 

a copy of the company’s Form 10-K  
for the year ended december 31, 2007, filed with the 
securities and exchange commission, is available 
without charge upon written request to investor 
relations, emergent biosolutions, 2273 research 
blvd, suite 400, rockville, Md 20850, by calling 
(301) 795-1800 or by accessing the company’s 
website at www.emergentbiosolutions.com.

independent registered  
public accounting Firm 
Ernst & Young LLP
McLean, VA
United States

stock transfer agent and registrar 
Investors with questions concerning account 
information, new certificate issuances, lost or 
stolen certificate replacement, securities  
transfers, or the processing of a change of  
address should contact:

American Stock Transfer &  
Trust Company
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New York, NY 10038
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Tel: 800-937-5449 or 212-936-5100
www.amstock.com

corporate counsel 
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr LLP
Washington, DC
United States

investor relations
Robert G. Burrows
Vice President,  
Investor Relations
E-mail: burrowsr@ebsi.com
Tel: 301-795-1877
Fax: 301-795-1899

Market information
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. common stock has 
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the 
trading symbol eBS since November 15, 2006.

corporate governance
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial 
Officer have provided the certifications required by 
Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, copies of which are filed as exhibits to our 
Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, our Chief 
Executive Officer intends to submit his annual chief 
executive officer certification to the New York Stock 
Exchange within 30 days of the date of our Annual 
Meeting of Stockholders in accordance with the 
New York Stock Exchange listing requirements.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. is strongly committed 
to the highest standards of ethical conduct and 
corporate governance. Our Board of Directors 
has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, 
along with the charters of the Board Committees 
and a Code of Conduct and Business Ethics for 
directors, officers and employees, all of which 
are available on the company’s website at  
www.emergentbiosolutions.com.

special note about Forward-Looking statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements 
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation 
Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial 
risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than 
statements of historical fact, including statements regarding 
our strategy, future operations, future financial position, 
future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and 
objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. 
The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” 
“intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will,” “would” 
and similar expressions are intended to identify forward- 
looking statements, although not all forward-looking 
statements contain these identifying words.

There are a number of important factors that could cause 
the company’s actual results to differ materially from those 
indicated by such forward-looking statements, including our 
performance under existing BioThrax sales contracts with 
the U.S. government, including the timing of deliveries 
under these contracts; our ability to obtain new BioThrax 
sales contracts with the U.S. government; our plans for 
future sales of BioThrax; our plans to pursue label 
expansions and improvements for BioThrax; our plans to 
expand our manufacturing facilities and capabilities; the 
rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of 
our products; our ongoing and planned development 
programs, preclinical studies and clinical trials; our ability 
to identify and acquire or in license products and product 
candidates that satisfy our selection criteria; the potential 
benefits of our existing collaboration agreements and our 
ability to enter into selective additional collaboration 
arrangements; the timing of and our ability to obtain and 
maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates; 
our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing 
capabilities and strategy; our intellectual property portfolio; 
our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital 
requirements and needs for additional financing; and other 
factors identified in the company’s Annual Report on Form 
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and subsequent 
reports filed with the SEC. The company disclaims any intention 
or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a 
result of developments occurring after the date of this annual 
report. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the 
potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, 
dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.

A global footprint

We are expanding our presence around the globe. Along with our 

manufacturing facilities in the United States, product development 

operations in the United States and Europe, and marketing and sales 

offices in the United States, Singapore and Germany, we recently 

established a joint venture with the government of Malaysia. We also 

work with third-party marketing representatives in countries that 

represent potential strategic growth markets.

 
Corporate Headquarters

2273 Research Boulevard, Suite 400, Rockville, MD 20850 USA

www.emergentbiosolutions.com

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