Heska
Annual Report 2009

Plain-text annual report

Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 (Mark One) FORM 10-K ☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 OR o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number: 0-22427 HESKA CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 3760 Rocky Mountain Avenue Loveland, Colorado (Address of principal executive offices) 77-0192527 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) 80538 (Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (970) 493-7272 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Common Stock, $.001 par value (Title of Class) Nasdaq Capital Market (Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No ☑ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No ☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☑ No o Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer ☑ (Do not check if a small reporting company) Smaller Reporting Company o Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No ☑ The aggregate market value of voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $18,720,371 as of June 30, 2009 based upon the closing price on the Nasdaq Capital Market reported for such date. This calculation does not reflect a determination that certain persons are affiliates of the Registrant for any other purpose. 52,159,738 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par value, were outstanding at February 19, 2010. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Items 10 (as to directors), 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part III incorporate by reference information from the Registrant’s Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Registrant’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I Item 1. Business Item 1A. Risk Factors Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments Item 2. Properties Item 3. Legal Proceedings Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure Item 9A. Controls and Procedures Item 9B. Other Information PART III Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant Item 11. Executive Compensation Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules Signatures Exhibit 10.8 Exhibit 10.9 Exhibit 10.22 Exhibit 10.29 Exhibit 21.1 Exhibit 23.1 Exhibit 31.1 Exhibit 31.2 Exhibit 32.1 1 1 11 24 24 24 24 25 25 27 28 40 41 62 62 62 63 63 64 64 64 64 65 65 69 DRI-CHEM is a registered trademark of FUJIFILM Corporation. i-STAT is a registered trademark of Abbott Laboratories. SPOTCHEM is a trademark of Arkray, Inc. TRI-HEART is a registered trademark of Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation (“SPAH”) in the United States and is a registered trademark of Heska Corporation in other countries. HESKA, ALLERCEPT, AVERT, E.R.D.-HEALTHSCREEN, E-SCREEN, FELINE ULTRANASAL, HEMATRUE, SOLO STEP, THYROMED and VET/OX are registered trademarks and CBC-DIFF, G2 DIGITAL, VET/IV and VITALPATH are trademarks of Heska Corporation. This Form 10-K also refers to trademarks and trade names of other organizations. -i- Table of Contents Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of current or historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results could differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward- looking statements. Although we believe that expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. These forward- looking statements apply only as of the date of this Form 10-K or for statements incorporated by reference from the 2010 definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, as of the date of the Schedule 14A. Internet Site Our Internet address is www.heska.com. Because we believe it provides useful information in a cost-effective manner to interested investors, via a link on our website our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are publicly available free of charge and we believe are available as soon as reasonably practical after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities Exchange Commission. Information contained on our website is not a part of this annual report on Form 10-K. Item 1. Business. PART I We develop, manufacture, market, sell and support veterinary products. Our core focus is on the canine and feline companion animal health markets where we strive to provide high value products. Our business is composed of two reportable segments, Core Companion Animal Health and Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products. The Core Companion Animal Health segment (“CCA”) includes diagnostic instruments and supplies as well as single use diagnostic and other tests, vaccines and pharmaceuticals, primarily for canine and feline use. These products are sold directly to veterinarians by us as well as through distribution relationships. The Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products segment (“OVP”) includes private label vaccine and pharmaceutical production, primarily for cattle but also for other animals including small mammals and fish. All OVP products are sold by third parties under third party labels. Please refer to Note 10 to our audited consolidated financial statements filed herewith for financial information about each of our segments. -1- Table of Contents Our principal executive offices are located at 3760 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Loveland, Colorado 80538, our telephone number is (970) 493-7272 and our internet address is www.heska.com. We originally incorporated in California in 1988, and we subsequently incorporated in Delaware in 1997. Background We were founded as Paravax, Inc. in 1988 and conducted research on vaccines to prevent infections by parasites. In 1991, we moved our headquarters from California to northern Colorado in order to be located closer to the research facilities of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Colorado State University. In 1995, we changed our name to Heska Corporation. We completed our initial public offering in July 1997. Between 1996 and 1998, we expanded our business, making several acquisitions and significantly increasing our sales and marketing activities. During 1999 and 2000, we restructured and refocused our business, making several divestitures. We continued to be a research and development-focused company, devoting substantial resources to the research and development of innovative products for the companion animal health market. In 2001 and 2002, we took further steps to lower our expense base, largely in internal research and development but also in other areas, and to rationalize and further focus our business. In the years since 2003, we have continued to concentrate our efforts on operating improvements, such as enhancing the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts and pursuing cost efficiencies, and seeking new product opportunities with third parties. In 2008, we underwent a restructuring primarily to reduce our operating costs. Core Companion Animal Health Segment We presently sell a variety of companion animal health products and services, among the most significant of which are the following: Veterinary Instruments We offer a line of veterinary diagnostic and other instruments which are described below. We also market and sell consumable supplies for these instruments. Our line of veterinary instruments includes the following: • • Blood Chemistry. The DRI-CHEM 4000 Veterinary Chemistry Analyzer (the “DRI-CHEM 4000”) is a robust system that uses dry slide technology for blood chemistry and electrolyte analysis and has the ability to run 22 tests at a time with a single blood sample. Test slides are available as both pre-packaged panels as well as individual slides. The instrument has an additional feature allowing simple, fully automated sample dilution and results calculations. We are supplied this instrument and affiliated test slides and supplies under a contractual agreement with FUJIFILM Corporation (“FUJIFILM”). The DRI-CHEM 7000 Veterinary Chemistry Analyzer (the “DRI-CHEM 7000”), which we began to ship in December 2009, is a line extension of our chemistry offering with higher throughput, multiple patient staging and a “STAT” feature which provides emergency sample flexibility in critical cases. The DRI-CHEM 7000 utilizes the same test slides as the DRI-CHEM 4000 and is manufactured by FUJIFILM. In addition, we continue to service and support our previous chemistry instrument for which we are supplied affiliated test strips and supplies under a contractual agreement with Arkray Global Business, Inc. (“Arkray”). Hematology. The HEMATRUE Veterinary Hematology Analyzer is an easy-to-use blood analyzer that measures such key parameters as white blood cell count, red blood cell count, platelet count and hemoglobin levels in animals. In addition, we continue to service and support our previous hematology instrument, the HESKA CBC- DIFF Veterinary Hematology System. -2- Table of Contents We are supplied new instruments and affiliated reagents and supplies of these products under a contractual agreement with Boule Medical AB (“Boule”). • • Blood Gases. We have historically sold handheld instruments to fulfill our customers’ needs in this area. In 2009, our supplier of these instruments and affiliated cartridges and supplies informed us that they were cancelling our contractual agreement as of November 1, 2009 and that they would no longer supply us with these products after that date. In 2009, we signed an OEM contractual agreement with Roche Diagnostics Corporation (“Roche”) to supply us with the VitalPath Blood Gas and Electrolyte Analyzer (“VitalPath”) and affiliated consumables. VitalPath development is nearing completion and we expect to ship our first units of this product in the first half of 2010. IV Pumps. The VET/IV 2.2 infusion pump is a compact, affordable IV pump that allows veterinarians to easily provide regulated infusion of fluids, drugs or nutritional products for their patients. Point-of-Care Diagnostic and Other Tests Heartworm Diagnostic Products. Heartworm infections of dogs and cats are caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. This parasitic worm is transmitted in larval form to dogs and cats through the bite of an infected mosquito. Larvae develop into adult worms that live in the pulmonary arteries and heart of the host, where they can cause serious cardiovascular, pulmonary, liver and kidney disease. Our canine and feline heartworm diagnostic tests use monoclonal antibodies or a recombinant heartworm antigen, respectively, to detect heartworm antigens or antibodies circulating in the blood of an infected animal. We currently market and sell heartworm diagnostic tests for both dogs and cats. SOLO STEP CH for dogs and SOLO STEP FH for cats are available in point-of-care, single use formats that can be used by veterinarians on site. We also offer SOLO STEP CH Batch Test Strips, a rapid and simple point-of-care antigen detection test for dogs that allows veterinarians in larger practices to run multiple samples at the same time. We obtain SOLO STEP CH, SOLO STEP FH and SOLO STEP Batch Test Strips under a contractual agreement with Quidel Corporation (“Quidel”). Early Renal Damage Detection Products. Renal damage is a leading cause of death in both dogs and cats. Several inflammatory, infectious or neoplastic diseases can damage an animal’s kidneys. It is estimated that 70% to 80% of kidney function is already destroyed before veterinarians can detect renal damage using traditional tests. Early detection is key to eliminate the causes and to mitigate the effects of kidney damage. Identification and treatment of the underlying cause of kidney damage can slow the progression of disease and add quality years to an animal’s life. Our E.R.D.-HEALTHSCREEN Canine Urine Test and our E.R.D.-HEALTHSCREEN Feline Urine Test are rapid in- clinic immunoassay tests designed to detect microalbuminuria, the most sensitive indicator of renal damage. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Products and Services Allergy Diagnostic Products and Services. Allergy is common in companion animals, and it has been estimated to affect approximately 10% to 15% of dogs. Clinical symptoms of allergy are variable, but are often manifested as persistent and serious skin disease in dogs and cats. Clinical management of allergic disease is problematic, as there are a large number of allergens that may give rise to these conditions. Although skin testing is often regarded as the most accurate diagnostic procedure, such tests can be painful, subjective and inconvenient. The effectiveness of the immunotherapy that is prescribed to treat allergic disease is inherently limited by inaccuracies in the diagnostic process. -3- Table of Contents Our ALLERCEPT Definitive Allergen Panels provide the most accurate determination of which we are aware of the specific allergens to which an animal, such as a dog, cat or horse, is reacting. The panels use a highly specific recombinant version of the natural IgE receptor to test the serum of potentially allergic animals for IgE directed against a panel of known allergens. A typical test panel consists primarily of various pollen, grass, mold, insect and mite allergens. The test results serve as the basis for prescription ALLERCEPT Allergy Treatment Sets, discussed later in this document. We sell kits to conduct blood testing using our ALLERCEPT Definitive Allergen Panels to third-party veterinary diagnostic laboratories outside of the United States. We also sell products to screen for the presence of allergen-specific IgE to these customers — we sell kits to conduct preliminary blood testing using products based on our ALLERCEPT Definitive Allergen Panels as well as a similar test requiring less technical sophistication, our ALLERCEPT E-SCREEN Test. Animals testing positive for allergen-specific IgE using these screening tests are candidates for further evaluation using our ALLERCEPT Definitive Allergen Panels. We have veterinary diagnostic laboratories in Loveland, Colorado and Fribourg, Switzerland which both offer blood testing using our ALLERCEPT Definitive Allergen Panels. Other Products and Services. We sell E.R.D. Reagent Packs used to detect microalbuminuria, the most sensitive indicator of renal damage, to VCA Antech, Inc. for use in its veterinary diagnostic laboratories. Our Loveland veterinary diagnostic laboratory currently also offers testing using our canine and feline heartworm, renal damage, immune status and flea bite allergy assays as well as other diagnostic services including polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, based tests for certain infectious diseases. Our Loveland diagnostic laboratory is currently staffed by medical technologists experienced in animal disease and several additional technical staff. We intend to continue to use our Loveland veterinary diagnostic laboratory both as a stand-alone service center for our customers and as an adjunct to our product development efforts. Pharmaceuticals and Supplements Heartworm Prevention. We have an agreement with Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation (“SPAH”), a unit of Merck & Co., Inc., granting SPAH the distribution and marketing rights in the United States for TRI-HEART Plus Chewable Tablets, our canine heartworm prevention product. TRI-HEART Plus Chewable Tablets (ivermectin/pyrantel) are indicated for use as a monthly preventive treatment of canine heartworm infection and for treatment and control of ascarid and hookworm infections. We manufacture TRI-HEART Plus Chewable Tablets at our Des Moines, Iowa production facility. Nutritional Supplements. We sell a novel fatty acid supplement, HESKA F.A. Granules. The source of the fatty acids in this product, flaxseed oil, leads to high omega-3:omega-6 ratios of fatty acids. Diets high in omega-3 fatty acids are believed to lead to lower levels of inflammatory mediators. The HESKA F.A. Granules include vitamins and are formulated in a palatable flavor base that makes the product convenient and easy to administer. Hypothyroid Treatment. We sell a chewable thyroid supplement, THYROMED Chewable Tablets, for treatment of hypothyroidism in dogs. Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders diagnosed in older dogs, treatment of which requires a daily hormone supplement for the lifetime of the animal. THYROMED Chewable Tablets contain the active ingredient Levothyroxine Sodium, which is a clinically proven replacement for the naturally occurring hormone secreted by the thyroid gland. The chewable formulation makes this daily supplement convenient and easy to administer. -4- Table of Contents Vaccines and other Biologicals Allergy Treatment. Veterinarians who use our ALLERCEPT Definitive Allergen Panels often purchase ALLERCEPT Allergy Treatment Sets for those animals with positive test results. These prescription immunotherapy treatment sets are formulated specifically for each allergic animal and contain only the allergens to which the animal has significant levels of IgE antibodies. The prescription formulations are administered in a series of injections, with doses increasing over several months, to ameliorate the allergic condition of the animal. Immunotherapy is generally continued for an extended time. We offer canine, feline and equine immunotherapy treatment products. Feline Respiratory Disease. The use of injectable vaccines in cats has become controversial due to the frequency of injection site-associated side effects. The most serious of these side effects are injection site sarcomas, tumors which, if untreated, are nearly always fatal. While there is one competitive non-injectable two-way vaccine, all other competitive products are injectable formulations. We sell the FELINE ULTRANASAL FVRCP Vaccine, a three-way modified live vaccine combination to prevent disease caused by the three most common respiratory viruses of cats: calicivirus, rhinotracheitis virus and panleukopenia virus. Our two-way modified live vaccine combination, FELINE ULTRANASAL FVRC, prevents disease caused by calicivirus and rhinotracheitis. These vaccines are administered without needle injection by dropping the liquid preparation into the nostrils of cats. Our vaccines avoid injection site side effects, and we believe they are very efficacious. Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products Segment We have developed our own line of bovine vaccines that are licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). We have a long-term agreement with a distributor, Agri Laboratories, Ltd., (“AgriLabs”), for the marketing and sale of certain of these vaccines which are sold primarily under the TitaniumÒ and MasterGuardÒ brands — registered trademarks of AgriLabs. AgriLabs has non-exclusive rights to sell these bovine vaccines in the United States, Africa and Mexico into December 2013. We also manufacture other bovine products not covered under the agreement with AgriLabs. We manufacture biological and pharmaceutical products for a number of other animal health companies. We manufacture products for animals including small mammals. Our offerings range from providing complete turnkey services which include research, licensing, production, labeling and packaging of products to providing any one of these services as needed by our customers as well as validation support and distribution services. Marketing, Sales and Customer Support We estimate that there are approximately 64,000 veterinarians in the United States whose practices are devoted principally to small animal medicine. Those veterinarians practice in approximately 24,000 clinics in the United States. In 2009, our products were sold to approximately 14,500 such clinics in the United States. Veterinarians may obtain our products directly from us or indirectly through others. All our Core Companion Animal Health products are predominately sold to or through veterinarians ultimately. In many cases, veterinarians will markup their costs to the end user. The acceptance of our products by veterinarians is critical to our success. We currently market our Core Companion Animal Health products in the United States to veterinarians through an outside field organization, a telephone sales force, independent third-party distributors, as well as through trade shows and print advertising and through other distribution relationships, such as SPAH in the case of our heartworm preventive. Our outside field organization currently consists of 40 individuals in various parts of the United States. Our inside sales force consists of 27 persons. -5- Table of Contents We have a staff dedicated to customer and product support in our Core Companion Animal Health segment including veterinarians, technical support specialists and service technicians. Individuals from our product development group may also be used as a resource in responding to certain product inquiries. Internationally, we market our Core Companion Animal Health products to veterinarians primarily through third-party veterinary diagnostic laboratories, independent third-party distributors and Novartis Agro K.K., Tokyo (“Novartis Japan”). These entities typically provide customer support. Novartis Japan exclusively markets and distributes SOLO STEP CH and our line of E.R.D. HEALTHSCREEN urine test products in Japan. All OVP products are marketed and sold by third parties under third party labels. We grant third parties rights to our intellectual property as well as our products, with our compensation often taking the form of royalties and/or milestone payments. For example, we have an agreement with Nestlé Purina PetCare Company (“Purina”), a unit of Nestlé S.A., under which Purina pays royalties on certain pet food products it markets based on our patent- protected science. Manufacturing The majority of our revenue is from proprietary products manufactured by third parties. Third parties manufacture our veterinary instruments, including affiliated consumables and supplies, as well as other products including our heartworm point- of-care diagnostic tests, our allergy treatment products and our E.R.D.-HEALTHSCREEN Urine Tests. Our chemistry instruments and affiliated supplies are manufactured under contract with FUJIFILM, test strips and supplies affiliated with our previous chemistry instrument are manufactured under contract with Arkray and our hematology instruments and affiliated supplies are manufactured under contract with Boule. Our immunotherapy treatment products are manufactured under contract with ALK-Abelló, Inc. Our heartworm point-of-care diagnostic tests are manufactured under a contract with Quidel. We manufacture and supply Quidel with certain critical raw materials and perform the final packaging operations for these products. Our E.R.D. Reagent Packs and our E.R.D.- HEALTHSCREEN Urine Tests (collectively “E.R.D. Products”) are manufactured under contract with Genzyme Diagnostics P.E.I., Inc. (“Genzyme”), formerly Diagnostic Chemicals Limited. We manufacture and supply Genzyme with certain critical raw materials for our E.R.D. Products. Our facility in Des Moines, Iowa is a USDA, Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), and Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) licensed biological and pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. This facility currently has the capacity to manufacture more than 50 million doses of vaccine each year. We expect that we will manufacture most or all of our biological and pharmaceutical products at this facility, as well as most or all of our recombinant proteins and other proprietary reagents for our diagnostic tests. We currently manufacture our canine heartworm prevention product, our FELINE ULTRANASAL Vaccines and all our OVP segment products at this facility. Our OVP segment’s customers purchase products in both finished and bulk format, and we perform all phases of manufacturing, including growth of the active bacterial and viral agents, sterile filling, lyophilization and packaging at this facility. We manufacture our various allergy diagnostic products at our Des Moines facility, our Loveland facility and our Fribourg facility. We believe the raw materials for products we manufacture are available from several sources. Product Development We are committed to providing innovative products to address latent health needs of companion animals. We may obtain such products from external sources, external collaboration or internal research and development. -6- Table of Contents We are committed to identifying external product opportunities and creating business and technical collaborations that lead to high value veterinary products. We believe that our active participation in scientific networks and our reputation for investing in research enhances our ability to acquire external product opportunities. We have collaborated, and intend to continue to do so, with a number of companies and universities. Examples of such collaborations include: • • • Quidel for the development of SOLO STEP CH Cassettes, SOLO STEP CH Batch Test Strips and SOLO STEP FH Cassettes; Boule for the development of veterinary applications for the HEMATRUE Veterinary Hematology Analyzer and associated reagents; and FUJIFILM for the development of veterinary applications for the DRI-CHEM 7000 Veterinary Chemistry Analyzer and associated slides and supplies. We are currently collaborating with Roche in completing development of a new blood gas instrument including a manual. We expect to begin selling this instrument, VitalPath, in the first half of 2010. Internal research and development is managed on a case-by-case basis. We employ individuals with microbiology, immunology, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, parasitology as well as veterinary expertise and will form multidisciplinary product-associated teams as appropriate. We incurred expenses of $2.7 million, $2.0 million and $1.7 million in the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively, in support of our research and development activities. Intellectual Property We believe that patents, trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary rights are important to our business. We also rely upon trade secrets, know-how, continuing technological innovations and licensing opportunities to develop and maintain our competitive position. The proprietary technologies of our OVP segment are primarily protected through trade secret protection of, for example, our manufacturing processes in this area. We actively seek patent protection both in the United States and abroad. Our issued and pending patent portfolios primarily relate to heartworm control, flea control, allergy, infectious disease vaccines, diagnostic and detection tests, immunomodulators, instrumentation, nutrition, pain control and vaccine delivery technologies. As of December 31, 2009, we owned, co-owned or had rights to 189 issued U.S. patents and 19 pending U.S. patent applications expiring at various dates from February 2011 to August 2024. Applications corresponding to pending U.S. applications have been or will be filed in other countries. Our corresponding foreign patent portfolio as of December 31, 2009 included 83 issued patents and 33 pending applications in various foreign countries. We also have obtained exclusive and non-exclusive licenses for numerous other patents held by academic institutions and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Seasonality We expect to experience less seasonality than we have in the past due to factors including increased instrument consumable revenue, which does not tend to be seasonal, and changes in the timing of certain product promotions. At this point, we do not anticipate a large seasonal effect on our consolidated financial results. -7- Table of Contents Government Regulation Although the majority of our revenue is from the sale of unregulated items, many of our products or products that we may develop are, or may be, subject to extensive regulation by governmental authorities in the United States, including the USDA and the FDA, and by similar agencies in other countries. These regulations govern, among other things, the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, storage, pre-market approval, advertising, promotion, sale and distribution of our products. Satisfaction of these requirements can take several years to achieve and the time needed to satisfy them may vary substantially, based on the type, complexity and novelty of the product. Any product that we develop must receive all relevant regulatory approval or clearances, if required, before it may be marketed in a particular country. The following summarizes the major U.S. government agencies that regulate animal health products: • • USDA. Vaccines and certain single use, point-of-care diagnostics are considered veterinary biologics and are therefore regulated by the Center for Veterinary Biologics, or CVB, of the USDA. Industry data indicate that it takes approximately four years and in excess of $1.0 million to license a conventional vaccine for animals from basic research through licensing. In contrast to vaccines, single use, point-of-care diagnostics can typically be licensed by the USDA in about two years, at considerably less cost. However, vaccines or diagnostics that use innovative materials, such as those resulting from recombinant DNA technology, usually require additional time to license. The USDA licensing process involves the submission of several data packages. These packages include information on how the product will be manufactured, information on the efficacy and safety of the product in laboratory and target animal studies and information on performance of the product in field conditions. FDA. Pharmaceutical products, which typically include synthetic compounds, are approved and monitored by the Center for Veterinary Medicine of the FDA. Industry data indicate that developing a new drug for animals requires approximately 11 years from commencement of research to market introduction and costs approximately $5.5 million. Of this time, approximately three years is spent in animal studies and the regulatory review process. However, unlike human drugs, neither preclinical studies nor a sequential phase system of studies are required. Rather, for animal drugs, studies for safety and efficacy may be conducted immediately in the species for which the drug is intended. Thus, there is no required phased evaluation of drug performance, and the Center for Veterinary Medicine will review data at appropriate times in the drug development process. In addition, the time and cost for developing companion animal drugs may be significantly less than for drugs for livestock animals, as food safety issues relating to tissue residue levels are not applicable. • EPA. Products that are applied topically to animals or to premises to control external parasites are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA. After we have received regulatory licensing or approval for our products, numerous regulatory requirements typically apply. Among the conditions for certain regulatory approvals is the requirement that our manufacturing facilities or those of our third-party manufacturers conform to current Good Manufacturing Practices or other manufacturing regulations, which include requirements relating to quality control and quality assurance as well as maintenance of records and documentation. The USDA, FDA and foreign regulatory authorities strictly enforce manufacturing regulatory requirements through periodic inspections and/or reports. A number of our animal health products are not regulated. For example, certain products such as our E.R.D.- HEALTHSCREEN Urine Tests and our ALLERCEPT panels, as well as other reference lab tests, are not regulated by either the USDA or FDA. Similarly, none of our veterinary instruments requires regulatory approval to be marketed and sold in the United States. -8- Table of Contents We have pursued regulatory approval outside the United States based on market demographics of foreign countries. For marketing outside the United States, we are subject to foreign regulatory requirements governing regulatory licensing and approval for many of our products. Licensing and approval by comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries must be obtained before we can market products in those countries. Product licensing approval processes and requirements vary from country to country and the time required for such approvals may differ substantially from that required in the United States. We cannot be certain that approval of any of our products in one country will result in approvals in any other country. To date, we or our distributors have sought regulatory approval for certain of our products in Canada, which is governed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, or CFIA; in Japan, which is governed by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, or MAFF; in Australia, which is governed by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, or ADAFF; South Africa, which is governed by the Republic of South Africa Department of Agriculture, or RSADA; and in certain other countries requiring such approval. Core Companion Animal Health products previously discussed which have received regulatory approval in the United States and/or elsewhere are summarized below. Products E.R.D.-HEALTHSCREEN Canine Urine Test E.R.D.-HEALTHSCREEN Feline Urine Test FELINE ULTRANASAL FVRC Vaccine FELINE ULTRANASAL FVRCP Vaccine SOLO STEP CH SOLO STEP CH Batch Test Strips SOLO STEP FH TRI-HEART Plus Heartworm Preventive Competition Country United States EU Canada Japan South Africa Regulated Agency Status No No-in most countries No Yes No MAFF Licensed United States EU Canada Japan South Africa No No-in most countries No Yes No United States Canada South Africa United States Canada South Africa Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes United States EU Canada Japan Australia United States Canada United States Australia United States Japan South Korea Yes No-in most countries Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MAFF Licensed USDA CFIA RSADA USDA CFIA RSADA Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed USDA Licensed CFIA MAFF ADAFF USDA CFIA USDA ADAFF FDA MAFF NVRQS Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Licensed Out market is intensely competitive. Our competitors include independent animal health companies and major pharmaceutical companies that have animal health divisions. We also compete with independent, third-party distributors, including distributors who sell products under their own private labels. In the point-of-care diagnostic testing market, our major competitors include IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (“IDEXX”), Abaxis, Inc. (“Abaxis”) and Synbiotics Corporation. The products manufactured by our OVP segment for sale by third parties compete with similar products offered by a number of other companies, some of which have substantially greater financial, technical, research and other resources than us and may have more established marketing, sales, distribution and service organizations than our OVP segment’s customers. Companies with a significant presence in the animal health market such as Bayer AG, CEVA Santé Animale, Merck & Co., Inc., Merial Limited (a company owned by Sanofi-Aventis), Novartis AG, Pfizer Inc., Vétoquinol S.A. and Virbac S.A. may be marketing or developing products that compete with our products or would compete with them if successfully developed. These and other competitors and potential competitors may have substantially greater financial, technical, research and other resources and larger, more established marketing, sales, distribution and service organizations than we do. Our competitors may offer broader product lines and have greater name recognition than we do. -9- Table of Contents Environmental Regulation In connection with our product development activities and manufacturing of our biological, pharmaceutical and diagnostic and detection products, we are subject to federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and policies governing the use, generation, manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of certain materials, biological specimens and wastes. Although we believe that we have complied with these laws, regulations and policies in all material respects and have not been required to take any significant action to correct any noncompliance, we may be required to incur significant costs to comply with environmental and health and safety regulations in the future. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of such materials comply with the standards prescribed by state and federal regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be eliminated. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any damages that result and any such liability could exceed our resources. Employees As of December 31, 2009, we and our subsidiaries employed 276 people, of whom 125 were focused in production and technical and logistical services, including instrumentation service, 97 in sales, marketing and customer support, 45 in general administrative services, such as accounting, and 9 in product development. We believe that our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel is critical to our success. None of our employees is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe our employee relations are good. Where You Can Find Additional Information You may review a copy of this annual report on Form 10-K, including exhibits and any schedule filed therewith, and obtain copies of such materials at prescribed rates, at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room in Room 1580, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants, such as Heska Corporation, that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive Officers of the Registrant Our executive officers and their ages as of February 19, 2010 are as follows: Name Robert B. Grieve, Ph.D. Michael J. McGinley, Ph.D. Jason A. Napolitano Michael A. Bent G. Lynn Snodgrass Age Position 58 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Operating Officer 49 41 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary 55 Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller 40 Vice President, Sales -10- Table of Contents Robert B. Grieve, Ph.D., one of our founders, currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Dr. Grieve was named Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 1999, Vice Chairman effective March 1992 and Chairman of the Board effective May 2000. Dr. Grieve also served as Chief Scientific Officer from December 1994 to January 1999 and Vice President, Research and Development, from March 1992 to December 1994. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since 1990. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida and M.S. and B.S. degrees from the University of Wyoming. Michael J. McGinley, Ph.D. was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2009. He previously served as Vice President, Global Operations from April through December 2008, Vice President, Operations and Technical Affairs and General Manager, Heska Des Moines from January 2002 to April 2008 and in other positions beginning in June 1997. Prior to joining Heska, Dr. McGinley held positions with Bayer Animal Health and Fort Dodge Laboratories. He holds Doctorate and M.S. degrees in Immunobiology from Iowa State University and successfully completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 2008. Jason A. Napolitano was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in May 2002. He was appointed our Secretary in February 2009. He also served as our Secretary from May 2002 to December 2006. Prior to joining us formally, he was a financial consultant. From 1990 to 2001, Mr. Napolitano held various positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, an investment bank, including Vice President in health care investment banking and Director in mergers and acquisitions. He holds a B.S. degree from Yale University. Michael A. Bent was appointed Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller in May 2002. From September 1999 until April 2002, he was Corporate Controller. From November 1993 until September 1999, Mr. Bent was Director, Accounting Operations at Coors Brewing Company. Mr. Bent holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Wyoming. Mr. Bent is a CPA in Colorado and Wyoming. G. Lynn Snodgrass was appointed Vice President, Sales in January 2007. From January 2005 to December 2006, he was Senior Director, Sales for Heska Corporation. He held various sales positions at Heska from August 1999 through December 2004. Prior to joining Heska, he held various sales positions with Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, GPC Incorporated, Merck and Company and TV Fanfare, Inc. Mr. Snodgrass holds a B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University. Item 1A. Risk Factors Our future operating results may vary substantially from period to period due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. The following discussion highlights some of these factors and the possible impact of these factors on future results of operations. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks or uncertainties not presently known to us or that we deem to be currently immaterial also may impair our business operations. If any of the following factors actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed. In that case, the price of our common stock could decline and you could experience losses on your investment. -11- Table of Contents We rely substantially on third-party suppliers. The loss of products or delays in product availability from one or more third-party supplier could substantially harm our business. One of our major third-party suppliers cancelled our contractual agreement in November 2009 and we no longer have access to or are selling the products underlying the agreement. To be successful, we must contract for the supply of, or manufacture ourselves, current and future products of appropriate quantity, quality and cost. Such products must be available on a timely basis and be in compliance with any regulatory requirements. Failure to do so could substantially harm our business. We rely on third-party suppliers to manufacture those products we do not manufacture ourselves. Proprietary products provided by these suppliers represent a majority of our revenue. We currently rely on these suppliers for our veterinary instruments and consumable supplies for these instruments, for our point-of-care diagnostic and other tests, for the manufacture of our allergy immunotherapy treatment products as well as for the manufacture of other products. The largest of these suppliers (the “Canceling Supplier”) in 2009 provided us with their proprietary handheld diagnostic instruments and affiliated proprietary cartridges and supplies. Approximately 15% of our revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 is related to the proprietary products manufactured by the Canceling Supplier (the “Canceled Products”). The Canceled Products generate slightly below average Gross Margin as compared to our overall business. On May 1, 2009, the Canceling Supplier informed us that they were canceling our contractual agreement as of November 1, 2009. Under our agreement with the Canceling Supplier, our rights became non-exclusive upon receipt of such notice. We subsequently learned through a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that Abaxis, one of our major competitors, had signed an agreement with the Canceling Supplier to distribute certain Canceled Products into the animal health market and that such rights are to be exclusive outside of Japan on November 1, 2009. We no longer have access to the Canceled Products to sell to our installed base of customers and anticipate a significant decline in revenue and gross margin related to Canceled Products as a result. There can be no assurance we will be able to find an acceptable alternative product to the Canceled Products, that any such product could compete effectively against the Canceled Products, directly or in a niche, or that any such product will be available in a timely or economic manner. Other major suppliers who sell us proprietary products which are responsible for more than 5% of our revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 are Arkray, Boule, FUJIFILM and Quidel. None of these suppliers sold us proprietary products which were responsible for more than 20% of 2009 revenue, although the proprietary products of one was responsible for more than 15% of 2009 revenue and one other was responsible for more than 10% of 2009 revenue. We often purchase products from our suppliers under agreements that are of limited duration or potentially can be terminated on an annual basis. In the case of our veterinary diagnostic instruments, we are typically entitled to non-exclusive access to consumable supplies for a defined period upon expiration of exclusive rights, which could subject us to competitive pressures in the period of non-exclusive access. Although we believe we have arrangements to ensure supply of our major product offerings other than the Canceled Products in the marketplace through at least the end of 2010, there can be no assurance that our suppliers will meet their obligations under any agreements we may have in place with them or that we will be able to compel them to do so. Risks of relying on suppliers include: • The loss of product rights upon expiration or termination of an existing agreement. Unless we are able to find an alternate supply of a similar product, we would not be able to continue to offer our customers the same breadth of products and our sales and operating results would likely suffer. In the case of an instrument supplier, we could also potentially suffer the loss of sales of consumable supplies, which would be significant in cases where we have built a significant installed base, further harming our sales prospects and opportunities. The Canceling Supplier eliminating our access to the Canceled Products is an example of such a situation. Even if we were able to find an alternate supply for a product to which we lost rights, we would likely face increased competition from the product whose rights we lost being marketed by a third party or the former supplier and it may take us additional time and expense to gain the necessary approvals and launch an alternative product. -12- Table of Contents • • • • Loss of exclusivity. In the case of our veterinary diagnostic instruments, if we are entitled to non-exclusive access to consumable supplies for a defined period upon expiration of exclusive rights, we may face increased competition from a third party with similar non-exclusive access or our former supplier, which could cause us to lose customers and/or significantly decrease our margins and could significantly affect our financial results. For example, a third-party has gained access to chemistry instrument test strips and supplies for our previous chemistry instrument which are manufactured by Arkray, has increased competition for these products with our customers and such competition may cause us to lose customers and/or significantly decrease our margins in the future. In addition, current agreements, or agreements we may negotiate in the future, with suppliers may require us to meet minimum annual sales levels to maintain our position as the exclusive distributor of these products. We may not meet these minimum sales levels and maintain exclusivity over the distribution and sale of these products. If we are not the exclusive distributor of these products, competition may increase significantly, reducing our revenues and/or decreasing our margins. High switching costs. In our diagnostic instrument products we could face significant competition and lose all or some of the consumable revenues from the installed base of those instruments if we were to switch to a competitive instrument. If we need to change to other commercial manufacturing contractors for certain of our regulated products, additional regulatory licenses or approvals must be obtained for these contractors prior to our use. This would require new testing and compliance inspections prior to sale thus resulting in potential delays. Any new manufacturer would have to be educated in, or develop substantially equivalent processes necessary for the production of our products. We likely would have to train our sales force, distribution network employees and customer support organization on the new product and spend significant funds marketing the new product to our customer base. Inability to meet minimum obligations. Current agreements, or agreements we may negotiate in the future, may commit us to certain minimum purchase or other spending obligations. It is possible we will not be able to create the market demand to meet such obligations, which could create a drain on our financial resources and liquidity. Some such agreements may require minimum purchases and/or sales to maintain product rights and we may be significantly harmed if we are unable to meet such requirements and lose product rights. The involuntary or voluntary discontinuation of a product line. Unless we are able to find an alternate supply of a similar product in this or similar circumstances with any product, we would not be able to continue to offer our customers the same breadth of products and our sales would likely suffer. Even if we are able to identify an alternate supply, it may take us additional time and expense to gain the necessary approvals and launch an alternative product, especially if the product is discontinued unexpectedly. An example of such a situation arose in 2006 when Dolphin Medical Inc. (a majority-owned subsidiary of OSI Systems, Inc.) discontinued production of our VET/OX G2 DIGITAL Monitor as part of an agreement with Masimo Corporation to settle a patent dispute. • Inconsistent or inadequate quality control. We may not be able to control or adequately monitor the quality of products we receive from our suppliers. Poor quality items could damage our reputation with our customers. -13- Table of Contents • • • • Limited capacity or ability to scale capacity. If market demand for our products increases suddenly, our current suppliers might not be able to fulfill our commercial needs, which would require us to seek new manufacturing arrangements and may result in substantial delays in meeting market demand. If we consistently generate more demand for a product than a given supplier is capable of handling, it could lead to large backorders and potentially lost sales to competitive products that are readily available. This could require us to seek or fund new sources of supply, which may be difficult to find unless it is under terms that are less advantageous. Regulatory risk. Our manufacturing facility and those of some of our third-party suppliers are subject to ongoing periodic unannounced inspection by regulatory authorities, including the FDA, USDA and other federal, state and foreign agencies for compliance with strictly enforced Good Manufacturing Practices, regulations and similar foreign standards, and we do not have control over our suppliers’ compliance with these regulations and standards. Violations could potentially lead to interruptions in supply that could cause us to lose sales to readily available competitive products. Developmental delays. We may experience delays in the scale-up quantities needed for product development that could delay regulatory submissions and commercialization of our products in development, causing us to miss key opportunities. Limited intellectual property rights. We typically do not have intellectual property rights, or may have to share intellectual property rights, to the products themselves and any improvements to the manufacturing processes or new manufacturing processes for our products. Potential problems with suppliers such as those discussed above could substantially decrease sales, lead to higher costs, and/or damage our reputation with our customers due to factors such as poor quality goods or delays in order fulfillment, resulting in our being unable to sell our products effectively and substantially harm our business. If the third parties to whom we granted substantial marketing rights for certain of our existing products or future products under development are not successful in marketing those products, then our sales and financial position may suffer. Our agreements with our corporate marketing partners generally contain no or small minimum purchase requirements in order for them to maintain their exclusive or co-exclusive marketing rights. We are party to an agreement with SPAH which grants exclusive distribution and marketing rights in the U.S. for our canine heartworm preventive product, TRI-HEART Plus Chewable Tablets. AgriLabs has the non-exclusive right to sell certain of our bovine vaccines in the United States, Africa and Mexico and currently generates all of our sales of those vaccines in those territories. Novartis Japan markets and distributes our SOLO STEP CH heartworm test and our E.R.D. Healthscreen urine test products in Japan under an exclusive arrangement. One or more of these marketing partners may not devote sufficient resources to marketing our products. For example, on March 9, 2009, Merck & Co., Inc. (“Merck”) and Schering-Plough Corporation (“SGP”) announced plans to merge. SGP was the parent company of SPAH. Merck and Sanofi-Aventis each owned 50% of Merial Limited (“Merial”), a company which sells a canine heartworm preventive competitive with ours. On July 30, 2009, Merck and Sanofi-Aventis announced that they had entered into an agreement under which Merck was to sell its interest in Merial to Sanofi-Aventis and that Sanofi-Aventis was to receive a call option exercisable after the merger of Merck and SGP to essentially combine Merial with SPAH in a new joint venture company equally owned by Sanofi-Aventis and the company created from the merger of Merck and SGP. Merck subsequently completed its merger with SGP. Revenue from Merck entities, including SPAH, represented 11% of our revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009. If Merck, SPAH or any related entity is required to divest or cease operations related to our heartworm preventive in order to complete a merger or other combination, -14- Table of Contents our sales could decline significantly and our business could be damaged. Similarly, if SPAH personnel are distracted or experience turmoil as a result of the merger between Merck and SGP, a future combination between SPAH and Merial or for other reasons, our sales could decline significantly. Furthermore, there may be nothing to prevent these partners from pursuing alternative technologies or products that may compete with our products in current or future agreements. For example, we believe a unit of SPAH has obtained FDA approval for a canine heartworm preventive product with additional claims compared with our TRI-HEART Plus Chewable Tablets. Should SPAH decide to emphasize sales and marketing efforts of this product rather than our TRI-HEART Plus Chewable Tablets or cancel our agreement regarding canine heartworm preventive distribution and marketing, our sales could decline significantly. In the future, third-party marketing assistance may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all. If any of these events occur, we may not be able to commercialize our products and our sales will decline. We may be unable to successfully market and sell our products. We may not successfully develop and maintain marketing and/or sales capabilities, and we may not be able to make arrangements with third parties to perform these activities on satisfactory terms. If our marketing and sales strategy is unsuccessful, our ability to sell our products will be negatively impacted and our revenues will decrease. The loss of distribution rights for products or failure to gain access to new products may cause damage to our reputation and adversely affect our business and future prospects. We believe the recent worldwide economic weakness has had a negative effect on our business, and this may continue in the future. This is particularly notable in the sale of new instruments, which is a capital expenditure many, if not most, veterinarians may choose to defer in times of perceived economic weakness. Even if the overall economy begins to grow in the future, there may be a lag before veterinarians display confidence such growth will continue and return to historical capital expenditure purchasing patterns. As the vast majority of cash flow to veterinarians ultimately is funded by pet owners without private insurance or government support, our business may be more susceptible to severe economic downturns than other health care businesses which rely less on individual consumers. The market for companion animal healthcare products is highly fragmented. Because our Core Companion Animal Health proprietary products are generally available only to veterinarians or by prescription and our medical instruments require technical training to operate, we ultimately sell all our Core Companion Animal Health products to or through veterinarians. The acceptance of our products by veterinarians is critical to our success. Changes in our ability to obtain or maintain such acceptance or changes in veterinary medical practice could significantly decrease our anticipated sales. We currently sell and market most of our Core Companion Animal Health products in the United States to veterinarians through an outside field organization of approximately 40 individuals, an inside sales force of approximately 27 individuals, independent third-party distributors, as well as through trade shows and print advertising. To be successful in these endeavors, we will have to effectively market our products and continue to develop and train our direct sales force as well as the sales personnel of our independent third-party distributors. In early 2010, we gave notice of contract termination to most domestic independent third-party distributors who carry our full product line and, accordingly, we anticipate the percent of our revenue from sale to independent third-party distributors to decline in 2010 as compared to 2009. Sales to distributors whose underlying contracts have been canceled since the beginning of 2009 represented 15% of our 2009 revenue. We intend to compete with these distributors primarily through direct sales efforts going forward. There can be no assurance we will be successful in competing with these or other distributors, that these distributors will not damage our business, and/or that we will not lose sales and experience damage to our financial results as a result of the termination of these agreements. We believe that one of our largest competitors, IDEXX, in effect prohibits its distributors from selling competitive products, including our diagnostic instruments and heartworm diagnostic tests, which may hinder our ability to sell and market our products if these distributors are increasingly successful. -15- Table of Contents The loss of significant customers could harm our operating results. Revenue from Merck entities, including SPAH, represented 11% of our total revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Sales to no other single customer accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009. Sales to no single customer accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated revenue for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated accounts receivable at December 31, 2009 or 2008. The loss of significant customers who, for example, are historically large purchasers or who are considered leaders in their field could damage our business and financial results. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and we may not be able to maintain that listing, which may make it more difficult for you to sell your shares. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq has several quantitative and qualitative requirements companies must comply with to maintain this listing, including a $1.00 minimum bid price. We are currently not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price and we have received communications from Nasdaq so advising us. On February 2, 2010, Nasdaq sent us a letter informing us that we had not regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, but that since we met all other initial inclusion criteria for the Nasdaq Capital Market, we were being granted an additional compliance period through July 28, 2010 to regain compliance, which requires our stock to have a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive trading days. If we fail to regain compliance by July 28, 2010, Nasdaq has informed us they will then provide written notification that our stock will be delisted, which we may then appeal. Nasdaq has informed us that if we appeal we will be asked to provide a plan to regain compliance and that historically a near-term reverse stock split has been viewed as the only definitive plan acceptable to resolve a bid price deficiency. On February 5, 2010, we received a general communication from Nasdaq that a company who fails to meet a listing standard has 45 calendar days to submit a compliance plan to Nasdaq. There can be no assurance we will continue to meet Nasdaq listing requirements other than the minimum bid price, that Nasdaq will interpret these criteria in the same manner we do if we believe we meet the criteria, that Nasdaq will not change such criteria or add new criteria to include requirements we do not meet in the future, that we will regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, that our Board of Directors will agree to a reverse stock split if we choose to appeal a Nasdaq written notification of delisting, or that Nasdaq will find any compliance plan to resolve a bid price deficiency acceptable, including a near-term reverse stock split plan. If we are delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, our common stock may be considered a penny stock under the regulations of the SEC and would therefore be subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell our securities. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common stock, which could severely limit market liquidity of the common stock and your ability to sell our securities in the secondary market. This lack of liquidity would also make it more difficult for us to raise capital in the future. -16- Table of Contents We operate in a highly competitive industry, which could render our products obsolete or substantially limit the volume of products that we sell. This would limit our ability to compete and maintain sustained profitability. The market in which we compete is intensely competitive. Our competitors include independent animal health companies and major pharmaceutical companies that have animal health divisions. We also compete with independent, third- party distributors, including distributors who sell products under their own private labels. In the point-of-care diagnostic testing market, our major competitors include IDEXX, Abaxis and Synbiotics Corporation. The products manufactured by our OVP segment for sale by third parties compete with similar products offered by a number of other companies, some of which have substantially greater financial, technical, research and other resources than us and may have more established marketing, sales, distribution and service organizations than our OVP segment’s customers. Competitors may have facilities with similar capabilities to our OVP segment, which they may operate and sell at a lower unit price to customers than our OVP segment does, which could cause us to lose customers. Companies with a significant presence in the companion animal health market, such as Bayer AG, CEVA Santé Animale, Merck, Merial (a company owned by Sanofi-Aventis), Novartis AG, Pfizer Inc., Vétoquinol S.A. and Virbac S.A., may be marketing or developing products that compete with our products or would compete with them if developed. These and other competitors and potential competitors may have substantially greater financial, technical, research and other resources and larger, more established marketing, sales and service organizations than we do. Our competitors may offer broader product lines and have greater name recognition than we do. Our competitors may develop or market technologies or products that are more effective or commercially attractive than our current or future products or that would render our technologies and products obsolete. Further, additional competition could come from new entrants to the animal health care market. Moreover, we may not have the financial resources, technical expertise or marketing, sales or support capabilities to compete successfully. We believe that one of our largest competitors, IDEXX, in effect prohibits its distributors from selling competitive products, including our diagnostic instruments and heartworm diagnostic tests. Another of our competitors, Abaxis, recently launched a stand-alone canine heartworm diagnostic test competitive with ours and a heartworm diagnostic test conducted as part of a chemistry profile on its chemistry analyzer. On May 1, 2009, the Canceling Supplier informed us that they were canceling our contractual agreement as of November 1, 2009. Under our agreement with the Canceling Supplier, our rights became non-exclusive upon receipt of such notice. We subsequently learned through a Form 8-K filing with the SEC that Abaxis had signed an agreement with the Canceling Supplier to distribute certain Canceled Products into the animal health market and that such rights are to be exclusive outside of Japan on November 1, 2009. We no longer have access to the Canceled Products to sell to our installed base of customers and anticipate a significant decline in revenue and gross margin related to Canceled Products as a result. We also anticipate that our competitors will be able to obtain increased access to our installed customers who may seek to find replacement distribution channels for the Canceled Products or substantially similar products, which will intensify competition for our customers with respect to other of our products. There can be no assurance we will be able to find an acceptable alternative product to the Canceled Products, that any such product could compete effectively against the Canceled Products, directly or in a niche, or that any such product will be available in a timely or economic manner. If we fail to compete successfully, our ability to achieve sustained profitability will be limited and sustained profitability, or profitability at all, may not be possible. Our future revenues depend on successful product development, commercialization and/or market acceptance, any of which can be slower than we expect or may not occur. The product development and regulatory approval process for many of our potential products is extensive and may take substantially longer than we anticipate. Research projects may fail. New products that we may be developing for the veterinary marketplace may not perform up to our expectations. Because we have limited resources to devote to product development and commercialization, any delay in the development of one product or reallocation of resources to product development efforts that prove unsuccessful may delay or jeopardize the development of other product candidates. If we fail to successfully develop new products and bring them to market in a timely manner, our ability to generate additional revenue will decrease. -17- Table of Contents Even if we are successful in the development of a product or obtain rights to a product from a third-party supplier, we may experience delays or shortfalls in commercialization and/or market acceptance of the product. For example, veterinarians may be slow to adopt a product or there may be delays in producing large volumes of a product. The former is particularly likely where there is no comparable product available or historical use of such a product. For example, while we believe our E.R.D.- HEALTHSCREEN urine tests for dogs and cats represent a significant scientific breakthrough in companion animal annual health examinations, these products have achieved significantly lower market acceptance than we anticipated. The ultimate adoption of a new product by veterinarians, the rate of such adoption and the extent veterinarians choose to integrate such a product into their practice are all important factors in the economic success of one of our new products and are factors that we do not control to a large extent. If our products do not achieve a significant level of market acceptance, demand for our products will not develop as expected and our revenues will be lower than we anticipate. We may not be able to continue to achieve sustained profitability or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Prior to 2005, we incurred net losses on an annual basis since our inception in 1988 and, as of December 31, 2009, we had an accumulated deficit of $171.8 million. We have achieved only one quarter with income before income taxes greater than $1.5 million. Accordingly, relatively small differences in our performance metrics may cause us to lose money in future periods. In addition, we anticipate the loss of access to the Canceled Products will put significant financial pressure on us in 2010. Our ability to continue to be profitable in future periods will depend, in part, on our ability to increase sales in our Core Companion Animal Health segment, including maintaining and growing our installed base of instruments and related consumables, to maintain or increase gross margins and to limit the increase in our operating expenses to a reasonable level as well as avoid or effectively manage any unanticipated issues. We may not be able to generate, sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. If we cannot achieve or sustain profitability for an extended period, we may not be able to fund our expected cash needs, including the repayment of debt as it comes due, or continue our operations. We often depend on third parties for products we intend to introduce in the future. If our current relationships and collaborations are not successful, we may not be able to introduce the products we intend to in the future. We are often dependent on third parties and collaborative partners to successfully and timely perform research and development activities to successfully develop new products. For example, we jointly developed point-of-care diagnostic products with Quidel Corporation. In other cases, we have discussed Heska marketing in the veterinary market an instrument being developed by a third party for use in the human health care market. In the future, one or more of these third parties or collaborative partners may not complete research and development activities in a timely fashion, or at all. Even if these third parties are successful in their research and development activities, we may not be able to come to an economic agreement with them. If these third parties or collaborative partners fail to complete research and development activities, fail to complete them in a timely fashion, or if we are unable to negotiate economic agreements with such third parties or collaborative partners, our ability to introduce new products will be impacted negatively and our revenues may decline. We are currently collaborating with Roche in completing development of a new blood gas instrument including a manual. We expect to begin selling this instrument, VitalPath, in the first half of 2010. If Roche fails to complete the anticipated development activities in a timely fashion, we will not generate any sales of this new instrument in the first half of 2010 and our 2010 revenue will likely be lower than our current expectations as a result. -18- Table of Contents Many of our expenses are fixed and if factors beyond our control cause our revenue to fluctuate, this fluctuation could cause greater than expected losses, cash flow and liquidity shortfalls. We believe that our future operating results will fluctuate on a quarterly basis due to a variety of factors which are generally beyond our control, including: • • • • • • • • • • • • supply of products from third-party suppliers or termination, cancellation or expiration of such relationships, such as the recent decision by the Canceling Supplier to cancel our contractual agreement as of November 1, 2009; the introduction of new products by our competitors or by us; competition and pricing pressures from competitive products; large customers failing to purchase at historical levels; fundamental shifts in market demand; manufacturing delays; shipment problems; information technology problems, which may prevent us from conducting our business effectively, or at all, and may also raise our costs; regulatory and other delays in product development; product recalls or other issues which may raise our costs; changes in our reputation and/or market acceptance of our current or new products; and changes in the mix of products sold. We have high operating expenses, including those related to personnel. Many of these expenses are fixed in the short term. If any of the factors listed above cause our revenues to decline, our operating results could be substantially harmed. We may face costly legal disputes, including related to our intellectual property or technology or that of our suppliers or collaborators. We may face legal disputes related to our business. Even if meritless, these disputes may require significant expenditures on our part and could entail a significant distraction to members of our management team or other key employees. A legal dispute leading to an unfavorable ruling or settlement could have significant material adverse consequences on our business. We may become subject to additional patent infringement claims and litigation in the United States or other countries or interference proceedings conducted in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, to determine the priority of inventions. The defense and prosecution of intellectual property suits, USPTO interference proceedings and related legal and administrative proceedings are likely to be costly, time-consuming and distracting. As is typical in our industry, from time to time we and our collaborators and suppliers have received, and may in the future receive, notices from third parties claiming infringement and invitations to take licenses under third-party patents. Any legal action against us or our collaborators or suppliers may require us or our collaborators or suppliers to obtain one or more licenses in order to market or manufacture affected products or services. However, we or our collaborators or suppliers may not be able to obtain licenses for technology patented by others on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, may not be able to develop alternative approaches if unable to obtain licenses or current and future licenses may not be adequate, any of which could substantially harm our business. An example of such a situation arose in 2006 when Dolphin Medical Inc. (a majority-owned subsidiary of OSI Systems, Inc.) discontinued production of our VET/OX G2 DIGITAL Monitor as part of an agreement with Masimo Corporation to settle a patent dispute. We may also need to pursue litigation to enforce any patents issued to us or our collaborative partners, to protect trade secrets or know-how owned by us or our collaborative partners, or to determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. Any litigation or interference proceeding will likely result in substantial expense to us and significant diversion of the efforts of our technical and management personnel. Any adverse determination in litigation or interference proceedings could subject us to significant liabilities to third parties. Further, as a result of litigation or other proceedings, we may be required to seek licenses from third parties which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. -19- Table of Contents Our stock price has historically experienced high volatility, which may increase in the future, and which could affect our ability to raise capital in the future or make it difficult for investors to sell their shares. The securities markets have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations and the market prices of securities of many microcap and smallcap companies have in the past been, and can in the future be expected to be, especially volatile. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, our closing stock price has ranged from a low of $0.17 to a high of $0.60. Fluctuations in the trading price or liquidity of our common stock may adversely affect our ability to raise capital through future equity financings. Factors that may have a significant impact on the market price and marketability of our common stock include: • • • • • • • • • • • • stock sales by large stockholders or by insiders; changes in the outlook for our business, including any changes in our earnings guidance; our quarterly operating results, including as compared to our revenue, earnings or other guidance and in comparison to historical results; termination, cancellation or expiration of our third-party supplier relationships; announcements of technological innovations or new products by our competitors or by us; litigation; regulatory developments, including delays in product introductions; developments or disputes concerning patents or proprietary rights; availability of our revolving line of credit and compliance with debt covenants; releases of reports by securities analysts; economic and other external factors; and general market conditions. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted. If a securities class action suit is filed against us, it is likely we would incur substantial legal fees and our management’s attention and resources would be diverted from operating our business in order to respond to the litigation. If we are unable to maintain various financial and other covenants required by our credit facility agreement we will be unable to borrow any funds under the agreement and fund our operations. Under our credit and security agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (“Wells Fargo”) we are required to comply with various financial and non-financial covenants in order to borrow under the agreement. The availability of borrowings under this agreement is essential to continue to fund our operations. Among the financial covenants is a requirement to maintain minimum liquidity (cash plus excess borrowing base) of $1.5 million. Additional requirements include covenants for minimum capital monthly and minimum net income quarterly. Although we believe we will be able to maintain compliance with all these covenants and any covenants we may negotiate in the future, there can be no assurance thereof. We have not always been able to maintain compliance with all covenants under our credit and security agreement in the past. Although Wells Fargo granted us a waiver of non-compliance in each case, there can be no assurance we will be able to obtain similar waivers or other modifications if needed in the future on economic terms, if at all. Failure to comply with any of the covenants, representations or warranties, or failure to modify them to allow future compliance, could result in our being in default and could cause all outstanding borrowings under our credit and security agreement to become immediately due and payable, or impact our ability to borrow under the agreement. In addition, Wells Fargo has discretion in setting the advance rates which we may borrow against eligible assets. We intend to rely on available borrowings under the credit and security agreement to fund our operations in the future. If we are unable to borrow funds under this agreement, we will need to raise additional capital from other sources to continue our operations, which capital may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. -20- Table of Contents Obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals in order to market our regulated products may be costly and delay the marketing and sales of our products. Many of the products we develop, market or manufacture may subject us to extensive regulation by one or more of the USDA, the FDA, the EPA and foreign and other regulatory authorities. These regulations govern, among other things, the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, storage, pre-market approval, advertising, promotion and sale of some of our products. Satisfaction of these requirements can take several years and time needed to satisfy them may vary substantially, based on the type, complexity and novelty of the product. The effect of government regulation may be to delay or to prevent marketing of our products for a considerable period of time and to impose costly procedures upon our activities. We have experienced in the past, and may experience in the future, difficulties that could delay or prevent us from obtaining the regulatory approval or license necessary to introduce or market our products. Such delays in approval may cause us to forego a significant portion of a new product’s sales in its first year due to seasonality and advanced booking periods associated with certain products. Regulatory approval of our products may also impose limitations on the indicated or intended uses for which our products may be marketed. Among the conditions for certain regulatory approvals is the requirement that our facilities and/or the facilities of our third-party manufacturers conform to current Good Manufacturing Practices and other requirements. If any regulatory authority determines that our manufacturing facilities or those of our third-party manufacturers do not conform to appropriate manufacturing requirements, we or the manufacturers of our products may be subject to sanctions, including, but not limited to, warning letters, manufacturing suspensions, product recalls or seizures, injunctions, refusal to permit products to be imported into or exported out of the United States, refusals of regulatory authorities to grant approval or to allow us to enter into government supply contracts, withdrawals of previously approved marketing applications, civil fines and criminal prosecutions. In addition, certain of our agreements require us to pay penalties if we are unable to supply products, including for failure to maintain regulatory approvals. Any of these events, alone or in unison, could damage our business. We have historically not consistently generated positive cash flow from operations, may need additional capital and any required capital may not be available on reasonable terms or at all. If our actual performance deviates from our operating plan, we may be required to raise additional capital in the future. If necessary, we expect to raise these additional funds by the sale of equity securities or refinancing loans currently outstanding on assets with historical appraised values in excess of related debt. There is no guarantee that additional capital will be available from these sources on reasonable terms, if at all, and certain of these sources may require approval by existing lenders. The public markets may be unreceptive to equity financings and we may not be able to obtain additional private equity or debt financing. Any equity financing would likely be dilutive to stockholders and additional debt financing, if available, may include restrictive covenants and increased interest rates that would limit our currently planned operations and strategies. Additionally, funds we expect to be available under our existing revolving line of credit may not be available and other lenders could refuse to provide us with additional debt financing. We believe the credit markets are particularly restrictive and difficult to obtain funding in versus recent history. Furthermore, even if additional capital is available, it may not be of the magnitude required to meet our needs under these or other scenarios. If additional funds are required and are not available, it would likely have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and our ability to continue as a going concern. -21- Table of Contents Interpretation of existing legislation, regulations and rules or implementation of future legislation, regulations and rules could cause our costs to increase or could harm us in other ways. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) has increased our required administrative actions and expenses as a public company since its enactment. The general and administrative costs of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley will depend on how it is interpreted over time. Of particular concern are the level of standards for internal control evaluation and reporting adopted under Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley. If our regulators and/or auditors adopt or interpret more stringent standards than we anticipate, we and/or our auditors may be unable to conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting are designed and operating effectively, which could adversely affect investor confidence in our financial statements. Even if we and our auditors are able to conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting are designed and operating effectively in such a circumstance, our general and administrative costs are likely to increase. In addition, actions by other entities, such as enhanced rules to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, could also increase our general and administrative costs or have other adverse effects on us, as could further legislative, regulatory or rule-making action or more stringent interpretations of existing legislation, regulations and rules. We depend on key personnel for our future success. If we lose our key personnel or are unable to attract and retain additional personnel, we may be unable to achieve our goals. Our future success is substantially dependent on the efforts of our senior management and other key personnel. The loss of the services of members of our senior management or other key personnel may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives. Although we have an employment agreement with many of these individuals, all are at- will employees, which means that either the employee or Heska may terminate employment at any time without prior notice. If we lose the services of, or fail to recruit, key personnel, the growth of our business could be substantially impaired. We do not maintain key person life insurance for any of our senior management or key personnel. Changes to financial accounting standards may affect our results of operations, cause us to change our business practices or have a negative impact on us if we fail to track such changes. We prepare our financial statements in conformance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. These accounting principles are established by and are subject to interpretation by the SEC, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and others who interpret and create accounting policies. A change in those policies can have a significant effect on our reported results and may affect our reporting of transactions completed before a change is made effective. Such changes may adversely affect our reported financial results, the way we conduct our business or have a negative impact on us if we fail to track such changes. For example, we have found the Financial Standards Accounting Board’s (“FASB”) recent decision to codify the accounting standards has made it more difficult to research complex accounting matters, increasing the risk we will fail to account consistent with the FASB rules in the future. -22- Table of Contents We may face product returns and product liability litigation in excess of or not covered by our insurance coverage or indemnities and/or warranties from our suppliers. If we become subject to product liability claims resulting from defects in our products, we may fail to achieve market acceptance of our products and our sales could substantially decline. The testing, manufacturing and marketing of our current products as well as those currently under development entail an inherent risk of product liability claims and associated adverse publicity. Following the introduction of a product, adverse side effects may be discovered. Adverse publicity regarding such effects could affect sales of our other products for an indeterminate time period. To date, we have not experienced any material product liability claims, but any claim arising in the future could substantially harm our business. Potential product liability claims may exceed the amount of our insurance coverage or may be excluded from coverage under the terms of the policy. We may not be able to continue to obtain adequate insurance at a reasonable cost, if at all. In the event that we are held liable for a claim against which we are not indemnified or for damages exceeding the $10 million limit of our insurance coverage or which results in significant adverse publicity against us, we may lose revenue, be required to make substantial payments which could exceed our financial capacity and/or lose or fail to achieve market acceptance. We may be held liable for the release of hazardous materials, which could result in extensive clean up costs or otherwise harm our business. Certain of our products and development programs produced at our Des Moines, Iowa facility involve the controlled use of hazardous and biohazardous materials, including chemicals and infectious disease agents. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of such materials comply with the standards prescribed by applicable local, state and federal regulations, we cannot eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any fines, penalties, remediation costs or other damages that result. Our liability for the release of hazardous materials could exceed our resources, which could lead to a shutdown of our operations, significant remediation costs and potential legal liability. In addition, we may incur substantial costs to comply with environmental regulations if we choose to expand our manufacturing capacity. -23- Table of Contents Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments. Not applicable. Item 2. Properties. Our principal administrative and research and development activities are located in Loveland, Colorado. We currently lease approximately 60,000 square feet at a facility in Loveland, Colorado under an 18-year lease agreement which expires in 2023. Our principal production facility located in Des Moines, Iowa, consists of 168,000 square feet of buildings on 34 acres of land, which we own. We also own a 175-acre farm used principally for testing products, located in Carlisle, Iowa. Our European facility in Fribourg, Switzerland is leased under an agreement which expires in 2014. Item 3. Legal Proceedings. None. Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. No matters were submitted to a vote of stockholders during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. -24- Table of Contents PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “HSKA.” The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market for the periods indicated below: 2008 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 2009 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 2010 First Quarter (through February 17) $ High Low $ 2.10 1.60 1.24 0.68 0.39 0.59 0.58 0.63 0.82 1.22 1.19 0.51 0.18 0.17 0.24 0.32 0.36 0.52 As of February 19, 2010, there were approximately 286 holders of record of our common stock and approximately 2,825 beneficial stockholders. We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our capital stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the near future. In addition, we are restricted from paying dividends, other than dividends payable solely in stock, under the terms of our credit facility. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, for the development of our business. Equity Compensation Plan Information The following table sets forth information about our common stock that may be issued upon exercise of options and rights under all of our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2009, including the 1988 Stock Option Plan, the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Our stockholders have approved all of these plans. (a) Number of Securities (b) Weighted-Average Remaining Available for Future to be Issued Upon Exercise Price of Issuance Under Equity (c) Number of Securities Plan Category Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Stockholders Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Stockholders Total Exercise of Outstanding Outstanding Options Compensation Plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) Options and Rights and Rights 1.18 None 1.18 2,707,193 None 2,707,193 12,917,702 $ None 12,917,702 $ -25- Table of Contents STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE GRAPH The following graph provides a comparison over the five-year period ended December 31, 2009 of the cumulative total stockholder return from a $100 investment in the Company’s common stock with the Center for Research in Securities Prices Total Return Index for Nasdaq Medical Devices, Instruments and Supplies, Manufacturers and Distributors Stocks (the “Nasdaq Medical Devices Index”), the CRSP Total Return Index for Nasdaq Pharmaceutical Stocks (the “Nasdaq Pharmaceutical Index”) and the CRSP Total Return Index for the Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S. and Foreign) (the “Nasdaq U.S. & Foreign Index”). Comparison of Cumulative Total Return Among Heska Corporation, the Nasdaq Medical Devices Index, the Nasdaq Pharmaceutical Index and the Nasdaq U.S. and Foreign Index -26- Table of Contents Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data. The following consolidated statement of operations and consolidated balance sheet data have been derived from our consolidated financial statements. The information set forth below is not necessarily indicative of the results of future operations and should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included as Items 7 and 8 in this Form 10-K. 2005 Year Ended December 31, 2007 (in thousands, except per share amounts) 2008 2006 2009 Consolidated Statement of Operations Data: Revenue: Core companion animal health Other vaccines, pharmaceuticals and products Total revenue, net Cost of revenue Gross profit Operating expenses: Selling and marketing Research and development General and administrative Restructuring expenses Other Total operating expenses Operating income (loss) Interest and other expense, net Income (loss) before income taxes Income tax expense (benefit) Net income (loss) Basic net income (loss) per share Diluted net income (loss) per share Shares used for basic net income (loss) per share Shares used for diluted net income (loss) per share Consolidated Balance Sheet Data: Cash and cash equivalents Total current assets Total assets Line of credit Current portion of long-term debt and capital leases Total current liabilities Long-term debt and capital leases Long-term deferred revenue and other Total stockholders’ equity $ 56,604 $ 62,968 $ 67,279 $ 12,833 69,437 12,092 75,060 15,056 82,335 68,140 $ 13,513 81,653 66,449 9,229 75,678 43,610 44,414 49,148 52,809 47,219 25,827 30,646 33,187 28,844 28,459 14,020 3,749 7,187 — — 24,956 871 774 97 (185) 282 $ 0.01 $ 0.01 $ 14,356 3,483 9,887 — (155) 27,571 3,075 1,041 2,034 206 16,109 2,679 8,925 — (47) 27,666 5,521 588 4,933 (29,875) 1,828 $ 34,808 $ 17,640 1,951 8,917 785 232 29,525 (681) 640 (1,321) (471) (850) $ 0.04 $ 0.03 $ 0.68 $ (0.02) $ 0.63 $ (0.02) $ 49,650 50,438 50,347 52,932 51,097 55,509 51,674 51,674 5,231 $ 26,845 36,784 9,453 1,263 20,722 2,703 10,126 3,233 5,275 $ 30,652 38,495 8,022 1,275 21,980 1,927 7,840 6,748 5,524 $ 35,127 75,591 12,614 776 25,195 1,151 6,362 42,883 4,705 $ 31,290 70,438 11,042 770 22,228 381 5,306 42,523 14,524 1,718 8,173 — — 24,415 4,044 306 3,738 1,496 2,242 0.04 0.04 52,068 52,115 5,400 28,493 64,134 4,201 381 14,107 — 4,972 45,055 $ $ $ $ -27- Table of Contents Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in Items 6 and 8 of this Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements, which include statements concerning future revenue sources and concentration, gross profit margins, selling and marketing expenses, research and development expenses, general and administrative expenses, capital resources, additional financings or borrowings and additional losses, are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, particularly in Item 1A “Risk Factors,” that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements set forth in this Form 10-K are as of February 19, 2010, and we undertake no duty to update this information. Overview We develop, manufacture, market, sell and support veterinary products. Our business is comprised of two reportable segments, Core Companion Animal Health, which represented 88% of our 2009 revenue, and Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products which represented 12% of our 2009 revenue. The Core Companion Animal Health segment (“CCA”) includes diagnostic and other instruments and supplies as well as single use diagnostic and other tests, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, primarily for canine and feline use. Diagnostic and other instruments and supplies represented approximately 48% of our 2009 revenue. Many products in this area involve placing an instrument in the field and generating future revenue from consumables, including items such as supplies and service, as that instrument is used. Approximately 35% of our 2009 revenue resulted from the sale of such consumables to an installed base of instruments and approximately 13% of our revenue was from new hardware sales. A loss of or disruption in supply of consumables we are selling to an installed base of instruments could substantially harm our business. For example, the supplier of our handheld blood analysis instruments informed us in May 2009 of the cancellation of our contractual agreement as of November 2009 and that they would not supply us with any related instruments or consumables following cancellation. We had established a large installed base of handheld blood analysis instruments and sales of instruments and affiliated consumables in this area represented 15% of our 2009 revenue. Accordingly, we anticipate a significant decline in revenue and gross margin related to our handheld blood analysis instruments in 2010 as compared to 2009. All products in this area are supplied by third parties, who typically own the product rights and supply the product to us under marketing and/or distribution agreements. In many cases, we have collaborated with a third party to adapt a human instrument for veterinary use. Major products in this area include our chemistry instruments and our hematology instruments and their affiliated operating consumables. Revenue from these two areas, including revenue from consumables, represented approximately 29% of our 2009 revenue. Other CCA revenue, including single use diagnostic and other tests, pharmaceuticals and vaccines as well as research and development, licensing and royalty revenue, represented approximately 40% of our 2009 revenue. Since items in this area are single use by their nature, our aim is to build customer satisfaction and loyalty for each product, generate repeat annual sales from existing customers and expand our customer base in the future. Products in this area are both supplied by third parties and provided by us. Major products in this area include our heartworm diagnostic tests, our heartworm preventive, our allergy test kits, our allergy immunotherapy and our allergy diagnostic tests. Combined revenue from heartworm-related products and allergy-related products represented approximately 35% of our 2009 revenue. -28- Table of Contents We consider the CCA segment to be our core business and devote most of our management time and other resources to improving the prospects for this segment. Maintaining a continuing, reliable and economic supply of products we currently obtain from third parties is critical to our success in this area. Virtually all of our sales and marketing expenses are in the Core Companion Animal Health segment. The majority of our research and development spending is dedicated to this segment, as well. We strive to provide high value products and advance the state of veterinary medicine. All our CCA products are ultimately sold to or through veterinarians. In many cases, veterinarians will mark up their costs to the end user. The acceptance of our products by veterinarians is critical to our success. CCA products are sold directly by us as well as through independent third-party distributors and other distribution relationships, such as our corporate agreement with SPAH and the sale of kits to conduct blood testing to third-party veterinary diagnostic laboratories. Revenue from direct sales, independent third-party distributors and other distribution relationships represented approximately 51%, 26% and 23% of Core Companion Animal Health 2009 product revenue, respectively. In early 2010, we gave notice of contract termination to most domestic independent third-party distributors who carry our full product line and, accordingly, we anticipate the percent of our revenue from sale to independent third-party distributors to decline in 2010 as compared to 2009. We took this action because we expect it will enhance our profitability and allow further investment in our direct sales efforts, which we expect to yield a greater return than continuing in our agreements with our previous independent third-party distributors. We intend to increase profitability through a combination of revenue growth, gross margin improvement and expense control. Accordingly, we closely monitor revenue growth trends in our CCA segment. Revenue in this segment decreased by $1.7 million, or 3%, in 2009 as compared to 2008. The largest factor in this decline was lower sales of consumables for our handheld blood analysis instruments which declined by $2.9 million in 2009 as compared to 2008, primarily due to the loss of supply discussed above. In addition, we believe poor economic conditions over the past year have impacted our revenue growth as, for example, veterinarians have delayed or deferred capital expenditures on new diagnostic instrumentation. The Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products segment (“OVP”) includes our 168,000 square foot USDA- and FDA-licensed production facility in Des Moines, Iowa. We view this facility as an asset which will allow us to control our cost of goods on any vaccines and pharmaceuticals that we may commercialize in the future. Virtually all our U.S. inventory is now stored at this facility and fulfillment logistics are managed there. CCA segment products manufactured at this facility are transferred at cost and are not recorded as revenue for our OVP segment. We view OVP reported revenue as revenue primarily to cover the overhead costs of the facility and to generate incremental cash flow to fund our CCA segment. Our OVP segment includes private label vaccine and pharmaceutical production, primarily for cattle but also for other animals such as small mammals. All OVP products are sold by third parties under third party labels. We have developed our own line of bovine vaccines that are licensed by the USDA. We have a long-term, non- exclusive agreement with a distributor, Agri Laboratories, Ltd., (“AgriLabs”), for the marketing and sale of certain of these vaccines which are sold primarily under the TitaniumÒ and MasterGuardÒ brands which are registered trademarks of AgriLabs. This agreement generates a significant portion of our OVP segment’s revenue. Our OVP segment also produces vaccines and pharmaceuticals for other third parties. -29- Table of Contents Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon the consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the periods. These estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. We have identified those critical accounting policies used in reporting our financial position and results of operations based upon a consideration of those accounting policies that involve the most complex or subjective decisions or assessment. We consider the following to be our critical policies. Revenue Recognition We generate our revenue through the sale of products, as well as through licensing of technology product rights, royalties and sponsored research and development. Our policy is to recognize revenue when the applicable revenue recognition criteria have been met, which generally include the following: • • • • Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; Delivery has occurred or services rendered; Price is fixed or determinable; and Collectability is reasonably assured. Revenue from the sale of products is recognized after both the goods are shipped to the customer and acceptance has been received, if required, with an appropriate provision for estimated returns and allowances. We do not permit general returns of products sold. Certain of our products have expiration dates. Our policy is to exchange certain outdated, expired product with the same product. We record an accrual for the estimated cost of replacing the expired product expected to be returned in the future, based on our historical experience, adjusted for any known factors that reasonably could be expected to change historical patterns, such as regulatory actions which allow us to extend the shelf life of our products. Revenue from both direct sales to veterinarians and sales to independent third-party distributors are generally recognized when goods are shipped. Our products are shipped complete and ready to use by the customer. The terms of the customer arrangements generally pass title and risk of ownership to the customer at the time of shipment. Certain customer arrangements provide for acceptance provisions. Revenue for these arrangements is not recognized until the acceptance has been received or the acceptance period has lapsed. We reduce our revenue by the estimated cost of any rebates, allowances or similar programs, which are used as promotional programs. Recording revenue from the sale of products involves the use of estimates and management judgment. We must make a determination at the time of sale whether the customer has the ability to make payments in accordance with arrangements. While we do utilize past payment history, and, to the extent available for new customers, public credit information in making our assessment, the determination of whether collectability is reasonably assured is ultimately a judgment decision that must be made by management. We must also make estimates regarding our future obligation relating to returns, rebates, allowances and similar other programs. License revenue under arrangements to sell or license product rights or technology rights is recognized as obligations under the agreement are satisfied, which generally occurs over a period of time. Generally, licensing revenue is deferred and recognized over the estimated life of the related agreements, products, patents or technology. Nonrefundable licensing fees, marketing rights and milestone payments received under contractual arrangements are deferred and recognized over the remaining contractual term using the straight-line method. -30- Table of Contents Recording revenue from license arrangements involves the use of estimates. The primary estimate made by management is determining the useful life of the related agreement, product, patent or technology. We evaluate all of our licensing arrangements by estimating the useful life of either the product or the technology, the length of the agreement or the legal patent life and defer the revenue for recognition over the appropriate period. Occasionally we enter into arrangements that include multiple elements. Such arrangements may include the licensing of technology and manufacturing of product. In these situations we must determine whether the various elements meet the criteria to be accounted for as separate elements. If the elements cannot be separated, revenue is recognized once revenue recognition criteria for the entire arrangement have been met or over the period that the Company’s obligations to the customer are fulfilled, as appropriate. If the elements are determined to be separable, the revenue is allocated to the separate elements based on relative fair value and recognized separately for each element when the applicable revenue recognition criteria have been met. In accounting for these multiple element arrangements, we must make determinations about whether elements can be accounted for separately and make estimates regarding their relative fair values. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable based on client-specific allowances, as well as a general allowance. Specific allowances are maintained for clients which are determined to have a high degree of collectability risk based on such factors, among others, as: (i) the aging of the accounts receivable balance; (ii) the client’s past payment experience; (iii) a deterioration in the client’s financial condition, evidenced by weak financial condition and/or continued poor operating results, reduced credit ratings, and/or a bankruptcy filing. In addition to the specific allowance, the Company maintains a general allowance for credit risk in its accounts receivable which is not covered by a specific allowance. The general allowance is established based on such factors, among others, as: (i) the total balance of the outstanding accounts receivable, including considerations of the aging categories of those accounts receivable; (ii) past history of uncollectable accounts receivable write- offs; and (iii) the overall creditworthiness of the client base. A considerable amount of judgment is required in assessing the realizability of accounts receivable. Should any of the factors considered in determining the adequacy of the overall allowance change, an adjustment to the provision for doubtful accounts receivable may be necessary. Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, cost being determined on the first-in, first-out method. Inventories are written down if the estimated net realizable value of an inventory item is less than its recorded value. We review the carrying cost of our inventories by product each quarter to determine the adequacy of our reserves for obsolescence. In accounting for inventories we must make estimates regarding the estimated net realizable value of our inventory. This estimate is based, in part, on our forecasts of future sales and shelf life of product. -31- Table of Contents Deferred Tax Assets — Valuation Allowance Our deferred tax assets, such as a net operating loss carryforward (“NOL”), are reduced by an offsetting valuation allowance based on judgmental assessment of available evidence if we are unable to conclude that it is more likely than not that some or all of the related deferred tax assets will be realized. If we are able to conclude it is more likely than not that we will realize a future benefit from a deferred tax asset, we will reduce the related valuation allowance by an amount equal to the estimated quantity of income taxes we would pay in cash if we were not to utilize the deferred tax asset in the future. The first time this occurs in a given jurisdiction, it will result in a net deferred tax asset on our balance sheet and an income tax benefit of equal magnitude in our statement of operations in the period we make the determination. In future periods, we will then recognize as income tax expense the estimated quantity of income taxes we would have paid in cash had we not utilized the related deferred tax asset. The corresponding journal entry will be a reduction of our deferred tax asset. If there is a change regarding our tax position in the future, we will make a corresponding adjustment to the related valuation allowance. Results of Operations The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three most recent fiscal years: Consolidated Statement of Operations Data: Revenue: Core companion animal health Other vaccines, pharmaceuticals and products Total revenue, net Cost of revenue Gross profit Operating expenses: Selling and marketing Research and development General and administrative Restructuring expenses Other Total operating expenses Operating income (loss) Interest and other expense, net Income (loss) before income taxes Income tax expense (benefit): Current income tax expense (benefit) Deferred income tax expense (benefit) Total income tax expense (benefit) Net income (loss) Basic net income (loss) per share Diluted net income (loss) per share -32- Year Ended December 31, 2007 2009 2008 (in thousands except per share amounts) $ $ 67,279 15,056 82,335 $ 68,140 13,513 81,653 66,449 9,229 75,678 49,148 52,809 47,219 33,187 28,844 28,459 16,109 2,679 8,925 — (47) 27,666 5,521 588 4,933 108 (29,983) (29,875) 34,808 0.68 0.63 $ $ $ 17,640 1,951 8,917 785 232 29,525 (681) 640 (1,321) — (471) (471) (850) (0.02) (0.02) $ $ $ 14,524 1,718 8,173 — — 24,415 4,044 306 3,738 205 1,291 1,496 2,242 0.04 0.04 $ $ $ Table of Contents Revenue Total revenue decreased 7% to $75.7 million in 2009 compared to $81.7 million in 2008. Total revenue decreased 1% to $81.7 million in 2008 compared to $82.3 million in 2007. CCA segment revenue decreased by $1.7 million, or 3%, to $66.4 million in 2009 from $68.1 million in 2008. The largest factor in this decline was lower sales of consumables for our handheld blood analysis instruments which declined by $2.9 million in 2009 as compared to 2008, primarily due to the loss of supply following cancellation of the underlying contract by our supplier. Other factors in the decline were lower sales of our chemistry instruments and our microalbumin laboratory packs. These declines were somewhat offset by increased sales of our non-handheld related instrument consumables, international sales of our heartworm diagnostic tests and sales of our heartworm preventive. CCA segment revenue increased 1% to $68.1 million in 2008 compared to $67.3 million in 2007. Key factors in the increase were greater sales of our chemistry instrument, which was launched in November 2007, our instrument consumables and our heartworm diagnostic tests, somewhat offset by lower sales of our handheld blood analysis instruments and our heartworm preventive, both internationally and domestically. OVP segment revenue decreased 32% to $9.2 million in 2009 compared to $13.5 million in 2008. The largest factor in this decline was loss of fish vaccine revenue from AquaHealth, a unit of Novartis, a customer who had previously informed us that they would be taking their production in-house and accordingly ordered no product from us in 2009. Lower revenue under our contract with AgriLabs and lower sales of bulk bovine biologicals also contributed to the year-over-year decline in this segment. OVP segment revenue decreased 10% to $13.5 million in 2008 compared to $15.1 million in 2007. The largest factor in the decrease was approximately $1.6 million in revenue (the “United Revenue”) recognized in 2007 upon receipt of a payment for product previously shipped and “take or pay” minimums for 2005 and 2006 which previously had not been paid as part of a now settled dispute with United Vaccines, Inc. (“UV”), a former customer. As UV had ceased operations, we did not generate any corresponding revenue from UV in 2008. This decrease was somewhat offset by an increase in sales of bovine vaccines under our contract with AgriLabs. We expect 2010 total revenue to increase slightly as compared with 2009. Cost of Revenue Cost of revenue totaled $47.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, an 11% decrease as compared to $52.8 million for the corresponding period in 2008. Gross profit decreased 1% to $28.5 million for 2009 as compared to $28.8 million in 2008. Gross Margin, i.e. gross profit divided by total revenue, increased to 37.6% for 2009 as compared to 35.3% in 2008. Lower reserves taken against inventory we expect to expire prior to sale, primarily related to consumables for our chemistry instruments and our handheld diagnostic instruments were a factor in the increase. Another factor in the increase was revenue mix as a lower percentage of revenue in 2009 was related to our OVP segment, which tends to generate lower Gross Margin than our CCA segment. 2008 Cost of revenue was $52.8 million, an increase of 7% compared to $49.1 million in 2007. Gross profit decreased 13% to $28.8 million in 2008 from $33.2 million in 2007. Gross Margin decreased to 35.3% in 2008 from 40.3% in 2007. The largest factor in the increase was recognition of the United Revenue in 2007 for which the affiliated Cost of products sold had been recognized in prior periods and for which no corresponding revenue or gross profit was recognized in 2008. In addition, product mix and increased reserves taken against inventory we expected to expire prior to sale, primarily related to consumables for our new chemistry instrument and our handheld diagnostic instruments, were factors in the decrease. We expect Gross Margin to increase in 2010 as compared to 2009. -33- Table of Contents Operating Expenses Selling and marketing expenses decreased by 18% to $14.5 million in 2009 compared to $17.6 million in 2008. Key factors in the decline were lower expenses related to product launches, decreased expenditures on market research and lower commissions. Selling and marketing expenses increased by 10% to $17.6 million in 2008 compared to $16.1 million in 2007. Key factors in the change were an increase in personnel and increased expenditures on market research. Research and development expenses decreased by $233 thousand to $1.7 million in 2009 from $2.0 million in 2008. A key factor in the decline was lower spending on research and development resources, such as laboratory supplies. Research and development expenses decreased by $728 thousand to $2.0 million in 2008 from $2.7 million in 2007. A key factor in the change was less space at our corporate headquarters being used for research and development activities. In late 2007, we implemented a plan to move and expand space for certain activities within our corporate headquarters, which reduced the space dedicated to research and development activities. General and administrative expenses were $8.2 million in 2009, an 8% decrease as compared to $8.9 million in 2008. A key factor in the decline was savings resulting from our restructuring at the end of 2008. General and administrative expenses were $8.9 million in 2008, a slight decrease as compared to 2007. A factor in the decline was no Management Incentive Plan (“MIP”) payouts were earned in 2008 while there was some corresponding MIP payout earned in 2007. In 2008, we recorded restructuring expenses of approximately $785 thousand, consisting of approximately $621 thousand related primarily to personnel severance and other costs for certain individuals affected by our restructuring in December 2008 and $164 thousand related to inventory of discontinued products, including a monitoring product the manufacturer had informed us it no longer intends to support. We recorded no restructuring expenses in 2009 or 2007. Other operating expenses of approximately $232 thousand in 2008 relate to an asset impairment charge related to certain rental instruments we owned. In 2007, we recognized a gain of approximately $47 thousand on the sale of certain patents we held net of costs on this line. We recognized no corresponding asset impairment charges or gains on patent sales in 2009. We expect 2010 operating expenses will be higher than in 2009, primarily as a result of our increased investment in direct sales resources. Interest and Other Expense, Net Interest and other expense, net was $306 thousand in 2009, as compared to $640 thousand in 2008 and $588 thousand in 2007. This line item includes interest expense, interest income and foreign currency gains and losses. The largest factor in the decrease in 2009 as compared to 2008 was lower loan balances and lower market interest rates, somewhat offset by an increased interest rate spread negotiated with Wells Fargo in December 2008. Foreign currency gains as compared to losses in 2008 were also a factor. The largest factor in the increase in 2008 as compared to 2007 was greater borrowings under our revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo, somewhat offset by lower market interest rates. Foreign currency losses in 2008 as compared to gains in 2007 were also a factor. We expect interest and other expense, net to decrease in 2010 as compared to 2009 as we anticipate our borrowings with Wells Fargo will be at lower interest rates than in 2009 starting in March 2010 due to changes in our interest rate negotiated with Wells Fargo in November 2009. -34- Table of Contents Income Tax Expense (Benefit) In general, income tax expense (or benefit) can be broken into two categories: current and deferred. Valuation allowance adjustments and net operating loss usage have been components of deferred income tax expense (benefit) in all years presented. Current income tax expense generally consists of taxes payable on tax returns for a given year. These primarily relate to domestic federal alternative minimum tax payments required, although state taxes are also included in this category. We have typically not had to pay much in cash taxes when we have generated taxable income due to our NOL position in Switzerland and in the United States. Our NOL in Switzerland expired at the end of 2008, so we paid cash taxes in Switzerland in 2009 and expect to do so in the future. A valuation allowance adjustment is due to a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. In the fourth quarter of 2007, based on the Company’s profitable domestic operating performance, we concluded that a portion of our domestic deferred tax assets, which primarily consist of our domestic NOL, was realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis and the related valuation allowance was released, resulting in an income tax benefit of $30 million, reported as a valuation allowance adjustment income tax benefit. Net operating loss usage represents the tax we would have paid had we not had an NOL in a given jurisdiction, but did not pay. We had domestic net operating loss usage of $1.2 million in 2009. In 2009, domestic deferred income tax expense, a non-cash expense, represented $1.3 million of our $1.5 million tax expense. In 2008, domestic deferred income tax benefits related to our loss before income taxes was the primary reason we recorded a $471 thousand income tax benefit. In 2007, the $30 million valuation allowance adjustment related to our domestic NOL discussed above was the primary reason for the $29.9 million income tax benefit recorded. In 2010, we expect slightly higher income tax expense as we expect slightly higher pre-tax income. Net Income (Loss) Our 2009 net income was $2.2 million as compared to a net loss of $850 thousand in 2008 and net income of $34.8 million in 2007. Lower operating expenses were a key factor in the improvement in 2009 as compared to 2008. The decline in 2008 as compared to 2007 was due to the large valuation allowance adjustment related to our domestic NOL recognized in 2007, but not 2008. Lower total revenue, lower Gross Margin and higher operating expenses for 2008 as compared to 2007 also contributed to the change. We expect net income will be slightly higher in 2010 than in 2009, primarily as a result of increased Gross Margin somewhat offset by increased operating expenses. Liquidity, Capital Resources and Financial Condition We have incurred net cumulative negative cash flow from operations since our inception in 1988. For the year ended December 31, 2009, we had net income of $2.2 million. In 2009, net cash provided by operations was $8.6 million. At December 31, 2009, we had $5.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, working capital of $14.4 million, $4.2 million of outstanding borrowings under our revolving line of credit, discussed below, and $381 thousand of other debt. -35- Table of Contents Net cash flows from operating activities provided cash of $8.6 million in 2009 as compared to providing cash of $1.7 million in 2008 and using cash of $1.7 million in 2007. The major factors in the improvement in 2009 as compared to 2008 were a $3.1 million increase in net income, a $2.5 million improvement in cash provided by inventory as we lowered our inventory levels at year end 2009 compared to year end 2008, including relating to the loss of supply of consumables for our handheld diagnostic instruments, a $2.0 million improvement in cash provided by accounts payable primarily due to inventory paid for in 2008 and received in 2007 to a greater degree than for inventory paid for in 2009 and received in 2008, and a $1.8 million improvement in deferred tax expense primarily related to the utilization of our domestic NOL. This was somewhat offset by a $1.3 million decline in cash provided by accounts receivable as we lowered our accounts receivable balance to a greater degree from 2007 to 2008 than from 2008 to 2009, a $701 thousand decline in cash provided by depreciation and amortization with a key factor being lower depreciation related to instrumentation demonstration units and $585 thousand decline in cash provided by accrued liabilities and other items, of which restructuring expenses recognized in 2008 but paid in cash in 2009 were a factor. The major factors in the improvement in 2008 versus 2007 were a $7.4 million improvement in cash provided by inventory as we lowered our inventory levels at year end 2008 compared to year end 2007, a $1.9 million improvement in cash provided by accrued liabilities and other related items primarily due to a relatively large cash payout from our 2006 MIP in early 2007, a $1.2 million improvement in cash provided by accounts receivable primarily due to lower fourth quarter sales and $1.1 million greater depreciation and amortization primarily related to full versus partial year depreciation on rental instruments we capitalized in 2007. This was somewhat offset by a $35.7 million decrease in net income, partially mitigated by a $29.4 million decrease in deferred tax benefit primarily due to the $30 million valuation allowance adjustment related to our domestic NOL recorded in 2007, as well as a $2.6 million increase in cash used for accounts payable which primarily relates to lower inventory received but not paid for at year end 2008 as compared to 2007. Net cash flows from investing activities used cash of $276 thousand in 2009 as compared to using cash of $554 thousand in 2008 and using cash of $2.3 million in 2007. Expenditures for property and equipment totaled approximately $276 thousand, $554 thousand and $2.4 million in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The cash used in 2009 and 2008 was entirely for purchases of property and equipment. In 2007, this was somewhat offset by cash provided from the sale of certain patents. Purchases of property and equipment in 2009 decreased $278 thousand as compared to 2008, primarily due to lower purchases of property and equipment in our OVP segment. Purchases of property and equipment in 2008 decreased $1.8 million as compared to 2007. A factor in the decrease was the launch of three major instruments in 2007 for which we capitalized demonstration and other units, with no corresponding instrument launches in 2008. Net cash flows from financing activities used cash of $7.6 million in 2009, used cash of $2.0 million in 2008 and provided cash of $4.2 million in 2007. In 2009, we used cash to reduce our borrowings under our line of credit by $6.8 million and repay principal on term debt of $770 thousand which was partially offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In 2008 we used cash to reduce our borrowings under our line of credit by $1.6 million and repay principal on term debt of $776 thousand which was partially offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock upon option exercises and in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan totaling $372 thousand. In 2007, we increased our line of credit borrowings by $4.6 million and received $851 thousand from the issuance of common stock upon option exercises and in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan. At December 31, 2009, we had a $15.0 million asset-based revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo which has a maturity date of December 31, 2012. At December 31, 2009, $4.2 million was outstanding under this line of credit. Our ability to borrow under this line of credit varies based upon available cash, eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory. On December 31, 2009, interest was charged at a stated rate of prime plus 2.50% and was payable monthly. Based on an amendment to our agreement with Wells Fargo signed in November 2009, we anticipate interest will be charged at a stated rate of 3 month LIBOR plus 4.00% beginning on March 1, 2010. We are required to comply with various financial and non-financial covenants, and we have made various representations and warranties. Among the financial covenants is a requirement to maintain a minimum liquidity (cash plus excess borrowing base) of $1.5 million. Additional requirements include covenants for minimum capital monthly and minimum net income quarterly. Failure to comply with any of the covenants, representations or warranties could result in our being in default on the loan and could cause all outstanding amounts payable to Wells Fargo, including those discussed below, to become immediately due and payable or impact our ability to borrow under the agreement. We were in compliance with all financial covenants as of December 31, 2009. At December 31, 2009, our remaining available borrowing capacity based upon eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory under our revolving line of credit was approximately $5.3 million. -36- Table of Contents At December 31, 2009, we also had outstanding obligations for long-term debt totaling approximately $381 thousand primarily related to three term loans with Wells Fargo. One term loan is secured by real estate in Iowa and had an outstanding balance at December 31, 2009 of approximately $57 thousand due in monthly installments of $17,658 plus interest. The term loan had a stated interest rate of prime plus 2.50% on December 31, 2009 and is to be paid in full in April 2010. The other two term loans are secured by machinery and equipment at our Des Moines, Iowa and Loveland, Colorado locations (the “Equipment Notes”). Principal payments on the Equipment Notes of $46,296 plus interest are due monthly. The Equipment Notes had a stated interest rate of prime plus 2.50% on December 31, 2009 and are to be paid in full in August 2010. Based on an amendment to our agreement with Wells Fargo signed in November 2009, we anticipate interest on all three term loans will be charged at a stated rate of 3 month LIBOR plus 4.00% beginning on March 1, 2010. At December 31, 2009, we had deferred revenue and other long term liabilities, net of current portion, of approximately $5.0 million. Included in this total is approximately $3.1 million of deferred revenue related to up-front fees that have been received for certain product rights and technology rights out-licensed. These deferred amounts are being recognized on a straight-line basis over the remaining lives of the agreements, products, patents or technology. Our primary short-term need for capital, which is subject to change, is to fund our operations, which consist of continued sales and marketing, general and administrative and research and development efforts, working capital associated with increased product sales and capital expenditures relating to maintaining and developing our manufacturing operations. Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including the extent to which our marketing and selling efforts, as well as those of third parties who market, sell and distribute our products, are successful in increasing our revenue, the extent to which currently planned products and/or technologies under development are successfully developed and achieve market acceptance, changes required by us by regulatory bodies to maintain our operations and other factors. Our financial plan for 2010 indicates that our available cash and cash equivalents, together with cash from operations and borrowings expected to be available under our revolving line of credit, will be sufficient to fund our operations through 2010 and into 2011. Our financial plan for 2010 expects that we will have positive cash flow from operations. However, our actual results may differ from this plan, and we may be required to consider alternative strategies. We may be required to raise additional capital in the future. If necessary, we expect to raise these additional funds through the sale of equity securities or refinancing loans currently outstanding on assets with historical appraised values significantly in excess of related debt. There is no guarantee that additional capital will be available from these sources on acceptable terms, if at all, and certain of these sources may require approval by existing lenders. If we cannot raise the additional funds through these options on acceptable terms or with the necessary timing, management could also reduce discretionary spending to decrease our cash burn rate through actions such as delaying or canceling budgeted hiring activities or marketing plans. These actions would likely extend the then available cash and cash equivalents, and then available borrowings to some degree. See “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of this Form 10-K for a discussion of some of the factors that affect our capital raising alternatives. -37- Table of Contents A summary of our contractual obligations at December 31, 2009 is shown below: Contractual Obligations Long-term debt Interest payments on debt Line of credit Operating leases Unconditional purchase obligations Total contractual cash obligations Total $ $ 381 7 4,201 25,885 12,865 43,339 $ $ Less Than Payments Due by Period (in thousands) 4-5 1-3 Years Years 1 Year After 5 Years 381 7 4,201 2,193 2,040 8,822 $ $ — — — 5,890 7,975 13,865 $ $ — — — 3,634 2,850 6,484 $ $ — — — 14,168 — 14,168 In addition to those agreements considered above where our contractual obligation is fixed, we are party to commercial agreements which may require us to make milestone payments under certain circumstances. All milestone obligations which we believe are likely to be triggered but are not yet paid are included in “Unconditional Purchase Obligations” in the table above. We do not believe other potential milestone obligations, some of which we consider to be of remote likelihood of ever being triggered, will have a material impact on our liquidity, capital resources or financial condition in the foreseeable future. Net Operating Loss Carryforwards As of December 31, 2009, we had a net domestic operating loss carryforward, or NOL, of approximately $162.7 million, a domestic alternative minimum tax credit of approximately $179 thousand and a domestic research and development tax credit carryforward of approximately $294 thousand for federal tax purposes. Our federal NOL is scheduled to expire in various years beginning in 2010 and ending in 2025, with the majority scheduled to expire in 2018 or later. The NOL and tax credit carryforwards are subject to alternative minimum tax limitations and to examination by the tax authorities. In addition, we had a “change of ownership” as defined under the provisions of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (an “Ownership Change”). We believe the latest Ownership Change occurred at the time of our initial public offering in July 1997. We do not believe this Ownership Change will place a significant restriction on our ability to utilize our NOLs in the future. -38- Table of Contents Recent Accounting Pronouncements In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, which amends ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. This guidance modifies the separation criteria by eliminating the criterion for objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered products or services. Instead, revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables should be divided into separate units of accounting if the deliverables meet both of the following criteria: (i) the delivered items have value to the customer on a standalone basis; and (ii) if the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered items, delivery or performance of the undelivered items is considered probable and substantially in control of the vendor. This guidance eliminates the use of the residual method of allocation and requires, instead, that arrangement consideration be allocated, at the inception of the arrangement, to all deliverables based on their relative selling price (i.e., the relative selling price method). When applying the relative selling price method, a hierarchy is used for estimating the selling price for each of the deliverables as follows: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of the selling price; (ii) third-party evidence of the selling price — prices of the vendor’s or any competitor’s largely interchangeable products or services, in standalone sales to similarly situated customers; or (iii) best estimate of the selling price. This guidance will be effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with earlier application permitted. We do not expect this guidance to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position. In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-6, Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements, which requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements. ASU 2010-6 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for Level 3 reconciliation disclosures which are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. We do not expect this guidance to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position. -39- Table of Contents Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact the financial position, results of operations or cash flows due to adverse changes in financial and commodity market prices and rates. We are exposed to market risk in the areas of changes in United States and foreign interest rates and changes in foreign currency exchange rates as measured against the United States dollar. These exposures are directly related to our normal operating and funding activities. Interest Rate Risk The interest payable on certain of our lines of credit and other borrowings is variable based on the United States prime rate and, therefore, is affected by changes in market interest rates. At December 31, 2009, approximately $4.6 million was outstanding on these lines of credit and other borrowings with a weighted average interest rate of 5.75%. We also had approximately $5.4 million of cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2009, the majority of which was invested in liquid interest bearing accounts. We had no interest rate hedge transactions in place on December 31, 2009. We completed an interest rate risk sensitivity analysis based on the above and an assumed one-percentage point increase/decrease in interest rates. If market rates increase/decrease by one percentage point, we would experience a decrease/increase in annual interest expense of approximately $8 thousand based on our outstanding balances as of December 31, 2009. Foreign Currency Risk Our investment in foreign assets consists primarily of our investment in our European subsidiary. Foreign currency risk may impact our results of operations. In cases where we purchase inventory in one currency and sell corresponding products in another, our gross margin percentage is typically at risk based on foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, in cases where we may be generating operating income in foreign currencies, the magnitude of such operating income when translated into U.S. dollars will be at risk based on foreign currency exchange rates. Our agreements with suppliers and customers vary significantly in regard to the existence and extent of currency adjustment and other currency risk sharing provisions. We had no foreign currency hedge transactions in place on December 31, 2009. We have a wholly-owned subsidiary in Switzerland which uses the Swiss Franc as its functional currency. We purchase inventory in foreign currencies, primarily Japanese Yen and Euros, and sell corresponding products in U.S. dollars. We also sell products in foreign currencies, primarily Japanese Yen and Euros, where our inventory costs are in U.S. dollars. Based on our 2009 results of operations, if foreign currency exchange rates were to strengthen/weaken by 25% against the dollar, we would expect a resulting pre-tax loss/gain of approximately $450 thousand. -40- Table of Contents Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. HESKA CORPORATION INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2009 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -41- Page 42 43 44 45 46 47 Table of Contents REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Directors and Stockholders Heska Corporation Loveland, Colorado We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Heska Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2009, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009. In connection with our audit of these consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the financial statement schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements and schedule. 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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also 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, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Heska Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2009, and the results of these operations and these cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, the related consolidated financial statement schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts, for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein. Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC February 22, 2010 Denver, Colorado -42- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) December 31, 2008 2009 Current assets: ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $209 and $177, $ 4,705 $ 5,400 respectively Inventories, net Deferred tax asset, current Other current assets Total current assets Property and equipment, net Goodwill Deferred tax asset, net of current portion Total assets LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable Accrued liabilities Accrued compensation Accrued restructuring Current portion of deferred revenue Line of credit Current portion of capital lease obligations Current portion of long-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt, net of current portion Deferred revenue, net of current portion, and other Total liabilities Commitments and contingencies Stockholders’ equity: Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding Common stock, $.001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized; 52,010,928 and 52,159,738 shares issued and outstanding, respectively Additional paid-in capital Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) Accumulated deficit Total stockholders’ equity Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. -43- $ $ $ $ 9,514 15,249 869 953 31,290 8,509 890 29,749 70,438 3,904 2,574 554 578 2,806 11,042 2 768 22,228 381 5,306 27,915 9,222 12,018 940 913 28,493 6,349 905 28,387 64,134 4,172 2,249 1,440 — 1,664 4,201 — 381 14,107 — 4,972 19,079 — — 52 216,463 46 (174,038) 42,523 70,438 52 216,829 (30) (171,796) 45,055 64,134 $ $ Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per share amounts) Revenue: Core companion animal health Other vaccines, pharmaceuticals and products Total revenue, net Cost of revenue Gross profit Operating expenses: Selling and marketing Research and development General and administrative Restructuring expenses Other Total operating expenses Operating income (loss) Interest and other expense, net Income (loss) before income taxes Income tax expense (benefit): Current income tax expense (benefit) Deferred income tax expense (benefit) Total income tax expense (benefit) Net income (loss) Basic net income (loss) per share Diluted net income (loss) per share Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2009 $ $ 67,279 15,056 82,335 $ 68,140 13,513 81,653 66,449 9,229 75,678 49,148 52,809 47,219 33,187 28,844 28,459 16,109 2,679 8,925 — (47) 27,666 5,521 588 4,933 108 (29,983) (29,875) 34,808 0.68 0.63 $ $ $ 17,640 1,951 8,917 785 232 29,525 (681) 640 (1,321) — (471) (471) (850) (0.02) (0.02) $ $ $ 14,524 1,718 8,173 — — 24,415 4,044 306 3,738 205 1,291 1,496 2,242 0.04 0.04 $ $ $ Weighted average outstanding shares used to compute basic net income (loss) per share 51,097 51,674 52,068 Weighted average outstanding shares used to compute diluted net income (loss) per share 55,509 51,674 52,115 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. -44- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (in thousands) Common Stock Accumulated Other Additional Paid-in Comprehensive Accumulated Stockholders’ Total Balances, January 1, 2007 50,764 $ 51 $ 214,601 $ 92 $ (207,996) $ 6,748 Shares Amount Capital Income (Loss) Deficit Equity Issuance of common stock related to options, ESPP and other Recognition of stock based compensation Comprehensive net income: Net income Minimum pension liability adjustments Unrealized gain on available for sale investments Foreign currency translation adjustments Comprehensive net income Balances, December 31, 2007 Issuance of common stock related to options, ESPP and other Recognition of stock based compensation Comprehensive net income: Net (loss) Minimum pension liability adjustments Unrealized (loss) on available for sale investments Foreign currency translation adjustments Comprehensive net (loss) Balances, December 31, 2008 Issuance of common stock related to options, ESPP and other Recognition of stock based compensation Comprehensive net income: Net income Minimum pension liability adjustments Unrealized (loss) on available for sale investments Foreign currency translation adjustments Comprehensive net income Balances, December 31, 2009 684 — — — — — — 51,448 563 — — — — — — 52,011 149 — — — — — — 52,160 $ — — — — — — — 51 1 — — — — — — 52 — — — — 851 233 — — — — — 215,685 416 362 — — — — — 216,463 53 313 — — — — — 53 5 185 — 335 — — — (444) (9) 164 — 46 — — — (132) — — — — 52 $ 216,829 $ — — (1) 57 — (30) $ — — 851 233 34,808 34,808 — — — — (173,188) — — (850) — 53 5 185 35,051 42,883 417 362 (850) (444) — (9) — — (174,038) — — 2,242 — — — — (171,796) $ 164 (1,139) 42,523 53 313 2,242 (132) (1) 57 2,166 45,055 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. -45- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income (loss) Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used in) operating activities: Depreciation and amortization Deferred tax (benefit) expense Stock based compensation (Gain) on disposition of assets Unrealized (gain) loss on foreign currency translation Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable Inventories Other current assets Other long-term assets Accounts payable Accrued liabilities and other Income taxes payable Deferred revenue and other Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from sale of assets, net of related costs Purchases of property and equipment Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from issuance of common stock Proceeds from (repayments of) line of credit borrowings, net Repayments of debt and capital lease obligations Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: Cash paid for interest Non-cash transfer of inventory to property and equipment $ $ $ Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2009 $ 34,808 $ (850) $ 2,242 2,183 (29,983) 233 (47) (19) 308 (6,840) 19 4 804 (1,320) (58) (1,822) (1,730) 47 (2,357) (2,310) 851 4,591 (1,275) 4,167 122 249 5,275 5,524 774 3,565 $ $ $ 3,266 (536) 362 — 80 1,550 599 (77) 57 (1,749) 530 — (1,542) 1,690 — (554) (554) 372 (1,572) (776) (1,976) 21 (819) 5,524 4,705 622 547 $ $ $ 2,565 1,291 313 — 126 292 3,103 40 — 268 (55) 38 (1,608) 8,615 — (276) (276) 53 (6,841) (770) (7,558) (86) 695 4,705 5,400 409 128 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. -46- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS Heska Corporation (“Heska” or the “Company”) develops, manufactures, markets, sells and supports veterinary products. Heska’s core focus is on the canine and feline companion animal health markets. 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and of its wholly-owned subsidiaries since their respective dates of acquisitions. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates are required when establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts and the provision for excess/obsolete inventory, in determining the period over which the Company’s obligations are fulfilled under agreements to license product rights and/or technology rights, evaluating long-lived assets for impairment, estimating the expense associated with the granting of stock options and in determining the need for, and the amount of, a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets. Trade Accounts Receivable Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable. The Company determines the allowance based on historical write-off experience. The Company reviews its allowance for doubtful accounts monthly. Past due balances over 90 days and over a specified amount are reviewed individually for collectibility. Account balances are charged against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers. Concentration of Credit Risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company maintains the majority of its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy in the form of demand deposits, U.S. government agency obligations and U.S. corporate commercial paper. The Company has no significant off-balance-sheet concentrations of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts or other foreign currency hedging arrangements. Its accounts receivable balances are due primarily from domestic veterinary clinics and individual veterinarians, and both domestic and international corporations. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates market, and include short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of less than three months. The Company valued its European Euro and Japanese Yen cash accounts at the spot market foreign exchange rate as of each balance sheet date, with changes due to foreign exchange fluctuations recorded in current earnings. The Company held 888,310 and 1,380,932 Euros at December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively. The Company held 15,778,546 and 119,905,609 Yen at December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively. The Company held 132,890 and 235,846 Swiss Francs at December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively. -47- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) Fair Value of Financial Instruments The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term trade receivables and payables and notes payable, including the revolving line of credit. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents and short-term trade receivables and payables approximate fair value. The fair value of notes payable is estimated based on current rates available for similar debt with similar maturities and collateral, and at December 31, 2008 and 2009, approximates the carrying value due primarily to the floating rate of interest on such debt instruments. Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out method. Inventory manufactured by the Company includes the cost of material, labor and overhead. If the cost of inventories exceeds estimated fair value, provisions are made to reduce the carrying value to estimated fair value. Inventories, net consist of the following (in thousands): Raw materials Work in process Finished goods Allowance for excess or obsolete inventory Property and Equipment December 31, 2008 2009 $ $ 6,893 2,957 6,370 (971) 15,249 $ $ 4,969 3,371 4,782 (1,104) 12,018 Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the applicable lease period or their estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense when incurred, and major renewals and improvements are capitalized. Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands): Land Building Machinery and equipment Leasehold and building improvements Less accumulated depreciation and amortization Estimated Useful Life N/A 10 to 20 years 3 to 15 years 7 to 15 years December 31, 2008 2009 377 2,678 25,831 5,314 34,200 (25,691) 8,509 $ $ 377 2,678 26,185 5,314 34,554 (28,205) 6,349 $ $ From time to time, the Company utilizes marketing programs whereby its instruments in inventory may be placed in a customer’s location on a rental basis. The cost of these instruments is transferred to machinery and equipment and depreciated, typically over a four year period. During 2007, 2008 and 2009, total costs transferred from inventory were approximately $3.6 million, $547 thousand and $128 thousand, respectively. -48- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) Depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment was $2.2 million, $3.3 million and $2.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Realizability of Long-Lived Assets The Company continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful life of long-lived assets may warrant revision, or that the remaining balance of these assets may not be recoverable. When deemed necessary, the Company completes this evaluation by comparing the carrying amount of the assets with the estimated undiscounted future cash flows associated with them. If such evaluations indicate that the future undiscounted cash flows of amortizable long-lived assets are not sufficient to recover the carrying value of such assets, the assets are adjusted to their estimated fair values. The Company identified certain long-lived assets where the estimated fair value was less than carrying value as of December 31, 2008 and therefore the Company recorded an impairment charge of approximately $232 thousand. The Company determined the estimated fair value based on discounted future cash flows related to these long-lived assets. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill is subject to an annual assessment for impairment. Impairment is indicated when the carrying amount of the related reporting unit is greater than its estimated fair value. The Company’s recorded goodwill relates to the 1997 acquisition of Heska AG, the Company’s Swiss subsidiary. This goodwill is reviewed at least annually for impairment. At December 31, 2008 and 2009, goodwill was approximately $890 thousand and $905 thousand, respectively, and is included in the assets of the Core Companion Animal Health segment. The Company completed its annual analysis of the estimated fair value of its goodwill at December 31, 2009 and determined there was no indicated impairment of its goodwill. The change in carrying value of the goodwill between years was solely due to foreign currency rate changes. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairments will not occur. There are no other intangible assets that are not being amortized on a periodic basis. Revenue Recognition The Company generates its revenues through sale of products and services, licensing of product and technology rights, and research and development services. Revenue is accounted for in accordance with the guidelines provided by SEC Codification of Staff Accounting Bulletins, Topic 13: Revenue Recognition. The Company’s policy is to recognize revenue when the applicable revenue recognition criteria have been met, which generally include the following: • • • • Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; Delivery has occurred or services rendered; Price is fixed or determinable; and Collectibility is reasonably assured. Revenue from the sale of products is generally recognized after both the goods are shipped to the customer and acceptance has been received, if required, with an appropriate provision for estimated returns and other allowances. The terms of the customer arrangements generally pass title and risk of ownership to the customer at the time of shipment. Certain customer arrangements provide for acceptance provisions. Revenue for these arrangements is not recognized until the acceptance has been received or the acceptance period has lapsed. The Company maintains an allowance for sales returns based upon its customer policies and historical experience. Shipping and handling costs charged to customers is included as revenue, and the related costs are recorded as a component of cost of products sold. -49- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) In addition to its direct sales force, the Company utilizes distributors to sell its products. Distributors purchase goods from the Company, take title to those goods and resell them to their customers in the distributors’ territory. Upfront payments received by the Company under arrangements for product, patent or technology rights in which the Company retains an interest in the underlying product, patent or technology are initially deferred, and revenue is subsequently recognized over the estimated life of the agreement, product, patent or technology. The Company received approximately $325 thousand, $0 thousand and $0 thousand of such payments in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Revenue from royalties is recognized based upon historical experience or as the Company is informed of sales on which it is entitled to royalties. For multiple-element arrangements that are not subject to a higher level of authoritative literature, the Company follows the authoritative guidance for accounting for revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables in determining the separate units of accounting. For those arrangements subject to appropriate separation criteria, the Company must determine whether the various elements meet the criteria to be accounted for as separate elements. If the elements cannot be separated, revenue is recognized once revenue recognition criteria for the entire arrangement have been met or over the period that the Company’s obligations to the customer are fulfilled, as appropriate. If the elements are determined to be separable, the revenue is allocated to the separate elements based on relative fair value and recognized separately for each element when the applicable revenue recognition criteria have been met. In accounting for these multiple element arrangements, the Company must make determinations about whether elements can be accounted for separately and make estimates regarding their relative fair values. Cost of Products Sold Royalties payable in connection with certain licensing agreements (see Note 9) are reflected in cost of products sold as incurred. Stock-Based Compensation During the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2009, the Company’s income from operations and income before income taxes were reduced by $233 thousand and $313 thousand, respectively, and net income was reduced by $188 thousand and $233 thousand, respectively, for compensation related to stock options issued. Basic and diluted earnings per share were reduced by $0.01 and $0.00 for 2007 and $0.00 and $0.00 for 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company’s loss from operations and loss before income taxes was increased by $362 thousand, net loss was increased by $219 thousand and basic and diluted loss per share were not impacted. For all years presented, there was no material impact on cash flow from operations and cash flow from financing activities. At December 31, 2009, the Company had two stock-based compensation plans. See Note 6 for a description of these plans and additional disclosures regarding the plans. Restructuring and Other Expenses The Company recorded net restructuring expenses of $785 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2008 (See Note 7). At December 31, 2008, approximately $578 thousand of accrued restructuring expenses remained on the Company’s balance sheet. Restructuring expenses were approximately $621 thousand related primarily to personnel severance and other costs for 24 individuals and $164 thousand related to inventory of discontinued products, including a monitoring product the manufacturer had informed the Company it no longer intends to support. -50- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) The Company recorded $232 thousand in impairment expense in the year ended December 31, 2008. This charge was related to certain handheld instruments the Company had capitalized as rental units (the “Rental Units”) for use by the Company’s customers. The majority of the Rental Units were being depreciated over a four year life. The supplier of these handheld instruments had the right to cancel the agreement under which the Company purchases affiliated cartridges and supplies for the Rental Units prior to year end 2009, which would prevent the Company from obtaining a future benefit from Rental Unit usage of these items if the supplier refused to sell the Company cartridges and supplies beyond its contractual obligation and the Company sold all its remaining inventory of these items. Accordingly, the Company concluded that the appropriate depreciation period for the Rental Units was through year end 2009. Based on average usage assumptions for these instruments, the Company calculated the future discounted cash flows associated with usage of the Rental Units through year end 2009 and recorded an impairment to reduce the carrying amount of the Rental Units to this level. In the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recognized a gain of $47 thousand on the sale of certain patents the Company held, net of costs. Advertising Costs The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expenses were $654 thousand, $705 thousand and $471 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Income Taxes The Company records a current provision for income taxes based on estimated amounts payable or refundable on tax returns filed or to be filed each year. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates, in each tax jurisdiction, expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. The overall change in deferred tax assets and liabilities for the period measures the deferred tax expense or benefit for the period. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance based on judgmental assessment of available evidence if the Company is unable to conclude that it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed using the sum of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, and, if not anti-dilutive, the effect of outstanding common stock equivalents (such as stock options and warrants) determined using the treasury stock method. At December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, securities that have been excluded from diluted net income per share because they would be anti-dilutive are outstanding options to purchase 1,616,886, 12,835,269 and 12,597,206 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock. Securities included in the diluted net income per share calculation at December 31, 2007 and 2009, using the treasury stock method, were outstanding options to purchase approximately 4.4 million and 29 thousand shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively. Comprehensive Income (Loss) Comprehensive income (loss), as shown in the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, includes net income adjusted for the results of certain stockholders’ equity changes. Such changes include foreign currency items and minimum pension liability adjustments. At December 31, 2009, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) consists of $564 thousand gain for cumulative translation adjustments, $611 thousand loss for unrealized pension liability and $17 thousand of unrealized gain on available for sale investments. At December 31, 2008, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income consists of $507 thousand gain for cumulative translation adjustments, $479 thousand loss for unrealized pension liability and $18 thousand of unrealized gain on available for sale investments. At December 31, 2007, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income consists of $344 thousand gain for cumulative translation adjustments, $36 thousand for unrealized pension liability and $27 thousand of unrealized gain on available for sale investments. -51- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) Foreign Currency Translation The functional currency of the Company’s Swiss subsidiary is the Swiss Franc. Assets and liabilities of the Company’s Swiss subsidiary are translated using the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenue and expense accounts and cash flows are translated using an average of exchange rates in effect during the period. Cumulative translation gains and losses are shown in the consolidated balance sheets as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Exchange gains and losses arising from transactions denominated in foreign currencies (i.e., transaction gains and losses) are recognized as a component of other income (expense) in current operations, as are exchange gains and losses on intercompany transactions expected to be settled in the near term. Subsequent Events The Company has evaluated known subsequent events through the close of business on February 22, 2010. The Company has not evaluated known subsequent events occurring after the close of business on February 22, 2010 in preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements. New Accounting Pronouncements In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, which amends ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. This guidance modifies the separation criteria by eliminating the criterion for objective and reliable evidence of fair value for the undelivered products or services. Instead, revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables should be divided into separate units of accounting if the deliverables meet both of the following criteria: (i) the delivered items have value to the customer on a standalone basis; and (ii) if the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered items, delivery or performance of the undelivered items is considered probable and substantially in control of the vendor. This guidance eliminates the use of the residual method of allocation and requires, instead, that arrangement consideration be allocated, at the inception of the arrangement, to all deliverables based on their relative selling price (i.e., the relative selling price method). When applying the relative selling price method, a hierarchy is used for estimating the selling price for each of the deliverables as follows: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of the selling price; (ii) third-party evidence of the selling price — prices of the vendor’s or any competitor’s largely interchangeable products or services, in standalone sales to similarly situated customers; or (iii) best estimate of the selling price. This guidance will be effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with earlier application permitted. The Company does not expect this guidance will have a material impact on its results from operations or financial position. In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-6, Improving Disclosures About Fair Value Measurements, which requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair-value measurements including significant transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair-value measurements and information on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair-value measurements. ASU 2010-6 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for Level 3 reconciliation disclosures which are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect this guidance will have a material impact on its results from operations or financial position. -52- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) 3. LONG-TERM DEBT Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands): Real estate mortgage loan with a commercial bank, due in monthly installments, with a stated interest rate of prime plus 2.5% at December 31, 2008 and 2009 (5.75% and 5.75%). Term loan with a commercial bank, secured by machinery and equipment, due in monthly installments, with a stated interest rate of prime plus 2.5% at December 31, 2008 and 2009 (5.75% and 5.75%). Term loan with a commercial bank, secured by machinery and equipment, due in monthly installments, with a stated interest rate of prime plus 2.5% at December 31, 2008 and 2009 (5.75% and 5.75%). Less installments due within one year December 31, 2008 2009 $ 269 $ 57 704 259 176 1,149 (768) 381 $ 65 381 (381) — $ The Company has a credit and security agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association which expires December 31, 2012. The agreement includes the real estate mortgage loan and term loans above, and a $15.0 million asset-based revolving line of credit with a stated interest rate at December 31, 2009 of prime plus 2.5% (5.75%). Amounts due under the credit facility are secured by a first security interest in essentially all of the Company’s assets. Under the agreement, the Company is required to comply with certain financial and non-financial covenants. Among the financial covenants are requirements for monthly minimum capital, quarterly minimum net income and monthly minimum liquidity. The amount available for borrowings under the line of credit varies based upon available cash, eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory. As of December 31, 2009, approximately $4.2 million was outstanding on the line of credit and there was $5.3 million available capacity for additional borrowings under the line of credit agreement. Maturities of long-term debt as of December 31, 2009 were as follows (in thousands): Year Ending December 31, 2010 $ 381 4. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST AND OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) INFORMATION Interest and other expense (income): Interest income Interest expense Other, net 2007 Year Ended December 31, 2008 (in thousands) 2009 $ $ (87) 721 (46) 588 $ $ (66) 624 82 640 $ $ (64) 407 (37) 306 -53- Table of Contents 5. INCOME TAXES HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) As of December 31, 2009, the Company had a domestic net operating loss carryforward (“NOL”), of approximately $162.7 million, a domestic alternative minimum tax credit of approximately $179 thousand and domestic research and development tax credit of approximately $294 thousand for federal tax purposes. The Company’s federal NOL is scheduled to expire in various years beginning in 2010 and ending in 2025, with the majority scheduled to expire in 2018 or later. The NOL and tax credit carryforwards are subject to alternative minimum tax limitations and to examination by the tax authorities. In addition, the Company had a “change of ownership” as defined under the provisions of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (an “Ownership Change”). The Company does not believe this Ownership Change will place a significant restriction on its ability to utilize its NOL in the future. Based on the Company’s profitable domestic operating performance, the Company’s evaluation determined that a portion of its NOL in the United States was realizable on a more-likely-than-not basis and the related valuation allowance was released in the fourth quarter of 2007, resulting in an income tax benefit of $30 million and a corresponding net deferred tax asset of $30 million on December 31, 2007. The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various foreign, state and local jurisdictions. Tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to apply. In the United States, the tax years 2006 — 2008 remain open to examination by the federal Internal Revenue Service and the tax years 2005 — 2008 remain open for various state taxing authorities. The components of income (loss) before income taxes were as follows (in thousands): Domestic Foreign Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2009 $ $ 4,802 131 4,933 $ $ (1,451) 130 (1,321) $ $ 3,576 162 3,738 Temporary differences that give rise to the components of deferred tax assets are as follows (in thousands): Current deferred tax assets: Inventory Accrued compensation Net operating loss carryforwards — domestic Other Valuation allowance Total current deferred tax assets Noncurrent deferred tax assets: Research and development Alternative minimum tax credit Deferred revenue Property and equipment Net operating loss carryforwards — domestic Valuation allowance Total noncurrent deferred tax assets (liabilities) -54- December 31, 2008 2009 337 171 809 658 1,975 (1,106) 869 312 129 3,060 1,276 62,666 67,443 (37,694) 29,749 $ $ $ $ 430 229 790 652 2,101 (1,161) 940 294 179 2,121 1,799 59,036 63,429 (35,042) 28,387 $ $ $ $ Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) The components of the income tax expense (benefit) are as follows (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2009 Current income tax expense (benefit): Federal State Foreign Total current expense (benefit) Deferred income tax expense (benefit): Federal State Foreign Total deferred expense (benefit) Valuation allowance Total income tax expense (benefit) $ $ 81 27 — 108 (26,667) (3,333) 17 (29,983) — (29,875) $ $ — — — — (450) (63) 42 (471) — (471) $ $ The Company’s income tax expense (benefit) relating to income (loss) for the periods presented differ from the amounts that would result from applying the federal statutory rate to that income (loss) as follows: Statutory federal tax rate State income taxes, net of federal benefit Other permanent differences Domestic NOL utilization Change in tax rate Foreign rate difference Change in valuation allowance Other Effective income tax rate 6. CAPITAL STOCK Stock Option Plans Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2009 33% 4% 4% (38)% — — (608)% (1)% (606)% 34% 5% (4)% — — 1% — — 36% 69 91 45 205 1,148 143 — 1,291 — 1,496 34% 3% 2% — 31% — (29)% (1)% 40% The Company has two stock option plans which authorize granting of stock options and stock purchase rights to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company to purchase shares of common stock. In 1997, the board of directors adopted the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1997 Plan”) and terminated two prior option plans. All shares that remained available for grant under the terminated plans were incorporated into the 1997 Plan. In addition, all shares subsequently cancelled under the prior plans are added back to the 1997 Plan on a quarterly basis as additional options available to grant. In May 2009, the stockholders approved an amendment to the 1997 Plan allowing for the continued issuance of incentive stock options and a 250,000 reduction in shares which may be issued under the 1997 Plan. In May 2003, the stockholders approved a new plan, the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, which allows for the granting of options for up to 2,390,500 shares of the Company’s common stock. The number of shares reserved for issuance under all plans as of January 1, 2010 was 2,707,193. The stock options granted by the board of directors may be either incentive stock options (“ISOs”) or non-qualified stock options (“NQs”). The exercise price for options under all of the plans may be no less than 100% of the fair value of the underlying common stock for ISOs or 85% of fair value for NQs. Options granted will expire no later than the tenth anniversary subsequent to the date of grant or three months following termination of employment, except in cases of death or disability, in which case the options will remain exercisable for up to twelve months. Under the terms of the 1997 Plan, in the event the Company is sold or merged, outstanding options will either be assumed by the surviving corporation or vest immediately. -55- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) There are four key inputs to the Black-Scholes model which the Company uses to estimate fair value for options which it issues: expected term, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends, all of which require the Company to make estimates. The Company’s estimates for these inputs may not be indicative of actual future performance and changes to any of these inputs can have a material impact on the resulting estimated fair value calculated for the option. The Company’s expected term input was estimated based on the Company’s historical experience for time from option grant to option exercise for all employees in 2009, 2008 and 2007; the Company treated all employees in one grouping in all three years. The Company’s expected volatility input was estimated based on the Company’s historical stock price volatility in 2009, 2008 and 2007. The Company’s risk-free interest rate input was determined based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve at the time of option issuance in 2009, 2008 and 2007. The Company’s expected dividends input was zero in 2009, 2008 and 2007. Weighted average assumptions used in 2009, 2008 and 2007 for each of these four key inputs are listed in the following table: Risk-free interest rate Expected lives Expected volatility Expected dividend yield A summary of the Company’s stock option plans is as follows: 2007 2008 3.46% 1.89% 3.0 years 2.9 years 60% 0% 56% 0% 2009 1.41% 3.0 years 64% 0% 2007 Weighted Average Exercise Price Year Ended December 31, 2008 Weighted Average Exercise Price Options Options 2009 Weighted Average Exercise Price Options 11,818,823 980,835 (122,746) (558,495) 12,118,417 $ 1.3575 $ 1.9305 $ 2.9538 $ 1.1348 $ 1.3979 12,118,417 1,575,268 (573,898) (284,518) 12,835,269 $ 1.3979 $ 0.7694 $ 2.5005 $ 0.8526 $ 1.2836 12,835,269 1,075,000 (992,567) — 12,917,702 $ 1.2836 $ 0.4529 $ 1.6713 $ — $ 1.1846 Outstanding at beginning of period Granted at Market Cancelled Exercised Outstanding at end of period Exercisable at end of period 11,340,083 $ 1.3675 11,042,716 $ 1.3360 10,987,092 $ 1.2648 The total estimated fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were computed to be approximately $205 thousand, $452 thousand and $810 thousand, respectively. The amounts are amortized ratably over the vesting periods of the options. The weighted average estimated fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was computed to be approximately $0.19, $0.29 and $0.83, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $0, $137 thousand and $557 thousand, respectively. The cash proceeds from options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $0, $243 thousand and $634 thousand. -56- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2009: Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Number of Weighted Average Number of Options Options Outstanding at December 31, 2009 2,572,296 2,683,645 2,189,049 2,821,763 2,650,949 12,917,702 Contractual Remaining Weighted Average Exercise December 31, Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise at Life in Years 8.02 4.22 2.78 5.35 5.44 5.23 $ $ $ $ $ $ Price 0.4458 0.8050 1.0836 1.3959 2.1445 1.1846 2009 1,051,054 2,683,645 2,175,299 2,800,096 2,276,998 10,987,092 Price 0.4459 0.8050 1.0846 1.3956 2.1961 1.2648 $ $ $ $ $ $ Exercise Prices $0.27 – $0.69 $0.70 – $0.88 $0.89 – $1.24 $1.25 – $1.65 $1.66 – $4.12 $0.27 – $4.12 As of December 31, 2009, there was $582 thousand of total unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding stock options. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years with all cost to be recognized by the end of November 2013, assuming all options vest according to the vesting schedules in place at December 31, 2009. As of December 31, 2009, the aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding options was $231 thousand and the aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable options was $106 thousand. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) Under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Company is authorized to issue up to 2,750,000 shares of common stock to its employees, of which 2,750,000 had been issued as of December 31, 2009. Employees of the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries who are expected to work at least 20 hours per week and five months per year are eligible to participate. Under the terms of the plan, employees can choose to have up to 10% of their annual base earnings withheld to purchase the Company’s common stock. Each offering period is five years, with six-month accumulation periods ending June 30 and December 31. The purchase price of the stock for June 30 and December 31 was 85% of the end-of-measurement-period market price. For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, the weighted-average fair value of the purchase rights granted was $0.50, $0.26 and $0.05 per share, respectively. 7. RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES In the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $621 thousand for personnel severance and other costs related to 24 individuals and $164 thousand related to inventory costs of discontinued products, including a monitoring product the manufacturer had informed the Company it no longer intends to support. Shown below is a reconciliation of restructuring costs for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 (in thousands): Severance pay, benefits and other Products and other Total Balance at December 31, 2007 $ $ — — — -57- Year Ended December 31, 2008 Costs Incurred 621 164 785 $ $ Balance at Payments/ December 31, Settlements (43) $ (164) (207) 578 — 578 2008 $ $ $ Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) The balance of $578 thousand is included in accrued restructuring in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2008. Severance pay, benefits and other Products and other Total 8. MAJOR CUSTOMERS Balance at December 31, 2008 $ $ 578 — 578 Year Ended December 31, 2009 Costs Incurred — — — $ $ Balance at Payments/ December 31, Settlements (578) $ — (578) — — — 2009 $ $ $ The Company had one customer to whom sales represented 11% of total revenue for 2009. The Company had no customers in 2007 and 2008 to whom sales represented 10% or more of total revenue. No customer represented 10% or more of total accounts receivable at December 31, 2008 or 2009. 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Company holds certain rights to market and manufacture all products developed or created under certain research, development and licensing agreements with various entities. In connection with such agreements, the Company has agreed to pay the entities royalties on net product sales. In the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, royalties of $600 thousand, $580 thousand and $559 thousand became payable under these agreements, respectively. The Company has a contract with two suppliers for unconditional annual minimum inventory purchases totaling approximately $2.0 million in fiscal 2010. The Company has entered into operating leases for its office and research facilities and certain equipment with future minimum payments as of December 31, 2009 as follows (in thousands): Year Ending December 31, 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Thereafter $ $ 2,193 2,106 1,921 1,863 1,863 15,939 25,885 The Company had rent expense of $1.9 million, $2.1 million and $2.1 million in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its operations. At December 31, 2009, the Company had no material litigation pending. The Company’s current terms and conditions of sale include a limited warranty that its products and services will conform to published specifications at the time of shipment and a more extensive warranty related to certain of its products. The typical remedy for breach of warranty is to correct or replace any defective product, and if not possible or practical, the Company will accept the return of the defective product and refund the amount paid. Historically, the Company has incurred minimal warranty costs. The Company’s warranty reserve on December 31, 2009 was $253 thousand. -58- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) 10. SEGMENT REPORTING The Company is comprised of two reportable segments, Core Companion Animal Health (“CCA”) and Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products (“OVP”). The Core Companion Animal Health segment includes diagnostic instruments and supplies, as well as single use diagnostic and other tests, pharmaceuticals and vaccines, primarily for canine and feline use. These products are sold directly by the Company as well as through independent third-party distributors and through other distribution relationships. CCA segment products manufactured at the Des Moines, Iowa production facility included in the OVP segment’s assets are transferred at cost and are not recorded as revenue for the OVP segment. The Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products segment includes private label vaccine and pharmaceutical production, primarily for cattle, but also for other animals including small mammals and fish. All OVP products are sold by third parties under third-party labels. Additionally, the Company generates non-product revenue from research and development projects for third parties, licensing of technology and royalties. The Company performs these research and development projects for both companion animal and livestock purposes. Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments is shown in the following table (in thousands): 2007: Total revenue Operating income Interest expense Total assets Net assets Capital expenditures Depreciation and amortization 2008: Total revenue Operating income (loss) Interest expense Total assets Net assets Capital expenditures Depreciation and amortization Core Companion Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products Animal Health $ $ 67,279 1,862 429 62,414 35,666 1,416 1,295 15,056 3,659 292 13,177 7,217 941 888 Core Companion Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products Animal Health $ $ 68,140 (2,220) 474 58,581 34,602 216 2,341 13,513 1,539 150 11,857 7,921 338 925 $ $ Total 82,335 5,521 721 75,591 42,883 2,357 2,183 Total 81,653 (681) 624 70,438 42,523 554 3,266 -59- Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) 2009: Total revenue Operating income Interest expense Total assets Net assets Capital expenditures Depreciation and amortization Core Companion Other Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Products Animal Health $ $ 66,449 3,156 319 52,146 36,924 254 1,631 $ 9,229 888 88 11,988 8,131 22 934 Total 75,678 4,044 407 64,134 45,055 276 2,565 Total revenue by principal geographic area was as follows (in thousands): For the Years Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2009 United States Europe Other International Total $ $ 69,389 4,088 8,858 82,335 $ $ 69,062 4,413 8,178 81,653 Total assets by principal geographic areas were as follows (in thousands): United States Europe Other International Total 2007 December 31, 2008 $ $ 72,585 3,006 — 75,591 $ $ 67,207 3,231 — 70,438 -60- $ $ $ $ 65,249 3,984 6,445 75,678 2009 60,059 4,075 — 64,134 Table of Contents HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (continued) 11. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (unaudited) The following summarizes selected quarterly financial information for each of the two years in the periods ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 (amounts in thousands, except per share data). 2008: Total revenue Gross profit Operating income (loss) Net income (loss) Net income (loss) per share — basic Net income (loss) per share — diluted 2009: Total revenue Gross profit Operating income Net income Net income per share — basic Net income per share — diluted 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total $ $ $ $ 21,918 7,736 (223) (226) (0.00) (0.00) 20,141 7,373 1,017 460 0.01 0.01 $ $ 22,615 8,571 1,386 666 0.01 0.01 18,629 7,031 1,010 579 0.01 0.01 $ $ 21,686 8,196 1,098 577 0.01 0.01 19,550 7,420 1,159 743 0.01 0.01 $ $ 15,434 4,341 (2,942) (1,867) (0.04) (0.04) 17,358 6,635 858 460 0.01 0.01 81,653 28,844 (681) (850) (0.02) (0.02) 75,678 28,459 4,044 2,242 0.04 0.04 The Company signed an amendment to the lease agreement for its Loveland, Colorado facility effective as of January 1, 2010. The amendment extends the expiration of the lease from May 31, 2023 to December 31, 2023 if the Company does not exercise its contractual option to extend the term of the lease to May 31, 2028. -61- Table of Contents Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. None. Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act, as of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on criteria outlined in the COSO Internal Control over Financial Reporting — Guidance for Smaller Public Companies, a supplemental implementation guide issued in 2007 which modified criteria established in the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2009. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Accordingly, even an effective system of internal control will provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the internal control system are met. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth fiscal quarter covered by this Form 10-K that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Item 9B. Other Information. None. -62- Table of Contents PART III Certain information required by Part III is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the solicitation of proxies for our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant. Executive Officers The information required by this item with respect to executive officers is incorporated by reference to Item 1 of this report and can be found under the caption “Executive Officers.” Directors The information required by this section with respect to our directors will be incorporated by reference to the information in the sections entitled “Election of Directors” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement. Code of Ethics Our Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethics for our senior executive and financial officers (including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer). The code of ethics is available on our website at www.heska.com. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers from the code of ethics at that location. Audit Committee The information required by this section with respect to our Audit Committee will be incorporated by reference to the information in the section entitled “Directors and Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement. Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information in the section entitled “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement. -63- Table of Contents Item 11. Executive Compensation. The information required by this section will be incorporated by reference to the information in the sections entitled “Director Compensation” and “Executive Compensation” in the Proxy Statement. Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. The information required by this section will be incorporated by reference to the information in the section entitled “Common Stock Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. The information required by this section will be incorporated by reference to the information in the sections entitled “Executive Compensation—Employment, Severance and Change of Control Agreements,” “Certain Transactions and Relationships” and “Directors and Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement. Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. The information required by this section will be incorporated by reference to the information in the section entitled “Auditor Fees and Services” in the Proxy Statement. The information required by Part III to the extent not set forth herein, will be incorporated herein by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. -64- Table of Contents PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. (a) The following documents are filed as a part of this Form 10-K. (1) Financial Statements: Reference is made to the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8 in Part II of this Form 10-K. (2) Financial Statement Schedules: Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. SCHEDULE II HESKA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (amounts in thousands) Allowance for doubtful accounts Year ended: December 31, 2007 December 31, 2008 December 31, 2009 Additions Balance at Charged to Costs and Beginning Expenses of Year Other Additions Deductions Balance at End of Year $ $ $ 98 96 209 $ $ $ 26 137 89 — — — $ $ $ (28) (a) (24) (a) (121) (a) $ $ $ 96 209 177 (a) Write-offs of uncollectible accounts. -65- Table of Contents (3) Exhibits: The exhibits listed below are required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K. Each management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this Form 10-K has been identified. Exhibit Number Notes Description of Document 3(i) 3(ii) 10.1* 10.2* 10.3* 10.4* 10.5* 10.6* 10.7* 10.8* 10.9* 10.10* 10.11* 10.12* 10.13* 10.14* 10.15* 10.16* 10.17* 10.18* 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23+ 10.24+ (2) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. (4) Bylaws of the Registrant. (12) (12) (12) (16) (16) (14) (11) Management Incentive Plan Master Document. 1997 Incentive Stock Plan of Registrant, as amended and restated. 1997 Incentive Stock Plan Employees and Consultants Option Agreement. 1997 Incentive Stock Plan Outside Directors Option Agreement. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan Option Agreement. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Registrant, as amended. 2010 Management Incentive Plan. Director Compensation Policy, effective January 1, 2010. (13) Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between Registrant and its directors and certain officers. (10) Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Robert B. Grieve, dated March 29, 2006. Amendment to Employment Agreement between Registrant and Robert B. Grieve, dated (13) effective as of January 1, 2008. (12) Employment Agreement between Registrant and Michael McGinley, dated May 1, 2000. (13) Amendment to Employment Agreement between Registrant and Michael McGinley, dated effective as of January 1, 2008. (6) Employment Agreement between Registrant and Jason Napolitano, dated May 6, 2002. (13) Amendment to Employment Agreement between Registrant and Jason Napolitano, dated effective as of January 1, 2008. (6) Employment Agreement between Registrant and Michael Bent, dated May 1, 2000. (13) Amendment to Employment Agreement between Registrant and Michael Bent, dated effective as of January 1, 2008. (8) Net Lease Agreement between Registrant and CCMRED 40, LLC, dated May 24, 2004. (9) First Amendment to Net Lease Agreement and Development Agreement between Registrant and CCMRED 40, LLC, dated February 11, 2005. Second Amendment to Net Lease Agreement between Registrant and CCMRED 40, LLC, dated July 14, 2005. Third Amendment to Net Lease Agreement between Registrant and Millbrae Square Company, effective as of January 1, 2010. Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc., dated December 30, 2005. First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated December 5, 2006. Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated July 20, 2007. (9) (12) (13) 10.25+ (13) -66- Table of Contents Exhibit Number Notes Description of Document 10.26 (13) 10.27+ (15) 10.28+ (16) Third Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated December 21, 2007. Fourth and Fifth Amendments to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated October 16, 2008. Sixth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated December 30, 2008. Seventh Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement between Registrant, Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated November 30, 2009. (12) (16) (12) (12) (13) (7) (5) (1) Product Supply Agreement between Registrant and Quidel Corporation, dated July 3, 1997. First Amendment to Product Supply Agreement between Registrant and Quidel Corporation, (3) dated March 15, 1999. Letter Amendment to Product Supply Agreement between Registrant and Quidel Corporation dated July 7, 2004. Amended and Restated Bovine Vaccine Distribution Agreement between Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Agri Laboratories, Ltd., dated September 30, 2002. First Amendment to Amended and Restated Bovine Vaccine Distribution Agreement between Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Agri Laboratories, Ltd., dated September 20, 2004. Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Bovine Vaccine Distribution Agreement between Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Agri Laboratories, Ltd., dated December 10, 2004. Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Bovine Vaccine Distribution Agreement between Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Agri Laboratories, Ltd., dated May 26, 2006. Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Bovine Vaccine Distribution Agreement between Diamond Animal Health, Inc. and Agri Laboratories, Ltd., dated as of November 16, 2007. Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated June 17, 2003, Letter Amendment to Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated June 1, 2004 and Letter Amendment to Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated December 31, 2004. Letter Amendment to Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated July 12, 2005; Letter Amendment to Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated March 20, 2007; Letter Amendment to Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated January 23, 2008; and Sixth Amendment to Supply and Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Boule Medical AB, dated October 1, 2008. Supply and License Agreement between Registrant and Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, dated as of August 1, 2003. Amendment No. 1 to Supply and License Agreement between Registrant and Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, dated August 31, 2005. Distribution Agreement between Registrant and Arkray Global Business, Inc. dated November 1, 2004. (12) (15) (12) -67- 10.29+ 10.30+ 10.31+ 10.32 10.33+ 10.34+ 10.35+ 10.36+ 10.37+ 10.38+ 10.39+ 10.40+ 10.41+ 10.42+ Table of Contents Exhibit Number Notes Description of Document 10.43+ (13) Clinical Chemistry Analyzer Agreement between Registrant and FUJIFILM Corporation dated as of January 30, 2007. 21.1 23.1 24.1 31.1** 31.2** 32.1** Notes Subsidiaries of the Company. Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Power of Attorney (See Signature Page of this Form 10-K). Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. * + Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. Portions of the exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. ** Furnished herewith. (1) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997. (2) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000. (3) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. (4) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002. (5) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002. (6) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002. (7) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. (8) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. (9) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. (10) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. (11) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. (12) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. (13) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. (14) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. (15) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. (16) Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. -68- Table of Contents SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 22, 2010. HESKA CORPORATION By: /s/ ROBERT B. GRIEVE Robert B. Grieve Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert B. Grieve, Jason A. Napolitano and Michael A. Bent, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in- fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact or their substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Signature /s/ ROBERT B. GRIEVE Robert B. Grieve Title Date Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director February 22, 2010 /s/ JASON A. NAPOLITANO Jason A. Napolitano Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ MICHAEL A. BENT Michael A. Bent Vice President, Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ WILLIAM A. AYLESWORTH William A. Aylesworth /s/ PETER EIO Peter Eio /s/ G. IRWIN GORDON G. Irwin Gordon /s/ LOUISE L. McCORMICK Louise L. McCormick /s/ JOHN F. SASEN, Sr. John F. Sasen, Sr. Director Director Director Director Director -69- February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 Heska Corporation 2010 Management Incentive Plan Exhibit 10.8 The following is intended to implement the Heska Corporation Management Incentive Plan Master Document for the year beginning on January 1, 2010 and ending on December 31, 2010 (the “2010 MIP”). The Compensation Committee has agreed on the following for the 2010 MIP. 1) The Category Percentages for the 2010 MIP are as follows: Chief Executive Officer President Chief Financial Officer Vice Presidents Directors 50.0% of base pay 35.0% of base pay 35.0% of base pay 35.0% of base pay 25.0% of base pay 2) The Plan Allocation for the 2010 MIP is as follows: 75% on overall achievement of the company-wide financial objective and 25% on individual performance 3) The Key Parameters for the 2010 MIP is as follows: Pre-MIP Operating Income 4) The Payout Structure for the 2010 MIP is as follows: 53% of Pre-MIP Operating Income above $3,257,000, with a maximum MIP Payout of $1,500,000 (the “Maximum MIP Payout”). Any MIP payment in excess of the Maximum MIP Payout shall be at the sole and absolute discretion of the Compensation Committee. HESKA CORPORATION DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY Exhibit 10.9 Non-employee directors of Heska Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) shall receive the following compensation for their service as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company: Cash Compensation Annual Retainer for Board Service Effective January 1, 2010, each non-employee director shall be entitled to an annual cash retainer in the amount of $30,000 (the “Annual Retainer”). The Company shall pay the Annual Retainer on a quarterly basis in advance on the first day of the calendar quarter, subject to the non-employee director’s continued service to the Company as a non-employee director on such date. Board Committee Chair Retainer Commencing July 1, 2009, a non-employee director who serves as the Chair of the Audit, Compensation or Corporate Governance committee of the Board shall be entitled to an annual cash retainer in the amount of $2,500 (the “Chair Retainer”). The Company shall pay the Chair Retainer on a quarterly basis in advance on the first day of the calendar quarter, subject to the non-employee director’s continued service to the Company as Chair of such committee for the following quarter. Board Committee Member Retainer Commencing July 1, 2007, a non-employee director who serves as a member of the Audit, Compensation or Corporate Governance committee shall be entitled to an annual cash retainer of $2,500 for membership on each Board committee they serve on (the “Committee Retainer”). A non-employee director who is also the Chair of a committee shall be entitled to the Committee Retainer in addition to the Chair Retainer. The Company shall pay the Committee Retainer on a quarterly basis in advance on the first day of the calendar quarter, subject to the non-employee director’s continued service to the Company as a member of such committee for the following quarter. Equity Compensation Initial Award for New Directors For new non-employee directors appointed or elected after January 1, 2007, on the date a new director becomes a member of the Board, each non-employee director shall automatically receive a grant of an option valued at $37,500 to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (an “Initial Option”), at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant, subject to such grant covering a maximum of 50,000 shares. The Initial Option is subject to vesting over a period of four years in equal annual installments commencing on the date of grant, subject to the non-employee director’s continued service to the Company through the vesting dates. The Initial Option will be immediately exercisable, but if “early exercised,” unvested shares shall remain subject to the Company’s right of repurchase at the exercise price upon termination of service prior to the fourth anniversary of the date of grant. An employee director who ceases to be an employee, but who remains a director, will not receive an Initial Option. Annual Award for Continuing Board Members Commencing with the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each continuing non-employee director shall automatically receive an annual grant of an option valued at $37,500 to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (an “Annual Option”), at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant which shall be the date of each Company Annual Meeting of stockholders, subject to such grant covering a maximum of 50,000 shares. The Annual Option for continuing Board members shall vest in full on the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the date of grant and (ii) the date immediately preceding the date of the Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders for the year following the year of grant for the award, subject to the non-employee director’s continued service to the Company through the vesting date. The Annual Option shall be immediately exercisable, but if “early exercised,” remain subject to the Company’s right of repurchase at the exercise price upon termination of service prior to the vesting date. Provisions Applicable to All Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Grants All grants shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan or 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as applicable, and the terms of the Stock Option Agreement issued thereunder. For purposes of this Director Compensation Policy, the “value” for Initial Grants and Annual Grants to non-employee directors shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s option valuation policy in place at the time of grant for financial reporting purposes. Any unvested shares underlying non-employee director option grants shall become fully vested in the event of: (1) the termination of the non-employee director’s services because of death, total and permanent disability or retirement at or after age 65; or (2) a change in control occurs with respect to the Company while such non-employee director is a member of the Board. 2 Expense Reimbursement All non-employee directors shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for their reasonable travel (including airfare and ground transportation), lodging and meal expenses incident to meetings of the Board or committees thereof or in connection with other Board related business. The Company shall also reimburse directors for attendance at director continuing education programs that are relevant to their service on the Board and which attendance is pre-approved by the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and Chairman of the Board. The Company shall make reimbursement to a non-employee director within a reasonable amount of time following submission by the non-employee director of reasonable written substantiation for the expenses. Amended and Restated November 10, 2009 3 Exhibit 10.22 THIRD AMENDMENT TO NET LEASE AGREEMENT THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT (“Third Amendment”) is made and entered into by and between Millbrae Square Company (“Landlord”) and Heska Corporation (“Tenant”). RECITALS 1. 2. 3. The Tenant previously entered into a Net Lease Agreement dated May 24, 2004 (“Lease”) with the prior owner of the subject property, CCMRED 40, LLC (“CCMRED”). Tenant and CCMRED entered into a First Amendment to Net Lease Agreement (“First Amendment”) dated February 11, 2005 and a Second Amendment to Net Lease Agreement (“Second Amendment”) dated July 14, 2005. Landlord has acquired the subject property from CCMRED and, as the owner, is now the Landlord under the Lease, as amended. 4. The parties desire to enter into this Third Amendment to Net Lease Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually agree as follows: 1. The Recitals set forth above are accurate and are incorporated into this Third Amendment. 2. The parties hereby agree that the following subsection (e) be added to Section 38, Option to Extend, in the Lease: (e) In the event Tenant fails to exercise its initial Extension Option, the Expiration Date shall be 12:00 midnight on December 31, 2023 and Tenant shall pay Monthly Base Rent equal to LY23 Annual Base Rent divided by 12 for each month of the seven month period from June 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 (the “Stub Year”). 3. Except as modified by this Third Amendment, the Lease, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect. 4. This document may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original. Dated effective this 1st day of January, 2010. TENANT: HESKA CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation By: /s/ Robert B. Grieve ROBERT B. GRIEVE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ATTEST: By: /s/ Jason A. Napolitano JASON A. NAPOLITANO Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Secretary LANDLORD: MILLBRAE SQUARE COMPANY, a California Limited Partnership By: /s/ Modesto R. Imbimbo MODESTO R. IMBIMBO General Partner [***] — Certain information in this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. Exhibit 10.29 SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT This Amendment, dated as of November 30, 2009, is made by and between Heska Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Heska”), Diamond Animal Health, Inc., an Iowa corporation (“Diamond”) (each of Heska and Diamond may be referred to herein individually as a “Borrower” and collectively as the “Borrowers”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, operating through its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division (the “Lender”). Recitals The Borrowers and the Lender are parties to a Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of December 30, 2005 (as amended to date and as the same may be hereafter amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). The Borrowers have requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement, which the Lender is willing to make pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, it is agreed as follows: 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings as defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein. In addition, Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding or amending, as the case may be, the following definitions: “Daily Three Month LIBOR” means, for any day, the rate of interest equal to LIBOR then in effect for delivery for a three (3) month period. When interest is determined in relation to Daily Three Month LIBOR, each change in the interest rate shall become effective each Banking Day that the Lender determines that Daily Three Month LIBOR has changed. “LIBOR” means the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/8th of one percent (1%)) determined pursuant to the following formula: LIBOR = Base LIBOR 100% - LIBOR Reserve Percentage (a) “Base LIBOR” means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by the Lender for the purpose of calculating the effective Revolving Floating Rate or Term Floating Rate, as applicable, for loans that reference Daily Three Month LIBOR as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate, in effect from time to time for three (3) month delivery of funds in amounts approximately equal to the principal amount of such loans. Borrowers understand and agree that the Lender may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as the Lender in its discretion deems appropriate, including but not limited to the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank Market. (b) “LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended), adjusted by the Lender for expected changes in such reserve percentage during the applicable term of the Notes. “Maturity Date” means (i) with respect to the Term B Advances May 31, 2010, and (ii) with respect to all other Advances, December 31, 2012. “Prepayment Factor” means one percent (1.0%). “Revolving Floating Rate” means an annual interest rate equal to the sum of the Prime Rate plus two and one-half percent (2.50%) which annual rate shall change when and as the Prime Rate Changes; provided, however, effective as of the first day of the month following the month in which the Borrowers deliver to the Lender their audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 “Revolving Floating Rate” shall mean Daily Three Month LIBOR plus the Spread which annual rate shall change when and as Daily Three Month LIBOR changes. “Term Floating Rate” means an annual interest rate equal to the sum of the Prime Rate plus two and one-half percent (2.50%) which annual rate shall change when and as the Prime Rate Changes; provided, however, effective as of the first day of the month following the month in which the Borrowers deliver to the Lender their audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 “Term Floating Rate” shall mean Daily Three Month LIBOR plus the Spread which annual rate shall change when and as Daily Three Month LIBOR changes. -2- [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 2. Spread. Section 2.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read it its entirety as follows: “Section 2.7 Spread. The spread (the “Spread”) means the percentage set forth in the table below opposite the applicable prior-fiscal-year Net Income of the Borrowers, which percentage shall change annually effective as of the first day of the month following the month in which the Borrowers deliver to the Lender their audited financial statements for the prior fiscal year; provided, however, that in no case shall any decrease in the Spread occur during a Default Period: Prior Fiscal Year Net Income Less than $0 Greater than or equal to $0 but less than $2,500,000 Greater than or equal to $2,500,000 but less than $5,000,000 Greater than or equal to $5,000,000 Spread 6.00% 5.00% 4.00% 3.00%” 3. Financial Covenants. Sections 6.12 and 6.13 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended to read in their entireties as follows: “Section 6.12 Minimum Capital. Heska will maintain, on a consolidated basis, as of each date listed below, its Capital at an amount not less than the amount set forth opposite such date: Date October 31, 2009 November 30, 2009 December 31, 2009 January 31, 2010 February 28, 2010 March 31, 2010 April 30, 2010 May 31, 2010 June 30, 2010 July 31, 2010 August 31, 2010 September 30, 2010 October 31, 2010 November 30, 2010 December 31, 2010 Minimum Capital [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] -3- [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. The covenant levels for January 31, 2010 through and including December 31, 2010 shall be adjusted upwards or downwards, respectively on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by an amount equal to the amount by which Heska’s Capital, as evidenced by Heska’s audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2009, is greater than or less than [***]; provided, however, that any such downward adjustment shall not exceed $500,000. Section 6.13 Minimum Net Income. Heska will achieve, on a consolidated basis, during each period described below, Net Income in an amount not less than the amount set forth opposite such period (amounts in parentheses denote negative numbers): Period Twelve months ending December 31, 2009 Three months ending March 31, 2010 Six months ending June 30, 2010 Nine months ending September 30, 2010 Twelve months ending December 31, 2010 -4- Minimum Net Income [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 4. Capital Expenditures. Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: “Section 7.10 Capital Expenditures. The Borrowers, together with any Affiliates, will not incur or contract to incur, in the aggregate, Capital Expenditures in the aggregate during the fiscal year-to-date period ending on any date described below in excess of the amount set forth opposite such date: Period October 31, 2009 November 30, 2009 December 31, 2009 January 31, 2010 February 28, 2010 March 31, 2010 April 30, 2010 May 31, 2010 June 30, 2010 July 31, 2010 August 31, 2010 September 30, 2010 October 31, 2010 November 30, 2010 December 31, 2010 Maximum Capital Expenditures [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] In addition to the foregoing, the amounts set forth above shall be adjusted upward on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount allocated for such purpose in accordance with Section 2.22, from the date of such increase through the end of the fiscal year in which such increase occurs.” 5. Compliance Certificate. Exhibit B to the Credit Agreement is replaced in its entirety by Exhibit A to this Amendment. 6. No Other Changes. Except as explicitly amended by this Amendment, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to any advance or letter of credit thereunder. 7. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall be effective when the Lender shall have received an executed original hereof, together with the following, each in form and substance acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion: (a) A Certificate of Authority of the Borrowers certifying as to the resolutions of the boards of directors of the Borrowers approving the execution and delivery of this Amendment. (b) Such other matters as the Lender may require. -5- 8. Representations and Warranties. The Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Lender as follows: (a) The Borrowers have all requisite power and authority to execute this Amendment and the Replacement Notes and to perform all of its obligations hereunder, and this Amendment and the Replacement Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrowers, enforceable in accordance with their terms. (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Amendment and the Replacement Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not (i) require any authorization, consent or approval by any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, (ii) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation or of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect, having applicability to the Borrowers, or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Borrowers, or (iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which any Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected. (c) All of the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement are correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date. 9. No Waiver. The execution of this Amendment and acceptance of the Replacement Notes and any documents related hereto shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or breach, default or event of default under any Security Document or other document held by the Lender, whether or not known to the Lender and whether or not existing on the date of this Amendment. 10. Release. The Borrowers hereby absolutely and unconditionally release and forever discharge the Lender, and any and all participants, parent corporations, subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, insurers, indemnitors, successors and assigns thereof, together with all of the present and former directors, officers, agents and employees of any of the foregoing, from any and all claims, demands or causes of action of any kind, nature or description, whether arising in law or equity or upon contract or tort or under any state or federal law or otherwise, which any Borrower has had, now has or has made claim to have against any such person for or by reason of any act, omission, matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising from the beginning of time to and including the date of this Amendment, whether such claims, demands and causes of action are matured or unmatured or known or unknown. -6- [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 11. Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers hereby reaffirm their agreement under the Credit Agreement to pay or reimburse the Lender on demand for all costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the Loan Documents, including without limitation all reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrowers specifically agree to pay all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Lender for the services performed by such counsel in connection with the preparation of this Amendment and the documents and instruments incidental hereto. The Borrowers hereby agree that the Lender may, at any time or from time to time in its sole discretion and without further authorization by the Borrowers, make a loan to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, or apply the proceeds of any loan, for the purpose of paying any such fees, disbursements, costs and expenses. 12. Miscellaneous. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above. HESKA CORPORATION DIAMOND ANIMAL HEALTH, INC. By /s/ Jason Napolitano Its Chief Financial Officer By /s/ Jason Napolitano Its Chief Financial Officer WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By [***] [***], Vice President -7- Compliance Certificate Exhibit A to First Amendment To: Wells Fargo Business Credit Date: , 20___ Subject: Heska Corporation Financial Statements In accordance with our Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of December 30, 2005 (the “Credit Agreement”), attached are the financial statements of Heska Corporation (“Heska”) as of and for , 20___ (the “Reporting Date”) and the year-to-date period then ended (the “Current Financials”). All terms used in this certificate have the meanings given in the Credit Agreement. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the Current Financials have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year- end audit adjustments, and fairly present the Borrowers’ financial condition and the results of its operations as of the date thereof. Events of Default. (Check one): o o o o The undersigned does not have knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement. The undersigned has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and attached hereto is a statement of the facts with respect to thereto. I hereby certify to the Lender as follows: The Reporting Date does not mark the end of one of the Borrowers’ fiscal quarters, hence I am completing all paragraphs below except paragraph 4. The Reporting Date marks the end of one of the Borrowers’ fiscal quarters, hence I am completing all paragraphs below. Financial Covenants. I further hereby certify as follows: 1. Accounts Payable. Pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, Past Due Payables on a consolidated basis was $ , which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that the Borrowers have no Past Due Payables. -8- [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 2. Minimum Capital. Pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, Heska’s Capital was, on a consolidated basis, $_____, which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such amount be not less than $_____ on the Reporting Date, as set forth in the table below and adjusted, if applicable, in accordance with Section 6.12: Date October 31, 2009 November 30, 2009 December 31, 2009 January 31, 2010 February 28, 2010 March 31, 2010 April 30, 2010 May 31, 2010 June 30, 2010 July 31, 2010 August 31, 2010 September 30, 2010 October 31, 2010 November 30, 2010 December 31, 2010 Minimum Capital [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] The covenant levels for January 31, 2010 through and including December 31, 2010 shall be adjusted upwards or downwards, respectively on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by an amount equal to the amount by which Heska’s Capital, as evidenced by Heska’s audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2009, is greater than or less than [***]; provided, however, that any such downward adjustment shall not exceed $500,000. -9- [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 3. Minimum Net Income. Pursuant to Section 6.13 of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, Heska’s Net Income was, on a consolidated basis, $ , which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such amount be no less than $ on the Reporting Date, as set forth in the table below: Period Twelve months ending December 31, 2009 Three months ending March 31, 2010 Six months ending June 30, 2010 Nine months ending September 30, 2010 Twelve months ending December 31, 2010 Minimum Net Income [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] 4. Minimum Liquidity. Pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, Heska’s Liquidity was, on a consolidated basis, $ , which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such amount be no less than $1,500,000 on the Reporting Date. 5. Minimum Individual Book Net Worth. Pursuant to Section 6.15 of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, Heska’s Book Net Worth was $ and Diamond’s Book Net Worth was $ , which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such amounts be no less than zero on the Reporting Date. 6. Maximum Contributions. Pursuant to Section 7.4(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, Heska’s fiscal year-to-date aggregate contributions to non-Borrower Subsidiaries was $ , which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such amounts be no more than $700,000 during any fiscal year. -10- [***] — Certain information on this page have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. 7. Capital Expenditures. Pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement, for the fiscal year-to-date period ending on the Reporting Date, Heska’s Capital Expenditures were, in the aggregate and on a consolidated basis, $ which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such amount be not more than $ during the period ending on the Reporting Date, as set forth in the table below and adjusted, if applicable, in accordance with Section 7.10: Period October 31, 2009 November 30, 2009 December 31, 2009 January 31, 2010 February 28, 2010 March 31, 2010 April 30, 2010 May 31, 2010 June 30, 2010 July 31, 2010 August 31, 2010 September 30, 2010 October 31, 2010 November 30, 2010 December 31, 2010 Maximum Capital Expenditures [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] [***] Attached hereto are all relevant facts in reasonable detail to evidence the computations of the financial covenants referred to above. These computations were made in accordance with GAAP. HESKA CORPORATION By Its -11- SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANY Exhibit 21.1 Diamond Animal Health, Inc., an Iowa corporation Sensor Devices, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation (inactive) Heska AG, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements Nos. 333-102871, 333-30951, 333- 34111, 333-39448, 333-47129, 333-72155, 333-38138, 333-55112, 333-82096, 333-89738, 333-106679, 333-112701, 333- 115995, 333-123196 and 333-132916 of Heska Corporation (the “Company”) on Form S-8, of our report dated February 22, 2010 relating to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statements. Exhibit 23.1 February 22, 2010 Denver, Colorado I, Robert B. Grieve, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Heska Corporation; CERTIFICATION Exhibit 31.1 2. 3. 4. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a. b. c. d. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. Date: February 22, 2010 /s/ Robert B. Grieve ROBERT B. GRIEVE Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) I, Jason A. Napolitano, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Heska Corporation; CERTIFICATION Exhibit 31.2 2. 3. 4. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a. b. c. d. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. Date: February 22, 2010 /s/ Jason A. Napolitano JASON A. NAPOLITANO Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 Exhibit 32.1 I, Robert B. Grieve, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report of Heska Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Form 10-K fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Heska Corporation. Date: February 22, 2010 By: /s/ Robert B. Grieve Name: ROBERT B. GRIEVE Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer I, Jason A. Napolitano, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report of Heska Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Form 10-K fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Heska Corporation. Date: February 22, 2010 By: /s/ Jason A. Napolitano Name: JASON A. NAPOLITANO Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Heska Corporation and will be retained by Heska Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. 

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