EMBREX INC/NC
10-Q, 1996-05-14
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                                    Form 10-Q

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                   QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                  For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 1996

                          Commission File No. 000-19495



                                  Embrex, Inc.
        (Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


                  North Carolina                         56-1469825
             (State or other jurisdiction of          (IRS Employer
            incorporation or organization)           Identification No.)


               1035 Swabia Court, Durham, NC              27703
           (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)


           Issuer's telephone no. including area code: (919) 941-5185



Check  whether  the  registrant  (1) filed all  reports  required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 during the past 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports),  and (2) has been subject to such filing  requirements for the past 90
days.

                            Yes   X           No

The number of shares of Common Stock, no par value,  outstanding as of April 30,
1996, was 6,912,933.




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                                  EMBREX, INC.
                                      INDEX



Part I                                                                   Page

        Financial Information:

            Item 1:

                Balance Sheets.......................................... 3 of 11

                Statements of Operations................................ 4 of 11

                Statements of Cash Flows................................ 5 of 11

                Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.............. 6 of 11

            Item 2:

                Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                Financial Condition and Results of Operations........... 7 of 11

Part II

        Other Information...............................................10 of 11

        Signatures......................................................11 of 11




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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   Item 1 - Financial Statements

                                  EMBREX, INC.
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
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<CAPTION>

                                                                                             (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                  March 31         December 31
                                                                                   1996                 1995
                                                                              ---------------       ----------
ASSETS                                                                          (unaudited)
<S>                                                                          <C>              <C>   

CURRENT ASSETS
    Cash and cash equivalents .............................................   $      4,876       $       5,354
    Short-term investments.................................................          2,216               1,972
    Inventories:
        Materials and supplies.............................................          1,198               1,027
        Product............................................................            630                 600
    Accounts receivable - trade............................................          1,931               1,787
    Other current assets...................................................            387                 108
                                                                               -------------    --------------
        TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS................................................        11,238              10,848

INOVOJECT(R) SYSTEMS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.....................................           228                 801

INOVOJECT(R) SYSTEMS ........................................................       15,230              13,846
Less accumulated depreciation...............................................       ( 6,060)             (5,271)
                                                                                ------------        ------------
                                                                                     9,170               8,575

  EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES........................................          2,389               2,274
    Less accumulated depreciation ..........................................        (1,500)             (1,441)
                                                                                 -----------       -------------
                                                                                       889                 833
OTHER ASSETS:
    Patents and exclusive licenses of patentable technology
        (net of accumulated amortization of $51 in 1996 and $48 in 1995) .             129                 131
    Debt issuance costs (net of accumulated amortization of $159 in
        1996 and $125 in 1995).............................................            133                 201
    Other non-current assets...............................................            379                 400
                                                                               -------------      ------------
TOTAL ASSETS...............................................................       $  22,166           $  21,789
                                                                                  =========           =========

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses...................................      $  2,225           $   2,581
    Current portion of capital lease obligations...........................          2,556               2,333
                                                                                  --------          ----------
            TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES......................................          4,781               4,914

CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS, less current portion............................          7,444               7,172

LONG-TERM DEBT, less current portion.......................................          2,625               3,225

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Common Stock, no par value:
        Authorized - 15,000,000 shares
        Issued and outstanding - 6,886,419 and 6,714,724 shares at
            March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively.............         46,902              46,122
    Additional paid-in capital............................................             371                 371
    Accumulated deficit.....................................................       (39,957)            (40,015)
                                                                                   ---------        ----------
        TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY........................................           7,316               6,478
                                                                                  ----------        ----------

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY..................................      $ 22,166            $ 21,789
                                                                                  ==========          ========
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                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                  EMBREX, INC.
                                   (Unaudited)
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<CAPTION>


                                                                               (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


                                                                                      Three Months Ended
                                                                                            March 31
                                                                                   -----------------------
                                                                                     1996                 1995
                                                                                     ----                 ----
<S>                                                                            <C>              <C>  


REVENUES
    INOVOJECT(R) revenue....................................................       $ 4,320          $    2,555
    Product revenues......................................................             222                 392
    Other revenue........................................................               53                  20
                                                                                ----------         -----------
        TOTAL REVENUES....................................................           4,595               2,967

COST OF PRODUCT SALES AND INOVOJECT(R) REVENUES............................          1,999               1,538
                                                                                  ----------------------------
                                                                                     2,596               1,429

OPERATING EXPENSES
    General and administrative............................................             861                 832
    Sales and marketing...................................................             404                 470
    Research and development..............................................             830                 941
                                                                                ------------       -----------
        TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES..........................................           2,095               2,243

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
    Interest income .....................................................               72                  53
    Interest expense.......................................................           (444)               (227)
                                                                                 -----------         -----------
        TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)......................................            (372)                (174)
                                                                                ------------         -----------

            INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES....................................             129                 (988)

    INCOME TAXES..........................................................              71                   10
                                                                                -----------          -----------

            NET INCOME (LOSS).............................................    $         58           $     (998)
                                                                               =============          ==========

Net income (loss) per share of Common Stock...............................    $        .01           $     (.17)
                                                                               =============        ============

Weighted average shares of Common Stock outstanding (in thousands)........           7,038                6,017

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                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                  EMBREX, INC.
                                   (Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                                     (Dollars in thousands)

                                                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                                                              March 31
                                                                                     -----------------------
                                                                                     1996                 1995
                                                                                     ----                 ----
<S>                                                                             <C>               <C>   

OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    Net income (loss) ......................................................     $       58           $  (998)
    Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in
        operating activities:
        Depreciation and amortization.......................................            886                610
        Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
            Accounts receivable, inventories and other current assets........          (624)              (285)
            Accounts payable and accrued expenses............................          (318)               135
                                                                                  ----------         ---------
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES.......................                2               (538)

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
    Purchases of short-term investments......................................          (244)               (17)
    Purchases of INOVOJECT(R) systems, equipment, furniture
        and fixtures.........................................................          (907)            (2,251)
    Proceeds from capital lease obligations .................................         1,143              2,692
                                                                                  ----------         ---------
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES.........................             (8)               424

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    Issuance of Common Stock................................................            176                  8
    Payments on capital lease obligations....................................          (648)              (333)
                                                                                      ------           ---------
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES........................................          (472)              (325)
                                                                                      ------           ---------
DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS........................................          (478)              (439)
    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.........................         5,354               2,803
                                                                                    --------            -------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD....................................     $  4,876            $  2,364
                                                                                   =========           =========

</TABLE>




Supplemental Schedule of Noncash Financing Activity:
During 1996,  $600,000 of outstanding  debentures  along with $38,000 of accrued
interest were  converted  into 128,189 shares of Common Stock net of unamortized
debt issuance costs totaling $34,000.



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                                  EMBREX, INC.

                                    FORM 10-Q

                                 March 31, 1996




NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED INTERIM CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

NOTE 1 -- BASIS OF PRESENTATION


The accompanying  unaudited financial statements include the accounts of Embrex,
Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries,  Embrex Europe Limited and Embrex Sales,
Inc.  (collectively  referred  to as the  Company)  and have  been  prepared  in
accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles for interim financial
information and with the  instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation
S-X. Accordingly,  they do not include all of the information and notes required
by generally accepted accounting principles.  In the opinion of management,  all
adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a
fair  presentation  of financial  condition and results of operations  have been
included.  Operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 1996 are
not  necessarily  indicative  of the results that may be attained for the entire
year.  For further  information,  refer to the  financial  statements  and notes
thereto  included in the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,
1995.


NOTE 2 - NET INCOME PER SHARE

Primary  earnings per share are  computed by dividing  net income  (loss) by the
weighted  average number of shares of Common Stock and common stock  equivalents
outstanding  during  the  period.  Common  stock  equivalents  consist  of stock
options,  warrants,  and common  shares  purchasable  under the  Employee  Stock
Purchase Plan and are computed using the treasury  stock method.  The difference
between primary and fully diluted net income per common share is not significant
in all periods presented.


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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.



RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Three Months Ended March 31, 1996 and 1995

Consolidated revenues for the first quarter totaled $4.6 million representing an
increase of $1.6 million (55 percent) over the prior year. INOVOJECT(R) revenues
reached  $4.3  million  for the 1996  period - an  increase of nearly 70 percent
compared to the 1995 period. Substantially all of the 1996 and 90 percent of the
1995  INOVOJECT(R)  revenues  were derived  from  INOVOJECT(R)  lease fees.  The
balance of the 1995 INOVOJECT(R)  revenues was from the sale of one INOVOJECT(R)
system to a human pharmaceutical  company for use in the production of influenza
vaccines. The growth in INOVOJECT(R) lease revenues was fueled by an increase in
the number of  INOVOJECT(R)  systems  operating  under lease  agreements  in the
United  States and Canada from 148 units at March 31, 1995 to 251 units at March
31, 1996.

Product  revenues  decreased from $392,000 in the 1995 period to $222,000 in the
1996  period.  Sales of the  Company's  proprietary  viral  neutralizing  factor
product (VNF) accounted for all of the Company's 1995 product revenues. The 1996
product revenues represent sales of both VNF and BDA-Blen. BDA-Blen is a product
which  combines the Company's VNF compound  with an  Infectious  Bursal  Disease
(IBD)  vaccine.  BDA-Blen  has approval for  post-hatch  use, and is  undergoing
regulatory review for in ovo use by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Management  anticipates  that the product will receive  such  approval  later in
1996, and intends to aggressively market the product thereafter.

Cost of product  sales and  INOVOJECT(R)  revenues  decreased  from 52% of total
revenues  during the 1995 first quarter (and 48% for  full-year  1995) to 44% of
total revenues in the 1996 period.

Operating  expenses decreased from $2.2 million during the first quarter of 1995
to $2.1  million  during the first  quarter of 1996.  The  decrease in operating
expenses  reflects  management's  commitment to leveraging its know-how,  patent
position, market presence and expenditures.

Net interest  expense totaled $372,000 for the first quarter of 1996 compared to
$174,000  for the  comparable  1995  period.  The  increase in interest  expense
results  primarily from  INOVOJECT(R)  lease financing  obtained during 1995 and
early 1996.

Based  on  stronger   INOVOJECT(R)  system  lease  revenues,   the  presence  of
pre-licensing  sales of VNF for use in the  regulatory  process,  improved gross
margins,  and a commitment  to the  containment  of operating  expenses,  Embrex
posted its first profitable quarter showing a modest after-tax profit of $58,000
for the period  ending March 31, 1996.  This  compares to a loss of $998,000 for
the first  quarter of 1995 and a loss of $596,000  during the fourth  quarter of
1995.  Earnings per common share  totaled $.01 for the 1996 quarter based on 7.0
million weighted average shares outstanding compared to a loss of $.17 per 

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share based on 6.0 million weighted average shares outstanding in the comparable
1995 period.  Included in the weighted  average  shares  outstanding in the 1996
period are 218,000 common stock equivalent shares attributable to dilutive stock
options and warrants to purchase common stock.

For the remainder of the year, the goals of management continue to be worldwide
penetration  of the INOVOJECT(R) system, and further development of proprietary
in ovo vaccines. Management will concentrate on managing its operating expenses
through, what it anticipates will be, continued growth in its customer base and
revenues.

Management's  outlook  for  the  second  quarter is influenced by the high grain
prices  currently  experienced  by  the poultry industry. High grain prices have
caused  the  poultry  industry to cut back on bird production in the short term,
which  may  in  turn  result in lower volumes through the Company's INOVOJECT(R)
systems  in  the  second  quarter  of 1996. Management believes that the poultry
industry  has  historically  increased  production  levels following such short-
term  cutbacks,  and  does  not  anticipate  that the conditions cited here will
adversely impact its performance in the second half of the year.


Management anticipates further revenue growth throughout 1996, from its existing
INOVOJECT(R) operations in the United States and Canada, new INOVOJECT(R) system
leases in other  countries,  product sales of VNF to vaccine  manufacturers  and
sales of its BDA-Blen product to poultry producers.  However, the precise timing
of the anticipated  regulatory approval of BDA-Blen for in ovo use in the United
States,  the  rate  at  which  the  marketplace  will  accept  its  INOVOJECT(R)
technology  outside the United  States and Canada,  the timing of  approvals  of
third-party  vaccines for in ovo use outside the United  States and Canada,  and
possible  decreases to U.S.  hatchery bird  production as a result of high grain
prices will impact the pace of revenue growth and the attainment of, or increase
in,   profitability  from  the  installation  and  operational   throughputs  of
INOVOJECT(R)  systems.  Management will continue to manage its costs of revenues
in an  effort to  maintain  or  improve  gross  margins,  and will  continue  to
carefully balance operating and interest expenses against its goal of continuing
and increasing profitability.

CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY, AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

At March 31, 1996, the Company's cash and short-term investment balances totaled
$7.1 compared to $7.3 million at December 31, 1995.

Operating and investing  activities were both  essentially  cash neutral for the
first quarter of 1996. Net working  capital  requirements of $942,000 were fully
offset by net  income,  adjusted  to remove  the  impact of  non-cash  expenses.
Proceeds from capital leases totaled $1.1 million and were used to fully finance
INOVOJECT(R) and other equipment additions.

Net financing activities consumed $472,000 during the period.  Proceeds from the
exercise of options to purchase Common Stock provided $176,000 while payments on
capital lease obligations consumed $648,000.

As of March  31,  1996 the  Company  had  outstanding  purchase  commitments  of
approximately   $1.7  million   related  to  materials   and  supplies  for  the
construction  and  maintenance  of  INOVOJECT(R)   systems.   Additionally,   in
connection with the January 1996 agreement reached with Select  Laboratories (as
discussed in the Company's Form 10-K for 



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the year ended December 31, 1995), the Company has an obligation to purchase all
existing  inventories  of  raw  material,  BDA-BLEN, and related materials  from
Select within thirty months following the receipt of in ovo approval of the BDA-
BLEN  product  being  manufactured  for Embrex. At March 31, 1996, the Company's
outstanding purchase commitment under this agreement totaled approximately  $1.4
million, of which $280,000 was paid upon executing the agreement.

Based on its current operations, management believes that its available cash and
short-term  investments,  together with cash flow from  operations  and existing
equipment  financing  lines,  will be  sufficient to meet its  foreseeable  cash
requirements. At the present time, the Company has no plans to seek an extension
or  modification  of its  outstanding,  publicly-traded  warrants  which have an
expiration date of November 7, 1996.

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.


Item 2.  Changes in Securities.   Not applicable.


Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.    Not applicable.


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of
             Security Holders.    Not applicable.


Item 5.  Other information.   Not applicable.


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.  None.

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                                   SIGNATURES



In accordance with the requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.



Date:  May 13, 1996

                                  EMBREX, INC.



                                  By:  /s/ Randall L. Marcuson

                                     Randall L. Marcuson
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer



                                  By:  /s/ John L. Bradley, Jr.

                                     John  L. Bradley, Jr.
                                     Vice President, Finance and Administration


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