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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2001
Registration No. 333-13844


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO
FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   7389   86-0898793
(State of incorporation)   (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

10232 South 51st Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85044
(480) 763-5300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)


Ricardo M. Ferreira

President and Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Medical Corporation
10232 South 51st Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85044
(480) 763-5300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)


Copies to:

     
Richard B. Stagg
Daniel M. Mahoney
Frank W. Busch III
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
One Arizona Center
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
(602) 382-6000
  Donald J. Murray
Dewey Ballantine LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6092
(212) 259-8000


     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box:  o

     If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering:  o            

     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed under Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering:  o            

     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed under Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering:  o            

     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made under Rule 434, check the following box:  o


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

         


Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered Offering Price(1)(2) Registration Fee(3)

Common stock, par value $.001.
  $73,600,000   $18,400


(1)  In accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, the number of shares being registered and the proposed maximum offering price per share are not included in this table.
 
(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.

(3) Previously paid.


     The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting under said Section 8(a), may determine.




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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

         
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
  Subject to completion   November 29, 2001

4,000,000 Shares

(ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORPORATION LOGO)

Common Stock


This is our initial public offering of shares of our common stock. No public market currently exists for our common stock. We expect the public offering price to be between $14.00 and $16.00 per share.

We have applied to have our common stock approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “ALMC.”

Before buying any shares of our common stock you should read the discussion of material risks of investing in our common stock in “Risk factors” beginning on page 7.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

                 
Per share Total

Public offering price
  $       $    

Underwriting discounts and commissions
  $       $    

Proceeds, before expenses, to us
  $       $    

The underwriters may also purchase up to 600,000 shares of common stock from us at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, within 30 days from the date of this prospectus. The underwriters may exercise this option only to cover over-allotments, if any. If the underwriters exercise the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions will be $          , and our total proceeds, before expenses, will be $          .

The underwriters are offering the common stock as set forth under “Underwriting.” Delivery of the shares will be made on or about                   , 2002.

UBS Warburg

RBC Capital Markets
SG Cowen


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THE ALLIANCE REPROCESSING SYSTEM
     
  CLEANING

Devices are subjected to a cleaning
process that is specific to each type of
device, taking into account its
materials, design, assembly, and
operational characteristics. This
cleaning protocol is subject to rigorous
testing by an outside laboratory.
 
FUNCTION TESTING

To ensure that devices will be fully
functional after reprocessing, each
device is subjected to a specific set of
testing methods and procedures, which
may include electrical profiling and
inspection to determine whether the device
conforms to established visual and
dimensional standards.
 
 
STERILIZATION

The sterilization of each device is
validated at specified assurance levels
using state-of-the-art Ethylene Oxide
sterilization chambers, which enable
sterilization at low temperatures. An
independent outside laboratory is used
to confirm sterilization with respect to
each lot prior to release to the
customer.

(ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORPORATION LOGO)


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Prospectus summary
The offering
Summary consolidated financial data
Risk factors
Forward-looking information
Use of proceeds
Dividend policy
Capitalization
Dilution
Selected financial data
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations
Business
Management
Related party transactions
Principal stockholders
Description of capital stock
Shares eligible for future sale
Underwriting
Legal matters
Experts
Change in independent auditors
Where you can find more information
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
S-1/A
Exhibit 1.1
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
Exhibit 23.2


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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of shares of our common stock.

Through and including                , 2002 (the 25th day after commencement of this offering), all dealers that buy, sell, or trade shares of our common stock, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This requirement is in addition to the dealers’ obligations to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

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Prospectus summary
    3  
The offering
    5  
Summary consolidated financial data
    6  
Risk factors
    7  
Forward-looking information
    15  
Use of proceeds
    16  
Dividend policy
    17  
Capitalization
    18  
Dilution
    19  
Selected financial data
    21  
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations
    23  
Business
    34  
Management
    47  
Related party transactions
    54  
Principal stockholders
    57  
Description of capital stock
    59  
Shares eligible for future sale
    62  
Underwriting
    64  
Legal matters
    67  
Experts
    67  
Change in independent auditors
    67  
Where you can find more information
    67  
Index to financial statements
    F-1  

As used in this prospectus, references to “we,” “our,” “us,” and “Alliance” refer to Alliance Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.


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Prospectus summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in shares of our common stock, which we discuss under “Risk factors,” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes. Except as otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus assumes a one for 3.3297 reverse stock split effected on November 13, 2001, the conversion of all of our preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of our common stock, and no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

OUR BUSINESS

We are a leading reprocessor of disposable medical devices that are used in a variety of medical procedures. Customers that implement our reprocessing programs can significantly reduce the costs associated with purchasing new devices, avoid the burdens of complying with government regulations, and reduce exposure to potential liability without compromising patient safety. Our comprehensive programs are designed to cover all phases of reprocessing and are easily implemented by health care facilities with minimal disruption to their workflow. For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, we provided reprocessing services to 641 health care facilities. We have entered into contracts with several leading national hospital group purchasing organizations and a number of nationally-recognized hospital networks, including AmeriNet, Inc., Henry Ford Health System, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Providence Health System, University HealthSystem Consortium, and VHA, Inc., that collectively represent more than 3,000 health care facilities. We believe these contracts, together with our financial resources and technical expertise, position us to capitalize on significant opportunities created by recent changes in the regulatory environment governing reprocessing.

INDUSTRY BACKGROUND

Reprocessing of disposable medical devices involves cleaning, function testing, and sterilizing used devices to ensure that they are safe and effective for reuse and will perform the functions for which they were designed. By reprocessing, rather than discarding, disposable medical devices after their initial use, hospitals and other health care facilities can substantially reduce their materials acquisition costs. An estimated $30 billion of disposable medical devices were sold in the United States in 2000. We estimate that at least 5% of this market consists of devices that may be reused if properly reprocessed and sterilized, which represents a potential market for reprocessing of more than $1 billion.

Many types of devices that are labeled as single-use may be reprocessed and safely reused in subsequent medical procedures. A significant number of these devices have been labeled as single-use by the manufacturer not because they are unsuitable for reuse, but rather to take advantage of the relatively shorter time periods required to obtain FDA approval for single-use devices or to benefit from the recurring nature of revenue generated by the sale of single-use devices.

Studies have indicated that up to 30% of US hospitals reuse disposable medical devices and that over two-thirds of the reprocessing market historically has been represented by hospitals that reprocess devices in-house. More recently, however, many health care providers have either been unable or unwilling to continue reprocessing in-house and have been forced to outsource their reprocessing needs to a relatively small number of independent third-party reprocessors.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE REPROCESSING INDUSTRY

Many health care providers that have not yet adopted reprocessing have cited public health concerns regarding the potential risks associated with reusing reprocessed medical devices, including the fact that, historically, third-party reprocessors were not subject to the same degree of regulatory oversight

 
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as original equipment manufacturers. Two events occurred in 2000, however, that should allay concerns regarding the safety and effectiveness of reprocessing.

First, in June 2000, the US General Accounting Office, or GAO, issued a report citing clinical evidence that demonstrated certain devices could be reprocessed without compromising patient safety. Moreover, infection control experts advised the GAO that, with proper procedures, reprocessing of appropriate disposable medical devices had not been demonstrated to create a public health risk. Second, in August 2000, the US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, adopted a Guidance Document providing that both hospital and third-party reprocessors of disposable medical devices are subject to the same extensive regulations as those applied to original device manufacturers.

Compliance with the FDA requirements is difficult and costly to achieve and maintain. As a result, we believe many health care providers with in-house reprocessing programs will consider outsourcing their reprocessing needs to third-party reprocessors, particularly those with the financial resources and technical expertise necessary to ensure safe and reliable reprocessing in compliance with FDA regulations.

THE ALLIANCE SOLUTION

We believe that we are well positioned to be the third-party reprocessor of choice for health care providers seeking to outsource their reprocessing needs. We believe our reprocessing system offers the following advantages to our existing and potential customers:

demonstrable cost savings;
 
elimination of regulatory burdens applicable to reprocessors;
 
easy implementation with no changes in practice patterns or buying preferences;
 
convenient and cost-efficient collection procedures; and
 
stringent adherence to high quality control procedures.

OUR STRATEGY

Our objective is to continue to lead the market for medical device reprocessing by using our financial resources and technical expertise to take advantage of the opportunities created by the new FDA regulatory environment. To achieve this objective, we intend to:

promote awareness of the benefits of reprocessing;
 
further penetrate our existing customer relationships;
 
focus on low-risk and high-margin products;
 
aggressively pursue national accounts and group purchasing contracts; and
 
formulate strategic relationships and pursue selected acquisitions.


We were incorporated in Delaware in October 1997 as GB Company and changed our name to Alliance Medical Corporation in February 1998. Our principal executive offices are located at 10232 South 51st Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85044, and our telephone number is (480) 763-5300. Our web site is www.alliance-medical.com. The information contained on our web site is not incorporated by reference into and does not form any part of this prospectus.

ORDirectTM and QuickStartTM are trademarks of Alliance Medical Corporation.

 
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The offering

The following information assumes that the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares in this offering.

     
Common stock being offered
  4,000,000 shares
 
Common stock to be outstanding after the offering
  11,822,981 shares
 
Use of proceeds
  To complete and support ongoing regulatory initiatives; expand our sales and service infrastructure; pay accrued dividends to preferred stockholders; purchase new equipment to automate and improve productivity of reprocessing operations; fund research and development efforts; make potential acquisitions; and provide funds for capital expenditures, working capital, and general corporate purposes. See “Use of proceeds.”
 
Proposed Nasdaq National Market symbol
  ALMC

Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus has been adjusted to reflect:

a one for 3.3297 reverse split of our common stock effected on November 13, 2001; and
 
the conversion of all of our outstanding preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of our common stock upon completion of this offering.

The number of shares of our common stock referred to above that will be outstanding immediately after completion of this offering is based on the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of November 29, 2001 and excludes:

•   926,930 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of September 30, 2001 at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.33 per share;
 
•   248,748 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2001 at a weighted-average exercise price of $5.37 per share; and
 
•   up to 23,305 additional shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and up to 525,572 additional shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.

Between September 30, 2001 and November 29, 2001, warrants to purchase 15,617 shares of our common stock were exercised, a warrant to purchase 19,671 shares of our common stock expired, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,266 shares of our common stock were issued, and options to purchase 1,426 shares of our common stock were exercised.

 
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Summary consolidated financial data

The following historical statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000 are derived from our audited financial statements. The statement of operations data for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 and 2001 and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 2001 are derived from our unaudited financial statements included in this prospectus, and include all adjustments consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments which we consider necessary for a fair presentation of the data. The unaudited pro forma statements of operations are derived from the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements and reflect our acquisition of Paragon Health Care Corporation, the conversion of our preferred stock into common stock, and the issuance of shares of common stock necessary to pay preferred stock dividends as if those events had occurred on January 1, 2000. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year, for any other interim period, or for any future fiscal year. You should read the information contained in this table in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes, “Use of proceeds,” “Selected consolidated financial data,” “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations,” and “Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements” contained elsewhere in this prospectus.

                                                           
Year ended December 31, Nine months ended September 30,


Statements of Pro forma Pro forma
operations data 1998 1999 2000 2000(1) 2000 2001 2001(1)

Revenue
    $4,522,878       $5,821,638       $6,403,603       $10,125,874       $4,599,795       $11,517,827       $11,914,471  
Cost of revenue
    2,715,518       3,661,309       6,177,958       7,928,970       4,571,102       6,708,394       6,837,526  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Gross profit
    1,807,360       2,160,329       225,645       2,196,904       28,693       4,809,433       5,076,945  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating expenses:
                                                       
 
General and administrative
    1,964,984       2,246,366       2,033,502       4,557,848       1,543,281       2,643,201       2,940,076  
 
Selling and marketing
    2,652,248       2,770,041       4,767,499       4,767,499       3,135,120       6,394,647       6,485,817  
 
Regulatory compliance
                557,123       557,123       210,018       1,618,918       1,618,918  
 
Reversal of litigation reserve
                (261,213 )     (261,213 )                    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total operating expenses
    4,617,232       5,016,407       7,096,911       9,621,257       4,888,419       10,656,766       11,044,811  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Loss from operations
    (2,809,872 )     (2,856,078 )     (6,871,266 )     (7,424,353 )     (4,859,726 )     (5,847,333 )     (5,967,866 )
Other income (expense)—net
    (918,492 )     (149,842 )     139,931       128,286       (37,558 )     (201,142 )     (201,142 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Loss before extraordinary loss
    (3,728,364 )     (3,005,920 )     (6,731,335 )     (7,296,067 )     (4,897,284 )     (6,048,475 )     (6,169,008 )
Extraordinary loss—
                                                       
 
Early extinguishment of debt
          (412,500 )                              
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss
    (3,728,364 )     (3,418,420 )     (6,731,335 )     (7,296,067 )     (4,897,284 )     (6,048,475 )     (6,169,008 )
Less: Cumulative preferred stock dividend
          (307,397 )     (948,274 )           (616,667 )     (1,439,403 )      
 
Accretion to redemption value and preferred stock discount
                (4,334,414 )           (2,318,182 )     (32,475,836 )      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
    $(3,728,364 )     $(3,725,817 )     $(12,014,023 )     $(7,296,067 )     $(7,832,133 )     $(39,963,714 )     $(6,169,008 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss per share before extraordinary items
          $(2.73 )                              
             
                                         
 
Net loss per share—basic and diluted
    $(4.75 )     $(3.07 )     $(7.73 )     $(0.92 )     $(5.04 )     $(25.67 )     $(0.78 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Weighted-average shares used in calculating loss per share — basic and diluted
    785,134       1,213,600       1,554,992       7,956,161       1,554,992       1,556,809       7,952,052  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
                 
As of September 30, 2001

Balance sheet data Actual As adjusted(2)

Cash and cash equivalents
    $1,196,624       $53,101,550  
Working capital
    1,112,399       53,017,325  
Total assets
    16,016,505       67,921,431  
Long-term debt
    957,143       957,143  
Redeemable preferred stock
    64,353,201        
Net stockholders’ (capital deficiency) equity
    $(54,295,152 )     $61,962,975  

(1)  See “Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements” beginning on F-37 for information regarding the unaudited pro forma adjustments made to our historical data.
 
(2)  Gives effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of common stock effective upon the completion of this offering, the payment of cumulative preferred stock dividends of $2,695,074, the sale of shares in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $15.00 per share, and the receipt and application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom. See “Use of proceeds.”
 
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Risk factors

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below with all of the other information included in this prospectus before making an investment decision. If any of the possible adverse events described below actually occurs, our business, results of operations, or financial condition would likely suffer. In such an event, the market price of our common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS

We are an early stage company that may never achieve or maintain profitability, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

We have experienced significant losses each year since inception. We had a net loss of approximately $3.4 million for the year ended December 31, 1999, approximately $6.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, and approximately $6.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. At September 30, 2001, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $54.3 million. We have generated limited revenue from the sale of our services, and it is possible that we will never generate sufficient revenue to achieve or maintain profitability. If we are unable to achieve and maintain profitability, the market value of our common stock will likely decline.

Our results of operations may vary from quarter to quarter in future periods and, as a result, we may not meet the expectations of our investors or securities analysts, which could cause our stock price to fluctuate or decline.

Our revenues and results of operations have fluctuated significantly in the past and could fluctuate significantly in the future. Accordingly, you should not rely on period-to-period comparisons of operations as an indication of future performance.

Our results may fluctuate due to the factors described in these “Risk factors,” as well as:

increases or decreases in demand for our services;
 
changes in the types of products that we reprocess;
 
the impact of acquisitions or other significant corporate events;
 
changes in the manner in which our operations are regulated; and
 
increases in our operating expenses.

A substantial portion of our operating expenses is related to personnel costs, marketing programs, and overhead, which we may not be able to adjust quickly and are therefore relatively fixed in the short term. Our operating expenses are based, in significant part, on our expectations of future revenues. If actual revenues are below our expectations, we may not achieve our anticipated operating results. Moreover, it is possible that in some future periods our results of operations may be below the expectations of analysts and investors. In this event, the market price of our common stock is likely to decline.

If third-party reprocessing is not accepted by health care providers, our company will not be successful.

Third-party reprocessing of disposable medical devices is a relatively new and evolving industry that has not yet achieved widespread market acceptance. Market acceptance of third-party reprocessing will depend on a variety of factors, including:

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Risk factors

concerns regarding potential liability resulting from the use of reprocessed disposable medical devices;
 
perceived cost and administrative burdens associated with implementing a reprocessing program;
 
concerns regarding the timely return of reprocessed medical devices to the health care facility; and
 
evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of reprocessing disposable medical devices relative to purchasing new devices.

Even if the health care community generally accepts our reprocessing procedures, recommendations and endorsements by influential surgeons and other physicians will be important to the commercial success of our reprocessing business. If these or other factors beyond our control prevent a significant portion of the health care community from adopting third-party reprocessing as a common practice, the prospects for growth of our industry in general and our business in particular would be impaired.

If products we reprocess injure our customers’ patients, our ability to compete for new business or retain our existing customers may be harmed.

We believe the key factor underlying the acceptance of third-party reprocessing by health care providers is the perception that disposable medical devices may be reused without compromising patient safety. If a disposable medical device we reprocess injures a patient, we may suffer a number of negative consequences, including:

damage to our reputation;
 
delayed or lost revenue due to adverse client reaction; and
 
regulatory actions.

In addition, negative media reports or other publicity concerning medical device reprocessing, whether regarding us, our competitors, or the industry as a whole, may broadly and adversely affect our industry in general and our business in particular. Even if such publicity is not about us, our customers and potential customers may not distinguish our services or the reprocessing procedures we have implemented from those of our competitors or others engaged in reprocessing. Also, under most of our customer contracts, we are required to indemnify our customers against losses they suffer from patient injury resulting from reprocessed medical devices. Any of these events could undermine market acceptance of reprocessing and lead to increased regulatory burdens, which could adversely affect our business.

If product liability suits are filed against us, we could be required to engage in expensive and time-consuming litigation, pay substantial damages, and face an increase in our insurance rates.

If a medical device we reprocess is reused and causes injury to or infects one or more of our customer’s patients, we may become liable under product liability theories for damages resulting from product failure. Consequently, we face a significant risk of product liability claims. Claims of liability for product failure and patient injury could divert management’s attention from our core business, be expensive to defend, and result in sizable damage awards against us. We cannot assure you that our product liability insurance would adequately protect us from product liability claims. Any product liability claim brought against us, with or without merit, could increase our product liability insurance rates or prevent us from securing any coverage in the future. Even in the absence of a claim, our insurance rates may rise in the future to a point where they become prohibitively expensive.


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Risk factors

If one or more of our large customers terminate their contracts with us, which generally allow for termination without cause, we could lose a significant amount of revenue.

Our form of reprocessing agreement typically permits our customers to cancel that agreement at any time without cause upon 30 days’ written notice. Consequently, termination of customer agreements can occur for any or no reason. If one or more of our large customers cancel their existing reprocessing contracts, we could lose a significant amount of our revenue. No one customer, however, accounted for more than 10% of our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.

If our relationships with Stericycle/ BFI or Hospitec, which play critical roles in our ORDirect Program, are impaired or severed, or if a problem occurs with Federal Express, our carrier, we may need to restructure our operations or cease reprocessing surgical devices, which could adversely affect our revenues.

We currently rely on Stericycle/ BFI, Hospitec, Inc., and Federal Express to provide critical services and products in connection with the operation of our ORDirect program, a turnkey program that is designed to facilitate collection of surgical devices and accounted for approximately 9.2% of our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. We currently do not have contracts with any of these service providers. If Stericycle/ BFI, Hospitec, or Federal Express fails or is unable to perform as expected or if we lose their services, we may not be able to reprocess surgical devices in a timely manner, if at all.

Our business depends heavily upon regulatory compliance and approval, which significantly increases the costs and risks associated with our business.

The reprocessing of medical devices is subject to extensive regulation in the United States. For many years, third-party reprocessors have been subject to the FDA’s regulations requiring good manufacturing practices, labeling, medical device reporting, establishment registration, and device listing. In August 2000, the FDA adopted a Guidance Document describing its plan for phased enforcement of pre-market requirements in addition to other regulatory requirements in connection with the reprocessing of disposable medical devices and extending all regulations to hospital reprocessors, as well as third-party reprocessors. Compliance with the FDA’s regulatory requirements will substantially increase the cost and administrative burdens associated with reprocessing. Reprocessors of disposable medical devices are subject to all the regulatory requirements also applicable to original equipment manufacturers, including:

registration and listing;
 
pre-market notification and approval requirements;
 
submission of adverse event reports under the Medical Device Reporting regulations;
 
manufacturing and other requirements under the Quality System Regulation;
 
labeling requirements;
 
medical device tracking;
 
medical device corrections and removals; and
 
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Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement actions which may include:

prohibiting specific devices from being reprocessed;
 
ceasing marketing;
 
operating under an injunction;
 
paying significant fines and penalties; and
 
criminal prosecutions and similar FDA actions that could adversely affect our business and profitability.

In addition, the FDA has stated that it intends to phase-in additional oversight of the reprocessing industry based on its assessment of current practices and potential risks over time. Although we believe we are in substantial compliance with the requirements the FDA is currently enforcing with respect to reprocessors, we cannot guarantee you that we will be able to maintain our compliance with these requirements, that we will be able to comply with any future requirements the FDA may impose on us, or that the cost of compliance will not adversely affect our revenue and profitability.

We are subject to a variety of other regulations, including those relating to the environment, health, and safety. Complying with these regulations can be expensive and restrict how we do business.

In addition to the FDA regulations described above, a variety of local, state, and federal laws and regulations govern our business, including those administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. For example, we store, handle, and dispose of medical waste and other controlled hazardous and biological materials in our business. We incur substantial costs to manage these materials in accordance with applicable regulations, and if we fail to comply with these regulations, we could be subject to substantial fines and other sanctions, delays, and increased operating costs. In addition, if regulated materials were improperly released at our current or former facilities or at locations to which we send materials for disposal, we could be strictly liable for substantial damages and costs, including cleanup costs and personal injury or property damages, and incur delays and increased operating costs. We may in the future be subject to the other environmental, health, and safety regulations that may affect our operations.

If we do not receive and maintain necessary FDA approvals, we will not be able to operate our business as currently conducted.

In August 2000, the FDA adopted a Guidance Document explaining its policy for enforcement of regulatory requirements in connection with the reprocessing of disposable medical devices. Among other things, the FDA is requiring hospital and third-party reprocessors to comply with the pre-market regulatory requirements currently applicable to original equipment manufacturers. As a result of this new regulatory requirement, unless an exemption applies, we must obtain, for each medical device that we wish to reprocess, a 510(k) clearance or pre-market approval from the FDA. The process involved in obtaining either of these authorizations can be lengthy and expensive. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process usually takes from four to twelve months, but may take longer. The pre-market approval, or PMA process is much more costly, lengthy, and uncertain, generally taking from one to three years or even longer after all the necessary data are submitted in the PMA. In its August 2000 Guidance Document, the FDA established dates, varying by class of medical device, by which reprocessors must file for and obtain these authorizations, in order to continue reprocessing the devices. You should refer to “Business—Government Regulation” for details on these deadlines and our progress in meeting them. We have limited experience in obtaining FDA clearances or approvals, and the FDA has limited


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experience in the application of pre-market review requirements to medical device reprocessors, which may increase the potential for delays in the FDA review process. Delays in filing for or obtaining regulatory clearance or approval would disrupt our operations, which would adversely affect our revenue and profitability. We may not be successful in obtaining such approvals or clearances or maintaining any approvals and clearances that we have obtained or may obtain in the future.

If we or our suppliers fail to comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, our operations could be delayed and our business could be harmed.

Our reprocessing operations are required to comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR, which incorporates the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice and covers the methods and documentation of the design, testing, production, control, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, and shipping of devices. The FDA enforces the QSR through periodic unannounced inspections. The FDA has inspected our facilities in the past and has identified certain deficiencies that we have had to cure. We cannot assure you that future inspections will not identify other deficiencies or that we would be able to cure any observed deficiencies in a timely fashion or without incurring significant cost. If the FDA observes significant deficiencies during an inspection, our operations could be disrupted. If we fail to take corrective action in response to a QSR inspection, the FDA could force us to cease our reprocessing operations, recall our reprocessed devices, delay the grant of pre-market clearance or approval, or subject us to other enforcement actions that could have a material adverse effect on our or our customers’ operations.

We may be adversely impacted by competitive factors. Moreover, because there are relatively few barriers to entry in our industry, new competitors could cause us to lose business opportunities or personnel and limit our ability to increase or sustain our revenue.

The reprocessing industry is highly competitive. Historically, we have competed with both other third-party reprocessors and hospitals that have engaged in reprocessing internally. We also compete, in effect, with the original equipment manufacturers that promote disposable medical devices as single-use products. Competitive factors can result in reduced market share and lower profit margins.

There are relatively few barriers to entry in our industry that cannot be overcome by competitors with significant financial resources and access to technical personnel. We do not own any technologies that preclude or inhibit competitors from entering the areas in which we compete. As a result, we expect competition to continue and to intensify from both existing competitors and from potential new entrants in our industry. Existing or future competitors may:

independently develop and implement superior reprocessing systems;
 
reduce prices;
 
offer new services;
 
hire our professional and other personnel; or
 
win new customers for which we are competing.

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Actions by medical device manufacturers may impair our ability to compete effectively or otherwise hurt our business.

Because reprocessing tends to reduce the number of disposable medical devices purchased from device manufacturers, we and other medical device reprocessors may face competitive or claims-based measures by original equipment manufacturers designed to protect their market share. For example, manufacturers sometimes offer to sell their devices for a lower price to health care facilities that agree not to reprocess. Manufacturers could also try to redesign their devices to make reprocessing difficult or cost-prohibitive. Citizen petitions have also been submitted to the FDA on behalf of manufacturers seeking changes in the regulation of the reprocessing industry, including changes in the labeling of reprocessed medical devices. In addition, original device manufacturers have in the past claimed, and may claim in the future, that we or our customers infringe their patents or trademarks. Any such claims, regardless of their merit, could divert management’s attention from our core business, be expensive to defend, and result in a damage award against us. Such competitive tactics could adversely affect our ability to conduct our business and our financial condition.

We depend significantly on key personnel, and if we lose one or more of our senior management members, our ability to deliver reprocessing services efficiently and profitably could be adversely affected.

Our success largely depends on the skills, experience, and efforts of the members of our senior management. The loss of any of their services would weaken our management expertise and harm our business. With the exception of Mr. Ricardo M. Ferreira, our President and Chief Executive Officer, we do not have any key person life insurance on such individuals. Please see “Management” for more information.

If we are not able to maintain adequate personnel, systems, or other resources to effectively manage our planned growth, our ability to deliver services could be impaired and cause our customer and employee relations to suffer.

Our anticipated growth may strain our managerial and operational resources by diverting management attention from servicing our customers’ reprocessing needs to personnel recruitment, training, and infrastructure development. To manage future growth, we must continue to improve our operating and financial systems, procedures and controls, and to expand, train, retain, and manage our personnel base. Although our reprocessing facility has substantial excess capacity, we have experienced periodic difficulties of a short-term nature in meeting our customers’ expectations for the timely return of reprocessed medical devices. These difficulties resulted primarily from our transition to our new reprocessing facility and our temporary inability to recruit and train a sufficient number of qualified personnel to effectively reprocess the increased number of medical devices being sent to the new reprocessing facility. To increase sales, we must also recruit, train, and retain additional account executives, who are responsible for field sales and customer service. The loss of a substantial number of our reprocessing technicians or account executives or the inability to recruit these individuals in sufficient numbers could negatively affect our revenues. If our systems, procedures, and controls are inadequate to support our operations, we would not be able to reprocess medical devices on a timely basis or attract new customers or employees, and our planned growth may not materialize.

If a natural disaster or other unanticipated problem damages or renders our facilities inoperable, our operations would be disrupted and our business would be harmed.

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reprocessing services or otherwise operate our business. In the event of any such problem, any inventory of supplies or products we have on hand for reprocessing or delivery may be destroyed. Although we believe that we possess adequate insurance to cover damage to our property and disruption to our business from fire and other casualties, such coverage may not be sufficient to protect us against all of our potential losses and may not continue to be available on acceptable terms, if at all. Any prolonged or repeated disruption or inability to perform our services or operate our business would have a material adverse effect on our business and profitability.

If we are unable to successfully integrate the operations of other companies we may acquire in the future, our business could be harmed.

We may in the future undertake acquisitions of other companies providing services or having technologies and operations that we believe complement our business. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including difficulties in the integration of the operations, technologies, and services of the acquired companies, the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns, and the potential loss of key employees of the acquired businesses. If we fail to successfully integrate other companies that we may acquire in the future, our business could be harmed.

RISKS RELATED TO THIS OFFERING

Our directors, executive officers, and principal stockholders have significant voting power and may take actions that may not be in the best interests of our other stockholders.

After this offering, our officers, directors, and principal stockholders holding more than 5% of our common stock together will control approximately 53.3% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, will be able to control the management and affairs of our company and all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control or a merger, consolidation, or other business combination at a premium price if these stockholders oppose it. This concentration of ownership may not be in the best interest of our other stockholders.

Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, and Delaware law contain provisions that could discourage a takeover.

Our basic corporate documents and Delaware law contain provisions that might enable our management to resist a takeover. These provisions might discourage, delay, or prevent a change in the control of our company or a change in our management. The existence of these provisions could adversely affect the voting power of holders of our common stock and limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for our common stock. See “Description of capital stock.”

Our common stock has not previously been publicly traded, and we expect that the price of our common stock will fluctuate substantially.

Before this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. An active public trading market may not develop after completion of this offering or, if one develops, it may not be sustained. The price of the common stock sold in this offering will not necessarily reflect the market price of the common stock after this offering. The market price for the common stock after this offering will be affected by a number of factors, including:

the announcement of new customers or service enhancements by us or our competitors;
 
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quarterly variations in our results of operations or those of our competitors;
 
changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, or our failure to achieve analysts’ earnings estimates;
 
developments in our industry, particularly with respect to FDA regulations or changes in the health care insurance cost reimbursement system; and
 
general market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance or the operating performance of our competitors.

In addition, the stock prices of many companies in both the medical device and medical services industries have experienced wide fluctuations that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of those companies. These factors and price fluctuations may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Our stock price, like that of many early stage medical technology companies, may be volatile, which may increase our exposure to stockholder derivative lawsuits.

If our future quarterly operating results are below the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the price of our common stock would likely decline. Stock price fluctuations may be exaggerated if the trading volume of our common stock is low. In the past, securities class action litigation has often been filed against a company after a period of volatility in the market price of its stock. Any securities litigation claims filed against us could result in substantial expense and the diversion of management’s attention from our core business.

A sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline.

If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market after this offering, including shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants, the market price of our common stock could fall. These sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate. See “Shares eligible for future sale.”

If our management team does not effectively allocate the proceeds of this offering, we may fail to achieve our objectives and our stock price may decline.

Our management has significant flexibility in applying the proceeds that we receive in this offering. We intend to use a portion of the proceeds from this offering to support our regulatory compliance efforts, expand our direct sales force, pay accrued dividends on our preferred stock, purchase equipment to increase productivity, support research and development efforts to expand the number of devices suitable for reprocessing, and construct an additional reprocessing facility, if necessary, to meet increased demand for our services. We also may use a portion of the net proceeds to pursue acquisitions of other companies that we believe will complement our business. Because the proceeds are not required to be allocated to any specific investment or transaction, you cannot determine the value or propriety of our management’s application of the proceeds prior to your investment. If we do not allocate the proceeds of the offering effectively, we may fail to achieve our objectives and the market price of our common stock may decline.


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Forward-looking information

This prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference, contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements convey our current expectations or forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “may,” “continue,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In particular, these include, among other things, statements relating to:

our estimates regarding the potential size of the reprocessing market;
 
our competitive advantage in generating business from certain group purchasing organizations and nationally-recognized hospital networks and their affiliated health care facilities;
 
our ability to use our financial resources and technical expertise to capitalize on recent regulatory changes;
 
health care facilities’ ability to realize cost savings through the use of reprocessing;
 
the removal of regulatory burdens and product liability exposure from our customers; and
 
our ability to further penetrate the reprocessing market.

Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this prospectus may turn out to be inaccurate. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. They may be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks, uncertainties, and assumptions described in “Risk factors.” In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus may not occur as contemplated and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. When you consider these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind these risk factors and other cautionary statements in this prospectus, including those in “Prospectus summary,” “Risk factors,” “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations,” and “Business.”

Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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Use of proceeds

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds of approximately $54,600,000 from the sale of the 4,000,000 shares of our common stock in this offering, or $62,970,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full. Net proceeds are what we expect to receive after we pay the underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses. For the purpose of estimating net proceeds, we are assuming that the public offering price will be $15.00 per share.

We currently intend to use the net proceeds of this offering as follows:

approximately $2 million to complete our initial regulatory compliance efforts, which include the preparation and submission of 510(k) and PMA notifications for each device we intend to continue to reprocess, and to support ongoing regulatory efforts and clinical trials;
 
approximately $2 million to expand our direct sales force and add service technicians;
 
approximately $2 million to purchase new equipment to automate and improve the productivity of our reprocessing operations;
 
approximately $1 million to support research and development efforts designed to expand the range of devices suitable for reprocessing; and
 
approximately $10 million to construct an additional reprocessing facility, if necessary, to handle anticipated growth in operations.

Upon the completion of this offering, as required by the terms of our preferred stock, we also intend to pay approximately $3 million to the holders of our preferred stock, representing cumulative dividends through and including November 1, 2001. These cumulative dividends have been accruing on a daily basis at a rate of 8% per year since the date of issuance of each separate series. The holders of our preferred stock include officers, directors, principal stockholders, and other affiliated persons. Currently, we do not have a specific plan for the remaining net proceeds, although we may use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire additional businesses, services, products, or technologies or to invest in additional businesses that we believe will complement our current or future business. However, we are not party to any definitive agreement regarding any material acquisition or investment. We intend to use any other remaining net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Except for the dividends payable to the holders of our preferred stock as described above, the amount of proceeds from this offering that we use for any purpose, and the timing of that use, will vary depending on a number of factors, including the amount of cash generated or used by our operations, the rate of growth, if any, of our business, regulatory developments, including whether or not we will be required to conduct clinical trials, potential acquisitions, and competitive conditions. As a result, we will retain broad discretion in the allocation of the net proceeds of this offering.

For information regarding specific amounts to be paid to certain affiliated holders of the preferred stock, see “Related party transactions” at page 54. For information regarding the anticipated cost to complete our initial regulatory compliance efforts, see “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations — Overview” at page 23.

Pending the uses described above, we will invest the net proceeds of this offering in cash, cash-equivalents, money market funds, or short-term interest-bearing, investment-grade securities to the extent consistent with applicable regulations. We cannot predict whether the proceeds will be invested to yield a favorable return.


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Dividend policy

Prior to this offering, we have never declared or paid any dividends on our capital stock. However, in connection with the completion of this offering, we are obligated to pay accrued dividends to the holders of our preferred stock. Other than these accrued dividends, we anticipate that we will retain any earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Additionally, under our loan agreement, we are prohibited from declaring dividends without the prior consent of our lender. Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends, other than the payment of accrued dividends to the holders of preferred stock, in the foreseeable future. Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements, financial conditions, future prospects, and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant.


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Capitalization

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of September 30, 2001:

on an actual basis; and
 
•   on an as adjusted basis to give effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of our common stock effective upon completion of this offering and to the sale of the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus (excluding the over-allotment option) at an assumed initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, and the receipt and application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom.

                     
As of September 30, 2001

Actual As adjusted

Long-term debt
    957,143       957,143  
     
     
 
Redeemable preferred stock
    64,353,201        
     
     
 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
 
Common stock, $.001 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, actual; 35,000,000 shares authorized, as adjusted; 1,566,855 shares issued and outstanding, actual; and 11,805,938 shares issued and outstanding, as adjusted
    1,567       11,806  
 
Additional paid-in capital
          116,247,888  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (54,296,719 )     (54,296,719 )
     
     
 
 
Net stockholders’ (capital deficiency) equity
    (54,295,152 )     61,962,975  
     
     
 
   
Total capitalization
    $11,015,192       $62,920,118  
     
     
 

The table above does not include:

•   926,930 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding as of September 30, 2001 at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.33 per share;
 
•   248,748 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2001 at a weighted-average exercise price of $5.37 per share; and
 
•   up to 23,305 additional shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and up to 525,572 additional shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.

Between September 30, 2001 and November 29, 2001, warrants to purchase 15,617 shares of our common stock were exercised, a warrant to purchase 19,671 shares of our common stock expired, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,266 shares of our common stock were issued, and options to purchase 1,426 shares of our common stock were exercised.


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Dilution

If you invest in our common stock, your interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share of our common stock and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock after this offering.

Our pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2001 was $5,283,386, or $0.63 per share of our common stock. Pro forma net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets reduced by the amount of our total liabilities and cumulative preferred stock dividends and divided by the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding after giving effect to the conversion of all of our outstanding preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of our common stock and the exercise of options and warrants held by officers, directors, and other affiliated persons to acquire 618,886 shares of common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.99 per share. See “Capitalization.”

After giving effect to the sale of 4,000,000 shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus at an assumed initial public offering price of $15.00 per share and receipt of the estimated net proceeds therefrom, our pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2001 would have been $59,883,386, or $4.82 per share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $4.19 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $10.18 per share to the new investors. The following table illustrates this per share dilution:

                   
Assumed initial public offering price per share
          $ 15.00  
 
Pro forma net tangible book value per share at September 30, 2001
  $ 0.63          
 
Increase attributable to new investors
    4.19          
     
         
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering
            4.82  
             
 
Dilution per share to new investors
          $ 10.18  
             
 

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis, as of September 30, 2001, the differences between the number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the aggregate consideration paid to us, and the average price per share paid by existing stockholders and new investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering, after giving effect to the conversion of our preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of our common stock, and the exercise of options and warrants held by officers, directors, and other affiliated persons to acquire 618,886 shares of common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.99 per share.

                                           
Shares purchased Total consideration Average


price
Number Percent Amount Percent per share

Existing stockholders
    8,424,824       68 %   $ 30,038,218       33 %   $ 3.57  
New investors
    4,000,000       32       60,000,000       67       15.00  
     
     
     
     
         
 
Total
    12,424,824       100 %   $ 90,038,218       100 %        
     
     
     
     
         

The foregoing tables and calculations assume no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and exclude 926,930 shares of common stock subject to options outstanding as of September 30, 2001, with a weighted-average exercise price of $3.33 per share, and 248,748 shares of common stock subject to warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2001, with a weighted-average exercise price of $5.37 per share, but include the exercise of options and warrants held by officers, directors, and other affiliated persons to acquire 618,886 shares of common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of


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$3.99 per share. Assuming exercise in full of all options and warrants, pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering would be reduced and further dilute new investors an additional $0.06 per share, to $10.24 per share.

Between September 30, 2001 and November 29, 2001, warrants to purchase 15,617 shares of our common stock were exercised, warrants to purchase 19,671 shares of our common stock expired, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,266 shares of our common stock were issued, and options to purchase 1,426 shares of our common stock were exercised.

If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, the following will occur:

•   the percentage of shares of our common stock held by existing stockholders will decrease to approximately 65% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering; and
 
•   the number of shares of our common stock held by new investors will increase to 4,600,000, or approximately 35% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering.


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Selected financial data

The selected financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto and “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. During 1998, we acquired the operations of Applied Medical Recovery, Inc., Crystal Medical Technologies, Inc., dba ORRIS, and Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc. All of these acquisitions were accounted for using the pooling of interests method of accounting for business combinations. The consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1997 and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 1996 and 1997 represent the results of operations and financial position, respectively, of these companies as if they had been acquired on January 1, 1996. These results are unaudited and are not included elsewhere in this prospectus. The consolidated statements of operations data for the year ended December 31, 1998, which appear elsewhere in this prospectus, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 1998, which does not appear elsewhere in this prospectus, have been derived from our financial statements, which have been audited by Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC, independent auditors. The consolidated statements of operations and balance sheet data presented below as of and for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000 have been derived from our financial statements, which have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, and which appear elsewhere in this prospectus. The consolidated statements of operations data for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 and 2001 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of September 30, 2001 have been derived from our unaudited financial statements that appear elsewhere in this prospectus. These unaudited financial statements include all adjustments consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments that we consider necessary for a fair presentation of that information. Historical operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.

                                                           
Nine months
Year ended December 31, ended September 30,
Statements of

operations data 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001

Revenue
    $3,035,843       $4,077,054       $4,522,878       $5,821,638       $6,403,603       $4,599,795       $11,517,827  
Cost of revenue
    1,241,627       2,499,366       2,715,518       3,661,309       6,177,958       4,571,102       6,708,394  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Gross profit
    1,794,216       1,577,688       1,807,360       2,160,329       225,645       28,693       4,809,433  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating expenses:
                                                       
 
General and administrative
    2,305,781       2,310,457       1,964,984       2,246,366       2,033,502       1,543,281       2,643,201  
 
Selling and marketing
    1,083,428       3,296,080       2,652,248       2,770,041       4,767,499       3,135,120       6,394,647  
 
Regulatory compliance
                            557,123       210,018       1,618,918  
 
Reversal of litigation reserve
                            (261,213 )              
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total operating expenses
    3,389,209       5,606,537       4,617,232       5,016,407       7,096,911       4,888,419       10,656,766  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Loss from operations
    (1,594,993 )     (4,028,849 )     (2,809,872 )     (2,856,078 )     (6,871,266 )     (4,859,726 )     (5,847,333 )
Other income (expense) —net
    (58,650 )     (179,048 )     (918,492 )     (149,842 )     139,931       (37,558 )     (201,142 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Loss before extraordinary loss
    (1,653,643 )     (4,207,897 )     (3,728,364 )     (3,005,920 )     (6,731,335 )     (4,897,284 )     (6,048,475 )
Extraordinary loss—
                                                       
 
Early extinguishment of debt
                      (412,500 )                  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss
    (1,653,643 )     (4,207,897 )     (3,728,364 )     (3,418,420 )     (6,731,335 )     (4,897,284 )     (6,048,475 )
Less: Cumulative preferred stock dividend
                      (307,397 )     (948,274 )     (616,667 )     (1,439,403 )
 
Accretion to redemption value and preferred stock discount
                            (4,334,414 )     (2,318,182 )     (32,475,836 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
    $(1,653,643 )     $(4,207,897 )     $(3,728,364 )     $(3,725,817 )     $(12,014,023 )     $(7,832,133 )     $(39,963,714 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss per share before extraordinary item
                      $(2.73 )                  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss per share—basic and diluted
    $(2.59 )     $(6.58 )     $(4.75 )     $(3.07 )     $(7.73 )     $(5.04 )     $(25.67 )
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Weighted-average shares used in calculating loss per share—basic and diluted
    639,378       639,378       785,134       1,213,600       1,554,992       1,554,992       1,556,809  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

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September 30,
Balance sheet data 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Cash and cash equivalents
    $162,556       $64,832       $27,938       $881,684       $10,119       $1,196,624  
Working capital (deficiency)
    419,808       (3,555,174 )     (6,726,642 )     (73,049 )     (24,380 )     1,112,399  
Total assets
    2,523,697       2,342,505       2,743,245       6,065,836       8,057,940       16,016,505  
Long-term debt
    41,472       1,101,530       84,822       2,013       555,556       957,143  
Redeemable preferred
stock
                      8,275,171       21,506,686       64,353,201  
Net stockholders’ equity (capital deficiency)
    1,356,070       (3,657,764 )     (5,623,059 )     (5,107,087 )     (17,121,110 )     (54,295,152 )

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Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in connection with our financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors such as those set forth under “Risk factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

OVERVIEW

We reprocess disposable medical devices for reuse by health care facilities. As a third-party medical device reprocessor, we enable health care facilities to significantly reduce their materials acquisition costs and avoid the burdens of complying with FDA regulations governing reprocessing of medical devices.

Alliance Medical Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in October 1997 as GB Company and changed its name to Alliance Medical Corporation in February 1998. This entity facilitated combining the operations of Applied Medical Recovery, Inc., a medical device reprocessor based in Phoenix, Arizona, with the operations of Crystal Medical Technologies, Inc., dba ORRIS, a medical device reprocessor based in Houston, Texas. Since inception, we have grown our operations both internally and externally through acquisitions of other third-party reprocessors, including the acquisition of all of the capital stock of Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based reprocessor specializing in open but unused medical products, in September 1998, and Paragon Health Care Corporation, or Paragon, a Little Rock, Arkansas-based reprocessor specializing in EP catheters, in February 2001.

We generate revenue by charging our health care customers a negotiated price for each device we reprocess and return to them. Devices may be reprocessed multiple times before they are ultimately discarded. The negotiated price typically is based on a percentage of the customer’s cost of a new device. We attempt to increase revenue not only through adding new customers, but also by increasing the number and types of devices collected for reprocessing from our existing customers.

We recognize revenue when the reprocessed devices are shipped back to the customer. With respect to customers subject to open or blanket purchase orders, we ship each batch of reprocessed devices immediately after all reprocessing steps have been completed. For customers not subject to open purchase orders, we do not ship any reprocessed devices until we have obtained a purchase order covering those devices.

Our cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost of direct labor and supervisory personnel required to reprocess medical devices, direct materials costs, lease payments related to our reprocessing facility, and the costs associated with engineering and quality assurance matters. We capitalize labor and overhead directly attributable to the reprocessing of medical devices until such time as the revenue is recognized.

Our cost of revenue varies depending on the number and types of devices shipped to us for reprocessing. The costs we incur to reprocess a specific device increase or decrease depending on the complexity of the device and the time and effort required to reprocess the device according to its designated protocol. Our costs also may increase to the extent we must discard devices collected for reprocessing because the devices are damaged beyond repair, have been reprocessed the maximum number of times permitted by that device’s protocol, or are not included on our list of products internally approved for reprocessing. To improve our gross margins, we initially focus our sales efforts


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on collecting devices that are relatively simple to reprocess or that generate relatively higher margins. We work with our customers to increase the number of devices collected for reprocessing while minimizing the number of devices shipped to us that cannot be reprocessed.

Our operating expenses primarily include general and administrative costs, selling and marketing expenses, and regulatory compliance costs.

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of the cost of corporate operations and our personnel, legal, accounting, and other general operating expenses.

Our selling and marketing expenses include costs associated with personnel, advertising and marketing, public relations, customer development activities, including tours of our reprocessing facility, and commissions paid to direct and independent account executives.

Historically, most of our revenue has been generated by independent account executives, who are compensated exclusively through commissions. Our objective, however, is to expand our direct sales force by hiring additional company-employed account executives, who are compensated through a combination of salaries and commissions, which typically are substantially lower than commissions paid to non-salaried independent account executives. In furtherance of this objective, between September 30, 2000 and September 30, 2001, we have hired an additional 31 company-employed account executives. We believe expanding our direct sales force will enable us to increase our revenue and reduce our selling and marketing costs as a percentage of revenue, although our fixed costs are likely to increase in the near term.

Operating expenses also include the costs to comply with FDA regulations requiring the preparation of and filing of pre-market notification (510(k)) submissions or pre-market approval applications (PMAs) for each type of device we reprocess. These filing requirements were adopted by the FDA in August 2000 as part of a Guidance Document that changed the regulatory requirements governing reprocessors. As of the FDA’s August 14, 2001 filing deadline, we had filed 20 510(k) submissions and one PMA with the FDA. Because these filing requirements were only recently imposed by the FDA, we anticipate that the costs associated with our initial submission program will be relatively higher in 2000 and 2001 than in future years. We estimate that the aggregate cost to complete our initial regulatory compliance efforts will be $1.0 million. Although we have completed our initial submission program, we will continue to incur regulatory expenses on an ongoing basis. We expect, however, that these expenses will decline significantly as a percentage of revenue in the future.

Other expenses primarily include interest expense offset by interest and other miscellaneous income.

We have incurred losses since inception including losses of $6.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, and $6.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2000. During these periods, we consolidated our operations into a new, custom-designed reprocessing facility, closed down three other reprocessing facilities, significantly increased our direct sales force and regulatory, quality assurance and design engineering staffs, and initiated our 510(k) and PMA submission program with the FDA. While these actions resulted in significant increases in costs and a corresponding increase in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue for those periods, we believe that these actions have positioned us to capitalize on significant opportunities for substantial growth in our market.

We acquired Paragon on February 9, 2001 in exchange for approximately $4.0 million in cash. As a result, Paragon’s financial statements from the date of acquisition have been consolidated with our financial statements.


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REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT

In August 2000, the FDA adopted a Guidance Document describing the agency’s enforcement policy with respect to regulation of reprocessors. The Guidance Document established an interpretative policy that subjects reprocessors of disposable medical devices to the same extensive pre-market review regulations as those applied to original equipment device manufacturers. These regulations require 510(k) clearance or PMA approval with respect to reprocessed devices based on the classification of the device (which is determined in accordance with perceived risk). The Guidance Document provides for a graduated phase-in of this requirement, with the phase-in date for a particular device based on the classification of the device. Reprocessors that make submissions for 510(k) clearance or PMA approval by the applicable phase-in date can continue reprocessing for an additional six months while the submission is pending. If the requisite clearance or approval is not obtained by the phase-in date (or extension, if applicable), the reprocessor must stop reprocessing the device.

The large majority of products we reprocess require a 510(k) clearance, and under the Guidance Document we had until August 14, 2001 to submit our 510(k) notifications for these products or cease reprocessing them. By August 14, 2001, we submitted 510(k) notifications for products representing greater than 92% of our historical revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2001 and 89% of such revenue on a pro forma basis, giving effect to the Paragon acquisition. As of November 29, 2001, we had received 510(k) clearance for 11 of the 20 notifications we filed with the FDA. Since we filed our 510(k) notifications, we have also received a number of requests from the FDA for additional information, including a request for additional information and testing of our electrophysiology catheter. Although we intend to submit timely responses to the FDA’s requests for information, we cannot assure you that the FDA will accept our responses as satisfactory. We will have to stop reprocessing any products for which we do not receive 510(k) clearance by February 14, 2002. We believe it is likely that we will be able to obtain 510(k) clearance for most, if not all, of these products by that date, although we cannot guarantee this result.

Revenue attributable to products for which we did not submit 510(k) notifications by August 14, 2001 accounted for less than 5% of our historical 2000 revenue. We did not believe that the anticipated revenue from these products justified the costs required to be incurred in preparing and submitting 510(k) notifications. We do not anticipate that discontinuing reprocessing of these devices will have a significant negative impact upon our gross profit.

One product that we currently reprocess, an ablation catheter, requires an approved PMA. Ablation catheters represented 3% of our historical 2000 revenue and 9% of our pro forma 2000 revenue, after giving effect to the Paragon acquisition, and represented 4% of our historical revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, and 4.8% of our historical revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the Paragon acquisition. To continue reprocessing ablation catheters, which are classified as high-risk devices, we needed to file a PMA with the FDA by February 14, 2001 and obtain approval from the FDA by August 14, 2001. We filed a PMA for ablation catheters by February 14, 2001, but our PMA was not accepted for filing by the FDA until May 2001. Accordingly, during this time we recognized no revenue from reprocessing ablation catheters. In May 2001, our PMA was accepted for filing with an effective filing date of February 14, 2001. The FDA has extended until February 14, 2002 the date by which pending PMAs must be approved, which allows us to continue reprocessing ablation catheters until February 14, 2002. Because we do not believe we will be able to obtain approval of our PMA by that date, if at all, we do not believe that we will continue to reprocess ablation catheters after that date. We do not expect, however, that discontinuing reprocessing of ablation catheters will have a significant negative impact on our gross profit.


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For additional information, see “Business — Government Regulation — FDA’s pre-market clearance and approval requirements.”

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Nine months ended September 30, 2000 and 2001

Revenue

Revenue increased to $11.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from $4.6 million in the comparable period in 2000, an increase of approximately 150.4%. Of the $6.9 million increase, $980,000, or approximately 14.2%, was directly attributable to the acquisition of Paragon in February 2001. The $5.9 million balance of the increase in revenue, or approximately 85.8%, was due primarily to the addition of new customers and an increase in business from our existing customer base. Much of the increase in business resulted from approximately 30 additional sales representatives that were hired during the latter part of 2000 and whose sales performance improved as they gained experience with the industry and our business.

Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue increased to $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from $4.6 million in the comparable period in 2000, an increase of approximately 46.8%. Of the $2.1 million increase, $330,000, or approximately 15.6%, was directly attributable to the Paragon acquisition. The $1.8 million balance of the increase in cost of revenue, or approximately 84.4%, was primarily attributable to increased reprocessing volume resulting from increased operations. To a lesser extent, the increase was also the result of increased depreciation costs associated with the build-out of our primary reprocessing facility.

As a percentage of revenue, cost of revenue decreased to approximately 58.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from approximately 99.4% in the comparable period in 2000. This decrease was primarily the result of a gross profit contribution attributable to the Paragon acquisition and increased efficiencies achieved through the integration of our operations into a single facility. In February 2000, we completed the build-out of and consolidated our operations to a new, 42,000 square foot, custom-designed central reprocessing facility. In connection with our transition to the new facility, we closed our existing reprocessing facilities in Phoenix and Houston and relocated our administrative offices to the new facility. The inefficiencies and transition costs caused our cost of revenue to be higher for the nine months ended September 30, 2000. In addition, the increase in reprocessing volume permitted us to spread the fixed costs associated with hiring production personnel and supervisors over a greater amount of revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2001.

General and administrative

General and administrative expense increased to $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from $1.5 million in the comparable period in 2000, an increase of approximately 71.3%. Of this increase, $180,000, or 14.3%, was directly attributable to the Paragon acquisition. The $920,000 balance of the increase in general and administrative expenses, or approximately 85.7%, related to the establishment of a human resources department, the settlement of the Vanguard litigation for $200,000, the hiring of salaried individuals in the technology research and accounting groups, the recognition of compensation expense related to the issuance of stock options, the amortization of goodwill from the Paragon acquisition, and an increase in monthly hosting and servicing costs resulting from the installation of a new information system. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased to 22.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from 33.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2000.

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Selling and marketing

Selling and marketing expenses increased to $6.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from $3.1 million in the comparable period in 2000, an increase of approximately 104%. Of this increase, $250,000, or approximately 7.7%, was directly attributable to the Paragon acquisition. The $3.0 million balance of the increase in selling and marketing expenses, or approximately 92.3%, related primarily to the hiring of approximately 30 additional company-employed account executives during the latter part of 2000 resulting in increased salary and increased commission expenses. Additionally, the frequency of national sales meetings and travel expenses associated with those meetings increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2001. As a percentage of revenue, selling and marketing expenses decreased to 55.5% during the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from 68.1% in the comparable period in 2000.

Regulatory compliance

Regulatory compliance costs were $1.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2001 as compared to $210,000 incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2000. The FDA adopted certain regulatory compliance procedures in August 2000 as part of a Guidance Document that changed the regulatory requirements governing reprocessors. As of November 29, 2001, we had submitted 20 510(k) submissions and filed one PMA with the FDA.

Other income (expense)

Other expense increased to approximately $201,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from approximately $38,000 in the comparable period in 2000, an increase of approximately 435.5%. This increase was a result of increased interest costs incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2001 due to higher average balances outstanding under our credit facilities and to the recognition of an obligation resulting from the adjustment of put warrants to estimated fair value.

Cumulative preferred stock dividends and accretion of redemption value

Cumulative preferred stock dividends increased to $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 from $617,000 in the comparable period in 2000, an increase of approximately 133.4%. This increase was due to the issuance of Series B preferred stock in July 2000, Series C preferred stock in February 2001, and Series D preferred stock in August 2001 resulting in the recognition of cumulative dividends on these securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2001.

Accretion to redemption value and preferred stock discount increased to approximately $32.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, from approximately $2.3 million in the comparable period in 2000. At September 30, 2001, we adjusted the carrying value of our preferred stock then outstanding to the estimated fair value of the redemption feature. The fair value of the redemption feature had historically been estimated by reference to subsequent preferred stock issuances. At the time of the issuance of Series D preferred stock on August 13, 2001, we had entered into discussions related to the registration of our common stock with the SEC in order to facilitate an IPO. As a result of these discussions, management estimated the fair value of our common stock in light of the anticipated IPO, the expected offering range of our common stock, differences in liquidity between private and public companies and certain operational events at the date of Series D preferred stock issuance. As the preferred stock is immediately convertible into common stock, the fair value of the preferred stock was estimated to approximate the value of common stock into which preferred stock could convert. This adjustment resulted in an increase in accretion to redemption value of preferred stock of $27.4 million from the comparable prior period. Additionally, as a result of the difference between the estimated common stock price and the conversion rate on Series D preferred stock of $5.83, we have recognized the intrinsic value of this beneficial conversion feature resulting in a discount to Series D preferred stock of $2.7 million. Since the preferred stock is not mandatorily


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redeemable and is immediately convertible into common stock, we amortized this discount immediately as an adjustment to Series D preferred stock and accumulated deficit. The recognition of the beneficial conversion feature also serves to reduce earnings available to common stockholders in the calculation of earnings per share.

Years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000

Revenue

Revenue increased to $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 from $5.8 million during the year ended December 31, 1999, an increase of approximately 10.0%. The increase in revenue was due primarily to the addition of new customers and an increase in business from our existing customer base. During the latter part of 2000, we significantly increased the number of our company-employed account executives, which resulted in approximately $500,000 of the increase in revenue over the prior year. Additionally, we began marketing our services for the reprocessing of EP catheters and sutures during the year ended December 31, 2000, which resulted in increased revenue during the year.

Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue increased to $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 from $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 1999, an increase of approximately 68.7%. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased to 96.5% for the year ended December 31, 2000 from 62.9% for the year ended December 31, 1999. In February 2000, we completed the build-out and consolidation of our operations into a new, 42,000 square foot, custom-designed central reprocessing facility. In connection with our transition to the new facility, we closed our existing reprocessing facilities in Phoenix and Houston and relocated our administrative offices to the new facility. As a result of hiring decisions made in the fourth quarter of 1999, which resulted in the addition of a Director of Operations, a Director of Regulatory Affairs, and a Director of Engineering, as well as an increase in our regulatory, quality assurance, and engineering staffs, we experienced a significant increase in our fixed costs due to a higher payroll. Finally, in connection with the transition to our new reprocessing facility, we experienced a temporary decline in production efficiency that caused us to substantially increase our production floor staff. The significant increase in new hires resulted in increased costs related to training and quality control.

General and administrative

General and administrative expenses decreased to $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 from $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 1999, a decrease of 9.5%. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses decreased to 31.8% during the year ended December 31, 2000 from 38.6% in the comparable period in 1999. The decrease in general and administrative expenses relates primarily to the inclusion of various shutdown expenses incurred in 1999 related to our closure of the Houston reprocessing facilities and the consolidation of operations in our Phoenix facility. These expenses were not significant during 2000.

Selling and marketing

Selling and marketing expenses increased to $4.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2000 from $2.8 million during the year ended December 31, 1999, an increase of $2.0 million, or approximately 72.1%. Selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue increased to 74.5% in 2000 compared to 47.6% in 1999. The increase in selling and marketing expenses was attributable primarily to the significant expansion of our direct sales force, including hiring seven Regional Vice Presidents of Sales and 22 company-employed account executives. The increase also was due to an increase in the number and value of orders received compared to the prior year. We also experienced increased expenses associated with providing tours to prospective customers in connection with the

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opening of our new reprocessing facility. This increase was offset in part by savings achieved through a change in how we compensated our account executives with respect to EP catheters, which resulted in lower fixed costs in the form of reduced salaries in exchange for an increase in commissions on these devices.

Regulatory compliance

Regulatory compliance costs were $560,000 during the year ended December 31, 2000 as compared to having incurred no such costs during the year ended December 31, 1999. The FDA adopted certain regulatory compliance procedures in August 2000 as part of a Guidance Document that changed the regulatory requirements governing reprocessors. We did not incur such costs prior to August 2000 because these filing requirements were only recently imposed by the FDA.

Reversal of litigation reserve

During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recognized approximately $260,000 in income related to the settlement of litigation with US Surgical Corporation. During 1997, we established a $1.2 million reserve for estimated loss exposure and costs necessary to manage the litigation. As a result of the settlement, the remaining reserve was reversed as we do not believe we face further exposure related to this litigation.

Other income (expense)

Other income included approximately $140,000 for the year ended December 31, 2000 compared to an expense of approximately $150,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999, an increase in income of approximately $290,000. The increase in other income was due primarily to a reduction in interest expense achieved by paying off existing debt from the proceeds of our preferred stock financings and an increase in interest income resulting from the investment of cash balances, offset by a decrease in miscellaneous income.

Extraordinary loss

The extraordinary loss recognized during 1999 resulted from the early extinguishment of debt in that period under terms favorable to us. No such comparable event occurred during 2000.

Cumulative preferred stock dividends and accretion of redemption value

Cumulative preferred stock dividends increased to $950,000 for the year ended December 31, 2000 from $310,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999, an increase of approximately 208.5%. This increase was due to the issuance of the Series B preferred stock in July 2000 and as a result of the Series A preferred stock having been outstanding for the entire year during 2000, compared to only being outstanding for approximately six months during 1999.

At December 31, 2000, we adjusted the carrying value of our preferred stock then outstanding to the estimated fair value of the redemption feature. The fair value of the redemption feature was estimated by reference to the issuance price of the Series C preferred stock issued on February 8, 2001 at $1.55 per share. This adjustment increased net loss attributable to common stockholders by $4.3 million.

Years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999

Revenue

Revenue increased to $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 1999 from $4.5 million for the year ended December 31, 1998, an increase of approximately 28.7%. The increase in revenue was due primarily to the addition of new customers and an increase in business from our existing customer base. During 1999, we increased the number of our company-employed account executives and expanded our service line offerings.

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Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue increased to $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 1999 from $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 1998, an increase of approximately 34.8%. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased to 62.9% for the year ended December 31, 1999 from 60.0% for the year ended December 31, 1998. The increase in cost of revenue was due primarily to an increase in processing volumes. We also incurred certain one-time costs associated with the design and implementation of process improvements.

General and administrative

General and administrative expenses increased to $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 1999 from $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 1998, an increase of approximately 14.3%. This increase was primarily the result of the closing of our Houston facility and the recognition of severance, relocation, and other costs related to this event. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses decreased to 38.6% during the year ended December 31, 1999 from 43.5% in the comparable period in 1998.

Selling and marketing

Selling and marketing expenses increased to $2.8 million during the year ended December 31, 1999 from $2.7 million during the year ended December 31, 1998, an increase of $120,000 or approximately 4.4%. The increase in selling and marketing expenses was attributable primarily to a modest expansion of our direct sales force and increased commission expense due to increased revenue generation. Selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased to 47.6% for the year ended December 31, 1999 compared to 58.6% in the comparable 1998 period.

Other income (expense)

Other expense was approximately $150,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999 compared to approximately $920,000 for the year ended December 31, 1998, a decrease in expense of $770,000. The decrease in other expense was due primarily to a significant decrease in interest expense due to the conversion of much of our outstanding debt during 1999.

Extraordinary loss

The extraordinary loss recognized during 1999 resulted from the early extinguishment of debt in that period under terms favorable to us. No such comparable event occurred during 1998.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Since inception, we have financed our operations primarily from the private sale of equity securities totaling approximately $27.6 million net of offering expenses, including the issuance of Series D preferred stock in August 2001, and net proceeds from bank credit facilities totaling $3.8 million, of which $3.1 million was outstanding on September 30, 2001.

At September 30, 2001, we had working capital of approximately $1.1 million compared to a working capital deficit of approximately $24,000 at December 31, 2000. This increase was the result of the issuance of preferred stock and debt since the prior period.

We used approximately $6.7 million of cash for operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2001. Cash used for operations during this period was primarily driven by operating losses of $6.0 million, increases in accounts receivable of $1.4 million, and increases in prepaids and other assets of $550,000, offset by increases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $430,000 and decrease in inventory of $80,000. We used approximately $14.3 million of cash for operations during the three years ended December 31, 2000. Operating losses primarily drove cash used for operations during this period.


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We used approximately $5.1 million of cash for investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The Paragon acquisition utilized $4.0 million and continued investment in leasehold improvements, reprocessing equipment, and information systems used the remaining $1.1 million. We used approximately $2.1 million of cash for investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2000. We invested approximately $3.0 million in leasehold improvements, reprocessing equipment, and information systems offset by a reduction in restricted cash and securities. We used approximately $4.9 million for investing activities during the three years ended December 31, 2000. We invested $500,000 in restricted cash and approximately $4.3 million in leasehold improvements, reprocessing equipment, and new information systems.

We received approximately $13.0 million from financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2001 as a result of the sale of $7.9 million of Series C preferred stock during February 2001, the sale of $3.8 million of Series D preferred stock during August 2001 and net proceeds from the issuance of debt of $1.4 million. We received approximately $9.1 million from financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2000 as a result of the sale of $7.9 million of Series B preferred stock during July 2000 and net proceeds from the issuance of debt of $1.2 million. We received approximately $19.1 million of cash from financing activities during the three years ended December 31, 2000. Cash provided by financing activities during this period was primarily the result of the private sale of preferred stock, the sale of common stock, and proceeds from our equipment loan and operating line of credit.

In 1999, we negotiated a loan agreement with Imperial Bank. Borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2000 were approximately $1.2 million, including a $500,000 draw under the operating line of credit and a $700,000 term loan. As of December 31, 2000, we did not comply with our covenants under the Imperial Bank loan agreement. In June 2001, we obtained a credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank providing for the advance of up to $4 million. This credit facility includes an operating line of credit of up to $2.5 million, a $500,000 term loan, and a $1 million acquisition line of credit to offset the costs of the Paragon acquisition. Both the term loan and the acquisition loan are repayable over 36 months. The term loan accrues interest at a per annum rate of 1.5 percentage points above the bank’s prime rate and the acquisition loan will accrue interest at a per annum rate of 2 percentage points above the bank’s prime rate. The acquisition line of credit became available to us following the funding of the Series D preferred stock on August 13, 2001. We have borrowed the entire $1 million under this line of credit. As of September 30, 2001, $630,000 remained available under the operating line of credit and the term loan. A portion of the proceeds from the funding of the Silicon Valley Bank credit facility was used to satisfy the amounts owed under the loan agreement with Imperial Bank. As of October 4, 2001, we also obtained an equipment loan from General Electric Capital Corporation in the principal amount of $750,000. The loan is repayable over 36 months and accrues interest at a per annum rate of 16.75%.

We anticipate that capital expenditures for the latter three months of 2001 will be approximately $200,000. These funds will be used primarily for two projects: one involving the implementation of an automated cleaning system and the other involving the implementation of a laser marking system.

We anticipate costs to complete the filing of our 510(k) submissions of an additional $250,000 in 2001. In addition, the FDA’s recent acceptance for filing of our PMA for ablation catheters will require an additional $750,000 in order to complete the PMA process. The completion of the PMA would allow us to continue reprocessing ablation catheters.

As of September 30, 2001, we had outstanding warrants to purchase up to 248,748 shares of our capital stock issued in connection with various financing arrangements. During 2000, we issued warrants to purchase 25,527 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.66 per share to Imperial Bank in connection with the negotiation of the loan agreement and warrants to purchase 35,714 shares of our Series B preferred stock at an exercise price of $1.40 per share to various


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investors in connection with a bridge loan made prior to the closing of the Series B preferred stock financing. During the nine months ended September 30, 2001, we issued warrants to purchase 32,258 shares of our Series C preferred stock at an exercise price of $1.55 per share to Silicon Valley Bank in connection with the negotiation of the credit facility. On October 4, 2001, we issued warrants to purchase 7,266 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.83 per share to General Electric Capital Corporation and Capital Finance Group LLC in connection with the equipment loan.

We have utilized stock options as a means of attracting and retaining both management and sales staff. Options generally vest over a four-year period. As of September 30, 2001, we had options outstanding covering 926,930 shares of our common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.33 per share. Of this amount, options representing 385,866 shares of our common stock were fully vested as of September 30, 2001.

We have funded our operations since our inception primarily through the private placement of common and preferred stock. We have experienced increasing operating losses and accumulated deficits, which have affected our liquidity. During June 2001, we entered into an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank that permits us to borrow up to $4 million for working capital purposes, acquisitions, and equipment purchases. Availability under this borrowing facility is limited to certain eligible collateral balances. At September 30, 2001, amounts available under this financing arrangement totaled approximately $630,000. Additionally, in August 2001, we issued 2,171,427 shares of Series D preferred stock, resulting in proceeds of $3.8 million, net of offering expenses of approximately $7,000 and in October 2001, we obtained an equipment loan of $750,000. We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement contemplating an initial public offering of our common stock, the proceeds of which would be used in part to provide working capital. In the event the offering is not successful, we believe that sufficient sources of capital are available to fund operations for the foreseeable future. Additionally, we have the ability to revise anticipated expenditures in order to conserve resources. We believe that these actions and plans will provide us with sufficient working capital.

Income taxes

We have not generated any pre-tax income to date and therefore have not paid any federal income taxes since inception in 1997. No benefit for federal and state income taxes has been recorded for net operating losses incurred in any period since our inception.

We had net operating losses since inception of $17.1 million as of December 31, 2000. We expect to incur additional operating losses during the balance of 2001, which will increase this amount.

The net operating loss carryforwards are subject to review by the Internal Revenue Service. Ownership changes resulting from the issuance of our Series A, Series B, Series C, and Series D preferred stock have limited, and may further limit, the amount of operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income or tax liabilities pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 382. The amount of the limitation is determined based on our value immediately prior to the ownership changes without taking into account the infusion of capital giving rise to the change. Subsequent ownership changes may further affect the limitation in future years.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT RISK

We invest our excess cash primarily in US government securities and marketable debt securities of financial institutions and corporations with strong credit ratings. We also borrow funds under variable rate credit agreements. We do not utilize derivative financial instruments, derivative commodity instruments, or other market risk sensitive instruments, positions, or transactions in any material fashion. Accordingly, we believe that while the instruments we hold are subject to changes in the


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financial standing of the issuer of such securities, we are not subject to any material risks arising from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices, or other market changes that affect market risk sensitive instruments.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” which provides guidance on accounting for derivatives and hedge transactions. This statement is effective for us on January 1, 2001 and did not have a material impact on reported operating results or financial position.

In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, “Revenue Recognition,” or SAB 101, which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation, and disclosure of revenue in financial statements filed with the SEC. SAB 101 summarizes the SEC’s views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition. We believe our historical revenue recognition policies comply with SAB 101.

In March 2000, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation,” or FIN 44, which contains rules designed to clarify the interpretation of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” or APB Opinion No. 25, including the definition of employee for purposes of applying APB Opinion No. 25, the criteria for determining whether a plan qualifies as a non-compensatory plan, the accounting consequences of various modifications to the terms of a previously fixed stock option or award, and the accounting for an exchange of stock compensation awards in a business combination. FIN 44 became effective on July 1, 2000, but some conclusions in this interpretation cover specific events that occur after either December 15, 1998, or January 12, 2000. This interpretation did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operation.

In June 2001, the FASB approved SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS No. 141 prospectively prohibits the pooling of interests method of accounting for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 142 requires companies to cease amortizing goodwill that existed at June 30, 2001. The amortization of existing goodwill will cease on December 31, 2001. Any goodwill resulting from acquisitions completed after June 30, 2001 will not be amortized. SFAS No. 142 also establishes a new method of testing goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change that would reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. The adoption of SFAS No. 142 will result in the discontinuation of amortization of our goodwill; however, we will be required to test our goodwill for impairment under the new standard beginning in the first quarter of 2002, which could have an adverse effect on our future results of operations if an impairment occurs.

In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets be measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell, whether reported in continuing operations or in discontinued operations. The standard is effective for 2002 and generally is to be applied prospectively. The implementation of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.


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OVERVIEW

We are a leading reprocessor of disposable medical devices that are used in a variety of medical procedures. Health care organizations that implement our reprocessing programs can significantly reduce the costs associated with purchasing new devices, avoid the burdens of complying with government regulations, and reduce exposure to potential liability without compromising patient safety. Our programs are easily implemented and are designed to cover all phases of reprocessing, including collecting, cleaning, function testing, reconditioning, repackaging, sterilizing, and returning each device to the customer. For the nine months ended September 30, 2001, we provided reprocessing services to 641 health care facilities. We have entered into contracts with several leading group purchasing organizations and a number of hospital-integrated delivery networks that collectively represent more than 3,000 health care facilities. We believe that these contracts, together with our financial resources and technical expertise, position us to capitalize on significant opportunities created by recent changes in the regulatory environment governing reprocessing.

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

What is reprocessing?

Reprocessing of disposable medical devices involves cleaning, function testing, and sterilizing used devices to ensure that they are safe and effective for reuse and will perform the functions for which they were designed. By reprocessing, rather than discarding, disposable medical devices after their initial use, hospitals and other health care facilities can substantially reduce their materials acquisition costs. Hospitals may establish and maintain in-house reprocessing operations or elect to outsource their reprocessing needs to one or more third-party reprocessors.

There are more than 80,000 models of medical devices currently in use in the United States, ranging from relatively simple items, such as sequential compression devices (inflatable sleeves used to improve blood circulation), to more complex devices for invasive use, such as catheters that are inserted into the heart to monitor cardiac functioning. Although some complex devices used in invasive procedures are suitable for reprocessing, reprocessing typically involves less complex devices that do not present significant levels of risk to patient safety.

Many types of devices that are labeled as single-use may be reprocessed and safely reused in subsequent medical procedures. A significant number of these devices have been labeled as single-use by the manufacturer for reasons other than lack of suitability for reuse. For example, a manufacturer may label a device as single-use to take advantage of the relatively shorter time periods required to obtain FDA approval for devices labeled as single-use rather than multiple-use. A manufacturer also may label a device as single-use to take advantage of the recurring nature of revenue generated by requiring health care providers to purchase a new device for each patient procedure.

Cost savings opportunities and market size

Historically, governmental and private payors reimbursed health care providers on a “cost-plus” basis, pursuant to which the cost of each medical device used in a procedure was separately reimbursed. Over the past decade, however, these payors have moved to a “diagnosis-related group” or “per diem” basis, pursuant to which the provider is paid a flat fee based on the diagnosis, regardless of the actual cost to the provider of caring for the patient. As a result, cost management has become a critical priority for health care providers. Because the cost to reprocess a used medical device is substantially less than the cost to purchase a new device, hospitals and other health care facilities that adopt reprocessing can realize substantial savings.

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Third-party reprocessors typically can save hospitals up to 50% of the cost of purchasing a new device. Further cost savings may be realized through reduction of the amount of medical waste generated by hospitals that adopt reprocessing programs. An estimated $30 billion of disposable medical devices were sold in the United States in 2000. We estimate that at least 5% of this market consists of devices that may be reused if properly reprocessed and sterilized, which represents a potential market for reprocessing of more than $1 billion.

There are currently almost 6,000 hospitals and more than 2,700 ambulatory surgery centers in the United States. Information obtained by the US General Accounting Office, or GAO, indicates that approximately 20% to 30% of US hospitals reported reusing at least one type of disposable medical device. According to a GAO report, these estimates may be low because some hospitals and other health care facilities that engage in reprocessing do not report this practice.

Hospitals have internally reprocessed certain devices for decades. Studies indicate that over two-thirds of the reprocessing market historically has been represented by hospitals that reprocess devices in-house. More recently, however, many health care providers have elected to outsource their reprocessing needs to third-party reprocessors. In response to this trend, an industry of independent reprocessing companies has developed to meet the needs of health care providers that are either unable or unwilling to continue reprocessing in-house.

Key developments affecting the reprocessing industry

Many health care providers have been reluctant to adopt reprocessing due to public health concerns regarding the potential risks associated with reusing reprocessed medical devices. In addition, original equipment manufacturers have expressed concerns that third-party reprocessors were not subject to the same degree of regulatory oversight as manufacturers. Two events occurred in 2000, however, that related to these historical concerns and changed the perception of the reprocessing industry.

In June 2000, the GAO submitted a report to Congress on disposable medical devices titled “Single-Use Medical Devices—Little Available Evidence of Harm from Reuse, but Oversight Warranted.” According to this GAO report, clinical evidence demonstrated that certain devices could be reprocessed without compromising patient safety. Moreover, infection control experts advised the GAO that, using proper procedures, reprocessing of appropriate disposable medical devices had not been demonstrated to create a public health risk. Following these findings, some hospitals that have traditionally resisted reprocessing have reconsidered its benefits and elected to outsource their reprocessing needs to third-party reprocessors.

In August 2000, in response to lobbying by device manufacturers, public health policy groups, and others concerning the lack of clear guidelines regarding the regulation of device reprocessing, the FDA adopted a Guidance Document describing the agency’s enforcement policy with respect to regulation of reprocessors. The Guidance Document describes a phased approach to enforcement of pre-market clearance and approval requirements that subjects reprocessors of disposable medical devices to the same extensive regulations that apply to original device manufacturers. The FDA’s device regulations apply to third-party reprocessors and hospitals, though the FDA is phasing in its enforcement of postmarketing requirements for hospitals. Any institution engaged in reprocessing must comply with the following requirements:

Facility registration and device listing with the FDA. Reprocessors must initially register with and annually renew their registration with the FDA and provide the FDA with a comprehensive list of all medical devices being reprocessed.
 
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Device tracking. Reprocessors must be able to track implantable devices and other devices that may be subject to tracking orders and identify patients on which these devices are used.
 
Corrections and removal of medical devices. Reprocessors must have a formal procedure for recalling or correcting defective products, and provide notice of corrections and removals to the FDA.
 
Quality system regulation. Reprocessors must establish and maintain a comprehensive quality system for all aspects of the reprocessing operation.
 
Labeling. Reprocessors must comply with labeling requirements applicable to medical devices.
 
Premarket submissions. Reprocessors are required to submit premarket notifications or pre-market approval applications with respect to specific devices on or before specific dates established by the FDA, and must obtain FDA marketing clearance or approval on or before these dates, in order to continue reprocessing those devices. Whether a submission is required and the type of submission required is based on the classification of the particular device according to its potential risk to patient safety.

Third-party reprocessors must currently comply with all of these requirements. Hospitals must currently comply with establishment registration, device listing, and premarket submission requirements, while other postmarketing requirements will be enforced as to them by August 14, 2002. Compliance with the FDA regulations is difficult and costly to achieve and maintain, particularly for smaller hospitals. The substantial cost, technical expertise, and administrative commitment necessary to achieve and maintain compliance with these regulations is likely to compel many health care providers with in-house reprocessing programs to consider outsourcing their reprocessing needs to third-party reprocessors. However, we believe that many third-party reprocessors lack the financial resources and technical expertise necessary to ensure safe and reliable reprocessing of disposable medical devices in full compliance with all FDA regulations which may force some to exit the industry.

THE ALLIANCE SOLUTION

We believe that we are well positioned to be the third-party reprocessor of choice for health care providers seeking to outsource their reprocessing needs. We have developed a comprehensive reprocessing program designed to maximize cost savings for our health care customers and provide for the safe reuse of medical devices through adherence to stringent quality control standards. Our reprocessing programs are easily implemented by health care facilities, with little or no up-front costs, minimal disruption to their workflow, and little involvement or supervision by facility personnel. Customers that implement our reprocessing programs avoid the administrative cost and burden of complying with FDA regulations and reduce their exposure to liability without compromising patient safety or having to change their practice patterns or buying preferences. We believe our reprocessing system offers the following advantages to our existing and potential customers:

Provides demonstrable cost savings. Our reprocessing programs are designed to substantially reduce a health care facility’s costs in providing patient services. By using internally-developed financial models, we can estimate a customer’s expected savings based on specified utilization rates of the devices selected for reprocessing. We also keep track of actual savings and provide this information to our customers through periodic reports. We estimate that for each device we reprocess and return to the hospital, we typically can save hospitals approximately one-half of the cost of purchasing a new device. In our estimation, overall savings for an entire program, after factoring in devices that are rejected, average approximately 35% compared to the cost of purchasing new devices to replace those that are discarded after a single use.
 
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to eliminate the cost of compliance to our health care customers. Under the FDA’s new Guidance Document, health care facilities that reprocess medical devices are subject to the same strict requirements that regulate original device manufacturers. Many health care facilities do not have the financial resources or technical capabilities to comply with these regulations. We offer health care facilities the benefits of reprocessing without having to devote time, human resources, and capital to the significant burdens of regulatory compliance.
 
Facilitates easy implementation of reprocessing programs. We offer our health care customers a phased-in implementation approach that we market as our QuickStart program. Rather than immediately attempting to collect and reprocess a large number of devices from a new customer, we typically target a few types of devices that are easy to reprocess and widely accepted as suitable for reprocessing, including compression sleeves, EP catheters, or open but unused devices. These devices have well-defined protocols for reprocessing, are easy to collect, are used in high volumes, and can be reprocessed quickly. The goal of our QuickStart program is to shorten the sales cycle, achieve immediate and significant savings for our customers, and build momentum and support for expanded reprocessing in subsequent phases.
 
Allows for convenient and regular collection of devices. Due to the size and geographic coverage of our account executive team, we are able to provide reliable and convenient collection services nationwide. This capability means that our customers are not required to dedicate significant personnel and other resources to identify, sort, pack, and ship medical devices to be reprocessed. We train our account executives to maximize the number of devices collected for reprocessing, which increases the cost savings realized by our customers. To achieve this, our account executives work directly with each customer to identify the most appropriate locations to place collection bins for targeted devices, and make regular visits to each customer to identify and resolve specific collection issues.
 
Ensures reprocessed devices are safe for reuse. We employ a dedicated engineering team and experienced quality assurance personnel to ensure adherence to our stringent quality control standards. While we use outside laboratories for independent verification of sterilization, we do not outsource any of our cleaning or function testing procedures. Before placing any device on our internally approved list of devices suitable for reprocessing, our in-house engineering department uses engineering studies and scientific practices to capture detailed data confirming or rejecting our ability to safely reprocess a device. We perform scientifically designed validations that provide proof of cleaning, packaging and sterility, and we function test every device we reprocess using an array of techniques. This commitment to safety and quality is designed to enable us to consistently and reliably reprocess a high volume of product without compromising the safety or integrity of the medical devices.

STRATEGY

Our objective is to continue to lead the market for medical device reprocessing by using our financial resources and technical expertise to take advantage of the opportunities created by the new FDA regulatory environment. To achieve this objective, we intend to focus on the following key strategies:

Promote awareness of the benefits of reprocessing. We believe that historically there have been many misconceptions about the safety and integrity of reprocessing disposable medical devices. With the publication of the GAO report and the FDA Guidance Document, health care facilities have access to highly credible data and information that address these concerns and legitimize reprocessing. The GAO report, citing infection control experts, presented clinical evidence that certain devices can be reprocessed safely and should help to dispel worries about public health risks. Our experience shows that as health care providers learn more about reprocessing, they become more receptive to adopting this practice. As health care providers become more receptive


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to the practice of reprocessing, we believe that we will have additional opportunities to further penetrate the market.
 
Further penetrate our existing relationships. We believe that the best strategy to quickly increase our revenue is to focus on increasing business from our substantial base of existing customers, rather than focusing our resources on customers that have not yet adopted reprocessing. As existing customers realize the cost saving benefits associated with reprocessing, our account executives are able to transition these customers into additional reprocessing programs covering additional devices, particularly those that offer higher margins. In addition, our account executives and service technicians work closely with our customers to improve collection procedures, which increases the cost savings to our customers and enhances our productivity by increasing our average order size. This strategy allows us to generate additional revenue from our existing customer base by increasing the types and number of devices to be reprocessed from the same health care facility.
 
Focus on low-risk and high margin products. We focus on offering reprocessing services for medical devices that offer high margins but that pose a relatively low risk of adverse patient outcomes. Our in-house team of medical device engineers is continually assessing other devices to be added to our list of internally-approved reprocessable products while maintaining our strategic focus on high margin, low-risk devices. This approach avoids the disadvantages of collecting low-cost, low-margin, commodity type products such as unused disposable drapes and gowns, and exposure to the potential liability associated with higher-risk devices.
 
Aggressively pursue national accounts and group purchasing contracts. We aggressively pursue national and regional purchasing contracts by targeting large health care purchasing consortiums and nationally-recognized hospital networks, particularly those organizations that have the ability to require their member hospitals to adopt reprocessing. We have entered into contracts with several leading national hospital group purchasing organizations and a number of nationally-recognized hospital integrated delivery networks that collectively represent more than 3,000 health care facilities. We believe these contracts provide us with a competitive advantage in marketing our services to and generating business from the health care facilities owned by or affiliated with these organizations. Although most of these contracts do not obligate the member hospitals to reprocess and therefore will require additional sales efforts, we believe they give us a competitive advantage and provide us with a significant opportunity to obtain business from member hospitals. Our account executives have received special training and incentives to penetrate the membership ranks of these national and regional health care groups. Additionally, we have a national accounts department that seeks out and maintains relationships with key personnel in these organizations.
 
Formulate strategic relationships and pursue selected acquisitions. We intend to pursue selected strategic relationships and acquisitions to expand our reprocessing product portfolio, enter new geographic areas, provide enhanced customer service, and increase critical mass to leverage economies of scale. Consistent with this strategy, we have entered into strategic relationships with Stericycle, a leading waste management company, and Hospitec, Inc., a supplier of specialized containers used in hospitals. Pursuant to these relationships, Stericycle transports specially-designed containers, manufactured by Hospitec, directly from hospital operating rooms to our decontamination facilities, which eliminates the need for hospital personnel to clean and sort used medical devices before shipping the devices to us for reprocessing. These services are key components of our ORDirect program, designed to provide hospitals with a convenient method for retrieving surgical devices for reprocessing from the operating room. In addition to these strategic relationships, in February 2001, we acquired Paragon Heath Care Corporation, a third-party reprocessor that focuses on reprocessing electrophysiology (EP) catheters, which are high-margin, high-cost medical devices. This acquisition enabled us to significantly strengthen our EP catheter


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program. We also have the opportunity to cross-sell additional reprocessing services to both Stericycle’s and Paragon’s established base of health care customers.

REPROCESSED DEVICES

We reprocess a wide variety of medical devices from many clinical specialties, and continually assess the suitability of adding new devices to our internally approved list of products eligible for reprocessing. Currently, approximately 80% of our revenue is attributable to reprocessing devices that fall into five broad categories:

Compression sleeves. Compression sleeves are devices worn on the arm or leg to prevent blood clotting by enhancing blood circulation. Sequential compression devices, or SCDs, are used on patients during and after surgery or if prolonged bed rest is required. SCDs have an electric pump attached to the sleeve that assists in sequentially massaging the limb to increase blood return to the heart, thereby preventing blood clots.
 
Electrophysiology catheters. Electrophysiology (EP) catheters are used to study the electrical system of the heart to diagnose and treat abnormal heart rhythms.
 
Orthopedic tools. This category includes a wide range of devices used to cut, scrape, clean, or remove tissue around a joint during surgery. Examples of orthopedic tools include shavers, burrs, and saw blades.
 
Laparoscopics. This category includes devices used to cut, grasp, and coagulate tissue during laparoscopic surgical procedures. Examples include laparoscopic scissors and shears.
 
Gastrointestinal biopsy forceps. Gastrointestinal biopsy forceps are used to remove tissue samples.

In addition to the devices described above, we also reprocess external fixation devices, which are used to assist in setting fractures, chest retractors, and open-but-unused devices. Open-but-unused devices include any devices that are contained in sterile packages that were opened even though the device was not used on a patient.

Our in-house team of experienced medical device engineers continually analyzes and reviews medical devices that are not yet on our internally approved list to determine if they are suitable for reprocessing. This capability provides us with opportunities to increase revenue and add higher margin items to our internally approved list of devices to be reprocessed. If a device submitted for review fails one or more of the standards outlined below, we will not include that device on our internally approved list of devices to be reprocessed. Before a new device is approved and validated for reprocessing, we must determine:

whether we can reprocess the device on a cost-effective basis so that it is safe and effective for reuse;
 
whether reprocessing adversely affects the integrity or functionality of the device;
 
whether reprocessing consistently produces a result meeting predetermined specifications; and
 
whether the potential market for reprocessing the device justifies adding the device to our approved list.

To add a device to our internally approved list of products, we must also comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

THE ALLIANCE REPROCESSING SYSTEM

We offer a comprehensive, easy to implement reprocessing system designed to enable our customers to safely reuse a wide variety of disposable medical devices while significantly reducing operational and materials management costs. The core components of our system include collection, reprocessing, and distribution.


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Collection

Prior to reprocessing, devices must be collected from health care facilities located throughout the United States and Canada and transported to our central reprocessing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. With more than 50 account executives and service representatives in the field who have been trained to provide customized, on-site collection and transportation services to our customers, we believe we are well positioned to collect a larger proportion of reprocessable devices than our competitors, resulting in larger orders and enhanced revenue generation. Although we train our customers to identify devices suitable for reprocessing, we typically do not require them to dedicate substantial personnel and other resources to sort, package, and ship disposable medical devices to be reprocessed. Instead, our account executives and service representatives perform the bulk of the sorting, packing, and shipping functions on behalf of our customers. More importantly, our account executives and service representatives work closely with hospital personnel to develop a customized approach to device collection intended to maximize the number of devices submitted for reprocessing.

For the majority of medical devices we reprocess, we offer customers our standard collection program. Under this program, our account executives and service representatives train health care provider personnel to identify devices suitable for reprocessing, to perform a gross decontamination of these devices on-site, and to place these devices in special containers that we provide. Our account executives and service representatives then handle shipping to our central reprocessing facility. This program accounted for more than 90% of our reprocessing business for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.

As a value-added service to a small percentage of our customers, we offer our ORDirect program for collection of devices used in the operating room. Under this program, we supply the health care facilities with a unique “sharps” container that has been cleared for marketing by the FDA and that meets current government standards for transporting medical waste. The operating room staff is trained to dispose of all contaminated devices in a single container for later sorting and organizing by our account executives and service representatives. While the ORDirect program accounted for less than 10% of our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, we believe this program enhances our relationships with our existing customers by offering this value-added service.

Reprocessing: cleaning, function testing, and sterilization

The principal steps involved in reprocessing consist of cleaning, function testing to determine if the device will perform the functions for which it was originally designed, and sterilization. Each of these steps is performed at our central reprocessing facility. Each container shipped to this facility contains devices and instruments from a single health care facility. Upon receipt, the containers are opened and the contents are inspected and inventoried, with each order receiving a unique tracking number. Any device shipped to our reprocessing facility that is not currently on our internally approved list of devices for reprocessing is immediately discarded. Our reprocessing personnel also have the authority to reject a device at any subsequent point in the process if it fails one or more quality control inspections. Devices that are not rejected will undergo three primary phases before being repackaged and returned to the customer:

Cleaning. Devices are subjected to a cleaning process specific to the device, taking into account its materials, design, assembly, and operational characteristics. Our cleaning protocols are subject to rigorous testing by an outside laboratory.
 
Function testing. To ensure that the device will be fully functional after reprocessing, each device is subjected to a specific set of testing methods and procedures, which may include electrical profiling and inspection to determine whether the device conforms to established sharpening and other visual and dimensional standards. If any device fails to meet these standards, the device is either reconditioned to meet applicable standards or discarded if reconditioning is not an effective option.


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Sterilization. After cleaning and function testing, each device is packaged, labeled, and sterilized. In this phase of the process, we are subject to the same standards applicable to original equipment manufacturers. Our reprocessing personnel then conduct studies to determine sterilization of each device at specified assurance levels using our state-of-the-art Ethylene Oxide sterilization chambers, which enable sterilization at low temperatures. Finally, we use an independent outside laboratory to confirm sterilization with respect to each lot subject to reprocessing prior to release to the hospital.

Distribution and delivery

Devices that have been cleaned, function tested, and sterilized are then returned to the same health care facility that submitted the devices for reprocessing with a bill for reprocessing services and a report summarizing the status of each device included in the order. The average time needed to reprocess a device ranges from 8 to 45 days depending upon the type of device, although actual turn-around time may vary due to factors such as the complexity of the device, the order volume, and the amount of required reconditioning. After the health care facility reuses the reprocessed medical device, the same device may be reprocessed several times.

SELLING AND MARKETING

Our selling and marketing strategy focuses on two components—individual health care providers and large national or regional health care organizations, including group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, and nationally-recognized hospital networks. Both components, combined with our unique QuickStart program, provide an opportunity for continued growth and revenue generation.

Individual health care providers

Our efforts with respect to individual health care providers are coordinated through 44 account executives, 23 of which are our employees and 21 of which are independent representatives. We also recently added 10 service representatives to assist our account executives in collection and support services. These account executives and service representatives are supported by four regional vice presidents and a Vice President of Sales located at our main office. Both our company-employed account executives and our independent account executives receive the same level of training and supervision. In addition, all of our account executives are required to submit timely sales reports. Our account executives are responsible for implementing and expanding new reprocessing programs, as well as providing collection and support services to our existing customers. We anticipate increasing the number of account executives involved in direct sales and service representatives to increase our interaction with our customers and collection capability.

Our QuickStart program offers health care facilities an easy to use phase-in program that gradually introduces the customer to reprocessing by targeting one or more types of easy-to-reprocess devices such as compression sleeves. The QuickStart program is designed to shorten the sales cycle, demonstrate immediate cost-savings to the customer, and build momentum for additional sales generation through an expanded reprocessing program.

National and regional health care organizations

The establishment of national and group purchasing contracts and the targeting of large health care consortiums and nationally-recognized hospital networks are important components of our sales and marketing program. While our team of account executives plays a large part in cultivating these large customer relationships, we have a national accounts department that seeks out and maintains relationships with key personnel in numerous group purchasing organizations and nationally-recognized hospital networks. Despite the number of hospitals represented by the largest national and regional health care organizations, our current focus is on organizations that have the ability to require

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their member hospitals to adopt our reprocessing program. We have entered into contracts with several leading national hospital group purchasing organizations and a number of nationally recognized hospital integrated delivery networks that collectively represent more than 3,000 health care facilities. These contracts generally provide that we will be the exclusive or preferred provider of reprocessing services to any healthcare facility wholly-owned by or affiliated with the group purchasing organization or hospital network. In exchange for this exclusive arrangement, we agree to reprocess medical devices on behalf of any such healthcare facility according to a pricing schedule negotiated between us and the group purchasing organization or hospital network. In connection with the services we provide under these contracts, we also provide our standard warranty and maintain product liability insurance with combined limits of at least $25 million. Either party generally may terminate these contracts without cause upon 30 to 60 days written notice or upon a material breach after 15 to 30 days following the receipt of a notice to the breaching party. We believe these contracts provide us with a competitive advantage in marketing our services to and generating business from the health care facilities owned by or affiliated with these organizations.

COMPETITION

Although we believe that we are the largest medical device reprocessing company in North America, the medical device reprocessing industry is subject to significant competition. Our primary competitors are other third-party reprocessors and, indirectly, hospitals that maintain their own internal reprocessing operations. We also compete, in effect, with original equipment manufacturers that promote the sale of new disposable medical devices as single-use products. In addition, because there are relatively few barriers to entry into the reprocessing industry, other than financial resources and technical expertise, we face potential competition from any company that has access to significant financial resources and technical personnel necessary to comply with all FDA regulations governing the reprocessing industry. For example, original equipment manufacturers, most of which have substantially greater financial resources and technical capabilities, may choose to enter this market if reprocessing becomes sufficiently successful to adversely affect sales of disposable medical devices.

We compete primarily on quality, reliability, service, and value. To compete effectively, we will need to accomplish the following:

maintain what we believe is a reputation as the safest and most reliable third-party reprocessor of disposable medical devices;
 
comply with all FDA regulations applicable to reprocessors;
 
demonstrate significant cost savings for our customers; and
 
maintain stringent quality control standards to ensure safe reuse of all reprocessed devices.

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

In August 2000, the FDA adopted a Guidance Document describing its regulation of reprocessors of disposable medical devices and expanding the applicable requirements to include requirements for pre-market clearance or approval. As a result, we are subject to the same extensive FDA regulations as original equipment manufacturers. The FDA regulations govern, among other things, the following activities that we perform with respect to reprocessed medical devices:

product design, development, manufacturing, and testing;
 
product labeling;
 
product sales and distribution;
 
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advertising and promotion;
 
medical device reporting;
 
device tracking;
 
corrections and removals; and
 
post-marketing reporting.

FDA’s pre-market clearance and approval requirements

Unless an exemption applies, each device that we reprocess in the United States must receive either 510(k) clearance or pre-market application, or PMA, approval in advance from the FDA pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The type of filing required is determined by the category of risk in which the device is placed. Devices deemed to pose relatively minimal or moderate risk to patient safety are placed in either Class I or II, which requires submission of a pre-market notification requesting permission for distribution, which is generally known as 510(k) clearance. Some low risk devices are exempted from this requirement.

To obtain 510(k) clearance for a reprocessed validated device, we must submit a pre-market notification demonstrating that the proposed device is substantially equivalent in intended use and in safety and effectiveness to a device previously cleared under the 510(k) procedures or a device that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976 for which the FDA has not yet called for submission of PMA applications. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process usually takes from four to 12 months, but may last longer.

After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires a new 510(k) clearance or may require a PMA approval. The FDA requires each reprocessor to make this determination in the first instance, but the FDA can review any such decision. If the FDA disagrees with a reprocessor’s decision not to seek a new 510(k) clearance, the agency may retroactively require the reprocessor to seek 510(k) clearance or PMA approval. The FDA also can require the reprocessor to cease its reprocessing and distribution activities and/or recall the device until 510(k) clearance or PMA approval is obtained.

Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting, or implantable devices, or devices deemed not substantially equivalent to a previously 510(k) cleared device or a preamendment Class III device for which PMA applications have not been called, are placed in Class III, which requires PMA approval. The PMA approval pathway requires proof of the safety and effectiveness of the device to the FDA’s satisfaction. A PMA application must provide extensive preclinical and clinical trial data and also information about the device and its components regarding, among other things, device design, manufacturing, and labeling. After PMA approval, a new PMA or PMA supplement is required in the event of a modification to the device, its labeling, or its manufacturing process. The PMA approval pathway, which is much more costly, lengthy, and uncertain than 510(k) clearance, generally takes from one to three years or even longer.

A clinical trial typically is required to support a PMA approval application and is sometimes required for a 510(k) pre-market notification. These trials generally require submission of an application for an Investigational Device Exemption, or IDE. The IDE application must be supported by appropriate data, such as animal and laboratory testing results, showing that it is safe to test the device on humans and that the testing protocol is scientifically sound. The IDE must be approved in advance by the FDA for a specified number of patients. If a device is deemed a nonsignificant risk device, it is eligible for more abbreviated IDE requirements.

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clinical trial must obtain IRB approval and informed consent, but no advance application to the FDA is required.

The FDA is phasing in its pre-market requirements oversight of hospital and third-party reprocessors of medical devices. On February 14, 2001, we were required to have a PMA on file for any Class III medical devices we intend to reprocess. Effective August 14, 2001, pre-market notification submissions— 510(k)s— were required to be submitted for all non-exempt Class II medical devices that we intend to reprocess. On or before February 14, 2002, we will be required to submit 510(k) notifications for all non-exempt Class I devices we intend to reprocess. The FDA is currently enforcing its non-premarket regulatory requirements with respect to third-party reprocessors, which include establishment registration, device listing, quality system regulation, labeling, medical device reporting, medical device tracking, and corrections and removals. Hospitals are currently subject to establishment registration, device listing, and premarket submission requirements, although other postmarketing requirements will be enforced by August 14, 2002.

The large majority of products we reprocess require a 510(k) clearance, and under the Guidance Document we had until August 14, 2001 to submit our 510(k) notifications for these products or cease reprocessing them. By August 14, 2001, we had submitted 20 510(k) submissions. As of November 29, 2001, we had received 510(k) clearance for 11 of the 20 notifications we filed with the FDA. Since we filed our 510(k) notifications, we have also received a number of requests from the FDA for additional information, including a request for additional information and testing of our electrophysiology catheter. Although we intend to submit timely responses to the FDA’s requests for information, we cannot assure you that the FDA will accept our responses as satisfactory. We will have to stop reprocessing any products for which we do not receive 510(k) clearance by February 14, 2002. We believe it is likely that we will be able to obtain 510(k) clearance for most, if not all, of these products by that date.

We are in the process of seeking PMA approval to continue reprocessing ablation catheters. The FDA has extended until February 14, 2002 the date by which reprocessors must obtain PMA approval or stop reprocessing ablation catheters, although the agency can take earlier enforcement action if it becomes aware of additional information concerning risks posed by these products. The FDA has accepted our PMA application for filing and has requested additional information in support of the PMA, including data from a clinical trial. The FDA has conditionally approved an IDE for a clinical study in support of the PMA, and has also requested additional information in support of the IDE application. On August 10, 2001, however, the FDA notified us that our PMA application is non-approvable unless we obtain certain agreements with the original equipment manufacturers or persuade the FDA that such agreements are not the least burdensome means to comply with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. We do not expect to receive PMA approval for this device by February 14, 2002, if at all. As a result, we do not believe we will be reprocessing ablation catheters after that date.

We believe that we are in a strong position to obtain the FDA’s clearance for our pending 510(k) submissions by the February 14, 2002 deadline. Based upon our discussions with the FDA staff, we believe that the additional devices, for which we plan to seek pre-market clearance, may be permitted to follow the 510(k) clearance pathway. However, we cannot assure you that the FDA will not deem these devices, or one or more of our future devices, to be a Class III device subject to the more burdensome PMA approval process.


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Pervasive and continuing FDA regulation

Even though a device has received pre-market clearance or approval from the FDA, we continue to be subject to numerous regulatory requirements. These include:

the Quality System Regulation, or QSR, which requires reprocessors to follow elaborate testing, control, documentation, and other quality assurance procedures throughout reprocessing;
 
labeling regulations;
 
the FDA’s general prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration;
 
the FDA’s general prohibition against promoting products for unapproved or “off-label” uses;
 
the Medical Device Reporting regulation, which requires that reprocessors report to the FDA if a device they have reprocessed and distributed back into the market may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if it were to recur;
 
recalls and notifications of corrections and removals;
 
device tracking;
 
post-market reporting; and
 
PMA supplemental approval or new 510(k) clearances for changes to devices.

Class II devices also can have special controls such as performance standards, postmarket surveillance, patient registries, and FDA guidelines that do not apply to Class I devices. Unanticipated changes in existing regulatory requirements or adoption of new regulatory requirements could hurt our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are subject to unannounced inspection and marketing surveillance by the FDA to determine our compliance with regulatory requirements. If the FDA finds that we have failed to comply, it can institute a wide variety of enforcement actions against us, ranging from a public warning letter to more severe sanctions such as:

fines, injunctions, and civil penalties;
 
recall or seizure of products we reprocess;
 
operating restrictions, partial suspension, or total shutdown of our reprocessing operations, including court injunctions;
 
refusing our requests for 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of new devices;
 
withdrawing 510(k) clearance or PMA approvals already granted; and
 
criminal prosecution.

The FDA also has the authority to require repair, replacement, or refund of the cost of any medical device we reprocess or distribute. Our failure to comply with applicable requirements could lead to an enforcement action that may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We are an FDA registered medical device reprocessing facility. We are subject to inspection by the FDA for compliance with the Quality Systems Regulations and other applicable regulations.

Our facilities have been inspected by the FDA. In the course of these inspections, certain deficiencies have been noted which have been corrected. In 1999, we received a warning letter following an inspection of our Apopka, Florida facility. We corrected the deficiencies at that facility and described to the FDA the corrective actions, which they approved and accepted. In July 2001, we received a warning letter following an inspection of our Spartanburg, South Carolina facility acquired in connection with the Paragon acquisition. Although we responded to the deficiencies outlined in this warning letter, we had already determined prior to receipt of the letter to cease operations at the Spartanburg facility and we so notified the FDA. By the end of July 2001, we had transferred all of


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the Spartanburg customers into our reprocessing operations at our central reprocessing facility in Phoenix. Accordingly, we believe we are currently in substantial compliance with the FDA’s QSR requirements.

Other US regulation

We also must comply with numerous federal, state, and local laws relating to such matters as safe working conditions, manufacturing practices, environmental protection, fire hazard control, and hazardous substance disposal. We may be required to incur significant costs to comply with such laws and regulations in the future and such laws and regulations may hurt our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

EMPLOYEES

As of September 30, 2001, we had 265 employees, with 183 employees in reprocessing, 47 employees in selling and marketing, and six employees dedicated full-time to clinical and regulatory affairs. We believe that our future success will depend in part on our continued ability to attract, hire, and retain qualified personnel. None of our employees is represented by a labor union, and we believe our employee relations are good.

FACILITIES

We are headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, where we lease one building with approximately 42,000 square feet of office, reprocessing, and research and development space under a lease that expires March 1, 2005. The building, which was completed in February 2000, allowed us to shut down reprocessing operations at our former Phoenix, Houston, and Spartanburg, South Carolina facilities and consolidate our operations at this new location. We believe this facility has the capacity to handle a significant increase in business. We also lease a portion of a facility in Apopka, Florida at which devices are decontaminated prior to shipping to our Phoenix facility for reprocessing.

LITIGATION

On March 15, 1999, Dr. Wade Hill filed a complaint against us and several of our subsidiaries in the Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County, Utah. The complaint alleges conversion, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and conspiracy. The allegations arise out of the March 1996 transaction in which Dr. Hill entered into a joint venture with Pauline Sill and Raymond Graves. Dr. Hill alleges that Ms. Sill and Mr. Graves misrepresented a business opportunity and defrauded him during the formation of their joint venture, Applied Medical Technologies, LLC. Although Ms. Sill and Mr. Graves appear to be the primary defendants, we were made a party to the lawsuit when we acquired an indirect ownership interest in the joint venture. Dr. Hill alleges that we furthered any fraud committed by Ms. Sill and Mr. Graves. Dr. Hill seeks unspecified damages which could exceed $350,000 as well as punitive damages. We deny ever having committed any fraud and intend to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

From time to time, we may be involved in various other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. Although it is not feasible to predict the outcome of these proceedings or any claims made against us, we do not anticipate that the ultimate liability of these proceedings or claims will have a materially adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.


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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Set forth below is the name, age, position, and a brief account of the business experience of each of our executive officers and directors.

             
Name Age Position(s)

Ricardo M. Ferreira
    38     President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Tim Einwechter
    48     Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Don Selvey
    45     Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance
Arthur D. Goodrich
    36     Vice President, Marketing
Brian Berchtold
    36     Vice President, Sales
David A. Amrhein
    48     Vice President of Operations
Henry Klyce
    53     Chairman of the Board of Directors
Janet G. Effland
    53     Director
James J. Bochnowski
    58     Director
Terence E. Winters, PhD
    59     Director
Peter H. McNerney
    51     Director
Anthony G. Viscogliosi
    39     Director

Ricardo M. Ferreira has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since March 1998 and as a member of our board since July 1999. From June 1997 to February 1998, Mr. Ferreira served as Chief Executive Officer of our subsidiary, Applied Medical Recovery, Inc. From January 1996 to May 1997, Mr. Ferreira was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Participating Capital Corporation, a merchant banking firm specializing in the financing of start-up ventures. In 1990, Mr. Ferreira founded International Managed Healthcare Ltd., a provider of rehabilitation services, and served as President and Chief Executive Officer until 1996. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Ferreira was a corporate banker at the Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Ferreira is Chairman of the Advancement Board at the University of Toronto. Mr. Ferreira holds a degree in business administration from the University of Toronto.

Tim Einwechter has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since September 1999. From November 1998 to August 1999, Mr. Einwechter was Chief Financial Officer of HealthLine Management Inc., a health care outsourcing services company. From March 1998 until October 1998, he served as our Chief Financial and Operating Officer, and also served in that same capacity from June 1997 to February 1998 with our subsidiary Applied Medical Recovery, Inc. From December 1996 to March 1997, Mr. Einwechter was the Chief Financial Officer of Participating Capital Corporation, a merchant banking firm specializing in the financing of start-up ventures. From 1993 until 1996, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Operating Officer of International Managed Healthcare Ltd., a provider of rehabilitation services. Mr. Einwechter received a BA degree in business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and is a Chartered Accountant.

Don Selvey has served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance since September 2000. He joined our company in September 1999 as Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance. From January 1994 to September 1999, Mr. Selvey was responsible for regulatory affairs and clinical research at MiniMed Inc., a manufacturer of drug delivery devices. From 1991 to 1993, he held a variety of clinical and regulatory responsibilities with W.L. Gore and Associates, a


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manufacturer of synthetic biomaterials. From 1980 to 1991, Mr. Selvey was a public health official in Arizona, initially as an inspector of manufacturing facilities, then as a public health program manager, and later as an epidemiologist. Mr. Selvey holds a BS degree in biology and an MS degree in physiology from Arizona State University.

Arthur D. Goodrich has served as our Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Accounts since September 1998. From June 1994 to August 1998, Mr. Goodrich served as Vice President of Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc. From February 1992 to May 1994, Mr. Goodrich was a senior consultant with the health care consulting firm of Schwab, Bennett & Associates in Los Angeles. From February 1989 to December 1991, he was employed by Patchett-Kaufman Entertainment in Los Angeles as a business development executive and production controller. Mr. Goodrich earned a BS degree in industrial distribution from Texas A&M University.

Brian Berchtold has served as our Vice President of Sales since November 2000. From November 1987 to October 1998, Mr. Berchtold held several management positions at Collagen Corporation, a medical device company specializing in devices for cosmetic and reconstructive procedures, including President and General Manager for the United Kingdom and Canadian subsidiaries. Mr. Berchtold received his BS degree in finance from Santa Clara University.

David A. Amrhein was recently named Vice President of Operations after having served as Director of Operations since September 1999. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Amrhein served as Vice President of Operations for The Coleman Company, Inc. in its Coleman spas division. From 1983 to 1994, he served as a division manager and was later named the Director of Manufacturing of C.R. Bard, Inc. in its cardiopulmonary products division. Mr. Amrhein holds a BS degree in business administration from Robert Morris College.

Henry Klyce is the Chairman of our board of directors and has served as a director since March 1998. Mr. Klyce has served as president of St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc., a medical device company, since its inception in 1997. In 1981, he founded Medical Instrument Development Laboratories, a medical device company that was later acquired in 1985 by a subsidiary of Nestle, S.A. In 1985, Mr. Klyce founded Surgical Dynamics, a surgical device company that was later acquired in 1995 by the U.S. Surgical Corporation. Mr. Klyce holds a BA degree from Cornell University.

Janet G. Effland has served as a director since July 2000. She has been a general partner of Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc., a venture capital firm, since 1988. Ms. Effland is also a director of RITA Medical Systems, Inc., a publicly traded company that develops medical devices, and various private companies. Ms. Effland holds BS and JD degrees from Arizona State University, and she attended Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.

James J. Bochnowski has served as a director since July 1999. He is a general partner and co-founder of Delphi Ventures, a venture capital partnership that specializes in medical and health care investments established in 1988. In 1980, he co-founded Technology Venture Investors, a private venture capital partnership. Mr. Bochnowski is also a director of Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc. and Natus Medical, Inc. Mr. Bochnowski holds a BS degree in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Terence E. Winters, PhD has served as a director since July 1999. Dr. Winters has served as a general partner of Columbine Venture Funds since 1983 and as a special limited partner of Valley Ventures since 1999. Both are venture capital funds specializing in investments in the Southwest. Dr. Winters focuses on life science investments and is a director of several private companies. From 1977 to 1983, Dr. Winters served as Vice President of DS Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of Diamond Shamrock Corp. He holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Wales.


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Peter H. McNerney has served as a director since July 1999. He is a general partner and co-founder of Coral Ventures, a venture capital partnership that focuses on health care and technology investments established in 1993. From 1989 through 1992, Mr. McNerney was a managing partner of The Kensington Group, a provider of management services to health care companies. From 1975 through 1986, Mr. McNerney held various management positions with Baxter International, Inc. in the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He also serves as a director of Cerus, Inc., a publicly traded developer of medical products; Aksys, Ltd., a publicly traded provider of hemodialysis products; and several private companies. Mr. McNerney received his BA degree from Yale University and his MBA from Stanford University.

Anthony G. Viscogliosi has served as a director since March 1998. Since September 1999, he has served as the managing senior partner of Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC, a venture capital, merchant banking, and investment banking firm dedicated exclusively to the musculoskeletal health care industry. From April 1998 to August 1999, Mr. Viscogliosi was Senior Vice President and Director of Medical Technology at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, a financial services firm. He also serves as a director of Spire Corporation, a publicly traded company specializing in solar energy and biotechnology surface engineering, and several private companies. Mr. Viscogliosi holds a BS degree in economics from the University of Michigan.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Our executive officers are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, our board of directors. There are no family relationships among our directors and officers.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Currently, the authorized number of directors is seven. All of our directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, but directors may be elected at any other meeting of the stockholders. Each director will hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal as provided in our bylaws.

BOARD COMMITTEES

Our board of directors has established an audit committee and a compensation committee.

The audit committee was formed on March 19, 1998, and currently consists of Messrs. McNerney, Viscogliosi, and Winters. The audit committee reviews the results and scope of the annual audit and other services provided by our independent accountants, reviews and evaluates our internal audit and control functions, and monitors transactions between us and our employees, officers, and directors.

The compensation committee was formed on March 19, 1998, and currently consists of Ms. Effland and Messrs. Bochnowski and Klyce. The compensation committee administers our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan and reviews the compensation and benefits for our executive officers.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

None of our compensation committee members and none of our executive officers have a relationship that would constitute an interlocking relationship with executive officers or directors of another entity, and no interlocking relationship existed in fiscal 2000.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

We reimburse our directors for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending board and committee meetings. We may, in our discretion, grant stock options and other equity awards to our directors from time to time under our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan or our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.


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There are no other compensation arrangements for director services, and no director received compensation for director services during fiscal year 2000.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth summary information concerning all compensation that we paid to our chief executive officer and the other four highest paid executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2000. The columns for “Other annual compensation” and “Securities underlying options granted” have been omitted from the table because there was no compensation required to be reported in those columns.

Summary compensation table

                           
2000 compensation All other
Name and principal position Salary Bonus compensation

Ricardo M. Ferreira
  $ 182,068     $       $—  
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
                       
Vern Feltner(1)
    141,269           $ 3,347(2)  
 
President and Vice President of Sales
                       
Tim Einwechter
    135,480           $ 3,976(2)  
 
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
                       
Bill Stoermer
    122,480           $ 3,105(2)  
 
Regional Vice President
                       
Arthur Goodrich
    118,385           $ 2,540(2)  
 
Vice President of Marketing
                       

(1)  Mr. Feltner’s employment with us ended June 1, 2001.
 
(2)  Reflects our matching contributions made to the named executive officer’s 401(k) plan account.

Aggregated option exercises in 2000 and year-end option values

The following table provides certain summary information concerning stock options held as of December 31, 2000 by each of the named executive officers. The value of unexercised in-the-money options at December 31, 2000 is based on an assumed public offering price of $15.00 per share, less the exercise price per share. The columns for “Shares acquired on exercise” and “Value realized” have been omitted from the table because the named executive officers did not exercise any stock options during fiscal 2000.
                                 
Number of securities Value of unexercised
underlying unexercised in-the-money options
options at fiscal year-end at fiscal year-end


Name Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable

Ricardo M. Ferreira(1)
    120,130       60,065     $ 1,340,082     $ 809,075  
Vern Feltner
    11,637       7,883       110,520       106,191  
Tim Einwechter(2)
    46,175       3,378       435,924       45,501  
Bill Stoermer
    6,757       2,252       60,192       30,347  
Arthur Goodrich(3)
    10,511       4,504       95,353       60,682  

(1)  In February 2001, Mr. Ferreira was granted an option to purchase an additional 180,196 shares of our common stock.
 
(2)  In February 2001, Mr. Einwechter was granted an option to purchase an additional 45,049 shares of our common stock.
 
(3)  In February 2001, Mr. Goodrich was granted an option to purchase an additional 45,049 shares of our common stock.

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LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:

any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;
 
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
 
payments of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions in violation of Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
 
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

Our certificate of incorporation also provides for indemnification of our executive officers, directors, employees, and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, including some instances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under the law. Under our certificate of incorporation, we also are empowered to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom we are required or permitted to indemnify. We currently have a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that insures such persons against the costs of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances. We believe that these indemnification and liability provisions are essential to attracting and retaining qualified persons as directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is, therefore, unenforceable.

We have entered, and intend to continue to enter, into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors that may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. These indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct. These indemnification agreements also may require us to advance any expenses incurred by the directors as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified and to obtain directors’ and officers’ insurance if available on reasonable terms.

There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or officers as to which indemnification is being sought. In addition, we are not aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any officer or director.

EMPLOYMENT AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENTS

Mr. Ferreira is party to an employment agreement with us, dated as of July 12, 2001. The agreement provides for an initial annual salary of $195,000 and a car allowance of $500 per month. We may terminate Mr. Ferreira’s employment at any time, except in the case of disability, which requires 60 days’ written notice. However, we are obligated to make severance payments if we terminate Mr. Ferreira’s employment during the agreement term other than in connection with certain specified events, including habitual neglect of employment duties, breach of duty in the course of employment, and conviction of a felony. The amount of severance payment, which is payable over a three-month period, is equal to the sum of Mr. Ferreira’s base salary for the six-month period immediately


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preceding his termination of employment and his monthly salary then in effect for each year of his employment with us from March 1, 1998 through the date of termination of employment.

Mr. Einwechter is party to an employment agreement with us, dated as of August 10, 1999. The agreement provides for an initial annual salary of $138,000 and eligibility to earn an additional annual bonus up to 25% of his then-current annual salary. The agreement also provides for a car allowance of $500 per month. The agreement expires in the event of death, disability or termination. We may terminate his employment at any time for cause and upon 90 days’ notice without cause. The agreement also contains confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation provisions.

Mr. Feltner, whose employment agreement with us ended June 1, 2001, is party to a severance agreement with us effective as of that date. This agreement provides Mr. Feltner with severance benefits that include extended health care coverage for a period of 12 months, payment of all earned but unpaid salary and accrued but unused vacation, a lump sum payment of $140,000, and accelerated vesting of outstanding options for the purchase of 10,511 shares of our common stock.

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

1999 and 2001 Stock Incentive Plans

Our board of directors has adopted the Alliance Medical Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 1999 Plan, and the Alliance Medical Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2001 Plan, on August 3, 1999 and August 1, 2001, respectively. Each of these plans provides for the grant of compensatory awards to eligible officers, employees, directors, and consultants or independent contractors of us or any of our subsidiaries. The purpose of these plans is to promote our success and enhance our value by linking the personal interests of our officers, employees, directors, and consultants or independent contractors to those of our stockholders and by providing those individuals with an incentive for outstanding performance.

Our 1999 Plan is intended to provide for the grant of incentive stock options (as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code) and nonqualified stock options, and our 2001 Plan is intended to provide for awards of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, and performance shares. Under our 1999 Plan, 675,736 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of options, and under our 2001 Plan, an aggregate of 525,572 shares of our common stock have been reserved and authorized for various grants, in each case subject to a proportionate increase or decrease in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, or other adjustment to shares of our common stock. The shares are available for issuance out of the authorized and unissued stock, treasury stock, or from stock purchased on the open market. No additional options or awards may be granted under our 1999 Plan after August 2, 2009 or under our 2001 Plan after July 31, 2011.

Both of our plans are currently administered by a committee of our board of directors that consists of three members. The committee is authorized to select from among eligible individuals those persons who will receive options or other compensatory awards, and to determine the terms and conditions of the awards. The committee has the exclusive authority to interpret the plans and to make all other decisions and determinations that may be required or deemed necessary to administer the plans.

As to incentive stock options under the 1999 Plan and all options under the 2001 Plan, the exercise price may not be less than the fair market value of the underlying shares as of the date of grant. The committee is authorized to determine the methods by which the exercise price of an option may be paid, as well as the form of payment, including, without limitation, cash, shares of stock, or other property (including broker-assisted “cashless exercise” arrangements). Each of our plans may, at any time and from time to time, be terminated, amended or modified by our board of directors. However, no amendment may adversely affect any of the rights of a participant under any option or other award


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previously granted, without that participant’s consent. Options granted under the 1999 Plan or the 2001 Plan generally vest over a period of years. The committee may, however, in its sole discretion, provide for the automatic acceleration of outstanding options upon a change of control of us, as defined in the plans.

A restricted stock award under the 2001 Plan is the grant of common stock, at a price as may be determined by the committee, that is nontransferable and subject to substantial risk of forfeiture and other restrictions until and to the extent specific conditions as imposed by the committee have been met. Such conditions may be based on continuing employment, achieving performance goals or other circumstances as determined by the committee. During the period of restriction, restricted stock may be subject to limitations on voting and dividend rights.

A performance share award under the 2001 Plan is a contingent right to receive a pre-determined amount upon achieving certain performance goals as established by the committee. The committee may, in its discretion, provide for payments pursuant to performance share awards in cash, stock or other property. The amount of payments is equal to the value of the performance share for the level of performance achieved multiplied by the number of performance shares granted to the participant. Prior to the beginning of each measurement period for the performance share award, participants may elect to defer the receipt of the payout on terms acceptable to the committee.

The 2001 Plan is intended to enable the committee to treat restricted stock and performance share awards granted under the plan as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and thereby preserve the deductibility of these awards as employee remuneration for federal income tax purposes. Payment of performance-based compensation under the 2001 Plan is to be made solely to the extent that pre-established performance goals set by the committee for the period are satisfied. These pre-established performance goals must be based on one or more of the following performance criteria: pre- or after-tax net earnings, sales or revenue, operating earnings, operating cash flow, return on net assets, return on shareholders’ equity, return on assets, return on capital, shareholder returns, gross or net profit margin, earnings per share, price per share, and market share. These performance criteria may be measured in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group. With regard to a particular performance period, the committee has the discretion to select the length of the performance period, the type of performance-based compensation to be granted, and the kind and level of the performance goal. In determining the actual size of an individual performance-based award for a performance period, the committee may reduce or eliminate (but not increase) the award as and to the extent it deems appropriate. Generally, a participant must be employed on the date the performance-based compensation is paid.

As of September 30, 2001, options covering 652,431 shares had been granted under our 1999 Plan, leaving 23,305 shares of our common stock available for option grants under our 1999 Plan. Of those options granted under the 1999 Plan, options covering a total of 459,500 shares had been granted to our executive officers. Additionally, as of September 30, 2001, options covering 274,499 shares had been granted outside of the 1999 Plan. As of September 30, 2001, no options or other compensatory awards have been granted under our 2001 Plan. In the aggregate, options covering 926,930 shares of our common stock have been granted. As of September 30, 2001, options to purchase 11,863 shares of our common stock had been exercised.


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SALES OF DEBT

From June to October 1998, we issued convertible debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $762,404. Additionally, the purchasers of these debentures were granted warrants to purchase one share of our common stock for every $6.66 loaned to us pursuant to the debentures. The debentures were all converted or repaid during 1998 and 1999. The warrants had a $2.25 exercise price and have all expired unexercised. Debentures were purchased by and warrants were granted to our directors in the following amounts:

•   $578,949 of debentures and $37,051 of warrants to purchase 92,500 shares of our common stock to Henry Klyce;
 
•   $62,420 of debentures and $3,984 of warrants to purchase 9,971 shares of our common stock to Greg Bailey; and
 
•   $75,200 of debentures and $4,800 of warrants to purchase 12,013 shares of our common stock to Anthony G. Viscogliosi.

On July 6, 2000, we sold $500,000 in convertible promissory notes to a group of existing stockholders. The notes accrued interest annually at the prime rate and were all converted into our Series B preferred stock. The notes were sold to the following principal stockholders:

$117,648 to Valley Ventures II, LP;
 
$176,470 to Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership; and
 
$205,882 to Delphi Investments.

On June 30, 2000, we extended a loan to Mr. Ferreira in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000, all of which is currently outstanding. This loan, which was extended to Mr. Ferreira to facilitate his relocation to our Phoenix headquarters, is full recourse, accrues interest at a rate of 8% annually, and is due on the earlier of Mr. Ferreira’s termination or December 31, 2002.

SALES OF COMMON STOCK

On October 7, 1998, we issued shares of our common stock, for services and upon conversion of outstanding debt, for an aggregate value of approximately $1.6 million and at a purchase price of $6.66 per share to the following officers, directors, and their immediate family members:

187,115 shares to Henry Klyce, Vern Feltner, Bill Stoermer, and Anthony G. Viscogliosi through their affiliation with K. V. Partners, Inc.;
 
7,336 shares to H. P. Goodrich;
 
3,821 shares to Arthur D. Goodrich;
 
2,292 shares to Nick Goodrich;
 
37,540 shares to Ellen B. Klyce; and
 
931 shares to Daniel J. Einwechter.

On June 21, 1999, we issued and sold an aggregate of 113,373 shares of our common stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $755,000 and at a purchase price of $6.66 per share to the following officers, directors, and their immediate family members:

12,763 share to Ellen B. Klyce;
 
12,763 shares to Anthony G. Viscogliosi; and
 
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On March 27, 1999 and July 20, 1999, in connection with our Series A preferred stock financing, previously issued promissory notes were converted into an aggregate of 593,182 shares of our common stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $4 million at an average conversion price of $6.76 per share held by the following officers, directors, and their immediate family members:

317,493 shares by Henry Klyce;
 
39,750 shares by Anthony G. Viscogliosi; and
 
19,513 shares by Ellen B. Klyce.

SALES OF PREFERRED STOCK

In July 2000, we sold 5,714,286 shares of our Series B preferred stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $8 million at $1.40 per share convertible into an aggregate of 1,716,156 shares of our common stock. We sold the shares pursuant to a preferred stock purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement under which we made standard representations, warranties, and covenants and provided the purchasers with registration and information rights. The registration rights are the only rights that survive beyond this offering. The following are principal stockholders and directors who purchased the Series B preferred stock:

3,571,429 shares by Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc.;
 
892,857 shares by Delphi Investments;
 
357,143 shares by Valley Ventures II, LP;
 
703,563 shares by Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership;
 
7,150 shares by Peter H. McNerney; and
 
178,571 shares by Spinal Partners II, LLC.

In February 2001, we sold 5,161,290 shares of our Series C preferred stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $8 million at $1.55 per share convertible into an aggregate of 1,550,077 shares of our common stock. We sold the shares pursuant to a preferred stock purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement under which we made standard representations, warranties, and covenants and provided the purchasers with registration and information rights. The registration rights are the only rights that survive beyond this offering. The following are principal stockholders and directors who purchased the Series C preferred stock:

1,612,903 shares by Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc.;
 
645,161 shares by Delphi Investments;
 
258,065 shares by Valley Ventures II, LP;
 
638,710 shares by Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership;
 
6,452 shares by Peter H. McNerney;
 
96,774 shares by Spinal Partners II, LLC; and
 
64,516 shares by Henry Klyce.

In August 2001, we sold 2,171,427 shares of our Series D preferred stock for an aggregate consideration of approximately $3.8 million at $1.75 per share convertible into an aggregate of 652,139 shares of our common stock. We sold the shares pursuant to a preferred stock purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement under which we made standard representations,


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warranties, and covenants and provided the purchasers with registration and information rights. The registration rights are the only rights that survive beyond this offering. The following are principal stockholders, directors, executive officers, and immediate family members who directly or indirectly purchased the Series D preferred stock:

325,714 shares by Affinity Ventures;
 
857,142 shares by Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc.;
 
142,857 shares by Delphi Investments;
 
114,286 shares by Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership;
 
176,000 shares by Viscogliosi Brothers Venture Partners I, LLC;
 
51,429 shares by Anthony G. Viscogliosi;
 
2,286 shares by Peter H. McNerney;
 
17,143 shares by Terence Winters;
 
6,571 shares by Ricardo M. Ferreira; and
 
6,571 shares by Barbara Parnes.

Upon completion of this offering, as required by the terms of our preferred stock, we intend to pay approximately $3 million to the holders of our preferred stock, representing cumulative dividends through and including November 1, 2001, which have been accruing on a daily basis at a rate of 8% per year since the date of issuance of each separate series. The following are principal stockholders, directors, and executive officers, who may receive cash dividends in approximately the following amounts:

$9,995 to Affinity Ventures;
 
$673,973 to Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc.;
 
$829,479 to Delphi Investments;
 
$704,212 to Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership;
 
$5,401 to Viscogliosi Brothers Venture Partners I, LLC;
 
$33,841 to Spinal Partners II, LLC;
 
$439,978 to Valley Ventures II, LP;
 
$5,830 to Henry Klyce;
 
$1,578 to Anthony G. Viscogliosi;
 
$5,323 to Peter H. McNerney;
 
$526 to Terence Winters;
 
$202 to Ricardo M. Ferreira; and
 
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Principal stockholders

The following table sets forth certain information known to us with respect to beneficial ownership of our common stock as of November 29, 2001, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of the shares of common stock offered under this prospectus by:

each person known by us to be a beneficial owner of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock;
 
each of our directors;
 
each of our executive officers; and
 
all of our directors and executive officers as a group.

Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock shown as beneficially owned by them. Beneficial ownership and percentage ownership are determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. The table below includes the number of shares underlying options and warrants which are exercisable within 60 days from November 29, 2001 adjusted to reflect the conversion of all shares of our preferred stock into an aggregate of 6,239,083 shares of our common stock prior to this offering. It is therefore based on 7,822,981 shares of our common stock outstanding prior to this offering and 11,822,981 shares outstanding immediately after this offering. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the listed individuals is 10232 South 51st Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85044.

                                   
Percent Percent
Number of shares beneficially beneficially
Number of underlying options owned before owned after
Name of beneficial owner shares owned or warrants this offering this offering

Five percent stockholders
                               
Entities affiliated with Patricof & Co. Ventures, Inc.(1)
    1,814,419             23.2 %     15.3 %
 
2100 Geng Road, Suite 150
                               
 
Palo Alto, CA 94303
                               
Entities affiliated with Delphi Ventures(2)
    1,460,399       4,416       18.7 %     12.4 %
  3000 Sand Hill Road, Bldg. 1, Suite 135                                
 
Menlo Park, CA 94035
                               
Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership
    1,248,191       3,785       16.0 %     10.6 %
 
60 South 6th Street, Suite 3510
                               
 
Minneapolis, MN 55402
                               
Valley Ventures II, LP 
    730,813       2,523       9.4 %     6.2 %
  6720 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 280                                
 
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
                               
Entities affiliated with Affinity Ventures(3)
    650,035             8.3 %     5.5 %
  901 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1810                                
 
Minneapolis, MN 55402
                               
Directors and named executive officers
                               
Janet G. Effland(4)
    1,814,419             23.2 %     15.3 %
James J. Bochnowski(5)
    1,460,399       4,416       18.7 %     12.4 %

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Percent Percent
Number of shares beneficially beneficially
Number of underlying options owned before owned after
Name of beneficial owner shares owned or warrants this offering this offering

Peter H. McNerney(6)
    1,258,423       3,785       16.1 %     10.7 %
Terence E. Winters, PhD(7)
    735,962       2,523       9.4 %     6.2 %
Henry Klyce
    593,824       96,523       8.7 %     5.8 %
Anthony G. Viscogliosi(8)
    200,428       15,016       2.7 %     1.8 %
Ricardo M. Ferreira
    1,973       140,152       1.8 %     1.2 %
Vern Feltner
    39,123       9,009       *       *  
Tim Einwechter(9)
    1,973       47,301       *       *  
Bill Stoermer
    28,612       7,508       *       *  
Arthur D. Goodrich
    3,821       12,013       *       *  
All executive officers and directors as a group (11 persons)
    6,138,957       338,246       79.4 %     53.3 %

“*”  indicates ownership of less than 1%.

(1) Includes 5,164,545 shares of preferred stock held by APAX Excelsior VI, LP, 422,123 shares of preferred stock held by APAX Excelsior VI-A, LP, 281,416 shares of preferred stock held by APAX Excelsior VI-B, LP, and 173,390 shares of preferred stock held by Patricof Private Investment Club III, LP (collectively, “Patricof”).

(2) Includes 4,764,466 shares of preferred stock held by Delphi Ventures IV, LP, and 98,227 shares of preferred stock held by Delphi BioInvestments IV, LP (collectively, “Delphi”).
 
(3) Includes 1,898,617 shares of preferred stock held by Affinity Ventures III, LP, and 265,806 shares of preferred stock held by Affinity Ventures II, LLC (collectively, “Affinity”).
 
(4) Includes 6,041,474 shares of preferred stock held by Patricof. Ms. Effland is a general partner of Patricof and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Patricof except to the extent of her proportionate partnership interest therein.
 
(5) Includes 4,862,693 shares of preferred stock and 4,416 warrants held by Delphi. Mr. Bochnowski is a general partner of Delphi and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Delphi except to the extent of his proportionate partnership interest therein.
 
(6) Includes 4,156,104 shares of preferred stock and 3,785 warrants held by Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership. Mr. McNerney is a general partner of Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Coral Partners V, Limited Partnership except to the extent of his proportionate partnership interest therein.
 
(7) Includes 2,433,390 shares of preferred stock and 2,523 warrants held by Valley Ventures II, LP. Dr. Winters is a special limited partner of Valley Ventures II, LP and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Valley Ventures II, LP except to the extent of his proportionate partnership interest therein.
 
(8) Includes 239,631 shares of preferred stock held by Spinal Partners II, LLC, and 176,000 shares of preferred stock held by Viscogliosi Brothers Venture Partners I, LLC. Mr. Viscogliosi is a general partner of Viscogliosi Brothers LLC, which oversees both funds, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by each fund except to the extent of his proportionate partnership interest therein.
 
(9) Includes 6,571 shares of preferred stock held by Barbara Parnes, Mr. Einwechter’s wife.


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Description of capital stock

The following information describes our common stock and preferred stock, as well as options and warrants to purchase our common stock, and provisions of our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws, all as will be in effect upon the closing of this offering. This description is only a summary. You should also refer to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to our registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part. The descriptions of our common stock and preferred stock, as well as options and warrants to purchase our common stock, reflect changes to our capital structure that will occur upon the closing of this offering in accordance with the terms of our amended certificate of incorporation.

Upon completion of this offering and after giving effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of preferred stock into common stock, our authorized capital stock will consist of 35,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock, par value $.001 per share.

COMMON STOCK

Upon the closing of this offering, all shares of our preferred stock will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into shares of our common stock. Assuming conversion of our preferred stock and the issuance of shares of our common stock to each current holder of preferred stock, but no other issuances of common stock, we would have approximately 115 beneficial holders of our common stock immediately prior to the closing of this offering. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders, and there are no cumulative voting rights. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any preferred stock outstanding at the time, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratable dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of common stock would be entitled to share in our assets remaining after the payment of liabilities and liquidation preferences on any outstanding preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. All outstanding shares of common stock are, and shares of common stock offered by us in this offering when issued and paid for will be, fully paid and nonassessable.

PREFERRED STOCK

Our board of directors may, without further action of our stockholders, issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, establish the number of shares to be included in each series, and fix or alter the rights or preferences thereof, including the voting rights, redemption provisions including sinking fund provisions, dividend rights, dividend rates, liquidation preferences, conversion rights and any other rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions. The rights of holders of common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. Upon the completion of the offering, no shares of preferred stock will be outstanding, and we have no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock. The issuance of shares of preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of holders of common stock and could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control or other corporate action.


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WARRANTS

As of September 30, 2001, we had outstanding and exercisable warrants to purchase 248,748 shares of our common stock at a weighted-average exercise price of $5.37 per share. We have granted registration rights to the holders of warrants to purchase 35,430 shares of our common stock. See “—Registration Rights” below.

OPTIONS

As of September 30, 2001, additional options to purchase a total of 23,305 shares of our common stock may be granted under our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, and options to purchase 525,572 shares of our common stock may be granted under our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2001, there are outstanding options under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan to purchase a total of 652,431 shares of our common stock, and outstanding options granted outside of any particular plan to purchase 274,499 shares of our common stock. Any shares issued upon exercise of these options will be immediately available for sale in the public market upon our filing, after the offering, of a registration statement relating to the options, subject to the terms of lock-up agreements entered into between certain of our option holders and the underwriters.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

After the offering, the holders of 6,274,513 shares of our common stock (including 35,430 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants) will be entitled to registration rights. These rights include demand registration rights and rights to require us to include their common stock in future registration statements that we file with the SEC.

With respect to 6,239,083 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of our preferred stock, the holders of a majority of the shares are entitled to demand that we file a separate registration statement covering the registration of all or any of their shares nine months after the effectiveness of this registration statement. We will bear all costs related to the registration of these shares other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with up to four demand registrations.

With respect to 35,430 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants, we will bear all costs related to the registration of these shares other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registration.

Registration of shares of common stock upon the exercise of registration rights would result in the covered shares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act immediately upon the effectiveness of the registration of those shares.

DELAWARE ANTI-TAKEOVER LAW AND RESTRICTIVE PROVISIONS OF OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, an anti-takeover law. Subject to certain exemptions, the statute precludes an interested stockholder, generally a holder of 15% of our common stock, from engaging in a merger, asset sale or other business combination with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder. An exemption may be applicable if:

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the stockholder owned at least 85% of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, excluding shares held by directors who were also officers or held in certain employee stock plans, upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in a stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; or
 
the business combination was approved by the board of directors and by two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, excluding shares held by the interested stockholder.

In general, our current major stockholders and their affiliates and transferees are excepted from these limitations.

Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized to create and issue one or more series of preferred stock and to fix the rights and terms of such series without stockholder approval. These shares could have the effect of preventing or discouraging an acquisition of us.

Our bylaws, to be effective upon completion of this offering, require that, subject to certain exceptions, any stockholder desiring to propose business or nominate a person to the board of directors at a stockholders’ meeting must give notice of any proposals or nominations within a specified time frame. In addition, the bylaws provide that we will hold a special meeting of stockholders only if a majority of our directors or the President, Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Board calls the meeting or if the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting make a written demand for the meeting. These provisions may have the effect of precluding a nomination for the election of directors or the conduct of business at a particular annual meeting if the proper procedures are not followed or may discourage or deter a third-party from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, even if the conduct of such solicitation or such attempt might be beneficial to us and our stockholders. For us to include a proposal in our annual proxy statement, the proponent and the proposal must comply with the proxy proposal submission rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

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Shares eligible for future sale

We will have 11,822,981 shares of common stock outstanding after the completion of this offering (12,422,981 shares if the underwriters’ overallotment is exercised in full). Of those shares, the 4,000,000 shares of common stock sold in the offering (4,600,000 shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be freely transferable without restriction, unless purchased by persons deemed to be our “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act). Any shares purchased by an affiliate may not be resold except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration, including an exemption under Rule 144. The remaining 7,822,981 shares of common stock to be outstanding immediately following the completion of this offering are “restricted,” which means they were originally sold in offerings that were not registered under the Securities Act. These restricted shares may only be sold through registration under the Securities Act or under an available exemption from registration, such as provided through Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. All of our officers, directors, and certain other security holders, holding over 90% of our outstanding common stock shares subject to outstanding options and warrants, have entered into lock-up agreements pursuant to which they have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to offer or sell any shares of common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of common stock for a period of 180 days from the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of UBS Warburg LLC. See “Underwriting.” After the 180-day lock-up period, these shares may be sold in accordance with Rule 144.

After the offering, the holders of 6,274,513 shares of our common stock (including 35,430 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants) will be entitled to registration rights. For more information on these registration rights, see “Description of capital stock—Registration Rights.”

In general, under Rule 144, as currently in effect, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated), including an affiliate, who has beneficially owned shares of our common stock for one year or more, may sell in the open market within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:

one percent of the then outstanding shares of our common stock (approximately 118,000 shares immediately after the offering); or
 
the average weekly trading volume in the common stock on the Nasdaq National Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the sale.

Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to certain limitations on the manner of sale, notice requirements, and the availability of our current public information. A person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is deemed not to have been our affiliate at any time during the 90 days preceding a sale by him and who has beneficially owned his shares for at least two years, may sell the shares in the public market under Rule 144(k) without regard to the volume limitations, manner of sale provisions, notice requirements, or the availability of current public information we refer to above.

Any of our employees, officers, directors, or consultants who purchased his or her shares before the date of completion of this offering or who holds options as of that date pursuant to a written compensatory plan or contract is entitled to rely on the resale provisions of Rule 701, which permits non-affiliates to sell their Rule 701 shares without having to comply with the public-information, holding-period, volume-limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144 and permits affiliates to sell their Rule 701 shares without having to comply with Rule 144’s holding-period restrictions, in each case commencing 90 days after completion of this offering.

Neither Rule 144 nor Rule 701 supersedes the contractual obligations of our security holders set forth in the lock-up agreements described above.


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The shares of our capital stock that were outstanding on November 29, 2001 that will become eligible for sale without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 701 under the Securities Act are approximately as follows:

•   877,824 shares will be immediately eligible for sale in the public market without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k);
 
•   4,742,937 shares will be eligible for sale in the public market under Rule 144 or Rule 701 beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, subject to volume, manner of sale, and other limitations under those rules; and
 
•   the remaining 2,202,220 shares of common stock will become eligible for sale from time to time after the date of this prospectus under Rule 144 upon expiration of their respective holding periods.

STOCK OPTIONS

We have reserved an aggregate of 675,736 shares of our common stock for issuance under our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and 525,572 shares of our common stock for issuance under our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2001, we had options granted and outstanding under our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan to purchase 652,431 shares. Additionally, we have issued outside of any particular plan options entitling the holders to purchase 274,499 shares of our common stock. We intend to register the shares subject to these plans and the options on a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form S-8 following the offering. Subject to the lock-up agreements, the restrictions imposed under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, and related option agreements, as well as under option agreements for options granted outside of such plans, shares of common stock issued under such plans or agreements after the effective date of any registration statement on Form S-8 will be available for sale in the public market without restriction to the extent that they are held by persons who are not our affiliates under Rule 144.

No public trading market for the common stock existed prior to the offering. No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of shares under Rule 144 or otherwise will have on the market price prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock into the public market following the offering, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the then prevailing market price.


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Underwriting

We and the underwriters named below have entered into an underwriting agreement concerning the shares we are offering. Subject to conditions, each underwriter has severally agreed to purchase the number of shares indicated in the following table. UBS Warburg LLC, RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., and SG Cowen Securities Corporation are the representatives of the underwriters.

           
Underwriters Number of shares

UBS Warburg LLC
       
RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. 
       
SG Cowen Securities Corporation
       
     
 
 
Total
    4,000,000  
     
 

If the underwriters sell more shares than the total number set forth in the table above, the underwriters have a 30-day option to buy from us up to 600,000 additional shares at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions to cover these sales. If any shares are purchased under this option, the underwriters will severally purchase shares in approximately the same proportion as set forth in the table above.

The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and commissions we will pay to the underwriters. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase up to 600,000 additional shares.

                   
No exercise Full exercise

Per share
    $       $  
 
Total
    $       $  

We estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be as follows:

           
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee
  $ 18,400  
NASD filing fee
    7,860  
Nasdaq National Market listing fee
    90,500 *
Blue Sky fees and expenses
    15,000 *
Printing, engraving, and mailing expenses
    250,000 *
Legal fees and expenses
    350,000 *
Accounting fees and expenses
    350,000 *
Transfer agent and registrar’s fees
    15,000 *
Miscellaneous expenses
    103,240 *
     
 
 
Total
  $ 1,200,000  
     
 

* Estimated

Shares sold by the underwriters to the public will initially be offered at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. Any shares sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a discount of up to $     per share from the initial public offering price. Any of these securities dealers may resell any shares purchased from the underwriters to other brokers or dealers at


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a discount of up to $     per share from the initial public offering price. If all the shares are not sold at the initial public offering price, the representatives may change the offering price and the other selling terms.

The underwriters have informed us that they do not expect discretionary sales to exceed 5% of the shares of common stock to be offered.

We, together with our directors, officers, and certain other securityholders holding over 90% of our common stock and shares subject to outstanding options and warrants, have agreed with the underwriters not to offer, sell, contract to sell, hedge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock during the period from the date of this prospectus continuing through the date 180 days after the date of this prospectus, without the prior written consent of UBS Warburg LLC.

Before this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. The initial public offering price was negotiated by us and the representatives. The principal factors considered in determining the initial public offering price include:

the information set forth in this prospectus and otherwise available to the representatives;
 
the history and the prospects for the industry in which we compete;
 
the ability of our management;
 
our prospects for future earnings, the present state of our development, and our current financial position;
 
the general condition of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and
 
the recent market prices of, and the demand for, publicly traded common stock of generally comparable companies.

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell shares of common stock in the open market. These transactions may include stabilizing transactions. Stabilizing transactions consist of bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock while the offering is in progress. These transactions may also include short sales and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of shares than they are required to purchase in the offering. Short sales may be either “covered short sales” or “naked short sales.” Covered short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional shares in the offering. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining the source of shares to close out the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the over-allotment option. Naked short sales are sales in excess of the over-allotment option. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representatives have repurchased shares sold by or for the account of that underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions. The imposition of a penalty bid may discourage the immediate resale of shares sold in


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this offering. In determining the allocation of shares sold in this offering, the underwriters look at a variety of factors, including the selling history of investors.

These activities by the underwriters may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the common stock. As a result, the price of the common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected on the Nasdaq National Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

We have agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against some liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.


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Legal matters

Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the shares of common stock are being passed upon for us by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, Arizona. Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, New York, is counsel for the underwriters in connection with this offering.

Experts

The financial statements of Alliance Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000 included in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and are included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The financial statements of Paragon Health Care Corporation as of and for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000 included in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and are included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The financial statements of Alliance Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 1998 included in this prospectus have been audited by Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC, independent auditors, as stated in their report appearing herein and are included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

Change in independent auditors

In September 1999, we decided to replace Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC as our independent auditors with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Our board of directors approved the decision to change independent auditors. We had no disagreements with Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures during our two most recent fiscal years and interim period prior to our change in independent auditors, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC, would have caused them to make reference to the matter in their report.

Where you can find more information

We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, including exhibits and schedules, under the Securities Act with respect to the common stock to be sold in this offering. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the Registration Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement or the exhibits and schedules which are part of the Registration Statement. The rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission allow us to omit certain information included in the Registration Statement from this prospectus. Accordingly, any statements made in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement, or other document are not necessarily complete. With respect to each such contract, agreement, or other document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, we refer you to the exhibit for a more complete description of the matter involved. You may read and copy all or any


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Where you can find more information

portion of the Registration Statement or any reports, statements, or other information in the files at the following public reference facilities of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

         
Washington, D.C.
  New York, New York   Chicago, Illinois
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
  233 Broadway   500 West Madison Street
Room 1024
  New York, New York 10279   Suite 1400
Washington, D.C. 20549
      Chicago, IL 60661-2511

You can request copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee by writing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of its public reference rooms. Our filings, including the Registration Statement, will also be available to you on the Internet web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.

We intend to furnish our stockholders with annual reports containing audited financial statements, and make available to our stockholders quarterly reports for the first three quarters of each year containing unaudited interim financial information.


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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

         
Page

ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
       
Independent Auditors’ Report
    F-2  
Consolidated Balance Sheets
    F-4  
Consolidated Statements of Operations
    F-5  
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Redeemable Preferred Stock and Net Stockholders’ Capital Deficiency
    F-6  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
    F-8  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
    F-10  
 
PARAGON HEALTH CARE CORPORATION
       
Independent Auditors’ Report
    F-28  
Balance Sheets
    F-29  
Statements of Operations
    F-30  
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
    F-31  
Statements of Cash Flows
    F-32  
Notes to Financial Statements
    F-33  
 
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
       
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
    F-37  

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

Board of Directors

Alliance Medical Corporation
Phoenix, Arizona

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Alliance Medical Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 1999 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in redeemable preferred stock, and net stockholders’ capital deficiency, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 1999 and 2000, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Phoenix, Arizona

June 15, 2001, except for the second
and third paragraphs of Note 11 as to
which the date is August 13, 2001

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

Board of Directors and Shareholders

Alliance Medical Corporation and Subsidiaries
Phoenix, Arizona

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, changes in redeemable preferred stock and net stockholders’ capital deficiency, and cash flows of Alliance Medical Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 1998. The financial statements of the Company are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements of the Company referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1998, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

NELSON LAMBSON & CO. PLC

Mesa, Arizona

June 29, 1999

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                     
Pro forma
for preferred
stock conversion
September 30,
December 31, September 30, 2001

2001 (Unaudited)
1999 2000 (Unaudited) (Note 1)

Assets
                               
Current assets:
                               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
    $881,684       $10,119       $1,196,624          
 
Accounts receivable — net
    1,079,903       2,005,907       3,364,996          
 
Note receivable — net
    45,625                          
 
Inventories
    447,561       722,168       643,668          
 
Prepaid expenses
    295,298       272,403       759,744          
 
Other current assets
    72,619       81,831       148,680          
     
     
     
         
   
Total current assets
    2,822,690       3,092,428       6,113,712          
Property — net
    1,467,401       4,111,108       4,685,990          
Restricted cash and securities
    1,500,000       500,000       500,000          
Note due from officer
            100,000       100,000          
Goodwill — net
    258,890       234,889       4,548,944          
Other assets
    16,855       19,515       67,859          
     
     
     
         
Total
    $6,065,836       $8,057,940       $16,016,505          
     
     
     
         
Liabilities and net stockholders’ capital deficiency
                               
Current liabilities:
                               
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    $34,125       $168,452       $503,895          
 
Line of credit
            500,000       1,617,602          
 
Accounts payable
    925,166       1,092,617       1,333,882          
 
Accrued liabilities
    1,712,304       1,174,737       1,489,934          
 
Due to related parties
    19,860                          
 
Other liabilities
    204,284       181,002       56,000          
     
     
     
         
   
Total current liabilities
    2,895,739       3,116,808       5,001,313          
Long-term debt
            555,556       957,143          
Obligations under capital leases—
                               
 
Less current portion
    2,013                          
     
     
     
         
   
Total liabilities
    2,897,752       3,672,364       5,958,456          
Commitments and contingencies
(Notes 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15)
                               
Redeemable preferred stock:
                               
 
Series A preferred stock, 8% participating, $0.001 par value— authorized, 7,727,272 shares; issued and outstanding, 7,727,272 shares; estimated redemption value at September 30, 2001 $24,172,283 (unaudited)
    8,275,171       12,432,442       24,172,283        
 
Series B preferred stock, 8% participating, $0.001 par value— authorized, 5,714,286 shares; issued and outstanding, 5,714,286 shares; estimated redemption value at September 30, 2001 $17,858,665 (unaudited)
            9,074,244       17,858,665        
 
Series C preferred stock, 8% participating, $0.001 par value— authorized, 8,558,442 shares; issued and outstanding, 5,161,290 shares; estimated redemption value at September 30, 2001 $15,767,889 (unaudited)
                    15,767,889        
 
Series D preferred stock, 8% participating, $0.001 par value — authorized, 2,171,500 shares; issued and outstanding, 2,171,427 shares; estimated redemption value at September 30, 2001 $6,554,364 (unaudited)
                    6,554,364          
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total redeemable preferred stock
    8,275,171       21,506,686       64,353,201        
     
     
     
     
 
Net stockholders’ capital deficiency:
                               
 
Common stock, $0.001 par value— authorized, 27,000,000 shares at December 31, 1999 and 2000 and 30,000,000 shares at September 30, 2001 (unaudited); issued and outstanding, 1,554,992 shares at December 31, 1999 and 2000 and 1,566,855 shares at September 30, 2001
    1,555       1,555       1,567       7,806  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    7,338,362       2,055,674               61,651,888  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (12,447,004 )     (19,178,339 )     (54,296,719 )     (54,296,719 )
     
     
     
     
 
   
Net stockholders’ capital deficiency
    (5,107,087 )     (17,121,110 )     (54,295,152 )     7,362,975  
     
     
     
     
 
Total
    $6,065,836       $8,057,940       $16,016,505          
     
     
     
         

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                             
Nine months ended
Year ended December 31, September 30,


1998 1999 2000 2000 2001
(Unaudited)

Revenue
    $4,522,878       $5,821,638       $6,403,603       $4,599,795       $11,517,827  
Cost of revenue
    2,715,518       3,661,309       6,177,958       4,571,102       6,708,394  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Gross profit
    1,807,360       2,160,329       225,645       28,693       4,809,433  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating expenses:
                                       
 
General and administrative
    1,964,984       2,246,366       2,033,502       1,543,281       2,643,201  
 
Selling and marketing
    2,652,248       2,770,041       4,767,499       3,135,120       6,394,647  
 
Regulatory compliance
                    557,123       210,018       1,618,918  
 
Reversal of litigation reserve
                    (261,213 )                
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total operating expenses
    4,617,232       5,016,407       7,096,911       4,888,419       10,656,766  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Loss from operations
    (2,809,872 )     (2,856,078 )     (6,871,266 )     (4,859,726 )     (5,847,333 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Other (expense) income:
                                       
 
Interest income
    4,773       74,648       112,021       22,784       46,745  
 
Interest expense
    (893,205 )     (468,382 )     (77,079 )     (36,304 )     (153,310 )
 
Miscellaneous (expense) income
    (30,060 )     243,892       104,989       (24,038 )     (94,577 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total other (expense) income—net
    (918,492 )     (149,842 )     139,931       (37,558 )     (201,142 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Loss before extraordinary loss
    (3,728,364 )     (3,005,920 )     (6,731,335 )     (4,897,284 )     (6,048,475 )
Extraordinary loss—Early extinguishment of debt
            (412,500 )                        
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss
    (3,728,364 )     (3,418,420 )     (6,731,335 )     (4,897,284 )     (6,048,475 )
Less: Cumulative preferred stock dividend
            (307,397 )     (948,274 )     (616,667 )     (1,439,403 )
 
Accretion to redemption value and preferred stock discount
                    (4,334,414 )     (2,318,182 )     (32,475,836 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
    $(3,728,364 )     $(3,725,817 )     $(12,014,023 )     $(7,832,133 )     $(39,963,714 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss per share before extraordinary item
            $(2.73 )                        
             
                         
Net loss per share—Basic and diluted
    $(4.75 )     $(3.07 )     $(7.73 )     $(5.04 )     $(25.67 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Weighted-average shares used in calculating loss per share—Basic and diluted
    785,134       1,213,600       1,554,992       1,554,992       1,556,809  
     
     
     
     
     
 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

 AND NET STOCKHOLDERS’ CAPITAL DEFICIENCY
                                                                           
Series A Series B Series C Series D Total
preferred stock preferred stock preferred stock preferred stock preferred
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount stock
(unaudited) (unaudited)

Balance, January 1, 1998                                                                        
 
Issuance of common stock
                                                                       
 
Common stock issued for services and debt issuance costs
                                                                       
 
Conversion of convertible debentures
                                                                       
 
Issuance of detachable warrants
                                                                       
 
Net loss
                                                                       
Balance, December 31, 1998
                                                                       
 
Issuance of Series A preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $532,226
    7,727,272       $7,967,774                                                       $7,967,774  
 
Stock issued for services and extension of maturity of debt
                                                                       
 
Conversion of convertible debentures – net of issuance cost of $332,260
                                                                       
 
Issuance of detachable warrants
                                                                       
 
Cumulative preferred stock dividends
            307,397                                                       307,397  
 
Net loss
                                                                       
     
     
                                                         
Balance, December 31, 1999
    7,727,272       8,275,171                                                       8,275,171  
 
Issuance of Series B preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $51,173
                    5,714,286       $7,948,827                                       7,948,827  
 
Cumulative preferred stock dividends
            680,000               268,274                                       948,274  
 
Accretion to estimated redemption value
            3,477,271               857,143                                       4,334,414  
 
Net loss
                                                                       
     
     
     
     
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2000
    7,727,272       12,432,442       5,714,286       9,074,244                                       21,506,686  

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]

                                           
Net
Additional stockholders’
Common stock paid-in Accumulated capital
Shares Amount capital deficit deficiency


Balance, January 1, 1998     639,378       $639       $1,641,817       $(5,300,220 )     $(3,657,764 )
 
Issuance of common stock
    4,505       5       29,995               30,000  
 
Common stock issued for services and debt issuance costs
    80,563       81       536,419               536,500  
 
Conversion of convertible debentures
    163,408       163       1,088,037               1,088,200  
 
Issuance of detachable warrants
                    108,369               108,369  
 
Net loss
                            (3,728,364 )     (3,728,364 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 1998
    887,854       888       3,404,637       (9,028,584 )     (5,623,059 )
 
Issuance of Series A preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $532,226
                                       
 
Stock issued for services and extension of maturity of debt
    73,955       74       518,670               518,744  
 
Conversion of convertible debentures – net of issuance cost of $332,260
    593,183       593       3,658,702               3,659,295  
 
Issuance of detachable warrants
                    63,750               63,750  
 
Cumulative preferred stock dividends
                    (307,397 )             (307,397 )
 
Net loss
                            (3,418,420 )     (3,418,420 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 1999
    1,554,992       1,555       7,338,362       (12,447,004 )     (5,107,087 )
 
Issuance of Series B preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $51,173
                                       
 
Cumulative preferred stock dividends
                    (948,274 )             (948,274 )
 
Accretion to estimated redemption value
                    (4,334,414 )             (4,334,414 )
 
Net loss
                            (6,731,335 )     (6,731,335 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 2000
    1,554,992       1,555       2,055,674       (19,178,339 )     (17,121,110 )
                                                                                                                 
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Series A Series B Series C Series D Total
preferred stock preferred stock preferred stock preferred stock preferred
Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Amount stock
(unaudited) (unaudited)

Balance, December 31, 2000
    7,727,272       12,432,442       5,714,286       9,074,244                                       21,506,686  
 
Issuance of Series C preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $142,302 (unaudited)
                                    5,161,290       $7,857,698                       7,857,698  
 
Issuance of Series D preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $7,003 (unaudited)
                                                    2,171,427       $3,792,997       3,792,997  
 
Accretion to estimated redemption value (unaudited)
            11,229,841               8,304,421               7,500,766               2,721,389       29,756,417  
 
Discount on preferred stock related to beneficial conversion feature (unaudited)
                                                            (2,719,419 )     (2,719,419 )
 
Amortization of preferred stock discount (unaudited)
                                                            2,719,419       2,719,419  
 
Stock compensation cost (unaudited)
                                                                       
 
Exercise of stock option (unaudited)
                                                                       
 
Cumulative preferred stock dividends (unaudited)
            510,000               480,000               409,425               39,978       1,439,403  
 
Net Loss (unaudited)
                                                                       
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, September 30, 2001 (unaudited)
    7,727,272       $24,172,283       5,714,286       $17,858,665       5,161,290       $15,767,889       2,171,427       $6,554,364       $64,353,201  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

[Additional columns below]

[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]

                                           
Net
Additional stockholders’
Common stock paid-in Accumulated capital
Shares Amount capital deficit deficiency


Balance, December 31, 2000
    1,554,992       1,555       2,055,674       (19,178,339 )     (17,121,110 )
 
Issuance of Series C preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $142,302 (unaudited)
                                       
 
Issuance of Series D preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $7,003 (unaudited)
                                       
 
Accretion to estimated redemption value (unaudited)
                    (2,125,915 )     (27,630,502 )     (29,756,417 )
 
Discount on preferred stock related to beneficial conversion feature (unaudited)
                            2,719,419       2,719,419  
 
Amortization of preferred stock discount (unaudited)
                            (2,719,419 )     (2,719,419 )
 
Stock compensation cost (unaudited)
                    52,083               52,083  
 
Exercise of stock option (unaudited)
    11,863       12       18,158               18,170  
 
Cumulative preferred stock dividends (unaudited)
                            (1,439,403 )     (1,439,403 )
 
Net Loss (unaudited)
                            (6,048,475 )     (6,048,475 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, September 30, 2001 (unaudited)
    1,566,855       $1,567       $—       $(54,296,719 )     $(54,295,152 )
     
     
     
     
     
 

 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

                                                                                                                 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                                               
Nine months ended
Year ended December 31, September 30,


1998 1999 2000 2000 2001

(unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
                                       
 
Net loss
    $(3,728,364 )     $(3,418,420 )     $(6,731,335 )     $(4,897,284 )     $(6,048,475 )
 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                                       
   
Depreciation and amortization
    302,083       188,680       399,005       281,610       711,310  
   
Loss on abandonment of fixed assets
            101,730                          
   
Write-off of note receivable
                    45,625       41,796          
   
Stock issued for services
    9,000       16,500                          
   
Extraordinary loss
            412,500                          
   
Debt issuance cost
    251,000       257,734                          
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                       
   
Accounts receivable
    (105,133 )     20,956       (926,004 )     (651,133 )     (1,359,089 )
   
Inventories
    (222,255 )     (148,721 )     (274,607 )     (291,490 )     78,500  
   
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    83,188       (280,351 )     11,023       69,287       (550,452 )
   
Accounts payable
    587,963       (267,472 )     167,451       163,875       241,265  
   
Accrued and other liabilities
    470,356       (869,752 )     (582,722 )     (574,585 )     190,195  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Net cash used in operating activities
    (2,352,162 )     (3,986,616 )     (7,891,564 )     (5,857,924 )     (6,736,746 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                       
 
Change in restricted cash and securities
            (1,500,000 )     1,000,000       1,000,000          
 
Purchases of property
    (145,907 )     (1,115,594 )     (3,018,711 )     (2,063,909 )     (1,104,191 )
 
Note due from officer
                    (100,000 )                
 
Acquisition of Paragon Health Care Corporation
                                    (4,000,000 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Net cash used in investing activities
    (145,907 )     (2,615,594 )     (2,118,711 )     (1,063,909 )     (5,104,191 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                       
 
Change in line of credit
                    500,000       873,880       1,117,602  
 
Proceeds from issuance of debt
    2,546,471       653,000       1,250,000       1,250,000       2,691,004  
 
Repayment of debt
    (97,500 )     (1,144,990 )     (560,117 )     (522,578 )     (2,450,029 )
 
Payments on obligations under capital leases
    (17,796 )     (19,828 )                        
 
Issuance of common stock
    30,000                               18,170  
 
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock—net of issuance cost of $532,226, $51,173 and $149,302, respectively
            7,967,774       7,948,827       7,948,827       11,650,695  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Net cash provided by financing activities
    2,461,175       7,455,956       9,138,710       9,550,129       13,027,442  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
    (36,894 )     853,746       (871,565 )     2,628,296       1,186,505  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    64,832       27,938       881,684       881,684       10,119  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
    $27,938       $881,684       $10,119       $3,509,980       $1,196,624  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)

                                           
Nine months ended
Year ended December 31, September 30,


1998 1999 2000 2000 2001

(unaudited)
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information—Cash paid for interest
    $19,000       $19,000       $110,000       $93,000       $131,000  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities:
                                       
 
In 1998, approximately $1,088,000 convertible debenture principal was converted into 163,408 shares of common stock
                                       
 
In 1998, the Company issued 79,211 shares of its common stock in consideration for execution of financing arrangements. Accordingly, approximately $528,000, representing the estimated value of the stock, was recorded as debt issuance costs. During 1998, approximately $251,000 was amortized to interest expense
                                       
 
In 1998, the Company issued 163,889 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock in connection with the issuance, or the extension of the maturity date, of convertible debentures. The exercise price of the warrants is $7.56. The Company allocated approximately $108,000 of the proceeds to the warrants
                                       
 
In 1999, the Company issued 73,955 shares of common stock valued at $518,744 for services and extension of maturity of debt
                                       
 
In 1999, the Company converted $3,991,555 of convertible debentures, including accrued interest of $611,683, into 593,183 shares of the Company’s common stock
                                       
 
In 1999, the Company issued detachable warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock in connection with the issuance of debt. Such warrants were valued at $63,750.
                                       

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Information for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 is unaudited)

1. OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General—Alliance Medical Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are reprocessors of disposable medical devices that are used in a variety of medical procedures. Reprocessing of medical devices involves the cleaning, function testing, and sterilizing of used devices for reuse in subsequent procedures.

Liquidity—The Company has funded its operations since inception primarily through the private placement of common and preferred stock. The Company has generated limited revenue from the sale of its services, must now comply with new guidelines issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), and experienced increasing operating losses and accumulated deficits which have affected the Company’s liquidity. The Company has incurred losses since inception including losses of $6.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, and $6.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2000. During these periods, the Company consolidated its operations into a new, custom-designed reprocessing facility, closed down three other reprocessing facilities, significantly increased its direct sales force and regulatory, quality assurance and design engineering staffs, and initiated its 510(k) and PMA submission program with the FDA. While these actions resulted in significant increases in costs and a corresponding increase in cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue for those periods, the Company believes that these actions have positioned it to capitalize on significant opportunities for substantial growth in its market. During June 2001, the Company entered into an agreement with a bank which permits the Company to borrow up to $4,000,000 for working capital purposes, acquisitions, and equipment purchases. Availability under this borrowing facility is limited to certain eligible collateral balances. At September 30, 2001, amounts available under this financing arrangement totaled approximately $630,000. Additionally, in August 2001, the Company issued 2,171,257 shares of Series D redeemable preferred stock for net proceeds of approximately $3,793,000 and during October 2001 the Company obtained a $750,000 term loan which is repayable over 36 months. The Company is in the process of preparing to file an initial public offering (“IPO”), the proceeds of which would be used in part to provide working capital. In the event the IPO is not successful, management believes that sufficient sources of capital are available to fund operations for the foreseeable future. Additionally, management has the ability to revise anticipated expenditures in order to conserve resources. Management believes that these actions and plans will provide sufficient working capital for the Company.

Note to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements—The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles”) applicable to interim financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments and reclassifications considered necessary for a fair and comparable presentation have been included and are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2001.

Significant Accounting Policies—The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Significant accounting policies are as follows:

 a.  Principles of consolidation—The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Alliance Medical Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(Information for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 is unaudited)

reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
 c.  Cash and cash equivalents—The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Carrying amounts of such amounts approximate fair value due to their highly liquid nature and short duration.
 
 d.  Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Inventories primarily consist of those materials utilized in reprocessing medical devices such as chemicals and packaging materials and cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Work-in-process and finished goods inventories primarily consist of capitalized labor and overhead necessary in the reprocessing of medical instruments. Such amounts are capitalized based on the instrument’s percentage progress through reprocessing as compared to the total cost of such reprocessing. The total cost of reprocessing individual instruments is estimated by the Company based on historical experience. The Company does not take title to the medical instruments they reprocess.
 
 e.  Property, including leasehold and other improvements that extend an asset’s useful life or productive capabilities, is stated at cost. Leasehold improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the property or the life of the lease, including the Company’s unilateral renewal options if the term of the lease is shorter than the life of the improvements. Property is depreciated using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

     
Furniture and fixtures
  3–7 years
Equipment
  5–15 years
Computer equipment and software
  3–5 years
Leasehold improvements
  10 years

 f.  Restricted cash and securities represent cash collateral of $500,000 for the issuance of a standby letter of credit to the lessor of the Company’s Phoenix reprocessing facility. The standby letter of credit was issued to provide security for the lease of the Company’s primary operating facility. At December 31, 1999, the Company also had $1,000,000 in restricted cash related to the Company’s financing agreement.
 
 g.  Goodwill is being amortized using the straight-line method over an estimated life of 15 years. Amortization of goodwill was approximately $33,000, $24,000, and $24,000 for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000, respectively.
 
 h.  Impairment—The Company continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful life of long-lived assets and identifiable intangible assets may warrant revision or that the remaining balance of these assets may not be recoverable. In performing the review for recoverability, the Company estimates the future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and its eventual disposition. The amount of the impairment loss, if an impairment exists, would be calculated based on the excess of the carrying amounts of the assets over its estimated fair value. No impairment losses were recorded in 1998, 1999, or 2000.
 
 i.  Assets to be disposed of—All long-lived assets to be disposed of for which management has the authority to approve the action and has committed to a plan to dispose of the assets, either by sale or abandonment, are reported at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(Information for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 is unaudited)

During 1999, the Company closed an operating facility and in connection with this closure, the Company abandoned certain leasehold improvements affixed to the facility with a carrying value at the time of abandonment of approximately $102,000. Management determined that these assets had no fair value and recognized a charge as a component of general and administrative expense equal to their carrying value.

 j.  Revenue is recognized when the reprocessed medical instruments have been shipped to the customer. Shipment generally occurs immediately upon completion of reprocessing for those customers operating under a blanket purchase order. Medical instruments are not shipped to other customers until such time as a purchase order is received. No individual customer represents greater than 10 percent of revenues or accounts receivable for any period or date presented.

 k.  Debt issuance costs are deferred and recognized over the term of the related debt. During 1998, the Company issued 79,211 shares of its common stock in consideration for execution of financing arrangements. Accordingly, approximately $528,000, representing the estimated fair value of the stock, was recorded as debt issuance costs, with the offset recorded to common stock and additional paid-in capital, as applicable. During 1999, all debt related to the financing arrangements made in 1998 was either repaid or converted into equity. Accordingly, the remaining debt issuance costs were recorded as an extraordinary loss in the 1999 statement of operations.
 
 l.  Shipping and handling fees and costs—Amounts paid to the Company by its customers for shipping and handling are included as a component of revenue while shipping and handling costs incurred by the Company are included as a component of cost of revenue.
 
 m.  Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the consolidated financial statements and consist of taxes currently payable plus deferred taxes. Deferred taxes arise from the different bases of assets and liabilities recorded for financial statement and income tax reporting purposes. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
 
 n.  Stock-based compensation—The Company applies the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and provides the pro forma net loss and pro forma loss per share disclosures for employee stock option grants as if the fair-value-based method defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, had been applied.
 
 o.  Loss per share is based upon the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the respective periods. Basic and diluted loss per share is the same for all periods presented. Potentially dilutive securities were not included in the loss per share calculation as their effect would be antidilutive and are as follows:

                                 
12/31/98 12/31/99 12/31/00 9/30/01

Convertible securities
    208,604       2,320,711       4,036,867       6,239,083  
Stock options
    261,284       475,868       507,403       926,930  
Warrants
    208,938       297,620       333,874       248,748  
     
     
     
     
 
Total
    678,826       3,094,199       4,878,144       7,414,761  
     
     
     
     
 

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 p.  Segment information—The Company operates in one business segment. Additionally, all of the Company’s assets are located in, and revenue is earned in, the United States.
 
 q.  Pro forma as adjusted balance sheet information as of September 30, 2001 illustrates the effects on stockholders’ equity of the conversion of the redeemable preferred stock should the Company successfully complete its IPO. Such redeemable preferred stock is mandatorily convertible into 6,239,083 shares of common stock under such circumstances. The pro forma as adjusted balance sheet information does not illustrate all anticipated effects of the offering such as anticipated proceeds or the payment of accrued dividends of $2,695,074 at September 30, 2001 but rather only the effect of the conversion of the preferred stock.
 
 r.  Reclassifications have been made to the 1998 and 1999 amounts to conform to the 2000 presentation.
 
 s.  New accounting pronouncements—In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which provides guidance on accounting for derivatives and hedge transactions. This statement is effective for the Company on January 1, 2001. The effect of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on reported operating results or financial position.

In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition, or SAB 101, which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation, and disclosure of revenue in financial statements filed with the SEC. SAB 101 summarizes the SEC’s views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition. The Company believes the historical revenue recognition policies in place comply with SAB 101.

In March 2000, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, or FIN 44, which contains rules designed to clarify the interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, including the definition of an employee for purposes of applying APB Opinion No. 25, the criteria for determining whether a plan qualifies as a non-compensatory plan, the accounting consequences of various modifications to the terms of a previously fixed stock option or award, and the accounting for an exchange of stock compensation awards in a business combination. FIN 44 became effective on July 1, 2000, but some conclusions in this interpretation cover specific events that occur after either December 15, 1998, or January 12, 2000. This interpretation did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In June 2001 the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS No. 141 prohibits the pooling of interests method of accounting for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 142 requires companies to cease amortizing goodwill that existed at June 30, 2001. The amortization of existing goodwill will cease on December 31, 2001. Any goodwill resulting from acquisitions completed after June 30, 2001 will not be amortized. SFAS No. 142 also establishes a new method of testing goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change that would reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. The adoption of SFAS No. 142 will result in the Company’s discontinuation of amortization of its goodwill; however, the Company will be required to test its goodwill for impairment under the new standard beginning in the first quarter of 2002, which could have an adverse effect on the Company’s future results of operations if an impairment occurs.


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In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets be measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell, whether reported in continuing operations or in discontinued operations. The standard is effective for 2002 and generally is to be applied prospectively. The implementation of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

2.  ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

A summary of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

                         
1998 1999 2000

Balance, beginning of period
  $ 30,000     $ 98,000     $ 113,000  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    68,000       64,000       9,000  
Write-offs
            (49,000 )     (58,000 )
     
     
     
 
Balance, end of year
  $ 98,000     $ 113,000     $ 64,000  
     
     
     
 

3.  NOTE RECEIVABLE AND NOTE DUE FROM OFFICER

As of December 31, 1999, the Company had an uncollateralized $250,000 note receivable, bearing interest at 8 percent, from an entity owned by one of its former officers. During 1999, the Company recorded an allowance of $204,375 against the note for potential loss exposure. During 2000, the Company wrote off the balance of the note.

During 2000, the Company loaned the Chief Executive Officer of the Company $100,000 to facilitate his relocation to the United States. The note is full recourse, accrues interest at 8 percent, and is due on the earlier of the Chief Executive Officer’s termination or December 31, 2002.

4.  INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

                         
December 31, September 30,


1999 2000 2001
(unaudited)

Supplies
  $ 79,501     $ 101,200     $ 187,489  
Work in process
    96,058       246,014       318,529  
Finished goods
    285,805       374,954       137,650  
     
     
     
 
Total
    461,364       722,168       643,668  
Less inventory allowance
    (13,803 )                
     
     
     
 
Inventories—net
  $ 447,561     $ 722,168     $ 643,668  
     
     
     
 

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5.  PROPERTY

Property consisted of the following at December 31:

                 
1999 2000

Furniture and fixtures
  $ 40,335     $ 216,486  
Equipment
    548,301       757,723  
Computer equipment
    166,800       1,383,674  
Leasehold improvements
    82,173       2,363,441  
     
     
 
Total
    837,609       4,721,324  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (339,533 )     (714,536 )
     
     
 
Total
    498,076       4,006,788  
Construction in progress
    969,325       104,320  
     
     
 
Property—net
  $ 1,467,401     $ 4,111,108  
     
     
 

Depreciation expense was approximately $154,000, $165,000, and $375,000 for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000, respectively.

6.  LINE OF CREDIT AND LONG-TERM DEBT

From June to October 1998, the Company issued $762,405 in convertible debentures to three of the Company’s stockholders, all of which were converted or repaid during 1998 and 1999.

On June 6, 2000, the Company issued a $500,000 convertible promissory note to four stockholders that was repaid the same year.

During 1999, all outstanding debt was paid and/or converted into shares of the Company’s common stock. The total number of shares issued upon conversion during 1999 was 593,183 with conversion prices ranging from $4.66 to $8.99 per share.

Certain of the long-term debt was retired during 1999 prior to its maturity date. The write-off of the $412,500 unamortized balance of debt issuance costs associated with such long-term debt is accounted for as an extraordinary loss in the 1999 consolidated statement of operations.

On April 24, 2000, the Company entered into a Credit and Reimbursement Agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with a bank. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, certain credit facilities were made available to the Company, summarized as follows:

  Facility A—$1,000,000 revolving line of credit facility bearing interest at the bank’s prime rate (6.75% at December 31, 2000) plus 2 percent. Amounts available are subject to limitation based on the lesser of the Company’s eligible accounts receivable, as defined, or the notional amount of Facility A. All amounts were due under Facility A in April 2001. The balance outstanding under Facility A as of December 31, 2000 was $500,000.
 
  Facility B—$750,000 term loan promissory note bearing interest at the bank’s prime rate (6.75% at December 31, 2000) plus 2.5 percent, expiring May 2005. The balance outstanding under Facility B as of December 31, 2000 was $722,223, of which $166,667 was considered current.

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Agreement; however, the classification of the Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement was not changed as, during 2001, all amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement were due and repaid.

On June 11, 2001, the Company entered into an agreement with a bank whereby the bank made the following facilities available to the Company:

  $2,500,000 Revolving Line of Credit bearing interest at the bank’s prime interest rate plus 1 percent. Borrowings are limited to 80 percent of eligible accounts receivable less outstanding letters of credit. All amounts outstanding are due on April 30, 2002.
 
  $1,000,000 Acquisition Term Loan bearing interest at the bank’s prime interest rate plus 2 percent. Amounts due are payable monthly through April 30, 2004. As of June 30, 2001, this facility had not been funded by the bank and, as a result, it was not available to the Company.
 
  $500,000 Equipment Term Loan bearing interest at the bank’s prime interest rate plus 1.5 percent. Borrowings are limited to 75 percent of eligible equipment as defined. Amounts due are payable monthly through April 30, 2004.
 
  The agreement with the bank requires the Company to comply with certain financial and other covenants including maintenance of minimum tangible net worth and liquidity coverage ratio. As of June 30, 2001, the Company was in compliance with the covenant requirements under this agreement.

In connection with the above agreement, all amounts due under the Company’s prior Credit Agreement were repaid.

Other liabilities represent notes payable in default and in dispute by the Company. Such amounts are due on demand and bear interest ranging from 10 percent to 15 percent.

7. LEASES

The Company leases certain equipment under agreements classified as capital leases. These leases expire at various dates through January 2002. The cost and accumulated amortization related to such equipment at December 31 were as follows:

                 
1999 2000

Cost
  $ 121,437     $ 114,119  
Less accumulated amortization
    (19,903 )     (27,652 )
     
     
 
Total property under capital leases
  $ 101,534     $ 86,467  
     
     
 

Amortization expense on these capital leases is included in depreciation and amortization expense. Future minimum lease payments on obligations under capital leases are not significant.

The Company is obligated under noncancelable operating leases expiring through February 2005 for office and production space and equipment. The Company is also responsible for taxes, utilities, and other executory costs. The Company also leases various equipment on a month-to-month basis.


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Future minimum lease payments on noncancelable operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year for the years ending December 31 are as follows:

         
2001
    $395,877  
2002
    388,452  
2003
    387,886  
2004
    387,294  
2005
    64,549  
     
 
Total
    $1,624,058  
     
 

Rent expense was approximately $232,000, $246,500, and $398,500 for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000, respectively.

In connection with the Company’s lease of its primary operating facility, the lessor provided the Company with $500,000 toward the acquisition of leasehold improvements. This balance has been deferred and is being amortized over 10 years, the same period as the leasehold improvements.

8. ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following at December 31:

                 
1999 2000

Payroll and related expenses
    $206,219       $282,750  
Interest
    58,275       29,038  
Commissions
    229,647       113,757  
Litigation reserve
    801,588          
Lease incentive
            471,210  
Other
    416,575       277,982  
     
     
 
Total
    $1,712,304       $1,174,737  
     
     
 

9. DUE TO RELATED PARTIES

The balance due to related parties consists of advances from stockholders, a member of the Board of Directors, and an officer. These advances are noninterest bearing, unsecured, and were paid during 2000.


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10. INCOME TAXES

There was no provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000 because the Company had net losses. A reconciliation of the Company’s statutory rates for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

                         
1998 1999 2000

Federal
    (35.0 )%     (35.0 )%     (35.0 )%
State
    (4.0 )     (4.0 )     (4.0 )
Nondeductible expenses
    0.8       2.0       0.7  
Valuation allowance
    38.2       37.0       38.3  
     
     
     
 
Total
    0.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %
     
     
     
 

Deferred tax assets and (liabilities) are comprised of the following at December 31:

                   
1999 2000

Deferred tax liabilities:
               
 
Property
  $ (49,000 )        
 
Other
          $ (24,000 )
     
     
 
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (49,000 )     (24,000 )
     
     
 
Deferred tax assets:
               
 
Organization costs
    3,300       6,000  
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    35,000       48,000  
 
Accrued reserves and other
            81,000  
 
Litigation reserve
    307,000          
 
Net operating loss carryforwards
    3,958,700       6,683,000  
 
Property
            39,000  
     
     
 
Total deferred tax assets
    4,304,000       6,857,000  
Less valuation allowance
    (4,255,000 )     (6,833,000 )
     
     
 
Deferred tax assets – net
    49,000       24,000  
     
     
 
Total
  $     $  
     
     
 

At December 31, 2000, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $17,131,000, which will expire beginning in 2012. Certain changes in stock ownership can result in a limitation on the amount of net operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized each year. The Company has determined that it has undergone such ownership changes. Consequently, utilization of approximately $2,900,000 of net operating loss carryforwards will be limited to approximately $220,000 per year and will also be subject to the separate return loss year limitations. A portion of the remaining NOL will also be subject to limits to the extent that there is an additional increase in ownership by new investors of greater than 50 percent occurring since the last reported change. Should such increase constitute a change, the NOLs will be subject to additional limitation.


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11.  CAPITAL SHARES

Common Stock—During 1999, the Company issued a total of 667,138 shares of common stock. Included in this balance was an issuance of 593,183 shares of common stock to holders of convertible debentures issued in connection with the conversion of such debentures at an average conversion price of $6.76 per share and 73,955 shares issued for services and extension of maturity of debt.

Preferred Stock—During 1999, 2000, and 2001, the Company completed private placements of cumulative participating, convertible, redeemable preferred stock as follows:

                                 
Series A Series B Series C Series D

Issuance date
    July 19, 1999       July 31, 2000       February 8, 2001       August 13, 2001  
Offering price per share
    $1.10       $1.40       $1.55       $1.75  
Shares issued
    7,727,272       5,714,286       5,161,290       2,171,427  
Conversion rate
    $3.66       $4.66       $5.16       $5.83  
Dividend rate
    8 %     8 %     8 %     8 %
Liquidation value (excluding unpaid
dividends)
    $8,500,000       $8,000,000       $8,000,000       $3,800,000  
Unpaid cumulative dividends at December 31, 1999
    $307,397                          
Unpaid cumulative dividends at December 31, 2000
    $987,397       $268,274                  
Unpaid cumulative dividends at September 30, 2001
    $1,497,397       $748,274       $409,425       $39,978  
Gross proceeds
    $8,500,000       $8,000,000       $8,000,000       $3,800,000  
Less offering expenses
    532,226       51,173       142,302       7,003  
     
     
     
     
 
Net proceeds
    $7,967,774       $7,948,827       $7,857,698       $3,792,997  
     
     
     
     
 

Preferred stock dividends are participating and cumulative, which may be paid at the option of the Company’s Board of Directors in cash. The holders of preferred stock are also entitled to vote with common stockholders that number of shares of common stock the preferred would be converted into if such right were exercised. The conversion price is subject to adjustment from certain anti-dilution provisions. At any time any holder of preferred stock may convert all or any portion of the preferred stock by multiplying the number of shares to be converted by the liquidation value and dividing the result by the conversion price. Such conversion is mandatory in the event of a qualifying initial public offering of the Company’s common stock. In addition, after June 30, 2004, the holders of a majority of the outstanding preferred stock may request redemption at fair market value of preferred stock as determined by an independent third party of all of their preferred stock by delivering written notice of such request to the Company. Payment of redemption shall be made in two equal installments, the first of which shall occur on a date selected by the Company, no later than the 60th day following delivery of the redemption notice, and the second of which shall occur on the first anniversary of the first redemption date, with unpaid balance accruing interest at 10 percent per annum. All cumulative dividends in arrears at the time of redemption are due and payable in cash. If the Company is unable to pay the accrued dividends in cash, then the holders have the option to receive such dividends in common stock. Management has adjusted the carrying amount of preferred stock to the estimated redemption value at December 31, 1999 and 2000, and September 30, 2001. Such redemption value at September 30, 2001 was estimated primarily by reference to the Company’s anticipated IPO price per


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common share adjusted for liquidity differences between private and public companies and other operational events impacting the fair value of the Company’s common stock .

At the time of the issuance of Series D preferred stock on August 13, 2001, the Company had entered into discussions related to the registration of the Company’s common stock with the SEC in order to facilitate an IPO. As a result of these discussions, management estimated the fair value of the Company’s common shares in light of the anticipated IPO, the expected offering range of the Company’s common stock, differences in liquidity between private and public companies and certain operational events at the date of the Series D preferred stock issuance. As a result of the difference between the estimated common stock price and the conversion rate on Series D preferred stock of $5.83, the Company has recognized the intrinsic value of this beneficial conversion feature as a discount to Series D preferred stock of $2,719,419. Since the preferred stock is not mandatorily redeemable and is immediately convertible into common stock, the Company amortized this discount immediately as an adjustment to Series D preferred stock and accumulated deficit. The recognition of the beneficial conversion feature also serves to reduce earnings available to common stockholders in the calculation of earnings per share similar to the treatment afforded preferred stock dividends.

Warrants—Historically, the Company has issued warrants in connection with the closing of debt financing agreements or the renegotiation of the maturity provisions of its debt agreements. At the time of warrant issuance, the Company estimates the fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. If the estimated fair value of the warrant is determined to be significant at the time of issuance, the Company allocates, on a relative fair value basis, the proceeds between the debt issued and the warrant. The resulting discount on the debt is amortized to interest expense over the term of the debt. During 1998 and 1999, the Company allocated approximately $108,000 and $64,000, respectively, to issued warrants. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model to estimate these fair values were 6% and 6.25% discount rates, respectively, five year and three year lives, respectively, and 0% and 25% volatility, respectively. The fair value of the warrants issued during the year ended December 31, 2000 was not considered significant. In general, warrants vest and are exercisable immediately and expire over terms ranging from three to seven years. A summary of warrant activity is as follows:

                   
Weighted-
average
Number exercise
of shares price

Balance, January 1, 1998
    45,049       $6.66  
 
Warrants issued
    163,889       7.56  
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 1998
    208,938       7.36  
 
Warrants issued
    88,682       3.53  
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 1999
    297,620       6.23  
 
Warrants issued
    36,254       3.96  
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 2000
    333,874       5.96  
 
Warrants issued (unaudited)
    9,687       5.16  
 
Warrants expired (unaudited)
    (94,813 )     7.49  
     
     
 
Balance, September 30, 2001 (unaudited)
    248,748       5.37  
     
     
 

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25,527 warrants expiring in April 2007 include a provision whereby the holder of the warrant has the right to put the warrant back to the Company after April 2005 at the then fair value of the Company’s common stock less the exercise price of the warrant. As of December 31, 2000, the fair value of the Company’s common stock was less than the exercise price of the warrant. The difference between this estimated fair value as of September 30, 2001 and the exercise price of the warrants of $3.66 per share times the number of warrants is reflected as an obligation of the Company in accrued liabilities and as an other expense in the September 30, 2001 statement of operations.

12.  STOCK OPTION PLANS

The 1999 and 2001 Stock Incentive Plans were established for the grant of incentive or nonstatutory stock options and, under the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, the direct award of shares, to eligible employees, directors, and consultants. Incentive stock options can be granted only to employees, and must be granted with an exercise price that is not less than the fair market value of the underlying shares at the date of grant. The exercise prices of nonstatutory options under the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan may not be less than the fair market value of the underlying shares, and the exercise prices of nonstatutory options under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan are determined by the Board of Directors or the committee of the Board designated to administer the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. Collectively, at December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2001, 675,736 and 1,201,308 shares of common stock have been authorized for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plans and 548,877 shares were available for future grant at September 30, 2001. In addition to those options issued under the Stock Incentive Plans, 274,499 options have been issued outside of the Stock Incentive Plans.

A summary of stock option activity is as follows:

                   
Number Exercise
of shares price

Balance, January 1, 1998
               
 
Options granted
    261,284     $ 6.03  
     
         
Balance, December 31, 1998
    261,284       6.03  
 
Options granted
    214,584       1.83  
     
         
Balance, December 31, 1999
    475,868       4.13  
 
Options granted
    31,535       2.00  
     
         
Balance, December 31, 2000
    507,403       4.00  
     
         
 
Options granted (unaudited)
    442,577       2.49  
 
Options exercised (unaudited)
    (11,863 )     1.53  
 
Options expired (unaudited)
    (11,187 )     2.49  
Balance, September 30, 2001 (unaudited)
    926,930     $ 3.33  
     
         

Options to purchase 104,933, 223,901, and 367,592 shares were exercisable at December 31, 1999 and 2000, and September 30, 2001, respectively, with a weighted-average exercise price of $5.96, $4.99, and $4.56, respectively.

Options generally vest over a period of four years and generally become exercisable beginning one year from the date of employment or grant. Options generally expire 10 years from the date of grant.

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recognizing the intrinsic value of the options of $312,000 over the vesting period of four years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2001, the Company recognized $52,083 of compensation expense in the statement of operations.

Stock-based compensation—Under the intrinsic value method as defined by APB Opinion No. 25, the Company generally recognizes no compensation expense with respect to stock-based awards to employees. The Company is required to present pro forma information regarding net loss and net loss per share, as if the Company had accounted for its stock-based awards to employees under the fair value method. The fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards to employees is estimated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. The Black-Scholes model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions. Because the Company’s stock-based awards to employees have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its stock-based awards to employees.

The following table summarizes the ranges of outstanding and exercisable options at September 30, 2001:

                                             
Options outstanding
Weighted- Options exercisable
average Weighted- Weighted-
remaining average average
Range of Number contractual exercise Number exercise
exercise prices outstanding life (yrs.) price exercisable price

  $1.53–$2.00       652,431       9.17     $ 2.20       127,000     $ 1.83  
  $5.66–$6.66       274,499       8.03       6.06       240,592       6.03  
         
                     
         
  $1.53–$6.66       926,930       8.40     $ 3.33       367,592     $ 4.56  
         
                     
         

The fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards to employees was estimated assuming no expected dividends and the following weighted-average assumptions:

                                 
Year ended
December 31,

September 30,
1998 1999 2000 2001

Expected life from vest date
    5 yrs.       3 yrs.       3 yrs.       3 yrs.  
Volatility
    0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %
Risk-free interest rate
    6.0 %     6.3 %     6.3 %     6.3 %

The weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000 and the nine months ended September 30, 2001 was $0.31, $0.34, and $1.22 per share, respectively.


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(Information for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 is unaudited)

For pro forma purposes, the estimated fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards to employees is generally amortized over the vesting period of four years. The pro forma information is as follows:

                                 
Years ended December 31, Nine months

ended
1998 1999 2000 September 30, 2001

Pro forma net loss
  $ (4,080,264 )   $ (3,487,596 )   $ (6,814,425 )   $ (6,130,834 )
Pro forma net loss per share amounts — basic and diluted
  $ (5.19 )   $ (3.13 )   $ (7.78 )   $ (25.72 )

13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN

During 2000, the Company adopted a defined contribution 401(k) plan for all employees. Under the 401(k) plan, eligible employees may elect to contribute up to the lesser of $10,500 or 20 percent of their annual compensation. The Company matches a portion of each employee’s contribution. The Company’s contributions to the plan totaled approximately $74,000 for the year ended December 31, 2000.

14. REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

Reprocessing of disposable medical devices involves cleaning, sterilizing, and function testing used devices to ensure that they are safe and effective for reuse and will perform the functions for which they were designed. In August 2000, the FDA issued a Guidance Document covering this practice. The Guidance Document established an interpretive policy requiring that reprocessing of disposable medical devices be subject to the same extensive regulations as those applied to original device manufacturers. These regulations apply to third-party reprocessors and hospitals, though the FDA is phasing in its enforcement of postmarketing requirements for hospitals. Third-party reprocessors must currently comply with the same requirements imposed on the device manufacturer: facility registration and device listing with the FDA, medical device reporting, device tracking, corrections and removal of medical devices, quality system regulation, labeling, and pre-market submissions. Hospitals are currently subject to establishment registration, device listing, and premarket submission requirements, and must comply with other postmarketing requirements by August 14, 2002.

Compliance with the new FDA guidelines, including the requirement that premarket submissions be filed with the FDA on or before August 14, 2001 in order to continue reprocessing medical devices, is difficult and costly to achieve and maintain. The Company is continuing to invest significant resources in order to achieve and maintain compliance with FDA guidelines resulting in regulatory compliance costs of $557,123 and $1,618,918 for the year ended December 31, 2000 and the nine months ended September 30, 2001, respectively. Management believes that the Company has fully complied with the FDA guidelines related to the reprocessing of medical devices.

Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement actions, which may include: prohibiting specific devices from being reprocessed, ceasing marketing, operating under an injunction, paying significant fines and penalties, and criminal prosecutions and similar FDA actions that could adversely affect the Company’s business and profitability.

In addition, the FDA has stated that it intends to phase-in additional oversight of the reprocessing industry based on its assessment of current practices and potential risks over time. As a result of this new regulatory requirement, unless an exemption applies, the Company must obtain, for each medical device that it wishes to reprocess, a 510(k) clearance or pre-market approval from the FDA. The


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process involved in obtaining either of these authorizations can be lengthy and expensive. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process usually takes from four to twelve months, but may take longer. The pre-market approval, or PMA, process is much more costly, lengthy, and uncertain, generally taking from one to three years or even longer after all the necessary data are submitted in the PMA.

15.  LITIGATION

In June 1996 and January 1997, U.S. Surgical, Inc. (“USSC”), a large manufacturer of single-use medical devices, filed suit against one of the Company’s subsidiaries (prior to its acquisition by the Company) and certain individuals associated with the subsidiary in the US District Court for the District of Kansas. In the lawsuit, USSC asserted patent infringement and other various claims and sought permanent injunctive relief among other things. The US District Court issued summary judgment in favor of the subsidiary. In response to the summary judgment, USSC filed an appeal of the US District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment.

In addition, the subsidiary filed a demand for payment of costs in connection with the action initially brought by USSC. On March 31, 1999, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the US District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the subsidiary. The US District Court denied the subsidiary’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. In response, the subsidiary filed a Notice of Appeal regarding that decision by the trial court.

On May 15, 2000, all parties to the USSC lawsuit entered into and signed a settlement agreement agreeing to the dismissal with prejudice of all claims and counterclaims. All parties involved are responsible for their own litigation costs. As a result of this settlement, the Company reversed the remaining amounts recorded as litigation reserve and credited $261,213 to operating expense in the 2000 statement of operations.

On March 15, 1999, Dr. Wade Hill filed a complaint against the Company and several of Company’s subsidiaries in the Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County, Utah. The complaint alleges conversion, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and conspiracy. The allegations arise out of the March 1996 transaction in which Dr. Hill entered into a joint venture with Pauline Sill and Raymond Graves. Dr. Hill alleges that Ms. Sill and Mr. Graves misrepresented a business opportunity and defrauded him during the formation of their joint venture, Applied Medical Technologies, LLC. Although Ms. Sill and Mr. Graves appear to be the primary defendants, the Company was made a party to the lawsuit when it acquired an indirect ownership interest in the joint venture. Dr. Hill alleges that the Company furthered any fraud committed by Ms. Sill and Mr. Graves. Dr. Hill seeks unspecified damages which could exceed $350,000 as well as punitive damages. The Company denies ever having committed any fraud and intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the ultimate disposition of this matter, the Company has not recorded a reserve for this matter.

On January 19, 2001, Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc. filed a complaint against the Company and Donny A. Green, a former employee of one of the Company’s independent sales representatives, in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Orange County, Florida. The complaint alleged causes of action for breach of contract by Mr. Green and misappropriation of trade secrets by the Company arising from the breach of a confidentiality and non-compete agreement between Mr. Green and Vanguard and unauthorized access to confidential portions of Vanguard’s web site. The Company denies that any trade secrets were misappropriated and is vigorously defending this lawsuit (see Note 17).


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The Company is also involved in other legal proceedings which are being defended and handled in the ordinary course of business. The Company believes that the results of these other legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

A reconciliation of the Company’s litigation reserve account for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1999, and 2000 follows:

         
Litigation reserve, January 1, 1998
  $ 1,242,328  
Legal cost paid
    (97,635 )
     
 
Litigation reserve, January 1, 1999
    1,144,693  
Legal costs paid
    (343,105 )
     
 
Litigation reserve, January 1, 2000
    801,588  
Legal costs paid
    (540,375 )
Reversal of reserve due to settlement
    (261,213 )
     
 
Balance, December 31, 2000
  $  
     
 

16.  ACQUISITIONS

On February 9, 2001, the Company completed the acquisition of Paragon Health Care Corporation (“Paragon”), a Little Rock, Arkansas-based medical instrument reprocessor for a purchase price of $4,000,000 in cash. The Company accounted for the transaction as a purchase business combination and, accordingly, adjustments were made on the date of acquisition to reflect the acquisition and allocation of the $4,000,000 total purchase price to the net assets acquired in conformity with the procedures specified by APB Opinion No. 16, Business Combinations. Accordingly, property and equipment, intangible assets, represented by a noncompetition agreement, and other assets and liabilities were revalued from historical cost to fair value at the time of the acquisition. The purchase price is contingently adjustable pending the verification of the closing date balance sheet.

The preliminary allocation of the purchase price, subject to adjustment in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, was as follows:

         
Working capital (deficiency)
    $(664,038 )
Property
    163,334  
Non-competition agreement
    110,000  
Goodwill
    4,390,704  
     
 
Total purchase price
    $4,000,000  
     
 

During the year ended December 31, 1998, Alliance Medical Corporation acquired the following three entities engaged in the medical devices reprocessing business: Applied Medical Recovery, Inc., Crystal Medical Technologies, Inc., and Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc. Alliance Medical Corporation issued an aggregate of approximately 638,796 shares of common stock in these transactions which have been accounted for under the pooling of interests method of accounting. The financial position and results of operations of these entities have been included in the consolidated financial statements as if the entities had operated as one entity since inception.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

(Information for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 is unaudited)

The pro forma unaudited results of operations combine the historical operations of the Company with those of Paragon for the year ended December 31, 2000 and the nine months ended September 30, 2001 assuming the acquisition had occurred as of January 1, 2000. Pro forma adjustments made to the results of operations consist of the recognition of goodwill amortization over a 10-year period during each period. Pro forma results are as follows:

                 
Nine months
Year ended ended
December 31, September 30,
2000 2001

Revenue
    $10,125,874       $11,914,471  
Net loss
    (7,296,067 )     (6,169,008 )
Net loss per common share – basic and diluted
    (8.09 )     (25.75 )
 
17.  EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

On October 4, 2001, the Company obtained an equipment loan from a lender in the principal amount of $750,000. The loan is repayable over 36 months and accrues interest at 16.75%. In connection with this financing, the Company issued warrants to purchase 7,266 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.83 per share. Management has estimated the value of these warrants as approximately $61,000 and accordingly, allocated to the warrants such amount. The resulting discount on the loan will be accreted to interest expense over the loan term.

On November 13, 2001, the Company settled the Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc. complaint for $200,000. The Company recognized this settlement in the statement of operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2001.

Also on November 13, 2001, the Company declared a one for 3.3297 reverse stock split. All share and per share information related to the Company’s common stock, stock options, warrants to purchase common stock and the preferred stock conversion ratio have been adjusted to reflect this stock split.


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(Information for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 is unaudited)

18. QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)

The following table presents selected unaudited quarterly operating results for the years ended December 31, 1999 and 2000 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. The Company believes that all necessary adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) have been included in the amounts shown below to present fairly the related quarterly results.

                                   
First Second Third Fourth
Statement of operations data quarter quarter quarter quarter

1999:
                               
 
Revenue
    $1,503,817       $1,177,844       $1,755,828       $1,384,149  
 
Gross profit
    652,461       416,076       698,337       393,455  
 
Loss before extraordinary loss
    (879,738 )     (1,064,269 )     (830,445 )     (231,468 )
 
Net loss
    (879,738 )     (1,064,269 )     (830,445 )     (643,968 )
 
Loss per share— basic and diluted
    (0.97 )     (1.10 )     (0.67 )     (0.53 )
2000:
                               
 
Revenue
    $1,278,009       $1,767,382       $1,554,404       $1,803,808  
 
Gross profit
    (218,593 )     41,431       148,469       254,338  
 
Loss before extraordinary loss
    (1,501,579 )     (1,551,101 )     (1,844,604 )     (1,834,051 )
 
Net loss
    (1,501,579 )     (1,551,101 )     (1,844,604 )     (1,834,051 )
 
Loss per share— basic and diluted
    (1.07 )     (1.10 )     (1.37 )     (4.20 )
2001:
                               
 
Revenue
    $2,947,520       $3,722,382       $4,847,925          
 
Gross profit
    1,150,939       1,477,192       2,181,302          
 
Loss before extraordinary loss
    (1,962,489 )     (2,343,972 )     (1,742,014 )        
 
Net loss
    (1,962,489 )     (2,343,972 )     (1,742,014 )        
 
Loss per share— basic and diluted
    (1.56 )     (4.23 )     (19.84 )        

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

To the Board of Directors of

Paragon Health Care Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Paragon Health Care Corporation (the “Company”) as of December 31, 1999 and 2000, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 1999 and 2000, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Phoenix, Arizona

July 6, 2001

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BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 1999 and 2000
                       
1999 2000

Assets
               
Current assets:
               
 
Cash
    $29,913       $63,606  
 
Accounts receivable:
               
   
Trade
    485,308       508,362  
   
Noninterest bearing advances to stockholders
    114,237       26,873  
 
Inventories
            7,977  
 
Prepaid expenses
            19,148  
     
     
 
     
Total current assets
    629,458       625,966  
Property and equipment—Net
    210,580       167,311  
Deferred income taxes
    765       24,447  
     
     
 
Total
    $840,803       $817,724  
     
     
 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
 
Accounts payable
    $239,149       $134,907  
 
Accrued expenses
    161,949       204,568  
 
Current maturities of long-term debt
    223,265       264,340  
 
Notes payable to stockholder
    90,000       140,000  
 
Obligations under capital leases
    16,155       7,125  
     
     
 
     
Total current liabilities
    730,518       750,940  
     
     
 
Long-term debt—Less current portion
    28,684       14,345  
     
     
 
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 8 and 9)
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
 
Common stock—$.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; 163,617 and 150,617 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively
    1,506       1,636  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    213,494       265,864  
 
Deficit
    (133,399 )     (215,061 )
     
     
 
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    81,601       52,439  
     
     
 
Total
    $840,803       $817,724  
     
     
 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 2000
                       
1999 2000

Net revenue
    $4,086,850       $3,722,271  
Cost of revenue
    1,919,358       1,751,012  
     
     
 
   
Gross margin
    2,167,492       1,971,259  
     
     
 
Operating expenses:
               
 
Research and development
    102,900       58,353  
 
General and administrative
    2,121,772       1,982,923  
     
     
 
     
Total operating expenses
    2,224,672       2,041,276  
     
     
 
Loss from operations
    (57,180 )     (70,017 )
     
     
 
Other (expense) income:
               
 
Interest expense
    (20,950 )     (39,979 )
 
Other income
    5,208       9,908  
     
     
 
     
Total other expense
    (15,742 )     (30,071 )
     
     
 
Loss before taxes
    (72,922 )     (100,088 )
Benefit (provision) for income taxes
    (1,942 )     18,426  
     
     
 
Net loss
    $(74,864 )     $(81,662 )
     
     
 

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STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 2000
                                           
Common stock Additional
Shares paid-in
issued Amount capital Deficit Total

Balance, January 1, 1999
    107,000     $ 1,070       $8,930       $(58,535 )     $(48,535 )
 
Conversion of debt to common stock
    43,617       436       204,564               205,000  
 
Net loss
                            (74,864 )     (74,864 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 1999
    150,617       1,506       213,494       (133,399 )     81,601  
 
Issuance of common stock
    13,000       130       52,370               52,500  
 
Net loss
                            (81,662 )     (81,662 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Balance, December 31, 2000
    163,617     $ 1,636       $265,864       $(215,061 )     $52,439  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 2000
                         
1999 2000

Cash flows from operating activities:
               
 
Net loss
    $(74,864 )     $(81,662 )
 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
               
   
Depreciation
    80,265       66,404  
   
Deferred income taxes
    (765 )     (23,682 )
   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
     
Accounts receivable
    25,408       (23,254 )
     
Inventories
            (7,977 )
     
Prepaid expenses and other assets
            (19,148 )
     
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    (50,266 )     (61,623 )
     
     
 
       
Net cash used in operating activities
    (20,222 )     (150,742 )
     
     
 
Cash flows from investing activities—
               
 
Purchase of property and equipment
    (87,338 )     (23,135 )
 
Stockholder receivable
    (114,237 )     87,364  
     
     
 
       
Net cash from investing activities
    (201,575 )     64,229  
     
     
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
 
Proceeds from line of credit—net
    126,017       39,983  
 
Proceeds from notes payable to stockholder
    90,000       50,000  
 
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable
    43,032          
 
Payments on notes payable
    (1,884 )     (13,247 )
 
Payments on capital leases
    (7,923 )     (9,030 )
 
Issuance of common stock
            52,500  
     
     
 
       
Net cash provided by financing activities
    249,242       120,206  
     
     
 
Increase in cash
    27,445       33,693  
Cash, beginning of year
    2,468       29,913  
     
     
 
Cash, end of year
    $29,913       $63,606  
     
     
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
               
 
Cash paid during the year for:
               
   
Interest
    $17,177       $19,182  
     
     
 
   
Income taxes
    $       $27,004  
     
     
 
Noncash investing and financing activities—
               
 
Conversion of debt to common stock
    $205,000       $  
     
     
 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 2000

1.  GENERAL AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General—Paragon Health Care Corporation, Inc. (the “Company”), is a medical device re-utilization engineering company. The Company was founded in 1996 to offer safe and effective methods to hospitals to reprocess costly cardiology products. The Company now offers a comprehensive continuum of medical device reprocessing and asset management services.

Significant Accounting Policies—The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies.

   a. Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
   b. Inventories are carried at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market. Work-in process and finished goods inventories primarily consist of capitalized labor and overhead necessary in the reprocessing of medical instruments. Such amounts are capitalized based on the instrument’s percentage progress through reprocessing as compared to the total cost of such reprocessing. The total cost of reprocessing individual instruments is estimated by the Company based on engineering studies of historical experience. The Company does not take title to the medical instruments they reprocess.
 
   c. Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is computed using the straight-line and double-declining balance methods over the estimated useful lives of the related assets ranging from 3 to 39 years. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the property or the life of the lease.
 
  d. Impairment—The Company continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful life of long-lived assets and identifiable intangible assets may warrant revision or that the remaining balance of these assets may not be recoverable. When factors indicate that these assets should be evaluated for possible impairment, the Company’s management uses several factors in doing so, including the Company’s projection of future cash flows relating to these assets. No impairment losses were recorded in 2000 or 1999.
 
   e. Net revenue is recognized when the reprocessed medical instruments have been shipped to the customer. Shipment generally occurs immediately upon completion of reprocessing for those customers operating under a blanket purchase order. Medical instruments are not shipped to other customers until such time as a purchase order is received. No individual customer represents greater than 10 percent of net sales or accounts receivables for any period or date presented.
 
   f. Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements. Deferred taxes arise from the different bases of assets and liabilities recorded for financial statement and income tax reporting purposes. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable


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  or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowances when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
 
   g. Segment Information—The Company operates in one business segment. Additionally, all of the Company’s assets are located in, and revenues one earned in, the United States.

   h. New Accounting Standards—In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued SFAS No. 133 which provides guidance on accounting for derivatives and hedge transactions. This statement is effective for the Company on January 1, 2001 and did not have a material impact on reported operating results or financial position.

In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, “Revenue Recognition,” or SAB 101, which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation, and disclosure of revenue in financial statements filed with the SEC. SAB 101 summarizes the SEC’s views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition. The Company believes its historical revenue recognition policies comply with SAB 101.

2.  INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following at December 31, 2000:

         
2000

Raw materials
    $5,220  
Finished goods
    2,757  
     
 
Total
    $7,977  
     
 

3.  PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31:

                 
1999 2000

Equipment
    $255,625       $256,054  
Office furniture
    90,610       83,710  
Leasehold improvements
    22,075       28,076  
     
     
 
Total
    368,310       367,840  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (157,730 )     (200,529 )
     
     
 
Property and equipment—net
    $210,580       $167,311  
     
     
 

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4.  NOTES PAYABLE

Long-term debt consisted of the following as of December 31:

                 
1999 2000

$250,000 line of credit bearing interest at .75% over the bank’s prime rate (10.25% at December 31, 2000), interest due monthly, principal due May 2001, collateralized by substantially all assets of the Company
    $210,017       $250,000  
Note payable bearing interest at 8.5%, due on demand, but, if no demand, due $1,360 monthly, including interest, with balance due November 2002, collateralized by equipment
    41,932       28,685  
Unsecured notes payable to stockholders bearing interest at 10%, due on demand
    90,000       140,000  
     
     
 
Total
    341,949       418,685  
Less current portion
    (313,265 )     (404,340 )
     
     
 
Total long-term debt
    $28,684       $14,345  
     
     
 

The fair value of the Company’s notes payable approximates the carrying value because such notes are at market rates for similar issues.

5.  OBLIGATIONS UNDER CAPITAL LEASES

The Company has entered into agreements to lease certain telephone equipment. The obligations bear interest at 8.3 percent, and payments of principal and interest are due monthly.

6.  INCOMES TAXES

The components of the income tax benefit (provision) are as follows for the years ended December 31:

                 
1999 2000

Current provision
    $(2,707 )     $(5,256 )
Deferred benefit
    765       23,682  
     
     
 
Total
    $(1,942 )     $18,426  
     
     
 

Deferred income taxes are provided principally to recognize the differences in the book and tax basis of inventories and plant and equipment, and the resulting depreciation thereon, for income tax and financial reporting purposes.

A reconciliation of the Company’s statutory rates for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

                 
1999 2000

Federal
    (35.0 )%     (35.0 )%
State
    (4.0 )     (4.0 )
Nondeductible expenses
    41.7       20.6  
     
     
 
Total
    2.7 %     (18.4 )%
     
     
 

7.  COMMON STOCK

During January 1999, the Company issued 43,617 shares of its $.01 par value common stock to satisfy $205,000 of its debt.


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8.  OPERATING LEASES

The Company has entered various operating leases covering office and warehouse space, automobiles, and office equipment.

Future minimum lease payments under these operating leases for the years ending December 31 are as follows:

         
2001
    $215,068  
2002
    192,701  
2003
    112,920  
     
 
Total
    $520,689  
     
 

Rent expense under operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 was $216,152 and $215,398, respectively.

9.  SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On February 9, 2001, the Company was sold to Alliance Medical Corporation for $4,000,000.


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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2000 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 reflect the historical accounts of Alliance Medical Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) for those periods, adjusted to give pro forma effect to the acquisition of Paragon Health Care Corporation, and to give effect to the conversion of all outstanding shares of preferred stock as of September 30, 2001 into 6,239,083 shares of common stock and the issuance of 179,672 shares of common stock necessary to pay accrued preferred stock dividends of $2,695,074 at September 30, 2001 as if these events had occurred on January 1, 2000.

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial data and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company, which are included in this prospectus. We believe that the assumptions used in the following statements provide a reasonable basis on which to present the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial data. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial data is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed to be indicative of the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or covenant compliance had the transactions and events described above been consummated on the dates assumed, and are not intended to project the Company’s financial condition on any future date or the Company’s results of operations for any future period.


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PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2001
                                   
Historical Historical Pro forma
Alliance Paragon(B) adjustments Pro forma

Revenue
    $11,517,827       $396,644               $11,914,471  
Cost of revenue
    6,708,394       129,132               6,837,526  
     
     
             
 
 
Gross profit
    4,809,433       267,512               5,076,945  
     
     
     
     
 
Operating expenses:
                               
General and administrative
    2,643,201       256,620       40,255 (A)     2,940,076  
Selling and marketing
    6,394,647       91,170               6,485,817  
Regulatory compliance
    1,618,918                       1,618,918  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total operating expenses
    10,656,766       347,790       40,255       11,044,811  
     
     
     
     
 
Loss from operations
    (5,847,333 )     (80,278 )     (40,255 )     (5,967,866 )
Other income (expense)
    (201,142 )                     (201,142 )
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss
    (6,048,475 )     (80,278 )     (40,255 )     (6,169,008 )
Less: Cumulative preferred stock dividends
    (1,439,403 )             1,439,403 (C)      
Accretion to redemption value
    (32,475,836 )             32,475,836 (C)      
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
    $(39,963,714 )     $(80,278 )     $33,874,984       $(6,169,008 )
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss per share— Basic and diluted
    $(25.67 )                     $(0.78 )
     
                     
 
Weighted-average shares used in calculating loss per share— Basic and diluted
    1,556,809               6,418,755 (C)     7,952,052  
     
             
     
 

(A)  Adjustment to recognize the amortization of goodwill resulting from the acquisition of Paragon Health Care Corporation and the amortization of the covenant not to compete, also obtained in connection with the acquisition, over 10-year and 2.5-year periods, respectively.
 
(B)  The historical Paragon information represents the unaudited results of operations of Paragon for the period from January 1, 2001 through the date of acquisition.
 
(C)  Adjustment to reflect the mandatory conversion of 20,774,275 shares of preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of common stock and the issuance of 179,672 common shares necessary to pay $2,695,074 cumulative preferred stock dividends based on an assumed offering price of $15 per share as if the IPO had been completed at the beginning of the period.

The potentially dilutive effect of options to purchase 507,403 shares and 926,930 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $1.53 to $6.66 which were outstanding at December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2001, respectively, has not been included in the diluted net loss per share because the options were antidilutive. The potentially dilutive effect of warrants to purchase 333,874 shares and 248,748 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $0.03 to $9.99 which were outstanding at December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2001, respectively, has not been included in the diluted net loss per share because the warrants were antidilutive.


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PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

For the year ended December 31, 2000
                                   
Historical Historical Pro forma
Alliance Paragon adjustments Pro forma

Revenue
    $6,403,603       $3,722,271               $10,125,874  
Cost of revenues
    6,177,958       1,751,012               7,928,970  
     
     
     
     
 
 
Gross profit
    225,645       1,971,259               2,196,904  
     
     
     
     
 
Operating expenses:
                               
General and administrative
    2,033,502       2,041,276       $483,070  (A)     4,557,848  
Selling and marketing
    4,767,499                       4,767,499  
Regulatory compliance
    557,123                       557,123  
Reversal of litigation reserve
    (261,213 )                     (261,213 )
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total operating expenses
    7,096,911       2,041,276       483,070       9,621,257  
     
     
     
     
 
Loss from operations
    (6,871,266 )     (70,017 )     (483,070)       (7,424,353 )
Other income (expense)
    139,931       (11,645 )             128,286  
     
     
             
 
Net loss
    (6,731,335 )     (81,662 )     (483,070)       (7,296,067 )
Less: Cumulative preferred stock dividends
    (948,274 )             948,274  (B)      
Accretion to redemption value
    (4,334,414 )             4,334,414  (B)      
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss (income) attributable to common stockholders
    $(12,014,023 )     $(81,662 )     $4,799,618       $(7,296,067 )
     
     
     
     
 
Net loss per share— Basic and diluted
    $(7.73 )                     $(0.92 )
     
                     
 
Weighted-average shares used in calculating loss per share— Basic and diluted
    1,554,992               6,418,755  (B)     7,956,161  
     
             
     
 

(A)  Adjustment to recognize the amortization of goodwill resulting from the acquisition of Paragon Health Care Corporation and the amortization of the covenant not to compete, also obtained in connection with the acquisition, over 10-year and 2.5-year periods, respectively.
 
(B)  Adjustment to reflect the mandatory conversion of 20,774,275 shares of preferred stock into 6,239,083 shares of common stock and the issuance of 179,672 common shares necessary to pay $2,695,074 cumulative preferred stock dividends based on an assumed offering price of $15 per share as if the IPO had been completed at the beginning of the period.

The potentially dilutive effect of options to purchase 507,403 shares and 926,930 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $1.53 to $6.66 which were outstanding at December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2001, respectively, has not been included in the diluted net loss per share because the options were antidilutive. The potentially dilutive effect of warrants to purchase 333,874 shares and 248,748 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $0.03 to $9.99 which were outstanding at December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2001, respectively, has not been included in the diluted net loss per share because the warrants were antidilutive.


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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

This table sets forth the estimated expenses in connection with the distribution of the securities being registered hereunder, other than underwriting discounts and commissions:

           
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee
  $ 18,400  
NASD filing fee
    7,860  
*Nasdaq National Market listing fee
    90,500  
*Blue Sky fees and expenses
    15,000  
*Printing, engraving, and mailing expenses
    250,000  
*Legal fees and expenses
    350,000  
*Accounting fees and expenses
    350,000  
*Transfer agent and registrar’s fees
    15,000  
*Miscellaneous expenses
    103,240  
     
 
 
Total
  $ 1,200,000  
     
 

* Estimated

Item 14.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for: (i) any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) liability for payments of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions in violation of Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that we will, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits us to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted us to provide prior to such amendment), indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that such person is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”) against expenses, liabilities, and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties paid in connection with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, we shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding or part thereof was authorized by our board of directors. We have also entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors that require us, among other things, to indemnify each of them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature.


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The right to indemnification set forth above includes the right for us to pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is not further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this section or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred herewith are contract rights and continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors, and administrators.

The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that indemnification is permissible only when the director, officer, employee, or agent acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. The Delaware General Corporation Law also precludes indemnification in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which an officer, director, employee, or agent shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite such adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters and their controlling persons, and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify us and our controlling persons, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement filed as part of the exhibits hereto.

See Item 17 for information regarding our undertaking to submit to adjudication the issue of indemnification for violation of the securities laws.

Item 15.  Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

  1.  From March 1998 through May 2001, we granted options to purchase an aggregate of 926,930 shares of our common stock to officers, directors, and employees, including options to purchase 274,499 shares that were granted outside any established plan and options to purchase 652,431 shares pursuant to our 1999 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
  2. In October and November 1998, we issued and sold 163,408 shares of our common stock, valued at $6.66 per share, in private placements to approximately 40 individuals and entities for aggregate consideration of approximately $1 million.
 
  3. On October 7, 1998, in connection with the acquisition of two companies, we issued a total of approximately 600,000 shares of our common stock valued at $6.66 per share. In consideration for this issuance, we received all of the outstanding stock of the two acquired companies. The aggregate value of these shares was $5,117,580.
 
  4. On October 7, 1998, in connection with the acquisition of another company, we issued a total of 60,065 shares of our common stock valued at $12.48 per share. In consideration for this issuance, we received all the outstanding stock of the acquired company. The aggregate value of these shares was $750,000.


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  5. In connection with a bridge financing by S.C. Arm S.A., on November 15, 1998, we issued to S.C. Arm a warrant to purchase 4,354 shares of our common stock at $9.98 per share. In connection with a settlement agreement with S.C. Arm, we issued to S.C. Arm a warrant to purchase 750 additional shares of our common stock on the same terms and conditions as the previously issued warrant. The debentures issued in the bridge financing were valued at $29,000 and the warrants were not given a value.
 
  6.  Between June and October 1998, we issued convertible debentures for an aggregate of approximately $716,000 to a group of private investors, including, at the time, three of our directors. In connection with the issuance of these convertible debentures, we granted the investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of approximately 114,124 shares of our common stock at $7.49 per share. The aggregate value of the warrants was $45,744.
 
  7.  In connection with the extension of a previously issued promissory note, we issued to Russmir Capital in July 1998, a warrant to purchase 45,049 shares of our common stock at $7.49 per share. The value of this warrant was $49,500.
 
  8.  In connection with certain financing arrangements in the amount of approximately $528,000, we issued to various investors in 1998, 79,211 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $6.66 per share.
 
  9.  In connection with a bridge financing by two private investors, on July 1, 1999 we issued to the investors a warrant to purchase an aggregate of 37,540 shares of our common stock at $6.66 per share. Pursuant to anti-dilution provisions contained in each warrant, the warrants became exercisable for an aggregate of 50,390 shares of our common stock at $4.96 per share. On July 1, 1999, each investor was issued another warrant to purchase an aggregate of 22,524 shares of our common stock at $.03 per share. The value attributable to the debentures was $61,000 and the value attributable to the warrants was $64,000.

10.  From March through June 1999, we issued and sold to a group of private investors, including current employees and other individuals, a total of 73,955 shares of our common stock valued at approximately $7.00 per share for services and extension of debt maturity valued at $518,744.
 
11.  In connection with the settlement of a fee arrangement, we issued warrants to Robb Peck McCooey Clearing Corp. to purchase an aggregate of 15,016 shares of our common stock at $3.66 per share.
 
12.  On July 19, 1999, we issued and sold 7,727,272 shares of our Series A preferred stock valued at $1.10 per share for $8.5 million in a private placement to a related group of ten institutional and other private, accredited investors.
 
13.  On June 21 and July 20, 1999, we converted the above-mentioned debentures previously issued between June and October 1998 into approximately 593,000 shares of our common stock.
 
14.  In connection with our credit facilities agreement with Imperial Bank, on April 4, 2000 we issued warrants to the bank to purchase 25,527 shares of our common stock at $3.66 per share. The warrants were not given a value.
 
15.  In connection with a bridge financing by a group of our Series A preferred stockholders, on July 6, 2000 we issued to these Series A preferred stockholders warrants to purchase an aggregate of 35,714 shares of our Series B preferred stock valued at $1.40 per share.
 
16.  On July 31, 2000, we issued and sold 5,714,286 shares of our Series B preferred stock valued at $1.40 per share for $8 million in a private placement to a group of 11 institutional and other private, accredited investors.


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17.  On February 6, 2001, we issued and sold 5,161,290 shares of our Series C preferred stock valued at $1.55 per share for $8 million in a private placement to a group of 10 institutional and other private, accredited investors.
 
18.  In connection with our credit facilities agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, on June 11, 2001, we issued warrants to the bank to purchase 32,258 shares of our Series C preferred stock at an exercise price of $1.55 per share.
 
19.  On August 13, 2001, we issued and sold 2,171,427 shares of our Series D preferred stock valued at $1.75 per share for $3.8 million in a private placement to a group of 12 institutional and other private, accredited investors.
 
20.  In connection with our equipment loan from General Electric Capital Corporation, on October 4, 2001, we issued warrants to General Electric and Capital Finance Group LLC to purchase 7,266 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.83 per share.

No underwriters were used in connection with the above-described sales and issuances. The sales and issuances of these securities were exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to (1) Rule 701 promulgated thereunder on the basis that certain options were offered and sold either pursuant to a written compensatory benefit plan or pursuant to written contracts relating to consideration, as provided by Rule 701, or (2) Section 4(2) under the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. The recipients of such securities in each transaction represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the certificates representing such securities issued in such transactions. All recipients had access to information about us.

Item 16.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)  Exhibits:

         
Exhibit
No. Description

  1.1     Form of Underwriting Agreement
  3.1(a)     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation*
  3.1(b)     Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation*
  3.2     Amended and Restated Bylaws*
  4.1     Specimen certificate for shares of common stock*
  4.2(a)     Warrant granted to S.C. Arm dated November 15, 1998*
  4.2(b)     Warrant granted to S.C. Arm dated March 18, 1999*
  4.3     Form of Warrant granted to Note A and Note B Investors*
  4.4(a)     Warrant granted to Marquette Venture Partners III, L.P. dated May 7, 1999*
  4.4(b)     Warrant granted to Henry Klyce dated May 7, 1999*
  4.5(a)     Warrant granted to Marquette Venture Partners III, L.P. dated July 1, 1999*
  4.5(b)     Warrant granted to Henry Klyce dated July 1, 1999*
  4.6     Form of Warrant granted to Robb Peck McCooey Clearing Corp. and affiliates*
  4.7(a)     Warrant granted to Russmir Capital Inc.*
  4.7(b)     Warrant granted to Russmir Capital Inc. dated July 27, 1998*
  4.8     Form of Warrant granted to Bridge Investors*
  4.9     Warrant granted to Imperial Bancorp dated April 24, 2000*

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Exhibit
No. Description

  4.10     Warrant granted to Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  4.11(a)     Warrant granted to General Electric Capital Corporation dated October 4, 2001*
  4.11(b)     Warrant granted to Capital Finance Group LLC dated October 4, 2001*
  4.12     Third Amended and Restated Registration Agreement between the Registrant and the signatories thereto dated August 13, 2001*
  5.1     Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., special counsel to the Registrant
  10.1     Alliance Medical Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan*
  10.2     Alliance Medical Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan*
  10.3     Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Ricardo M. Ferreira dated July 12, 2001*
  10.4     Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Tim Einwechter dated August 10, 1999*
  10.5(a)     Loan and Security Agreement between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  10.5(b)     Intellectual Property Security Agreement between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  10.5(c)     Intellectual Property Security Agreement between Paragon Health Care Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  10.6(a)     Credit and Reimbursement Agreement between the Registrant and Imperial Bank dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(b)     Revolving Credit Promissory Note dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(c)     Term Loan Promissory Note dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(d)     Security Agreement dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(e)     Pledge Agreement dated April 24, 2000*
  10.7     Lease Agreement between the Registrant and Bedford Property Investors, Inc. dated September 23, 1999*
  10.8     Form of Reprocessing Services Agreement*
  10.9     Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its directors and their affiliated funds*
  10.10     Severance Agreement between the Registrant and Vern Feltner dated June 1, 2001*
  10.11(a)     Master Security Agreement between the Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation dated October 4, 2001*
  10.11(b)     Form of Promissory Note*
  16.1     Letter from Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC regarding change in certifying accountant*
  21.1     Subsidiaries of the Registrant*
  23.1     Consent of Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC
  23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  23.3     Consent of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as exhibit 5.1)
  24.1     Powers of attorney*

Previously filed.

(b)  Financial Statement Schedules:

None.


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Item 17.  Undertakings.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) may be permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons under the provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws or laws of the State of Delaware or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than our payment of expenses incurred or paid by one of our directors, officers or controlling persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

We hereby undertake to provide to the underwriters at the closing, specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

We undertake that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by us under Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


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SIGNATURES

Under the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Alliance Medical Corporation has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on this 29th day of November, 2001.

  ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORPORATION

  By:  /s/ RICARDO M. FERREIRA
 
  Name: Ricardo M. Ferreira
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Under the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         
Name and Signature Title Date

/s/ RICARDO M. FERREIRA

Ricardo M. Ferreira
  President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

Tim Einwechter
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financing and Accounting Officer)   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

Henry Klyce
  Chairman of the Board of Directors   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

Janet G. Effland
  Director   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

James J. Bochnowski
  Director   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

Peter H. McNerney
  Director   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

Terence E. Winters
  Director   November 29, 2001
/s/ *

Anthony G. Viscogliosi
  Director   November 29, 2001
By: /s/ RICARDO M. FERREIRA

Attorney-in-fact
       

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Exhibit
No. Description

  1.1     Form of Underwriting Agreement
  3.1(a)     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation*
  3.1(b)     Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation*
  3.2     Amended and Restated Bylaws*
  4.1     Specimen certificate for shares of common stock*
  4.2(a)     Warrant granted to S.C. Arm dated November 15, 1998*
  4.2(b)     Warrant granted to S.C. Arm dated March 18, 1999*
  4.3     Form of Warrant granted to Note A and Note B Investors*
  4.4(a)     Warrant granted to Marquette Venture Partners III, L.P. dated May 7, 1999*
  4.4(b)     Warrant granted to Henry Klyce dated May 7, 1999*
  4.5(a)     Warrant granted to Marquette Venture Partners III, L.P. dated July 1, 1999*
  4.5(b)     Warrant granted to Henry Klyce dated July 1, 1999*
  4.6     Form of Warrant granted to Robb Peck McCooey Clearing Corp. and affiliates*
  4.7(a)     Warrant granted to Russmir Capital Inc.*
  4.7(b)     Warrant granted to Russmir Capital Inc. dated July 27, 1998*
  4.8     Form of Warrant granted to Bridge Investors*
  4.9     Warrant granted to Imperial Bancorp dated April 24, 2000*
  4.10     Warrant granted to Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  4.11(a)     Warrant granted to General Electric Capital Corporation dated October 4, 2001*
  4.11(b)     Warrant granted to Capital Finance Group LLC dated October 4, 2001*
  4.12     Third Amended and Restated Registration Agreement between the Registrant and the signatories thereto dated August 13, 2001*
  5.1     Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., special counsel to the Registrant
  10.1     Alliance Medical Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan*
  10.2     Alliance Medical Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan*
  10.3     Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Ricardo M. Ferreira dated July 12, 2001*
  10.4     Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Tim Einwechter dated August 10, 1999*
  10.5(a)     Loan and Security Agreement between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  10.5(b)     Intellectual Property Security Agreement between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  10.5(c)     Intellectual Property Security Agreement between Paragon Health Care Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank dated June 11, 2001*
  10.6(a)     Credit and Reimbursement Agreement between the Registrant and Imperial Bank dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(b)     Revolving Credit Promissory Note dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(c)     Term Loan Promissory Note dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(d)     Security Agreement dated April 24, 2000*
  10.6(e)     Pledge Agreement dated April 24, 2000*
  10.7     Lease Agreement between the Registrant and Bedford Property Investors, Inc. dated September 23, 1999*
  10.8     Form of Reprocessing Services Agreement*


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Exhibit
No. Description

  10.9     Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its directors and their affiliated funds*
  10.10     Severance Agreement between the Registrant and Vern Feltner dated June 1, 2001*
  10.11(a)     Master Security Agreement between the Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation dated October 4, 2001*
  10.11(b)     Form of Promissory Note*
  16.1     Letter from Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC regarding change in certifying accountant*
  21.1     Subsidiaries of the Registrant*
  23.1     Consent of Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC
  23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  23.3     Consent of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as exhibit 5.1)
  24.1     Powers of attorney*

Previously filed.
 

Exhibit 1.1 Alliance Medical Corporation 4,000,000 Shares Common Stock ($0.001 Par Value) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ________ __, 2001

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ________ __, 2001 UBS Warburg LLC RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. SG Cowen Securities Corporation As representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto c/o UBS Warburg LLC 299 Park Avenue New York, New York 10171-0026 Ladies and Gentlemen: Alliance Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule A annexed hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares (the "Firm Shares") of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"). In addition, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters the option to purchase from the Company up to an additional 600,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Additional Shares"). The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively sometimes referred to as the "Shares." The Shares are described in the Prospectus which is referred to below.

The Company has filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Act"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-13844) including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The Company has furnished to you, for use by the Underwriters and by dealers, copies of one or more preliminary prospectuses (each thereof being herein called a "Preliminary Prospectus") relating to the Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, the registration statement, as amended when it becomes effective, including all documents filed as a part thereof, and including any information contained in a prospectus subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430(A) under the Act, and also including any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act with respect to the offering contemplated by such registration statement (as so amended), is herein called the "Registration Statement," and the prospectus, in the form filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act) or, if no such filing is required, the form of final prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time the Registration Statement became effective, is herein called the "Prospectus." The Company and the Underwriters agree as follows: 1. Sale and Purchase. Upon the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the respective Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A attached hereto, in each case at a purchase price of $____ per Share. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Firm Shares as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Firm Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. You may from time to time increase or decrease the public offering price after the initial public offering to such extent as you may determine. In addition, the Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters the option to purchase, and upon the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company, ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by each of them, all or a portion of the Additional Shares as may be necessary to cover over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares, at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters to the Company for the Firm Shares. This option may be exercised by you on behalf of the several Underwriters at any time and from time to time on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the date hereof, by written notice to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date and time being herein referred to as the "additional time of purchase"); 2

provided, however, that the additional time of purchase shall not be earlier than the time of purchase (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day(1) after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the tenth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. The number of Additional Shares to be sold to each Underwriter shall be the number which bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of Additional Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule A hereto bears to the total number of Firm Shares (subject, in each case, to such adjustment as you may determine to eliminate fractional shares). 2. Payment and Delivery. Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds against delivery of the certificates for the Firm Shares to you through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on _________ __, 2001 (unless another time shall be agreed to by you and the Company or unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereof). The time at which such payment and delivery are actually made is hereinafter sometimes called the "time of purchase." Certificates for the Firm Shares shall be delivered to you in definitive form registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall specify on the second business day preceding the time of purchase. For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the certificates for the Firm Shares by you, the Company agrees to make such certificates available to you for such purpose at least one full business day preceding the time of purchase. Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Shares shall be made at the additional time of purchase in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Firm Shares. Certificates for the Additional Shares shall be delivered to you in definitive form registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall specify no later than the second business day preceding the additional time of purchase. For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the certificates for the Additional Shares by you, the Company agrees to make such certificates available to you for such purpose at least one full business day preceding the additional time of purchase. Deliveries of the documents described in Section 6 below with respect to the purchase of the Shares shall be made at the offices of Dewey Ballantine LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of the closing of the purchase of the Firm Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be. 3. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters that: (a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. ------------------------------------ (1) As used herein "business day" shall mean a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. 3

(b) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The holders of the Shares will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The certificates for the Shares are in due and proper form and conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law. (c) No approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any national, state or local governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement, other than registration of the Shares under the Act and under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act"), which have been or will be effected by the Company, and any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by the Underwriters or under the rules and regulations of the NASD. (d) The Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, or instituting proceedings for that purpose, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act. When the Registration Statement became or becomes effective, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus complied or will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Act, and the Registration Statement did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and any supplement thereto or prospectus wrapper prepared in connection therewith, at their respective times of issuance and at the time of purchase and additional time of purchase, as the case may be, complied and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or regulations of jurisdictions in which the Prospectus and such preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statement contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriters and furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor, to the Company's knowledge, any of its affiliates (as defined in the Act) has distributed directly or indirectly any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other materials, if any, permitted by the Act. 4

(e) The audited financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; the pro forma financial data included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements; the other financial and statistical data set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company; and there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not included as required. (f) Each of Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC and Deloitte & Touche LLP, whose reports on the financial statements of the Company are filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the Act. (g) All legal or governmental proceedings, all statutes and regulations and all contracts, leases or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement have been so described or filed as required. All statistical and market-related data included in the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required. (h) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus: (i) no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to it, or register pursuant to the Act, any shares of capital stock or other equity interests; (ii) no person has any preemptive rights, co-sale rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase any shares of Common Stock and (iii) no person has the right to act as an underwriter, or as a financial advisor to the Company, in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares. No person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to register under the Act any shares of capital stock or other equity interests as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Shares as contemplated thereby. (i) Immediately after the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Underwriters, no shares of preferred stock of the Company shall be issued and outstanding, and no holder of any shares of capital stock, securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or other rights to purchase capital stock or any other securities of the Company shall have any existing or future right to acquire any shares of preferred stock of the Company. 5

(j) The Company is not, and after the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be, an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company," as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). (k) The Company has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriters the agreement (a "Lock-Up Agreement"), in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, of each of its officers and directors and each of the holders of the Outstanding Diluted Common Stock (as defined below). The Company has provided to UBSW and to Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, a complete and accurate list of all securityholders of the Company and the number and type of securities held by each securityholder. The Company has provided to UBSW and to Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, true, accurate and complete copies of all of the Lock-Up Agreements presently in effect or effected hereby. The Company hereby represents and warrants that it will not purport to release any of its officers, directors or other securityholders from any Lock-Up Agreements currently existing or hereafter effected without the prior written consent of UBSW. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Outstanding Diluted Common Stock" shall mean the outstanding shares of Common Stock and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any outstanding securities, notes or other instruments (including options and warrants). (l) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. (m) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operation of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined herein), taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect"). (n) The capital stock of the Company, including the Shares, conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has an authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the heading entitled "Actual" in the section of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus entitled "Capitalization" and, as of the time of purchase, and assuming the receipt and application of the net proceeds as described under the section of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus entitled "Use of proceeds," the Company shall have an authorized and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the heading entitled "Pro forma as adjusted" in the section of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus entitled "Capitalization." All of the outstanding shares of 6

capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and have not have been issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the outstanding preferred stock of the Company upon completion of the offering contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance, and upon issuance, they will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, will have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right. (o) The Company does not have any subsidiaries (as defined in the Act) other than as listed in Schedule B annexed hereto (the "Subsidiaries"). The Company, either directly or through one of the Company's wholly-owned Subsidiaries, owns 100% of the outstanding capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries except Applied Medical Technologies, L.L.C., of which the Company, through one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, owns 72% of the outstanding capital stock. Other than the Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation or have any equity interest in any firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Complete and correct copies of the charter and bylaws and other organizational documents of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries and all amendments thereto have been delivered to you, and except as described in the Prospectus and set forth in the exhibits to the Registration Statement, no changes therein will be made subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the time of purchase or, if later, the additional time of purchase. Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business. Each of the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries has been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and owned by the Company, free of any security interest, other encumbrance or adverse claims, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right. No option, warrant or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or rights to convert any obligation into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in any of the Subsidiaries are outstanding. (p) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has violated or is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, which violation could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all necessary 7

licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, consents and approvals, and made all filings required under any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, in order to conduct its business; and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default under, any such license, permit, franchise, authorization, consent or approval, the effect of which could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has operated and currently is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") rules, regulations and policies, and all deficiencies identified by the FDA with respect to the Company or the Subsidiaries or their facilities, personnel or operations as a result of FDA inspections, audits or otherwise have been corrected. (q) The clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or the Subsidiaries or in which the Company or the Subsidiaries or the product candidates of the Company or the Subsidiaries have participated were and, if still pending, are being conducted in accordance with standard medical and scientific research procedures. (r) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of, or in default under (and no event has occurred which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under), its charter or bylaws or other organizational documents or in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties is bound or affected, the effect of which could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement will not conflict with, or result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under), any provisions of the charter or bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or under any provision of any license, permit, franchise, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or their properties may be bound or affected, or under any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the result of which could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement will not conflict with, or result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under) or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to any 8

indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties is bound or affected, the result of which could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. (s) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no private or governmental actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending, threatened or, to the Company's knowledge, contemplated, to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their directors or officers is subject or of which any of their properties is subject, whether at law, in equity or before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency. (t) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been (i) any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the business, prospects, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) any transaction that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iii) the incurrence by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of any obligation, direct or contingent, and whether or not in the ordinary course of business, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) any change in the capital stock or other equity interest or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock or other equity interest of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any contingent obligations that are material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which are not disclosed in the Registration Statement. (u) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries owns or possesses those trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service mark registrations, trade names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals, inventions, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other similar rights or intellectual property described in the Prospectus as being owned or used by or licensed to the Company or the Subsidiaries or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted (collectively, the "Intellectual Property"). Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has taken all steps necessary to secure assignments of the Intellectual Property from their respective officers, employees, consultants and contractors. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, none of the technology employed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by the Company or the Subsidiaries in violation of any contractual or fiduciary obligation binding on the Company or the Subsidiaries, their respective directors, executive officers, employees or consultants; and the Company has taken and will maintain reasonable measures to prevent the unauthorized dissemination or publication of its confidential information. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has infringed, interfered with or misappropriated 9

any patents, patent rights, trade names, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of others, which infringement, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding could, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material and adverse change in the business, prospects, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened private or governmental action, suit, proceeding or claim (i) challenging the rights of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in or to any such Intellectual Property, (ii) challenging the validity or scope of, or any rights relating to, any such Intellectual Property of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) alleging that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates, or would infringe or otherwise violate, any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others; and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any of the claims described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above. (v) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all property (real and personal) described in the Prospectus as being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances except such as are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. All the property held under lease by the Company or the Subsidiaries is held thereby under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases. (w) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amount as are customary in the business in which it is engaged. All policies of insurance insuring the Company or the Subsidiaries or any of their businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect, and each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects. There are no claims by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. (x) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sent or received any notice of termination of any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement, and no such termination has been threatened by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any other party to any such contract or agreement. (y) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as disclosed in the Prospectus or other than any loss or interference which could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. (z) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are 10

executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. (aa) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns and tax forms required to be filed. Such returns and forms are complete and correct in all material respects, and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed that are due or payable have been paid, except such taxes as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. All payroll withholdings required to be made by the Company and the Subsidiaries with respect to employees have been made. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of any tax liability for any year not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or reassessments for additional taxes. There have been no tax deficiencies asserted and, to the Company's knowledge, no tax deficiency might be reasonably asserted or threatened against the Company or the Subsidiaries that could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. (bb) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has violated any foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, nor any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees nor any applicable federal or state wages and hours laws, nor any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which individually or in the aggregate might result in a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company, delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter. 4. Certain Covenants. The Company hereby agrees: (a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to cooperate in qualifying the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such 11

states as you may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws of any such state (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the Shares); and to promptly advise you of the receipt of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (b) to make available to the Underwriters in New York City, as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Underwriters, as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have made any amendments or supplements thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement) as the Underwriters may request for the purposes contemplated by the Act; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus beyond the nine-month period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act in connection with the sale of the Shares, the Company will prepare promptly upon request such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and such prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; (c) to advise you promptly and (if requested by you) to confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective and (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (which the Company agrees to file in a timely manner under such Rules); (d) to advise you promptly, and to confirm such advice in writing, of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as possible; to advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus and to file no such amendment or supplement to which you shall object in writing; (e) subject to Section 4(o) hereof, to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Company with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares, and to promptly notify you of such filing; (f) if necessary or appropriate, to file in a timely fashion a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act; (g) to furnish to you and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters for a period of five (5) years from the date of this Agreement (i) copies of any reports or other 12

communications which the Company shall send to its stockholders or shall from time to time publish or publicly disseminate, (ii) copies of all annual, quarterly and current reports filed with the Commission on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, or such other similar form as may be designated by the Commission, (iii) copies of documents or reports filed with any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed and (iv) such other information as you may reasonably request regarding the Company or the Subsidiaries as soon as such communications, documents or information becomes available; (h) to advise the Underwriters promptly of the occurrence of any event known to the Company within the time during which a Prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Act which would require the making of any change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and, during such time, to prepare, file (subject to Section 4(d) hereof) and furnish promptly to the underwriters, at the Company's expense, such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change and to furnish you a copy of such proposed amendment or supplement before filing any such amendment or supplement with the Commission; (i) to make generally available to its securityholders, and to deliver to you, as soon as practicable an earnings statement of the Company (which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of twelve (12) months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Act) and ending not later than fifteen (15) months thereafter; (j) to furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flow of the Company for such fiscal year, accompanied by a copy of the certificate or report thereon of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants); (k) to furnish to you such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto) as you shall reasonably request; (l) to furnish to you as early as practicable prior to the time of purchase and the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, but not later than two (2) business days prior thereto, a copy of the latest available quarterly or monthly unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, which have been read by the Company's independent certified public accountants, as stated in their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof; (m) to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the manner set forth under the caption "Use of proceeds" in the Prospectus; 13

(n) to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment) as provided by Sections 4(b) and 4(k) and otherwise herein, (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this Agreement, any agreement among underwriters, any dealer agreements, any Powers of Attorney and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state laws and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state law as aforesaid (including the reasonable legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters) and the printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys to the Underwriters and to dealers, (v) any listing of the Shares on any securities exchange or qualification of the Shares for quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National Market System ("NASDAQ") and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) the review of the public offering of the Shares by the NASD, including the associated filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to presentations or meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offer and sale of the Shares to prospective investors and the Representatives' sales forces, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Company and any such consultants and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show and (viii) the performance of the Company's other obligations hereunder; (o) to furnish to you, before filing with the Commission subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement and during the period referred to in Section 4(h) hereof, a copy of any document proposed to be filed pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; (p) not to sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or options, warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other shares of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock or file a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or options, warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other shares of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date hereof (the "Lock-up Period"), without the prior written consent of UBSW, 14

except for (i) the registration of the Shares and the sales to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to persons who have entered into Lock-Up Agreements with the Underwriters and (iii) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-up Period pursuant to stock option plans described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and (q) to use its best efforts to cause the Common Stock to be listed for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market. 5. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. The Company agrees that if the Shares are not delivered for any reason other than the termination of this Agreement pursuant to subsections (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the second paragraph of Section 7 hereof or the last paragraph of Section 8 hereof or the default by one or more of the Underwriters in its or their respective obligations hereunder, it shall, in addition to paying the amounts described in Section 4(n) hereof, reimburse the Underwriters for all of the out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by the Underwriters, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their counsel. 6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company on the date hereof and at the time of purchase as if made at the time of purchase (and the several obligations of the Underwriters at the additional time of purchase are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company on the date hereof and at the time of purchase (unless previously waived) and at the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, as if made at such time), the timely performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent: (a) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase and at the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, the opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters, and dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, with reproduced copies for each of the other Underwriters and in form reasonably satisfactory to Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, stating that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Shares as herein contemplated; (ii) each of the Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; 15

(iii) each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (vi) the Company has authorized and outstanding shares of capital stock as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (A) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (B) are free of any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law or under any contract, agreement or instrument described in or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise known to such counsel and (C) to such counsel's knowledge, were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; the Shares when issued will be free of any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law or the charter or bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or under any contract, agreement or instrument known to such counsel, and the holders of the Shares will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the certificates for the Shares are in due and proper form and conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law; (vii) all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, are owned of record by the Company, are not subject to any perfected security interest or, to such counsel's knowledge, any other encumbrance or adverse claim and, to such counsel's knowledge, have been issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws; to such counsel's knowledge, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligation into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in any of the Subsidiaries are outstanding. (viii) the capital stock of the Company, including the Shares, conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (ix) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except as to the financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data 16

contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; (x) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, to such counsel's knowledge, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto are pending or threatened under the Act and any required filing of the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule 424; (xi) no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any national, state or local governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement, other than those that have been obtained under the Act, the Exchange Act and the rules of the Nasdaq National Market and other than any necessary qualification under the state securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by the Underwriters or any necessary approval of the Corporate Financing Department of NASD Regulation, Inc., as to which such qualification and approval such counsel need express no opinion; (xii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement do not and will not conflict with, or result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time, or both, would result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under) or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to (A) any provision of the charter or bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (B) any provision of any license, permit, franchise, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease, contract or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise known to such counsel issued to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them may be bound or affected, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject or may be bound or affected, (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or (D) any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, in each case known to such counsel; (xiii) to such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or bylaws or other organizational documents, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under), any license, permit, franchise, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, 17

bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or was a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected or in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the effect of which would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; (xiv) to such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts, licenses, agreements, leases or other documents of a character which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to be described in the Prospectus which have not been so filed or described; (xv) to such counsel's knowledge, there are no private or governmental actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or the Subsidiaries or any of their directors or officers is subject or of which any of their properties is subject, whether at law, in equity or before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency which are required to be described in the Prospectus but are not so described; (xvi) the Company is not, and after the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be, an "investment company" or an entity controlled by an "investment company," as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act; (xvii) those statements in the Prospectus that are descriptions of contracts, agreements or other legal documents or of legal proceedings, or refer to statements of law or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects and present fairly the information required to be shown; and (xviii) no person has the right, pursuant to the terms of any contract, agreement or other instrument described in or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise known to such counsel, to cause the Company to register under the Act any shares of capital stock or other equity interests as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby; and to such counsel's knowledge, except as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, no person is entitled to registration rights with respect to shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company. In addition, such counsel shall state that it has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants of the Company and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (except as and to the extent stated in subparagraphs (vi), (viii) and (xvii) above), on the basis of the foregoing nothing has 18

come to the attention of such counsel that causes such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto at the time such Registration Statement or amendment became effective contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus or any supplement thereto at the date of such Prospectus or such supplement, and at all times up to and including the time of purchase or additional time of purchase, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus). (b) You shall have received at the time of purchase and at the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, the opinion of Covington & Burling, regulatory counsel to the Company, dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, with reproduced copies for each of the other Underwriters and in form reasonably satisfactory to Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, stating that the statements in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus referencing regulatory matters, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of food and drug regulatory matters with respect to the Company, as of the date of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and as of the date of such opinion, are in all material respects accurate and complete statements or summaries of the matters therein set forth; and nothing has come to such counsel's attention that causes such counsel to believe that the above-described portions of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the date of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or at the date of such opinion, contained or contains an untrue statement of material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (c) You shall have received at the time of purchase and at the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, the favorable opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and such other related matters as the Underwriters may require. (d) You shall have received from each of Nelson Lambson & Co. PLC and Deloitte & Touche LLP, letters dated, respectively, the date of this Agreement and the time of purchase and additional time of purchase, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters (with reproduced copies for each of the Underwriters) in the forms heretofore approved by Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters. (e) No amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus shall be filed prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective to which you object in writing. 19

(f) The Registration Statement shall become effective, or if Rule 430A under the Act is used, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, at or before 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, unless a later time (but not later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the second full business day after the date of this Agreement) shall be agreed to by the Company and you in writing or by telephone, confirmed in writing; provided, however, that the Company and you and any group of Underwriters, including you, who have agreed hereunder to purchase in the aggregate at least fifty percent (50%) of the Firm Shares may from time to time agree on a later date. (g) Prior to the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, (i) no stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act; (ii) the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto, or modifications thereof, if any, shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (iii) the Prospectus and all amendments or supplements thereto, or modifications thereof, if any, shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. (h) Between the time of execution of this Agreement and the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, (i) no material and adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material and adverse change (other than as specifically identified in the Registration Statement and Prospectus), in the business, prospects, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as whole, shall occur or become known and (ii) no transaction which is material and unfavorable to the Company shall have been entered into by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. (i) The Company will, at the time of purchase or additional time of purchase, as the case may be, deliver to you a certificate of its President and its Chief Financial Officer to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company as set forth in this Agreement are true and correct as of each such date, that the Company has performed such of its obligations under this Agreement as are to be performed at or before the time of purchase and at or before the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, and the conditions set forth in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this Section 6 have been met. (j) You shall have received signed Lock-Up Agreements, dated the date of this Agreement, from each of the persons described in Section 3(k) hereof. (k) The Company shall have furnished to you such other documents and certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the time of purchase and the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, as you may reasonably request. 20

(l) The Shares shall have been approved for listing for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, subject only to notice of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase or the additional time of purchase, as the case may be. 7. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective (i) if Rule 430A under the Act is not used, when you shall have received notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of you or any group of Underwriters (which may include you) which has agreed to purchase in the aggregate at least fifty percent (50%) of the Firm Shares, (i) if, since the time of execution of this Agreement or the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change (other than as specifically identified in the Registration Statement and Prospectus) in the business, prospects, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which would, in your judgment or in the judgment of such group of Underwriters, make it impracticable to market the Shares, or (ii) if, at any time prior to the time of purchase or, with respect to the purchase of any Additional Shares, the additional time of purchase, as the case may be, trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or limitations or minimum prices shall have been established on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, or (iii) if a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities, or (iv) if the United States shall have declared war in accordance with its constitutional processes or there shall have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis of such magnitude in its effect on the financial markets of the United States as, in your judgment or in the judgment of such group of Underwriters, to make it impracticable to market the Shares. If you or any group of Underwriters elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 7, the Company and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly by letter or telegram. If the sale to the Underwriters of the Shares, as contemplated by this Agreement, is not carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this Agreement or if such sale is not carried out because the Company shall be unable to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall not be under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Sections 4(n), 5 and 9 hereof), and the Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Company under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof) or to one another hereunder. 8. Increase in Underwriters' Commitments. Subject to Sections 6 and 7, if any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to take up and pay for the Firm Shares to be purchased by it hereunder (otherwise than for a reason sufficient to justify the termination of this Agreement under the provisions of Section 7 hereof) and if the number of Firm Shares which all 21

Underwriters so defaulting shall have agreed but failed to take up and pay for does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total number of Firm Shares, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall take up and pay for (in addition to the aggregate number of Firm Shares they are obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 1 hereof) the number of Firm Shares agreed to be purchased by all such defaulting Underwriters, as hereinafter provided. Such Shares shall be taken up and paid for by such non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in such amount or amounts as you may designate with the consent of each Underwriter so designated or, in the event no such designation is made, such Shares shall be taken up and paid for by all non-defaulting Underwriters pro rata in proportion to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set opposite the names of such non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule A. Without relieving any defaulting Underwriter from its obligations hereunder, the Company agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will not sell any Firm Shares hereunder unless all of the Firm Shares are purchased by the Underwriters (or by substituted Underwriters selected by you with the approval of the Company or selected by the Company with your approval). If a new Underwriter or Underwriters are substituted by the Underwriters or by the Company for a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in accordance with the foregoing provision, the Company or you shall have the right to postpone the time of purchase for a period not exceeding five (5) business days in order that any necessary changes in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and other documents may be effected. The term Underwriter as used in this Agreement shall refer to and include any Underwriter substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if such substituted Underwriter had originally been named in Schedule A. If the aggregate number of Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase exceeds ten percent (10%) of the total number of Shares which all Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, and if neither the non-defaulting Underwriters nor the Company shall make arrangements within the five (5) business day period stated above for the purchase of all the Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this Agreement shall be terminated without further act or deed and without any liability on the part of the Company to any non-defaulting Underwriter and without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter to the Company. Nothing in this paragraph, and no action taken hereunder, shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement. 9. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, and any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, any such Underwriter or any such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, 22

expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company) or in a Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose of this Section 10 being deemed to include any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented by the Company), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in either such Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading, except insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use with reference to such Underwriter in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or necessary to make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made by the Company in Section 3 of this Agreement or the failure by the Company to perform when and as required any agreement or covenant contained herein or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any audio or visual materials provided by the Company or based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company including, without limitation, slides, videos, films, tape recordings, used in connection with the marketing of the Shares. If any action, suit or proceeding (together, a "Proceeding") is brought against an Underwriter or any such person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, such Underwriter or such person shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and the Company shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the omission to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from any liability which the Company may have to any Underwriter or any such person or otherwise. Such Underwriter or such person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or of such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the Company in connection with the defense of such Proceeding or the Company shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those available to the Company (in which case the Company shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that the Company shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings 23

in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding). The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without the written consent of the Company but if settled with the written consent of the Company, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Underwriter and any such person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this paragraph, then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than sixty (60) days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least thirty (30) days' prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party. (b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Company or any such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use with reference to such Underwriter in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company) or in a Prospectus. If any Proceeding is brought against the Company or any such person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Company or such person shall promptly notify such Underwriter in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and such Underwriter shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the omission to so notify such Underwriter shall not relieve such Underwriter from any liability which such Underwriter may have to the Company or any such person or otherwise. The Company or such person shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company or such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by such Underwriter in connection with the defense of such Proceeding or such Underwriter shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such Proceeding or such indemnified party or 24

parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to or in conflict with those available to such Underwriter (in which case such Underwriter shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties, but such Underwriter may employ counsel and participate in the defense thereof but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by such Underwriter and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that such Underwriter shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding). No Underwriter shall be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without the written consent of such Underwriter but if settled with the written consent of such Underwriter, such Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and any such person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this paragraph, then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than sixty (60) days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least thirty (30) days' prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding. (c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 9 in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined 25

by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding. (d) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection (c) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by such Underwriter and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damage which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint. (e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its partners, directors or officers or any person (including each partner, officer or director of such person) who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Shares. The Company and each Underwriter agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in the case of the Company, against any of the Company's officers or directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares, or in connection with the Registration Statement or Prospectus. 10. Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram and, if to the Underwriters, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to UBS Warburg LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171-0026, Attention: Syndicate Department and, if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the Company at the offices of the Company at 10232 South 51st Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85044, Attention: Mr. Ricardo M. Ferreira. 11. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. The statements set forth in the fifth, sixth and eighth paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus constitute 26

the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters as such information is referred to in Sections 3 and 9 hereof. 12. Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement ("Claim"), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement. 13. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against UBSW or any indemnified party. Each of UBSW and the Company (on their respective behalfs and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of their respective stockholders and affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction of which the Company is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment. 14. Parties at Interest. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in such section, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser, as such purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. 16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any substantial portion of the Company's, and any of the Underwriters' respective businesses and/or assets. 17. Miscellaneous. UBSW, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UBS AG, is not a bank and is separate from any affiliated bank, including any U.S. branch or agency of UBS AG. Because UBSW is a separately incorporated entity, it is solely responsible for its own contractual obligations and commitments, including obligations with respect to sales and 27

purchases of securities. Securities sold, offered or recommended by UBSW are not deposits, are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are not guaranteed by a branch or agency, and are not otherwise an obligation or responsibility of a branch or agency. A lending affiliate of UBSW may have lending relationships with issuers of securities underwritten or privately placed by UBSW. To the extent required under the securities laws, prospectuses and other disclosure documents for securities underwritten or privately placed by UBSW will disclose the existence of any such lending relationships and whether the proceeds of the issue will be used to repay debts owed to affiliates of UBSW. 28

If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Company and the Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below for the purpose, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company and the Underwriters, severally. Very truly yours, ALLIANCE MEDICAL CORPORATION By:____________________________________ Name: Title: Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written, on behalf of themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule A UBS WARBURG LLC RBC DAIN RAUSCHER INC. SG COWEN SECURITIES CORPORATION By: UBS WARBURG LLC By:__________________________________ Name: Title: By:__________________________________ Name: Title: 29

SCHEDULE A <TABLE> <CAPTION> Underwriter Number of ----------- Firm Shares ----------- <S> <C> UBS Warburg LLC........................................ RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. ................................ SG Cowen Securities Corporation........................ ----------- Total................................ 4,000,000 =========== </TABLE> 30

SCHEDULE B <TABLE> <CAPTION> Name of Subsidiary and Ownership Interest* Jurisdiction of Incorporation ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- <S> <C> Sterile Reprocessing Services, Inc. Texas Crystal Medical Technologies, Inc. (dba ORRIS, Inc.) Nevada Applied Medical Recovery, Inc. Arizona Arizona Medical Recovery & Reprocessing, L.L.C.(1) Arizona Applied Medical Technologies, L.L.C.(2) Arizona Paragon Health Care Corporation South Carolina Paragon Reprocessing Services, Inc.(3) Arkansas </TABLE> ------------------------------------ * Unless otherwise indicated, all outstanding capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company. (1) All outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary are owned by Applied Medical Recovery, Inc., a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company. (2) Of this Subsidiary, 72% of the outstanding capital stock is owned by Applied Medical Recovery, Inc., a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and 28% of the outstanding capital stock is owned by Dr. Wade Hill. (3) All outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary are owned by Paragon Health Care Corporation, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company. 31

EXHIBIT A [FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT] 32

Exhibit 5.1 Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. One Arizona Center Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 November 29, 2001 Alliance Medical Corporation 10232 South 51st Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-13844) Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as special counsel to Alliance Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the initial public offering by the Company of up to 4,600,000 shares (the "Shares"), including 600,000 shares subject to an over-allotment option, of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-13844) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 23, 2001; (ii) Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission on October 10, 2001; (iii) Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission on November 13, 2001; (iv) Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement as filed with the Commission on the date hereof (such Registration Statement, as so amended, being hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement"); (v) the form of Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") proposed to be entered into by and among the Company, as issuer, and UBS Warburg LLC, RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., and SG Cowen Securities Corporation, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; (vi) a specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (vii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; (viii) the Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.1(b) to the Registration Statement; (ix) the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; (x) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, relating to the issuance and sale of the Shares and related matters; and (xi) certain resolutions of the stockholders of the Company relating to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. We also have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other

Alliance Medical Corporation November 29, 2001 Page 2 documents, certificates, and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate, as a basis for the opinion set forth herein. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuiness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, its directors and officers, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others. Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the State of Arizona and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we do not express any opinion as to the effect of any other laws on the opinion stated herein. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, when (a) the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Act; (b) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered; and (c) certificates representing the Shares in the form of the specimen certificate examined by us have been manually signed by an authorized officer of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such transfer agent and registrar, and have been delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters at a price per share not less than the per share par value of the Common Stock as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we are not admitting that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission. Very truly yours, SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

EXHIBIT 23.1 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Alliance Medical Corporation on Form S-1, Amendment #3 of our report dated June 29, 1999, appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the headings "Selected Financial Data" and "Expert" in such Prospectus. NELSON LAMBSON & CO., PLC Mesa, Arizona November 29, 2001

Exhibit 23.2 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 333-13844 of Alliance Medical Corporation on Form S-1 of our report on the financial statements of Alliance Medical Corporation dated June 15, 2001, except for the second and third paragraphs of Note 11, as to which the date is August 13, 2001, and of Paragon Health Care Corporation, Inc. dated July 6, 2001, appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the headings "Selected Financial Data," "Experts" and "Change in Independent Auditors" in such Prospectus. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Phoenix, Arizona November 29, 2001